Zeus's grace is higher than the sky

Countless lightning snakes surged out from the energy core and covered the entire body of the damaged [Sky Thunder Arceus].

As the energy core slowly floated out to the front of the machine, the [Sky Thunder Arceus] stretched out its arms and grabbed the energy core.

"Sky, tear it apart!"

"Stars, shatter!"

"Everything in heaven is mine!"

"All who rule the stars belong to me!"

"I am the thunder that tears the stars apart!"

The lightning snake flowed into the energy core again along the arm of the machine.

At the same time, the charging of Schneider's fleet was completed again. Schneider pressed the start button hard, and the four main guns, which were comparable to the full-strength attack of the envoy, fired again.

Chapter 53 Victory

Countless lightning bolts shot out from the energy core and collided with the [Star Ripper] fired from the four main guns.

The golden spear of light containing the power of preservation and the blue-purple lightning containing the power of reproduction and masculinity competed with each other.

The next second, the [Star Ripper] was shattered by the lightning of [Thunderbolt Arceus] and melted into the endless universe.

Endless thunder ravaged Schneider's entire fleet. In just a moment, all the warships except the flagship and the three main battleships were destroyed by the boundless thunder.

Even though the flagship and the three main battleships were protected by divine power and not completely destroyed, they were not far from being officially scrapped. The main guns of the attack system were all torn apart, the power system was paralyzed, and all the energy was used to defend against the final attack from the [Sky Thunder Arceus]. It can be said that Schneider was no longer able to fight at this time.

Looking at the sudden change in the battlefield situation, Schneider could hardly believe his eyes.

"How is this possible! How is this possible! A mere 'bug', a mere 'nameless guest', actually possesses such powerful strength!"

Schneider forced himself to calm down. He picked up the knife he carried with him and stabbed it into his thigh. The intense pain freed him from his fear.

"No, I still have a chance! His [Thunderbolt Arceus] is almost broken. Now it depends on who can hold on to the end. I will definitely hold on to the end, and victory will definitely belong to me! Please bless me, Amber King, and bless your devout believers."

Just as Schneider was trying to convince himself that he had not lost yet, four bolts of lightning flew out from the Yalilo-VI Beloberg Olympus Temple, piercing through the flagship Schneider was on and the other three main battleships like a knife cutting tofu.

The three main battleships were broken into two after being pierced by thunder, lost control and were eventually scrapped in a series of explosions inside the battleships.

The flagship, which is of better quality than the battleship, can still barely operate.

Schneider, who had just been forcing himself to regain his confidence, was suddenly frightened.

"No, if I don't run away now, I won't be able to! As long as there's green mountains, there's no fear of running out of firewood. Even if the company holds me accountable in the future, the worst that can happen is I can just change jobs and find another one. It wouldn't be the first time I've done this anyway."

Schneider opened the secret cover under the throne and quickly entered the set password. A light curtain rose around the throne, blocking everyone else out.

Seeing the rising light curtain and the secret cover under Schneider's throne, everyone present understood what Schneider wanted to do. Several people even lay in front of the light curtain and begged Schneider to take them with him.

"Lord Schneider, please take me with you. I have followed you for decades and am truly loyal to you. Please take me with you and escape."

The floor beneath the throne slowly opened, and Schneider sat on his throne, ignoring his pleading subordinates, and followed the elevator to the lifeboat he had prepared when designing this flagship.

This airship and this throne are both made of very rare materials and are very valuable. Although they are just a drop in the bucket compared to the wealth of Schneider's entire fleet, Schneider is confident that after overcoming this crisis, he will be able to make a comeback with this start-up capital.

"Just wait, damn Zeus, I will chop off your head with my own hands someday!"

Schneider then drove the lifeboat away from the flagship before Zeus's next attack.

Watching Schneider flying away from the flagship in the lifeboat, everyone on the flagship cursed Schneider for being so heartless and not caring about the lives of his subordinates who were fighting for them.

Zeus naturally also discovered Schneider who was driving the lifeboat away, but he did not intend to let Schneider die here. Schneider's life would be left to "Diamond". Then he just symbolically threw a thunder and hit Schneider's escape boat.

The thunder was offset by the lifeboat's own protective barrier.

"Hahaha, are you stupid? Uncle Schneider, the defense of my lifeboat can withstand the full force of the Destroyer. You have no chance of catching me!"

The lifeboat, struck by Zeus's thunder, opened a wormhole and arrived at a secret star field far away from the battlefield.

......

"It seems we still need to take the stage!"

As soon as Diamond finished speaking, the [Ten Stonehearts] stood up, took out their cornerstones, and handed them to Diamond.

"Diamond" had long anticipated that Schneider would abandon his men and flee if he was defeated. After rigorous analysis, he finally locked onto the current star field, which was the most likely place for Schneider to escape.

After regaining the cornerstone, the strength of "Diamond" skyrocketed and reached the point he had calculated.

As a wormhole opened in front of the "diamond", Schneider's lifeboat flew out of it. In just a moment, a barrier made of amber crystals surrounded Schneider's lifeboat on all sides.

Looking at the slowly emerging figure, Schneider shouted in horror: "It's you, 'Diamond'!"

"It's me, Oswaldo Schneider, and I'm here to take you on your way."

"Please spare me, please, no, please spare me. I'm no longer qualified to compete with you for a position on the seven-member board of directors of P48. I will definitely repay you for not killing me in the future. If you kill me now and the news leaks out, even if you're the only one left, you won't be able to join the seven-member board. And those old guys will definitely support someone new to compete with you."

Looking at Schneider's miserable appearance of wagging his tail and begging for mercy, "Diamond" sighed. The once world-renowned alternate director of the Interstellar Peace Corporation, who was at the P47 level, now looked like this.

"Honestly, Oswaldo Schneider, what's more important to you? You or a seat on the seven-member board of directors?"

"I?"

Diamond shook his head.

"Think again."

"Could it be a seat on the seven-member board of directors?" Even Schneider himself couldn't imagine that his words would make "Diamond" let him go.

"Think again."

Schneider smiled with relief.

"I am still important."

Diamond smiled and shook his head.

"Neither you nor the seven-member board seat are important to me."

Schneider's face was filled with astonishment.

"Who's important then?"

"It's important to me that you're not."

Chapter 54 Chain Reaction

It is indeed as Schneider said, if the news that "'Diamond' killed Schneider personally" was spread, "Diamond" himself would be punished by the company headquarters or even dismissed, but it does not mean that Schneider could survive from "Diamond".

Just as "Diamond" himself said, the absence of "Oswaldo Schneider" is very important to him. The old guys in the seven-member board of directors will support newcomers to become the new "Oswaldo Schneider" to compete with "Diamond", and what "Diamond" has to do is to make the newcomers he supports dare not become the next "Oswaldo Schneider". This is the truly correct path for him to be promoted to P48 and become a member of the seven-member board of directors.

What if the seven board members in Pier Point could deduce from the time and place of Schneider's death that it was "Diamond" who did it?

According to his and Zeus's plan, Zeus will take all the "blames" on his own initiative, and the company will not let the scandal of "executives killing each other" be exposed. The newcomers who were newly promoted from P46 will also be afraid of his actions and dare not compete with him. By then, even if his rank is not promoted, he will be an uncrowned P48.

At the same time, Schneider's live video stopped at the moment when Zeus' four thunderbolts pierced Schneider's flagship and three main battleships.

At this moment, Oswaldo Schneider, a world-renowned figure, was officially defeated.

Within just one day after the live broadcast ended, the stock price of Interstellar Peace Company experienced an unprecedented plunge, and the wealth and savings of countless people were wiped out overnight.

What followed was condemnation from the Xianzhou Alliance.

"The Interstellar Peace Company once provided a large amount of loans to the City Builders on Yarilo-VI, who were also followers of Krippo, the God of Destiny. However, due to the influence of the star core, Yarilo-VI severed its communication with the outside world. The company withdrew from Yarilo-VI without completing the assistance policy originally agreed upon with Yarilo-VI..."

"After Yalilo-VI resumed communication with the outside world, they coveted the technology developed by Yalilo-VI, the Arceus of the Thunderbolt, and used the unfulfilled loan agreement from seven hundred years ago as an excuse to blackmail Yalilo-VI for related technology. After the blackmail failed, they used the excuse that Zeus, the new leader of Yalilo-VI, an ally of the Xianzhou Alliance, was using the power of reproduction and destiny as an excuse to brazenly attack Yalilo-VI. This is a wrong and evil act that violates the Interstellar Peace Company's own 'peace' principles. The Xianzhou Alliance hereby strongly condemns the Interstellar Peace Company and will suspend some trade with it."

Then there was a joint condemnation issued by four members of the Genius Club, led by Heita, Ruan Mei, Screw Gumu and Stephen.

"Oswaldo Schneider of Interstellar Peace Corporation privately requested members of the Genius Club to analyze the technology of the Arceus without the consent of Zeus, the original owner of the Arceus. This infringed upon the intellectual property rights of Zeus, the original owner of the technology... Hereby, Genius Club members Heita, Ruan Mei, Screw Gumu, and Stephen issue a joint statement condemning Interstellar Peace Corporation's infringement and terminating some of their cooperation with the company."

Other forces such as the family, the Masked Fool, and the Flowing Light Memory Court did not make any public statements.

Seeing that Interstellar Peace Company was mired in public opinion, with its stock price and reputation plummeting to the bottom, some of Interstellar Peace Company's subsidiaries began to feel uneasy.

Some media companies began to ignore the headquarters' requirements and intentionally or unintentionally reported in a manner more favorable to Zeus's remarks.

Some material logistics companies also secretly contacted Yalilo-VI and expressed their willingness to sell construction materials and provide logistics services at extremely low prices.

......

Although the Interstellar Peace Corporation has also made efforts to restore its reputation, such as "The unauthorized attack on Yarilo-VI was done by Osvaldo Schneider alone and has nothing to do with the Interstellar Peace Corporation", and "The attack on Yarilo-VI is not to covet the power of [Azeus the Thunder], but to settle accounts with the [City Builders] of Yarilo-VI who betrayed their faith."

But it was of no use at all. Some of the unethical things the company had done were even exposed along with this wave. These remarks were even seen as the company's attempt to shirk responsibility and unwilling to admit its mistakes, which dealt a second blow to the company's reputation.

For a moment, the entire universe was in turmoil because of Zeus and the deceased Schneider. The seven board members at Pier Point, the headquarters of the Interstellar Peace Company, were also entangled in a series of follow-up reactions to this incident. They had no intention of dealing with the investigation related to Schneider's death, let alone causing trouble for "Diamond".

Chapter 55: The Pierpoint Conference

Interstellar Peace Corporation headquarters, Pierpoint, seven-member board of directors.

"Everyone, tell me, what should we do?"

There were two seats at the end of the conference room table that were usually empty, but today a figure appeared.

The six existing board members and alternate board members, known as "Diamonds," on both sides of the conference table didn't dare to breathe.

"I didn't expect to alarm this lord!"

There was no doubt that the figure at the end of the conference table was one of the most powerful people in the universe, a lifetime director of the Interstellar Peace Company with a rank of P49. It was just unknown who he was.

"Sir, the public opinion management department is currently working hard to spread the water army, trying to..."

The director was interrupted by the figure before he could finish his words.

"But it hasn't had any effect at all, has it? Some restless subsidiaries are even secretly spreading rumors that are detrimental to the company."

"Yes, sir, I have already ordered people to investigate, and those guys will be punished accordingly afterwards."

"That's something we'll have to wait until it's over."

The figure at the end of the conference table seemed a little impatient.

"Yes...your Excellency said so."

Finally, everything landed smoothly. The director who reported the matter couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. Although he was scolded twice, there was no additional punishment. It was really great.

"continue."

"Yes, let me report to you next. The negotiation team has arrived at the Xianzhou Alliance and the Black Tower Space Station, striving to restore trade and cooperation. The specific guidelines are..."

"Alright, stop talking. Zeus saved the entire Luofu Immortal Ship. The Immortal Ship Alliance didn't take action when Schneider took action earlier. Now that we're resuming trade with the Interstellar Peace Company, how will the people of the universe view the Immortal Ship Alliance? How can they possibly resume trade with us?"

"As for the Black Tower Space Station, Ruan Mei's research on life is highly consistent with Zeus's reproductive destiny. Black Tower himself also has an inexplicable relationship with Zeus. What can your negotiation team bring to them that will make them give up supporting Zeus?"

"Yes, you are right. I didn't think it through. I will revise my strategy later."

The figure at the end of the conference table saw through his little thoughts at a glance, but was too lazy to say anything. The most important issue now was how to get the company through this storm.

......

As directors reported on their work one after another, the figure at the end of the conference table became impatient with no results at all.

"Really? None of them are useful when something big happens."

The figure at the end of the conference table cast his gaze towards Diamond, the future member of the seven-member board of directors, who sat at the last seat.

"Tell me what you think. If possible, I can exempt you from the punishment for killing Schneider privately."

"Yes, sir. I think that at this time, since all the strategies previously proposed by the elders have been ineffective, it would be better to directly consult Zeus on the relevant matters. With him as the person involved, the situation can be quickly resolved."

After hearing what Diamond said, the other six or seven board members lost their composure.

"What are you talking about, 'diamond'? Do you know how much loss this will bring to the company?"

"By the way, it was your subordinate Toppa who was in charge of Yarilo-VI-related matters before. Now that you are speaking up for him, you are not secretly connected with that Zeus, are you?"

It is absolutely impossible for the seven-member board of directors to agree to peace talks with Zeus. When Schneider proposed the plan, except for "Diamond" who had tried to dissuade him, the rest of the people were driven by desire and agreed to Schneider's proposal.

If they were to negotiate now, wouldn't that prove that Schneider's plan at the time was wrong? And the people like him who agreed without hesitation would undoubtedly have to bear the price of this turmoil, while "Diamond" would be able to step into the seven-member board of directors in one fell swoop based on his performance at the time, and even have a say that surpasses himself and others.

Therefore, even without the consent of the figure at the end of the conference table, they had to speak up to refute "Diamond". The one who was wrong must be Zeus, not Schneider and the company's top management.

The figure at the end of the conference table looked at the arguing people and had his own considerations in mind.

In terms of method, there is no doubt that the "diamond" method is feasible and can control the losses within a certain range, but the losses within this range are too large and may even make the company's efforts of several amber centuries go to waste.

However, the methods proposed by the other board members have not been effective. Although the losses seem small in the short term, if the problem is not resolved in the long run, it will only expand to a level that the company cannot accept.

Just as the meeting room was in full swing, there was a knock on the door.