I handed over to another world

Chen Lin stood in the observation cabin of the "Skydome" space station, looking at the slowly rotating blue earth outside the porthole.

Nearly a decade of interstellar development has allowed the Red Dragon Association's territory to span the entire solar system. From the Mercury mines to the outposts in the Kuiper Belt, the red dragon flag is flying everywhere. The solar system has long been unable to meet the Red Dragon Association's expansion progress at this time. Fleets further away have even reached galaxies outside the Milky Way within this limited time.

"President, this is the latest internal audit report."

Secretary Zhao handed over a transparent data board. "According to your instructions, we have slowed down our external expansion and started to comprehensively sort out our internal systems."

Chen Lin took the data tablet and tapped the air with his fingertips.

The holographic projection unfolded, showing a detailed assessment of each branch of the Red Dragon Association: the energy utilization rate of the Mars base dropped by 3%, the maintenance cost of the Jupiter space station exceeded 12%, and even the most core Earth headquarters had three data leaks...

These matters were previously handled by the people below, but now Chen Lin has put them together and is preparing to start with these small details to comprehensively sort out and solve many accumulated problems within the company.

"Boiling a frog in warm water..."

Chen Lin sighed and put the data board aside. He turned and walked to the control console and pressed the communication button: "Notify all A-level and above cadres in the space station that I will hold a holographic meeting at 9 am tomorrow."

The secretaries and staff below quickly began to convey this information. It was obvious that the meeting that Chen Lin, as the president of the association, was going to convene was no small matter.

The next day, all the Red Dragon leaders in the entire Sky Dome Space Station joined the meeting through the quantum communication system.

Chen Lin's figure appeared simultaneously in hundreds of space stations and base conference rooms. Every projection was clearly visible, even the reflection of the nanofibers on his cuffs was clearly visible.

"Everyone,"

Chen Lin's voice was transmitted in real time through the quantum entanglement network, "From today on, the Red Dragon Association will enter the intensive cultivation period."

He called up the solar system hologram, and the red arrows that originally marked the expansion plan all turned into blue internal optimization icons. "We will enter a period of slow development of outward expansion. Next, we must begin to carefully deal with some internal problems, improve our own technology and scientific and technological levels, and prepare for the next development."

"Below are some detailed regulations. Please take notes carefully, participants."

Instructions are issued accurately one by one, and the expressions of each person in charge are captured and analyzed by AI.

When Chen Lin mentioned "data security at the Earth Headquarters", the technical department director's pupils shrank noticeably.

……

After the meeting, Chen Lin left Team Leader Mo from the Supervisory Group alone. This old agent in his sixties was one of the few people in the association who dared to directly refute him. In the beginning, this guy had come to him directly many times to report the case, which made Chen Lin somewhat helpless.

"Mr. Mo, is there a problem with the technical department?"

Team leader Mo took out an old-fashioned pipe from his arms - this was one of the few "contraband items" that Chen Lin allowed him to keep. This guy was one of the leaders who came from the northwest, and he still maintained his original habits after so many years, which was quite commendable.

Although this pipe was a bit outrageous to Chen Lin, he didn't care much about it.

"President Chen," he blew out a smoke ring, "I wonder if you still remember the ship fuel theft case three years ago?"

Chen Lin's eyes flashed. The case was eventually closed with the warehouse supervisor committing suicide, but he always felt that there was another hidden story.

He didn't pay much attention to the entire trial process of the case, but he could easily feel that there was some inexplicable secret hidden in it. After he asked the intelligence department to investigate, there was no follow-up, so he didn't care much about this matter.

"Vice Minister Zhang of the Technical Department,"

Team Leader Mo lowered his voice and said, "I have been in frequent contact with an engineer at the Pluto Relay Station recently, and that engineer... was once a student of Klaus."

"Is that so?"

There was a slight gleam in Chen Lin's eyes. He already knew part of the secret of this matter, but when Lao Mo came over and mentioned it again, he suddenly became interested and wanted to find out the whole story.

……

Three days later, a sudden "system upgrade" swept the entire Red Dragon network.

While the technicians were busy debugging the new firewall, agents from the monitoring team quietly took away twelve suspicious persons.

"President, we have found out." Secretary Zhao reported, "They have been transmitting the association's energy distribution map through this terminal."

Chen Lin stood in the center of this secret communications room, stepping on floor tiles with the Neptune Mining Alliance logo.

The holographic screen on the wall still captured the last communication record—the destination was a coordinate outside the Kuiper Belt.

"interesting……"

Chen Lin gently stroked his chin, "It seems that when we were cleaning the house, we found an uninvited guest."

Chen Lin stared at the unfamiliar coordinates on the holographic screen, tapping his fingers lightly on the console.

This location outside the Kuiper Belt should theoretically be a void of interstellar space.

"Secretary Zhao, retrieve all the detection records that have passed through this coordinate in the past five years."

Chen Lin's voice was calm but with a hint of chillness. The data stream rolled rapidly in the air, and finally stopped at a set of abnormal readings.

Chen Lin's pupils contracted slightly - a weak gravitational fluctuation will occur at this coordinate point every 167 days, lasting exactly 37 minutes.

“This cycle…”

Chen Lin suddenly turned around and said, "Mr. Mo, check Klaus's rotation records at the Jupiter base."

Lao Mo's pipe almost fell to the ground. He quickly retrieved the file, and his cloudy eyes suddenly widened: "It matches perfectly! That bastard would apply for special leave after a period of time after each shift. I really thought he was taking a rest!"

Chen Lin's next words were very light, but they made everyone straighten their backs: "That's very simple."

"Notify the intelligence department. I want to know how many such dark areas there are on Earth within 24 hours."

The entire Red Dragon Association's monitoring system instantly entered the highest alert state, and quantum scanners disguised as ordinary satellites began to image the earth at the atomic level, revealing all underground building structures.

Three hours later, a dozen scarlet spots of light appeared on the holographic earth model.

These facilities, hidden in downtown areas, deep mountains, and even under the sea, all detected the same energy characteristics as the Neptune Mining Alliance.

"President, this is the most difficult part."

Secretary Zhao zoomed in on a light spot in the basement of Ginza, a core city of the Sakura Association. "They are disguised as a quantum data center, but in fact..."

"It's a weapons factory."

Chen Lin took over the conversation and looked at the plasma cannon components being assembled in the video. "Use our technology to build weapons to fight us?"

"really interesting."

He suddenly smiled, and this smile made the agents present shudder: "Let's do it, let these rats see what real Red Dragon technology is. I don't like to hear about the survivors talking about this afterwards."

As soon as the words were spoken, the special team set out at full speed.

As night fell, the neon lights of the Sakura Association were still bright. The crowds on the streets of Ginza were suddenly blown by a breeze - a sign that the nano-scale electromagnetic barrier was unfolding.

In the data center 300 meters underground, before the alarm could even sound, smoke began to come out of all the electronic equipment at the same time.

"what happened?!"

As soon as the captain of the guard pulled out the pulse gun, his entire arm suddenly froze.

Cryogenic nitrogen gushed out from the ventilation ducts, instantly dropping the entire space to a terrifyingly low temperature - the same situation occurred simultaneously in twelve locations around the world.

The dark area under Notre Dame de Europa was compressed into thin sheets by the gravity field, and the disguised laboratory in the South American financial center was decomposed into elementary particles by quantum...

When dawn came, Chen Lin stood on the observation deck of the "Sky Dome" space station and watched the terminator slowly move across the surface of the earth.

Secretary Zhao handed over the final action report: all twelve dark areas were cleared, 2387 people were captured, and the weapons seized were enough to arm an entire legion.

"President, do you want to make the news public?"

Chen Lin shook his head and tapped the holographic earth with his fingertips.

Those locations that were once marked with red dots have now become green tree icons.

“Transform these places into public ecological parks.”

He turned and walked towards the tarmac. "As for the prisoners...sending them to the Mars Transformation Camp or other bases, I don't need to arrange this myself. Let the security department do it."

"I seem to have heard that the Alpha Mine is short of miners recently."

Secretary Zhao nodded: "I understand."

……

Chen Lin stood in the command cabin of the "Chixiao", looking at the earth outside the porthole. The cleanup operation over the past month had kept his brows furrowed.

"President, this is the latest investigation report."

Secretary Zhao handed over a data board with nearly a hundred red marks on it. "According to your request, the intelligence department has discovered 87 similar security risks."

Chen Lin's fingers slid across the data tablet, and every record stabbed into his sight like a knife.

From underground laboratories on Mars to smuggling networks on Jupiter's space station, bribed engineers have been found even at a mining base on Mercury.

"One hundred and thirty-four..."

Chen Lin's voice was so low that it was almost inaudible. "In just five years, so many termites have grown up?"

He turned and walked towards the holographic sandbox and called up the organizational chart of the Red Dragon Association. The originally clear lines were now covered with red marks, like a neural network corroded by a virus.

"It seems like it's time for a cleanup."

After a long while, Chen Lin slowly spoke, "All B-level and above cadres will undergo a new loyalty review, the technical department's authority will be managed in different levels, and each space station will have an inspector who will report directly to me."

Secretary Zhao was recording quickly, but when he heard the last item, his pen paused slightly: "President, will this... affect the normal operation of various departments?"

Chen Lin's eyes swept over the red marks: "I would rather reduce my efficiency by 30% than be stabbed in the back."

He pressed the communication button and said, "Notify all branch directors to implement the new Safety Code starting tomorrow."

The new rules are suffocatingly strict: all operations involving core technologies must be authorized by three people at the same time; the encryption protocol of quantum communication terminals is changed every hour; and even the cafeteria's food supply must undergo triple testing.

The most frightening thing is the "collective responsibility system" - if any problem occurs in any department, the entire management team must undergo a neural scan and polygraph test. Once it is discovered that there is any involvement with related personnel, then the problem will be serious.

"President, Deputy Director Zhang of the Technical Department requests to see you."

A sneer appeared on Chen Lin's lips: "Let him in."

Deputy Minister Zhang stumbled into the command cabin, his face as pale as paper: "President! I really didn't know about those illegal operations! It was Klaus's students who induced me..."

"Induction?"

Chen Lin interrupted him and pulled up a holographic video. In the video, Vice Minister Zhang was handing a data chip to a masked man in exchange for a bag of unknown objects. "Could it be that the ship's fuel from three years ago was also stolen by someone?"

Deputy Minister Zhang collapsed to the ground, with suspicious liquid oozing out of his trouser legs.

Chen Lin waved his hand in disgust: "Send him to the Pluto mining station. Remember to tell the person in charge there to keep this guy in solitary confinement."

"Yes."

That night, Chen Lin was alone in the captain's room reviewing reports, with new data constantly jumping on the holographic screen. With the implementation of the new regulations, several more covert organizations surfaced, and what shocked him the most was that spies who tried to steal the design drawings of the "Chixiao" were even found at the lunar base.

"It seems that I am still too kind."

Chen Lin muttered to himself, and said to the black shadow on the other side of the screen, "It's time to let everyone remember that the red dragon's reverse scale cannot be touched."

The next morning, Red Dragon facilities throughout the solar system received the same encrypted notice.

When people finished reading the content, countless cups of coffee slipped from their trembling hands - Chen Lin announced the establishment of the "Shadow Guard" directly under the president. This security force composed of intelligent machines, modified personnel and special service members has the right to inspect anyone at any time and any place. The banner they raise is naturally for the safety and future of the association.

At the Alpha Mine on Mars, a supervisor secretly deleted the violation records in the terminal, but what he didn't expect was that three seconds later four dark shadows broke through the wall and pressed him on the still hot screen.

"According to Article 17 of the Safety Code,"

The special forces captain coldly announced to him, "You are sentenced to lifelong exile!"

"I was wronged!"

"I'm only doing this for my daughter..."

"Catch him!"

The captain of the special service team spoke out in surprise, and the robot soldiers grabbed him directly and blocked his vision - all arrested persons would be given black blindfolds on the spot.

When this news was transmitted back to the Chi Xiao, Chen Lin was reviewing the latest version of the Interstellar Development Charter. Without even looking up, he said to Secretary Zhao, "Will this lead to the birth of a group of interstellar pirates in the future?"

Secretary Zhao was slightly stunned, and was somewhat unsure: "That shouldn't be the case... Our exile is just a change of place for them to live. The construction of those exile places is actually very good. After all, you said before that exile is not the purpose."

Chen Lin sighed deeply. He knew that these actions would make many people curse secretly, but he would rather have a feared dynasty than an empire that was rotten from within.

The Red Dragon Association has entered the interstellar age. If many people still maintain the customs on the ground, form cliques and engage in various forms of corruption, the Red Dragon Association will rot even faster.

In order to deal with these problems, Chen Lin needs to use thundering methods in time - after all, these things are only applied to people with problems and will not affect normal people at all. (End of this chapter)