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Chapter 5 - Chapter 5: Shareholder Rebellion - Short-Selling the Heavenly Dao

💼 ​​[CEO in Hellcoin]​​

Lin Feng stared at the jade USB—now morphing into a ​Heavenly SEC Chairman Badge. System alerts bled from its surface:

SOUL MORTGAGE DEFAULT RATE: 42% SHAREHOLDER LAWSUITS FILED: 9,821 BINGQING LUO'S SOUL SIGNAL: TRACED TO HELL'S LIQUIDITY MINING POOL

A contract pulsed: ​​"Clause 7.7: Soul forfeiture if IPO profit <200%"​​

"Time to pump those numbers," Lin Feng muttered, slamming the badge onto Tesla's spirit battery core.

💸 ​​[Wall Street of the Damned]​​

The Heavenly Nasdaq terminal flickered to life:

HEAVENLY SEC CHAIRMAN PERKS: ✔️ Halt/Resume soul trading ✔️ Manipulate karma interest rates ✔️ Launch celestial short-selling

Lin Feng's first order:

>> SHORT SAINTESS PURITY FUTURES (SPF)

Margin: 10,000 mortgaged souls

Livestream rebooted automatically:

​​"LIVE: Heavenly SEC Chair SHORTS the Saintess!"​​

Viewers: 0 → 1,500,000 in 3 seconds

🤬 ​​[Shareholder Uprising]​​

Holographic protesters materialized:

​Angry Investors: Demanding soul dividends ​Ice Phoenix Employees: Holding "Free Our CEO" signs ​Demonic Debt Collectors: Repoing defaulted souls

Lead protester ​Uncle Four​ (who mortgaged 20% of his soul) bellowed:

"You promised 200% returns! My reincarnation downgraded from CEO to SHIH TZU!"

Lin Feng triggered:

>> EMERGENCY SHAREHOLDER MEETING

VOTE: Accept temporary soul depreciation?

COST TO VOTE: 100灵石

Livestream counter:

YES: 38% (2.1M灵石)

NO: 62% (3.4M灵石)

🕳️ ​​[The Short-Sell Trap]​​

Saintess Meng appeared on every screen, her body now a fusion of copyright drones and pure rage:

"I know your play, Chairman Lin. But you forgot—"

She dumped ​10 million SPF contracts​ onto the market. Purity Futures crashed 90%.

Lin Feng's margin call alert screamed:

MARGIN LIQUIDATION IMMINENT!

COLLATERAL: 10,000 souls → SCHEDULED FOR HELL MINING

Bingqing's face flashed on a hellish mining rig feed:

SOUL OUTPUT: 0.4 Hellcoins/hour

CONDITION: Critical spiritual depletion

⚡ ​​[Demonic Bailout]​​

Asmodeus Prime's bid appeared:

OFFER: 50M灵石 bridge loan

`TERMS:

500% annual interest Default = Your soul + SEC chairmanship`

Livestream options:

​① [Accept Loan]​​ Save souls (Lose everything if default)

​② [Sell Tesla Shares]​​ Liquidate Elon's spirit battery stake

​③ [Divine Intervention]​​ Beg Jade Emperor (Success rate: 3%)

Donation goals unlocked:

500,000灵石: Reveal Asmodeus' collateral (Earth's moon)

1,000,000灵石: Show loan fine print (Soul slavery clause)

🧩 ​​[Elon's Endgame]​​

Lin Feng chose ​②—but Elon's hologram laughed:

"Fool! My shares are backed by..."

The Tesla spirit core exploded, revealing ​Musk's true collateral:

​Jade Emperor's Douyin account​ (1.2B followers) ​Heavenly AI source code​ (Stolen by Autopilot) ​Bingqing's missing soul fragments​ (Used as battery fluid)

Saintess Meng's drones targeted Musk:

COPYRIGHT STRIKE: EARTH INFRINGEMENT

🎮 ​​[Soul Casino Royale]​​

Lin Feng activated the SEC's nuclear option:

>> INITIALIZE: SOUL DERIVATIVE CASINO

`Games:

Roulette: Bet on reincarnation tiers Blackjack: 21% karma purity or bust Slot Machines: Jackpot = Saintess' root fragments`

Monetization flooded in:

​Entry Fee: 1 soul fragment/day ​VIP Rooms: 10,000灵石 + 5% soul equity ​High Roller: Bet corporate souls (Ice Phoenix stock as chips)

Uncle Four mortgaged another 30% soul for roulette—and won ​puppy reincarnation upgrade.

🔥 ​​[Burning the Shorts]​​

Lin Feng cornered the saintess:

"You dumped 10M SPF contracts? Where'd you get that liquidity?"

He subpoenaed her transaction history—exposing:

SOURCE: Jade Emperor's secret brokerage (UserID: DouyinDaddy420)

The emperor's face flushed celestial gold. "I was just... yield farming!"

Lin Feng executed his trap:

>> FORCE LIQUIDATE: SAINTESS MENG

SEIZED: 100% of her purity futures

Saintess screamed as her drones short-circuited:

YOU CAN'T MARGIN CALL A SAINTESS!

🌪️ ​​[Hostile Takeover Complete]​​

With Saintess bankrupt, Lin Feng:

​Acquired​ her copyright drones (Now SEC enforcement bots) ​Recovered​ 8,000 souls from SPF liquidation ​Triggered​ short squeeze: SPF surged 1000%

Asmodeus' loan offer vanished. Bingqing's soul signal strengthened:

HELL MINING OUTPUT: 0.4 → 5 Hellcoins/hour

But victory alerts froze:

!!! SYSTEM OVERRIDE: JADE EMPEROR'S VIPER MODE

⚔️ ​​[Divine Power Play]​​

The emperor's avatar glitched into a ​blood-red war form:

"Enough! You turned my heaven into... Robinhood!"

His true plan unfolded:

​Poison Pill: Released all heavenly debt records ​Golden Parachute: Diverted 90% soul liquidity to his private metaverse ​Kill Switch: Locked SEC systems unless Lin Feng surrendered

Livestream viewers received:

EMERGENCY SHAREHOLDER VOTE: ① Surrender (Get 5% soul refund) ② Fight (Risk total liquidation)

💣 ​​[Chapter-End Thermonuclear Trade]​​

Lin Feng ignored both options. Instead, he:

​Shorted​ Jade Emperor's Douyin followers ​Leaked​ his hellcoin investments to heavenly media ​Launched​ $HEVN token (Backed by seized imperial assets)

The emperor roared, summoning ​karma nukes.

But Bingqing's voice crackled from a drone:

"Chairman Lin! My mining rig output—use it ALL!"

Her soul signal spiked as she funneled ​5,000 Hellcoins​ into Lin Feng's account.

Final alert:

MARGIN CALL: JADE EMPEROR

COLLATERAL: Celestial Throne (Appraised 500M灵石)

The livestream cut to:

MARKET HOLIDAY: HEAVENLY EXCHANGE CLOSED INDEFINITELY

​​(To Be Continued)​​

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