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

The price plunged through a million, a hundred thousand, one thousand, and stopped at one credit. Pei finally moved. 【Prophet: 1 credit.】 A silver coin ignited on his wrist. Lu’s concealed settlement clause unfolded. 【Liability follows price. Below 20,000,000 credits, buyer assumes undisclosed seller liability: Prism Technologies’ RMB 97,000,000 real-world debt.】 【Sold to Prophet.】 Pei’s composure shattered. His future had been correct. The lot sold for one credit, and Lu lost the survival right. What he could not see was its hidden cost—or the fourth minute. In New York, an automated court system received a dispute notice: the legally deceased Pei Du had just assumed Prism’s debt through a biological act of will. The patent transfer froze.