After that, the Archmagos began helping Li Qinwu carry out his extortion scheme.
Since Li Qinwu had not installed an Emperor Shrine on the Industrial World, he could not resurrect there, nor could he take the Iron Skull Archmagos straight there for a confrontation.
To make things more efficient, the Iron Skull Archmagos built a special Cogitator Array and had Li Qinwu use a star marker to launch it directly from Agricultural Planet 496b toward the Industrial World!
The Iron Skull Archmagos implanted a partial backup of his consciousness into this Cogitator Array.
Once this consciousness backup reached its intended recipient, it could converse with them according to his wishes, explaining his demands and what they needed to do.
In plain terms, it was a sophisticated extortion letter.
If the Industrial World still gave no response three or four months after Li Qinwu's warship set off for Terra, that would prove the new Archmagos had no intention of cooperating. They would then go to Mars to lodge an official complaint and bring him down!
Once the extortion arrangements were in place, another month or so passed. Finally, the envoy from Terra arrived!
A cruiser came through from the other side of the Stargate. Aboard it was an envoy from Terra, sent to investigate the Chaos corruption incident on Purple Diamond Star and assess whether the Stargate could be opened or should remain closed.
The envoy from Terra spent three full days learning about the situation from the Stargate Fleet, then spent several more investigating Purple Diamond Star, which had already been reduced to ruins.
Only after half a month did he finally begin questioning Li Qinwu.
Li Qinwu received a request for a meeting, instructing him to take a Shuttle to the Stargate Fleet's space station fortress, where the two