(February 2027, XX Group Headquarters, Li Banjia’s private "Enlightenment Chamber" / Various locations globally, turbulent currents beneath the surface)
The epic evolution of the "Nine-Five Supreme Simulator" to Version 3.0, "Strategy for the World: All Things Return to One," combined with the successful ignition of the "Zhulong Eye" EUV light source prototype by the "Ministry of Works (God-Artisan Grade)," brought Li Banjia more than just a surge in power and boundless prospects for the future. It also brought a top-level crisis warning from the "Ziwei Inner Court" envoy "Hanhai Messenger" (Chang Siyuan)—a warning grave enough to make any business empire shudder: a joint strangulation operation codenamed "Olympus Dusk."
"Freemasons? Illuminati? The 'financial and tech oligarchs' hiding behind Company N?" In the absolute privacy of the Enlightenment Chamber, Li Banjia gazed at the "Global Strategic Game and Geopolitical Risk Projection (Intermediate)" module of the "Grand Council (Advanced)." Based on fragmentary intelligence provided by the "Hanhai Messenger" and combined with global dark web data, geopolitical models, and deep learning of the historical behavior patterns of competitors like Company N, the sand table simulation of "Olympus Dusk" was chilling. For the first time, the lightness and playfulness were absent from his eyes, replaced by a gravity as if standing before an abyss, and a towering, enraged will to fight.
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