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Chapter 172 The Grand Stage of the World, Come and Do What You Need
Collapse Iron Universe.

Pier Point.

The headquarters building of Interstellar Peace Corporation, under the Interstellar Patent Administration Bureau of the Technology Research and Development Department.

A young woman wearing a company uniform, with a red highlight in her white hair, walked into a conference room.

Before her stood a middle-aged man in a suit, slightly overweight, but whose expression was anything but peaceful, instead radiating an expansionist ambition, who had been waiting for quite some time.

"Hello Mr. Oswaldo Schneider, I am Toppa, a senior executive in the Strategic Investment Department and the head of the Debt Investigation Department."

Toppa sat opposite Oswaldo, extended his hand to Oswaldo, gave a polite and appropriate smile, and made a brief self-introduction.

"I know you, Miss Toppa, one of the Stoneheart Ten who's demanding the return of the jade."

Oswaldo showed a hint of disdain on his face, but he quickly hid it and picked up where Topa left off.

At this point, Oswaldo sat up straight, looked at Topa, and said very seriously.

"Miss Topa, you should know why I'm looking for you, right?"

Toppa tilted his head and flicked a strand of hair behind his ear.

“Oh? I don’t know, after all, I’m in charge of debt investigation, and I have no business dealings with the market development department that you manage.”

Topa was puzzled. She was about to personally settle a long-standing bad debt, a debt she had taken out from the Interstellar Peace Corporation hundreds of years ago to defend against the Star Core and the Antimatter Legion.

Normally, that small place should have been completely destroyed after encountering both the star core and the antimatter legion, but for some unknown reason, it miraculously survived.

It wasn't until it was discovered by the Star Train, its core was dealt with, and it was reconnected to interstellar society.

Because it was discovered by the Star Train, the restarted Star Train is quite well-known throughout the universe. It was precisely because of this that Toppa discovered such a lucky planet—Yaliluo-VI.

Coincidentally, during a routine tally of bad debts from previous years, Toppa stumbled upon the debts of Arillo-VI.

Seven hundred years ago, the city builders borrowed a large sum of money from the company to defend against the antimatter legion, which was then used to build fortifications and manufacture automated soldiers.

However, a hundred years later, Yalilo-VI lost contact due to the star core, and the loan became a bad debt. The originally agreed repayment date of 280 years was also postponed indefinitely, turning it into an astronomical debt that even selling Yalilo-VI could not repay.

However, because Yalilo and her home planet were in similar situations, both experiencing complete ecological collapse, the Interstellar Peace Corporation brought Topa's home planet under its management.

Interstellar Peace Corporation designed and implemented a comprehensive environmental improvement plan for her home planet, restoring its prosperity. The only price was that they became lifelong employees of the company.

However, many people who want to become employees of the Interstellar Peace Corporation still can't find a way in.

Therefore, she wanted to take advantage of the debt collection opportunity to bring Yalilo-VI under the company's management, improve Yalilo-VI's ecosystem, and bring them a better future.

For some reason, just as she was about to carry out her debt investigation work, she was suddenly stopped by Oswaldo Schneider, the head of the market development department, and had to come over.

Why is it that her rank is only P45? Oswaldo's rank is P47, and he's advancing towards the board of directors, just like his boss, Diamond.

Although there is a lot of conflict between the Strategic Investment Department and the Market Development Department, they are still company employees. Even if there is conflict, it is not necessary to fall out. Moreover, the other party personally invited me.

Anyway, Toppa had to do the honor of coming, even though he was very reluctant.

It's good not to know, it's good not to know.

Oswaldo couldn't help but feel a surge of joy; this way, he could swallow up any new markets that might emerge.

"I heard you're planning to deal with a batch of bad debts recently? One of them is a planet called Yalilo-VI?"

Oswaldo narrowed his eyes, sat up straight, and said confidently.

"That's how it is, but is there a problem with it?"

Oswaldo's behavior puzzled Topa even more. She had done this kind of thing many times before, saving planets whose ecosystems were damaged and whose environments were harmed, and bringing them under the company's management.

Although it was an act of kindness on her part, it shouldn't have affected the company's interests, right? Nor did it violate any regulations?
Moreover, this made Toppa even more convinced that the seemingly opportunistic former anonymous guest was hiding something.

From now on, whatever the request, try to gloss over it if you can.

I'll go back and ask the jade seller what's wrong with him.

“My people discovered there that a protective miracle seems to have occurred, and coincidentally, I have a tourism project waiting to be developed, so I want to take over the debts of Yalilo-VI.”

Oswaldo looked at Toppa and said leisurely.

This reason is flawless enough, and it also satisfies Topana's useless kindness.

Upon hearing this, Topa fell into deep thought. Would Osvaldo really be so kind? Would he save Ariello-VI without sufficient incentive?

This means there must be some value within Ariello-VI that she hasn't yet discovered.

But this was just a small project she took on casually. The big project for Pinocchio was the focus, so should she back down?

Toppa tapped the table, lost in thought.

Tourism projects that showcase and preserve miracles are profitable and in line with the company's political correctness. Most importantly, as a tourism project, the ecological environment of Yalilo-VI will definitely be improved.

Generally speaking, their situation will eventually be better than if they handled it themselves.

But who can blame them when it's Oswald Schneider?

He is the most notorious figure in the Interstellar Peace Corporation, the most notorious former nameless figure in the galaxy. He advocates expansion and military suppression, which has brought many benefits to the company, thus making him the head of the market development department.

If he were to be held responsible, Ariello-VI's fate would likely be grim.

Thinking of this, Topa raised his head, looked at Oswaldo, and smiled.

“It’s a good suggestion, but I’m declining.”

"It was a good suggestion, but she refused."

Just as Toppa refused, another voice came from outside the door.

Then a frivolous man with peculiar eyes and dressed like a peacock walked in. He casually tossed a chip, caught it, and flicked it to Oswaldo.

"No matter how high the offer from the market development department, our strategic investment department will refuse."

Sand Gold said with a big smile.

But beneath that smile lay utter coldness and excitement.

As the last of the Evikings, Sandgold, or Kakavasya, harbors extreme hatred for Oswaldo, who wiped out the Evikings. In fact, one of his reasons for joining the company was to seek revenge.

However, he was well aware that now was not the time for revenge, and that it would be quite amusing to annoy his beloved Oswaldo at this moment.

Instantly, Oswaldo's expression turned as if he had eaten shit. But before he could speak, Sand Gold casually pulled out a patent application and shoved it at Oswaldo.

"Void Shield? Is that the name? This is truly a patent with immense potential."

"Enough to change the current landscape of most starships and disrupt the existing starship market."

"Hey, let me see, where did the applicant come from? This is really interesting, how come they're from the Black Tower Space Station?"

"Wait, I misread it. This is the place where the application was submitted, but the applicant's place of birth is actually in Yalilo-VI?"

"Hey Schneider, you're not going to be using tourism development as a cover to have someone wipe out Yalilo-VI so you can completely control this patent, are you?"

Sand Goldface looked at Oswaldo with a cold smile.

Topa, standing next to her, looked terrified. She had almost done something wrong with good intentions. She knew that being targeted by the market development department was bound to end badly.

After receiving the documents from the gold dust collector and glancing at them briefly, Topa couldn't help but show an embarrassed expression.

If it's not placer gold, then it seems like good intentions have backfired.

He had actually stumbled twice on the same thing? Topa smiled somewhat awkwardly.

This is a patent, for a brand new shipborne shield.

Its core principle is to distort local spacetime, converting incident kinetic energy, thermal energy, or energy beams into subspace energy and "pouring" it into the non-material world, thereby achieving a highly efficient protective effect.

It provides almost absolute protection against high-speed attacks.

Of course, the Interstellar Peace Corporation is not without similar technology, or even stronger energy shield technology.

However, there is nothing as inexpensive as this.

It is inexpensive and has been verified by the Bo Shi Society to have a strong defensive effect. Even if it is specially printed in the laboratory, the cost is no more than one million credits. After mass production, the cost can be reduced to around several hundred thousand.

A normal energy shield, even the cheapest one, costs at least tens of millions.

The key is its defense against high-speed attacks, which has reached the level of billions of shields.

If this patented value is licensed to any force or civilization capable of building starships, then whoever does it will be able to make a fortune.

If it were in the company's hands, it could even disrupt the existing Galaxy Starship market.

No wonder Oswaldo was so tempted.

Every husband is not guilty, and he is guilty of his crime.

For a patent of this caliber, what's the harm in destroying a mere planet? At worst, we can just blame it on the antimatter legion.

Not to mention Oswaldo, even Toppa just now couldn't help but consider using this patent to pay off that bad debt.

However, she now prefers to negotiate with Yalilo-VI, license the patent to the strategic investment department, build a factory and expand production, and use the profits generated to pay off bad debts first and then build Yalilo-VI.

The Strategic Investment Department can't be as shameless and rule-breaking as the Market Development Department.

On the other side, with each word Sand Gold spoke, Oswaldo's face darkened, until it finally turned as black as the bottom of a pot.

"What? Is your strategic investment department also trying to grab a share?"

However, he was still able to rise to the position of head of the market development department, and notorious at that, so Oswaldo's emotional management skills were undoubtedly top-notch.

After taking a few deep breaths, he calmed himself down and then looked confidently at Sand Gold Road.

"I'm really sorry, but my fleet has already set sail for the Yalilo-VI. The patent for this Void Shield will soon be mine."

"Well then, Mr. Schneider, I wish you great success!"

Sand Gold couldn't help but clap his hands and offer his sincerest blessings to Oswaldo Schneider with a smile.

"Humph."

Oswaldo ignored the man who harbored hatred towards him, simply snorted and left the conference room.

Toppa was left looking at Sand Gold with a puzzled expression.

"Hey, what's going on with Sand Gold? How come you just watched that guy go and commit extermination acts in Yalilo-VI?"

Sand Gold's smile widened. He glanced around before activating the shielding device and couldn't help but laugh.

“This Yalilo-VI is not as simple as you think.”

Sand Gold smiled mysteriously, and then began to explain.

"I received information from Emerald that a being suspected to be an Immortal Envoy has appeared on Yalilo-VI."

"It is said that they are very likely to be resurrected recently, immortal descendants from before the global locust plague."

"Haha, Oswaldo is probably going to kick a hornet's nest this time."

Upon hearing this, Topa gave an awkward but polite smile. Could she say that she had just been planning to go somewhere to deal with a bad debt from seven hundred years ago?
This kind of behavior, where you could easily offend the envoy if you're not careful, is really difficult to handle.

As the pinnacle that an individual with great power can reach, the destructive power of a Commander is extremely terrifying. Although technology can achieve this, it may not be able to harm a Commander.

The most crucial thing is the power represented by the envoy.

Immortal Envoy, you should know that the Immortal Dragon Descendants have not disappeared from the universe. The Ming Clan is considered to be doing relatively poorly among all the Immortal Dragon Descendants, yet they are still able to board the big ship of the Immortal Ship Alliance.

What about the once immortal messenger? No one knows how many old things He knew.
The Dead Dragon - Howling Wind? Or perhaps the Supreme Dragon? These are all tough nuts to crack for the company.

It is said that the Foehn Wind once fought a dragon, creating a hole over 100,000 light-years wide, and the two sides eventually parted ways in a draw.

You can never imagine what surprises these old folks might pull out of their crotches.

Moreover, this was an immortal envoy who had been resurrected. No one knew what tricks the other party had prepared for them, and no one could be sure that they could kill the other party.

It should be noted that even the impoverished lineage of the Dragonborn could easily produce five Dragon Lords to help suppress the abundant miracle of the Immortal Ship, let alone the other Dragonborn.

Even after the fall of immortal dragons, the locust plague, and the rebellion of the Bountiful People, the number of dragon descendants still remains considerable throughout the universe.

Moreover, this is the universe, a vast galaxy where countless people with turbulent fates roam freely. You never know what unexpected surprise or envoy might spring out from some hidden corner.

Who knows, somewhere in the galaxy right now, some kind of annihilation lord is being conceived.

The world is a big stage; if there's work to be done, come and take it.

(End of this chapter)