The original body was a love-brained person, and obeyed Xie Xu's words and never inquired too much about Xie Xu's privacy.

After she came to this world, she learned from some worn-out paper publications on the heroine's bookshelf that the entire federation had been divided up by three major families.

The three major families are the Pang family, the Xie family, and the Willis family.

The Pang family has occupied the leading position in the federal mechanical prosthetics manufacturing industry and has been the only one in the market for decades. According to statistics, the sales of mechanical prosthetics from the establishment of their mechanical prosthetics company to the present are enough to provide two pieces for each of the 10 billion people in the federation.

The profits are unimaginable.

In addition, the Pang family has a certain position in the genetically cultivated pet manufacturing industry and the artificial plant cultivation industry.

For example, the Natural Source Company is affiliated with the Pang family. It is well-known throughout the Federation for producing green and natural food, and has become the dividing line between ordinary citizens and federal aristocrats.

An ordinary person would have to spend a year's salary to afford to buy one of these chickens to try, but the rich people in the Federation eat pure natural green food for every meal.

The Wells family occupies a huge market in the medical industry, with thousands of hospitals opened in every place in the 42 states of the federation, and has very close cooperation with the Pang family's mechanical prosthetics company.

The Pang family is responsible for providing mechanical prosthetics, while the Wells family's hospitals sell prosthetics to customers in the hospital, helping them to get new and sturdy limbs.

In addition, the Wells family almost monopolizes the entire entertainment industry in the federation. The glamorous stars on the dazzling billboards between high-rise buildings are all from Wells Entertainment Company.

Every time the Pang family invents the latest high-tech prosthetic limbs, they will hand it over to the Wells family for a big publicity, led by entertainment stars, to incite ordinary people's desire to consume. A large number of people will come to Wells' hospitals to exchange for the latest prosthetic limbs, and both the Pang family and the Wells family will profit.

Compared with these two families, the Xie family is much more low-key, but their presence cannot be ignored.

The Xie family’s main battlefield is in the officialdom.

The federal government manages more than 10 billion people in 42 states. Its management framework itself is very large, and accordingly there are a large number of government officials within the framework system.

The Xie family accounts for one-tenth of all federal government officials, and most of them are in the upper management class.

The upper management class is different from the middle class who are responsible for conveying messages and the lower class who are responsible for fighting and killing.

The upper echelons are composed of senior members of the research institute like Xie Xu, commanders of the pioneering team like Xie Zhao, or at the very least, deputy commanders like Li Wenchuan.

Pioneers like Tu Ran who deal with alien species every day, and the executive guards who are exposed to bullets and gunfire every day, all belong to the lower class.

What is the concept of one tenth? You should know that the upper management class of the federation only accounts for one fifth of all government personnel, and the Xie family accounts for one tenth, which means that half of the important officials of the federal government come from the Xie family.

The remaining one-tenth was divided into three parts, one to the Pang family, one to the Wells family, and the last small part to the ordinary citizens who had worked their way up from the bottom with all their fortunes.

So it can be said that the federal government is almost entirely controlled by the Xie family, which is the boss of the three major chaebol families.

Of course, if the Xie family had no convincing points in other aspects, how could the Pang family and the Wells family allow the Xie family to be the boss?

The industries behind the Xie family that support the entire family's survival are the weapons manufacturing industry and the artificial intelligence industry.

Needless to say, the weapons manufacturing industry is in the business of free ownership of firearms, with frequent riots and huge demand for weapons. Various private research institutes and black market research institutes are also researching new weapons. New concept weapons are introduced very quickly and are updated and iterated very quickly. With the support of weapons manufacturing, the Xie family will never have to worry about anyone disobeying them.

And in terms of artificial intelligence.

"Zero", an artificial intelligence that covers the forty-two states of the federation and can process information uploaded by forty-two states at the same time, with a computing speed of 40 quadrillion times per second, was created with investment from the Xie family, and its host computer is deeply hidden in one of the Xie family's manors.

Zero has infiltrated almost every corner of the Federation. No one can escape Zero's surveillance. With Zero, the Xie family is equivalent to mastering the movements of the entire Federation. The Xie family, the Pang family, and the Wells family are the actual controllers of the Federal Government. They are well-deserved chaebols, above ordinary people, and even above the supremacy of the law.

Tu Ran stared at Xie Zhao's flawless face and narrowed her eyes. He was most likely from the Xie family, and Xie Xu should also be from the Xie family.

Since Xie Xu has the support of the Xie family, why did he set up a research institute privately?

He was a senior member of the institute and had first-hand information from the institute, so what was he still researching in his humble private institute? She couldn't figure it out. There was too little information. She really couldn't figure it out.

Perhaps it was because she stared at Xie Zhao for too long and too intently, Xie Zhao finally set his sights on this very rude woman.

There was confusion and inquiry in the dark green eyes.

He had some impression of Tu Ran. He remembered that she performed very well in the five years of special training when the pioneer team was first established, but later she became just like everyone else.

Some of the pioneers who were at the same level as her have been promoted to intermediate or advanced pioneers.

Tu Ran came back to her senses, retracted her naked gaze at others, and looked at the black table in front of her.

Xie Zhao was still looking at her.

Tu Ran felt it, but she pretended not to know and raised her arm to check the time on the communicator.

Nine fifty-five.

The meeting was about to begin in five minutes. She looked around and saw that more than half of the people were already sitting around the table.

Was she a god who had walked for so long? She couldn't believe it.

The conference room was very quiet. Although there were many people, no one spoke. Everyone looked tired and wanted to fall asleep immediately.

Indeed, we have been on high alert for more than half a month, not daring to eat or sleep, and now we have finally come back alive. We should let everyone get some sleep before the meeting.

This is what Tu Ran thought, but unfortunately she was not the commander, so what she said was useless and she could only think about it in private.

There were still five minutes before the meeting started, and more pioneers came in one after another.

Tu Ran accidentally glanced at the door and suddenly saw a light curtain.

Light curtain? Superpower? Tu Ran's eyes widened and she looked towards the source of the green light curtain.

It’s Zhao Yan.

The man who had guarded the fourth floor of Building B of the inpatient department with her.

He also praised her for being brave.

The two of them rested together in the crowded lounge.

Zhao Yan didn't notice her gaze and walked to the empty seat at the back opposite her and sat down.

(End of this chapter)