The people from the Mining Management Department were indeed formidable, but their strength was built upon the Empire's overall structure.
Without those approval powers, judging solely by armed force, they were not even a match for the Anti-Smuggling Department!
So when faced with pressure from above, or forces that could remain unaffected by the system, they could not keep up that lofty attitude at all.
The head of the Mine Management Department was also an Above Supreme—in a Prosperous Star Domain like this, Above Supremes really were not worth much.
At noon the next day, he arrived in his personal vehicle at the place where the Battalion-Class Ship had landed.
The place bordered the military district. It had once been a military hospital, but after the hospital relocated, it became a military sanatorium.
There were quite a few veteran soldiers of status in the surrounding area, but they were all shrewd people. No one was so blind as to come disturb the area.
The head of the Mine Management Department came to request an audience. As usual, Mu Guang came out instead—you were not worthy of meeting an Above Supreme.
Naturally, the Top Leader could not take offense at that, but he did not act overly restrained either. He casually presented a set of Divine Script codices.
The codices were reproductions, so naturally they could not compare with the originals.
But as a meeting gift, they were already sufficiently valuable, and they also showed sincerity.
However, Mu Guang did not accept them at all. Instead, he stated bluntly,
"What you people did has made us extremely angry. This little trinket isn't enough to smooth things over!"
"What... did we do?" The head of the Mining Management Department's heart sank upon hearing that.
After learning that the people from Digital Phantom