supreme deity

Chapter 757 Usurpation
Almost at the same time, Fang Xianzheng drove into the Presidential Palace.

Along the way, he saw many politicians working in the presidential palace, who gave him strange looks.

Fang Xianzheng didn't care at all and continued walking towards the presidential office.

The top circle of the federal government is much smaller than outsiders think. The battleship Capital is only this small. He has not been on duty at the Capitol for two consecutive days, and the Royal Sea Villa has been closed for nearly two days. Coupled with the various overt and covert actions of those politicians secretly supported by Zhongzhou, it is inevitable that some rumors will appear in the Presidential Palace and Congress.

Moreover, in the battle that took place at Yuhai Villa not long ago, although Her Highness the Goddess did not want to alarm the gods and deliberately restrained her strength, the battle between the two sides was at the level of immortals, and there were several gods' messengers fighting with immortals on the periphery. How could there be no trace at all?

On his way to the Presidential Palace, Fang Xianzheng heard several versions of the rumors from his secretary.

Some of them are extremely exaggerated, but close to the truth. For example, the version Fang Xianzheng just heard said that a certain force wanted to attack Ruifang Pharmaceutical, owned by Fang Xianzheng's daughter and son-in-law, and that Forest Ruifang Group had collapsed and they had been controlled.

When Fang Xianzheng entered the presidential office under the personal reception and guidance of the presidential chief of staff, he saw the federal president standing up from his desk and looking at him with a look of surprise and worry.

As the two men shook hands, embraced, and sat down at the desk, one at the front and the other at the back, Fang Xianzheng got straight to the point. "Mr. President, you should have read the bill I submitted and the personal request, right? I hope that the National Socialist Alliance, which you lead, will cooperate with me in pushing this bill through Congress."

The President frowned slightly when he heard this.

Fang Xianzheng's proposal has five core contents. The first one is to fully promote the expansion of the sixth, seventh, tenth, eleventh and twelfth base cities.

The second content is to expand trade with Tianjixing and build more factories.

The third content is to promote the immigration subsidy bill to attract more people from the Earth Federation to immigrate to Tianji Star.

The fourth content is to further relax the restrictions on the Church of the King of Light and allow it to build churches in major base cities.

The fifth content is to allow the Forest Group to build nuclear fusion power plants in major base cities. The energy produced by the Forest Group will not enter the civilian market and will be used exclusively for artificial skylight bases.

In addition, Fang Xianzheng also submitted a personnel list involving the personnel appointments of several commanders of the Dyson artillery group.

Fang Xianzheng also hopes that the Presidential Office will mobilize the government's reserve funds to speed up the construction of the Dyson artillery group, transfer all detailed drawings of the Dyson cannon technology to the Forest Group, and have Forest Heavy Industry increase the number of Dyson artillery groups to 8000. At the same time, the existing 5000-plus will be transformed to enhance their power with Tianjixing's rune technology.

The President looked at Fang Xianzheng with suspicion. "I heard that 20 minutes ago, both the Security Bureau and the Military Intelligence Bureau detected strong shock and ether fluctuations in your Yuhai Villa?"

He couldn't help but feel confused.

In the past, although Fang Xianzheng's political stance tended towards openness and immigration, his attitude was very moderate. This whip of the People's Party has always been good at networking and coordinating the interests and positions of all parties.

But at this time, Fang Xianzheng did not hesitate to charge forward and came to meet him, the president, in an almost abdication-like manner, with such a strong attitude.

And the matter of the Dyson artillery group made the President even more wary.

The Dyson Cannon Group currently possesses 5,100 'Dyson Cannons', which are natural nuclear fusion reactors used by the Earth Federation using the sun of the Celestial Galaxy as a power source. They draw energy from this star and accelerate it to the extreme through layers of energy rings. They are planet-destroying weapons with the power to destroy most planets.

At the same time, the Dyson artillery group is also equipped with a huge "gravity catcher", which is a weapon that humans have high hopes for and will be used to fight against the gods in the future.

However, judging from the actual combat results against those immortal-level warriors not long ago, the power of this set of weapons is not ideal.

Federal weapons experts unanimously agreed that the 'gravitational catcher' was not sensitive enough and not powerful enough and needed to be further strengthened. The number of Dyson cannons was also reduced. At least 30 'Dyson cannons' with % more power were needed to threaten the real abyss.

There is now a lot of controversy within the Federation about whether to continue building the Dyson artillery group.

Why is Lin Rui interested in the Dyson artillery group, and why is Fang Xianzheng promoting it today?
Is this related to the anomaly at Yuhai Villa 20 minutes ago? What exactly happened then?
Unfortunately, neither the Security Bureau nor the Military Intelligence Agency could provide him with a reliable answer.

"Mr. President, this is a personal matter of mine and has nothing to do with the bill I submitted to the President."

Fang Xianzheng shook his head, his expression complicated as he said, "My friends and I all hope that this bill will be passed as soon as possible."

"Your friend?" The President knew who was standing behind Fang Xianzheng, and his eyes became strange. "Then you should understand, Vice Speaker Fang, right? The federal government has always been not unwilling to give federal citizens a better life. Instead, a group of knowledgeable people in the federation have been working hard to control the size and population of major base cities. Their purpose is to guard against the gods of Tianji Star.

Also, if the immigration policy is too open, it will lead to various problems. Immigrants also need work and food—"

Before the President could finish his words, Fang Xianzheng interrupted, "Mr. President, your business and financial advisor, Mr. Lin Rui, has reached an agreement with Zhongzhou. The Zhongzhou Business Alliance will follow the example of the Great Song Star Port and fully open up to trade. Furthermore, the Forest Group will be responsible for the management of this star port's trade, real estate, and ship licenses. This is expected to increase employment opportunities in Tianji Star's 14 urban bases by nearly one-fifth."

The President's pupils suddenly dilated slightly, his eyes filled with disbelief.

The trade of the Zhongzhou Chamber of Commerce is actually much more open than that of the other four dynasties.

Several powerful kingdoms under the Central Continent Business Alliance have long been secretly conducting various material trades with the Earth Federation.

However, this trade was not recognized by the Zhongzhou Temple and was always kept secret.

Yet, Lin Rui has now persuaded the Zhongzhou Business Alliance to open up to trade, and will even contract all trade and ship licensing management at Zhongzhou Star Port in the future. How did he do it?
The President was then suddenly startled. Does this mean that Lin Rui has already joined forces with Zhongzhou and the two sides have reached an alliance?
So the answer submitted by Fang Xianzheng is actually the common will of both parties?

The President's expression was solemn. "Vice Speaker Fang, I'm afraid the Immortal Society will not sit idly by. Congress and the local forces in several bases will not allow this bill to pass. I personally—"

"As long as Mr. President is willing to cooperate, then with your faction within the National Socialist Union, combined with the strength of me, the Alliance of Democratic Forces, and the Bright Front, this will not be difficult."

Fang Xianzheng interrupted the president again, his expression stern. "Sir, this is the will of Lin Rui, the government's business and financial advisor and chairman of the Senlin and Ruifang Group. It represents the shared will of Mr. Lin Rui's two quasi-Abyssal Lords, six super divine messengers and senior divine messengers, six members of parliament, and thirty-two quasi-members of parliament! If Mr. Lin Rui's will cannot be implemented in Congress, he will find another way to accomplish his wish."

The President couldn't help but gasp and exchanged glances with the Chief of Staff who was sitting next to his desk.

He understood the implication of Fang Xianzheng's words.

If Lin Rui fails to implement his will in Congress, a large-scale corporate war is likely to break out within the Earth Federation.

At the moment, as the armistice agreement between the Changsheng Society and Lin Rui has not yet ended, I am afraid no one can resist this person's power.

The President thought again about the five base cities proposed by Lin Rui, which happened to be the cities where the political forces in their four directions were dominant.

As long as they reach an agreement, these plans can be implemented. The President then gave a wry smile and said, "Have you ever thought about what the gods of Tianjixing would think? How would they react?"

Fang Xianzheng shook his head upon hearing this: "Mr. President, this hasn't crossed their bottom line. Even if any consequences arise, they will be borne by the Forest Group and Lin Rui themselves."

Lin Rui had a good grasp of the situation. No matter how much these five base cities expanded, they would not be enough to support the second Abyss to enter the artificial sky. This would not cause the gods to overreact, but it would allow Lin Rui to obtain enough chips to cooperate with the Abyss in the Middle.

Upon hearing this, the President's Chief of Staff turned pale and said with a sarcastic look, "Lin Rui will take on the responsibility? Can he afford it? This is not the Changsheng Society."

Fang Xianzheng thought that Lin Rui could certainly afford it, as his son-in-law was also a member of the abyss.

He must also complete the task entrusted by Lin Rui and Her Highness the Goddess.

Fang Xianzheng had previously thought that the two sides had completely torn their relations apart, but he did not expect that they had actually reached a deal and restored the balance that Fang Xianzheng wanted.

And now, he has to demonstrate his value and ability to both parties.

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Just as Fang Xianzheng was meeting with the president, Lin Rui arrived at a huge factory area on the east side of the dock area.

After Lin Rui robbed the heretic prison of the Mechanical Temple, he gained control of a large number of electromechanical engineers and array masters, among whom there were 3,700 people who mastered high-level and master-level mechanical design, mechanical manufacturing and electronic technology.

In addition, there are nine academician-level scholars and three mechanical grand masters from Tianjixing.

Lin Rui has the full support of East Asia and can use interest-free loans to obtain East Asia's top industrial mother machines and metallurgical technology, as well as various precious industrial raw materials.

Therefore, in the past year, Forest Heavy Industry and Forest Shipbuilding, both subsidiaries of the Forest Group, have developed rapidly. In just eight months, they have expanded to behemoths employing 80 and 120 million people respectively.

Although the internal management of the two companies is still somewhat chaotic, and there are some problems in operation and profitability, and they have not really stabilized, their technical capabilities are indeed able to independently manufacture top-level war machinery such as Dyson cannons, battleships and "Dragon Fighter" 8PRO combat robots.

The 'Dragon-Slayer' 8PRO model is a technology supported by Dragon Heavy Industry. It is a castrated version of the 'Annihilator' 9 model. The technology is roughly equivalent to that of the Red Spider 8PRO model, and it also has a lot of room for modification and enhancement.

However, the 'Jianlong' 8PRO model manufactured by Forest Group can only be used within the Forest Ruifang Group and cannot be sold.

Lin Rui is now colluding with the Eurasian United Machinery Company through the channels of the underground arms dealer Vasilyev to see if he can also buy the technology of the Red Spider 8PRO model to strengthen the combination of the two.

The place where Lin Rui met with Tan Shenzhi was in Wang Yinyue's Laboratory No. 3.

The way he used Tan Shenzhi was the same as Huangfu Qing's before.

Tan Shenzhi is not only a grandmaster of mechanisms, but also a top-level grandmaster of runes and formations.

His concepts of 'talismans' and 'arrays' have both reached 81% of the level of super longevity, not much worse than that of Taixuan Immortal Venerable. His concept of 'mechanism' has also reached 86%, entering the realm of extreme longevity.

That's why he arrogantly wanted to use his own body as the core to fuse with the 'Machine God' in the Machine God Temple, so as to become the real 'God of Machinery'.

It was impossible for Lin Rui to leave this war spirit with such powerful technical capabilities unused.

However, they have not yet obtained Tan Shenzhi's war dragon, so they have only created a semi-mechanical body similar to a cyborg for Tan Shenzhi, allowing him to participate in the production and manufacturing of Forest Heavy Industry.

Especially for the body casting of the fourteen "Hearts of Light", Tan Shenzhi was responsible for the supervision and production of some high-precision parts.

After the two sides met, the first words Tan Shenzhi said in an electronic voice made Lin Rui narrow his eyes slightly: "My Lord, are you trying to create a new God of Machinery? Do you want to usurp the throne of the God of Machinery?"

Lin Rui was slightly surprised and looked up and down at the former chief astrologer of the Mechanical Temple.

The body that Lin Rui built for him was about two meters tall, and was made of a woven combination of metal and flesh. The exposed silver-white mechanical skeleton glowed coldly under the laboratory lights, and flowing blue energy could be vaguely seen under the bionic skin.

Those blue eyes not only had a mechanical coldness, but also sparkled with an eternal light of wisdom.

Lin Rui actually discovered very early on that War Spirit No. 5 was different from the other war spirits.

Although Tan Shenzhi is a war spirit, his consciousness is no different from that of a living person. He has a strong self-will and can learn on his own.

During this year, Tan Shenzhi absorbed the Earth Federation's knowledge in mathematics, physics, applied physics, electromechanical engineering, optical engineering, and computer programming like a sponge absorbing water.

Correspondingly, Tan Shenzhi's skill list expanded rapidly within a year, adding 31 skills, almost all of which reached the advanced and grandmaster levels.

This saved Lin Rui a lot of soul power points. He did not need to consume a large amount of soul power points to deduce and learn modern scientific knowledge. He could directly copy it from Tan Shenzhi.

Tan Shenzhi is not only able to learn, but also has certain self-research and creative abilities. He is unlike Huangfu Qing before his resurrection, whose thinking was simple and rigid.

Tan Shenzhi could even design precise mechanical blueprints by himself. Some parts of his body were designed, improved, and made and replaced by himself.

In addition, Tan Shenzhi also lacked respect for his master Lin Rui.

Although Lin Rui equipped this person with a smart terminal, Tan Shenzhi had never contacted him in the past year. Even before today, this person was unwilling to call him "Master".

Although Tan Shenzhi accepted the various tasks assigned to him by Lin Rui, he never had the intention to communicate with him.

Until today, Tan Shenzhi suddenly contacted him and said something shocking.

Lin Rui raised his lips slightly and asked instead of answering, "I am trying to build a machine with power exceeding that of the 'Machine God', but I am not trying to usurp the throne of the God of Machinery. Or do you think the 'Machine God' of the Temple of Machine God is the true God of Machinery?"

He was indeed trying to build a combat machine that was more powerful than the 'Mecha God' in the Temple of Mecha God. This could not be hidden from Tan Shenzhi, who had already mastered SS+-level hacking technology and possessed grandmaster-level mechanical technology, so there was nothing to hide.

What Lin Rui was more curious about was the attitude of the former Chief Astrologer of the Mechanical Temple towards this.

(End of this chapter)