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Chapter 69 Cooperation Agreement
After some intense bargaining, Chen Xi finally reached an agreement with Tonya.

"...Sir Chen Xi, you are the most formidable opponent I have ever met, but I have to say that cooperating with you may be the most correct decision I have ever made. I believe that you will be able to bring rich rewards to me and the Mariupol Forge World." Tonya felt that she had never felt so tired in negotiating with mortals, but the gains made her feel satisfied.

Although Chen Xi agreed to the cooperation between the two parties, he was arguing with Dong Niya almost word by word about the details of the cooperation and the distribution of benefits.

What the two parties finally reached was a cooperation agreement written in triplicate in standard High Gothic and binary language, with rigorous logic and strict details, to the point where every word was unambiguous.

Such a rigorous work attitude, let alone the nobles or other bureaucrats of the Empire, even within the Mechanicus, there are not many people who can achieve such a meticulous level.

This made Dong Niya very curious about how Chen Xi did it.

However, although she was curious, Tonya did not intend to delve further into the matter.

After all, the Governor in front of him also has another identity as an Inquisitor. If he finds out something he shouldn't know... There is a branch called the Mechanicus within the Inquisition. Guess what they do.

So for Tonya, as long as she can achieve cooperation, she doesn't care that much.

Chen Xi was also satisfied with this cooperation. Facing Dong Niya's expectations for the future of cooperation, he smiled and said, "Although there have been twists and turns, I believe that the prospects for our cooperation will definitely be bright!
Under the Emperor's watchful eye, the Rostov sub-sector will surely become the most prosperous of the sectors, and the Mariupol forge world will become the Imperium's premier forge world thanks to this collaboration."

"Thanks for your good wishes, I hope so." Tonya nodded, then glanced at Olivia: "Regarding her identity as a technological heretic, I will find a way to operate later, but please don't hold your hopes too high. Unless we can contact her teacher, the Great Sage Kaul, it will be difficult to clear her of this crime.

Of course, this will not affect the cooperation we have agreed upon. As for her technical team and the Skitarii, I will send someone over later.

But please note, although I don't mind returning them to Olivia, these people are still my subordinates on the surface, and are only on loan to her for use. So please be a little more restrained in some matters, at least don't be too ostentatious and make things difficult for me."

"Please rest assured, Sage Donia, you can trust me on this matter." Chen Xi had no objection to this. After all, it was a blessing to be able to get a group of oil men and crusaders for free, so some restrictions didn't matter.

However, Dong Niya shook her head and said, "I am definitely confident in you, Your Excellency Chen Xi, but for certain people..."

When Tonya said this, she turned her gaze to Olivia standing beside her and shook her head with a rather suspicious look.

Facing Tonya's eyes, Olivia's defense was somewhat broken. She shouted in dissatisfaction: "Why, do I look like I'm going to mess things up?"

"You and I grew up wearing the same skirt, Olivia." Tonya looked at Olivia with a look that said 'you know it yourself', and helplessly enumerated: "How many things have you messed up since you were a child? How many troubles has your aggressive personality caused you? Do you need me to count for you? When you were eight years old..."

"That's enough, stop talking!" Olivia blocked Tonya's mouth and said angrily, "I promised you I wouldn't cause any trouble, okay? Really, you've always liked to control me since I was little!"

After saying that, Olivia turned and left.

Seeing Olivia like this, Chen Xi felt a bit embarrassed. After all, she was a mechanical sage, so why was she acting like a little girl? Logically, she shouldn't be so angry, right?

Chen Xi was puzzled, but Dong Niya beside him sighed and explained, "Your Excellency the Governor, don't be surprised. Olivia has undergone a transformation on herself, and I'm sorry I can't reveal the details to you.

But that transformation allowed her to pass the sage assessment, but it also caused great changes in her body.

Not only was her mind frozen at the age of twenty, but her body also became what it is now, making it impossible for her to control her emotions.

At the same time, it was precisely because of this transformation that she was labeled a technological heretic. Although this was due to the factional struggles of the Mariupol Forge World, and she was just a victim, it was true that she was a technological heretic. "

After hearing this, Chen Xi immediately understood why a sage of the Mechanicus looked so different from everyone else.

Originally, Chen Xi thought that Olivia was influenced by Dora Kaur. After all, with the ability of the great sage Kaur, it would be no problem for him to make a mechanical sage look like a human.

But now it seems that things are not the case.

He thought for a moment and then asked, "Is it some kind of ancient technological artifact from the Dark Ages?"

"Uh, I can't tell you the answer." Tonya spread her hands helplessly.

Chen Xi immediately understood and stopped asking questions.

After seeing off Tonya, Chen Xi returned to the office, and Mai Mai and Rachel, who had come down from the secret passage, were already waiting for him in the office.

"You don't seem surprised that there is a secret room?" Mai Mai asked curiously when she saw that Chen Xi didn't seem surprised that she came out of the secret passage.

"This is the Governor's Office. Do you think that as the planet's Governor, I wouldn't know what legacy my predecessors left behind?" Chen Xi smiled and spread his hands, then looked at Rachel, signaling that she could go out first.

Rachel handed a document to Chen Xi, briefly explained the situation, and then left the office.

After Rachel left, Chen Xi gestured for Mai Mai to sit at the desk. He then opened a soundproof barrier and spoke, "I've been trying to figure out the little secrets of this office since the first day. Although Rachel knows some of them, it's obvious that the former Governor-General couldn't have told her all of them."

"I'm not interested in the Governor's little secrets. They're not the First Legion's little secrets." Mai Mai looked at Chen Xi and asked him, "Since you've already reached an agreement with this new sage, should I still go with Gria and Griffin No. 4?"

"You might need to go to Gria again. Tonya mentioned that the Mariupol Forge World doesn't have the technology to build an orbital ring." Chen Xi had already considered the matter thoroughly. "The matter of hiring the oil man from Griffin IV remains the same. Tonya is only cooperating with us in her personal capacity. Having the oil man from another Forge World here is actually a deterrent."

(End of this chapter)