Chapter 299 - 250: Chu Bamboo: Big Orange Cat, Eat My Big, Cross-Spacetime Slap

Inside the CEO’s office.

"Z, please activate the highest level security protocol!" Lin Xia said directly.

The highest level security protocol didn’t just involve the most intensive surveillance of all electronic devices; it also utilized the cameras placed throughout the company to monitor all employees.

This would, to the greatest extent possible, prevent the kind of trope seen in movies and TV shows where the big bosses are discussing top-secret topics, only for a secretary or some other employee to coincidentally be eavesdropping at the door and overhear everything...

"So, is there something you can tell me?" Lin Xia looked at Chu Bamboo. He didn’t ask a specific question, choosing instead to let Chu Bamboo explain.

"Mm!" Chu Bamboo was lost in thought for a long moment before abruptly saying, "Ah Xia, do you think it’s possible... that your daughter could live for several thousand years, then usher in a new era, rebuild the Celestial Court, and become the Celestial Emperor?"

"!?" Lin Xia’s face instantly turned pale. He threw his hands up, his voice trembling. "There is only one Sun in my heart! Uh, if, if my daughter is disloyal and commits treason... you’re not going to enforce justice across time and space right now, are you?"

"...Where is your mind going?" Chu Bamboo was taken aback for a second before he realized what Lin Xia meant, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.

Of course. The information Lin Xia had was actually quite limited. Based on Chu Bamboo’s previous explanations, the builder of the Celestial Court and the future Celestial Emperor in Lin Xia’s mind was Chu Bamboo himself. So for Chu Bamboo to ask that question... it was indeed terrifying!

It was no less jarring than if Li Shimin had suddenly asked Li Jing, "Do you want to be Sima Yi?"

"What I meant was!" Chu Bamboo opened his mouth, then sighed. "Alright, to be honest, I can’t be sure who the person who lives into the future actually is right now!"

"Let me put it this way, Ah Xia. If the person who lives into the future is your daughter, then the cat your daughter raises... has already killed me several times! Of course, even if the person who lives into the future isn’t your daughter, they’re definitely connected to her in some way."

At that moment, with just a little deduction, Chu Bamboo realized the inseparable link between the Cat of Destiny and God, as well as the subtle connection between God and Lin Xin Bamboo...

Whether it was the Cat of Destiny saying, "You’re not him," after deeply inhaling him... or the Cat of Destiny’s knowledge of the Holy Bible, its infiltration of the All-Powerful Lineage, and its complex, chaotic attitude toward the Pope...

Thinking it over, Chu Bamboo also considered the situation in the Real World, and the attitude people in the Real World have toward cats... From that, he could roughly speculate on what the deal was with the Cat of Destiny—

After all, there were only a few possibilities.

On the other hand, based on various situations from the future, it was clear that God seemed to possess extremely high-level Nuwa privileges—otherwise, it would have been impossible to use Nuwa to open so many "war instances" and ruin so many backup plans.

And considering Lin Xin Bamboo was Nuwa’s creator... well, that whole situation was...

"???" Lin Xia made a "time out" gesture. He stood there sorting through his thoughts for a good while, gradually understanding something. He sized up Chu Bamboo with a look of stunned disbelief, even asking a few cautious questions to confirm. And after verifying that the idea that had flashed through his mind wasn’t just him overthinking things, but was actually all true...

His expression became extremely contorted. The corners of Lin Xia’s mouth curled up uncontrollably, but then, as if realizing it wasn’t appropriate to laugh right now, he tried with all his might to force them back down.

"..." Chu Bamboo crossed his arms and stared coldly at Lin Xia. After taking several deep breaths, he finally said, "If you want to laugh, then laugh... I’m not that petty."

"Pfft, hahahahaha..." At that moment, Lin Xia finally lost it. "You... you actually got beaten into submission by a cat... My god! A cat... Hahahahaha... Is my daughter that amazing?! Even the cat she raises is that strong."

"First, it might not be your daughter! Second..." Chu Bamboo sneered. ’You’re actually laughing?’

"I don’t eat beef!" Chu Bamboo barked, lunging forward and pulling at Lin Xia’s face. "Let me see if there’s another face under this smiling one!"

"...I was wrong, I was wrong," Lin Xia howled in pain.

And this... was the scene Zhao Shao walked in on when he entered the office.

He fell into a deep silence, subconsciously stepping back out to check the nameplate on the door. Yes, this was his office!

However, when a speechless Zhao Shao looked back into the office, he found Chu Bamboo and Lin Xia sitting ramrod straight, staring at their phones with solemn expressions, as if contemplating some profound cosmic philosophy.

"...Alright then!" Zhao Shao shrugged, stepped inside, and closed the door.

Even though the security protocol was active, Zhao Shao also had the highest-level clearance, so he clearly wasn’t among those Z was meant to guard against. "So, what were you two talking about? If you can’t tell me... just spin me a yarn, I don’t mind!"

"Ahem!" Lin Xia coughed. After thinking for a long time, he looked at Chu Bamboo. "I was discussing... the matter of educating my future child! And the matter of educating my child’s fur baby. Or possibly, the matter of my child’s friend’s fur baby!"

Zhao Shao: "?"

’Seems... pretty complicated?!’

"Don’t worry." Lin Xia’s expression turned serious. At the end of the day, joking was joking, but business was business. "Ah Zhu, my daughter—I’ll be sure to raise her well! If she really does get a fur baby in the future... I’ll do my best to have her train it to be your ally! Of course..."

Lin Xia paused briefly before continuing, "If it’s a fur baby raised by someone connected to her... hmm, I can only do my best to ensure she’ll try to influence them! But as for the specifics..."