I'm in debt at Bengtie

"Why are you looking at us like that?"

March 7th put his hands on his hips and glared at Qiong in dissatisfaction.

"I'm just surprised that you could think of this, March. It's really..."

"What? You don't really think I'm stupid, do you? I'm very smart, okay?"

Qiong said nothing, but just looked at Dan Heng, and San Yueqi also looked at Dan Heng.

"Teacher Dan Heng?"

"I have the right to remain silent."

Dan Heng crossed his arms across his chest and refused to express his opinion, but his attitude was already very clear.

"Teacher Dan Heng!"

March 7th clenched his fists.

"Hey, you two are making me so mad!"

"Okay, let's get down to business."

Qiong opened his mouth to change the subject.

"We will need to continue pretending to be from the company, especially since this will make it easier for us to find the star core."

"Because asking for the star core in the name of the company will make them more willing to help, right?"

Dan Heng understood Qiong's thoughts.

"Yes, there are a group of adventurers who come from nowhere, and a group of employees from the company. They are more willing to trust the company's employees than the adventurers who come from nowhere."

Finding the star core definitely requires the help of locals, or at least getting some clues from them. But you are an outsider, and someone they don't know at all. How can they possibly trust you completely? So, it is best to use the company's name.

"But what if the company finds out about this?"

March 7th already understood why Qiong did this, and was also worried about the consequences of doing so.

"You don't have to worry about that, March."

Qiong crossed her arms across her chest, extremely confident.

"Like I just said, almost anyone in this universe can deny us the Starry Sky Train face, but the company is the only one that is different. They will definitely give us the Starry Sky Train face!"

"why?"

I don’t quite understand March 7th.

"We'll talk about this later. We have guests to greet."

Qiong gestured to Danheng, and Danheng nodded to show that he understood. He also heard the sound of high heels in the corridor.

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29. They call it efficient

In the top suite of the Goethe Hotel, Qiong deliberately moved the sofa to the position of the floor-to-ceiling window, sat on the sofa with his back to the floor-to-ceiling window so that he was in the shade, and then put his right leg on his left leg. Dan Heng and San Yueqi, the two [followers], stood behind him, looking like [followers].

Opposite them stood the three-turbo duck that they had just seen from the Great Guardian Cocolia not long ago.

"Hello everyone, please allow me to introduce myself. I am the commander of the Iron Guard under the Grand Guardian. My name is Bronya Rand."

The footsteps that just came from the corridor were made by Bronya's boots. After Qiong and the others left Krippenburg, the Iron Guard commander went to look for Cocolia again, wanting to continue the previous topic, but Cocolia's busy appearance with her people made her unable to speak. After a brief exchange, she knew what had happened.

The Interstellar Peace Corporation, which left this planet hundreds of years ago, has returned, and their purpose is to collect debts! After learning the relevant information, Bronya, who wants to share Cocolia's worries, came to the door alone.

Well, I have to say, Bronya's long boots and black stockings are quite something.

Qiong leaned on the sofa, looked at Bronya's long boots and black stockings, and nodded affirmatively. As everyone knows, the Broken Iron Universe is rich in black stockings, especially Beloberg!

"We met once before in Krippenburg, and you addressed the Great Guardian as Mother."

"Yes, Grand Guardian Ms. Cocolia is my mother."

Bronya nodded in agreement, but she didn't say that she was not her biological child, but was adopted.

"So, Your Highness, what do you want to talk to us about? Has Ms. Cocolia reviewed what happened back then?"

Qiong asked without hesitation.

Bronya's expression froze, and she didn't answer immediately.

March Seven, who was behind Qiong, listened to Qiong's words, looked at Bronya's expression, and recalled that Cocolia's expression was also very solemn when she saw her in Krippenburg. She was very confused for a moment, and she whispered to Dan Heng next to her.

"Teacher Danheng, what's going on?"

Dan Heng shook his head. He didn't know either, but Qiong seemed to know a lot about it. And the people opposite, whether it was the great guardian or the princess, all looked as if they were hit by what he said. It was so strange. How did Qiong do it? He didn't remember providing Qiong with any information about what happened between the company and Beloberg.

Seeing Dan Heng shaking his head, San Yueqi was also very confused, but because of Qiong's previous instructions, she did not ask any more questions, but continued to look at Bronya, waiting for her answer.

"Mr. Gold Dust, may I call you that?"

"Of course, Princess."

Qiong smiled and nodded.

"Belloberg did borrow a huge amount from the company hundreds of years ago."

"So you figured it out?"

"No, Mother is currently conducting a review. We only know that the amount of money is enormous. Because the accounts are from hundreds of years ago, the documents are quite disorganized, and it will take some time to fully track them down and calculate them."

Bronya shook her head.

"Then why are you coming here, Your Highness?"

"I have something I want to ask Mr. Gold Dust."

"Please say."

Qiong raised her hand to signal Bronya, who nodded and began to ask questions.

"Belloberg borrowed money from the company hundreds of years ago. If the company wanted to collect the debt, why didn't they come back hundreds of years ago, but only now? Common sense suggests that a debt hundreds of years old should have been invalidated long ago."

"Debt never disappears with time, especially since this debt was incurred due to special reasons, so it will definitely not disappear. Moreover, after so many years, your political system has not changed at all. Since it has not changed, the debt will naturally be inherited."

Bronya felt very uncomfortable because of Qiong's refusal to give in, but she also grasped the key point of Qiong's words.

"Special reasons? What special reasons do you mean?"

"Star core!"

"Star core?"

Bronya didn't know what a star core was. When she heard the term for the first time, she didn't understand it at all.

"Yes, you can also call it the cancer of all worlds!"

Qiong folded his hands in front of his chest and leaned back, sinking his body into the sofa. With the floor-to-ceiling window behind him, he was completely immersed in backlit darkness.

"In the entire universe, no one knows when or how a stellar core appeared. But what I can tell you is that once a stellar core appears on a planet, it will bring devastating disaster to that planet."

"Hundreds of years ago, the company maintained contact with this planet until the star core appeared on this planet. The moment the star core appeared, a terrible blizzard rolled up, freezing the planet."

"The disaster brought by the star core has not only affected you, but also us. The star orbit is affected by the energy emitted by the star core. We have no choice but to leave this planet, otherwise we will be stuck here forever."

Qiong's face was gloomy.

"Then why are you here again now?"

"Of course it's because of technological advancements, Your Highness."

Qiong spread out her hands, her face full of smiles.

"The star core has been around for so long, so naturally, we can't just sit there and do nothing. The company has conducted corresponding technical research on the star core, so now we can appear on this planet again."

"So you're here to collect the debt now..."

Bronya was helpless. The reasons of Mr. Gold Dust were very complete and she could not refute them. However, as the leader of the Iron Guard and the successor trained by the Great Guardian herself, she knew very well what Beloberg's current situation was!

Although Beloberg is warmer than the outside world of ice and snow due to the protection of the guardian, supplies have always been scarce, and the economy is completely lifeless. After all, there is only one city and no external supplies. It is already very good to be able to survive on this planet. It is impossible to pay back the money!

"Mr. Shajin, I already understand your situation, but I hope you can also understand our situation."

Bronya told Qiong about Beloberg's predicament. She hoped that this person from the company could understand Beloberg. However, after listening to what Bronya said, Qiong frowned.

"Your Highness, the situation you describe is very difficult for me to handle."

"If you are unable to repay the debt, according to our company's regulations, we may have to go through another set of procedures."

"Another procedure?"

"That's right. In our Strategic Investment Department, we have a special team called the Non-Performing Asset Liquidation Experts. According to company regulations, if you are unable to repay your debts, they will use their own methods to recover the debt."

"What will they do?"

"It's simple. Because this planet doesn't have the ability to repay its debts on its own, it will be deemed useless. They will bomb it into pieces, turning it into a basic mineral resource. Then, they will recycle the minerals to replace the funds that the company needs to recover."

Bronya was completely stunned, her eyes wide and her voice shrill.

"You're going to blow up this planet!?"

"It's them, not me."

Qiong emphasized the mistake in Bronya's subject.

"No matter who it is, this method of handling things will kill all life on the planet. Don't they have any respect for life?"

"In their eyes, this is the fate of a worthless, indebted planet. Incidentally, they call this method of recycling funds efficient!"

30. You must have been a big liar in the past

"He's gone."

"Well, let's go."

Inside the suite, looking at the open space in front of him, the sky responded to March 7th.

"What you said just now was really scary."

"You mean bombing the planet and then recovering the minerals there?"

"Uh-huh!"

March 7th looked at Qiong with an exaggerated expression.

"The way you looked at that time, and the things you said, if we weren't in the same group, I would have almost believed you were an employee of the company. And what you just said about the company's method of handling bad debts, is that true?"

"How can it be true?"

Qiong waved his hands speechlessly. The people in the company were not Paradox players, and they were following Cun Hu after all. How could they really blow the planet into pieces?

"Oh, is it fake?"

"No, why is your tone filled with disappointment? Are you hoping it's true?"

San Yueqi's disappointed look made Qiong speechless.

The company will not kill people with neutrons, but it will control planets that have no repayment ability, and make everyone on the planet sign an indenture to become the company's employees and work as the company's cattle and horses. As a result, the company's means will at least prevent your planet from being directly turned into a mineral resource, and the people living on the planet can at least survive as cattle and horses. If they have talent, they can even climb up directly and become senior members of the company.

But for most people on the planet, this is also a kind of despair. Their leaders have borrowed debts, but they need to repay them. This is unfair to them, but they have no way to deal with powerful companies.

"By the way, Qiong, how did you know that the company has a debt relationship with this place?"

After being disappointed, March 7 raised new questions.

"Could it be that you have some special information channel that has given you access to the intelligence here?"

"I've never been here, how could I possibly have any information about this place?"

Qiong waved his hand.

"Then how did you know about the debt?"

"I do not know."

"Huh? Don't know?"

"Yes, I don't know. I just said something as a company employee. As for the so-called debt, they revealed it themselves. They did have debt problems with the company, so after they found out, they revealed it themselves."

Qiong spread out her hands, looking as if she knew nothing.

"Is this okay?"