In fact, as early as the second day after Emiya had plucked the Stellaron, Zoe had already finished drafting her plan to deal with the Interastral Peace Corporation.
It's just that she wanted to see what kind of attitude this bunch from Belobog would show, and whether they were worth her spending so much effort on.
"Vera, even you agreed?" Emiya was a little surprised. He thought Vera's eyes held only Zoe, and that she wouldn't be willing to let her take even the slightest risk.
"Let Zoe face some waves now, that's fine too. If it really comes to a fight, I'll just collect some extra toys for Zoe to take apart."
Vera's expression was calm. Unlike the Stellaron the Stellaron Hunters had, the one on Jarilo was full and intact. Even if the Corporation sent down a Messenger, she still had confidence she could protect her family and retreat unscathed.
Besides, Zoe had worked so hard on Jarilo for so long. Vera wasn't about to hand all of it over to someone else so easily.
"Don't worry. Even if something unexpected happens, isn't there still me?"
Acheron smiled and patted Emiya's shoulder, wanting to give him some reassurance, but only got an eye-roll in return.
"You're the most dangerous one! Just stay home honestly and handle logistics, otherwise I really can't relax!"
Pinching Acheron's indignant cheeks, Emiya pulled her into his arms, leaning gently against her soft back.
Feeling her strong, steady heartbeat, Emiya felt his own heart finally calm down.
"Acheron, do you like it here?"
"Mm. I don't want to see this place ruined by sudden outsiders."
In all these days in Belobog, watching with her own eyes as things slowly improved, watching the fruit trees Zoe planted bloom and bear fruit, Acheron had already truly come to like it here.
"Especially Cocolia and Bronya. I still haven't seen you push them..."
"How the hell do you keep twisting the topic that way?!" Emiya viciously pinched Acheron's plump, round thigh, making her furrow her brows in pain.
"Seriously, how do you always derail it there?!"
"Hahaha, you two just keep flirting at home. The matters outside, let me and Lady Vera handle them!"
Zoe secretly gave Acheron a thumbs-up, then skipped along and pulled Vera out the door.
After negotiations, Zoe made a small modification to the document the people of Belobog had submitted.
Before the Interastral Peace Corporation incident was resolved, Zoe would temporarily serve as Jarilo's king in name, with full authority to act however she wished in all matters, big and small.
Once the debt dispute with the Corporation was completely settled, and Jarilo restored to a vibrant, living planet, Jarilo would be split down the middle at Belobog as the boundary, with one half given to Zoe as payment. Belobog itself, as the dividing line, would also belong to Zoe.
At that time, Zoe would completely return freedom to the people of Belobog, guaranteeing never again to interfere in their actions. Of course, the robot army would all be withdrawn too.
At this point, it could be said the matter had reached a happy ending for all.
Though the people of Belobog lost the city they had relied on for survival for centuries, they gained permanent freedom and a thriving environment to live in.
More importantly, the bigger the tree, the better the shade.
If Zoe really had the ability to solve the Interastral Peace Corporation problem, then the people of Belobog would never again need to fear disaster falling from the sky. Even if the Antimatter Legion came once more, they might still escape calamity.
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Time flew quickly.
After the Stellaron that had been the source of the blizzards was taken, Zoe set the arsenal to work at full capacity, even counting the labor force of Belobog's people, pushing all-out production of Ice Saplings.
Through combined efforts, in less than a month, Ice Saplings had been planted across all parts of Jarilo.
The blizzards gradually calmed. Following that, ice and snow began to melt, and floods surged across the land, but Zoe had already prepared for that.
Soon, two hundred and fifty Creation Engines, silent for hundreds of years, once again roared to life.
They dug canals across Jarilo, guiding water into seas and lakes, and scattered modified seeds across every corner of the world.
These seeds had an extremely short growth cycle. In less than a month, they would make the planet burst with life again.
The newborn plants would also quickly adapt wild animals' bodies, so they could adjust well to the environment's changes, thriving and flourishing rapidly.
Outside Belobog, the steel metropolis, Ideal Homeland, was also rapidly and smoothly completed.
The hundred-meter-high walls of Ideal Homeland were all cast from alloys that would not decay for millennia. Inside, buildings were arranged in modern style, neatly one after another, guarding the administrative tower at the very center.
While safety was guaranteed to the utmost, all sorts of living facilities and equipment inside the city were built fully to the highest standards of a developed metropolis.
Decorated with ten-thousand kinds of flowers and greenery, Ideal Homeland was no worse than a flourishing planetary city.
According to the plan, the people of Belobog moved in one after another into Ideal Homeland, while Belobog itself would close its gates permanently, never again allowing anyone in or out.
To ensure the people of Belobog could live in peace and contentment, Zoe made a full register of every living person, including those not yet born still in their mothers' bellies.
For the next hundred years, Ideal Homeland would provide free housing, food, and medical care to all on the list, guaranteeing that even if they did nothing, they could happily live out their lives.
Not only that, Ideal Homeland would also send robots to provide medical and safety protection, as well as free seeds, to anyone willing to venture out and pioneer new lands.
Ensuring they could settle down and take root wherever they chose.
While the people outside were busy building their new homes, Zoe was not idle in Belobog's Underworld either.
Through studying the weapons of the Expeditionary Forces, she deduced even more advanced and efficient combat weapons, equipping them all to the combat robots.
All subsequent matters were handed fully to Svarog, while Zoe once more dove into the cosmic network.
The memory images she had extracted from the head of the Expeditionary Forces' supreme commander, she fully encrypted, then directly uploaded to the interstellar internet.
The footage didn't stir up much of a wave, after all, the Corporation's shady dealings were already nearly common knowledge, but Zoe's purpose was never really about that.
She mainly wanted everyone to gain some impression of the Jarilo planet the Corporation was about to bully.
Riding on the heat of the footage before it faded, Zoe immediately followed up with a fully animated movie, made entirely using Jarilo's history as its background.
The Corporation's rotten tricks were just lightly touched on; the movie instead focused its visuals on how the people of Belobog fought against an almost invincible enemy.
And the legendary Amber Lord, the Preservation Aeon Qlipoth, descending miracles upon Belobog, protecting the city so it stood tall amidst the blizzards.
In the final scenes, Zoe had Cocolia, Bronya, Gepard, and the entire Silvermane Guard appear.
With moving voices and emotions, they promoted Jarilo's current prosperity, declaring, "New Jarilo warmly welcomes you to come for tourism!"
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"Pffft!" Out in deep space, still far from Jarilo, upon seeing the ending of Jarilo's animated film, Debt Collector Topaz and four senior officials of the Strategic Investment Department all simultaneously spat out a mouthful of blood.
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