High-Orbit Industry's Xie Family

"A pure white body, an electronic grid, an executive officer with an artificial will?" The middle-aged man's expression turned serious, and he bowed slightly. "Sumer, greetings to Lady Rose."

The attitude towards these senior engineers is different. To put it simply, the former is the attitude towards working people. No matter how skilled a working person is, they are still just a working person. But the latter is the attitude towards the boss class.

The woman who controls three super-corporations, Black Rose, if she's not a capitalist, then there aren't many capitalists left on this planet.

"I've met your Eternal Life Corporation's 'Southern Hemisphere Director,' I think his name is Xie something," Black Rose said calmly. "What, didn't he tell you not to poach my employees?"

Sumer bent over even more; in their circle, this woman had a rather formidable reputation.

To outsiders, this person acquired three super giants in less than two years, but how he acquired them and where the funds came from are basically unknown.

Even Gao himself didn't know much, after all, it wasn't his place to interfere in the affairs of rich women; at most, he could only lick their boots.

However, those in the upper echelons of society all knew how ruthless this woman was.

Putting aside other matters, in the past year or so, there have been at least a dozen assassination attempts that have been linked to her, involving figures ranging from Cloud Aristocrats and investors in large funds to cyborg tycoons.

Rumor has it that this person would borrow large sums of money from borrowers at exorbitant interest rates, and then, when the loan was about to mature, would send his assassins to kill the borrowers.

Although there is no evidence, he is practically a household name in his circle.

The reason she hasn't been retaliated against yet is quite simple: the person who sought revenge against her was also killed.

The people from the six mother city departments checked back and forth, but they couldn't find anything.

Therefore, for the sake of his own life, he should probably be more considerate.

"It's just a simple business collaboration, Ms. Rose, please don't misunderstand."

"Oh, a collaboration, is that it? Would you like to consider collaborating with me?" Rose suddenly smiled seductively, her body twisting like a beautiful serpent. "Among my three major conglomerates, there are quite a few technologies that you might like."

"I see that you also seem to have some of our group's android parts installed on you."

"Just kidding, just kidding," Sumer wiped the sweat from his forehead, which was dripping down at an abnormal rate.

"If Ms. Rose has nothing else to say, then I shall take my leave. It was indeed our mistake this time; we failed to understand the relationship between Mr. G and you."

Black Rose gave the other person a deep look and said, "Then let's go."

The holographic projection was turned off, and Rose Sister's bright red fingernails gently tapped rhythmically on Senior Engineer's chest.

Are you short of money?

"Uh, a little bit."

Developing technology requires massive financial investment, and in most cases, it only yields minimal results.

This is why it's difficult for players to create their own factions.

Even with blueprints, you still have to build it to succeed.

The senior engineer suddenly had a bad feeling.

"Sleep with me once, and I'll give you a hundred million."

The senior engineer nodded, bearing the weight of his breasts.

I have to sacrifice myself again to save the world.

Far out in outer space, a space station orbiting a planet.

Sumer opened his eyes in a luxurious office.

Just then, a holographic projection popped up automatically, transforming into a blurry human figure, though the background seemed to be outer space.

"Thank you, Director Xie!" Sumer quickly stood up.

"How did the talks go?" the voice on the other end asked calmly.

"I'm afraid that won't work."

"Oh? There are people who can refuse immortality?"

Sumer's expression tightened, and he quickly recounted what had just happened.

"It's that woman again," Director Xie's tone was icy. "In the past two years, she's abused her position as 'Key' to do a lot of bad things. We've cleaned up her messes countless times. What, does she really think the Cyber Test Site is her assassination ground? I should never have believed her lies back then. That old dog Aragaki is probably still alive—"

As if remembering something, Director Xie said with a hint of pleasure in his voice:

"But soon, we won't have to go through that trouble anymore."

Sumer was taken aback, then lowered his head even more respectfully.

A key is unique and, in theory, should not be replaceable.

However, this is not something he should be considering.

"Alright, since the acquisition has failed, let's continue with the original plan. Oh, by the way, there's a woman I need you to inquire about."

Another holographic projection popped up, transforming into a "factory beauty" dressed in overalls and with a ponytail.

Although her net worth has reached the standard of a rich woman, Du Zhaodi's frugal and simple style has never changed. She always wears factory clothes or test suits, always clean and neat, but she doesn't have any extravagance. Compared with Sister Rose's spending of millions on a single bottle of nail polish, she is really unworthy of the title of "rich woman".

"This is Du Zhaodi, the military leader of the Du Gao Group."

Generally speaking, the top executive of a company is called the CEO, while the top executive of a military contractor is the military leader.

Originally, the responsibility of this military leader should have been given to G, but unfortunately, G was someone who was easily swayed by soft words but not by force, and only wanted to be the man who would warm the female boss's bed. As a result, Du Zhaodi's reputation in the entire military weapons market was far stronger than that of a certain pretty boy.

"You want me to turn her against me?"

"No, I want you to find out about her. Our Xie family is very interested in her."

"Understood, Director Xie."

"Yes, in order to deal with 'Ms. Ye,' our Xie family will send a family representative here. You will assist her in dealing with that person number 550."

"Clear!"

The holographic projection disappeared again.

Sumer suddenly felt a slight itch in his lower back, which seemed to be the "bionic kidney" he had installed.

After all, as people reach middle age, some parts of the body need to be replaced.

He scratched, only to find it getting itchier. He couldn't help but lift the corner of his shirt, and saw a dark pattern covering his waist. An indescribable tingling and sour sensation quickly spread throughout his body. This feeling was a mixture of various modes of human excitement, including suffocation, stabbing, and epilepsy. The scream that should have come out was suppressed in his mouth by the new personality that had been born from his metabolism.

Sumer raised his head, looking at Du Zhaodi's holographic projection with great interest, and said with a smile:

"What, someone would actually be interested in a country bumpkin like you?"

Sumer, or rather, the Black Rose disguised as Sumer, was quite pleased with this.

Don't think she's unaware that some of the bounties on the black market for her are for this woman, though not many (in her opinion) – this stubborn woman paid herself a wage far below market value.

So, this must have emptied the other party's savings.

The feud between the two wealthy women is only getting bigger and bigger.

So, upon hearing that someone was interested in this woman, Black Rose's mood immediately improved.

"The Xie family of high-orbit industry, that makes sense. With their aesthetic sense, they might actually take a liking to you."

The Xie family, one of the twelve "key families," is among the most elite of the elite.

High-orbit industrial clan.

The financial backer behind the transformation of the God of War.

Clan members are all special types of machines, born from a unified large server. Each generation has its own production goals, possessing industrialized efficiency and execution rate. Basically, once you've been targeted, you're guaranteed to be caught.

"Although the threshold for joining a mechanical family is very high, if you work hard, you might be able to enter their 'Mechanical Shrine' in a hundred or two hundred years."

Originally, Black Rose just wanted to come up and see who might be targeting her little lover.

She had to nip the danger in the bud.

But now, this good news has made her very happy.

Many people know that she was a master assassin who amassed a fortune through assassinations.

But what many people don't know is that this is exactly the effect she wanted to achieve.

What makes her truly terrifying is the power of the "Metabolism Queen" and the authority of the three "Corporate Wills." The combination of these two gives her a "possession" ability that is even more terrifying than the most infectious electronic virus.

As long as any type of android component is implanted, and the other party has "biological components" in their body, she can have an infinite chemical reaction, continuously proliferating "chemical personalities" until she completely controls the other party.

On this planet, there are Electronic Barrier and corporate firewalls designed to combat electronic viruses.

However, there are no preventative measures against this type of "chemical personality".

And this is the true source of the Rose Queen's power as she has dominated the world for the past two years.

"However, what does 'Soon, we won't have to go through all this trouble' mean? Is someone trying to get me?"

Sumer's eyes narrowed slightly.

Perhaps, while investigating his mistress, he can also incidentally investigate his own affairs.

Yong Sheng Group, Xie Family, Cloud Aristocracy...

"You seem very happy?" The senior engineer looked at Black Rose in surprise, then suddenly realized, and said to himself with some pride, "After all these years, the skills of the number one male technician at Paradise Club have indeed not declined."

The haughty Black Rose glanced at the other person but said nothing.

"Hey, Rose, you're not planning to renege on your debt, are you? I made hundreds of millions from you, and I've also made up for hundreds of millions in debt," the senior engineer quickly said.

Black Rose stopped abruptly, looked up at the military base not far away, and a hint of surprise flashed in her eyes.

"It seems we've been discovered."

"Hmm?" The senior engineer looked up and muttered to himself, "It seems that's really the case."

On the highest level of the military base, a girl dressed in black, holding a teddy bear, frowned as she looked at the two people in the distance, a hint of seriousness flashing in her eyes.

She clearly recognized them.

But how did they get here?