Chapter 26

In the 33rd star zone, the light of the survival barrier was dim, night was falling, and the navigation lights were lit one by one.

One of the navigation lights fell towards the Commander's Mansion and landed on the spacious rooftop helipad of the mansion.

Butler Ai had been waiting for a long time and went up to greet them as soon as the cabin door opened.

"Admiral, you're finally back... Uh, your buttons?"

Yuan Xu lowered his eyes and glanced at his chest: "Well, I gave it away."

"Give, give to someone? I just gave away a sapphire belt a few days ago, and today I'm giving away a shimmering jade button?"

Butler Ai felt distressed and puzzled. "No, how can you give someone a button as a gift? General..."

Before he could finish, the security door leading to the rooftop was pushed open and a group of people rushed over.

Butler Ai finally remembered the important matter and lowered his voice, "Central Corps, they've been waiting for you for quite some time."

I don't know what kind of trouble the Admiral got himself into out there. It shouldn't be that serious. Although his Admiral doesn't have close ties with anyone, he appears to be on good terms with everyone...

The leader of the Central Corps holds the rank of major general, but judging by his uniform, he does not belong to a front-line garrison, but comes from a second-line security station.

Although the other party's military rank was lower than Yuan Xu's, he was from the central government after all, so he didn't need to salute, just nodded.

"General Yuan, we've been commissioned by the Asset Management Center to investigate the asset transactions between General Shi Liheng and you."

"Because the transaction price is significantly below market value, and the transaction took place on the night of General Ishigami's death. We hope General Yuan will cooperate with our inquiries."

It came as expected.

Yuan Xu had anticipated this outcome and said with a frank smile, "I understand. I'll tell you everything I know."

The reason why he was able to "buy" Shi Liheng's assets was purely because of the optical computer.

After Shi Liheng was infected, before he completely mutated, his optical brain could detect biological information. All asset transactions could be conducted through the optical brain.

With the seller initiating the transaction application and the seller's biometric information verifying the authenticity of the transaction, even the central government cannot stop the transaction.

After all, the role of the asset management center in the transaction is just asset registration.

If Shi Liheng had not been confirmed dead soon after the transaction, the central government might not have thought of investigating.

Anyone would find it strange that 20 billion yuan of assets that should have been collected into the "national treasury" were lost inexplicably.

However, Yuan Xu was well prepared.

"Admiral Ishigami really wanted to acquire ownership of the food wholesale market in Sector 28. I didn't know about this beforehand, and I applied for the Star Reputation exchange before him. Last night, he specifically invited me to Sector 32 to discuss this deal."

"I had originally decided to refuse, but General Shi was so sincere he was willing to trade all his assets for mine. I was moved, and we finally agreed. He would sell me his assets for 5 billion, and I would transfer the wholesale market to him for 1 star coin."

"Who knew that pollution would suddenly break out in the middle of the transaction... Alas, I was also caught off guard. I urgently asked my subordinates to deliver the mecha box, and by the time I rushed into the contaminated area to rescue people, it was too late."

About an hour later, the interrogation concluded. Although Yuan Xu's testimony sounded suspicious, a closer look revealed no flaws.

The Central Major General thought about it for a while and had to lead the team away temporarily.

Yuan Xu personally saw them out the door. When he walked to the living room on the first floor, he found someone sitting in the living room.

After seeing them off, he slowly returned to the living room and greeted them with a smile, "Commander Gong, your presence is a great honor to our humble home."

Gong Daimin stared at him intently, then suddenly said, "General Yuan is incredibly lucky. Regardless of whether the wholesale market is worth the 20 billion yuan difference, Shi Liheng's death was perfectly timed, allowing General Yuan to acquire 25 billion yuan worth of assets for only 5 billion yuan."

"Hey, Commander Gong has underestimated the value of the wholesale market. I wouldn't give it up even for 30 billion, let alone 20 billion. I agreed to the deal with General Shi because I was moved by his character."

What nonsense.

Miyadai Toshi narrowed his eyes and suddenly remembered another piece of information.

Last night, just before Shi Liheng was confirmed dead, the Asset Management Center approved another transaction to exchange Star Reputation Value for assets.

Yuan Xu exhausted his star reputation points and obtained ownership of the land in seven star districts within his jurisdiction.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see clearly that the reason why the No. 28 Star District Food Wholesale Market can become a dark horse is mainly due to the support of the planting industry in the seven star districts.

The prosperity of the planting industry relies on the rent-free policy set by Xihai.

In other words, it is useless to just obtain ownership of the wholesale market. What is fundamental is to buy the land in the seven star regions and find a way to maintain the vitality of the planting industry.

Otherwise, the Central Star District, as the landlord, will not care whether the wholesale market collapses or not, and will cancel the rent-free policy sooner or later.

This was a huge expenditure of star reputation value, and the rent-free policy would cause opposition from many forces, so Miyadai Toshi and other powerful rulers all gave up this asset.

Only Shi Liheng, I don’t know if he is too stupid to think clearly, or too greedy and really covets the popularity of the wholesale market, so he has to buy it.

From this perspective, Yuan Xu's words do make some sense.

But Gong Daimin still remained skeptical. After all, Yuan Xu benefited too much from Shi Liheng's death.

With 25 billion in assets, he only spent 5 billion to get rid of the central star region.

The transaction procedures are in compliance with the law, but there is no evidence, and no one dares to say or do anything.

Miyadai Toshi's inquiring gaze made Yuan Xu make an exaggerated innocent expression.

"No way, Commander Gong suspects that I was the one who released that Level 3 contaminated area? This is too far-fetched..."

Given Gong Daimin's status, he was naturally certain that pollution would erupt soon. The folk rumors of a pollution god who could control polluted areas were truly fantastical.

This kid is really lucky. Shi Liheng doesn't have many assets under his name, but there are a few of them that even she wants.

When there are more wolves than meat, what the rulers lack is never star reputation or star coins, but people who are willing to give up their assets.

Unexpectedly, Yuan Xu suddenly laughed: "I heard that Commander Gong exchanged the jurisdiction of Star Sector No. 32 overnight?"

He said with a hint of meaning: "Congratulations to Commander Gong for finally achieving his long-cherished wish and surpassing Xi Hai to become the commander who controls the most star regions in the Orion Belt."

"What do you mean?" Gong Daimin's face darkened. "Do you suspect I killed Shi Liheng?"

"Ah? I congratulate you from the bottom of my heart. I am really happy for Commander Gong." Yuan Xu showed an innocent expression again.

Gong Daimin sneered silently, and finally uttered three words: "I understand."

"Commander Gong, take care. I just finished clearing a contaminated area and am exhausted. I won't see you off."

Yuan Xu lazily sat on the sofa, tilting his head to look at her leaving back.

Interstellar has never been about gender discrimination; the strong have always been respected. This female warrior, known as the "strongest S-class," is said to sleep with her mecha box tucked away in her arms. Like Xi Hai, she's always on the front lines of pollution control.

She is also one of the Xi family's biggest creditors, and has several large debts that are due soon.

"How will you deal with her, God of Pollution..." Yuan Xu touched his chin and chuckled, "Level 3 pollution is not enough."

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Xiyue worked until midnight before sending Photosynthesis Technology away.

While eating the half pot of dinner that Xiyao specially left for her, she checked the balance.

After the initial excitement, the 20 billion balance no longer caused any waves.

Youshi Shanzhuang said that to build a survival barrier covering the entire star region, no matter how small the area of ​​the star region is, it will cost at least hundreds of billions.

Price is only one aspect. The most important thing is that large-scale survival barriers require complicated approval procedures and must be approved by the central star region.

With her current identity, even if she wears a vest, can she get into the central star region?

Xiyue could only give up this idea and let Shanzhuang measure and design according to the original idea.

Planting areas on the ground would be too conspicuous, so they were placed in underground trenches. In the uninhabited areas of the southern district, each narrow trench was covered with a survival barrier.

These trenches appear narrow when viewed from above, but their actual area, when added together, is quite impressive. The final measurement far exceeded expectations: the barrier needed to cover an area of ​​60,000 square meters.

Nearly one hundred acres of land, roughly estimated, the budget will exceed 10 billion star coins.

The seeds haven't even been planted yet, and yet they've invested 100 million per acre. This amount sounds scary, but after Shan Zhuang's explanation, it's not hard to accept.

There is a 10-meter difference between the ditch bottom and the ground, so three-dimensional planting can be adopted. Simply put, one acre of land can be used as three or four acres of land.

Owning three or four hundred acres of arable land has far exceeded the plan of "starting from a small landlord".

You should know that under Xihai's rent-free policy, each person can only get 100 square meters, which is less than one-sixth of the land. With careful care, the output is already quite considerable.

The money has not been paid yet. The deposit will only be required after Photosynthesis Technology provides Xiyue with the design drawings approved by her.

Shan Zhuang patted his chest and promised to urge the technicians to work overtime and produce the blueprint within a day. If everything goes well, construction can start the day after tomorrow and it will be completed within a month.

In other words, Xiyue needs to recruit more people within a month, otherwise the current four employees will not be able to do much work.

You should know that after the survival barrier is opened, the maintenance cost is calculated on a daily basis.

Xiyue was pondering these trivial matters when the spoon in her hand suddenly paused.

I was so immersed in infrastructure construction that I almost forgot about my main business.

She pulled out two remote controls from her pocket, the left one a "belt" and the right one a "button." Even though she couldn't see the real thing, just by looking at what Yuan Xu was missing, she could guess what the remote controls looked like to others.

The belt remote control has been detonated four times in total, three level five pollution areas and one level three pollution area. There are 94 hours left in the countdown, less than four days.

I had just received the button remote control, and the time displayed on the screen was 96 hours, which was exactly four days.

If the countdown accumulates to 24 hours, level 5 pollution will be upgraded to level 4, and if it accumulates to 48 hours, it will be upgraded to level 3.

But it doesn't upgrade to a higher level every day, because after it was upgraded to level 3, and then we went to Shi Liheng's house to start pollution again, the total accumulated time was 74 hours, and the pollutant level was still level 3.

It's very likely that the incubation time will double with each level increase from Level 4. The contaminated area will only be upgraded to Level 2 when the cumulative time exceeds 96 hours.

In other words, the highest level of pollution that can be detonated by the two remote controls is level three.

Xiyue turned on the light brain, called up the debt list, looked through it carefully, and locked on the next debt that was about to expire.

The amount is huge, with the principal alone reaching 50 billion. It will be paid in one lump sum over a two-year period, totaling 60 billion.

The debtor's name is Miyadai Toshi.

Xiyue looked up the name on Starnet and suddenly realized, "It turns out he's the commander of the 42nd Legion."

As one of the four current interstellar commanders, no wonder he is so rich.