Chapter 230: When Your Boss Discovers Your Side Hustle Is Booming

Star Alliance Calendar 612, June 28, evening, 18:30.

The 432nd Travelers' Summit was forcibly convened.

The pitch-black virtual seats lit up one by one, forming a vast conference hall.

Some arrived via magic, some participated via the internet, and some didn't care, merely attaching a listening function to their seat, pretending they weren't absent.

Crossing spatial differences also meant crossing time; representatives with shifting IP addresses often sat before the fixed seats.

This is the Travelers' Representative Summit—recognized by the Star Alliance, covering dozens of star fields under the Star Alliance, an official large-scale Travelers' meeting, normally held every three years, but can also be forcibly convened due to certain incidents.

For example, a Travelers' group representative with sufficient influence exercised their right to convene a meeting.

At the summit, such representatives are not many.

Although the cumulative number of Travelers in this world is already huge, many Travelers have also attained high power and status while fully integrating into this world.

But those who can truly speak for large numbers of Travelers are ultimately few.

Only a few hundred.

Considering this is a conference under the Star Alliance's jurisdiction, this number is indeed pitifully small.

The most recent person to take such a representative seat is still the head of the Gray Raven Agency.

As the office dispatched from her homeworld to this world and a cooperative spokesperson, her backing is an entire otherworld with considerable cooperative value.

On the path of two-world cooperation, although she is a complete newcomer, she still can enjoy a place in this conference room.

And her predecessor on this path is undoubtedly Dr. Luo Xia.

Dr. Luo Xia, a director of Rhodes Island Pharmaceuticals Ltd., is attending this meeting together with the chairman of Amiya.

Likewise developing with a homeworld as backing, Rhodes Island has leveraged the advantage of many staff members with institutional ties, actively developing various industrial cooperations in this world, most of which are already on track.

Based on this alone, Rhodes Island Pharmaceuticals Ltd. is already a classic successful example of two-world cooperation in recent years.

A level worthy of being written into the Travelers' entrepreneurship textbooks.

As leaders, Dr. Luo Xia and the Amiya chairman naturally enjoy considerable speaking rights at this Travelers' Summit, and even their request to convene the meeting is likely to be approved.

Just like now, this summit, which was not within the notification period and was only notified four hours in advance, was forcibly convened due to an application from Rhodes Island.

"What's up? Earth-related? I haven't been wandering the solar system lately." someone asked softly.

"I've been on a business trip to Lunar City, I heard Rhodes Island staff were arrested and the rescue operation suffered heavy losses?" someone who knew a bit but not in detail said.

"Huh?" another felt surprised and urgently asked, "Who? I've cooperated with Rhodes Island; it wouldn't be someone I know, would it?"

"You've cooperated with them and still don't know?" someone gave a sideways glance.

"I've been developing the Ji Lie Ting star field lately; if it weren't for suddenly convening this summit, I wouldn't have paid attention to Earth."

To have a seat at the Travelers' Summit, besides representing over ten thousand Travelers, one must also have sufficient ability or fame.

In terms of ability, the requirement is at least a B-rank Ascendant.

That is, the power to threaten the surface, even planets and beyond; such strength is enough to hold a seat here.

However, those with such power either also possess sufficient fame or influence, or are pure lone wolves.

But such lone wolves usually lack enthusiasm for such meetings, or often miss them.

Like those two empty seats—unlike other corporate forces with huge logos on the chair backs, they merely placed an identity plaque on the table.

Using the divine inscription that transcends language barriers to write names:

【Shen Yongxin Er】

【Kai】

Regardless of the reason for absence, those who care naturally have their own channels, while those who don't need not be mentioned; when the meeting time arrives fully, the person presiding over the meeting steps onto the stage—needless to say, it is the solemn-faced Dr. Luo Xia.

Besides the regular meeting every three years, each convening is done by whoever applies, who then serves as the host; this is the most basic rule.

It also facilitates expressing your demands.

Thus, Dr. Luo Xia removed his hood, rose from his seat, and pressed a button on the table before him.

Thus he was transmitted to the podium, and his figure was simultaneously broadcast onto the screen behind him:

"Thank you all, Travelers' representatives, for your response; although most of you know me, please allow me to introduce myself."

"I am Luo Xia, one of the directors of Rhodes Island Pharmaceuticals Ltd.; my affiliated world code has been synchronized onto the screens before you."

"As the applicant who convened this meeting, I have only one thing to say: on Star Alliance Calendar 612, June 25, two of our Traveler employees were kidnapped by a member of a certain organization; although they have been rescued today, the mastermind has already been apprehended, but we have thus learned some information about that organization……"

He didn't just stand there speaking; with practiced hands he operated the light screen before him, causing all the representatives in the audience to see a prompt: 'File awaiting retrieval.'

Even those who arrived via magic without carrying tech devices could likewise receive that data via the seat-mounted system's origin-energy transcription, without encountering an overly complex system.

Thus most of them immediately opened the file, seeing the basic data of the two missing persons and the follow-up report of the rescue operation, interspersed with stamps from the police and the Two Worlds Safety Bureau to attest to its authenticity.

He thus combined the document and explanation, ensuring all representatives understood his presentation.

"If we get straight to the point, you should have also seen the common trait of members of the organization called Gui Yuan Zhi Tang: they possess a device that extracts giant beasts' life energy, using it to turn giant beasts, or even giant machinery, into so-called 'monster cards.' Where do these giant beasts come from? In this world and era, there aren't that many native giant beasts, or monsters; rather, it's more like our employees—Travelers who arrived in this era from their own worlds."

Having said this, there was already some commotion among the representative seats.

Those capable of being representatives aren't overly dense; under Dr. Luo Xia's straightforward explanation, most could anticipate what he would say next, and this is also the scene the doctor had anticipated.

"That's right; I believe many of you have already realized this."

"Although this organization already has one member caught, there are still many more members at large."

"They possess sufficiently dangerous tools; at any moment they could harm whatever you know that is essentially giant beasts, even the world's giant dragons, god dragons, and similar fantastical races; Rhodes Island's application for this forced meeting aims to alert you to watch for possible members of this organization."

As the doctor spoke, he flicked his finger on the light screen, broadcasting another document: an image of a giant beast fighting in the ruins, sourced from the Two Worlds Safety Bureau's records, which also includes the basic data of one of the combatants, Aomo Lindun.

This also caused the small figure before a certain seat and their secretary beside them to stare in surprise.

Of course, the head of a certain detective agency, as well as the representative whose chair back bears the Gray Raven feather emblem, also showed their own subtle expressions.

Of course, because of the combat footage and data of Rhodes Island staff such as Nian, Xi, Mosutima, and Si'erteer, those who react differently are always more numerous; these are also some celebrities in this circle, whereas Aomo Lindun here is relatively unknown.

Excluding those few who had direct contact, only a handful of Travelers' representatives who follow the news have any impression of him.

Now, thanks to the doctor, he has gained a bit of fame.

They used that technology to control the power of the giant beasts, and after the efforts of our company's employees and an assistant, this kidnapping case has been properly concluded.

But as I said before, this does not mean it's over!

Furthermore, the Two Worlds Safety Bureau's investigation shows that when they use that power-extracting device, it emits strong mental fluctuations, which have a high probability of causing dimensional shocks. Please note this, representatives; any places you manage or notice that frequently experience dimensional shocks will surely be quite troublesome.

Indeed, compared to known giant beast incarnations being attacked, the transmigrators are more concerned about 'increase of their kind'.

Especially those transmigator representatives in high positions who are themselves responsible for managing transmigrators, they feel utterly troubled by the 'dimensional shock' event of 'randomly abducting transmigrators, possibly yielding nothing, possibly a large batch'.

Only a few newly promoted leaders would be happy about the benefits of introducing new armed personnel and technical staff.

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Many old-timers only worry about how to resettle them, how to educate them, and how to keep them from causing trouble; compared to gains, they care more about losses.

Sorry for taking everyone's time; that's all the information I needed to convey through this meeting. I've said what I needed to say, meeting adjourned!

Having said that, he pressed something, and his person flashed back from the steps to his seat.

The girl beside him with long upright ears immediately stood up and said, 'Hard work, Doctor.'

'What matters is the response being good; is there anything to report, Amiya?' the Doctor asked, having noticed the girl's message on stage earlier.

The girl being asked about this then said somewhat sadly, 'Doctor Kailixi sent a message three minutes ago: the prisoner transport vehicle escorting criminals to the prison was attacked, and the fate of all aboard is unknown.'

Hearing that, the man fell silent for a moment and sighed.

... Were they rescued? Now it won't be easy to explain to Mr. Lindun and the others.

No matter what, let's go back and check... He was about to retreat when he saw a green-clad Kulanta woman standing beside him, bowing her head in salute.

Doctor Luoxia, please wait a moment.

Huh?

I am the secretary of the chairman of the Central Tiresen, JunChuan JiangSheng; I have come on behalf of Chairman Thus we output: Thus we output: QiuChuan.

As the superior of trainer Lindun, Chairman Thus we output: Thus we output: QiuChuan wants to know his current condition.