The Empire Rises: Starting with the Fourth Calamity
Chapter 37

A New Legendary Figure!

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36, A New Legendary Figure!

After making the rounds, the notebooks of several administrative staff were filled to the brim. Tang Xiao walked over, patted Graham on the shoulder, and said, "Remember this. This is how these luxury mansions should be done. If there are more such old masters to awaken in the future, follow this standard. Make sure the service is impeccable, and everything must be fresh! Water them more, fertilize them often! If there isn't enough fertilizer, go ask the Public Health Department for some. They manage such a huge shit collector—they have as much fertilizer as you need. In short, make sure they experience what it feels like to embrace nature, and understand what true luxury is!"

"Yes, yes! I'll do exactly as you say!" Graham nodded frantically.

Graham worked quickly. By the time Tang Xiao walked out of the villa, people had already begun gathering wildflowers and vines from outside and transporting them over.

"What's that over there? Are there any large construction projects planned in the city recently?" Tang Xiao asked casually, pointing at several tower cranes standing at the foot of the mountain ahead.

"We're planning to build a firearms factory in the industrial district over there. It will produce our Type 21 assault rifles, along with matching 5.56mm rounds and 30mm rifle grenades," Graham replied.

"What about laser guns? Didn't we seize some blasters before? Can they be mass-produced?" Tang Xiao asked.

"That was Chief of Staff Qi Jian's decision after comparing the strengths and weaknesses of several types of firearms. As for laser guns, the infrared laser wavelength we currently possess is too long, and scattering within the atmosphere is too severe, so their performance is poor. Blasters are quite good, but after our technicians analyzed them, they found that their ammunition is a peculiar flammable and explosive gas, far more dangerous than natural gas. So until we can obtain that explosive gas reliably, producing blasters is impossible as well," Graham explained.

Tang Xiao nodded. He recalled how, near Roon, when that Falin woman had tried to rob them, they had relied on the rapid fire rate of their assault rifles to completely suppress those bounty hunters wielding blaster pistols.

So whether it fired bullets or blaster bolts, any weapon that could kill was a good weapon. Although Deflector Shields in the world of Star Wars were extremely effective against conventional projectile weapons, the Fourth Civilization Army could not possibly be fighting shielded enemies every day, could it?

If there ever came a day when every gangster and pirate had a Personal Shield, then if the Fourth Civilization had still failed to reform its weapons and equipment by then, it would only have itself to blame.

After spending a night in Dawn City, Tang Xiao, accompanied by a T-850, found a scenic spot to sit down and gaze at the distant view.

Incidentally, the T-850 following him now was a brand-new unit. The previous one had been damaged too severely and was being repaired in the mothership's production workshop.

Tang Xiao took a deep breath and savored the feeling of nature. He had discovered earlier that the Force within him recovered extremely quickly at times like this. In contrast, when he was in space, his Force was affected somewhat and recovered very slowly.

He had also found that he had gained some new insights into using the Force recently. Moreover, whenever his emotions became more agitated, the Force inside him seemed to grow more violent as well.

Tang Xiao did not want that. He did not want to be led around by his emotions. If that happened, he might do many impulsive things.

One could never allow emotions to dictate one's actions, especially not in his current position. In a moment of rage, he might truly leave corpses strewn for a thousand miles!

He simply sat down cross-legged. It was an instinctive choice; he had often seen monks meditate like this before, and perhaps it would help him focus his mind.

Feel nature... feel the earth, feel the air, feel the grass, feel the woods, feel the startled flocks of birds, feel the animals running about.

"Administrator." T-850's deep, rigid voice sounded. "You have been meditating for four hours. During that time, you received two calls from Graham, four calls from the Mainframe, and one call from Clement."

Tang Xiao opened his eyes and exhaled a breath of stale air. With a light wave of his hand, a stone flew into his palm from thin air, and he caught it steadily. Very satisfied with this performance, he smiled faintly and said, "Connect me to the Mainframe."

T-850 placed a wireless earpiece on Tang Xiao, and then the Mainframe's voice came through. "Administrator, another Legendary figure has met the conditions for awakening and can now be awakened."

Tang Xiao's eyes lit up. "Understood. I'll take a transport ship back to the mothership immediately!"

On the way back, Tang Xiao impatiently opened the personnel list, wanting to see which Legendary figure could be awakened.

He had now figured out some patterns. Those Legendary figures all came from movies, television shows, and games he had watched or played before! Most of them had been pivotal figures in their respective worlds, and nearly every one of them possessed an exceptionally high level of skill in a unique field.

Take Cun Te, whom they had awakened earlier. His miraculous starship piloting skills had allowed him to fly a YT-1000 light freighter through the blockade and escape under the pursuit and interception of three Generous-class frigates and dozens of Vulture droid fighters!

And although the time had been short, Cun Te also seemed to possess an innate talent for getting along with everyone around him. No matter what faction or species they belonged to, he always used his unique charm and humor to close the distance, obtaining the intelligence he wanted.

It was only because the Fourth Civilization was still in ruins and desperately needed rebuilding that Cun Te had been held back to a great extent, unable to spread his wings and roam freely through the galaxy. But Tang Xiao believed that when Cun Te soared among the stars, he might bring him enormous and unexpected gains!

That was why Tang Xiao had been hesitating over whether to awaken that incredibly dangerous yet incredibly powerful Legendary figure. The sheer intimidation carried by that famous name was overwhelming.

Before he had even worked up the courage to negotiate with that person, a second Legendary figure had unexpectedly become available for awakening! This was a surprise beyond surprises!

However, when he connected to the mothership's system through the chip implanted in his brain, opened the awakening list, and saw that name among the Legendary figures, the smile on his face gradually froze.

Of course, he knew this person.

And naturally, this person possessed formidable abilities in his own field.

But this person... was gray.

It was not that he was especially evil. In fact, he was not bad at all and was even rather easy to get along with. But the things he had done had caused the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people. And he could decide the life and death of even more!

Not through armies, nor through power, but through... transactions.

He walked between justice and evil, between light and darkness. At every moment, he struggled against his own desires, and every time, he yielded to them. Yet with every step he took down the path into darkness, he suffered immensely and was filled with regret—yet he still continued onward, step by step, without hesitation.

Thanks to Infinite Imagination Space for the reward of 100 Qidian Coins!!

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