I built the Black Tower City in Sumeru.

Chapter 114 Controlling the Five Great Sages: The Furious Great Sage Azar: I Don't Eat Beef.

The great sage Azar sat in the main seat, his usually serious face now adorned with an irrepressible air of pride.

The joy almost overflowed from the corners of his lips, making him look several years younger.

In short, his overall state of mind was one of pure joy and high spirits.

Then, the Great Sage's words did not surprise Chen Bo.

"I hereby announce that, in view of Scholar Anil's irreplaceable contributions to the project of creating a god, he is hereby appointed as the chief architect of this project!"

As soon as he finished speaking, enthusiastic applause erupted in the conference room.

The four sages present are all towering figures in the field of Sumeru scholarship.

This emerging scholar gained their recognition through his repeated breakthroughs in tackling difficult problems.

However, the elderly, especially those in high positions, often suffer from a particular ailment.

So now, they are waiting.

The young man, who had been struck by such a huge windfall, was so excited that he was incoherent. He stood up, bowed deeply, and then, in the most humble words, thanked the great sage for recognizing his talent and thanked the Order of the Church for giving him this opportunity to rise to the top.

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Chen Bo (his clone), sitting at the last seat, didn't even move his buttocks.

He didn't get up, didn't say thank you, and didn't even show the slightest bit of excitement.

Hazard's brow furrowed almost imperceptibly.

What's going on here? Shouldn't this rising star of the Order of the Church be grateful right now?

Or were they blinded by joy?

"Heh." Hazard chuckled, breaking the ice. "Scholar Anil, it seems you're not entirely satisfied with this position?"

He leaned forward slightly, his tone carrying the unique tolerance and persuasion of someone in a superior position: "Tell me your thoughts. As long as it's for the great cause of creating a god, and not an excessive request, I can support you."

Chen Bo leaned back lazily in his chair, his hands clasped together and resting casually on his chin. His posture was more like that of a great sage than a student.

"Chief Architect?" he asked casually, commenting in a nonchalant tone. "So, the other sages are also under my command?"

"presumptuous!"

The wise man of the Minglun school slammed his fist on the table, his long white beard bristling with anger: "Anil! Mind your place! You're just a student!"

Chen Bo didn't even bother to glance at the furious old man.

He continued, looking at Hazard, "I think it would be great if I took over the position of Great Sage that you're currently sitting in."

This statement was like a bomb exploding in the meeting room.

The sages collectively gasped. The way they looked at Chen Bo was no longer that of an arrogant junior, but that of a complete madman.

This kid's gone mad! He's absolutely insane!

The tolerance and smile on Hazard's face vanished completely, replaced by a gloomy expression; his face was so dark it seemed to drip water.

"Anil, do you know what you're saying?" His voice was icy, each word seemingly squeezed out from between clenched teeth. "The strength of the Order of the Church is not something you can easily challenge by solving a few technical problems!"

"Of course I know what I'm talking about."

Chen Bo shifted to an even more arrogant sitting posture, spread his hands, and his smile gradually turned cold as he spoke slowly and deliberately.

"I'll say it again, I don't eat beef."

This seemingly random statement left everyone stunned.

What beef? What does this have to do with beef?

Hazard laughed in anger.

He got it.

This young man, blinded by a month of flowers and applause, became so arrogant that he thought he could stand on equal footing with the Church Council.

Do you think you can accomplish anything without the resources of the Order of the Fathers?

"Very well, very well." Hazard sneered. "It seems that geniuses are more likely to lose themselves in their own talents. In that case, the Council has a responsibility to make you calm down and realize who the true master of Sumeru is!"

Before he finished speaking, he raised his hand without hesitation and touched the virtual terminal next to his ear.

Two rows of heavily armored capture mechs, their bodies gleaming with a cold metallic light, surged in like a tide.

Their electronic eyes flashed a dangerous red light, and their electric bullets were already loaded, instantly surrounding Chen Bo, who was sitting at the end of the conference table.

The sage of the Wondrous Theory faction subconsciously shrank behind the mech, a cold smile appearing on his lips.

Now you're behaving yourself, aren't you?

The Capture Mech was originally just a mech sold by a merchant to serve as a guard for caravans.

After being reformed by the Order House, it has now become the maintainer of the Order House's order.

With their powerful electric bullets and capture capabilities, even those who possess the Eye of God can only be captured when outnumbered.

This kid is still too green. The electric bullet will teach him a lesson about rules.

After testing, it was found that when 24 capture mechs fired simultaneously, even the most powerful mercenaries could not withstand them.

Moreover, the cost is far lower than that of mercenaries.

It's important to know that the mercenaries within the Order of the Fathers are the elite among mercenaries, so their prices are naturally quite high.

Hazard didn't even bother to look at Chen Bo again.

He waved his hand impatiently, as if shooing away flies, and gave instructions to the mech pilots.

"Arrest him and lock him in the lowest-level solitary confinement cell. Deprive him of food and water for three days to bring him to his senses."

After saying that, he arrogantly turned around, preparing to sit down again and end this farce.

For him, everything had settled down.

However, at the very moment he turned around...

Chen Bo, who was being pointed at by more than a dozen dark gun barrels, showed no panic whatsoever. Instead, he sighed softly, as if he was regretting something.

He slowly raised his right hand and snapped his fingers crisply in mid-air.

"Smack."

The sound wasn't loud, but it clearly carried throughout the entire conference room.

That was it.

"Kakaka"1

A series of teeth-grinding, uniform mechanical sounds suddenly erupted in the conference room!

One second they were all menacing, with all their weapons aimed at Chen Bo, but the moment the fingers snapped, they seemed to receive some higher-level command. All the machines paused at the same time, and then—turned around in unison.

The cold metal gun barrels and the high-voltage electric bullet generators flashing with dangerous arcs all changed direction within a second, locking onto the five stunned sages with unparalleled precision!

In fact, it wasn't a temporary gain of control; they had already gained control long ago. The recent capture of the mech pilots was just an act.

Hazard, who was about to sit down, suddenly froze in mid-air, his posture comically still.

His eyes widened, his face filled with disbelief.

He frantically raised his hand, repeatedly tapping the virtual terminal beside his ear, trying to issue a forced overwrite command and regain control.

However, the once all-powerful Void Terminal now only emitted a piercing alarm sound.

A screen popped up with a blood-red garbled text message: "Permission denied."

[Permission denied]

[Permission denied]

The sages, who had been so arrogant and joking just moments before, were all shocked when a Gatling gun's electric bullet launcher was pointed at their heads.

"ah--!"

"What's going on! Is the void malfunctioning?!"

"The void doesn't malfunction, so why would the capture mechs listen to him?"

Chen Bo slowly stood up.

He strolled leisurely past the trembling sages and stood before Hazard, whose body was stiff and whose face was deathly pale.

He reached out, as if to comfort a frightened child, and gently patted Hazard's cheek.

"Great Sage, don't waste your energy."

Chen Bo's voice was soft, yet it possessed a magical quality that sent chills down Hazard's spine.

"By the way, let me tell you a little secret."

"The arresting mechs that you are so proud of, which are all spread throughout the city, were all built by my own hands."

"As for that firewall you went to such lengths to think you'd cracked—"

Chen Bo leaned close to Hazard's ear and, in a voice only the two of them could hear, smiled and said the last sentence.

"It's just something I left for you old guys to crack and play with when I'm bored."

"If I hadn't let you believe you could gain supreme authority through the void, how could my capture mechs be scattered throughout the entire Order of the Church?"

There are three firewalls in total for the capture machine.

The first one is easy to detect, and its strength is also easy to crack.

The third level is one that no one in the entire Teyvat region can break.

"Fine, I'll repeat myself, I don't eat beef."

Chen Bo repeated this joke that the people in the Order Academy couldn't understand.

Then, he waved gently.

Sizzle—smack!

The Gatling-style high-voltage electric shock launcher's rotor spins rapidly, unleashing a torrent of electric shock bullets that rain down upon each other, their power amplified.

An electric current instantly flowed through their entire bodies.

Under the influence of the electric current, the five sages' bodies bounced violently on their chairs, their bones and muscles losing control under the strong current, and wisps of smoke rose from their precious silk robes, the smell of burning instantly overpowering the incense that had filled the room.

Of course, Chen Bo didn't want to kill anyone, so he fired for a very short time.

Everyone was given a taste of more than a dozen electric shock bullets.

Five old men who usually wielded great power in Sumeru were now slumped on the floor like five puddles of mud, with only the occasional twitching of their fingers proving that they were still alive.

Chen Bo stood up from his seat, not even glancing at them, and simply bent down to straighten his cuffs.

"I already said I don't eat beef. Never mind, you guys wouldn't understand this joke anyway."

He slowly walked around the conference table and stood before Hazard. The great sage was in slightly better physical condition; although his eyes were rolling back, he was still struggling to stay conscious.

Chen Bo raised his hand and gestured in the air. Outside the window, in the night sky above Sumeru City, several barely perceptible points of light adjusted their angles.

With the phased array radar operating at full power, all biological signs within a radius of 100 miles, centered on the Command Institute, are under complete control.

The Doctor is not in Sumeru City.

No one can save you.

He bent down and reached out to rip the Void Terminal off Hazard's ear.

"You still expect the void to save you?" Chen Bo tossed the exquisite green device in his hand, then threw it on the ground and stomped on it, crushing it. "Don't worry, even if you did release some message through the void..."

"Later, when I have control of the void, I can also make it up to you."

Hazard was covered in cold sweat, his body still convulsing uncontrollably, but he stared intently at Chen Bo, his eyes filled with resentment and unwillingness.

He gasped for breath, squeezing out broken words through his teeth: "You—you won't have an easy time either—tomorrow—tomorrow, if we don't show up—the entire Academy—the Triad—will know—Sumeru will be in chaos—you—you can't control—the Triad."

Not all mercenaries were dismissed; the number of mechs was still too small. Instead, replacements were made in concentric circles around the Command Institute.

Every sage has many supporters, and if a sage goes missing, they will definitely investigate.

"Chaos? Who said you would disappear?"

Chen Bo clapped his hands as if he had heard a joke.

The heavy oak door to the conference room was pushed open once again.

Five silver-white metal robots walked in. They had no skin, but they were wearing shoes.

Chen Bo snapped his fingers.

hum.

The air vibrated slightly. On the surfaces of the five metal skeletons, light and shadow began to distort and recombine.

The holographic projection module is activated, and hundreds of millions of photons weave together the texture of skin, the feel of hair, and the folds of clothing in the air.

In the blink of an eye, another "Hazard" stood in front of the collapsed Hazard.

Not only his appearance, but even his sinister expression, slightly hunched back, and even the habitual arrogance at the corner of his mouth were replicated exactly.

"This—this is impossible—" Hazard's mental defenses completely collapsed at this moment.

His so-called profound knowledge and irreplaceable qualities, which he was so proud of, became like soap bubbles that burst easily in the face of this perfect replica.

"Holographic projection technology, plus a little bit of motion capture algorithm." Chen Bo walked up to the fake Hazard and said with a smile, "I've collected a lot of data from you all for this day. Don't worry, it will be more like a sage than you are. It will be diligent and caring for the people, it will promote the younger generation, and it will support those niche disciplines even without any personal gain."

"After all, they are all under my control."

Chen Bo crouched down, his gaze level with Hazard on the ground. His voice was soft, yet sharp as a knife scraping at the bone.

"The Council of Religion will continue to operate. These robots will temporarily take over your duties, and then one by one they will announce their abdication, and a new selection of sages will be conducted to achieve a peaceful transition of power."

"You—you demon—" The sage of the Wise Theory school, barely catching his breath, found himself about to be replaced: "What are you going to do with us? Exile us? Or kill us?"

Chen Bo shook his head.

"I don't like killing, but I was originally planning to send you to Aru Village to become mad scholars."

"But then I thought, if you get in touch with your die-hard fans, it will be troublesome to deal with. I mean, killing them would give me a psychological burden, so it's a bit of a problem."

He touched his chin, seemingly deep in thought.

"The Dragonspine Mountains over in Mondstadt are a great place. Abedo's been doing some cold-weather experiments lately, and the snow piles up outside his lab all the time. I think you guys would be perfect for this job. There's no Void there, no signal, just blizzards and swindlers. You could really have some academic discussions there; I think it's a pretty good idea."

"take away."

At Chen Bo's command, several capture robots strode forward. They fired beams of light, enveloping the five sages.

A strange thing happened: to outsiders, the five old men dressed in luxurious robes instantly transformed into five dejected students in ordinary Confessions uniforms who had made mistakes.

After acquiring holographic projection technology, Chen Bo naturally upgraded his weapons and equipment, and the capture mechs he later sold to the Command Academy were all equipped with this technology.

However, the people in the Order of the Church were unaware of and unable to use this technology.

Chen Bo within the Instruction Academy is a clone.

The main body was waiting outside the Institute of the Faith to receive these five sages.

Send it directly to Mondstadt.

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