From cannon fodder to sweeping across thousands of stars.

Chapter 278 Gift
"Sir Perseus, thank you for your hard work this time."

In the border spaceport that was under complete martial law, the regent Norton II in the conference room looked at Perseus opposite him and said.

After the envoy returned, he declined the Prince Regent's suggestion to take a rest first and went straight to the conference room without doing anything.

"Your Excellency has entrusted me with such an important matter, and I will do it without any trouble." Perseus replied respectfully.

If any outsiders saw this figure, who was ranked among the top three among the imperial aristocrats and capitalists, in such a posture, they would be shocked.

But if they saw who was sitting opposite Perseus, they would suddenly realize.

Prince Regent, that's all right.

You see, this is the strength of one of the double Cs in the current version of the Star Dragon Empire.

"I have to say that this experience of being able to secretly go to the federal territory to negotiate face-to-face with the person in charge of Atlas as your special envoy is very unforgettable."

"Oh, it seems that Sir Perseus has gained a lot of insights from this 'journey'."

But in fact, the information obtained through these public channels was enough for him to unearth a lot of valuable intelligence.

Obviously, what Perseus just said made a lot of ideas pop up in the minds of the three people.

Many times, the source of intelligence is not obtained through 007-style infiltration, or more than 90% of the intelligence is not obtained through this method.
Although Perseus, as an aristocratic capitalist, is more proficient in family management and business operations, his intelligence collection and analysis abilities have always been recognized by Norton II and Astral.

Perseus, who had already organized the trip, opened the graphic report prepared in advance, and then pointed out the general process and key matters in a clear and logical manner.

Immediately afterwards, this small conference room fell into silence.

"It seems that sending someone to contact Atlas this time was really the right decision."

"Old rule, everyone should express their opinions."

In the process of recalling this experience, Perseus himself became more and more excited as he talked about it, especially when talking about the 'long-distance real-time communication technology' currently mastered by Atlas, he expressed this unabashedly. This technology will bring about changes.

Astral, who was sitting on the other side, nodded and said in agreement.

"That's right. If I hadn't been dealing with other things at the time, I definitely wouldn't have given this opportunity to you."

As for the Regent and Astral, during Perseus' narration process, they also changed from relaxed and freehand at the beginning, to frowning, and finally to contemplative silence.

Norton II smiled, then poured Perseus a calming hot drink with his own hands, and then said: "Tell us about it quickly. Lord Astral and I have been looking forward to it after communicating with you remotely. You came back to tell us about your experience during this time.”

Astral even once joked that Perseus might be better suited to work in the Central Intelligence Agency.

"Your Excellency, you are exaggerating."

For two whole hours, Perseus didn't even drink a sip of water. He spoke clearly and clearly everything that needed to be said first.

Including what is the relationship between the Atlas Group and the elves of the Thousand Stars Empire, the combat effectiveness of Atlas's subordinate combat forces, the current situation in the Federation, the situation of Amber, the person in charge of Atlas, and long-distance real-time communication technology. These were matters of great concern to the Regent and Astral.

After Perseus finished speaking, the regent was the first to speak, and at the same time he did not forget to praise the previous sentence:
"Sir Perseus, I really chose the right person to send you."

Obviously, the conclusion reached by Perseus from observing Atlas at zero distance was more complicated than the results analyzed by the two of them based on previous intelligence.

Don't look at how Perseus just stayed on the cruise ship provided by Atlas these days and didn't go anywhere. At most, he just watched some news from the local media and talked with Shikodi and other people in charge of Atlas. Inquired about the news.

After the silence in the room lasted for a while, Norton II spoke first:

"Hahahahaha, since both adults are looking forward to it so much, then just listen to me and explain it slowly."

"Then it's still the old rules, sir, you go first." Astral said with a smile.

"You guy." Norton II shook his head, picked up the teacup, took a sip to moisten his lips, and then began to say:
"After listening to Sir Perseus's experience, I feel that our previous assessment of Atlas was a bit conservative.
According to Minister Perseus, the combat troops of the private military company affiliated with Atlas have used a large number of Roma people from the Thousand Star Empire as the main combat force, and have also issued them with fully customized combat equipment. It is said that they also have their own A combat vehicle production system.
In the case of ground combat, the combat effectiveness of their troops basically crushes all current troops of the same level. Even against the most elite brigade combat teams in the Empire, they are estimated to be comparable under the same support conditions. . "

Having said this, the Regent showed a very troubled expression on his face.

Because he felt that this was so outrageous, and if it hadn't come from Perseus' mouth, he would really have thought it was a joke.

The combat troops of private military companies are indiscriminately fighting against the regular army, and can even compete with the most elite regular army at a 50-50 ratio.

"And the most critical point - the battle on Rubian 5 was only the 'first battle' of the Atlas ground combat forces.

It's obvious that this company is still growing, and as long as they maintain their current status and increase their development and investment in combat forces, they will only get stronger and stronger in the future. Although their fleet currently looks relatively shabby, and due to various countries' restrictions on private companies, they do not have "capital ships" in the field.

But I believe that when Atlas fully grows up, such restrictions will be a piece of waste paper for them."

"I totally agree with your point of view."

After hearing the regent's evaluation of Atlas, Perseus said:
"Based on my interview with the person in charge of Atlas, Mr. Amber, I can feel that he is actually an ambitious person.
Such a person will never let the 'chain' be locked around his neck for too long, and he will definitely find a way to break free before long. "

Recalling the real-time communication technology he had experienced in Atlas before, Perseus paused for a moment and continued:

"There is also the 'real-time communication technology' that they now exclusively master. If this technology can always be monopolized by Atlas, the benefits brought by this part alone will be completely immeasurable.

These profits will also be fed back to other industries under the group.

And Mr. Amber doesn’t seem to be worried at all about the technology being reverse engineered after working with us.

This also shows that they have absolute confidence in their technology.”

Perseus eloquently expressed his views, although the Regent Group now seems to be about to cooperate with Atlas.

But in Perseus' view, Amber, the person in charge of this company, is obviously not the kind of 'honest businessman' who is harmless to humans and animals.

Therefore, they must be prepared to defend against it. When Atlas grows to a size that no one can limit, it is likely to become a new opponent of the Regent Group.

"'There are no eternal friends and no eternal enemies, only eternal interests.' I think Sir Perseus wants to express this."

Astral concluded after listening to Perseus' speech.

Perseus nodded, "Yes, Amber, the head of Atlas, will never be an honest entrepreneur forever."

"About this, I actually had an idea before."

Norton II said:
"I will talk about plans in this area specifically at the next internal meeting. Anyway, generally speaking, I agree with Mr. Perseus's point of view. Our cooperation with Atlas is destined to be temporary."

Norton II, who had been thinking about something in his mind, raised his head and glanced at Perseus, and then changed the subject.

"Sir Perseus, didn't you say that Mr. Amber from Atlas prepared a special 'gift' for me?"

"Yes, sir, I am going to present it to you after the report is over."

Perseus took out a small box that was temporarily printed on the spacecraft, and then handed the small metal box inside to the regent.

"According to what Mr. Amber said, if what you want to do, sir, is the same as what he wants, then you only need to enter a set of dates to open the metal box and see the information inside."

"Still a Riddler?"

Astral was stunned for a moment after hearing such a strange way to open the box, "If there is really important content here, what if it is not opened?"

"The contents will be immediately eliminated."

"Are you sure this thing isn't a mini bomb?" Astral frowned. In his opinion, this unknown metal box suddenly became very dangerous.

"Please rest assured about this. I asked the security department to test this thing, and they said no explosive components were detected."

"Haha, this Mr. Amber is quite interesting."

Norton II held the metal box and looked at it for a long time. Finally, he looked at the front of the metal box. A row of small numbers rolled down and appeared on the surface.

"Sir, Mr. Amber's position seems unclear at the moment. He seems like an enemy but also a friend. Coupled with his previous status as a defected spy, I think you should be more cautious."

Astral spoke up to persuade.

"It doesn't matter. At least until now, I haven't felt any hostility from him. And whether this thing is finally turned on or not, at least it will let me know how much Mr. Amber knows about me."

Regent Norton II calmly looked at the metal box in his hand. Without even thinking too much, he began to turn the digital scroll wheel one by one.

1-8-2-5-1-2-1-4
"Click!"

The box was opened.

(End of this chapter)