[{"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-89":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Honkai: Star Rail: Starting by Building the Foundation",{"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},1928118,2626,"Chapter 89","star-rail-i-established-the-foundation-at-the-st-chapter-89",89,"\u003Cp>\"The more you know, the more dangerous it becomes; this is no exception for us.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Furthermore, regarding our personnel turnover, there has never been an exact number—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>O5-8 (bbcj) interrupted him, not letting him diminish the importance of this issue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fine, I need an answer, just to satisfy my curiosity. Number Three, do you know?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hmm... I know,\" the voice came from the computer, \"it is... uh...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A number jumped onto the screen, and the other O5 Council members stared at it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>3,496,974,222\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The conference room fell into a deathly silence, as if before the birth of the universe, or as if after the universe had faded into nothingness.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>O5-5 coughed twice:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"To some extent, is the outside world still completely ignorant of the anomalous?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Here, \"the anomalous\" is a collective term for all supernatural-related events and objects, not referring solely to any one of extraordinary events, containment objects, or anomalous items.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But... when half the people in the world have become Foundation employees, even if a considerable number of them are temporary workers...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Is there still a need for secrecy?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don't know,\" O5-8 replied, the corners of her mouth tight, \"but I intend to find out.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first question was answered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now for the second, bigger question.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Holy crap, civilization hasn't even entered the interstellar era, and the Foundation already has nearly 3.5 billion employees? That's more than the total population of our entire Vidyadhara race...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I can't hold it together; the Foundation originally developed as a secret organization, but after developing for a while, they discovered that it seems everyone in the world is a Foundation person...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Foundation Agent: The opposing organization, except for the big boss, everyone else is already our person. When are we going to replace the big boss on the other side with one of our own?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is this the O5 Council? Why do they feel so much worse than the Administrator? Did they not notice that the Foundation's budget is constantly skyrocketing?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sitting on so many containment objects, the Foundation must not be constrained by the financial system.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is there a possibility that the Administrator at this period isn't ridiculously strong either, just like a mortal who hasn't ascended to an Aeon, possessing at most some extraordinary abilities?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the will of the O5 Council was issued, an invisible storm was gathering energy, conducting from the top down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The result of this operation will determine how humanity faces the anomalies that are everywhere.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Should they continue to cover up the existence of anomalies to protect the potentially ignorant;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Or let people turn a blind eye to it and directly disclose some things that do not need to be kept secret.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This order might not be very good for the readers of a certain library—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No matter where they were, as long as they held a library card, they were startled by an incomparably terrifying voice.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That voice sounded from above their heads:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"All library readers from Blue Star, timeline B-173, please raise your hands; the Librarian needs to conduct a personnel survey.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Librarian pushed up his glasses and scanned the letters in front of him in a hurry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then, he raised his tail and began to point:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Now let's see...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"1, 2, 3...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When the number reached five digits, looking at the remaining number of people, how he wished he could have a few more fingers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And in another part of this planet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A critic named Jack Dawkins observed the information displayed in front of him, then turned to the fax in his hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are they all here?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The painter in front of him replied:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, Critic, every dot on the map represents an active artist in the world. This conclusion is based on your 2009...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, I can see that.\" The critic's tone clearly indicated that he was not satisfied with what his work had spawned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The painter hesitated for a moment:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Uh... theoretically speaking, when you press this button, it will kill some artists, or at least make them unable to create, those who don't have us...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Damn it!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The critic was furious.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How many times have I told you not to do that, what the hell is the point of killing the people who appreciate them?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Pure art is meant to convey information to people! How could your audience be so stupid as to get information from a piece that can snap their heads off and shove them into donkey shit or dog shit?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That's not art, that's bullshit!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Drowned by Jack Dawkins's spit and startled by his unpleasant roar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a full few minutes, the painter tentatively asked pitifully and cautiously:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then... should I use it to get rid of the people who use art to hurt the audience?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The critic's face changed instantly, and then he buried his head in his palms:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, I have a bad feeling that there might be less than three digits left...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'd rather live in ignorance, just hiding the lethal memes and sending them out.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One instruction after another, one message after another, were issued by the various executive agencies under the O5 Council and delivered to all parts of the world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And this was just a small twist in the process of answering a question.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Please subscribe!\u003C\u002Fp>\u003Cp>\"What's the name of that creature that flashed by just now? Our 'Xeno-Biology Department' doesn't have a corresponding illustrated guide. Can any big shot point the way?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don't know, but 'Xeno-Biology Department' sounds so cool. What do they do? I want to go there when I grow up!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Kid, don't be fooled; that's for studying biology. On our planet, if an ordinary person gets a doctorate in both biology and mathematics at the same time, the rest of their life will basically depend on welfare.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'm more concerned about what the 'memetics' those people mentioned are. I've never heard these concepts from Foundation personnel before. Is this another type of anomaly?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Listening to that man, it seems he created some kind of terrifying anomaly that can kill almost everyone on an entire planet in an instant? Nanook of 'Destruction' would call him an expert.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Maybe it's cleaning up specific artists?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I thought they would verify it person by person; I didn't expect the Foundation to be able to pull some tricks in this regard.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I, real-name support, clear out those artists who use art to hurt the audience. I've seen too many self-proclaimed, but actually stinking, artists recently. Even worse, there's a race whose every line of poetry has to be related to sh*t and piss.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This was a global census. A large number of Foundation personnel were mobilized to aggregate various statistics, confirm personnel lists, and verify information on deaths, disappearances, defections, executions, feeding to anomalies, etc., one by one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not only the Foundation, but also various organizations that walk in the dark side of the world and deal with anomalies were involved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>These organizations briefly put aside their differences, stopped sabotage, subversion, and assassination, and joined hands with the Foundation for an important answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even Marshall, Carter, and Dark Ltd., a peer that had always been at odds with the Foundation, sent an envelope made of rare tree species;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A robot brought a letter and a request for help of $10,000;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The followers of the Broken God sent three pieces of information: an email, a steam-powered shell, and a bird that was gradually turning into a machine;\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whether it was a large organization or a small organization, they all integrated the materials they held at this moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The O5 Council entered them into the computer and waited for it to output a list.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Finally, the printer started to run, buzzing, and the O5 Council got the answer they wanted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But the content of this answer was not what they wanted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>—Not very good.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In an unknown small town.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ding-a-ling—\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An old man with silver hair and black eyes, his face aged but still showing the elegance of his youth, his cheeks angular, rode a bicycle and returned to the courtyard gate leisurely.\u003C\u002Fp>",1346,"2026-06-14T04:01:45.417Z",1,"Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite","f9d696a37ba02938111feda5a98e35f358524316968e847bfcfb0bb50cfb270e","star-rail-i-established-the-foundation-at-the-st-chapter-90","star-rail-i-established-the-foundation-at-the-st-chapter-88",641,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fstar-rail-i-established-the-foundation-at-the-st-cover.jpg"]