With Takumi finding someone to share the workload, she could only be grateful. She really needed the help.
"Miss Saintess!"
Ningguang smiled and greeted her in turn.
"I'll leave you two to it. Sort out whatever needs handling as soon as possible. I'll get started making the new currency right away."
With introductions done, Takumi assigned the new responsibilities. Saintess already knew why Ningguang had come, so things would go smoothly from here.
Chapter 222: Didnt Expect You to Be Like This, Asuka!
After handing Ningguang over to the Holy Saint, Takumi left and returned to his villa. He glanced at the mountain he was currently living on, then crouched down and activated his power to hollow out the entire mountain, constructing an enormous underground space. This area would be dedicated to money production from now onTakumi's very own printing factory.
Security here was maxed out. Without orders, nobody could enter, and Takumi would have robots seal all exits. The entire factory would be managed by robots, overseen by the Prometheus AI.
After setting up the space, Takumi went inside and started materializing special materials to make money. These materials, once processed, would look just like regular banknotesfoldable, yet extremely hard to tear. They were also waterproof and fire-resistant up to a certain point. If heated past a certain degree, the materials would liquefy and could then be used in various processes.
If you added some to steel during smelting, you could enhance the steel's quality. Or use it in other industrial ways. This material was truly the "industrial gold" of its era, with countless potential uses.
Takumi filled the empty space with loads of these materials, as well as all sorts of machines and robots for processing. After everything was ready, Takumi let Prometheus take control and start up the machines to begin producing the world's new currency. After several runs, Takumi took all the freshly printed notes, then duplicated a whole batch at once.
"These materials are the best anti-counterfeit marks," Takumi said. "No need for serial numbers. Every note's size and weight are identicalthe only difference is the denominations."
With everything confirmed, Takumi took the new banknotes and set out. First stop: the Academy of Sciences, where he handed them to Dr. Mei, asking her to conduct a full range of tests on the new bills to unlock their real value.
Dr. Mei's eyes lit up when she saw what Takumi brought. After his explanation, her mind raced with ideas.
"I understand. I'll have a complete test report ready for Prometheus," Mei promised. "You can check it when it's done."
With that, she turned away and called over her assistantssummoning Velvie tooand busied herself with the task.
Next, Takumi brought a set of notes to Ningguang and the Holy Saint, letting them tinker as they pleased.
After all this, Takumi went home to idle in the group chat, planning to visit Honkai Star Rail only after March 7th and her friends finished sightseeing.
Takumi:
[Group red envelope]
[Take it, spend it however you like!]
He sent a red envelope to the group for everyone to snatch up. Everyone was puzzled, but their hands moved fast, each receiving a decent amount of money.
Looking at the notes, everyone was still curious.
Fujiwara Chika:
[Is this money?]
Paper bills? The designs are stamped with special patternsare these related to Herrscher authorities?
Miori Shiba:
[It is money! Looks like he's already finished making it.]
Bronya:
[This material is interesting. What's it for?]
If this money wasn't backed by anything, it would just be worthless paper. Bronya understood that muchshe didn't believe Takumi would make something useless. The material seemed very special. There had to be some purpose.
Takumi:
[That's right, I plan to bind this to all industry. It's like Mora from Teyvata resource. But these are advanced materials. Once they're fully bound to technology, all industrial progress will rely on them. With this, tech will develop even faster.]
He explained everything to the group. It was similar to Zhongli's Mora setup.
Zhongli:
[That should work. The materials are good, quite similar to Mora!]
Takumi:
[That's because I modified the design based on Mora's properties. It's natural they'd be similar.]
Suoh Mikoto:
[If that's the case, these bills could be used in my world too. Actually, you could issue this currency in any technologically advanced world.]
Suoh Mikoto piped up. After examining Takumi's new money, he realized that if Takumi's claims held true, the bills would be accepted in any world that understood their valuea truly universal material. It would circulate quickly.
Takumi:
[Emm... I'm not capable of issuing currency to all worlds just yet.]
He was speechless at Suoh's suggestion. To have his money circulate in every world? Sorry, he just couldn't do that (yet).
Kudou Asuka:
[This paper money is useless for me. But look at this, can you copy it?]
[Takumi's exclusive red envelope]
With that, Asuka sent Takumi a red envelope. Takumi was surprised, but accepted it. A gold coin appeared in his hand, bearing the faces of two goddesses.
Takumi:
[Thousand Eyes' gold coin?]
This was a coin issued by the major commercial alliance "Thousand Eyes" in Little Garden, highly valued there. Was Asuka asking Takumi to forge counterfeit coins?
He stroked his chin at the thought.
Kudou Asuka:
[Yes, it's a gift from Byakuyasha! See if you can duplicate it.]
Takumi was dumbfounded.
Takumi:
[If I could copy it, you'd flood Little Garden with counterfeit coins? I'm shocked! I didn't expect you to be like this, Asuka!]
That must be her plan, right? If she really did this, Thousand Eyes would explode! There wasn't a single standard currency in Little Gardeneach region had its own. Thousand Eyes' coins just happened to be one of the most valuable mainstream currencies, because you could buy all sorts of things from their stores.
Even though these coins looked like gold, it was only superficial.
Chapter 223: Buy the InvitationNo Need to Hesitate!
Although it was a gold coin, it wasn't actually made of gold.
After getting his hands on it, Takumi immediately began to analyze it. However, he quickly discovered that he could only analyze the surface layer. Deeper within, there were even more complex structures, involving the authorities and laws of the Twin Creator Goddesses. Replicating this would be extremely difficult.
Realizing this, Takumi frowned. This was something he couldn't access for the time being. If he wanted to analyze it thoroughly, it would require a lot of timemaybe an incredible amount. But if he could pull it off, the benefits would be enormous.
Thinking of that, Takumi's eyes sparkled. This was definitely something valuable; it deserved to be studied carefully.
Kudou Asuka:
[I'm not trying to make counterfeits.]
[I'm just really curious, Takumi. Can you copy it or not?]
She had no intention of forging anything. Asuka simply wanted to know whether Takumi could analyze and possibly replicate the coinshe was just curious.
Takumi:
[Not yet. It's a bit tricky!]
[It'll take some time.]
[You got this gold coindoes that mean you met shiroyasha?]
[Kudou Asuka's exclusive red envelope]
Seeing Asuka's message, Takumi replied right away. As for the gold coin in his hand, he kept itof course, not for free. He sent Asuka a red envelope in return: a vial of superpower awakening serum.
Asuka accepted Takumi's gift without much thought and answered his question.
Kudou Asuka:
[I've met her already.]
[The Gift is just like what you sent me.]
[But it seems the chat group hasn't been detected.]
Asuka told Takumi about her meeting with shiroyasha, still puzzled as she inspected the serum in her hand.
A superpower serum?
Seeing this, Asuka's eyes immediately brightened. Would this work for her too? With that in mind, she took the serum and injected it right into her arm.
"What's that?"
Kasukabe Y was puzzled seeing Asuka take out the serum.
"It's a superpower awakening serum. A big shot gave it to me."
Asuka answered casually, pushing the serum into her arm.
Kasukabe Y was stunned. A big shot? Where? She didn't see anyone.
Seeing Y's bewildered look, Asuka paused to ask in the group chat:
Kudou Asuka:
[Can I talk about the chat group with outsiders?]
She wasn't sure about that.
Fujiwara Chika:
[It doesn't matter.]
Takumi:
[Say whatever you want. By the way, Little Garden didn't detect the chat group at all? That's pretty impressive.]
Takumi was surprisedLittle Garden's systems couldn't detect the chat group at all. That proved just how advanced this thing was.
Seeing the responses, Asuka turned to Y and explained,
"I joined a group chat. There are people from other worlds in it. That serum I got just now came from one of them."
As she spoke, Asuka displayed the chat group interface.
Y was amazed. Other worlds It actually made sense.
"So it's like having an interdimensional network, right?"
Asuka nodded. "Exactly."
Then she focused on her own body for a moment. "My superpower has awakened. It's a psychic ability."
She was surprised by how her mental strength suddenly increased, letting her influence other people's minds. Was this some kind of illusion or mind control? That was really unexpected.
"Amazing."
"There are people calling for you in the group."
Kasukabe Y watched for a bit, then reminded Asukapeople were talking to her.
Turning her attention back to the chat group, Asuka replied quickly.
Takumi:
[Not sure if the superpower serum will work for you, but it should, right? After all, your Gift isn't technically a superpower. If it doesn't work, maybe your Gift really is just another type of superpower.]
Seeing this, Asuka hurried to respond:
Kudou Asuka:
[I've already used it. It's a psychic-type superpower, and it works great!]
[It pairs perfectly with my Gift, making it even stronger.]
She was quite satisfiedthe psychic ability synergized with her Radiance Gift.
"Superpower"
"That serumcan it be mass produced?"
Kasukabe Y was very curious if this was something they could get more of.
"Yes! It can be mass produced. It's a specialty from their world. Oh, if we need to buy something, maybe we can get it from people in other worlds?"
Thinking of that, Asuka's eyes lit up. Their Nameless Community was still having a tough time. But now, with the group chat, they could import all sorts of things from other worlds. That could really help.
They'd already solved their water shortage thanks to Izayoi, but the food situation was still a problem.
"I think I overheard something incredible just now?"
Izayoi had just walked in, catching the tail end of their conversation. Other worlds? That piqued his interest immediately.
"So you heard everything, huh?"
"Whatever, it's not a big deal. I have a way to contact other worlds, and we can buy things from them. If you have any ideas, let's hear them."
Even though Izayoi acted like a reckless brute, he was actually very clever. Since he was interested, Asuka decided to let him contribute his ideas.
"Tell me!"
Izayoi sat down, eager to hear more.
Seeing that, Asuka simply pulled up the group chat's shop interface.
"Take a look for yourself. You can use the group's points to buy anything here. You can even use them to power up or heal yourself. The points are the group chat's currencyearned through daily sign-ins or completing missions. If you want anything else, you can trade for it with the other group members."
She showed him everything in the group's shop.
"Buy an invitation! Invite us in!"
"If anyone in the group has spare points, let's trade some of our stuff for them."
Izayoi glanced at the shop and immediately decided. The invitation was the most important thing. Only by joining the group could they maximize their benefits!
Chapter 224: Need Points? Let Izayoi Sell His Blood!
There were so many things in the chat group, and most of them were technological products.
But among all these items, the most valuable were power-upsand the invitation ticket.
By joining this group, you could earn points by completing tasks or even by traveling to other worlds.
As for things like food?
Those weren't a priority.
Using the chat group just to buy food would be a waste.
The real priority was to invite new people to the group and strengthen yourself.
Then, there was the spatial storage equipment.
With that, anyone could visit other worlds simply by using the group's red envelope system, right?
After browsing through everything in the group, Izayoi more or less figured things out.
So the first priority was clear: get more points!
But signing in every day would take months to gather enough points.
That was way too slow.
Waiting for Asuka to complete tasks?
That was just too uncertain.
So the only solution left was to trade with others!
Kudou Asuka paused when she heard this, then nodded.
That did make sense.
She looked at the invitation ticket, then sent a message in the group chat.
Kudou Asuka:
[Does anyone have any points?]
[I want to exchange something from our world for points.]
She asked directly in the group chat.
Fujiwara Chika saw this and grew curious.
Why the rush for points?
Fujiwara Chika:
[Are you planning to power yourself up?]
That had to be it, right?
Kudou Asuka had just awakened her superpower, and now she was in a hurry to get stronger.
Kudou Asuka:
[No! I want to buy an invitation ticket!]
She didn't hide anything, but directly shared her intentions.
Takumi also saw Asuka's message.
After reading it, he raised his eyebrows.
That must have been Izayoi's idea.
Takumi:
[Izayoi's idea?]
He asked directly in the group.
Kudou Asuka:
[Yes!]
Takumi:
[Have Izayoi give me a vial of his blood, and I'll give you 3000 points.]
Once he confirmed, Takumi immediately replied.
Want points?
No problem.
Just trade Izayoi's blood for it.
Takumi was very interested in Izayoi's bloodwithin it was the perpetual motion engine of the Third Cosmic Particle, known as humanity's ultimate secret.
It could generate energy from environmental information, seemingly out of nothing.
Most of Izayoi's abilities came from this.
