Taoxiang and Lixiang

Long Fei contacted Captain Bailieba via headset: "Captain Bailieba, did you find any solar panels when you were investigating this spaceship?"

"We did find some. After investigation, the solar energy absorbed by the solar panels can only be used for some of the spaceship's equipment. The lights inside the spaceship are powered by solar energy absorption."

"Do you know where the captain's room is on this ship?"

"We found it on their ship's internal map."

"Alright, then you arrange for a few subordinates to take me to the captain's room. There might be survivors." As soon as Long Fei finished speaking, the headset suddenly crackled with noise.

"What's going on? Why all the noise?"

"It's nothing, boss. I just got startled and accidentally bumped into something. Speaking of which, boss, how did you know there were survivors?"

"I discovered it from the video files in the recording device."

Shortly after, Captain Bailieba, along with two others, led Long Fei to the captain's room.

Inside the captain's room, Long Fei, following the instructions from Bickley's pre-recorded image, removed the oil painting frame from the wall and pressed a button.

The bookshelf in the captain's room suddenly opened, revealing a secret room.

Captain Bailieba and his two men were astonished, not expecting the room to have a secret chamber.

Long Fei led the three of them into the secret room.

There was another door inside the secret room, with a keypad next to it. Long Fei entered the password yzj00, and the door opened, revealing yet another door inside.

Long Fei continued to lead the three inside. The door they had just opened suddenly closed, and Captain Bailieba and his men immediately went to check it.

They found the door sealed shut.

Suddenly, a strong gravitational force caused everyone floating in mid-air to be slammed onto the ground.

"What's going on?" Bailieba and the others were greatly surprised.

Suddenly, several holes appeared around them, and white gas began spewing from them.

The helmet's scanning function activated, discovering that the white gas was actually oxygen.

Then, the second door opened, revealing a faint light within. Long Fei made a gesture, and Captain Bailieba and his men took the rifles off their backs, holding them cautiously as they entered the room.

Inside the secret room, two cryo-sleep pods were indeed still operational.

"Boss, there really are survivors."

Long Fei entered the secret room to inspect. As expected, one person was sleeping in each of the two cryo-sleep pods, just like in the video Long Fei had watched. They were the blonde sisters, covered in frost.

"Captain Bailieba, if we open the cryo-sleep pods directly, will it cause any harm to these sisters?"

"Firstly, the cryo-sleep pods these two sisters are in are very old. If opened rashly without proper precautions, there will be a risk to their lives, especially the longer they have been asleep, the greater the chance of unexpected complications."

"What kind of precautions are needed?"

"First, we need the ssys60 thawing agent. It must be injected into the target, and then the target must be placed in a warming chamber. When the target wakes up depends not only on how long they have been asleep but also on their own resilience."

"Hmm, Captain Bailieba, from what you're saying, you seem quite experienced?"

"Your subordinate used to work in a related industry. Later, unable to afford the exorbitant breathing taxes and various other taxes, I was dumped into an artificial poverty satellite and forced to do manual labor with many others. It was there that I encountered the Skywing Mercenary Group recruiting, which led to what happened next."

"Alright, Captain, I'll leave this matter to you. Please make the arrangements."

"Understood."

Long Fei walked up to Taoxiang's cryo-sleep pod and reached out to touch the glass in front of her. Suddenly, Long Fei's entire consciousness felt like it was being pulled into a space.

Within the space, Long Fei saw many images, all of which were memories from Taoxiang's perspective.

After viewing some of these memories, Long Fei's head suddenly ached intensely, and his consciousness was forcefully expelled from the space.

"Ah!" Long Fei cried out and fell to the ground.

Captain Bailieba and his men immediately rushed to help Long Fei up. The three of them were very surprised, wondering why their boss had screamed and fallen to the ground just by touching the cryo-sleep pod's glass.

"Boss, are you alright?"

Long Fei raised his hand: "I'm fine." His head still throbbed, and his vision was blurry. After shaking his head for a while, his vision finally returned to normal.

Long Fei looked at Taoxiang and realized that this woman was a Newtype.

"Alright, you can let go of me now. I'm fine. You guys go ahead and do your work."

"Yes, boss."

After the three left the secret room, Long Fei walked to Lixiang's cryo-sleep pod and also reached out to touch the glass in front of her.

This time, although he didn't feel his consciousness being drawn into her memory space, he felt his consciousness synchronize with hers. Long Fei sensed a deep, inexplicable fear within Lixiang's heart.

Long Fei withdrew his hand from the glass, shook his head. These two sisters could only be handled by Captain Bailieba once everything was arranged. He would then bring them back to the main base.

Long Fei then returned to the previous room to continue reviewing the documents.

As Long Fei was looking through the documents, President Sakchi contacted him via his headset.

"Boss, the King of Thrace has requested whether we can sell Specialized GM Mobile Suits to them."

Long Fei thought for a moment and said, "Tell the King of Thrace that we can sell them Specialized GMs in two months."

"Understood, boss."

"Is there anything else you need to report to me?"

"Recently, our company apprehended several spies. Among them were operatives from corporations and certain national intelligence agencies, all aiming to steal our technology."

"Was any technology successfully stolen?"

"Currently, they managed to steal some software technology for drones, technical validation reports for some individual weaponry, and partial design blueprints for frigates and destroyers that the Skywing Mercenary Group had already phased out."

"Hmm." Although Long Fei was displeased about the stolen technology, he acknowledged that such incidents were difficult to prevent entirely. However, the military technologies Long Fei had provided to President Sakchi were not considered advanced from his perspective, though they might be by the current world's technological standards.

"What measures have you taken regarding the stolen technologies?"

"Regardless of whether the technology was successfully stolen or not, if the stolen technology originates from civilian entities, specifically our group's civilian software subsidiaries, their patent rights are protected by relevant laws in both the Earth Sphere and the Colonies. If it's corporate commercial espionage, we can use legal means against them. With sufficient evidence, we can sue them in the International Court, compelling the infringing party to compensate and return the technology. Conversely, dealing with spies from certain nations can be more troublesome. We can use international law to sue for compensation and the return of technology against countries that aren't particularly powerful. However, if it's a powerful nation, it becomes very difficult. Even if we win in the International Court, those strong nations might not adhere to the court's ruling."

Long Fei exhaled forcefully and said, "There's nothing to be done. Laws and rules can only restrain the weak and those who aren't strong enough. If you're strong enough, laws and rules are just fleeting clouds."

Internally, Long Fei strongly agreed. Strength allowed one to disregard rules, and strength compelled the weaker party to comply.

Sakchi continued his report: "Furthermore, whether it's corporations or national powers, what they truly desire most is Gundam technology. And among them, there is one entity that has captured my significant attention."

"Which entity?"

"Feichi Military Science Company."

Long Fei narrowed his eyes and instructed, "Sue them if you can, and make sure they pay the most severe price."

"Yes, boss."