Chapter Four: A Dead Man’s Twenty-Million-Credit Debt

She transferred the money, adding one condition: in Cloud Capital, Lu would help her find someone. He accepted without asking whom and raised the bid to twenty-three million. Queen withdrew. Pei remained silent. With ten seconds left, Prophet activated his foresight. Lu’s screen showed the future being observed: three minutes later, the lot failed at twenty-three million; the Exchange confiscated Lu’s Honeycomb equity; Pei emerged untouched. Pei saw victory. So Lu withdrew his proof of funds and returned Su’s three million. 【Insufficient seller bond. Forced repricing to 1 credit in thirty seconds.】 “What are you doing?” Su demanded. “Making his future come true.”