Chapter 95

At the Wang Family Mansion, the head of the family, Wang Liumei, was in a somewhat dim room, using a communication channel outside of Veda to link with Li Boyong and view the data he had sent.

Today she was wearing a Gothic Lolita-style outfit, looking as cute as an exquisite doll, but her originally calm expression gradually became solemn as she read.

"This... this is... a beam weapon!"

Wang Liumei's small mouth opened slightly, and she no longer cared about maintaining her lady-like demeanor.

It was no wonder she was so surprised; as far as she knew, the only beam weapon technology currently usable as a mature weapon should be possessed by the Gundams belonging to Celestial Being, which were equipped with GN Drives. Even the world's three great nation groups did not have such technology for various reasons.

Yet, the two MS pilots she had recruited on a whim had suddenly produced such technology.

Although Li Boyong did not give her the complete data, she could still see that this technology was different from Celestial Being's beam weapon technology; it did not use the energy provided by a GN Drive, but rather conventional energy.

As for the authenticity of the technology, she did not believe Li Boyong would suddenly use such a thing to amuse himself at her expense.

"These two... what exactly is their background..."

Wang Liumei toyed with her bangs with her fingers and fell into deep thought. She suddenly felt that she hadn't understood the information on these two at all, and this sense of absurdity made her feel somewhat restless.

You must know that before recommending the two to join Celestial Being, she and Hong Long had used all sorts of connections to conduct a long investigation into them, and had even gone so far as to use their influence to send the two to the battlefield on Ceylon Island.

But now, the technology Li Boyong had produced clearly indicated that the two were not as simple as she had known.

"How is it? It's a pretty good piece of technology, right?"

Li Boyong in the video saw Wang Liumei's uncharacteristic look of surprise and asked with a suppressed smile.

Wang Liumei woke up at the sound, only then realizing what an uncomposed expression she had actually shown in front of Li Boyong.

"………………"

Biting her lip slightly, Wang Liumei felt somewhat unwilling for some reason when she saw Li Boyong's expression of 'everything is under control.'

Li Boyong waited composedly for Wang Liumei's answer, even humming a little tune with a relaxed expression.

After a moment of silence, Wang Liumei weighed her options, collected her emotions, and spoke softly: "You mean you are willing to provide this technology? Then what is the price?"

Technology that even the three great nation groups hadn't mastered—how tempting it was.

But at the same time, she was very clear that Li Boyong bringing this out at such a time must be to seek huge benefits.

"Relax, relax." Seeing Wang Liumei show that serious expression typical of a business elite during negotiations, Li Boyong waved his hand with a smile: "Actually, what I want isn't as complicated as you think."

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Talibia Republic, Congress Hall.

The once solemn and dignified hall was now like a boiling wet market.

This was because a presidential candidate had proposed a hardline policy for the Talibia Republic to withdraw from the Earth Alliance and claim independent usage rights for solar power, which received enthusiastic approval from the congressmen.

The presidential candidate was directly elected as the President of Talibia and, with the help of the parliament, made this hardline policy public to the whole world, stating that they would not hesitate to use force to resist any oppression and safeguard the nation's rights.

Upon learning of the Talibia Republic's hardline attitude of withdrawal, the Earth Alliance immediately began mobilizing its military, preparing to teach this suddenly inflated former member state a profound lesson.

To this end, the Earth Alliance dispatched its naval and air forces to the periphery of the three most important urban circles of the Talibia Republic, putting on a show of being ready to launch an attack at any time.

And the Talibia Republic naturally would not sit still and wait for death; it concentrated a considerable portion of its military strength in the three urban circles. With the two armies confronting each other, the situation of war was on the verge of breaking out.

For a time, the Celestial Being organization seemed to be in a dilemma.

Because the reason the Talibia Republic dared to adopt such a hardline stance was that they had calculated that Celestial Being, with its philosophy of eradicating war, would have to take action under these circumstances.

As long as Celestial Being acted, confronting the Earth Alliance military and thereby helping the Talibia Republic, it would be equivalent to being used.

But if Celestial Being did not act, it would be equivalent to announcing to the whole world that its own philosophy had failed.

At this moment, the eyes of the whole world were focused on the Talibia Republic, waiting for Celestial Being to react.

Then, the four Gundams of Celestial Being did indeed enter the scene as the President of Talibia had predicted, only they designated the Talibia Republic as a conflict-promoting nation and carried out an armed intervention.

The Exia Gundam, Dynames Gundam, and Kyrios Gundam launched attacks on the defense forces of the three urban circles of the Talibia Republic, respectively.

After being subjected to Celestial Being's armed intervention, the Talibia Republic, which had previously adopted a hardline attitude, shamelessly knelt on the spot and called the Earth Alliance "Daddy."

Immediately following this, the Earth Alliance "Daddy," having besieged Talibia, immediately turned to providing military support to the "friendly nation" of Talibia.

Celestial Being's commander, Sumeragi Lee Noriega, had long anticipated this situation and immediately issued a retreat order to the three Gundams.

The three Gundams disengaged from the armed intervention and shook off the pursuit of the Earth Alliance military.

With this, the Talibia Republic returned to the embrace of the Earth Alliance. While suppressing the hardline forces within the country, it gained more solar power dominance, and the Earth Alliance avoided the loss of a member state and the resulting loss of credibility.

Only Celestial Being seemed to have been used no matter how it acted, foolishly cooperating to stage a farce that shocked the world.

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A secret workshop of the Wang family.

"However, we will still act."

Wang Liumei, dressed in Hanfu, was watching the busy workshop through the glass from the operating platform. After learning the result of the Talibia farce, she said calmly to Li Boyong beside her: "Even knowing we are being used, we, Celestial Being, will still act until all conflicts in the world are eradicated."

Li Boyong shrugged, indicating that he was not interested in this farce; his gaze instead remained mostly on Wang Liumei's Hanfu.

The red and white *quju* (curved-hem robe) set off a feeling of being delicate and charming, forming a contrast that was cute compared to her discussing international affairs.

Noticing Li Boyong's gaze, Wang Liumei turned around generously, "How is it? Does it look good?"

"Mm-hmm, very nice."

Our Li Boyong was a practical person; he glanced at Shihe, who was focused on directing the workers' operations in the workshop, and nodded in praise.

To be honest, Wang Liumei's habit of changing clothes every day was quite nice; it seemed that every time he met her, there was a fresh sense of amazement. Was this pleasing benefit one of the perks of cooperating with her?

"Geez..." Wang Liumei felt Li Boyong's somewhat explicit gaze and sighed: "I really don't know how Sister Shihe could fall for a man like you."

"Hey, hey..." Li Boyong was dissatisfied: "What do you mean 'a man like you'? Also, don't just call someone else's girlfriend so affectionately; did you get my permission?"

"I want to, and Sister Shihe has agreed too."

Wang Liumei wrinkled her pretty little nose, revealing a hint of black-heartedness: "If I have the chance, I must let Sister Shihe see your true colors."

Li Boyong: "………………"

Ever since Wang Liumei learned that Shihe was the one who truly possessed the theoretical knowledge of beam weapons, Shihe's weight in Wang Liumei's mind had risen sharply.

With Wang Liumei's intentional or unintentional efforts, she soon became very close to Shihe.

Li Boyong had no intention of stopping this. He just thought quite narcissistically: Fine, fine, you 'sisters' go ahead and get along well in advance.

"Forget it, I can't be bothered to talk to you anymore."

Wang Liumei turned her gaze back to the workshop below, where an MS rifle was in the middle of intense assembly work.

Mastering beam weapon technology that even the three great nation groups didn't have at the age of only eighteen—Sister Shihe Hafunis, who exactly are you?