The stars, but they become the gray wind

"Maybe you remembered it wrongly, Miss Anjie, or maybe he is a new student who just joined the school recently?" said Beatrice, the girl with a bun hair, who was often called Beat by Charlotte.

"No, I remember very clearly. There's no such person on the academy's list. Furthermore, her appearance is so distinct, so obvious that you'll never forget it after seeing it once. So, she's most likely not a student of Queen's Mayfair. Since she's not an ordinary student, her purpose in contacting us and the princess is open to question."

"Are you saying that the guy named Carlisle approached the princess for other purposes?" asked Dorothy, the queen with long brown hair.

"We can't rule out this possibility. It's even possible that guy is a spy like us."

"Is that why you asked the princess to agree first? So you can take this opportunity to find out the other party's purpose and background in approaching the princess?" Dorothy showed an expression of sudden enlightenment.

"Indeed, not only is that guy's identity suspicious, but the way he just acted in front of us is undoubtedly a superb performance. He even showed that I was very skilled in the emergency treatment and bandaging of my wounds. He's very likely a trained professional spy."

"Then...then she approaches Her Royal Highness the Princess. No...she wouldn't want to do anything that would endanger Her Royal Highness the Princess' life, right?" Beatrice, the maid who has always been extremely loyal to Charlotte, worried anxiously.

"Don't worry, we'll soon find out the other party's purpose for approaching the princess once we give it a try. I will also protect the princess's safety."

"After all, don't forget, we are spies who lie for a living..."

Looking at Kaleesi walking out of the "Necron Death Mark Assassin's same-style portal" that opened in front of him, Yuuki looked at her with admiration.

"This is really surprising. I'd be remiss if I didn't give you an Oscar for your acting. I never knew you were such a good actor. I think you have the makings of a spy."

"I just improvised. The ultimate goal is to gain their trust, and I wasn't acting completely..."

"Oh? You're not just acting? Indeed, in my impression, your personality seems to be a bit funny."

"Uh... can't you use a nicer description?" Carlisle rolled her eyes at Yuuki, her long-time friend.

"Forget it, don't dwell on it. Those girls seem to have realized that you approached them for other purposes. What are you going to do?"

"Of course I did it on purpose. I deliberately made them suspicious and attracted their attention. This created an opportunity for us to get to know each other more deeply and trust each other more!"

"As long as they continue to investigate my background, there will naturally be opportunities for both of us to gain each other's trust."

Carissa gave a sly smile that showed she had a plan all along.

Chapter 31 How to make big news?

"Have you decided what to do next?"

Yuki asked Carlisle while operating the invisible drone through the thought network to continue watching Charlotte and her group.

"That Miss Angel is now suspicious of my identity and purpose. She will definitely conduct a thorough background check before our next meeting. However, she can only trace her investigation back to Atlas, a company that is currently a shell company."

"Although Atlas is just a front and a shell company, we still need to make it look presentable. At least it can't appear so empty. So we need to purchase a site in London to serve as Atlas's London branch and office. In order to run this front more perfectly, we may also need to purchase a few factories as additional disguise."

"As for funds, that's what we have the most right now. After all, in the early 20th century, precious metals like gold were quite valuable."

Kalisi opened her palms, and a group of nanomachines floated in the air. The nanomachines quickly began to change their own microstructure at the subatomic level, converting active nanomaterials into element 79 that can only be formed in a supernova explosion - 100% pure gold.

The converted gold was shaped by nanomachines and processed into a standard gold bar weighing 12.5 kilograms. As the nanomachine processing was completed, the gold bar, floating in mid-air, fell into Kaleese's open palm.

"Nanomachines have created true 100% pure gold... Even in space, this rare element can only be created in extreme environments like supernova explosions. Now, we have it in abundance."

Carlisle played with the pure gold brick in her hand and said with a nonchalant smile.

After producing a whole box of 100% pure gold bars, the two men planned to go to the nearby Albion Royal Bank to exchange a large amount of local currency, and by the way, increase the local visibility of Atlas, the shell company, by exchanging a huge amount of gold for available funds.

When the two men swaggered into the Royal Bank in central London and casually slapped two large suitcases full of gold bars in front of the bank's counter receptionist, Carlisle noticed that the young counter receptionist who was responsible for receiving her almost popped his eyes out when he saw the two large boxes of gold slapped on the counter table.

Afterwards, the two were respectfully invited by a large group of bank staff to an extremely luxuriously decorated reception room. Several well-dressed young maids poured tea for them and served them a table of high-end British snacks. Several staff members who looked like middle-level managers of the bank told them that if they had any needs, they could ask them and they would do their best to meet them.

The tired, balding middle-level bank manager politely bowed to the two, asking them to wait a moment. Their manager would be here soon to personally greet the two distinguished guests. The balding middle-aged manager, accompanied by several maids, left the room and leaned back on the luxurious leather sofa. Yuki turned to Calisi and asked, "Do you think our method of promoting our shell company is a bit too ostentatious?"

"I think this is the best way to make Atlas famous in the shortest possible time. Do you believe that our actions will be reported in all the newspapers in London tomorrow?"

"Haha, is it a news report about two rich noble ladies who came from nowhere and swaggered into the bank with two large boxes of gold, intending to exchange a huge amount of cash and invest it in their newly opened company?" Jieyou said self-deprecatingly.

"However, it is indeed a good idea to use this method to make a name for yourself and attract everyone's attention."

"Yes, simple and crude, but effective. I like this method." Carlisle said happily, snapping her fingers.

(Don’t worry, there will be two more chapters today)

Chapter 32 How to Attract Others’ Attention Through Big News

Calisi and Yuuki sat leisurely on the plush sofas in the reception room, savoring exquisitely crafted pastries and sipping Ceylon tea brewed by their maids. They used the AR New Vision's built-in camera to snap a photo of the luxurious treats before them and uploaded it to the public communication network, where they could dazzle Renlong and Aze, who were still working on Taylor Island. Aze posted a series of drooling emojis on the public channel, while Renlong angrily scolded Calisi and Yuuki for being so caught up in their own fun that they had completely forgotten that she and Aze were still toiling away on the island. Meanwhile, Cabot, their superior, remained submerged in the public channel, watching everyone enjoy her company.

Calisi temporarily ignored Renlong's scolding and waited for Cabot, closed the public communication channel of the thinking network, picked up another small piece of cake from the table, put it into her mouth, and felt the sweetness of the cake slowly melting in her mouth. Calisi happily sat on the sofa in Ge You's lying position.

As Carlisle watched Yuuki struggling with a biscuit, hurried footsteps were heard outside the reception room door. Then, a fat middle-aged man in a suit and a top hat pushed open the door and entered the reception room.

The obese middle-aged man seemed to be in a hurry. When he walked into the reception room, he was already panting and sweating profusely. He was still wiping the sweat off his face with a handkerchief he carried with him.

As soon as the portly middle-aged gentleman entered the room, he politely told Carissa and Yuuki that he was the president of this bank and that he was sorry to have kept them waiting for so long. If there was anything he could not do, he would do his best to meet their needs.

"We are just here to exchange currency and inject capital into our company. It should be no problem to open an account and transfer money in your bank within 2 hours, right?" Carlisle asked with an expression that showed she didn't care about money.

"Of course! I promise to help you open an account and transfer money right away. You can ask for anything else!" The fat bank manager patted his chest and promised.

"By the way, my two boxes of gold are just the initial capital injection for the company owned by me and my partner. There will be a large amount of follow-up capital injection in the future. So I also plan to deposit some savings and gold in your bank. I think you can help me with this as soon as possible, right?"

"Of course! I guarantee you'll be satisfied. But..."

"Just... a small problem..."

"Oh? Problem? What's the problem?"

"You brought too much gold. Our bank... currently... doesn't have enough pounds to exchange all your gold for cash..."

"Oh... I don't have enough cash... So what's the maximum amount of cash you can exchange for me right now?"

"About... around 15 pounds?" The fat manager hesitated and said a number.

"Alright, 150,000 is fine. I'll keep the rest of the gold in your bank. By the way, what are your bank's security measures like?"

"Don't worry about that. Our bank's vault is absolutely safe. We guarantee that there will be no problems with your property deposited in our bank." The fat-looking manager boasted.

"Okay, then please take us to visit your bank's safe. I need to confirm the safety of my future property."

"Of course no problem! Please come in, I'll lead the way for you. If you think there are any shortcomings in our bank's security facilities, please feel free to tell me. I promise to do everything according to your ideas!" said the fat bank manager with a flattering expression on his face.

"Alright, lead the way. We need a good tour," Carlisle said, and she and Yuuki stood up from the sofa in the reception room. The bank manager, bowing and scraping, led them to the bank's backroom safe, where valuables were stored.

Along the way, the obese bank manager, who was bowing and nodding to the two of them, gave a detailed introduction and explanation of the vault and everything around it. From time to time, he tried to flatter the two of them with flattering words, and asked about their preferences in a roundabout way.

However, neither Carlisle nor Yuki showed any interest in the manager's elaborate explanations and presentations. To the point that the portly bank manager's elaborate on-the-spot explanations and presentations fell on deaf ears.

Finally, as the manager frantically explained the situation to the two men, sweating profusely, the bank finally completed all of Carlisle's business. Carlisle deposited the two large boxes of gold into the bank's vault and exchanged them for 150,000 pounds. Carlisle transferred 100,000 pounds to the newly established Atlas Corporation. She and Yuki withdrew the remaining 50,000 pounds in cash for emergencies.

When the two of them brought two large boxes of gold to exchange for pounds, a London Daily reporter who came to the bank to handle newspaper-related business also witnessed the whole thing in the bank's waiting area.

After keenly realizing that this might be a big news that could make him famous, the reporter immediately took out a pen and paper, began to record the incident, and wrote down the title:

"Shocking! Two mysterious young wealthy noble ladies brought two large boxes of gold to the Royal Bank of London to exchange for millions of pounds!"

"Tell me, we deposited two large boxes of gold in the bank so brazenly, and walked around the streets arrogantly with a full 50,000 pounds in cash. Will anyone have bad intentions towards us?" Carlisle thought whimsically.

"It's highly unlikely. Anyone who is not a fool will realize that someone who can casually take out two large boxes of gold and stroll around the street with tens of thousands of pounds can't be a guy without background. And even if there is, the eight plasma cannons mounted on the two armed drones flying above our heads will teach them a lesson in minutes." Yuki calmly explained to Carisi's fantasy.

"Okay, now that I have the money and the Qibaba Spiritual Flow Instrument, it's time to buy some factories and offices to disguise my company."

"And since we've made such a big fuss, I guess we'll soon attract the attention of the princess and her spy friends, right?"

"Next time I meet them, I won't have to hide it so much... hehe????."

"So, you're not planning on giving up on the showdown so soon?"

"Of course not. I still need to act, but I don't need to imitate Miss Anjie last time and completely disguise myself as an innocent little girl."

"After all, first make the other party unclear about our background and finally

Then reveal the full answer to the other person, that would be the most fun, wouldn’t it? ????”

Carisi replied with a happy smile to Yuuki.

Chapter 33 Quality Accelerator and Villa

While Carissa and Yuuki were busy making big news in London to attract the attention of Ange and others, Aze and Renlong, who were still on Taylor Island, were still working hard moving bricks and building infrastructure.

In the underground caverns at the center of Taylor Island, an automated drone factory was rapidly churning out drones of all types. The basic keel of an ADF-11F was rapidly laid and formed by nanomachine printing. Then, a layer of nanomaterial was sprayed onto the already formed fighter's basic structural skeleton. The nanomachine's efficient microscopic material construction capabilities allowed it to instantly form the complex and sophisticated internal electronic and mechanical structures required for the fighter's operation. In less than ten minutes, an ADF-11F fighter was easily assembled at a speed visible to the naked eye and slowly rolled off the production line.

Outside the drone factory, Renlong stood on the edge of a high platform, looking at the thousands of drones of different models neatly arranged in the three-dimensional hangar below, and remotely controlling the giant mass accelerator under construction on the surface of Taylor Island through the thought network. Since there is no suitable mountain high enough to support Taylor Island, a series of A-shaped pier-like supports with gradually increasing heights must be built to support the electromagnetic acceleration rails of the mass accelerator. The height of the tallest "bridge pier" at the end of the rail closest to the mass accelerator in the upper atmosphere is expected to exceed 8000 meters.

This massive mass accelerator, nearly as tall as Mount Everest at its highest point, is powered by two large cold fusion reactors. Its electromagnetic accelerator track is 121 kilometers long, beginning near the entrance to an underground cavity in the center of the island. The accelerator's ascending section extends from the island's edge into the sea. The bases of the numerous A-shaped piers supporting the ascending section are sunk deep into the seabed, hundreds of meters below. This long acceleration track can accelerate spacecraft or aircraft to speeds approaching the first cosmic velocity of 7.9 kilometers per second, launching their payloads directly into orbit. High-quality thermal insulation materials, manufactured from nanomachines, prevent the spacecraft from burning up due to intense friction with the atmosphere during this high-speed acceleration. (Note 1)

After completion, this mass accelerator will be responsible for launching most of the giant air fortresses. The Banshees and the Armament Birds, which were originally unable to take off directly due to their large size, can also be put on the agenda as soon as possible.

.........

While Renlong was living underground, remotely controlling the nanomechanical units on the ground to build the largest megastructure ever built on this planet, Aze, who was on the surface watching this giant engineering wonder gradually taking shape under the nanomechanical printing structure, used nanomachines to casually create a cup of iced cola with a straw, put the straw to his lips and took a sip, then looked at the mass accelerator that was still under construction in the distance thoughtfully.

"Hmm... Renlong is still working on the mass accelerator, and Kalisi, Yuuki and the others are off to Europe. What should I do next?"

Feeling the stimulating taste of the carbon dioxide-containing cola exploding in his mouth, Aze opened the database given to him by Cabot and searched and sorted out the information in it to see if there was anything that could help him continue to build.

"The mass accelerator isn't finished yet, so even if we build a Banshee or an Ordnance Bird, we won't be able to launch it. How about... building two Gleipnir Aerial Fortresses to try out?"

Aze turned his gaze to the relevant information in the Gleipnir Aerial Fortress column in the database. After hesitating for only a few seconds, he pressed the option to confirm manufacturing and added the two Wolf Binding Ropes to the priority production list of the underground drone factory.

Meanwhile, Renlong, who was still underground monitoring the drone factory's production while simultaneously building the mass accelerator, saw a prompt pop up in front of him confirming the priority of building two Wolf Binding Rope Aerial Fortresses. Three "???"s popped up above his head.

After Calisi and Yuuki arranged everything, they successfully bought a three-story villa in the center of London's Empire and several factories that were sold at low prices after going bankrupt due to poor management and malicious suppression by competitors. After the two came to the three-story building they had just purchased and hung a sign at the door that read "Atlas Overseas Colony Development Company London Branch", they walked into this expensive three-story villa in the center of London. The interior decoration of the villa was quite luxurious, with gorgeous ceiling chandeliers and high-end solid wood furniture full of British style.

However, the villa's luxurious decor was meaningless to the two men who had already become nanomachines. Ultimately, Calisi only intended it to serve as an external office and headquarters for the Atlas front company. Furthermore, despite its luxurious decor, the house lacked even basic communication networks, rendering it practically useless to them.

"However, this place is quite suitable for inviting the princess and her friends to come here for a meal in a few days."

Carlisle commented as she looked at the decor of the house.

"If my guess is correct, Miss Anjie has already started investigating our background, right?"

"Plus, the big deal we did at the bank earlier will probably be known to everyone soon. I'm really looking forward to how deep her investigation will go.

Carlisle rubbed her hands together, looking very much in anticipation of this, while Yuuki beside her also had an expression of wanting to watch the fun.

Note 1: Normally, the electromagnetic catapult device relying solely on the mass accelerator itself cannot reach the first cosmic velocity. Even if it does, it will be directly burned due to the intense friction of the atmosphere. Here, it is set to have nano-mechanical magic materials to create a mass accelerator that can directly rely solely on electromagnetic catapults to accelerate to the first cosmic velocity, as well as super-strong heat-resistant materials.

Chapter 34: The Smoky Steam World: May be updated later in the evening

I had something to do during the day and went out for a while. The update will be a little later in the evening. By the way, I am reading some reference materials that will be helpful for subsequent coding and writing.

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Chapter 35 Identity Intelligence Investigation

After becoming suspicious of Carlisle's identity, Angel and others quickly began to investigate Carlisle's background. After Dorothy checked the teacher and student roster files of Queen's School Mayfair, she found that there was no one named Carlisle Neptune among the teachers, students and other staff of the entire college.

Anjie's team had only discovered connections between Kaleese and a recently registered overseas colony development company called "Atlas." However, what surprised Anjie and the others most was that their investigation of information and leads related to Kaleese at the Kingdom's Business Administration revealed that Kaleese was the founder and co-chairman of this company. However, no information related to another company founder, Yuki, listed in the company's registration files, could be found. This further deepened their suspicions that Kaleese might be a spy.

"Ah... As expected, there's no such person. He's nowhere to be found on any of the academy rosters I could find. Anjie, Chise, what about you guys?"

Dorothy, the queen with long brown hair, said with a frown.

"I haven't found any useful information or clues here."

"Aside from finding out that the company called Atlas is your family's recently established overseas colony development company, there's almost no detailed information. And regarding the person calling herself Kalisi and the company's other partner, there's absolutely no identifying information at all."

Anjie, a senior spy and intelligence officer for Yichen Ling, calmly recounted the story.

Seeing that Anjie didn't find any clues, Dorothy turned to look at her other companion with a questioning look, and the Japanese girl Chise sitting opposite her also shook her head.

"Beate and I went to several factories registered by Atlas with the authorities, but we found nothing except second-hand factories and some idle, old machines."

Qianshi shook his head and spread his hands.

"So far, the only useful clue we've found is that after contacting us, Kalisi went to the Royal Bank in central London and exchanged an unusually large amount of gold for cash."

Anjie summarized the existing clues

"Gold... Have you found out how much gold that guy took to exchange for cash?" Dorothy, who had found nothing in her investigation of Carissa's identity, picked up the teacup on the table and took a sip in frustration.

"According to the information provided by the eyewitnesses, the man named Kalisi and another purple-haired woman of similar age entered the bank carrying at least two large suitcases of gold."