Genshin Impact: Joining the Genius Society-Chapter 139: Topaz Feels Like She Boarded a Pirate Ship

Chapter 139: Chapter 139: Topaz Feels Like She Boarded a Pirate Ship
"...Um... am I seeing things?
Are those
three Lady Hertas
?"
When three Herta puppets walked side-by-side through the Herta Space Station, Topaz was thoroughly shaken.
Second only to learning that Su Ran— a genius who
should not exist in any database
— was real.
Three Hertas walking together meant only one thing:
a meeting between three geniuses.
A gathering of the Genius Society.
A scene that should’ve been impossible.
Just what kind of event could make geniuses gather like this?
"Estelle... who’s the third puppet?"
Topaz could only look to her friend for answers.
Ever since Su Ran appeared, the IPC brass had been panicking.
She had even been ordered to stay at the Herta Space Station on standby.
Specifically because of him.
And after she ed Su Ran’s two insane inventions—
A device that could
transport entire planets
, and even—apparently—
stars
.
A device that could
store an entire galaxy
in a ball.
—
The IPC was going absolutely feral.
Transporting planets was already mythical.
Transporting
stars
was something they didn’t dare imagine.
But now someone had invented it.
How could the IPC
not
be tempted?
Their only regret was that Su Ran seemed completely uninterested in letting the IPC take part in anything.
Even the materials for the space station were purchased in Herta’s name.
Not in the company’s.
That hurt.
Topaz knew that was why she had been sent here—
To monitor him, to make sure he didn’t vanish from IPC sight, and to immediately any new invention.
If possible, secure patent authorization.
But... what did Su Ran even
want?
No one knew.
"I’m not sure either," Estelle said.
"Let’s follow and see."
She wasn’t any clearer than Topaz.
No one besides Su Ran had ever hijacked a Herta puppet before.
With Estelle taking the lead, Topaz finally felt she had a legitimate excuse to follow.
Su Ran and Herta paid no attention to the two tailing them.
Ruan Mei, however, clearly felt uncomfortable being watched.
Seeing the two behind them following so closely, she quietly hid behind Su Ran’s puppet.
Even though this wasn’t her real body, she hated being stared at.
"Herta Lady, are we going to the restricted zone?"
Estelle asked nervously.
Every inch of the restricted area had been sealed by Herta herself.
Why go there now?
"To create a Propagation Emanator."
Herta said it in the flattest, most casual tone.
Topaz and Estelle froze.
Propagation— the Aeon that nearly destroyed the universe.
A disaster so overwhelming that multiple Aeons had to join hands to eradicate it.
And now they were going to
make
an Emanator?
Estelle suddenly regretted following.
"Why does it have to be Propagation’s Emanator...?"
Topaz asked weakly.
Any other Emanator would be fine, but Propagation?
That was the
most dangerous one
.
Even Destruction wasn’t as terrifying.
Destruction could be fought.
Propagation?
You could never kill all the bugs.
"Because Propagation Emanators are easy to control.
Controlling a bug is ten times easier than controlling a person."
Su Ran shrugged.
"If it were another Emanator, I’d have a headache.
But Propagation?
That’s simple.
Only instinct and hunger.
You just implant an instinct-level command that can’t be erased."
Unless the bug could erase its own instinct— it was unconditionally obedient.
"Control... an Emanator?
All of you are insane."
Topaz once again felt geniuses might be scarier than the bugs.
She suddenly felt a tug on her back— someone poking the bare skin between her jacket and skirt.
She turned.
One of the Hertas.
"Where’s your pig?"
"...What do you want with Z-Zhihuang...?"
Topaz stiffened.
Thank the stars she made Zhihuang stay with Peppy today.
If she had brought her debt-collection partner along, who knew what these maniacs would do?
"I was going to use it as bait."
Topaz nearly fainted.
"So you aren’t planning to use
us
as bait next, right...?"
—------------------------------
Pat reon Advance Chapters: /YonkoSlayer