Chapter 1282: King and King
Zhao Chen held his forehead with one hand.
Just a moment ago, he felt as if his mind had been pierced by an electric current.
At this moment, he looked again at the Star Alliance leader who seemed vaguely familiar.
The other person continued walking forward without changing their expression.
Zhao Chen squinted, staring at the figure.
His intuition told him that the strange feeling he had just experienced was definitely unusual.
It's no coincidence.
He even had a premonition that his arrival in this world, and even his ability to return to the world of Xiaolong, were closely related to this man.
I have to meet this man face to face with him.
Unfortunately, his current status as a colonel is not enough for him to be with a Star Alliance leader like that.
The banquet then proceeded according to its normal procedures.
Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, the Star Alliance leader first praised the dedication and heroic performance of the entire Star Alliance in this battle.
He also praised Song Qingshan's excellent command in the secret operation, and even had his half-brother stand beside him and pat him on the shoulder as if the two had a good relationship.
Even on this occasion, Song Qingshan had a smile on his face.
But Zhao Chen knew that smile was fake.
Even the smiles, laughter, and applause throughout the banquet venue felt incredibly fake.
After reaching its climax amidst applause and cheers.
Next, it will be time for the banquet.
Various delicacies were served, and a variety of performances could be seen in the banquet area.
Zhao Chen noticed this.
Some people quietly left the banquet venue.
This included the Star Alliance leader, Song Qingshan, and members of those powerful families.
Zhao Chen found a corner spot and leaned against the wall.
Then he put a pair of glasses on himself.
In this era, eyeglasses are primarily used as decorative items.
However, Zhao Chen's glasses are rather unusual.
Zhao Chen activated the glasses.
An image appeared on the lens that only Zhao Chen could see.
It was a private meeting room.
There are ten chairs around the round table.
Zhao Chen's camera angle happens to be positioned inside a chair.
Yes, this is a surveillance device.
It was something Zhao Chen had quietly built himself during this period, with related technologies borrowed from the T6 interstellar stealth reconnaissance ship.
Therefore, it belongs to the T6 technology level.
After Zhao Chen's multiple attempts, it was confirmed that the current anti-espionage equipment in the Star Alliance was unable to detect this device.
It's just that it's limited by distance.
If the distance is too far, a connection cannot be established.
As for the spy device that Zhao Chen installed on Song Qingshan, Zhao Chen didn't need to worry about retrieving it or being discovered.
Because it is so small that it cannot be observed with the naked eye.
It was installed on Song Qingshan's hair.
Therefore, when Song Qingshan got a haircut, the device was naturally gone, so there was no need to consider issues such as recycling.
Zhao Chen sat there with his arms crossed.
He glanced around the conference table at the nine people besides Song Qingshan.
The identities of these people immediately came to Zhao Chen's mind.
Sitting in the main seat was none other than Song Chen, the leader of the Star Alliance.
The rest were representatives of large families and powerful forces.
Song Qingshan represents the Song family.
There was also a woman wearing glasses; her appearance and aura clearly indicated she was a tech guru.
Her name is Shangguan Qiangwei, and she has two identities.
One is the eldest daughter of the Shangguan family.
The Shangguan family started as a business and then entered the starship technology construction industry.
In earlier years, they could only be considered a second-tier family.
But later, the Shangguan family's status changed.
Because Shangguan Qiangwei established the White Rose Military Industry Group.
That is, Song Chen's military foundation.
Looking at the others, without exception, they all belonged to first-rate family forces.
Placed in the banquet hall, each and every one of them was a big shot.
Zhao Chen didn't care about many of these people.
There was only one person whom Zhao Chen paid special attention to.
Murong Bo, the patriarch of the Murong family.
The Murong family is currently one of the top three families in the Star Alliance.
And he is now a leading figure among conservatives.
His Murong family was also a large family involved in the military industry, but the rise of the White Rose Military Industry Group squeezed out many of the Murong family's businesses.
In recent years, the Murong family has restructured its operations, investing a significant amount of financial and material resources in military raw materials.
He was also completely neutral during the Covenant Civil War.
That's how I got my current status.
However, due to the clash of interests, they were destined to stand on the opposite side with Song Chen, the Star Alliance member.
Although the Star Alliance Council nominally has hundreds or even thousands of members.
But that's only what's on the surface.
The only people truly in charge of the Star Alliance Council are these ten individuals.
It represents the pinnacle of the Star Alliance.
Their decision represents the decision of the Star Alliance.
"Do we really have to allocate the resources and benefits of the small universe at this time?" Song Chen spoke up at this moment, his face expressionless.
It's impossible to tell his current mood.
Those conservative bigwigs all turned their attention to Murong Bo.
Murong Bo also knew that with his current status, he was destined to no longer be able to remain a bystander as before.
He said calmly, "This is very important."
Because each of our family factions needs to prepare in advance the resources, financial and material resources needed to build our own microcosm.
Now that the microcosm is already ours,
Then let's just allocate them directly.
In this way, all the major families can prepare.
Once the war is over, the universe will be ours.
We can immediately begin construction, transforming the resource-rich areas within our microcosm into the raw materials we need.
These raw materials will also be supplied to our Alliance in a continuous stream.
Provide us with more interstellar warships and weapons.
In this way, it doesn't matter whether it's facing a threat from a different species or a threat from another world.
We can all have more confidence.
If you don't prepare in advance.
The time wasted in between was at least half a year.
You should know.
At this critical moment.
Time is of the essence!
It must be said that Murong Bo's intentions were indeed correct.
There is no point in refuting it.
Prepare in advance and have contingency plans.
After taking over the microcosm, it collects the microcosm's resources.
This way, we can save a lot of time.
To make the Covenant stronger in a short period of time.
Those unaware of the underlying contradictions would undoubtedly praise Murong Bo's foresight.
However, these words also contain a hidden message.
That simply means that if you don't allocate resources to your inner universe now...
Then we won't be able to make contingency plans, and if we waste six months' worth of resources in the future, it won't be our fault.
This is like putting Song Chen directly on a hot stove.