Chapter 278 Gift

"Sir Perseus, thank you for your hard work this time."

In the border spaceport that was under complete martial law, the regent Norton II in the conference room looked at Perseus opposite him and said.

After the envoy returned, he declined the Prince Regent's suggestion to take a rest first and went straight to the conference room without doing anything.

"Your Excellency has entrusted me with such an important matter, and I will do it without any trouble." Perseus replied respectfully.

If any outsiders saw this figure, who was ranked among the top three among the imperial aristocrats and capitalists, in such a posture, they would be shocked.

But if they saw who was sitting opposite Perseus, they would suddenly realize.

Prince Regent, that's all right.

You see, this is the strength of one of the double Cs in the current version of the Star Dragon Empire.

"I have to say that this experience of being able to secretly go to the federal territory to negotiate face-to-face with the person in charge of Atlas as your special envoy is very unforgettable."

"Oh, it seems that Sir Perseus has gained a lot of insights from this 'journey'."

Norton II smiled, and then poured Perseus a calming hot drink with his own hands, and then said: "Tell us about it, Lord Astral and I are looking forward to it after communicating with you remotely before. You came back to tell us about your experience during this time.”

"That's right. If I hadn't been dealing with other things at the time, I definitely wouldn't have given this opportunity to you."

Astral, who was sitting on the other side, nodded and said in agreement.

"Hahahahaha, since both adults are looking forward to it so much, then just listen to me and explain it slowly."

Perseus, who had already organized the trip, opened the graphic report prepared in advance, and then pointed out the general process and key matters in a clear and logical manner.

Including what is the relationship between the Atlas Group and the elves of the Thousand Stars Empire, the combat effectiveness of Atlas's subordinate combat forces, the current situation in the Federation, the situation of Amber, the person in charge of Atlas, and long-distance real-time communication technology. These were matters of great concern to the Regent and Astral.

In the process of recalling this experience, Perseus himself became more and more excited as he talked about it, especially when talking about the 'long-distance real-time communication technology' currently mastered by Atlas, he expressed this unabashedly. This technology will bring about changes.

For two whole hours, Perseus didn't even drink a sip of water. He was eloquent and explained everything that needed to be said first.

As for the Regent and Astral, during Perseus' narration process, they also changed from relaxed and freehand at the beginning to frowning, and finally to contemplative silence.

Obviously, the conclusion reached by Perseus from observing Atlas at zero distance was more complicated than the results analyzed by the two of them based on previous intelligence.

"It seems that sending someone to contact Atlas this time was really the right decision."

After Perseus finished speaking, the regent was the first to speak, and at the same time he did not forget to praise the previous sentence:

"Sir Perseus, I really chose the right person to send you."

"Your Excellency, you are exaggerating."

Immediately afterwards, this small conference room fell into silence.

Obviously, what Perseus just said made a lot of ideas pop up in the minds of the three people.

Don't look at how Perseus just stayed on the cruise ship provided by Atlas these days and didn't go anywhere. At most, he just watched some news from the local media and talked with Shikodi and other people in charge of Atlas. Inquired about the news.

But in fact, the information obtained through these public channels was enough for him to unearth a lot of valuable intelligence.

Many times, the source of intelligence is not obtained through 007-style infiltration, or more than 90% of the intelligence is not obtained through this method.

Although Perseus, as an aristocratic capitalist, is more proficient in family management and business operations, his intelligence collection and analysis abilities have always been recognized by Norton II and Astral.

Astral even once joked that Perseus might be better suited to work in the Central Intelligence Agency.

After the silence in the room lasted for a while, Norton II spoke first:

"Old rule, everyone should express their opinions."

"Then it's still the old rules, sir, you go first." Astral said with a smile.

"You guy." Norton II shook his head, picked up the teacup, took a sip to moisten his lips, and then began to say:

"After listening to Sir Perseus's experience, I feel that our previous assessment of Atlas was a bit conservative.

According to Sir Perseus, the combat troops of the private military company affiliated with Atlas used a large number of Roma people from the Thousand Star Empire as the main combat force, and also distributed them with completely customized combat equipment. It is said that they also have their own A combat vehicle production system.

In the case of ground combat, the combat effectiveness of their troops basically crushes all current troops of the same level. Even against the most elite brigade-level combat teams in the Empire, they are estimated to be comparable under the same support conditions. . "

Having said this, the Regent showed a very troubled expression on his face.

Because he felt that this was so outrageous, and if it hadn't come from Perseus' mouth, he would really have thought it was a joke.

The combat troops of private military companies are indiscriminately fighting against the regular army, and can even compete with the most elite regular army at a 50-50 draw.

"And the most crucial point - the battle on Rubion V was only the 'first battle' of Atlas' ground combat forces.

It is obvious that this company is still developing. As long as they maintain their current state and increase the development and investment in combat forces, they will only become stronger and stronger in the future.

Although their fleet looks relatively shabby at present, and is subject to the restrictions of various countries on civilian companies, they have not equipped "main ships".

But I believe that when Atlas grows up completely, such restrictions will be a piece of waste paper for them."

"I agree with your point of view very much."

After hearing the regent's evaluation of Atlas, Perseus said:

"Based on my interview with the person in charge of Atlas, that is, Mr. Amber, I can feel that he is actually an ambitious person.

This Such people will never let the "chain" be locked around their necks for too long, and they will definitely find a way to break free in no time. "

Recalling the real-time communication technology he had experienced in Atlas before, Perseus paused for a moment and continued:

"There is also the "real-time communication technology" that they now exclusively master. If this technology can be monopolized by Atlas, the benefits brought by this part alone will be completely immeasurable.

These benefits will also feed back to other industries under the group.

And that Mr. Amber doesn't seem to worry at all that this technology will be reverse engineered and cracked after cooperating with us.

This also shows that they have absolute confidence in their own technology."

Perseus spoke his views incessantly, although the Regent Group now seems to be about to cooperate with Atlas.

But in Perseus's opinion, Amber, the head of this company, is obviously not the kind of "honest businessman" who is harmless to people and animals.

So they must be prepared to "defend one hand". When Atlas grows to a scale that no one can limit, it is very likely to become the new opponent of the Regent Group.

"'There are no eternal friends, nor eternal enemies, only eternal interests', I think this is what Sir Perseus meant."

Astral concluded after listening to Perseus's speech.

Perseus nodded, "Yes, Amber, the head of Atlas, will never be an honest entrepreneur forever."

"Actually, I already had an idea about this."

Norton II said:

"I will talk about this plan specifically at the next internal meeting. Anyway, I agree with Sir Perseus's point of view in general. Our cooperation with Atlas is destined to be temporary."

Norton II, who had been thinking about something in his mind, looked up at Perseus, and then changed his tone.

"Sir Perseus, didn't you say that Mr. Amber of Atlas prepared a 'gift' specifically for me?"

"Yes, sir, I am going to present it to you after the report is over."

Perseus took out a small box that was temporarily printed on the spacecraft, and then handed the small metal box inside to the regent.

"According to Mr. Amber, if what you want to do is the same as what he wants, then you only need to enter a set of dates to open this metal box and see the information inside."

"Are you still a riddle man?"

Astral was stunned when he heard such a strange way to open the box. "What if there is really something important inside, what if it is not opened?"

"The contents inside will be immediately eliminated."

"Are you sure this thing is not a mini bomb?" Astral frowned. In his opinion, this unknown metal box suddenly became very dangerous.

"Please rest assured about this. I asked the security department to test this thing. They said that no explosive components were detected."

"Haha, this Mr. Amber is quite interesting."

Norton II, who held the metal box and looked at it for a long time, finally looked at the front of the metal box, and a row of small numbers rolled down and appeared on the surface.

"My lord, Mr. Amber's position seems to be unclear at present, like an enemy and a friend. In addition to his previous identity as a defected spy, I think you should be more cautious."

Astral advised.

"It doesn't matter. At least until now, I haven't felt his hostility. And whether this thing is finally opened or not, at least it will let me know how much Mr. Amber knows about me."

Regent Norton II looked at the metal box in his hand calmly. He didn't even think too much, and then began to turn the number wheel one by one.

1-8-2-5-1-2-1-4

"Click!"

The box opened.