Chapter 391: The Meeting
However, because it was located at the formation core, coupled with the energy field generators installed throughout the building, the main structure of the building remained largely intact. After simple renovations, the entire building was completely refreshed.
In the top-floor Meeting Room of the East Galaxy Company, Elder Mandel hurried in. The small Meeting Room was already full of people. Elder Mandel nodded to Lane, who was seated in the main seat: "Mr. Lane, all the Soldiers you brought have been settled!"
Seeing Lane nod at him, Elder Mandel walked to the back and sat down in a corner of the Meeting Room.
"Since everyone is here, let's begin!"
Lane glanced around, then tapped the table with his finger. A blue light like a water ripple shot out from his fingertip, instantly enveloping the entire Meeting Room.
Seeing this scene, the crowd in the Meeting Room showed no surprise.
"The Boss sent me to Fallen Star to liaise with the Universal Bank regarding the sending of troops this time. I won't interfere too much with this matter. Kane, tell me your thoughts!"
"I have nothing to say. The tradition of Black Demon is blood for blood, tooth for tooth!" Kane, seated below Lane, said in a deep voice, "I will find that guy called the High Evolutionary and crush him into dust!"
Lane's gaze skipped over Kane and landed on Elder Mandel, who was sitting in the corner: "Mr. Mand, where is the High Evolutionary now? The Sovereign Homeworld?"
"After the High Evolutionary was rescued and sent back to their Homeworld by the Sovereign, he disappeared. Mr. Shadow Storm is leading people to pursue him. Currently, the information transmitted back indicates that the High Evolutionary seems to be escaping towards the Nova Empire Territory!"
When Elder Mandel saw Lane looking at him, he quickly stood up and said to Lane.
"Mr. Mand, there's no need to be so reserved. Everyone in this Meeting Room is one of us. Before I came, the Boss instructed me that a small setback is nothing, just treat it as training the troops!"
Lane waved his hand at Elder Mandel, signaling him to sit down, and then continued to ask: "If we send a large fleet to track this High Evolutionary, will the Nova Empire interfere?"
Elder Mandel thought for a moment and said: "Although the Nova Empire's scale is not as large as the Kree, it occupies thousands of Habitable Planets and has hundreds of affiliated civilizations. Moreover, while the Nova Corps members are not as warlike and ruthless as the Kree, they, like the Sovereign, possess a strange arrogance. They see themselves as the Galactic Police and have the most Prisons in the Milky Way Galaxy!"
"If our fleet appears on a large scale in the Nova Empire Territory, given their personality, they will definitely interfere!"
"Then what is the gap between us and the Nova Empire?"
Lane's fingers tapped on the table in front of him, like drumbeats.
"Mr. Lane, the Star Zone where the Nova Empire is located spans tens of thousands of light-years and contains hundreds of large and small civilizations. However, the Nova Empire is the strongest civilization among them, possessing a population and resource base that rivals the Three Great Cosmic Empires. We are currently unable to compare with them for the time being!" Elder Mandel said, opening the virtual projection in the Meeting Room and finding the data about the Nova Empire.
"Is that so!"
Lane looked at the light screen, turned his head, and asked Elder Mandel: "Then if we take down the entire Nova Empire, can the current manpower of the East Galaxy Company complete the rule?"
Elder Mandel looked at Lane in shock: "Mr. Lane, what do you mean? I don't understand!"
Taking down the entire Nova Empire, is he joking? The Nova Empire is not the Sovereign Civilization; its scale is hundreds of times that of the Sovereign, and technologically, the two civilizations are not on the same level.
Lane shrugged his shoulders and said lightly: "You just need to tell me if we can rule this Star Zone with the manpower of the East Galaxy Company if we take down the entire Nova Empire."
Elder Mandel looked at Lane and said with a wry smile: "Mr. Lane, the dozen or so Habitable Planets that Mr. Kane took down from the Sovereign alone have used up most of the manpower we can deploy! And this is under the condition that the Sovereign population is sparse! The resource planets ruled by the Nova Empire are thousands of times that of the Sovereign Civilization..."
"Alright! I understand. Don't worry, the Soldiers I brought this time are specifically to help you thoroughly sort out those Sovereign Planets!"
That's right, in fact, the manpower Lane brought this time, the purpose of these Ghost Wolf Soldiers coming to Fallen Star was not to deal with the High Evolutionary, but to deploy them to the occupied Sovereign Habitable Planets to be responsible for maintaining the rule there and suppressing rebellions.
After all, although the individual combat strength of these Ghost Wolf Soldiers, when taken alone, is comparable to a Superhero on Earth.
However, the reality of the world is ultimately very different from the world in films. When facing the gun ports of those alien warships, unless one's strength reaches the level of a Skyfather, personal bravery is fundamentally ineffective.
"Hmm, in that case, it's a bit troublesome! Even if we take down the entire Nova Empire, we can't rule it!"
Elder Mandel listened to Lane's muttering, somewhat dumbfounded. Is he that crazy? Weren't we discussing tracking that Assailant called the High Evolutionary?
How did it turn into discussing ruling the Nova Empire?! And looking at Lane's expression, it didn't seem like a joke. Are you serious?! Kane looked at Lane, his eyes shining: "Is this the Boss's meaning?"
If they really attacked the Nova Empire, perhaps he could experience the enjoyment of commanding thousands of fleets.
"Oh, not really. Some time ago, I went to Blood Sea Hell. The Blood Daoist said that recently, because the Underworld Styx was cut off, there is a lack of soul supplies, and the number of Demons produced in the few Hells we rule has greatly decreased. He asked me to find a method to get some souls over—"
"If this Nova Empire is an enemy, then we could open the Ghost Gate Pass on the resource planets they rule. But if our manpower is insufficient, then we'll temporarily put it aside!"
Lane sighed. Although their Tang Group's influence has expanded rapidly in recent years, it is precisely because of the rapid expansion that there is a significant shortage of manpower.
Military force is easy to say; with the Boss's Yellow Turban Strongman and Angelic Legion, plus the clone soldiers from the Hive Laboratory, they don't lack combat manpower. However, to govern the ruled territories, they can't rely on these combat puppets.
Thinking of this, Lane looked at Pope Hyde, who was sitting in the third row to his right.
"Pope Hyde, how is the current faith propagation progressing?"
Pope Hyde looked up at Lane: "With the cooperation of the East Galaxy Company's warships, everything is currently going smoothly. Our Missionary Group's footprint has spread across more than twenty Habitable Planets, but we still don't have enough manpower!"
The current strategy of the Tang Group is quite similar to the Great Tang of the past. The East Galaxy Company relies on its excellent energy crystals to open the gates of various civilizations, setting up Trading Posts and shops on those civilization planets.
The Tang Group's Heavenly Court Missionary Group uses the Trading Posts as a base to evangelize.
Although those advanced civilizations have their own faiths, for example, some Tier 1 civilizations and Tier 2 and 3 civilization races also believe in various nature spirits, such as Thor, Wind God, Rain God, and other nature spirits.
But in civilizations that develop technology, faith is at most an optional course that is dispensable, a spiritual sustenance for the mind.
Therefore, these civilizations do not interfere with the Heavenly Court's missionaries. Relying on supplies in one hand and faith in the other, with the efforts of the missionary army, many civilizations now have people who believe in Tang Song, this Heavenly Emperor.
These are the sparks sown by the missionaries.
The work of the missionaries is not always smooth sailing. In some more primitive Habitable Planets, there are also many Native Deity existences.
They have no good feelings towards the missionaries who come to spread faith. Just like the Stone Giant that was subdued back then, the missionaries have also suffered losses of over a hundred people in recent years. Fortunately, as long as they are missionaries, their souls will return to the Heavenly Court. After being refined by Merit (Faith) Spirit Water, they will remain in the Heavenly Court to enjoy eternal bliss without birth, aging, sickness, or death.
(Heavenly Court Scripture, 17th Edition, Page 82, Line 3 recorded)
Of course, this is not a trick to deceive believers. These Clerics whose souls return to the Heavenly Court can choose to recover their physical body and settle in the Thirty-Six Heavens, or they can also walk the divine path.
The Underworld Government is under construction, and there is a large shortage of soul hooking envoys and underworld messengers. There are also earth gods and mountain gods, the most basic Civil Servants of the Heavenly Court. They can not only serve in the Thirty-Six Heavens but also serve as high-level management in the Nine Realms and the Habitable Planets occupied by Tang Company, while also serving as Priests. Of course, compared to these Native Deity, the most troublesome thing the Missionary Group encounters are organized divine powers, such as the Pantheon.
One of the Tang Group's missionary teams was swallowed by a Snake God from the Pantheon while evangelizing on a Habitable Planet, and even their souls could not escape.
When the news reached the Tang Group, Boss Tang personally took action. Not only did he capture that Snake God and bring it to the Hive Laboratory to become a dissected guinea pig, but even that Habitable Planet and the Star it orbited were brought back to the Heavenly Court by Tang Song as an afterthought and refined into a magic treasure by him.
When the Gods of the Pantheon didn't see the Snake God for a long time and the few Gods who came looking for him saw the entire vanished planetary system, every single one of them was completely dumbfounded.
After discussing this matter, the Gods of the Pantheon unanimously agreed that the disappearance of the Snake God was done by Galactus, as his devour of Habitable Planets for food is not a secret in the Universe.
After the discussion, the matter of revenge was directly put aside by the Lord of the Pantheon, God King Zeus.
Troubling Galactus, it is estimated that the entire Pantheon combined wouldn't be enough for a few bites.
Of course, these are just some interludes encountered during the Heavenly Court Missionary Group's evangelization. Although there were some twists and turns during the evangelization process, overall it was relatively smooth.
But as the saying goes, there isn't enough manpower. The Power of Faith is now a panacea-like energy in the Heavenly Court. It can be used to condense Heavenly Silver for Cultivation, to create Yellow Turban Strongman and Celestial Soldiers, to nourish the Immortal Divine True Spirit on the Roster of Celestial Records, and accelerate their cultivation progress. At the same time, the Heavenly Court, tempered by the Power of Faith, has gradually become a vast complex of magic tool palaces. Given enough time, after hundreds of millions of years of refine by the Power of Faith, this Heavenly Court Palace may not necessarily become a true Heavenly Court, an Eternal Realm like Spirit Mountain.
But for now, the problem remains the same: the Tang Group has risen too quickly and its foundation is severely insufficient.
Tap, tap!
After listening to Pope Hyde, Lane lightly tapped the table with his knuckles: "I can't replenish manpower for you for now, but I'll mention it to the Boss later and transfer an Angelic Legion for you to command!"
Pope Hyde nodded. There was nothing he could do; they were indeed short on people. Although The Church on Earth had a considerable number of Church Knights and missionaries, dispersing these people across more than forty Habitable Planets was like a drop in the bucket.
They can only promote missionaries from among the believers on one hand, and assign some repetitive tasks that don't require high intelligence to the iron soldiers on the other.
After talking with Pope Hyde, Lane's complexion became serious: "Next, let's get down to serious business!"
"Have you found that woman?" Lane looked at Kane.
"She hasn't left the Sovereign Homeworld. She's right there on Sovereign, saying she wants to mediate the conflict between us and the Sovereign!" Kane clenched his fist tightly and said with a cold laugh.
"The Boss was right, she really is an overly emotional bleeding heart. Then it's perfect, we'll deal with the Sovereign and her together!" Lane said with a smile, "The Boss said he's leaving this matter for you to resolve. I assume you won't have any problems!"
"Don't worry, I'll make sure to give that woman a good lesson!" Kane said in a low voice.
"It's best not to turn this into a protracted war. Use the old method, directly break into the Sovereign Homeworld and avoid fighting them in a space war. Our warship reserves are insufficient, and the output and quality of the Great Tang Ship still need significant improvement..."
"I'll go with Adam, Frank, and Wade Wilson then. Last time I didn't get a clear victory against that woman, this time..." Kane looked around, then suddenly noticed something was missing: "Where's Wade Wilson? Where did he run off to?"
Fallen Star, within a vast, brand-new residential area, thousands of Ghost Wolf Soldiers and the veterans belonging to the Defense Company were quite satisfied with their residences after seeing them.
This is not Earth, so there is no situation where land is prohibitively expensive. Although the East Galaxy Company did not arrange independent Villas or Manors, each Soldier's residence was around three hundred square meters, with all supporting facilities complete. To accommodate the moods of these headquarters soldiers, this residential area was also equipped with dozens of Bars, where all the alcohol was supplied for free.
Deadpool Wade Wilson walked out of the East Galaxy Company's medical center with a look of bad luck. What kind of bullshit alien technology is this? It can't even give him a handsome face.
Wade Wilson did not attend the Tang Group's high-level meeting. It wasn't that he wasn't qualified enough; as a Mercenary, Wade Wilson didn't like this kind of meeting.
Uh, he was too lazy to use his brain.
Because of his previous professional habit, Wade Wilson usually liked to hang out with the Mercenaries from the Defense Company. After hearing that the East Galaxy Company was assigning residences, based on the principle of occupying an extra house, Wade Wilson mingled among the Defense Company's Mercenaries and got a residence.
Upon returning to his residence, Wade Wilson habitually poured out a large pile of weapons from his Five Yin Pouch.
These weapons, ranging from large-caliber handguns to assault rifles, from small serpentine daggers to heavy two-handed longswords, the weapons in Wade Wilson's Five Yin Pouch were enough to arm a reinforced squad of Soldiers.
After checking a few handy weapons, Wade Wilson, feeling his empty stomach, walked towards the Restaurant according to the instructions on the personal assistant computer equipped on his wrist.
The terminals of these personal assistant computers are all managed by artificial intelligence and also serve as a savings card usable within the Tang Group. Employee settlement income, including contribution points, are directly deposited into this card.
As a middle and high-level staff member of the Tang Group, Wade Wilson's personal assistant computer, like those of Kane and the others, is directly managed by Red Queen's Skynet System.
The Restaurant also seemed to have been recently built, but it occupied a vast area, large enough to accommodate four to five thousand people dining simultaneously.
When Wade Wilson walked into the Restaurant, it was lunchtime. The huge Restaurant was filled with fierce and menacing Hulking Men, who were excitedly waving their knife and fork and enjoying the abundant food in front of them.
But as soon as Wade Wilson walked through the Restaurant Gate, the Restaurant, which had just been bustling with noise, suddenly fell into a dead silence. With a clanging sound, many strong men simultaneously put down their knife and fork, stood up from their seats, and greeted Wade Wilson.
"Big Brother Wade, Leader Wade!"
Although Deadpool Wade Wilson acted like a Joker in front of Lane, both Mercenaries and the Werewolf race are accustomed to respecting the powerful one.
And Deadpool's strength is unquestionable. With his two Ten Thousand Spirits Immortal Slaying Blades and Undying Body, he is a ruthless character who can fight his way in and out of Hell multiple times.
Wade Wilson waved in response to the crowd while walking to the end of the Restaurant. He naturally blew a whistle at the red-skinned girl behind the counter who was serving food with a large ladle,
"What's good to eat? Give me a portion!"
Before Wade Wilson could finish his meal, Kane grabbed him by the collar and dragged him into the Meeting Room.
"Found him. When I found him, he was flirting with a young girl in the Restaurant!"
"No, listen to me make excuses! I just asked the young girl's name and wanted to ask her to be my guide..." Deadpool kicked his legs in the air, forcing a smile onto his face.
Upon hearing Deadpool's explanation, Lane subconsciously looked towards Adam.
Adam pretended to be calm and turned his head away. It wasn't his fault that he was tricked into bed by two red-skinned girls. Besides, Big Brother Kane had already beaten him up once, surely Big Brother Ryan wouldn't be willing to beat him up again.
Lane glared fiercely at Adam, annoyed. I'll settle the score with you later. He turned back to Deadpool: "I remember the Boss saying that if he found you flirting around, he'd send you back to the Men's Morality Class..."
Upon hearing the name Men's Morality Class, Deadpool's face instantly turned into a bitter gourd expression: "No way, not again! You can't torment me like this just to please that woman!"
(End of chapter)