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"How could that be? You've forgotten about the Qi Xiang Choir, which is also the pinnacle of music. Combined with my sister's singing, they should be able to easily surpass the other side."
On Sunday, he smiled and offered an explanation.
He knew the power of the Infinite Chieftain was immense, but it was far too powerful, so much so that he couldn't be sure if the Order could corrupt it.
The managers exchanged bewildered glances. They all felt there was something fishy going on. Even if it really was a collaboration with the robin, they didn't need so many people; a few thousand would have been enough.
“That’s not impossible. At this point, we can only trust the robin’s abilities. We can also do other things to help.”
After a moment of silence, one of the managers spoke slowly.
Since hard power doesn't create an overwhelming advantage, the only option left is to compete in soft power.
After all, Pinocchio is a veteran powerhouse, and they don't believe they can lose to newcomers in this area.
Moreover, if the open approach doesn't work, can't we try something covert?
What Pinocchio has, you, the Dimensional Nexus, can't escape either!
"Then so be it. Sunday, you'd better be able to do what you said. Now, begin voting!"
One by one, the managers raised their hands; they didn't have many other options left.
This completely undermines their very foundation.
"Voting complete, resolution passed!"
Hearing this, Sunday's tired expression seemed to improve considerably.
His wish is within reach; this corrupt world should have been changed long ago.
This vain world, built on countless tears and bitterness, will become the real Pinocchio dream.
People will be able to achieve prosperity through their own courage, hard work, creativity, and determination, rather than relying on the assistance of certain wealthy individuals or others.
This was also a promise he made to his younger sister: to use the power of the Qi Xiang Choir to create a happy paradise.
Chapter 560 Smuggling and Crime
"Ugh, I'm so tired."
Standing in front of the round table laden with delicious food, Bai Zhi stretched. After all this, she felt completely drained.
"Teacher Bai Zhi, you are amazing. You can handle so many things. I, Yan Qing, could not do that."
In the past few days, Yanqing has witnessed Baizhi's series of actions.
This included holding press conferences, assigning various people to their respective positions to deal with the surge in tourists, and even reaching a series of agreements with the company.
He did so much in such a short time; it must have been many times more tiring than practicing swordsmanship.
"After all, he is the boss, so he has to be responsible for the basic things. I didn't expect Mr. Zhongli to be so knowledgeable in business negotiations. He helped me a lot."
"Come, let's first toast Mr. Zhongli!"
Bai Zhi picked up the juice and gave a distant toast to Zhong Li, who was sitting opposite her.
"Hehe, since you're here as a guest, I'll naturally help if I can, as long as you don't mind that I'm not doing a good job."
Zhong Li also picked up a cup of Immortal Boat Fine Wine, offered a slight toast, and then drank it down. These days, Bai Zhi had asked him to take charge of the details of the business negotiations.
Fortunately, he didn't have much to do on this planet. He just recorded music, posted it online, chatted with his friends on Xianzhou, and provided some psychological counseling for Yanqing.
These things don't take much time, leaving plenty of time. Since Bai Zhi had asked him for help, he reluctantly lent a hand.
"How could we possibly complain? Mr. Zhongli's business acumen is absolutely top-notch here."
Bai Zhi drank the juice in one gulp. Zhong Li was just being modest; he was an absolute master negotiator.
The negotiation experts under Toppa almost cried during the talks.
They secured many benefits.
Although Bai Zhi didn't care much about these profits, every little bit counted, since the money-devouring behemoth Mebius was still there waiting to collect his money.
Most of the company's pre-order payments that just arrived in the last few days were taken by Mebius.
"I think what we should be paying attention to now is the surge in crime on the planet, and human smuggling..."
Silver Wolf tossed a piece of food into his mouth and mumbled, "These past few days, the number of tourists we've been seeing has been increasing by tens of millions every day."
"This planet can support about 200 billion people, and there are currently about 9000 million tourists. But my Prometheus tells me that it has discovered thousands of crimes through surveillance."
"After checking the company's database, we found that many of the people listed were illegal immigrants, as well as those who trafficked in illegal drugs and weapons."
"Oh, and human trafficking too. Some rich people are quite adept at it, like turning people into human pigs, and all sorts of other fancy tricks you probably don't want to see."
"Perhaps you should hire more law enforcement officers to ensure the rule of law on the planet."
Bai Zhi twitched the corners of her mouth; she had heard about what Silver Wolf had said.
After all, the experience of the dream world is not cheap, and those who can travel thousands of miles to come here just for the concert are mostly quite wealthy.
These wealthy individuals often do as they please on many planets in the universe.
The dark side of human nature bursts forth from these guys without hesitation.
Now that the Dimensional Hub has gathered so many wealthy people, the various needs these people have, whether legal or illegal, will attract countless others to come here to make their fortune.
This is also why those illegal immigrants come here.
This is a huge gold mine.
"A headache, isn't it? This isn't something that can be solved with the power of the messenger."
Silver Wolf laughed, with a hint of schadenfreude. Stowaways in the interstellar era are not like those in primitive worlds. Many of them carry illegally disguised equipment bought from the black market to evade detection by artificial intelligence.
"It's really a headache... I'm thinking of buying a batch of mechs from a company and then hiring more security guards."
"Sure, if you go and buy the company's mechs, I can provide you with a heavily modified system that I guarantee will be much better than that useless system from before."
Silver Wolf had barely finished speaking when there was a knock on the door.
"Lady Baizhi, there are some things that require your attention."
"...Come in and talk."
Bai Zhi had a bad feeling.
"click"
The door opened, and there stood the Minister of Human Resources.
"Tell me what it is."
"Uh... more than 1000 people died," the HR manager said in a low voice. "Many media outlets have come to interview us, but they haven't published anything yet because of the company's reputation."
"However, some individual users have already leaked it, which may have some impact on us."
"What?! Who got some kind of weapon of mass destruction? I remember there were intelligent machines patrolling?"
Bai Zhi stood up abruptly. There were a thousand people. Although the number of employees on this planet was insufficient, the relevant intelligent machinery was still in place.
These machines should theoretically ensure the safety of tourists.
"Lady Baizhi, it wasn't tourists who were injured or killed... but rather..."
"And what is it? Stop beating around the bush!"
Bai Zhi said somewhat impatiently.
The HR manager took a deep breath. "They're stowaways. A spaceship equipped with a covert system illegally landed on our planet."
"But perhaps the spaceship was a bit old and in disrepair, so most of the stowaways inside died for some reason."
"When we went to check, we only managed to rescue about twenty people and one snakehead from inside."
Angelica: …
"So what did our planetary defense system... intercept?"
Bai Zhi was speechless. She remembered that this planet was equipped with a planetary defense system, which was touted as the company's flagship product.
Looking at it now, it was all for naught.
"As you know... there are always many tricks in the black market, and defense is always more difficult than destruction."
The HR manager stammered, "Smuggling is a common practice in interstellar travel."
The black market is such a large market, and the equipment inside is very professional. It would be really difficult for ordinary planetary defense systems to detect its tricks.
"The company's junk products are like this; they can only stop decent people. They're completely useless against shady characters," Silver Wolf said with a smile.
“However, we can go and take a look. I can register the characteristics of that spaceship into the system so that it can be identified next time. Or you can ask your Immortal Ship for a military defense system.”
"But even military systems have a hard time preventing smuggling. Didn't we fail to prevent those things you did last time?"
Chapter 561 Only here can you find the air of freedom.
"Lady Baizhi, this is the smuggling spaceship." The Minister of Personnel pointed ahead.
In a large crater, a spaceship lay there, its body emitting sparks and black smoke.
One by one, corpses were being carried out of the building by intelligent machinery.
"Tsk..."
Bai Zhi rubbed her nose; the smell of offal mixed with barbecue made her feel a little uncomfortable.
Walking over to the bodies that had been carried out, Bai Zhi casually lifted the white sheet and glanced at them.
Its face was distorted, and its body was bent into a bizarre shape, with some internal organs attached to its surface.
"They must have used cheap protective modules, which caused damage during the jump, and their internal organs were transported outside their bodies."
Silver Wolf also came over to take a look. "I've used this trick before when I was editing with Ether. It's used to send a person's internal organs outside. It works pretty well."
"However, this trick can only be used on humans or some humanoid carbon-based life forms. It won't work well against something like the antimatter legion."
"I really admire your ability to say these things without batting an eye."
Bai Zhi sighed. Seeing these things wouldn't make her vomit, but the smell of the offal mixed with the roasted meat was a little unpleasant.
She simply couldn't bring herself to offer such casual comments as Silver Wolf.
"It's nothing, this isn't even that cruel. If you saw how Fireflies fought, you'd know this is a small matter."
"Under her command, the battlefield is truly a scorched wasteland; that's nothing compared to what she did."
Bai Zhi waved her hand, then said to the Minister of Personnel, "Bring the survivors and the snakehead over."
"Ok!"
The HR manager quickly directed nearby employees and smart machines to bring a group of people up.
Bai Zhi scanned the group of people and asked seriously, "Which of you is the snakehead?"
Everyone kept their heads down and remained silent.
Bai Zhi frowned slightly. "What's wrong? Is there something you can't say?"
Those people shuddered, but kept their heads down.
"You know you're illegally crossing the border, right?"
“In the dimensional nexus, smuggling is illegal. If I wanted, you could be thrown into space orbit right now and become space junk.”
"If you confess properly now, I might be able to deport you."
Upon hearing Bai Zhi mention deportation, the group trembled even more violently, but remained completely silent.
"Alright... Go and throw them all into orbit!"
"Yes!"
The Minister of Human Resources immediately responded, and then led a group of intelligent machines to surround them.
"Is this how the people of Xianzhou treat life? Just because we stowed away, they sent us to space orbit to fend for ourselves?"
A man suddenly shouted.
"So what else do you want? Do you expect me to pay you to support a criminal like you?"
The man pointed to a woman behind him and the child she was holding, "See? She's holding a child. Don't you have parents? How can you bear to be separated from them?"