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For him, alcohol is just like a thorn in his intestines. It's just that occasionally he makes a convertible and people open up their minds to it, and it takes some time to recover.

"Hey, boss!"

A vibrant female voice suddenly sounded behind him, followed by scattered footsteps. The emperor knew who was coming without turning around.

"How come you came back so quickly this time? I thought you would need at least... uh... two days."

"We should have arrived a day earlier, but something happened on the way and we were delayed."

This time it was a cooler female voice.

"It's all because of the Angel of Exorcism that I lost all the treasures I just brought in."

"Cut it out, Croissant. I told you I'd make you a week's supply of apple pie."

"Who wants your overly sweet snack? I don't care. You still have to accompany me to buy more goods later!"

The noisy sounds made the originally quiet bar suddenly lively.

"Boss, this."

Texas put a stack of bills in front of the emperor, and the penguin just flipped it over and almost fainted.

"You guys (screaming), are you here to do a mission or to do a demolition? With so many tickets, have you demolished the mobile city?"

"Sorry, sorry, hehe, those guys were chasing us too closely, so we had no choice but to use some more powerful weapons."

The burgundy-haired girl clasped her hands together and said to her boss with a grin.

The Emperor could not see any sincerity in Archangel Exia's apology. This was not the first or second time these guys had done this. The total number of fines they had received was an astronomical figure.

I feel sorry every time, how dare you do this again?

"It's really strange. Why did the bar close so early today? There's no one in the bar."

"Business is really not good, boss. Would you like to reconsider my suggestion last time? Give me a piece of land in the bar to open a small shop, specializing in selling the things I brought back from all over the place. I can definitely make a lot of money!"

"Okay, the land price in Longmen is 80,000 Longmen coins per square meter now. I'll give you 30% off for 6 square meters. How about that?"

"No, boss, please lower the price a little bit, how about 500 per square meter?"

Just as they were joking around, Wei Yanwu finally came out from the warehouse at the back. His face was expressionless as always, but the emperor smelled something wrong from him, but couldn't tell what it was.

"Oh, I see. I was wondering why the bar closed so early. I thought everyone went home to party."

Following Wei Yanwu out was Zhang Miao.

But the moment he came out, his eyes were fixed on the halo on Archangel's head.

This made Archangel feel like he was being seen through, so he quickly shrank his neck and ran behind Texas.

Chapter 37, Ending

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This was the first time he had seen members of this race in person. Before that, he had only occasionally seen a few on surveillance cameras, all of whom were preaching in various places in Ursus. He hadn't noticed them since he arrived in Longmen.

That halo...

At present, he has included the genes of most ethnic groups on Terra, and only a few living far in the south are still beyond his control. Among them, the one that attracts his most attention is Sakota.

共 感

When Zhang Miao first heard this name from Bozhuocasti, he thought it was some kind of Gestalt thinking race, but after a detailed investigation he confirmed the special nature of this creature.

He had a very high opinion of this race.

Although I don’t know why the number of Sakat is so small and they never expand, if they can overcome these problems, then the whole Terra should be full of these aperture heads.

Because Zhang Miao could hardly find any shortcomings in them; they were optimistic, united, kind, and had an outrageous level of empathy.

This thing is different from the psychics' mind-reading perception and the Gestalt's unified mind. The Sakotas can feel the moods of their compatriots while maintaining their own mental independence.

This makes them the most united race on Terra. Under normal circumstances, there are almost no substantial conflicts between the Sakotas. Even if there are some ideological contradictions, they are all within the scope of mutual understanding.

Humans are incapable of understanding each other.

Although this is just an old joke, it is true.

Even among psychics who can read minds, conflicts often break out, or perhaps the ability to read minds itself exacerbates their conflicts.

This situation is completely unseen in Sakota's case. The worst situation is that they would just give each other the cold shoulder and never talk to each other again.

And it seems that they have never heard of Sakota doing anything cruel. On the contrary, they are very empathetic.

The Empire has also experimented with the same scientific research project, using biochips to transmit emotional information or thoughts to each other, but the final result is...

Those who need to fight will fight.

Ultimately, this experiment ended in failure.

Yes, I know you are happy, but what does your happiness have to do with me?

Do you want me to accept the salty pork rice dumpling just because you are happy?

What a joke! You heretic! I'm going to beat you!!!

Even the people working on the project themselves started a fight within the Academy of Sciences over these issues.

From then on, no one mentioned anything like mutual understanding.

Zhang Miao looked at the emperor with a look that said "you understand", and the emperor looked back at him with a look that said "you understand".

Well, it's still a damn secret.

In the end, he could only retract his aggressive gaze.

"Have you finished discussing your business? If you have, leave now. We are closed for business. Please leave now."

The emperor seemed like a different person from before. He kept pushing the two of them out, as if he was afraid that Wei Yanwu and the other two would stay and eat for free.

Zhang Miao had already achieved the main purpose of his trip to Longmen, so there was no need to continue staying in someone else's house for free meals.

As soon as he went out, Yelena, who was waiting nearby, hurried over.

"You finally came out. When I saw Wei Yanwu go in, I wanted to rush in."

Zhang Miao rolled her eyes at her. Are you going to go in and stab me again?

Just as the two were about to leave, the emperor's shouting came from behind.

"Wait a minute, kid. There's one more thing I almost forgot to tell you."

The penguin grunted and ran up to the two of them, pulling Zhang Miao to a deserted place. Yelena wanted to follow, but Zhang Miao signaled her to stay where she was.

"Kid, I know you will definitely look for other people later, but you have to remember that some of them are not on the same side as us."

"You mean..."

"Yes, those are the big guys. You have to be careful. They have an even older origin and have some minor conflicts with us. If one of them is blind, you know, they are very troublesome, especially on this planet. It is very difficult to deal with them."

"That's all I have to say. I'm leaving."

The emperor shrugged and turned away after saying this.

Zhang Miao didn't expect that something like this would happen before he left.

Just from what the emperor said, those giant beasts actually have a grudge against the previous civilization. Isn't this a native scientific research planet? Why are there still enemies here?

Moreover, the information about the behemoth in his hands now is very scarce, and it basically comes from Bodracasti's oral narration. As for the few myths and legends, they are only used as references.

There is no information about the initial birth of the giant beasts. Zhang Miao thought they were special weapons or administrators of previous civilizations, but now it seems that the origins of these giant beasts may be even deeper.

However, the emperor only asked him to be careful and did not completely reject the communication between the two sides. It seems that everyone is now tied to the same rope.

After recording all the information learned today, he asked Yelena to leave. They still had a lot of things to do.

Two weeks passed in a flash, and Wei Yanwu kept his promise and fulfilled all the conditions he had agreed to.

He joined forces with several other military-industrial enterprises to block Martin Industries, and then dug out a lot of tax evasion and dirty tricks, such as instigating regional city-state frictions, illegal human weapons experiments, and deliberately putting backdoors on the drones they sold.

What might seem like a small matter at ordinary times was infinitely magnified at this moment. Before even Martin Industries itself could react, the Longmen branch was wiped out.

Normally, other people would definitely stop this kind of thing. After all, who knows what you, Wei Yanwu, are up to.

But what they didn't expect was that Wei Yanwu directly gave out Martin Industrial's share to others to divide, and even the company's equipment was auctioned at a low price.

As for the employees who stay, Zhang Miao will have to wait for their screening and analysis before deciding whether to put these people with rich work experience into the market or continue to employ them.

No one could have imagined that in less than twenty days, a promising division of a giant defense contractor would be sentenced to death, and their successors were on the way without even knowing it.

When they arrived, the entire building was already being renovated, and these people were treated as outsiders and blocked outside by security guards, looking confused.

Zhang Miao, the instigator, had nothing to do with this, because the matter had basically come to an end. Once everything was back on track, he would prepare to head to the next destination.

Chapter 38: W Ursus Travels

August in the north of Ursus has already entered autumn. Compared to Kazdel, which is still in a sultry climate, it is already very cool here, and the temperature will drop rapidly in a while.

"I don't know why we took this job to such a remote place."

Ines looked at the thick mud on the soles of her shoes and felt a little disgusted. No matter how rotten the places in Kazdel were, they would not be as humid as here. Local residents said that if you don't change your underwear frequently, you might even get ringworm on your skin.

"Stop making so much noise. I paid for it. I'm the boss now, and you can turn around and drive away now."

W expressed great disdain for the complaints of the two professional mercenaries whom he had hired at a high price.

"Humph, you turn around and get sent flying by the bomb you placed under the car?"

"Haha, maybe I've already hung a bomb on your butt right now."

"Can't you two just be quiet?"

It is often said that three women can catch up with a flock of ducks. Hedley felt that two women might not be worse than a flock of ducks. This is how these two quarreled along the way.

"Shut up!"*2

The unanimous scolding made him look emo.

When W set out, she thought it over and over again and decided that it would be a better idea to take the two of them with her. After all, they were both top-tier mercenaries with experience in battles, and there were only a few people she could trust. It was a little expensive, but it was worth it.

The most important thing is Inès's Originium skills and her ability to judge people.

Their route this time was different from Kal'tsit's last time. The actions of the demons would easily attract attention, especially in a place like Ursus where the persecution of the infected was extremely severe. They could not enter the city for supplies along the way and could only exchange some supplies in the villages along the way. They also had to avoid patrolling pickets, which resulted in W and the others moving very slowly.

Even the cars that were driving over had found a secluded place to hide in advance.

"Is that woman really suffering from Alzheimer's? How could there be a city in such a remote place?"

She would naturally carry out Theresa's orders with all her heart and strength, but that did not stop her from continuing to spray venom at Kal'tsit.

"That's not necessarily true. We have indeed not seen any Ursus troops around here. Even the convoys transporting supplies seem to be rare."

Along the way, Hedley observed the changes in the surrounding environment very carefully. Not only the army, but even the villages were gone. In several places he passed by, only abandoned and dilapidated wooden houses were left.

They did not leave in a hurry, and there were no signs of struggle or destruction. It was obvious that they were taken away in an organized manner.

For example, the place where they are resting now.

Fortunately, there was some food left, so they didn't have to eat grass roots and tree bark.

"somebody is coming."

Ines, who seemed to have heard something, quickly greeted the two of them, and soon the three of them ambushed in the dilapidated wooden houses around them, quietly waiting for the newcomers.

The vehicle that came in was an off-road vehicle with only a tall and strong Ursus man in it. After entering the village, the vehicle drove very slowly. W watched the car getting closer and closer to the explosion range of the explosives he had placed, and a happy smile appeared on the corners of his mouth.

However, her smile quickly froze on her face because the other party slammed on the brakes and stopped the car on the edge of the explosion, which made W extremely uncomfortable.

Hedley also quickly stopped W's action, because the opponent and the vehicle's shape did not look like the Ursus army.

Just as the three were considering whether to take action, the people in the car slammed the door, and the loud noise spread throughout the quiet village.

"Don't hide, get in the car quickly, I'm here to pick you up."

Chikov's loud voice made the three Ws hiding inside look at each other in bewilderment. Is this the person who came to pick them up?

They thought that all traces along the way should be cleaned up, and Kal'tsit didn't mention anyone coming back to make contact.

But the other party has already discovered me, so there is no point in hiding any longer.

Hedley and the other man continued to hide, while W made a circle, twirling a dagger in his hand, and swaggered out from a distance.

"You are the one that Kal'tsit arranged to pick us up? That's perfect. Some of our equipment is quite heavy. Can you drive over and help pull it?"