Chapter 991 - 393: Chasing Money, Planets, and Resources!
The greatest tragedy of the Milky Way is:
As a Pioneer, he had prepared all favorable conditions. As long as Earth's 8 billion people were sent to the Milky Way, he could provide money, resources, planets, technology, a complete supply system, and sufficient military protection to help Earth quickly integrate into the galactic family. It wouldn't be a problem even if Earth became one or several independent regimes.
But Earth couldn't pass the civilization assessment mini-game.
And that's just...
Inexplicable.
Yang Ming slowly lay back on the sofa. At the thought of Earth failing the upgrade, he felt like a salted fish without dreams.
"Dear, what's wrong?"
Daphne appeared nearby barefoot, asking gently.
Yang Ming waved his hand, silently turned over, and continued to sigh.
...
Things were progressing smoothly.
With Lyu handling things behind the scenes, Yang Ming didn't have to worry about much and spent his days wandering around Emperor Star, attending military seminars and elite gatherings.
In the past month, Daphne had taken him to several gatherings of the elite of the ruling faction of the Sherman family, and Yang Ming had already made preliminary integration into the core power circle of the Empire.
The biological shielding technology got a new name — Ghost Shield.
Though it sounded like a technology that prevents the birth of life, in fact, this technology was truly life-saving under an insect swarm.
Currently, Yang Ming and his team's plan had progressed to the stage where the 'Ghost Shield is successfully stolen by the New Federation,' and the Free Federation was already fully prepared.
The Fourth Pioneer could also gain enormous benefits in this 'whole Milky Way' harvest, even more invested than Yang Ming and Lyu, deploying his vast network of influence within the Free Federation for the first time on 'serious business.'
A large amount of resources was about to be controlled by Lyu;
Lyu's continually upgrading main server hardware network would see stronger growth, and in a hundred years, it might challenge the existence of Little Li.
Yang Ming was still investigating another relatively important matter on Emperor Star.
Whether Levi Sherman, the founding Emperor of the Sherman Empire, still existed in some form on Emperor Star.
The technology that Levi Sherman brought out from Intelligent Mechanic Dusk was 'biological' and 'mechanical.' Although not as specialized in mechanics as 'mechanical' and 'evolution,' it had some parts of technology that Yang Ming and Lyu did not possess.
Yang Ming didn't know how abnormal the biological technology of Intelligent Mechanic Dusk could be.
This investigation was destined to be very difficult, and even though Yang Ming could access the elite ruling faction of the Sherman family, he couldn't gather much useful information.
Meanwhile, another rather important matter required Yang Ming's temporary distraction.
Emilia's birthday was approaching.
Though Yang Ming couldn't return to Ilando Star to attend Emilia's birthday party, he had carefully prepared a gift for her.
Calculating with Ilando Star's rotation cycle in the morning, Yang Ming left the surface of Emperor Star under the pretense of undergoing genetic stabilization treatment and returned to his East Wind.
—The East Wind had earlier docked at the space port on Emperor Star, without any cover, and had incidentally become a famous internet check-in spot.
The East Wind temporarily departed from the space port, sailed out of the recognition area on the outskirts of Emperor Star, and began cruising mode on the trade route outside Emperor Star.
Then, Yang Ming earnestly entered the medical compartment, donned a virtual helmet, and using his family's black technology, seamlessly connected to a simulation robot reserved within the Wind Fleet.
'He' was aboard a transport ship, entering the atmosphere of Ilando Star.
Yang Ming carefully experienced this entirely new virtual system.
There was no sense of delay at all, and the simulation robot provided him with almost completely lifelike physical sensations. He could even hear his own heartbeat, feel the flow of blood, as if he truly had another body, a life completely controlled by him.
This black technology... once widely promoted, could indeed be highly profitable.
Online, ahem, online virtual adult services had always been a profitable industry in the Milky Way!
"Boss! Smooch!"
Lyu's miniature image leapt out at the corner of the spaceship's control interface in front of Yang Ming, crossing its legs, reaching out, and winking.
Yang Ming chuckled at the sight.
This guy was increasingly aware of an old man's cute points.