[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-star-rail-i-established-the-foundation-at-the-st":3,"chapter-star-rail-i-established-the-foundation-at-the-st-star-rail-i-established-the-foundation-at-the-st-chapter-627":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Star Rail: I Established the Foundation at the Start",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1928656,2626,"Chapter 627","star-rail-i-established-the-foundation-at-the-st-chapter-627",627,"\u003Cp>His face was haggard, a sinister smile hanging at the corners of his mouth; he did not know how long he had been lurking here, just waiting for Ulrich to notice his existence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ulrich’s previously calm expression froze instantly, her eyes slowly widened, and her lips were about to part.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Red\" had been waiting, quietly and excitedly, until he finally got everything he wanted from Ulrich’s reaction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Sweet fear and vigilance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The next moment, he raised a hand and sliced the agent in half, killing her instantly, without letting her issue a warning to Adam, not even a single syllable.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>On the other end of the phone, Adam only heard a vague clicking sound, followed by a busy signal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Adam tapped his chest four times, then hung up the phone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He heard nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When \"Red’s\" skull-like cheeks and those gloomy eyes appeared on the screen, the audience felt their hearts skip a beat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The good die young, while the wicked live for a thousand years.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How can there be such a disgusting person? Can someone give him a miserable death???\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, why hasn't he been transformed by 3125 into that ugly, neither-human-nor-ghost appearance?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Simply killing such a person is useless... To retaliate against a guy like this, one can only smash everything he relies on from a conceptual level, correcting his distorted realities one by one... This is much harder than summoning 3125 to destroy the world.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"One cannot get the priorities wrong; the main contradiction is between the world and 3125. As long as the main contradiction is solved, settling scores with clowns is just a side matter.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Indeed, as long as 3125 is solved, such accomplices who use the pressure of supreme divinity to do evil will inevitably have nowhere to hide... But the question arises, what is a 'better concept'? Competing by numbers? Using 'six' to suppress 'five', directly eliminating the 'Fifth Starfish'?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hmm...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Asta admitted she was scared.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This man codenamed \"Red\" was simply haunting; he did not occupy much space in the story, appearing to be an accomplice, yet he was closely linked to the tragedy of the entire world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Does he want to destroy the world?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such a thought suddenly popped into Asta’s mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the very beginning of summoning 3125, killing the agent, killing everyone related to the mission, to killing Moreno, and then to killing Ulrich.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Such bloody cases were all actively caused by him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Red\" seemed born for world destruction; nothing short of destroying the entire world could appease his hatred.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet what had he experienced to make him so desperate for this world, so full of hatred for the world, that even when 3125 had already turned the entire world into purgatory, he still took pleasure in hunting down the survivors?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That was probably another story.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>……\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Adam hung up the phone, the scene switched, and time returned to before 3125 had destroyed everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A crucial meeting was being held in containment unit S167-00-1006.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was called a containment unit, but it was actually a giant skull, Actions Actions Taken from \"Containment-2256,\" the stillborn fetus of a super-giant cryptid.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This species possessed innate anti-memetic camouflage; even though its adult form was incredibly huge, comparable to a skyscraper, it could hide its form in the wild, making it almost impossible to be seen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The hollowed-out cranial cavity also possessed similar anti-memetic properties; when people left it, they would forget everything that happened inside, remembering nothing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dr. Bartholomew Hughes and his team had conducted deep research on it for several years, striving to uncover and replicate this magical camouflage of the natural world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, they had gotten their wish.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They successfully imitated the bone material of \"Containment-2256,\" compressed it into sturdy prefabricated panels, and welded them into an absolutely airtight box, thereby achieving passive memetic isolation, sealing information within it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This skull was a behemoth, forty-five meters long, sixteen meters wide, and fifteen meters high, standing majestically in the center of a huge containment unit tailored for it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Surrounding the skull were the rest of its remains, carefully arranged into an exquisite radial pattern, as if it were a solemn death ritual.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The ossuary occupied nearly one-third of the floor area of the containment unit, while the remaining space was occupied by a massive industrial module, containing various organs stripped from the giant beast’s body.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Some of these even used converted cargo ships to accommodate its massive brain tissue and skin.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dr. Hughes walked through a canyon; to his left was a hundred-meter-high front leg bone, and to his right was a blue steel tank containing the giant beast’s first stomach.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking up, the skull resembled a majestic yellow-white giant tower in the distance, with two hollow, pitch-black eye sockets staring at the visitor at the bottom of the canyon.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And this was merely the smallest member of its kind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Behind the skull, previously the first cervical vertebra of the giant beast, it had now been converted into a huge composite mechanical airlock, a ramp plus a few steps, and a workstation area.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This workstation area served as a micro-service center, strictly monitoring all personnel and items entering and leaving S167-00-1006.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This place was fully equipped with chairs, scanners, coffee machines, cleaning carts, and cages filled with embryos.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Outside the workstation area, a gleaming bulletproof luxury car sat quietly, ready for duty.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Where did everyone else go?\" Dr. Hughes asked the lady behind the workstation, adding, \"I’m not late, am I?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Please follow me,\" she responded, guiding Dr. Hughes toward the seat next to the scanner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dr. Hughes was already familiar with this procedure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He naturally extended his left arm, waiting for the next step.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The staff member tore open the sterile packaging of the bracelet-like sensor, wrapped it around Dr. Hughes’s left wrist, and her gaze immediately focused on the screen next to them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They went in about an hour ago,\" she explained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dr. Hughes frowned slightly, pondering to himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Why did they deliberately tell him a different start time?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And why reserve a one-hour gap before his arrival?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Did they say anything?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course not.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dr. Hughes had no clue about today’s or previous meetings, not even knowing if they had similar themes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But from some subtle details, he could see something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>First, the change in the frequency of the meetings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the beginning of the year, they were still painstakingly writing self-guidelines for monthly meetings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By October, the pace suddenly accelerated, and meetings became weekly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Last week, they were so dense that three were held in a row.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And starting this Monday, they had been meeting for ninety minutes every morning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A more important clue was the list of attendees.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Besides Dr. Hughes himself, three top members of his team were also on the list, as well as the directors of Site-41, 45, and 167.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Particularly noteworthy was Michael Li, the director of the Foundation’s Anti-Memetics Division and Dr. Hughes’s direct superior, who was also prominently listed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thinking of this, Dr. Hughes secretly glanced at the luxury car behind him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He could not be sure who its owner was, but in this world, only the O5 Council could openly drive private vehicles into Foundation containment buildings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In other words, an O5 was attending today’s meeting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dr. Hughes nodded at the car:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Shouldn't this place already be full of private security?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The lady shrugged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Did anyone go in with the O5? Bodyguards? Is anyone staying in the car?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No... please open your mouth.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She placed a disc-like hat on Dr. Hughes’s head, put a transmitter on the roof of his mouth, and then sent two radio pulses to his brain.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Any psychological impulses?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The transmitter blocked his mouth, and Dr. Hughes tried his best to reply: \"Mmm—mmm—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Have you experienced deep sleep in the past twelve hours?\" The lady neatly removed the transmitter and discarded it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dr. Hughes wiped his mouth: \"Yes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How many fingers do you have?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ten.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Please count them for me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, ten.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The lady injected him with an anti-rejection agent, then took a lively embryo out of the cage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It wiggled its tentacles in confusion, clearly dissatisfied with being held high.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Please tilt your head back, look at the ceiling, keep your eyes open, and, please take off your glasses.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dr. Hughes complied: \"I really don't like this part.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The lady did not respond, but placed the embryo on his eyes like an eye mask.\u003C\u002Fp>",1410,"2026-06-14T04:01:53.953Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","8cba7a1acff62347f85fa79ed492e28839792d739d1d4f4d7b7b96fcbea88304","star-rail-i-established-the-foundation-at-the-st-chapter-628","star-rail-i-established-the-foundation-at-the-st-chapter-626",641,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fstar-rail-i-established-the-foundation-at-the-st-cover.jpg"]