Xie Ruolan's gaze drifted to the Lilypad-Alpha Node's network schematics. The layers of encryption and its constant monitoring. It was good. Excellent, even. It's a lot better than anything she could have built alone. However, they were still in a desperate hideout, a fragile shield against the inevitable.
Could Li Fang's empire… could their empire, truly grow large enough to challenge those at the top?
The thought was both exhilarating and terrifying. He was trying to legitimize, to build a public face. But the true scale of darkness within Neo-Tian was so wide that it blanketed all three layers. The galactic-scale spiritual finance and karmic manipulation, would always be played in the shadows, against entities far more ancient and powerful than any Sect-Corp in Neo-Tian.
