Chapter 1281 (1/2)
Chapter 1281: 413. Like an Enemy, Like a Friend_2
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In a sense, the Players were like hounds with keen senses of smell, aiding the United Bureau in searching for treasures in the starry sky.
Noland Lee’s exceptional Task involving black hole manipulation naturally made him a collaborator with the United Bureau.
Upon receiving Captain Leighton’s brief letter, Noland Lee, after much consideration, decided to meet with the other party.
He had a Player convey a message, asking Captain Leighton to prepare a Conference Room aboard the Domic unmanned battleship, where he would send his avatar to keep the appointment.
Half an hour later, a new letter arrived in Noland Lee’s hands.
After reading it, he summoned his energy body Magic Avatar, controlled it to leave the Black Hole, and flew towards the Battleship where Leighton was.
The Magic Avatar’s appearance was like a rubber man filled with pinpoints of stars.
Its free flight in Space caused a stir among the group of Players, and many took the opportunity to use their recording functions to capture video.
Noland Lee didn’t have time to play with the Players just now.
He went directly to the vicinity of the Battleship and, after the other party shut down the Ship Shield, passed through the opened Cabin Door and stepped inside.
Inside the Conference Room, Captain Leighton and two others had been waiting for some time.
They were slightly shocked by the appearance of the energy body before them but didn’t question further, instead treating it as a normal human and inviting it to take a seat.
Negotiation expert Doris cut to the chase and raised a question.
What price would the United Bureau have to pay to study Noland Lee’s Black Hole?
Noland Lee didn’t immediately answer the question.
Before giving a formal response, he had some things he wanted to clarify.
“Aren’t you curious about my origins?” Noland Lee asked in a voice simulated by magic to sound like a human male:
“Why do you trust an extraordinary being that suddenly appeared in the Lisom Star System so much? Is it because I get along well with the Undying?”
The three members of Leighton’s team exchanged looks before Doris responded.
She raised her hand and tapped a few times on the holographic screen, bringing up several documents.
Noland Lee glanced at the headings and content of the documents and immediately understood.
Both the Metal Creation Group and the United Bureau had been studying the Black Hole civilization of the Cane Tip Seat for a long time.
The difference between them lay in their research approaches.
The Metal Creation Group would dispatch Fleets to try and enter the Black Holes of the Cane Tip Seat to explore what lay within.
The United Bureau was more inclined towards archaeology, which meant gathering Interstellar Mercenaries to unearth ancient artifacts left behind by the Supreme God Clan.
Considering the ancient artifacts that had been deciphered so far, it was the Supreme God Clan that owned the Black Holes of the Cane Tip Seat, and they were also the beings who guarded Mankind’s civilization.
Since they were the guardians of human civilization, Noland Lee, who was recognized by the Undying as a member of the Supreme God Clan and was also found within a Black Hole, naturally gained the United Bureau’s trust.
Though there were some misunderstandings, Noland Lee felt they were of no significant consequence; on the contrary, they facilitated his cooperative relationship with the United Bureau.
After reflecting on this, Noland Lee didn’t immediately point out where the United Bureau’s misunderstandings lay, but instead asked:
“What is the relationship between the United Bureau and the Metal Creation Group?”
Doris said:
“In the field of security affairs, the United Bureau and the Metal Creation Group stand on the same front, jointly combating groups that disrupt interstellar order, such as the Angel Enterprises Alliance, rogue unmanned drone swarms, Cosmic Monsters, and others.
“In the manufacturing field, most of the United Bureau’s Space Stations and Ships are bought from the Metal Creation Group. Moreover, the Clone Pilot technology controlled by the United Bureau also requires technical support from the Metal Creation Group.
“What aspect of the relationship are you concerned with?”
Noland Lee fell silent.
He had already anticipated that the Metal Creation Group was widely involved in Outer Space services, but still felt he had underestimated their influence.
He could imagine that when he asked Players to deal with the Metal Creation Group in the future, he would undoubtedly encounter significant resistance from the United Bureau and might even find himself turning allies into enemies.
In other words, by helping the United Bureau to study Black Holes now, Noland Lee was helping his enemy—the Metal Creation Group.
From this perspective, Noland Lee could not form a cooperative relationship with the United Bureau.
However, things were not absolute.