Smoke Grenade

The Tianrui Government was quite dissatisfied with the Department of Anomalous Affairs' response: You made this mess yourselves, and now you want Tianrui to pay the bill? This was an entire Habitable Star! Suspending flights for a day or two was no big deal; three to five days... they could grit their teeth and endure it.

But an open-ended suspension of flights was... truly despairing.

So what if it was the Department of Anomalous Affairs? Could they bear the consequences of endangering the entire planet's economy and people's livelihoods? The Tianrui Government was unwilling, but it would not openly oppose the Department of Anomalous Affairs' proposal.

They did indeed continue the flight suspension, but at the same time, they complained to the Starfield Government: the Department of Anomalous Affairs' demands were simply excessive.

This was the normal procedure within the government system. Problems they could not solve themselves naturally had to be reported upward.

However, the Starfield Government did not back up Sky Hook either—who in government did not know how to pass the buck?

They told the Sky Hook Government, "You, as the parties involved, still need to negotiate carefully with the Department of Anomalous Affairs."

"Our position is simple: Sky Hook's economy and people's livelihoods cannot be affected, but the Department of Anomalous Affairs' demands cannot simply be ignored either."

One had to know that the Department of Anomalous Affairs had made a major move this time and suffered severe losses. Local governments could not become an obstacle to them.

As for how they should negotiate, or to what extent they should negotiate to achieve the best of both worlds—well, they believed in the wisdom of the Sky Hook Government!

The officials on Sky Hook were furious enough to curse, but there was nothing they could do. That