The Doom of 63 Nethermark

"Happy birthday?"

N4 was taken aback.

"I don't even have a birthday?"

The employee outside the door, having been misled, casually remarked, "The company shows your birthday as January 14th... that's what the official website says."

He realized something was wrong as soon as he finished speaking and quickly said, "This is a fifth kind of contact, the first contact between a non-GTB organization and an extraterrestrial civilization on Azure Planet."

"Extraterrestrial civilization? Judging from that frivolous tone, it's most likely Li Aoz."

N4 chuckled.

"...pioneer?!"

The subordinates outside the door were greatly shocked. "You would actually joke?"

Swoosh! The door opened, and N4, with a cold and aloof demeanor, appeared before them. She snatched the documents from her subordinate's hand and began to read them carefully, "We've never seen this form of Gravity Wave communication before. It can guarantee uninterrupted Superluminal communication while also ensuring encryption. It's truly amazing."

"We will decipher the message as soon as possible, but experts have not yet reached a conclusion on whether the sender is indeed Li Aoz. Their suggestion is..."

"Experts advising 'pioneers'? I suggest the experts themselves study for another two centuries."

It wasn't until N4 boarded the Private Plane that he received the second deciphered message, which was much more detailed and officially confirmed the sender's identity.

"To Ms. N4, the pioneer of Nethermark Heavy Industries".

"Never mind how I did it, never mind how I know—you just need to know that I've been watching you."

"To make a long story short, I'm contacting you to make a deal. Your life is nearing its end, but don't worry, I can give you advanced knowledge to advance your career."

"As for what I want, it's very simple..."

N4 turned around, quickly edited a document, handed it to his subordinate, and instructed:

"Notify the Frostplate Division."

The subordinate glanced at the contents and his face immediately turned terrified:

"Pioneer! No! We can't do this, it will drag us into hell."

"I am giving an order, not asking for your opinion."

N4 calmly stated, "The entire Nethermark Heavy Industries was established with me at its center. Without me, you would not be able to advance any further, and your current status would cease to exist."

"But what will the lower-level employees think? It might cause them to defect, especially since our rival companies are constantly poaching our employees..."

"Shortsighted," N4 said casually. "How shortsighted."

"That's just a message from the universe. Are you really sure you want to do what an outsider, or even an alien, says?" the subordinate said earnestly and urgently. "Li Aoz may just be deceiving you. None of us know what the universe is like. If we really do as he says, the Netherworld will be destroyed—"

"What a hassle."

N4 casually asked, "What's your name?"

The subordinate was taken aback and subconsciously said, "Jim Zach."

"Jim Zach, you have a visionary mind and are eager to make contributions. It would be a waste of your talent to keep you at Nethermark Heavy Industries Industry. I have decided to send you to the lower-tier markets to wait for development."

Jim was stunned. "What does this mean..."

N4 smiled and said, "It means you've been fired."

Four hours later, Nethermark Heavy Industries Industry's Frostplate Branch suddenly held a press conference.

However, given the sheer size of the Mingji Group, the fact that they held a meeting unexpectedly without any prior announcement still attracted the attention of the government and the Four Nations. Major media outlets rushed to the scene immediately, and there was much discussion about the meeting.

Although Nethermark Heavy Industries monopolizes a wide range of fields, the fields it involves are generally high-end and hardcore, and are usually of interest to agricultural capital and factories.

Surprisingly, the press conference attracted the most medical and biochemical experts from the Four Nations.

The reason is simple; just one glance at the title displayed by Nethermark Heavy Industries will make it clear.

—Statement regarding the Nethermark Humanity Aid Organization

As soon as the title was published, the Law Enforcement Division Three Agency of the Frostplate Laws almost immediately called Gemini Palace. However, at this moment, Dai Weilin Lin was busy cleaning up the bureaucratic group left by former President Medvi and taking over her political legacy. Currently, the one in charge of the overall situation is Frostplate Prime Minister Honawa.

Honawa, with his background in domestic affairs, immediately realized the gravity of the situation at the Nethermark Heavy Industries. He summoned the Governor of Law Enforcement Division Three and hastily inquired:

"Who is in charge of the 'Mingji' project? Are there any insiders? Can we stop the press conference from taking place?"

"This was all orchestrated by former President Medvi; we have no right to interfere." The Governor of Law Enforcement Division Three was also helpless. "The former His Excellency the President's death was too sudden. She had already personally suppressed these issues related to human experimentation, but now that she's dead..."

"Okay, okay, I knew it. Sigh, some people, even if they're going to die, they wouldn't choose a time to die!"

Honawa was having a headache. He paced back and forth in the room, not knowing what to do.

This is a very tricky problem for Frostplate; if not handled properly, it could lead to the collapse of the fragile interim government.

When Li Aoz massacred the Nethermark Humanity, Medvi initially used this opportunity to play the "patriotism card," widely publicizing that Li Aoz's actions were acts of terrorism, which aroused anger and panic throughout the country.

However, with the subsequent release of the GTB investigation and international condemnation from the Heavenly Ring People, a series of reversals exposed the collusion between the Frostplate Government and human experimentation, making the people of Frostplate the target of public criticism and international condemnation.

Medvi used her secret methods to suppress domestic public opinion and diverted domestic attention through the Grant War.

If Medvi were still alive, at least she could keep things under control.

Now that she's dead, she's cleared herself of all responsibility, leaving all the pressure on the provisional government.

"It's been half a year already, and suddenly Nethermark Heavy Industries announced its relationship with Nethermark Humanity and even came to Frostplate —they must have received some huge benefits and deliberately stirred up trouble for Frostplate."

As a behemoth in the pharmaceutical, technology and biochemical industries, Nethermark Heavy Industries Industry has always operated with the aim of making a profit. Knowing full well that publicly revealing its relationship with Nethermark Humanity would inevitably lead to anger and disappointment, causing its stock price to plummet, it still resolutely took this action.

What does this mean?

This suggests that there are even greater benefits waiting for Nethermark Heavy Industries.

Who could it be? Who gave Nethermark Heavy Industries the benefits? GTB? Impossible, GTB's biggest competitor is probably Nethermark Heavy Industries.

Could it be Red Arrow? But Red Arrow has always been wary of the infiltration of the Underworld.

After much deliberation, Prime Minister Honawa couldn't find a suitable candidate. Surely, they couldn't just fall from the sky?

He had no choice but to order Law Enforcement Division Three to investigate first, while he himself faced the immense pressure that was about to come with a headache.

With Frostplate recent death of the former president, the entire nation is gripped by fear of an attack on its own soil. People are hesitant to work, and even factories are reducing operations for fear of further attacks. If this continues, it will negatively impact public sentiment and the market.

At this critical juncture, Frostplate was betrayed by Nethermark Heavy Industries.

Although the events of the Medvi government are over, and few survivors of the Nethermark Humanity are still alive, at worst they can just file a lawsuit and drag it out—but coincidentally, it happened at this particular time.

Honawa had no choice but to activate the control mechanism to strictly limit the flow of Nethermark Heavy Industries, but he couldn't stop the press conference from taking place.

Prime Minister Honawa was not the only one who was worried; the employees of Nethermark Heavy Industries were also concerned.

They stared fearfully at the media below them. Outside, protesters had surrounded the building two or three stories high. The deceived and Frostplate citizens, as well as the radicals who abhorred human experimentation, all stood up.

"The Netherworld is a concentration camp, get out of Frostplate!"

"You bastard who disregards human life, die!"

"They experiment on children today, and they could experiment on you tomorrow!"

Angry stones, Molotov cocktails, and smoke bombs struck the glass and security team, causing no real harm, but leaving them in a shocking state of affairs.

"Why is headquarters doing this?" one employee couldn't help but ask. "Wouldn't it have been better to keep it a secret? Why do we have to be sacrificed?"

"If this continues, will we still be able to do business in the Frostplate area...? Will we have to withdraw from the Frostplate District?"

"Just wait, we're just pawns. They'll fire us later. Heh, this is just an excuse to lay off employees."

"Don't say that. The group must have had its reasons for doing this."

"I've heard that this is a strategic move to consolidate our strength..."

"What's there to consider? It's just the same old three things: executives bickering, unequal distribution of spoils, and parachuted-in leaders—damn it, to hell with corporate politics, these capitalists don't care about our lives at all."

"Keep your voice down!"

Even the unease and concerns within Nethermark Heavy Industries could not deter the determination of the top management, who insisted on continuing the press conference.

"... Regarding the issue of Nethermark Humanity, we have already made a statement. Nethermark Heavy Industries hereby announces that it has provided financial and technical assistance to the previous laboratories and Daoism buildings. This is the whole truth, which is now being made public. We hope everyone will continue to monitor our company."

The spokesperson had barely finished speaking, and before he even sat down, a reporter immediately raised a loud question:

"Does the technical assistance your company mentioned include research on Mind Communication using infants?"

"This..."

The spokesperson glanced hesitantly at the senior executive beside him, who nodded. The spokesperson hesitated for a moment before saying:

"Yes."

"The laboratory's highest-ranking official—'Professor' Yelena Haston —graduated from Gemini Star University of Biochemistry in 156, joined the Gene Editing Research Center of Nethermark Heavy Industries in 160, and left in 167 to establish Nethermark Humanity. According to the information released by your company, when Nethermark Humanity was established, was Yelva still affiliated with Nethermark Heavy Industries?"

"According to our company's records, Ye Lifu left the company in 1977. We have social security payment records and a resignation letter as proof."

"So, the leaders of the Nethermark Humanity were indeed trained by you?"

"She was just a former employee, and we only provided the necessary pre-job training."

"Can I understand that she received the necessary business knowledge and skills training from you?"

"Just what's necessary, the basics."

The reporter pressed on, staring intently at the spokesperson for Nethermark Heavy Industries: "So, were the experiments the 'professor' conducted in the Nethermark Humanity Underground Laboratory also based on these?"

The spokesperson for Nethermark Heavy Industries glanced at the senior executive at headquarters, whose face was extremely grim, but he still forced a nod.

The spokesperson turned and answered:

That's right.

Upon hearing this, many employees of Nethermark Heavy Industries immediately wailed in despair.

This one sentence has ruined the future and jobs of countless people.