Dominating Evolution of the Cosmos

The Babbitt Group had been funding the Black Tiger Combat Unit with a large amount of money, and in return, the Black Tiger Combat Unit provided them with useful services. The military base camp did not interfere in such transactions.

After all, genetic evolution required a lot of resources, and solely depending on the resources from the military base camp was simply not enough. Thus, it was allowed for soldiers to earn extra money from external sources, as long as the transactions had no conflicts with the camp's rules and regulations.

Of course, if one betrayed these military base camp regulations, he or she would have to face a severe punishment. As such, no one dared to cross this line.

Oscar's words had angered Marcus, who served the Babbitt group. However, Marcus felt that he was no slave to the Babbitt Group. That was not how he saw his role at all!

"Mr. Oscar, we are in a partnership with the Babbitt Group. If you are unwilling to provide funds, we can seek out other nobles or groups. However, if the chairman of the board discovers what happened today, I'm afraid he will not be happy." Marcus tried to suppressed his anger and stay calm.

At that moment, Oscar was worried that Marcus might tell his father, Brad Babbitt, about what had happened. Knowing his father's temper, if he knew that he had lost 10 billion in original gold, Oscar would be disqualified as his father's first successor and expelled from the family!

"Marcus, if you dare tell my father, I will be sure to bring you down with me!" Oscar threatened Marcus angrily.

"Master Oscar, everything depends on your willingness to shoulder your share of the responsibility for all of this..." Marcus said.

"I will try to raise the money, but there is no way that I will be able to raise 10 billion in original gold," Oscar replied.

"I know… Just raise as much original gold as you can. I will also try to find other ways to resolve this problem. If we really cannot raise this money, what we can do is find the people who placed the bet…" As Marcus spoke, his narrowed eyes revealed that he had an evil intention.

Whether it was the 10 billion bonus or 150 million contribution points, they could not afford to fork them out! If there was no other way out, they could only finish off the people who placed the bet!

"Go and find out who placed the bet. This shouldn't be impossible. After all, there are not many people in the whole military base camp who can fork out 1 billion in original gold. They are most likely among those combat units which are against us," Marcus ordered.

Others immediately began to move out, determined to find the source of the huge bet. Although it was the banker, the notary public was also from the military base camp. So, it was not difficult to find the target from the intranet of the military base camp.

Moreover, in the military base camp, it was impossible for an individual to fork out 1 billion original in gold. So, that must mean that it came from a top combat unit collective! By investigating the financial flows of these combat units, they could easily find their target!

Of course, they could also conduct an investigation on each individual soldier to cover all of their bases. But, as there were tens of thousands of soldiers who placed a bet for the battle, the probability of finding their target among the soldiers would much lower. Therefore, they decided to start investigating the combat units first, as they had the higher probability of being the target.

...

As they fanned out, Lawrence did not leave.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I have one more thing to announce!" Steve suddenly spoke up.

Everyone's eyes were focused on him. Just then, a huge amount of data was transmitted, while Marcus descended from the sky. Everyone was surprised by this, as no one knew why Marcus would come at such a time...

"I'm sorry, Mr. Steve, but I have something to announce." Marcus said.

Steve was stunned, but he nodded and said, "Then, make your announcement at once."

As Marcus landed, his loud voice could be heard clearly. "Ladies and gentlemen, I must inform you that the bet for today's battle has been officially cancelled. The money that you put in will be paid back to you in full."

Everyone in the room was stunned by this decision. The soldiers all thought that they had misheard him!

Steve looked especially gloomy. After all, he had allowed Sofia to put his 1 billion in original gold and all of his contribution points in the bet. And now, Marcus had announced the cancellation of the bet!

The soldiers who would have lost the bet did not bother to know the reason behind such a decision, they were just so relieved, they cheered immediately...

"That's great!"

"The Black Tiger Combat Unit must be feeling guilty! That's why they are returning our bet money!"

"Why cancel it? I bet on Steve to win!"

...

Steve asked coldly, "Why are you cancelling the bet? Have you gotten the consent from the military base camp to do so?"

With a sneer, Marcus looked at Steve and said, "We found out that you and Lawrence colluded in secret in order to win a lot of money in this bet!"

Upon hearing the shocking claim, a wave of verbal abuse erupted at the scene. The crowd was livid...

"No wonder Lawrence was losing. They were in on it together! It was a scam!"

"Darn it! They deceived us!"

"Fortunately, the Black Tiger Combat Unit found out in time. Otherwise, we would all have really been deceived by them."

"It must be true, as Steve's shady reputation is already known by everyone. It's not surprising that such a wicked man would do such a thing."

...

Most people ignored questioning the authenticity of Marcus' words, as they were just happy that they had found an excuse to retrieve their money that would have otherwise been lost in the bet! Of course, there were some soldiers who felt that Steve was a shady character and truly believed that he must have colluded with Lawrence.

"Hahaha, what a joke! Do you have any evidence that I was in cahoots with Lawrence?" Steve gave a big laugh.

"The proof is that, in the first few minutes of the battle, someone forked out 15,000 contribution points to bet on you to win. We also discovered that Lawrence's contribution points were inexplicably transferred out before the battle even began! Who else would place such a big bet, unless he or she was not absolutely sure that you would win?" Marcus grinned deviously.

In actual fact, Lawrence's contribution points were not transferred out before the battle. It was Marcus and his men who did that in secret! After that, they made up a lie to create a misunderstanding among the soldiers!

"If you don't believe it, here's a screenshot of Lawrence's contribution points the last minute before the game.

Marcus took out two screenshots and zoomed in so that everyone could see them. The first screenshot was a chart that was displaying Lawrence's contribution points, including the details of the contribution points being emptied. The second screenshot showed that someone had clearly taken out 15,000 contribution points and placed a bet on Steve to win the battle!

The atmosphere became immediately tense, while everyone looked at Steve angrily.

"You took these two screenshots as evidence, then linked them up based on your own logic. You can't prove that these screenshots are related to each other at all. What do they have to do with me? Moreover, are they even authentic?" Steve asked coldly.

Marcus sneered. "Others may think that you're only a recruit who does not have many contribution points. After checking, however, we found that you are the top recruit, who earned more than 5,000 contribution points before you even entered the military base camp! On top of that, you also received an inexplicable reward of 1,000 contribution points from the camp."