From cannon fodder to sweeping across thousands of stars.

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Perseus actually had doubts about the effectiveness of Atlas' communication technology at the beginning.

After all, the physical distance between his current location and the galaxy in the empire where the regent is located is too far. Even if we use the best-performing ships at present to make a long-distance jump, it will take a long time.

But an hour after the message was sent, he received a reply with the Prince Regent's special encrypted verification.

And this hour was mainly due to the small manor on the planet where the regent was. It was just past 3 o'clock in the morning. Norton II got up from the bed and took some time to wake up.

Actual transfer time may be only a few minutes.

At this moment, Perseus' first reaction was to even want to purchase this 'communication service' for his family's industry.

Because this kind of long-distance real-time communication is simply a dimensionality reduction attack compared to the current communication technology.
"The sky is going to change."

As an aristocratic capitalist, he quickly discovered the importance of this new communication technology in business activities.

If we can use this technology quickly, we can gain unimaginable advantages in business competition.

Then Atlas used some unknown method to 'extract' the information sent to each other, and then transmitted it across galaxies.

"Well, actually that's not what I meant."

The two also realized that Atlas could not be defenseless in this regard, and their idea was definitely impossible to realize.

But after learning that his 'special envoy' had gone to the federal territory, Norton II suddenly woke up and immediately sent someone to investigate the source of the signal, hoping to find the other party's relay node. .

In the end, it was discovered that whether it was Perseus or his own side, they were actually sent to cyberspace through conventional communication technology.

Perseus really wanted to remind Amber that there was no need to say the phrase 'guaranteing group benefits', but he held it in for a long time and finally said:
"Your company's communication technology currently only supports text message transmission for ultra-long-distance real-time communication. Are real-time voice or video communication functions under development?"

So just like exchanging emails with netizens in ancient times, he communicated with the Prince Regent in plain text for more than 2 hours.

Amber put down the project plan in her hand, looked at Perseus who walked into the conference room with an excited face and said:
"So the pricing of this service is still a bit expensive at the moment, so you have to be mentally prepared."

"It's okay. I'll give you the 'chairman's discount'. If you subscribe for a long time, I'll give you a further discount."

"Mr. Amber, do you know how much change your technology will bring?"

Amber looked at Perseus sincerely and said, like a gold medal salesman.

"Of course I know~"

"You're welcome. Customers are our gods at Atlas. We are naturally willing to provide customers with the highest quality services while ensuring the group's efficiency."

The latter was surprised at first, thinking that Perseus had returned early.

Amber nodded and said: "Yes, Mr. Perseus, the V1.3 version you just used is also the version currently used by Atlas, which can provide stable text information transmission.

"Thank you very much"

Therefore, the idea of ​​​​finding relay nodes is simply not feasible.

Perseus suddenly realized that in just one or two sentences, he didn't know how to say a bunch of things he had just thought about.

Perseus was stunned for a moment. He found that he still lacked experience in dealing with a 'chat wizard' like Amber.

Since Perseus is currently using the 'V1.3 beta version', this kind of 'ultra-long distance real-time communication' only supports text information transmission for the time being.

After the exchange, Perseus found Amber who was still in the conference room and was looking at the 'Rubion 5 Reconstruction Project Plan'.

The experimental V1.4 version will support real-time voice communication, and we also plan to support real-time video communication in the future V1.5 version. "

"Then your company will provide free upgrades?"

"Of course not. These all have development costs. Mr. Perseus is really kidding."

Amber replied seriously, although so far, the entire quantum communication technology has been developed by Lilith herself, the main cost is actually the construction of various deep space communication nodes.

But facing outsiders, who are also potential future customers, Amber naturally cannot tell the truth.

He found a plan from his personal terminal that had not yet been made public, desensitized it and sent it to Perseus.

"In terms of service support for this communication technology, Atlas is preparing to launch three versions of packages: 'Basic', 'Standard' and 'Exclusive'.

The basic version only has basic text communication services, and there are limits on the number of messages sent in each service cycle. After all, after it is officially launched in the future, it is foreseeable that daily communications will be very busy. For our group's system, Load capacity is also a test.

Of course, we will also provide 'paid incremental packages' for basic version users for emergency use. "

When Amber introduced the first 'basic version', Perseus immediately showed an expression of 'Sure enough', but he didn't say anything and continued to listen to Amber's introduction.

"Next is the standard version. I personally predict that most corporate customers will choose this version, because this version is a text + voice communication package, and the number of messages and call time in each service cycle have also increased a lot. Of course, the same You can purchase the 'paid incremental package'. Finally, there is our exclusive version, although its price is a bit more expensive than the first two packages.
However, just like the name of this package, we will provide the highest level of service to our exclusive customers, which is not only a three-in-one version of text, voice, and video, but also will not limit the number of times customers send messages and communication time, while respecting Premium version customers will also receive priority upgrade services every time the version is upgraded.”

Amber briefly introduced the three versions of the package. He believed that it was impossible for Perseus not to be tempted by this service after trying it out.

The latter's reaction was also what he expected.

"Mr. Amber, if your company can really have a monopoly on this technology, I can't even imagine how profitable it would be."

Perseus said seriously: "I feel like I am witnessing the rise of a business empire."

"You are joking, where are you?" Amber smiled and continued:

"But I personally am quite confident about technology monopoly, hahahaha."

"But if you do this, many people may be jealous of this technology. There is an old saying in the Blue Star era: 'Every man is not guilty, but he is guilty of carrying a jade'. You still have to be careful."

Perseus paused for a moment, as if he was thinking about whether he should say the next words. After waiting for a moment, he continued:

"Mr. Amber, what I am saying now is entirely in my personal capacity. I sincerely recommend that you fully cooperate with His Excellency the Regent. This will also eliminate the possibility of other forces being tempted. I believe that with your Atlas With the technology and the power of His Excellency the Regent, the future is absolutely immeasurable.”

The imperial nobleman spoke very seriously and sincerely. At least it seemed that he really wanted to see a scene where both parties would work together.

However, after hearing his words, Amber still gave him a meaningful look.

"Thank you for your reminder, but I believe that no one will have any wrong ideas about our Thousand Stars Empire enterprise in a short time~
When this technology develops to the point where they can ignore the existence of the Thousand Stars Empire, even if someone really wants to take action, they will probably have to consider whether they can touch our Atlas. "

Amber stared at Perseus and said seriously:

"As I said before, we at Atlas will never tie ourselves to any tank."

There is another half sentence that Amber did not say directly, but turned into his inner OS - 'Because we, Atlas, will be a tank ourselves. '

"It seems you are quite confident."

"Of course, if I don't have any confidence at all, how dare I do this kind of business?"

The atmosphere in the conference room became slightly awkward, but neither party continued the discussion on this issue.

"By the way, Mr. Amber"

Perseus was the first to speak:

“After communicating with His Excellency the Regent, we have given up our plan to directly purchase the technology, and are instead willing to become your company’s first external customer for this communication service.

Regarding the specific details of cooperation, we will send a professional team to come and connect. "

"Very good, then I would like to wish both of us a happy cooperation."

Amber stood up and held out her hand to Perseus.

"Pleasant to work with."

Perseus also stood up, stretched out his hand and shook it with Amber.

When the two sat down again, Perseus spoke again: "There is one more 'little matter' I want to communicate with Mr. Amber."

"It doesn't matter if you say so."

"I know that in the battle on Lubion 5, the Federation finally won the victory under the guidance of your company, so I would like to communicate with you about the issue of Imperial prisoners of war."

"Oh~?"

Amber put away her smile and sat up, and said somewhat seriously: "Mr. Perseus, this is not a trivial matter."

"I know that under the current environment, this issue will be relatively sensitive, so I plan to communicate with you first." Perseus nodded.

He naturally also knew that the issue of prisoners of war was a sensitive issue during the war between the two countries, so he thought of operating it through Atlas, a 'third party'.

"The main thing is to see if there is any way to bring these prisoners of war back to the empire. After all, they were abandoned by the naval fleet. This is indeed a big problem for the military, and there are also some nobles among the senior officers."

"Then I have to tell you something first. Even if you want to take people away, you will probably only be able to take some of the grassroots soldiers away."

"What do you mean?"

"Some senior officers, including Viscount Drake, committed suicide in the prison camp."

(End of this chapter)