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"...Thank you for your advice, Mr. Screw. I hope we can meet again someday."

ScrewGum left, and the company executives shouted over the radio: "Hurry up! Arrest anyone who dares to resist! No one is allowed to delay the detonation!"

[Xi'er: Arrest him? Isn't this their own employee? The company is really not a good thing.]

[Potiou: My god, you are absolutely right. ]

[March 7: Wait, I suddenly remembered - they are from the company, which means... Chadwick might have been forced into Pinocchio by the company? ]

【Xing: It seems... like this? 】

【March 7: That gold dust...】

[Black Tower: Humph, have you forgotten me? ]

[Topa: Ms. Heita's puppet has been following the company's fleet outside the Asdena system. She will also be with Dr. Chadwick throughout the meeting with his memory bubble. Please rest assured.]

After countless failures and setbacks, we finally arrived at this important day... However, this day also became the moment when my nightmare began.

Xing walked through the corridor and stood at the door of a control room that looked very high-tech. Chadwick anxiously dissuaded Dudley.

Chadwick was seen struggling to rush into the control room, but was stopped by two company guards.

Chadwick was extremely anxious and kept persuading Dudley not to do this, but Dudley just lowered his head with a firm and cold look in his eyes:

"...I'm sorry, Cha. You are a genius in your field, but you know nothing about the power structure. You are too naive...that's why you can't see the big picture, and you don't even know what era you live in."

Chadwick tried to break free, but the guards did not take any aggressive action, only using their size advantage to forcibly prevent him from rushing into the room.

"You guys, let me go!" Chadwick roared angrily. "Get out of the way!"

Dudley looked at Chadwick, with a hint of helplessness and sadness in his eyes. "You should have understood long ago that you and I are just pawns in this game. Once the pawns fall on the board, we have no choice but to do what we want."

"Is it hard to understand that weapons are made to attack the enemy? The vanguards of more than ten legions are preparing to attack the United Trade Route. Their presence may directly threaten Pierpoint."

"The enemy is within sight - now is the best time to test the power of the "Imaginary Collapse Pulse"!"

Chadwick covered his head in pain and said emotionally: "One hundred ways... no, you have a thousand ways to stop them, with less cost and less innocent people involved."

"I finally understand... everything that happened here in the past twenty years was just an experiment. Everything we built with our own hands... never belonged to us." Chadwick's voice was filled with despair and anger.

Dudley responded calmly: "Don't fool yourself, Cha Yiyi, you knew from the beginning what kind of muddy water you were wading into. You just chose to turn a blind eye."

After saying that, he turned his gaze to Xing who was standing beside him: "Come here, Explosives Expert. It's time to show the Legion how powerful we are."

"Me?" Hearing this, Xing pointed at himself with a confused look on his face, as if he couldn't believe that he was being called.

But Dudley just nodded, and Xing followed him into the control room. Once inside the control room, Chadwick's voice floated in the room.

[My creation is also my end.]

The machine's voice echoed throughout the room: "...The trajectory calculation has been completed. The error range of the hit: ±0.08%."

"The detonator is being charged and prepared... 60%... 70%... 85%... completed."

"Check the status of the collision detonator... 30%... 50%... 75%... completed."

"Autopilot AI has been deployed. Contact detonation AI has been deployed."

"Preparation for the launch of "Imaginary Collapse Pulse": Completed. Ready to detonate at any time."

After hearing these reports, Dudley calmly confirmed: "How many non-hostile targets are within the explosion range?" His tone was firm and serious, and there was a hint of determination in his eyes.

"Calculating..."

After a brief silence, the machine began to sound again.

"It is estimated that there are 24 satellite-level and above celestial bodies within the detonation range. Among them, there are 3 secondary planets with D-level or above civilizations."

This news made everyone present feel heavy. They knew that this action could have a huge impact, but in the face of the impending threat, they had to make a choice.

Dudley just said expressionlessly: "Well...the collateral damage is within an acceptable range. The detonation plan remains as usual."

He looked at Xing, his tone firm and cold: "The time has come, expert. Press the detonation button."

[Ahaha: Ahahahahahaha, "Interstellar Peace Corporation" is really so much fun. ]

[Himeko: This is truly... a terrifying weapon... Three D-class civilizations were reduced to an "acceptable range" with just one sentence.]

[March 7: Although I don’t know what D-class civilization represents... but it was just a case of collateral damage, countless people died in a test explosion...]

[Xing: Damn it, I can’t take it anymore, I’m going to explode with the company! ]

[Fu Xuan: Screw Gumu calls it Pandora's Box]

【Ahaha: What a pity, in the eyes of the company, this is called high efficiency. Tsk tsk, I wonder what the idiot would think when he saw this... Oh yeah, he doesn't have such a complicated human nature, hahahahaha.】

[Ahaha: The company of "Peace" and "Protection", hahahaha, so interesting]

However, Xing did not take action, which made Dudley's words begin to become a little angry:

"...What does that mean? I said - push the detonation button!"

Xing was silent, wondering if this memory was a little too real, and could even interact with himself.

Dudley frowned, as if thinking of something. He asked softly, "Ah... I see. You are afraid of being criticized, right?" He sneered and continued, "Don't worry. It was not you or me who pressed the button; our names will not be mentioned in the history books of future generations."

"Now, press it," Dudley urged again.

However, Xing still did not press the detonation button.

Dudley's eyes gradually turned cold, and he said in a low voice: "...You sympathize with Dr. Chadwick, right?" There was a hint of disappointment and anger in his voice.

Xing was silent and did not respond. Her eyes were fixed on the screen, as if she was thinking about something.

Dudley continued, "It's a pity. I didn't mean to burst your idol's spirit...but Calderon Chadwick doesn't deserve your sympathy. He had foreseen a similar outcome, but chose to forget the consequences and devote himself to research at all costs."

His voice was full of sarcasm and disdain: "His selfishness is to put his own talents before everything else - other people's business? He doesn't care at all."

"Now...press him down." Dudley said with an imperative tone.

Xing still didn't move.

"...I don't want to waste any more breath. You just wasted your last chance." Dudley's voice was full of determination.

As the voice ended, a crisp gunshot broke the silence. Then, there was a dull sound of someone falling to the ground, and the scene turned dark again.