[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-honkai-star-rail-story-broadcast-starting-in-pen":3,"chapter-honkai-star-rail-story-broadcast-starting-in-pen-honkai-star-rail-and-genshin-impact-the-divine-p-chapter-240":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Genshin and Star Rail Epic Plot Broadcast: Starting with Penacony",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":20,"prevChapterSlug":21,"totalChapters":22,"novelImage":23},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":16,"volume":17,"translator":18,"content_hash":19},2035204,3088,"Chapter 240","honkai-star-rail-and-genshin-impact-the-divine-p-chapter-240",240,"\u003Cp>Amber: \"Speaking of which, the company just wants to enter Penacony?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Amber: \"I thought the company's goal was to completely recover Penacony.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Jade: \"You can't become a fat man in one bite, everything must be planned slowly.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Jade: \"The Family has been operating in Penacony for many years, wanting to completely recover it, even two more Stonehearts would be difficult to do.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Jade: \"So... might as well reach in first, and talk about other things later.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Welt: \"Hmm, it seems the company's goal is very clear from the beginning.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Welt: \"In this way, perhaps the future Penacony will become a scene of mutual checks and balances between the Family and the company.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Jade: \"It may not necessarily be checks and balances between the two sides.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Jade: \"Maybe it's a mutually beneficial situation for three parties?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Jade: \"After all, you don't want to see the Penacony you saved with your own hands fall again, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Himeko: \"Oh?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Himeko: \"Heh... I might understand what Miss Jade means.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The video continues.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Topaz and Jade together,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>walk into the conference room.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>[Whoa ho ho ho!]\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>[Two smart and beautiful ladies, welcome to my Radiant Feldspar!]\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>[Come quickly, please sit, we have to have a good chat!]\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>As soon as the two arrived in the conference room,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>they heard old Oti's hearty laughter.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Paimon: \"Eh???\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Paimon: \"Is this the head of the Iris Family, the big shot in Penacony now, Oti Alfalfa?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Paimon: \"I didn't expect it to be just an old man with a loud voice and short stature?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Miss Yunli: \"Hmm... looks about the same height as Grandpa.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Stelle: \"Ah, eh? Is General General Huaiyan so short?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Stelle: \"Can such a short person be a general?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>General Huaiyan: \"Heh... this little friend, you might have some misunderstanding about the position of general.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>General Huaiyan: \"I am not a general good at fighting on the battlefield, height has no effect.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Jing Yuan: \"Old Yan is the Hundred-Smelting of the Artisanship Commission, he is a craftsman.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Stelle: \"Oh, got it!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Stelle: \"Is a general specializing in forging divine weapons!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Stelle: \"Woooo, Old Yan, when I have the opportunity to step on the Zhuming Luofu Xianzhou, you must give me a supreme treasure sword!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>March 7th: \"Hey, how are you embarrassed to ask?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>March 7th: \"General General Huaiyan and we are not related, why should he give us things?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>General Huaiyan: \"Hahaha, although not related, you are the distinguished guests of the Luofu Xianzhou Alliance.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>General Huaiyan: \"Giving a treasure sword as a gift is not excessive.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>General Huaiyan: \"Just little friend, can you use sword skills?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>General Huaiyan: \"If you can't, even if this treasure sword is at the divine weapon level, in your hands, it won't be able to exert more power than your baseball bat.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Stelle: \"Ah this... isn't a treasure sword just for chopping and stabbing?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Stelle: \"Still have to practice...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Stelle: \"Then I don't want the treasure sword, Old Yan, give me another baseball bat!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Stelle: \"This thing is handy to swing, when the time comes, double bats will come out, I guarantee I can beat the enemy to howl!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Silver Wolf: \"Tsk, what kind of style is this?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Silver Wolf: \"Everyone is double sword style, double knife style, you play double bat style?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Miss Qingque: \"Hey, you don't say, Stelle might be able to become the founding ancestor of double bat style?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>March 7th: \"Forget it, which normal person would learn double bat style?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>March 7th: \"Double sword style is cooler, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Stelle: \"What's the use of being cool?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Stelle: \"Being able to beat the opponent to howl is the real skill!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>General Feixiao: \"Good, well said!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>General Feixiao: \"You said this... I like it!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>General Feixiao: \"The so-called eighteen martial arts are just killing skills.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>General Feixiao: \"If you pursue fancy things, you are putting the cart before the horse.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Stelle: \"Oh my, General General Feixiao is really a fellow traveler!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Stelle: \"Can you teach me a few awesome bat techniques when you have time?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Stelle: \"Oh right, I also want to learn marksmanship, and hat techniques,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>General Feixiao: \"Small meaning, when you come to the Yaoqing Luofu Xianzhou, feel free to find me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>General Feixiao: \"But this hat technique... hey, I really haven't studied it, you have to wait for me to buy a hat and practice.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Seeing Jiaoqiu: \"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Seeing Jiaoqiu: \"Is it really appropriate to use a hat as a weapon?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Hearing Moze: \"How would you know if you don't try?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Hearing Moze: \"Don't you also use a fan as a weapon?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Seeing Jiaoqiu: \"A fan can fan the flames, can it be the same as a hat?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Hearing Moze: \"I can also fan the fire with a hat.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Seeing Jiaoqiu: \"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The video continues.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Jade and Topaz look at each other,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>and sit down opposite old Oti one after another.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>[Whoa ho ho ho!]\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>[Welcome, welcome two ladies aboard!]\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>[Blame me for not taking good care of you, making you wait outside for a long time, right?]\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>After Topaz and Jade sit down,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>old Oti starts to say polite words.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>[Not at all, Mr. Oti.]\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>[It is our honor to see you.]\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>[You may not know, \"The Biography of Oti Alfalfa\" is a must-read book for employees of the Strategic Investment Department after joining.]\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Stelle: \"Must-read book for company employees?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Stelle: \"March, buy me a copy when you have time, I want to appreciate it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>March 7th: \"Appreciate this?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>March 7th: \"You don't do any business, what's the use of reading this?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Stelle: \"Naturally, it's for emergencies!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Aventurine: \"Heh, books are dead, people are alive.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Aventurine: \"If you read this, you might as well learn two tricks from Topaz.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Stelle: \"That's right!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Stelle: \"Topaz, teach me two unique secrets of doing business!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Stelle: \"So I won't be pitted in the future!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Topaz: \"Can, this is no problem.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Furina: \"It seems that this old Oti is indeed a legendary tycoon.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Fu Xuan: \"Even Lady Jade is being so polite to him.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Miss Qingque: \"Tsk, tsk, tsk. There’s a saying: courtesy first, force later!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Miss Qingque: \"I’m guessing Lady Jade is employing that exact strategy right now, isn't she?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Miss Sushang: \"Got it!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Miss Sushang: \"Lady Jade must be thinking: 'If this old geezer is sensible, fine. If not, don't blame me for being ruthless. Heh heh heh!'\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Guinaifen: \"Shangshang, did you stay up all night reading adventure novels again?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Guinaifen: \"That sounds exactly like something a villain would say, doesn't it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Jade: \"Heh heh heh... although that wasn't very elegant.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Jade: \"It does, however, align with my mindset.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Topaz: \"Don't let Old Odi’s smiling face fool you; he’s no pushover.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Topaz: \"Following Lady Jade’s three-step negotiation method, we’ll play along with him for now and see what he has to say.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Boothill: \"Son of a biscuit, negotiations are such a pain!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Boothill: \"Turns out the 'gun-to-the-head' negotiation method is the one that suits me best!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Stelle: \"Looks like you’re a kindred spirit of mine!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The video continues.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>【After all, in the eyes of many, you are a legendary figure who single-handedly propped up the economic system of Penacony.】\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>As Jade finished speaking,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Topaz added a compliment of her own.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>【Ho ho ho! As expected of the IPC’s Stonehearts, you two truly understand the art of conversation.】\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>【Old Odi loves chatting with smart people; we can skip the games and superficial pleasantries and get straight to the point!】\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>【Since you’ve been invited aboard my ship as IPC representatives, you two can probably guess the topic I wish to discuss, right?】\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Old Odi said with a smile.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>【The future of Penacony—if I’m not mistaken, that is what you wish to discuss.】\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Jade replied, also smiling.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>【Ho ho ho, exactly, you hit the nail on the head!】\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>【Those few simple words involve interests that are tangled and complex!】\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>【Take that blond kid who didn't show up as an example; he went through all that trouble and nearly lost his life. What was it all for?】\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Hu Tao: \"Blond... blond kid??\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Hu Tao: \"Pfft, Mr. Aventurine has inexplicably gained another nickname!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Aventurine: \"I am a member of the Stonehearts, at least.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Aventurine: \"What right does this Old Odi have to disrespect me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Dr. Ratio: \"Hilarious. Do you not have a clue yourself?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Dr. Ratio: \"You are holding Penacony’s leverage in your hands.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Dr. Ratio: \"Do you really think he’d look at you favorably?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Stelle: \"How bold, to dare disrespect the mysterious Aventurine!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Stelle: \"This Old Odi has already invited his own demise!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>March 7th: \"Hey, Stelle, you’ve been reading too many Luofu Xianzhou adventure novels, haven't you?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Furina: \"Speaking of which, isn't the person who truly propped up Penacony’s economic system the Clockmaker, Mr. Mikhail?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Hu Tao: \"Mr. Mikhail was the founder, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Hu Tao: \"Without the story of the Clockmaker that he fabricated, there would have been no possibility for Penacony’s economy to rise.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Xiangling: \"This Old Odi must have made his fortune by standing in the right place at the right time back then.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Xiangling: \"Come to think of it, he’s essentially standing on the shoulders of giants.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Stelle: \"With his short stature, isn't standing on the shoulders of giants the only way he could succeed? (Smirk.jpg)\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The video continues.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>【In the end, wasn't it just to create an opportunity for the IPC, giving you a reason to retake this piece of fat meat, Asdana?】\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>【Ho ho ho...】\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>After Old Odi finished speaking,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>he let out a cold, soft laugh.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>【The wisdom and experience accumulated over ten Amber Eras of navigating the business world—truly well-deserved.】\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>【Assuming your guess is true, Mr. Odi—how do you intend to respond to this move by the IPC?】\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Paimon: \"Navigating the business world... for ten Amber Eras?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Paimon: \"Turns out we underestimated him before?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Lumine: \"By that count... this Old Odi is at least over a thousand years old.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Lumine: \"Hmm... he’s certainly not easy to deal with.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Stelle: \"The IPC has leverage now. I think no matter how shrewd this Old Odi is, he can't make a comeback.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>March 7th: \"Although I think so too, can someone who has navigated the business world for ten Amber Eras really lack the ability to break this deadlock?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>The video continues.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>【I admire your composure, Lady Jade!】\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>【You must have seen a lot of the world.】\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>【But your understanding of Penacony is not deep enough... Ho ho ho... Facing a greedy wolf drooling over its prey, I, Old Odi, do not intend to sit and wait for death.】\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>After Old Odi finished this sentence,\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>the scene fell into a brief silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>【Well, I have no intention of interrupting... Please, continue.】\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Jade said with a calm expression.\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>【Ho ho ho... Then I shall get straight to the point.】\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>【Meeting you two before the formal talks is to persuade the Strategic Investment Department to completely abandon its designs on Penacony.】\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>【If you retreat now while you still can, you will be able to exit with more dignity...】\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>【And it will save the IPC from losing face at the grand negotiation table.】\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Stelle: \"Good grief, what gives him such confidence?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Stelle: \"He’s actually threatening the IPC directly?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>March 7th: \"Feels like he’s just bragging and bluffing.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>March 7th: \"The leverage is already in someone else’s hands, yet he’s still this arrogant. Is he in a rush to die?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Furina: \"Looks like he’s deliberately putting on a tough front, trying to scare away the two IPC representatives, Miss Topaz and Lady Jade?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Topaz: \"Then he’s looking down on us far too much.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Jade: \"Hmm, he understands negotiation.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Jade: \"Even while in a weak position, he has created an atmosphere where we are the ones at a disadvantage.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Jade: \"It’s just a pity that while this tactic might work on ordinary IPC employees, on us...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Jade: \"I can only say he’s out of options.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Aventurine: \"Trying to scare us away with a few words?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Aventurine: \"Then who is going to compensate me for the knife I took?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Aventurine: \"He really is delusional.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Dr. Ratio: \"He should be thankful that it was the Strategic Investment Department that came to negotiate with him.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Dr. Ratio: \"If it had been those people from the Marketing Development Department...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Dr. Ratio: \"He might already be locked up in an IPC starship as a prisoner.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Paimon: \"Uh... are the people from the Marketing Development Department that ruthless?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Paimon: \"They act just like villains.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Boothill: \"Hey, miss, I think you can drop the 'just like'.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Boothill: \"They’re a bunch of people who will stop at nothing for profit; calling them villains is no exaggeration.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Boothill: \"I have no doubt that if the Marketing Development Department had come, Penacony would have been bombed into ruins by starships by now.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>Boothill: \"At that point, that bastard Oswald would probably say that in order to eliminate the remnants of the Order, he had no choice but to use force.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",2143,"2026-06-15T22:18:23.227Z","2026-06-17T08:46:49.733Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","81f4c3ed60093cf280171a3d874fd5cc42c33a3b4e75a3fc5da111362318171e","honkai-star-rail-and-genshin-impact-the-divine-p-chapter-241","honkai-star-rail-and-genshin-impact-the-divine-p-chapter-239",419,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fhonkai-star-rail-and-genshin-impact-the-divine-p-cover.jpg"]