From cannon fodder to sweeping across thousands of stars.

Chapter 279 "Don't worry yet"

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The three people in the room gasped almost at the same time, and the tense and anxious atmosphere before was swept away.

Astral looked at the expression of his childhood friend beside him and couldn't help but joked:

"Sir, didn't you just say 'no problem'? Why are you panting along with me and Mr. Perseus?"

Perseus on the other side also laughed after hearing this, and at the same time he was a little envious of this staff member who had grown up playing with Norton II.

Although Norton II has a good temper and treats his subordinates who do not make mistakes well enough, he has only seen Astral so far who can talk to this adult like this.

"No, I'm not afraid of it exploding."

Norton II took out a translucent sheet from the metal box, which was a light-sensitive chip used to store solidified information.

Since complex information cannot be burned, it has become an extremely safe information storage container in this era of ubiquitous electronic viruses.

“是因为这个日期在历史上分俄历和西历，一个1825年12月14日，一个1825年12月26日。

The date I entered was the Russian calendar, so at the moment I just turned it on, I was worried that Mr. Amber had set the date based on the Western calendar."

Norton II placed the light-sensing chip on the desk in the conference room and quickly completed the reading and projection.

Perseus and Astral took the initiative to sit on the other side at this time, and the latter turned on the 'anti-peeping' mode for Norton II before leaving.

"It doesn't have to be like this," Norton II looked at the two people sitting far away and said.

"My lord, please read it first. If you think it's okay to reveal the information inside to us, it won't be too late for us to take a look at it later."

Astral said with a smile. As the regent's staff, he knew very well that there were some things that he should not rush to look at.

"Okay, then you two have a rest first. We have been discussing this for so long just now."

Norton II was noncommittal about the two people's actions. He looked at the 'gift' in front of him, which was a text sent to him by Amber.

"Your Majesty the Regent, if you can read this text, it means that the 'struggle route' you want to take is consistent with what I guessed.

In this case, you must be well aware of the reasons for the defeat of the Decemberists in history.

Judging from your previous layouts and operations, you have also fallen into the same misunderstanding as those predecessors - relying too much on the so-called elites within the empire, and hoping to quickly achieve your goals through pure military operations.
In this context, you sent people to contact us at Atlas to obtain support from real-time communication technology. It is obvious that you not only want to strengthen the communication capabilities of your forces.

Rather, you realize that what you are facing now are the same difficulties that the Party members encountered in December.

Therefore, you have taken a fancy to the ability of this technology to transmit information on a very large scale, and want to arouse the thoughts of ordinary people within the empire, and then gain the support of these ordinary people who account for the highest proportion.

Eventually, you hope that this wave of public opinion will completely ignite all territories of the Star Dragon Empire.

Unfortunately, the war your country launched against the Federation in order to vent its domestic pressure successfully diverted some of the conflicts, but it was still a decision that lacked planning and foresight.

Currently, your country's expeditionary strike group and strategic fortresses are still within the territory of the Federation, but as long as you have a brief understanding of the current general situation of the warring parties, it is not difficult to see that your country's expeditionary fleet has actually lost the ability to continue attacking.

If the Federation can make full use of their 'home field advantage', there may be a question mark as to whether your country can hold on to the several systems it has already won.

A hastily launched military coup amid internal and external troubles will definitely be full of risks, and the slightest carelessness will lead to disastrous consequences.

Based on the above reasons, from a personal perspective, I suggest you take your time.

Rather than rushing into a coup when the future is unknown, it is better to delay your planned 'last moment'.

Let the folk thoughts ferment for a longer time, and at the same time accumulate more strength, choose a suitable time in the more distant future to complete your 'great cause'.

In order to help you achieve this, I would like to sincerely recommend to you the latest annual subscription project of Atlas Group's 'Exclusive Edition' ultra-long-distance real-time communication technology service."

Seeing this, Norton II finally realized what "seeing the dagger in a picture" means.

"Hehe, this guy's map of Yan country is quite long."

"Sir, what did you say?"

The two people on the other side of the desk didn't react to Norton II's sudden speech.

"Hahahaha, I say this Mr. Amber is worthy of being a businessman. Just take a look."

Norton II clicked a few times on the virtual keyboard on the desk, and the holographic projection device projected the content of the light-sensitive chip in front of the other two people.

After seeing the first sentence of this text message, Astral and Perseus' expressions became serious.

And every time they browsed down a sentence, the two people's brows would frown.

When he saw the last part, even Perseus couldn't relax.

"Sir, is there a mole?"

Astral raised his head and looked at Norton II with a serious expression.

At this moment, the staff member's attitude towards Atlas and Amber completely changed. If Astral was still thinking about cooperation with Atlas before, now he is only thinking about how to make Amber disappear from this world.

He never expected that this 'businessman' who was far away in the Federation would actually know about the regent's coup plan and the related 'operational details'.

It was as if he was in a secret meeting, watching everyone in the Regent's staff make relevant plans.

"No, this shouldn't be the problem of the mole. If there is really a mole who can leak so much content, then we don't need to continue. Let's go home and be safe.
Moreover, there are still many discrepancies in some details in what this 'Mr. Amber' said, so I guess this is a conclusion he derived by himself. "

Norton II spoke calmly, seemingly without any emotional fluctuations at all because of this 'gift' from afar.

"How is this possible?!" Astral's eyes widened even more. It was obvious that he thought the regent's statement was too 'fantasy'.

"But that's the fact. He really deduced the general direction very accurately. He even roughly guessed my next plan. Hahaha, it's really amazing."

Norton II smiled somewhat self-deprecatingly: "This is this universe, and there are new surprises every day. It's magical."

"Sir, this is a 'shock' not a 'surprise'."

A cold glint flashed in Astral's eyes, and now he was completely out of the mood for teasing.

Almost everyone had guessed the 'big plan' of his own camp, which was simply a horror story to him.

"How about taking advantage of the fact that the incident has not yet spread, and the news has not spread widely enough, and strike first?"

"How do you want to start? Send someone to assassinate him?
Not to mention that the other party has been operating within the Federation and the Thousand Star Empire, it will take a lot of time just to find the person.

Even if you could find someone, would a normal assassin be able to kill the psyker? "

Norton II shook his head and rejected this plan with a low success rate.

"Actually, the reason why Mr. Amber asked Mr. Perseus to bring back this 'gift' is very simple, he even wrote it directly.

"You want us to postpone the coup, and at the same time, you want us to buy their services?" Astral said with some uncertainty.

"Yes."

"I can understand the second point, but the first point. What does he want?"

"Humph, what are you trying to do?" Norton II sneered, "He is very ambitious and wants to get a share of this mess."

"No, does he have this ability?"

"Maybe he really does."

As soon as Norton II said these words, Astral immediately thought of all the things Perseus said after returning this time, and then immediately grasped the key points.

"I understand, sir. He does have this ability, but only if he and Atlas are given a certain amount of time to develop."

"Yes, this is the deep meaning behind his 'gift'."
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"Master, do you really plan to cooperate with the Prince Regent?"

On the spaceship heading to the Tower of Babel, Amber, who was dealing with some company affairs, suddenly heard Lilith in her head ask this question.

Naturally, Lilith would not hide the fact that he had prepared a gift for the regent, and the strong artificial intelligence had always been curious about his motives.

"No, I don't plan to cooperate." Amber replied calmly.

"Then Master, why did you ask Perseus to bring the 'gift' you prepared to the Prince Regent?"

“First, if you don’t do business when it comes to your door, it will be in vain.

Second, I really hope that the regent can delay the coup and give Atlas some more windows. "

Amber stopped what she was doing, relaxed and leaned on the back of the chair, and then continued:

“In the next war between the Empire and the Federation, including the chaos that may break out in the future, there will be no so-called allies or I never intend to be bound to any party.

Because I don’t trust any external forces, I don’t intend to form an alliance with anyone. At most, I will let them become our customers of Atlas. "

"Master, you are so greedy. That's why you need enough time to develop so that Atlas has enough strength to conduct transactions with all parties?"

Lilith's tone was full of exclamations, and it was obvious that she was also succumbed to Amber's greed of 'eating from both ends'.

"Wealth is sought in danger, Lilith~" Amber shook her head,

"To be honest, Atlas is not a serious enterprise. If we want to develop rapidly, we must have the courage to draw chestnuts from the fire."

"Haha, whatever you say, then what are you going to do with Princess Agnes's invitation now?"

"Tsk, this is really a problem."

(End of this chapter)