"What do you think the company will do, husband?"
"An armed invasion, plain and simple. A Stellaron altered by the power of Abundance has been discovered on Jarilo-VI. Research alone would be enough to make them pull the trigger."
Zhang Xiu took a huge gulp of his iced drink, then let out a satisfied breath.
"Come to think of it, I caused this. I've got to see it through." He swirled his straw and looked toward the distant Eternal Winter Plaque.
Yaoshi delicately tasted her drink, then copied Zhang Xiu and began swirling her straw. "How do you intend to proceed, husband?"
"Me? I'm not much of a strategist. Whenever I run into a problem, all I can think about is steamrolling straight over it~"
Zhang Xiu poked fun at himself. "Now that I think about it, I really am pretty willful."
"You are indeed as willful as a mischievous child, husband." Yaoshi nodded with a soft laugh, yet her eyes were full of doting affection.
"Well, I've got the strength to afford it, don't I? Hehe, but this time, I'll need your help, my wife~"
"Act as you wish. I shall lay the foundation for everything."
There was actually another option: destroy the Stellaron, just as in the original storyline. That would be the safest approach. After all, Topaz was no villain, and with Himeko's guarantee, they could naturally help Belobog weather this crisis.
But at what cost? Belobog would be at someone else's mercy, its people repaying the debt for generations. That would be an enormous burden.
This was reality, not a universe bound by a game's 12+ age rating.
Zhang Xiu could only imagine the worst possible outcome, then make his plans accordingly.
But he wasn't clever enough. All he knew was that fists laid the foundation