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Chapter 4 - Chapter 4: Soul IPO - When Heaven and SEC Collide​

​💥 ​​[Countdown Chaos]​​

Lin Feng's finger hovered over ​④ The Elon Gambit​ as the drone's countdown blared:

SOUL REACQUISITION: 3...2...

He slammed his palm on Bingqing's moonpool control panel:

>>> sudo override --destination=MARS_COLONY_BETA

Space warped. The drone's tractor beam ripped through Bingqing's rooftop just as they teleported—carrying half her jade bathhouse into orbit.

Livestream chat exploded:

​​[TeamCEO]:​​ CEO'S HOUSE GOT YEETED!

​​[Asmodeus]:​​ BID INCREASED TO 10M灵石 FOR DRONE FOOTAGE!

📈 ​​[Soul Stock Launch]​​

They rematerialized in a neon-lit chamber stacked with server racks humming spiritual energy. A hologram flickered: ​​"Welcome to Project KUNPENG Mining Rig #7"​.

Bingqing hissed at Lin Feng: "You crashed my stock price!"

Her Ice Phoenix Corp shares plummeted 78% after the bathhouse livestream.

NEW SYSTEM MISSION:

Restore CEO's market cap → Launch Soul IPO

REWARD: 5% equity in SPIRIT OS

Lin Feng's eyes locked on the core—a pulsating ​Soul Nasdaq Terminal​ displaying:

HEAVENLY LISTINGS: - Saintess Purity Futures (SPF) - Tribulation Derivatives (TD) - SOUL ETFs (Spiritual Offering Unsecured Loans)

"We're going public," he declared.

📝 ​​[SEC vs Heavenly Audit]​​

To list souls on the Heavenly Exchange required:

​Celestial Prospectus​ (Blessed by Jade Emperor) ​Three-Year Karma Audit​ (Conducted by Karmic Accounting Bodhisattvas) ​Soul Liquidity Proof​ (Minimum 10,000 purified spirits)

But Bingqing's mining rig held ​criminal evidence:

`ILLEGAL SOURCES:

50% stolen mortal souls (Earth Section 7) 30% hijacked demonic energy (Hell Violation Code 666) 20% pirated saintess root fragments`

"The Heavenly SEC will vaporize us," Bingqing whispered.

Lin Feng uploaded the data to SPIRIT OS:

>> GENERATE LEGAL SHELL COMPANY?

Proposal: **Tesla Divinity Solutions**

Registration: Delaware, USA (Mortal Realm)

💼 ​​[Mortal Backdoor]​​

Using the last of Bingqing's funds, Lin Feng opened a wormhole to Tesla HQ. Elon Musk stared at his Tesla coil glowing with ​captured earthbound spirits:

"You're late for the soul dividend, Lin."

Livestream viewers watched in real-time:

TIERED GOAL UNLOCKED (500k灵石):

Reveal Tesla's spirit supply chain

The broadcast showed:

​Soul Batteries: Trapped cultivator spirits powering Cybertrucks ​Heavenly AI: Stolen celestial algorithms in Autopilot ​Meme Mining: Reddit karma converted to spiritual energy

Elon's smile glitched: "Sustainable energy, baby."

⚖️ ​​[Regulatory Warfare]​​

Heavenly auditors descended in lightning chariots stamped:

​**© Heavenly Securities & Exchange Commission**​

Lead auditor ​Thunderbolt Zhang​ bellowed:

VIOLATION: SOUL IPO FRAUD (Section 9.9)

SANCTION: Immediate delisting + soul liquidation

Bingqing panicked as her spirit form flickered. Lin Feng triggered:

>> EMERGENCY SHAREHOLDER VOTE:

OPTION 1: Accept sanctions (Souls destroyed)

OPTION 2: Fight in Celestial Court (Cost: 5M灵石 legal fee)

Livestream voting spiked:

TEAM CEO: 24%

TEAM CHAOS: 76%

Donations poured in for Option 2—funded in 17 seconds.

🎭 ​​[Trial by Meme]​​

The Celestial Court resembled a hybrid of Wall Street and temple:

​Prosecution: Thunderbolt Zhang with karma spreadsheets ​Defense: Lin Feng armed with SPIRIT OS courtroom module ​Judge: Jade Emperor scrolling Douyin during proceedings

Lin Feng's defense strategy:

​Soul Provenance NFT​ (Minted Tesla spirits as "art") ​Fair Use Doctrine​ (Argued saintess root was "memetic sampling") ​Counter-sue​ (Accused SEC of short-selling Ice Phoenix stock)

Critical moment:

>> PLAY DONATION-TRIGGERED EVIDENCE?

500,000灵石: Expose SEC auditor's secret hellcoin investments

The livestream funded it instantly.

🔥 ​​[The Short-Sell Trap]​​

Lin Feng projected Thunderbolt Zhang's secret ledger:

PRIVATE INVESTMENTS: - 50% Hell's IPO pre-market shares - 30% Betting against Ice Phoenix stock - 20% Bribes from demonic market makers

The Jade Emperor dropped his jadeite smartphone. "You manipulated markets?"

Zhang lunged at Lin Feng—but Bingqing activated:

TIER 3 GIFT: ICE PHOENIX SUMMON (200,000灵石)

A glacial phoenix froze Zhang mid-charge.

💣 ​​[Market Crash Climax]​​

As Zhang was detained, celestial stock markets imploded:

​Saintess Purity Futures​ collapsed 300% ​Tesla Divinity​ halted trading ​Hellcoin​ surged 1000% on chaos

Lin Feng received an alert:

SOUL IPO APPROVED (Conditional)

REQUIREMENT: Immediate 10,000 soul liquidity

Bingqing pointed at the livestream: "We have 5 million viewers..."

A new interface appeared:

CROWD FUNDING: SOUL MORTGAGE OPTION

​Offer your soul fragments as IPO collateral?​​

Risk: Temporary spiritual depletion

Reward: 0.001% equity per soul fragment

🤑 ​​[The Soul Subscription]​​

Viewers went frenzied:

SOUL FRAGMENTS PLEDGED: 82,391

EQUITY DISTRIBUTED: 82.391%

But the fine print flashed:

CLAUSE 7.7: SOUL RECOVERY REQUIRES 200% PROFIT

OR FORFEITURE TO KUNPENG MINING RIG

The Jade Emperor stood, his aura crashing servers:

"You turned my people into... shareholders?"

Before he could smite them, Lin Feng triggered:

FINAL MONETIZATION EVENT:

​① [Market Manipulation]​​ Crash Hellcoin (Profit: 20M灵石)

​② [Divine Bailout]​​ Beg Jade Emperor for loan (Lose equity)

​③ [Hostile Takeover]​​ Buy Heavenly SEC (Cost: Your Tesla shares)

🌌 ​​[Chapter-End Black Hole]​​

Suddenly, Saintess Meng burst in—her body now merged with copyright enforcement drones:

>> EXECUTING DMCA JUDGMENT: PERMANENT SOUL DELISTING

The Kunpeng rig imploded. Bingqing shoved Lin Feng toward an emergency portal:

"Take the IPO money! I'll hold her—"

Lin Feng's finger stabbed ​③ Hostile Takeover​ as the black hole consumed Bingqing.

He fell through spacetime, clutching a jade USB containing:

`ASSETS ACQUIRED:

51% Heavenly SEC shares 10,000 mortgaged soul fragments Elon Musk's spirit supply contract`

Final alert:

NEW OWNER OF HEAVENLY SEC: LIN FENG

FIRST ORDER: HALT ALL SOUL TRADING

Livestream ended with static and one message:

​​[System]: CEO Bingqing's soul signature... OFFLINE​

​​(To Be Continued)​​

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