Chapter 517: Interstellar World Farming (30)

Shen Yao did not hesitate; while the government recruited the third batch of personnel, she began contacting those she had long had her eye on, inquiring about the sale of properties.

Doing this at ordinary times would be rather presumptuous, after all, you ask about my family's secrets right off the bat, and want to spend money to buy them over to make them your own; those with a better temper could just close the door, those with a worse temper would start fighting directly.

But things are different now, because everyone suffered a rather miserable defeat on the frontline battlefield. At a time like this, if someone suddenly comes knocking with money, they must at least meet face to face and chat.

It's not that they must sell; if the price is right, it can be discussed!

Shen Yao visited these several families in succession; apart from certain ones who truly could not lower their pride and spoke vaguely and ambiguously, others eventually nodded in agreement.

There was no choice; if they didn't sell, they would lose money. These old people who had enjoyed decades or even centuries of comfort—could they accept becoming ordinary and common? They might as well just have their lives taken.

"This is an electronic contract; no rush, contact me anytime if there are any problems."

Shen Yao smiled as she issued contract after contract with her bottom lines laid out, handing the initiative to the other party.

Anyway, the joint action cannot end in a short while; the longer it drags on, the more problems will arise.

To some extent, the Federal Government did help Shen Yao out.

Planning to continue expanding the cultivation of Ningshen Grass, Shen Yao called out to the system, "Continue looking for Spiritual Energy Planets," absolutely cannot slack off.

System:...

I'm convinced, what does it feel like to have a Host who's a 'juan wang'? Worse than death.

The system hung two wide noodle-like tears, turned its head pitifully and clung tightly to working.

The frontline battlefield had become such a mess that the Federal Government's attention was all drawn over there; now, the planets distributed around, whether private, public, or even government-owned, could all be treated equally.

The system no longer wandered around everywhere and began to become busy. And Shen Yao herself had always been busy, not having time to rest at all.

The acquisition went very smoothly; most people could not endure such long-term losses, and it wasn't as if they really had mines, so why go against money.

"Selling the grandson's field doesn't pain the grandfather's heart."

Shen Yao shook her head; what she held in her hand was actually a report regarding Low Concentration Energy Crystals.

The High Purity Concentrated Crystals competing with the frontline battlefield belong to the same source; the only difference is that their names determine their effects and functions.

For example, a piece of glass with very high purity can clearly see the environment outside.

If changed to glass with low purity, let alone seeing the outside situation clearly, letting light in is very difficult.

Their names represent value; otherwise, even if Shen Yao had money, she couldn't buy them.

"The Huang Family originally had an energy factory that wasn't large but spanned several planets," Xu Zi Qing had some impression of this family; the descendants couldn't manage it and had run the industries they held into the ground.

Shen Yao nodded, "Bought it, but the main body doesn't have much left; they're all eliminated machinery and hollowed-out energy," she still needed to continue searching for new usable raw materials to ensure the factory wouldn't shut down.

"Can go take a look at N60 Planet," Xu Zi Qing casually drew an arc, circling the surrounding star domain along with N60 Planet; these all count as production areas. Although the yield decreases year by year, a skinny camel is still bigger than a horse.

Shen Yao noted it down and marked it on her wristband, and by the way didn't forget to set the approximate time to go.

Image data is not comparable to personal experience; for this kind of business involving a large amount of buying and selling, being cautious and careful is only natural.

…………

Dense schedules appeared on the wristband; Shen Yao was busy every day to the point of not touching the ground.

Similarly, the wealth Shen Yao mastered expanded in an extremely exaggerated posture without ceasing.

If wealth does not circulate, it is just a string of numbers without any significance.

As a tasker, Shen Yao understood this principle well; only money can make money.

Constantly buying and selling, then buying and selling again; the entire N25 Planet was being 'juan' by Shen Yao to an unbelievable degree.

Until the third joint action failed, the fourth and fifth batches were put on the agenda; by this time, Shen Yao's status on N25 Planet had already seen a noticeable improvement.

The most prominent was that Shen Yao alone occupied one quarter of the entire N25 Planet's industries.

If this acquisition speed continued, turning N25 Planet into Shen Yao's own private planet was just around the corner.

However, she couldn't be so reckless anymore.

After all, a residential planet is not an exploration planet; those living here are all interstellar citizens with identification information, protected by the Federal Government.

After Shen Yao's wealth accumulation passed the awkward period, it became like a wild horse breaking free of its reins, impossible to stop.

So this one-quarter share is really not small; if not controlled like this, she could soon reach the status the Xu Family once had.

But what was the Xu Family's end? Shen Yao absolutely dared not think deeply about it.

Appropriately call a halt, then use the same tactics to develop toward surrounding planets; Shen Yao once again turned her gaze to the great undertaking of farming, diligently acquiring planets to transform and plant.

Xu Zi Qing:...

Xu Zi Qing tapped the tabletop somewhat desolately; he had still been thinking of reminding her, but it seemed completely unnecessary.

Shen Yao had her own measure in her heart; under the premise that the Federal Government controlled the overall situation, she couldn't suddenly overstep at this time.

Unless with the philosophy of taking things slowly, bit by bit; otherwise, high-intensity expansion would only bring destruction and endless future troubles.

The acquisition of N25 Planet entered a peaceful period, and Shen Yao also had the intention of returning to Chaoyang Star.

This was not only because she hadn't returned home for a while and needed to confirm the situation on Chaoyang Star, but also because the repeated failures of the joint action would cause some not-too-troublesome consequences.

"Certain forces were forced to reshuffle," there were rises and falls among them; as for inner emotions, anyone who is human understands.

Xu Zi Qing pointed to the intelligence he had just received, "The front battlefield achieved brilliant results; although losses exceeded the Federal Government's psychological expectations, after risk hedging, the government still made money in the end."

Of course, this applied only to the government; other forces lost seven-seven-eight-eight, and some even lost everything down to their underpants.

Shen Yao supported her chin with both hands, "Planets near the N System Main Star will become chaotic."

For a period of time, attacks, plundering, occupation, and looting were not few.

Xu Zi Qing smiled and took Shen Yao's wrist in his hand, giving his suggestion, "Go home."

By emotion and reason, they both had to return for a trip; no matter how good N25 Planet was, it wasn't their hometown.

Shen Yao smiled and tapped her wristband; there were still arranged plans on it, just right to verify and confirm one by one along the way on the spaceship returning to Chaoyang Star.

Xu Cheng Shuo and Xu Chengning were thus held by their parents and put on the departing spaceship.

The two little ones were older now and should formally enter the learning stage.

Although Xu Cheng Shuo and Xu Chengning's talent potential was not comparable to Xu Cheng Yu and Xu Cheng Yi, they were still much stronger than ordinary people; Shen Yao still planned to send them to Lian Dun Academy, currently going through the relevant procedures, and as soon as everything was settled they could go to school.

However, Lian Dun Academy's enrollment has an age limit; Xu Cheng Shuo and Xu Chengning still have plenty of time, so for now they can relax and play normally.

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The spaceship departed, whistling as it returned to Chaoyang Star, simultaneously passing by the joint operation representatives who had just returned.

Having eaten a bellyful of defeat and gained nothing (what was gained couldn't compare to what was invested), the representatives' faces flushed red with anger, impatiently wanting to find an opportunity to vent.

The Federal Government definitely couldn't be provoked; after all, bullying the weak and fearing the strong is a bad root nature carved into any life civilization.

In just a few days since Shen Yao and the others' spaceship left, N25 Planet held auction after auction; countless industries were sold off, families continuously toppled and went bankrupt in this war, while emerging forces continuously rose, taking on the responsibilities of the original established forces.

The messages on Shen Yao's wristband never stopped; communications were sent over every moment.

Constantly browsing and summarizing, adjusting plans, Shen Yao maintained her original mindset, while quietly absorbing a batch of not-too-precious industries, making her overall asset proportion on N25 Planet reach roughly one-third.

"Cannot expand further; the Federal Government has already noticed the situation."

After all, everyone else is losing and losing, only she is earning and earning — unreasonable!

"Host, you're saying the government won't lose, right?"

"Won't."

Shen Yao pointed at the map on her wristband and the information constantly appearing below, "Can only say small profit, can't say loss." The Federal Government's strength hasn't fully shown yet; having roamed interstellar space for so long, the Federal Government won't easily lose and collapse.

Of course, even if the frontline battlefield truly loses, it won't affect the Federal Government much; at most they'll buffer for a period and continue fighting — the Federal Government's skin is so thick.

No longer a pure newcomer with two eyes smeared black, but a Shen Yao baptized by various storms, she had long since calculated an account in her heart.

However, the Federal Government at this time is probably in a rage stage; the frontline battlefield's loss has both good and bad.

The good is that other forces died seven-seven-eight-eight; even if they didn't die cleanly, it weakened these forces' influence on the Federal Government, strengthened the Federal Government's own management, and maintained interstellar peace (probably?).

The bad is also here: too many died, the frontline battlefield is uncontrollable, the energy crystals the Federal Government wants to discover must all be relied on themselves.

Hiss—

This isn't an easy decision to make; when others die one can be fearless, but when it's one's own people dying it's a bit heart-wrenching and hard to bear.

Shen Yao temporarily tossed aside matters concerning N25 Planet and even the Federal Government, wholeheartedly focusing on her career, while continuously buying planets suitable for planting and increasing the pace of investment in transformation.

The spaceship flew and stopped along the way; from N25 Planet to N80 Planet, basically Shen Yao stayed for a period on every inhabited planet.

Longest a few months, shortest only a few days, depending on local industries.

The benefits of doing this were also very obvious; Shen Yao's assets in hand multiplied several times over; the planets she had been forced to mortgage to buy industries on N25 Planet earlier returned to her hands one after another, and she also purchased new planets, the quantity increasing from single digits to double digits, finally breaking through triple digits and even faintly approaching quadruple digits.

Shen Yao was somewhat in a trance; looking back on this period, she felt it was overly crazy!

Phew—

Visible benefits and profits moved her heart, and she unconsciously fell into it.

Actually, Shen Yao shouldn't have been this aggressive; some industries could even choose to be given up — this isn't free trade; as long as you're not wrong you can keep growing bigger and stronger. The Federal Government isn't a lawful institution; once they perceive a threat, they'll likely directly think of every way to strike you down.

Just like this joint operation, it's more like a subjective weakening operation; the measures taken were direct and decisive, but the losses were truly great.

Xu Zi Qing knocked on the room door, walked in holding a cup of drink and handed it to Shen Yao, "Instead of staying cooped up in the room, why not go out for a walk."

Their spaceship was still on the route; further ahead was the base camp Chaoyang Star.

By this time, roughly three years had passed since they took off from N25 Planet.

Xu Cheng Shuo and Xu Chengning are about eight years old; packing up, they should go to Lian Dun Academy to study.

Only considering the school start time and the distance between both sides, Shen Yao and Xu Zi Qing planned to return to Chaoyang Star for a rest for a period.

However, accidents always come unexpectedly; Shen Yao and Xu Zi Qing's plan to go out for a walk hadn't even started when they received an urgent ten-thousand-fire message: the frontline battlefield, always in the Federal Government's hands, had fallen, and had already spread to a large surrounding star domain.

The Federal Government not only issued retreat notices to the nearest few planets, but also publicized the interstellar battlefield's problem, earnestly requesting exploration hunters and mercenaries to contribute manpower and effort; resource rewards were not a problem.

Shen Yao and Xu Zi Qing: ……

Shen Yao couldn't help calling out to the system to ask, "What exactly is going on? I came to the interstellar world to farm; how did it turn into this?"

Interstellar war? Won't it be interstellar great extinction? Only the Zerg can make the Federal Government lose on the frontline; star pirates can't even do it.

But the Zerg… Shen Yao has no overly perfect information source on the Zerg, because they are all a group of low-IQ beings with no communication necessity whatsoever and capable of devouring all life.

When the Zerg come, they often blot out the sky and sun, fundamentally not leaving any life a way to survive.

And once the Zerg eat and drink their fill, they'll continue impacting the next interstellar civilization, until they eat clean an entire star domain.

Zerg with no distinction of good or evil are more like a recycling machine.

Shen Yao and the others' current Chaoyang Star is ten thousand eight thousand li from the frontline battlefield, but the Zerg can fly, survive, and are invincible; if they truly break through the Federal Government's defense line, the entire interstellar world will no longer have life civilizations.

The Zerg are this unsolvable and troublesome, so this piece of news that has nothing to do with them still drew both people's moods irritable in unison.

Flipping through her own resource reserves, Shen Yao felt that at this time, whether feigned or true feeling, she had to show some regard for the Alliance.

Coincidentally, her industries also had many mercenary teams and exploration hunters; she promised an extra portion of resource supply, and if death occurred there would be pension.

Shen Yao didn't forcefully demand they go to the front; she only proposed some clearly priced rewards, although doing so was somewhat not quite correct.

Sigh—

Hope the Federal Government wins (stabilizes the situation)! Otherwise interstellar fleeing and such would completely betray the original aspiration.