The Supreme Intelligence was practically about to explode. The Development Department director had only wanted to sell one planet, yet they wanted to sell the entire star sector???
"Don't look at me like that. We have no other choice." The Armament Department director shook his head and said, "You have to admit this place really isn't suitable for offices anymore. I never agreed with building our own star system in the first place, and His Majesty the Emperor wasn't too willing either, but those old ministers kept lobbying us. They think entirely in terms of war, always wanting everything to be easy to control. And who ends up dealing with the mess? Us young people, that's who."
"We can find a natural star system with a better environment, spend some money to buy it, then sell the Ring Sector. This place is actually in a pretty good location, and all this artificial equipment, along with that huge reactor, is worth something too. The money won't be enough to rebuild planets from scratch, but if the natural star system has good conditions, we'll only need to decorate the planets. That'll be much easier. Besides, even if only for their own comfort, they'll build it properly. It'll cost far less than repairing this dump."
The Supreme Intelligence understood that these people dared to gouge and extort them because they knew that although the Ring Sector was somewhat rundown, it was still usable. They were in no hurry, so naturally they had no reason to work properly.
But if they sold this place and forced everyone to relocate to a new star system, they would have to build the new system properly. Otherwise, once they moved there, were they supposed to gnaw dirt on some barren planet?
On the way back, the Supreme