Let the War Begin!

"I refuse."

Alvin's response was simple: he rejected the unfair terms proposed by the CEC executive in extremely concise and straightforward language.

Will's smile vanished, replaced by a sinister glint in his already sunken eyes, like that of a predatory beast ready to devour its prey. His voice suddenly turned icy, like a biting winter wind that chilled him to the bone. "Sir,"

Life and opportunity only come once; I advise you to think it through carefully.

"Excuse me." Facing Will's unfriendly gaze, Alvin smiled. "My favorite thing to do is say 'No!' to arrogant people."

"Believe me, you'll regret it."

Anger was clearly visible in Will's eyes. His self-righteous pride had been trampled on by this man. "I don't know how you infiltrated the Ishimura, but don't think that just because you've seized a Planet Cracker Ship, you can make CEC bow down!"

"Mr. Will, how about we try a different approach?"

Alvin offered another suggestion. "You hand over the rest of the 'Divine Seals' to me for safekeeping, and while you're at it, hand over the company to me. I might even consider letting you suffer less and die a quicker death. How about that?"

His suggestion was less of a "suggestion" and more of a direct slap in the face—it was much more direct!

If you hand over the company to him and give up the divine seal, will you die a quicker death?!

Upon hearing this, Will nearly flew into a rage. He glared at the arrogant Alvin and gritted his teeth, saying, "How dare you! I don't know which faction is behind you, but threatening CEC like this, even if you have the Earth United Government backing you, it won't matter!"

"What's the rush, Mr. Will?"

Alvin said leisurely, "I know that you have been researching the Divine Seal all along, and even discovered a fragment of it on Earth a long time ago. You were even controlled by the cult, wanting to use the power of the Divine Seal to achieve the final evolution of humanity. Am I right?"

In "Death Space," the biggest mastermind behind the scenes is not the "Divine Seal," but the so-called "Interstellar Harmony Mining Company," or more accurately, the high-ranking members of the "cult" hidden within CEC Company.

The place where the Divine Seal was first discovered was not this desolate planet, but rather... Earth!

The cult discovered the special uses of the divine seal, and thus infiltrated human society, eventually establishing the CEC Corporation. They searched the universe for the "divine seal" left behind by an alien civilization, attempting to enable humanity to achieve a higher-dimensional evolution, namely the "Blood Moon"!

They believe that only the divine seal can enable all of humanity to transcend dimensional barriers and merge into a single entity, namely the "Blood Moon," thereby achieving evolution!

It's a very cliché concept, but there's no guarantee that it's because the sect has been bewitched by the "divine seal."

Judging from the plot of the subsequent games, it's clear that a few high-ranking members of the CEC were secretly researching the "Divine Seal" mind control shielding device, which suggests that the cult was not entirely united on the issue of final evolution.

Sure enough, after hearing his words, Will's expression changed drastically, from shock to horror, and finally to rage. "Who are you? Where did you hear all this from?!"

Project Blood Moon is a top secret of the CEC—no, the Cult—known even to a select few at the highest levels. How did Alvin find out?

At this moment, Will's mind began to conjure up images of the forces behind Alvin.

He thought that only the Earth United Government could have created such powerful Space Marine, secretly infiltrated the CEC Ishimura without being detected, and even learned the cult's greatest secrets!

"You're with the United Government?!"

Will was both shocked and furious. On the one hand, he was shocked by the intelligence work of the United Government, and on the other hand, he was furious that their plan had been leaked, which would inevitably lead to an early break with the United Government and a major war!

"I'm not."

Alvin said very sincerely.

Judging from Will's expression, he clearly didn't believe Alvin's words; he had already implicitly accepted that Alvin was a member of the United Government!

In those few seconds of silence, a Stormfront had swept through Will's mind!

In the end, his eyes turned fierce, and his murderous intent was obvious.

They've been pushed to the brink. Their top secret has been leaked, and the other party is suspected to be someone sent by the Earth United Government. They've even discovered the secret of the Divine Seal!

Although it's still uncertain whether Alvin leaked this information to the United Government, they cannot allow Alvin, or even the Ishimura, to exist!

The evidence must be destroyed!

As long as the evidence can be completely destroyed, even if the Earth United Government suspects them, they cannot declare war on a giant corporation like CEC, which controls most of the resources, without any basis!

Thinking this, Will's eyes turned cold. "I think we have nothing more to say."

Sizzle!

The communication was disconnected.

Alvin couldn't help but chuckle softly, "Not easy, you finally fell for it."

Is CEC Harmony Mining Corporation stupid?

Absolutely not. They want to be smart, but that's precisely why they fall into the trap of thinking only "smart people" are smart.

Through the surveillance of the Ishimura, the CEC's top brass believed they had all of Alvin's cards up their sleeve, unaware that they had fallen into a trap Alvin had prepared specifically for them from the very beginning.

"What have you been doing?" Winnie asked curiously. In her view, Alvin had been sitting there ever since he boarded the ship, seemingly doing nothing, yet also seemingly doing everything.

"Fishing, huh?"

Alvin smiled and said, "If I don't do it, how will they take the bait?"

In fact, after he entered the Ishimura, he immediately had the "Servitor Skull" take over the entire control system of the Ishimura. How could he not have discovered CEC, which had been hiding in the shadows and monitoring them all along?

In other words...

Everything CEC saw was what Alvin wanted them to see.

The superhuman Space Marine, their advanced technology, and their divine seals were all bait he deliberately laid out.

Now, CEC has taken the bait.

People will only believe what they want to believe, even if the so-called "truth" is just a beautifully packaged lie.

From the CEC's perspective, someone secretly infiltrated the Ishimura Planet Cracker Ship, thinking that with a few super soldiers and the acquisition of a divine seal, they could make the CEC bow down to them?

That's utterly delusional!

As a massive interstellar corporation, a behemoth that even the Earth United Government has to defer to, Alvin's meager power is no different from that of an ant in their eyes!

We live in the interstellar age!

In this age of warships, do they really think they can compete with CEC Corporation with just a few super-powerful warships?

Joke!

The arrogant CEC Corporation never considered Alvin and his super soldiers a threat, and their suggestions were merely a matter of "cost".

CEC, a massive interstellar corporation, possesses its own private armed forces, including giant warships and special operations teams—a military force completely under their command!

This is the real reason why the Earth United Government doesn't dare to turn against the CEC: they actually have guns!

If it were a matter of cost or divine seal, the CEC would have already sent warships and had the special operations team wipe these people out. There wouldn't be any need for negotiations.

But now, negotiations have broken down.

This means that CEC has completely turned against them; they will stop at nothing to reclaim the Seal on Aegis VII and eliminate these people!

Having come this far, how could he possibly let go of such a lucrative opportunity as CEC?