Chapter 567: Good Brother

Li Hao explained the situation to Ma Long and the others, and over on Earth, they had already started cheering. Indeed, establishing an interstellar shipping company is not something that can be done with just a single permit; there are a massive number of detailed issues involved, and it would certainly be coveted and sabotaged by others. If they had the help of the Daliven Family, it would be an entirely different matter. Previously, it was like upgrading from a bicycle to a motorcycle, but now they were taking off directly on a rocket.

Romero's style of doing things remained swift and decisive, ignoring the Solar System Council's belated

"accountability," suppressing a wave of resistance, and sending the Orcs directly to work in the mines. After killing a few of the Orcs who led the riots, these once incredibly arrogant Orcs suddenly became docile for some reason, starting to work diligently and even learning to curry favor with the human foremen. After establishing a few new Orc leaders, they began suppressing their own kind even more ruthlessly than the humans did.

It turned out that to deal with the Lalutu Orcs, one had to beat them until they submitted; once beaten into submission, they made the best forced laborers.

As for the fleets of the Lalutu Empire that they had been worried about, or the intervention of other advanced civilizations, none appeared. Only the Lalutu diplomats lodged a serious protest with the Star River Alliance, demanding severe punishment for Kepler for violating the Galaxy Contract. However, the evidence submitted by the humans was more impactful, and coupled with their consistently poor reputation, they did not receive support. Moreover, because humans had not yet established a Shengge, the Shengge War they proposed was not granted permission.

This was a bitter pill they had to swallow. The humans, who had always been perceived as weak, won a great deal of respect within the Star River Alliance after suddenly landing this heavy blow. Recently, the aliens passing through the Star Gate had become much more polite and had also started learning to follow local customs and obey human rules.

After this whole commotion, the Solar System Council also came to their senses; sometimes, one must fight to gain dignity. If one is afraid of everything, one will gain nothing.

At the same time, the proposal to establish a human-owned

"Shengge" organization in Kepler was no longer rejected but instead entered the agenda. The Solar System civilization is not a small civilization and has huge potential for development; a Shengge would have to be established sooner or later, and it would also help establish the authority of the Star River Alliance. Of course, the standards would not be lowered just because it was a newly established Shengge. However, it must be admitted that establishing a Shengge in Kepler has a huge advantage in terms of gravity alone, which would at least mask some human flaws. To put it bluntly, humans currently need a growth period while simultaneously needing to integrate into the core circle of rules as quickly as possible. The greatest strength of humans is their ability to learn.

It starts with imitation.

Kepler began publicly recruiting scientific research personnel and security teams, which immediately generated huge attraction. Many retired Warriors and even some military academy Warriors submitted applications one after another. Conducting scientific research in Kepler was also very attractive to many scientists, as it meant not only being able to participate directly in the construction and development of Kepler but also being able to come into contact with alien technology at the earliest opportunity; the Solar System was truly separated by a layer.

The Council had objections: what did Kepler want to do by absorbing talent?

You recruit them, and I can stop people from going over. But Romero was also very blunt: if you don't let people come, then nobody come; let's all stop living. If the Solar System doesn't help Kepler, Kepler will go and rely on aliens; finding someone with thick thighs isn't difficult.

The Solar System Council had originally wanted to play a game of tug-of-war, leading with a pair of 10s, but Romero played a royal flush; they led a pair of Queens, and Romero played a royal flush. Anyway, no matter what they played, Romero would just break the pot and let it shatter. Another person might not be able to pull it off, but the Insectoid—especially his decisive ruthlessness toward the Lalutu Orcs—was clearly aiming for mutual destruction, and truly, no one dared to take him lightly. And honestly, how much concern for humanity still remained in Romero?

If they really pushed Romero to the point of throwing himself into the arms of aliens, who would they go to for justice then?

So the Council quickly caved and began to negotiate in earnest. Meanwhile, the faction within the Council that had supported holding onto the Human Heart took the opportunity to stand up. Humans will always have more than two ways of thinking; it is impossible to reach a consensus right away. One always has to go through one event after another to determine the correct path.

Romero had always held onto a Human Heart; to force him away, wouldn't that be stupid? Moreover, in the face of the Star River Era, playing with racial prejudice is not the way; one must unite all forces that can be united to defend the interests of all humanity.

It may seem like just one event, but it actually had a huge impact on the power structure of the Solar System Council.

Kepler had already begun researching the Celestial Armament. Without a doubt,

this was the most pressing matter. The Council sent people over directly; Kevin, Jeris, and the others all arrived. They even pulled everyone from the old Apocalypse project over from the Academy of Sciences. Some who arrived late had been held up by the Council, but now they had all obtained passage. At the same time, it was confirmed that Kepler would be an important outpost for humanity in the future. Once the strategy was decided, they began to show goodwill. Of course, Romero was definitely welcoming them with open arms.

Li Hao's... days were not easy. He wanted to run away; why hadn't the Shengge come to judge him yet?

As an agitator like him, guilty of heinous crimes, shouldn't he be taken to the Shengge for judgment?

"Cough, cough, Polina, can we put the knife down and talk? If you keep gesturing like that, you might hurt yourself." Li Hao was helpless; whenever he was seen, he would be dragged to the laboratory. It was a headache.

"Li Ge, don't you like this one? I have many more here. Is this one okay?" Polina was finally living the life she liked. As she pulled open her lab coat, rows of various tools—hammers, awls, and such—were polished to a shine.

"Nana, why don't you switch to me? Li Ge, you've been researching for a long time without any progress; why don't you just let it go?" Romero finally extended a helping hand.

At the mention of this, Polina felt a bit discouraged. Her ability in biology was unique, and she wanted to create the ultimate organism based on humans. But the ultimate organism was right in front of her, yet she had no way to study it. It was frustrating.

"Cough, cough, Polina, do you want to go take a look at the research on the Celestial Armament together and try a different approach?" Li Hao said hurriedly.

Romero nodded vigorously as well.

"Yeah, I heard they've made some progress. Let's go take a look; there are many old friends there too."

Polina pondered it and thought it made sense to try a different approach. Li Hao and Romero hurriedly made their escape and arrived at the research institute where Kevin and the others were. There were hundreds of researchers in the institute. Of course, the security level here was the highest; three layers inside and three layers outside was no exaggeration. The matter of the Celestial Armament had to be kept absolutely secret. Currently, the Celestials felt high and mighty and had not shown any malice, but if they knew that humans were already researching their core power, it was unknown what the situation would be.

The three arrived, and the numerous staff members were all busy. The defeated Orc Armed were all concentrated here, but now everyone's attention was focused on the center, surrounded by all kinds of dense drills and instruments: that sword of the Celestials.

It was still a sword.

Kevin, Jeris, Eisen, Chen, and others were all core members of the project. No one paid any attention when the three arrived; they were truly working until they forgot to eat or sleep here. When these people heard that they had obtained the core weapon of the Celestials' power, they were all as impulsive as monsters. This was also a characteristic of humans.

"Ah, why are you here?" Kevin finally saw them, but clearly with disdain, until he saw Li Hao and revealed a look of surprise.

"Kevin, how is it going? Is there anything you need help with?" Li Hao was grateful; finally, someone was willing to pay attention to them. He would rather be here than stay with Polina; that girl's brain was not quite normal.

Kevin's eyes lit up the moment he saw Li Hao.

"Right, why didn't I think of that? Second Brother, why don't you come help me with an experiment?"

"..."

Li Hao felt nauseous at the mere mention of an experiment. It was one thing to be tormented by Polina, but why did his own brothers also like to torment him so much?

"Can you switch to someone else? Romero, he's sturdy and can take a beating!" Li Hao hurriedly pointed at Romero.

"It's not the same. We are comparing the human DNA chain with the Celestial DNA chain; we are very, very similar, except they have a few more sets of unknown sequences," Jeris said.

"Romero can't do it."

"Then what does that have to do with me? Polina has been tormenting me for several days; everything that could be tested has been tested. I really am an Earthling, and I only have one heart; you don't need to dissect me, right?" Li Hao felt a bit creeped out by the way his brothers were looking at him.

"We don't suspect you aren't human..." Kevin laughed.

"Second Brother, don't be nervous. Jeris is just talking nonsense. We want to use your blood to see if we can activate the Celestial Armament. The one you brought back is very strange; it is indeed a Celestial Armament, but it's also not. It's completely different from the Orc Armed. Although we don't have samples of other Celestial Armaments here, logically speaking, the Beast Armed should be a low-end version of the Celestial Armament, but the one you brought back is too different.

It feels like something on a different level; it seems to possess a certain consciousness—hmm, it should be a subconsciousness. It's very strange."

Everyone had been having a headache over the weapon Li Hao brought back during this time. It should contain a huge secret. After coming into contact with the Orc Armed, Kevin and the others could actually fully understand the composition of the armed system: an energy core that matches the Spirit frequency, combined with nanotechnology. This was higher-level technology. Moreover, according to recent intelligence, Her Highness Arths already possessed a Celestial Armament, and the message conveyed was that humans could use Celestial Armaments without obstacles, yet the one in front of them was very disobedient.

Kevin and the others were also worried that they were just making a fuss over nothing.

"Right, I think maybe a ritual is missing!" A group of researchers nodded one after another, looking at Li Hao and the others with eager eyes.

"Drip blood? Is it that backward?" Li Hao was a bit anemic.

"I'll try it once; don't torment me."

"Good, good, hurry, hurry!" Kevin pushed Li Hao all the way over. Under the gaze of everyone, Li Hao had no choice; he bit his finger and dripped a drop. Kevin couldn't watch, so he pinched Li Hao's finger and smeared it on the sword.

Truly... a good brother.