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Chapter 479 Attacks and Reactor Dopant

High society banquets always have a carefully crafted, decadent atmosphere.

The crystal chandelier shattered the light, casting it on every smiling face, yet it couldn't illuminate the calculation and greed hidden deep in their eyes.

Zhang Qi held a glass of Bordeaux red wine, dressed in a well-tailored black suit, his posture upright, moving with ease among the insincere smiles and probing glances.

In the past few days, he has attended several similar social events as Saeko Sonozaki's fiancé.

For the powerful and wealthy of Fuuto, the marriage of the eldest daughter of the Sonozaki family was an earthquake.

And he, this little-known researcher, was the most incredible person at the epicenter of the earthquake.

There was curiosity, contempt, and jealousy, but more than anything, there was undisguised scrutiny, as if they wanted to peel him apart from the inside out to see what he was really capable of stealing the most dazzling pearl of this city.

"Mr. Zhang, I have long admired your name."

I heard you've made a revolutionary breakthrough in the manufacturing process of Gaia memory; you're truly young and accomplished.

A middle-aged man with a receding hairline approached, his face beaming with a warm smile, but his eyes gleamed with shrewdness.

"You flatter me. I've only done a few minor repairs on the foundation laid by my predecessors. A true revolution still needs industry giants like yourself to lead it."

Zhang Qi lightly clinked glasses with him, speaking humbly but maintaining a composed demeanor, thus giving the other man face while subtly shifting the topic back to him.

This kind of composure, which comes from within, cannot be cultivated overnight.

He was able to do this thanks to him, the Lord of the Clock Tower, in the world known as Type-Moon.

Saeko Sonozaki, standing not far away, took in all of this.

She wore a deep purple evening gown that accentuated her cool and haughty figure.

She watched Zhang Qi calmly handle wave after wave of probing, watched him chat fluently in German with the German energy businessman, and watched his elegant dance moves make the mayor's daughter blush.

A strange sense of satisfaction welled up in her heart.

This is not love, but a purer kind of pleasure, similar to the joy a collector feels when admiring their most perfect collection.

The "asset" she acquired was even better than she had anticipated.

He not only possesses the talent to disrupt the industry, but also has a perfect appearance and social skills that can enhance the reputation of the "Sonosaki" name.

The banquet finally ended late at night.

"I'll take you back."

Saeko Sonozaki walked to Zhang Qi's side, her voice carrying a hint of barely perceptible satisfaction.

"No need, I have some things to do back in the lab. You should get some rest."

Zhang Qi shook his head and placed the empty wine glass in his hand on the waiter's tray.

Saeko Sonozaki looked at him, her sharp eyes seeming to try to see through his thoughts.

But Zhang Qi's expression remained calm and composed, revealing nothing to her.

Finally, she nodded:
"Alright. Be careful on the road."

The black luxury sedan smoothly drove away from the manor and merged into the dazzling river of lights in the night of the city.

While driving, Zhang Qi was rapidly processing the massive amount of data he had retrieved from the "Truth" memory.

Outside the car window, the city's neon lights flashed by in a bizarre and dazzling manner, casting his profile in a flickering light.

Just as the vehicle reached a relatively quiet section of road in an industrial area, a scorching, ominous wave of air suddenly swept over them.

Zhang Qi's eyes suddenly opened.

Almost simultaneously, three lava balls, each the size of a washbasin and burning with dark red flames, streaked down from the night sky, trailing thick black smoke!

Their target is not the vehicle itself, but rather they accurately predict the vehicle's path and block all escape routes in front, to the left, and behind!
In a flash, he slammed the steering wheel all the way to the right and floored the accelerator.

With a defiant roar, the expensive sedan narrowly escaped the death zone, scraping the factory wall on the right at an angle that almost tore the tires apart.

boom! boom! boom!
Three muffled explosions followed in quick succession as the lava ball smashed into three deep craters in the asphalt road. The asphalt around the craters instantly melted and boiled, emitting a pungent odor.

The scorching shockwave violently lifted the rear of the car and then slammed it down, shattering the car windows.

Zhang Qi steadied the car and brought it to a slow stop. He looked back through the shattered windshield.

"Fengdu really is a safe city..."

He muttered to himself, his tone neither revealing admiration nor sarcasm.

He pushed open the car door and stepped out calmly.

Under his gaze, a huge figure slowly emerged from the shadows not far away.

It was a monster made of twisted metal and out-of-control flames.

Its body resembles a giant, cobbled-together boiler, with an open grate on its chest, burning with raging flames, revealing the scorching heat churning inside.

Its limbs are made of rusty pipes and mechanical parts. With each step it takes, the ground beneath its feet melts rapidly, leaving behind charred footprints that emit blue smoke.

Upon seeing the monster, passersby on the surrounding streets screamed in terror and scrambled to escape into the distance.

The monster ignored the fleeing ants, its eyes, made of pure flame, fixed intently on Zhang Qi.

A hoarse, distorted sound, seemingly a mixture of metallic friction and fiery explosions, rang out.
"Disappear, Zhang Qi!"

Before the words were even finished, the monster shook its arms, and several more fireballs, even more powerful, shot out.

"Oh? You're here for me?"

A hint of interest finally appeared on Zhang Qi's face. He didn't back down or dodge; he simply raised his hand calmly.

【TRUTH】

With a crisp electronic click, he inserted the memory into the drive's interface.

Then, a pure white light surged from the driver. This light was not dazzling, but rather had a strange softness.

The light quickly enveloped Zhang Qi's entire body, and then countless seven-colored spectra separated, refracted, and intertwined in the white light.

As the light faded, the one standing in the spot was no longer Zhang Qi in human form.

A tall, slender human figure stood silently in place.

He was nearly two meters tall, with an elegant posture, like a contemplative scholar.

His entire body was made of a prism-like transparent crystal material, which refracted a dazzling array of ever-changing light in the night and firelight.

The face is a smooth, mirror-like liquid metal surface, with data constantly flowing and changing like ripples on water, deep and mysterious.

This is the posture of "truth".

The moment he completed his transformation, the fireballs came hurtling towards him.

However, he dodged all the attacks with a slight movement.

The whole process was smooth and seamless; it was less of a dodge and more like a precise rehearsal.

He seemed to know the trajectory, speed, and final landing point of each fireball beforehand, and simply "moved" his body out of that space before they arrived.

The monster opposite, the reactor dopant formed from Inukai, had its flames in its chest throb violently with surprise.

"Roar!"

The reactor dopant let out a roar and ceased its long-range attacks.

Scorching flames erupted from the tubes in its legs, and its massive metal body charged toward Zhang Qi like a cannonball!

The enormous figure brought with it a scorching wind, and the ground cracked inch by inch under its trampling.

However, the crystal giant remained unmoved in the face of this overwhelming blow.

Just as the blazing metal fist of the reactor dopant was about to touch his face, he calmly took a step back.

Just one step.

That iron fist, powerful enough to smash through a tank, missed its mark, grazing his gleaming chest.

The immense inertia caused the reactor dopant to stumble and nearly fall over.

It turned around angrily, and its other fist swept across, creating a fan-shaped curtain of fire.

The crystal giant crouched slightly, and a curtain of fire swept over his head.

One attack after another, one slash after another.

The reactor dopant was like an enraged bull, attacking furiously, each time with all its might, each time unleashing a monstrous heatwave.

Zhang Qi, however, always manages to render all attacks futile with the smallest movements and the most unbelievable methods.

"All you do is hide? Coward! Stop right there!"

The reactor dopant roared in frustration, having roughly understood Zhang Qi's abilities; he must have foreseen his actions.

His enormous body trembled with rage, and the fire in his chest burned even more fiercely.

It didn't understand! It didn't get it! Why! Why could this guy win Saeko's favor? Why could he rise to the top in one step? Why is the power it risked its life for now a joke in front of him?
"Melt it all...!"

With a desperate roar, the reactor dopant used a forbidden power that it had not yet fully mastered.

It pushes the power output of the memory to its limit!

Om-!
An invisible force field suddenly spread out from it.

The surrounding air groaned under the strain, the light began to distort, and the rubble and metal scraps left on the ground, without being directly exposed to the flames, spontaneously began to glow red and soften.

The temperature in the entire area rose rapidly at an alarming rate within just a few seconds!
The reactor dopants themselves have also changed.

Its rusty pipes turned a deep red, like branding irons, and the flames inside it changed from dark red to a dazzling bright white.

Its speed and power experienced explosive growth under the catalysis of high temperature.

"I see, so it's a reactor?"

Just then, Zhang Qi finally spoke.

"Heh~ So what if I know?!"

The reactor dopant laughed maniacally, raising its arms above its head.

Just like the name of the memory he used, this memory can generate endless energy.

A small, destructive sun rapidly took shape and compressed in its hands.

The light was so dazzling that it illuminated the surroundings as if it were daytime.

The violent energy even caused cracks to appear on its body, with countless sparks shooting out from the cracks.

This was its most powerful attack, a desperate gamble, burning its life and the power of its memories together!

(End of this chapter)