GOD MODE FRESHMAN: Trillionaire Simulator

Chapter 18 - 18: The Art of Strategic Retreat

11:47 PM – Platinum Tier Medical Suite, Sublevel 3

The door's biometric scanner emitted a glacial click as Mo Mengfei entered, her shadow stretching across the room's ambient lighting tuned to "corporate espionage" mode. Her left hand held a titanium briefcase etched with circuitry resembling Song Dynasty porcelain, while her right adjusted the emerald silk scarf at her throat – a calculated gesture to draw attention away from the prototype smartwatch glowing faintly beneath her cuff.

"Late-stage capitalism looks unwell." Her voice carried the crispness of a freshly minted stock certificate. "Shall I prescribe a hostile takeover?"

Ye didn't glance up from calibrating Su's cryo-sleeve sensors. The machine's holographic interface cast jagged blue light across his brow. "Your diagnostics are three minutes behind, Mo. M-Tech's algorithms slipping?"

Su's fingers paused over the holographic keyboard projected from her Patek. "His firewall rewrites itself every 47 seconds." She tilted the MRI scan to reveal a data blind spot shaped like a Gucci double-G. "You'll need better malware."

[System Alert] @@novelbin@@

» Rivalry Protocol Activated: Mo Mengfei (Threat Level: Diamond)

» Suggested Countermeasure: Deploy Patent Troll Subroutine (Cost: ¥0.75)

11:59 PM – Data Trench Warfare

Mo's briefcase snapped open. Inside, a prototype neural interface glimmered with liquid crystal that rippled like ink on rice paper. "Real-time cortisol tracking," she said, placing it beside Su's elevated ankle. "Measures boardroom stress and...other elevated vitals."

Mrs. Su materialized in the doorway, her reflection fracturing across seven security camera lenses. "The Siberian data farm reports an unauthorized heartbeat." Her gloved finger tapped a tablet showing thermal imaging of Ye's path through the mall – his body heat signatures coded in wildfire red.

"False flag operation." Ye rotated the MRI hologram to expose a firewall disguised as a Chanel logo. "I was stress-testing your husband's new blockchain divorce ledger."

The cardiac monitor flatlined for three precise beats before rebooting to Vivaldi's Four Seasons.

12:17 AM – Collateral Damage

The emergency exit burst open with a gust of burnt coffee and conspiracy theories. Zhao Shuxuan's hair defied both gravity and corporate dress codes as she skidded to a halt. "The livestream's at 12 million views! Louis Vuitton wants to sponsor your next—"

Mo's prototype device emitted a subsonic pulse. The Starbucks cup in Zhao's hand vibrated violently, its contents sloshing in Morse code: ABORT.

"Noise-suppression algorithm," Mo said, adjusting her scarf. "Silences...undisciplined narratives."

[Achievement Unlocked: Narrative Sanitization]

» +120 XP (Total: 475/500)

» Campus Gossip Index: Thermonuclear

12:29 AM – Fractured Armistice

Su's exhale carried the frost of a thousand shareholder meetings thawing. "You're all embarrassingly transparent."

Three phones chimed in synchronized distress:

1. Mo: M-Tech Board Emergency Vote: 89% for Immediate Damage Control

2. Ye: Skycrest Villa Breach Alert: Champagne Cellar Thermal Signature Detected

3. Mrs. Su: Husband's Gulfstream Diverted to Private Airstrip (Code: Matrimonial Emergency)

"Well?" Su's knuckles whitened against the biometric bed's platinum rails. "Shall we draft the nondisclosure agreement now, or after your algorithms finish weeping?"

12:47 AM – Terms of Surrender

The suite's AI projected augmented reality clauses above the hospital bed:

Article 3.1.4: All perceived romantic interactions shall be monetized through M-Tech's blockchain emotional ledger (patent pending).

Addendum 7b: Physical contact exceeding 53 seconds requires notarized biometric justification.

Ye scrolled through the holographic text, his shadow intersecting with Su's MRI scan. "I'd propose an amendment regarding Zhao's caffeine-to-sabotage ratio."

"Granted." Mrs. Su's stylus flashed like a securities trader's blade. "Now explain why my daughter's galvanic skin response spikes when you—"

"Mother."

"Fine." She snapped the tablet shut with a sound like a stock market crash. "But we audit your art collection at dawn."

1:03 AM – Tactical Withdrawal

Security feeds captured three strategic exits:

1. Mo: Merging with an elevator playing Bach's Toccata translated into NASDAQ fluctuations.

2. Mrs. Su: Dissolving into a retinal-scan vault labeled Conjugal Asset Recovery.

3. Ye: Adjusting Su's cryo-sleeve with the precision of a Swiss watchmaker, his fingers lingering 0.7 seconds beyond medical necessity.

"This armistice won't hold," Su murmured, her pulse visible in the cryo-sleeve's bioluminescent display.

"I'm counting on it." Ye tapped his temple where the game interface pulsed. "Level 3 unlocks boardroom insurgency protocols."

[Quest Updated]

» Hostile Takeover: Emotional Equity Division

» Reward:

· 51% Stake in M-Tech's Sentiment Analytics

· Decrypted Access to Su Ning's Firewall Architecture