Ironclad: How can hand-crafted knight belts not be considered genius?

[Sambo]: This isn't right, am I deaf or blind?

You, a boss who has registered a company through the proper channels at Interstellar Peace Corporation, need to buy a "blacklisted" planet through my "foolish" connections?

What are you after? With your skills, it shouldn't be difficult to get a company's strategic investment department to invest in a planet for you, right?

[Jiangning]: It's not difficult at all. I can even easily scam a considerable amount of start-up capital from them.

[Sambo]: That settles it then? You went through all that trouble to come to me...

[Jiangning]: But I refused.

【Sambo】:?

[Jiangning]: A planet authorized by Interstellar Peace Company, but there are too many rules and regulations.

It must be registered, included in the star map, subject to global laws and regulations, and subject to observation and reporting by various forces.

If I were to tamper with it even slightly, modifying the "Zea" base station or setting up a life-saving experimental platform, the Peace Corporation and the Interstellar Council could find out everything the very next day.

[Sambo]: Oh—! I understand!

So, Mr. Jiang, you don't actually want to settle on a proper planet!

You're looking for a secluded spot where nobody can find you, where no one is watching you, right?

Jiang Ning stopped typing and simply replied with a thumbs-up emoji.

There was a moment of silence on Sangbo's end, followed by a message.

[Sambo]: I can take this job, but things that skirt the edge of the company's legal boundaries... well, Boss Jiang, what kind of compensation can you offer?

On the other end of the phone, Jiang Ning couldn't help but chuckle.

The title "Boss Jiang" was finally used, allowing me, who had always worked for others in my previous life, to experience the joy of being a boss.

This also reflects that Sambo truly considers itself a customer.

[Jiangning]: You're a lay Buddhist who asks for more money... I get what you mean~

I have some information that will definitely interest you.

In a dark corner of Belleburg, Sambo stared intently at the screen, his brow furrowed.

[Sambo]: One piece of intelligence for one planet? This deal isn't exactly fair, is it, Boss Jiang?

[Jiangning]: Look at you, you're in such a hurry again.

Since I can use intelligence as a bargaining chip, it can't possibly be something trivial.

What is the most important thing to you "masked fools"...?

It's fun, right?

This joke of mine will definitely satisfy you.

After the message was sent, Sambo fell silent again, seemingly struggling with whether or not to agree.

Seeing this, Jiang Ning smiled and decided to add the final fuel to the fire.

[Jiangning]: Here's one more bonus condition for you...

........................

How about it? Of course, if I fail to deliver, or if the compensation I pay is insufficient to satisfy you, you can report me to Interstellar Peace Corporation at any time and have my company shut down.

Jiang Ning's fingers tapped rapidly on the screen, and strings of text were entered into the dialog box.

Sangbo carefully read the text, frowned and pondered for a moment, then gritted his teeth and opened the input field.

[Sanbo]: Sold!

This deal is risky. I, Lao Sangbo, generally don't do business at a loss, but Boss Jiang, you are my friend.

Let's consider this a mutual help between friends. I, Lao Sangbo, will definitely help you. I also ask Boss Jiang to keep your promise.

I'm sure Mr. Jiang, with his character, won't let me down, right?

[Jiangning]: Then I'll wait for good news.

The conversation between the two ended with Sambo making a cheeky, smug emoji.

Jiang Ning took a deep breath, turned off her phone screen, and looked up at the ceiling.

"In this way... I finally have a stable place to call my own..."

I wonder if this old rascal can get things done for me...

If possible, Jiang Ning really didn't want "Feidian" to fall into the sphere of influence of any force.

He wanted to build his own power, a faction that was not afraid of any other force in the Star Sea and had its own independent status.

Let this tiny dream, which is currently as insignificant as the ocean, take root here for the time being.

Composing himself, Jiang Ning turned and walked towards his laboratory.

After all, Izzy was still waiting for him there, and even if she was an android, he couldn't keep the lady waiting for too long.

In just a short while, Jiang Ning arrived at the door of his laboratory.

I swiped my card to enter, and everything remained the same.

Xiao Er stood beside Iz, watching her work with a mixture of curiosity and admiration.

A silver-white, transparent key was formed by the laser welding gun and the computing power of "Zea".

The workbench door slowly opened, revealing the hot keys lying quietly on the metal pad.

Izzy reached out and picked it up, then slowly walked to Jiang Ning and handed him the key.

"President Jiang Ning, the key data source code for the 'Systems Engineering' type Humagear has been completed."

also…"

Izzy opened the iron box that was placed on the blank surface of the workbench, inside which lay several roughly identical transparent keys.

"These are the data keys for the remaining Humagears, such as 'Clerical,' 'Craftsmanship,' and 'Life Services.'"

Everything has been completed according to your requirements and design drafts.

Jiang Ning raised his hand and gently stroked the key; the freshly made key still carried a trace of warmth.

"Hmm, not bad! You've worked hard, Iz."

Perfect timing, now we can head back to Belleburg to proceed with the next phase of our plan…”

Jiang Ning waved his hand and put all the keys into the space in the glove.

"Boss, are you leaving again? (๐•̆ ·̭ •̆๐)"

Xiao Er extended its robotic arm and carefully tugged at the corner of Jiang Ning's lab coat.

Jiang Ning turned around and affectionately patted Xiao Er's rice cooker-like head.

"What? You can't bear to part with me?"

Xiao Er's expression on the screen immediately turned aggrieved as she stared intently at Jiang Ning.

"Yeah, now that the boss's gone, I'm all alone in the lab..."

Before, Miss Laila would come and chat with me every now and then... Now that she's left the space station, I'm so bored. ˃̣̣̥᷄⌓˂̣̣̥᷅ 」

Jiang Ning's expression froze.

"Huh? Laila's gone? Why?"

"Miss Leila said she was going to study elsewhere and had resigned from her job at the Black Tower space station."

Oh right, she left a letter for me to give to you, boss... Let me look for it...ヾ(´ _ ` )」

After a while, Xiao Er pulled out a slightly crumpled piece of paper from the machine's compartment and handed it to Jiang Ning.

Jiang Ning reached out and took it, quickly glancing through it.

A moment later, Jiang Ning took a deep breath, folded the letter, and waved his hand to put it into the glove space.

"What a troublesome woman..."

"Fine, there's nothing wrong with pursuing my dreams."

Then, Jiang Ning squatted down and looked into Xiao Er's eyes on the screen.

"In that case, I'll come back in a while and take you with me."

Coincidentally, I'm planning to establish my company's prototype on a planet, and I need manpower.

Upon hearing this, Xiao Er's expression on the screen clearly became joyful.

"So delicious! Long live the boss!"

⁽⁽٩( ´͈ ᗨ `͈ )۶⁾⁾」

Jiang Ning chuckled softly and patted Xiao Er's head gently again.

"Then Iz and I will go take care of some business first, and we'll be back in a while."

After saying goodbye to Xiao Er, Jiang Ning took Iz and boarded the returning Berloberg spaceship again.

Stepping back onto the spaceship deck, Jiang Ning simply lay down in the cabin and started watching short videos on the StarNet.

The return spaceship was sponsored by Estella, which was much more reliable than the one I made by hand.

After all, materials were limited at the time, so the performance of the spaceships produced was really limited.

Just as Jiang Ning was feeling bored and sleepy, a message pop-up suddenly appeared.

— [Danheng] sent you a message.

Jiang Ning raised an eyebrow and curiously clicked to check.

[Danheng]: Jiangning, where are you?

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