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"Depart!"
Piloting the cruiser, the four Titan Avatars headed to the major planets that needed coordination as planned.
Though his capability for interstellar navigation had been exposed, Lin Suo only reported stars like the 002 Fierce Sun Star, 003, and 004, which were within his rights for resource exploitation.
Facing a numerical disadvantage, the higher-ups' estimation of him mirrored his own.
He faithfully paid every due tax.
He even delivered as much as possible, using these as tools to gather military merit. A few years of this and he could accumulate enough to meet the requirements for promotion.
What he could squeeze out in secret and how much he could mine from the "Dark Stars," gaining the necessary benefits from two minor nobles was not something outsiders needed to know.
The Wizard Tower-modified starships, represented by the Rhein, are a technology uniquely owned by Lin Suo and it's still being developed.
He was still in Padolon at the time.
