Chapter 149: Master of the Offensive

“Boss, with such an impregnable base, you don’t have to worry about the Americans coming after you anymore.”

After Du Qiu showed Liu Yaofeng several of the base’s defensive weapons, Liu Yaofeng’s concerns were completely dispelled.

Du Qiu smiled faintly and said, “Do you think I’m going to stay here forever?”

Liu Yaofeng was startled, smacked his forehead, and said, “Look at me, if I stay here all the time, won’t I be unable to return to our country?

Your friend Ning Shuangshuang often appears at our company’s doorstep whenever she gets a chance. She doesn’t come in, just parks her car there for a while and then leaves.”

Du Qiu was taken aback. He hadn’t expected Ning Shuangshuang to be so devoted to him, and a rush of emotions flooded through him.

“Is she okay?”

Liu Yaofeng said with some confusion, “Don’t you keep in touch with her? She seemed thinner the last time I saw her, which was about a month ago.

At that time, our company’s security system detected an attempted intrusion, and she came to the company on behalf of the security department.”

“I’ve been rather busy and haven’t been in touch with her much.”

As Du Qiu spoke, a deep sense of apology showed on his face.

Indeed, to be able to stand tall and unshaken on Blue Star, he had spent more than a year accelerating his research into a batch of offensive and defensive weapon technologies.

Every night, he immersed himself in the vast database of an alien civilization’s custodian, drawing all kinds of knowledge from it so that he could successfully replicate the corresponding materials and equipment.

He also worked with the custodian to design new types of weapons based on the existing weaponry of Blue Star.

After all, Du Qiu was dealing with the most powerful rogue nation on Blue Star.

This type of nation is truly shameless—you focus on your own development, ignoring it, and it talks to you about international responsibilities; you discuss international law with it, and it plays a game of withdrawal; you reason with it, and it compares whose fist is bigger…

To deal with such a rogue, you need to scare it with strength, and then it will behave itself.

Du Qiu believed that with a manufacturing industry database that was at least of a level four civilization, as long as he prepared a few things, he could definitely handle the United States.

All he lacked was time.

With that kind of strength, he would return to his country in glory.

By then, those jumping clowns in the country would probably welcome him with open arms.

Over this year, the black hand who made Sun Hongming betray him finally revealed its true colors.

Powerful capital, Liang Weimin.

Humph, such a nicely chosen name, but sadly, under the guise of serving the people and strengthening the country, there are still countless despicable deeds.

Xingguang Precision went public on the GEM, and the hidden capital behind the sponsoring institution was the Powerful Capital, and thus 15% of Xingguang Precision’s shares fell into the hands of Powerful Capital.

Although Dream Technology owned 33% of the shares as the largest shareholder and became the actual controller, surprisingly, it was Powerful Capital leading a group of institutions in the listed company’s board of directors that held the majority.

However, in the year since it went public, Liang Weimin did not take advantage of this in the board to stir up trouble.

Ning Shuangshuang told Du Qiu that Liang Weimin had been warned by higher-ups, and he probably wouldn’t dare to make any more trouble.

For this, Du Qiu scoffed. He always believed that a leopard can’t change its spots.

Since Star Ocean was limited to the network, Du Qiu learned nanotechnology from the alien civilization and developed a batch of ultra-microscopic detectors.

These became the eyes and ears of Star Ocean extending into the physical world.

Furthermore, Du Qiu also created a powerful robotic legion. The current Du Qiu was no longer an unarmed child walking through the bustling market with gold in his hands.

Although it was not yet time to confront the United States directly, Du Qiu could now ensure victory in localized conflicts.

If not for this, he would not have let Liu Yaofeng come to the base here.

Of course, the necessary concealment and precautions would still be in place, not allowing the GIA to trace Liu Yaofeng’s tracks and discover his presence at once.

Over a year, Du Qiu had become accustomed to lurking behind the scenes, manipulating many enterprises, and quietly besieging some opposing enterprises.

The successful development of highly realistic robots had already provided Du Qiu with a cadre of company managers who did not have to worry about loyalty issues.

Therefore, apart from the publicly known Dream Technology, and Yu Donghua’s Sage Technology, many more technology companies were being registered globally.

For those industries requiring a certain history, the approach of acquiring smaller companies was adopted.

These technology companies produced products in various aspects, gradually infiltrating and replacing some of the old companies in certain fields.

Although because of the short time span, it was not yet possible to fully layout across the many industrial fields of Blue Star.

But with time, armed with these technology companies scattered across various fields, Du Qiu had become invincible.

“Boss, when do you plan to return to the country?”

Liu Yaofeng’s question brought Du Qiu back from his thoughts.

Du Qiu smiled and said, “As I just told you, those skilled in defense hide below the ninth ground, and there’s another line, those skilled in offense move above the ninth heaven.”

“What does that mean? Surely you haven’t established an air force, right? Even that wouldn’t protect you on your return to the country.”

“Air Force? Although I have one, it’s not enough to guarantee safety.”

“What the heck, you really have an air force? The Tanga Federation allows you to have a private air force?” Liu Yaofeng said, his eyes glancing at Hao Ren on the side.

Hao Ren grinned, showing his white teeth, and said, “Stop looking at me, I haven’t even seen the master’s air force. Even if I had, I would still keep my lips sealed.”

Du Qiu pondered for a moment and said, “Well, it’s okay to show you guys the air force.”

“Star Ocean, switch the screen to the first squadron that’s currently flying!”

As Du Qiu’s words fell, the screen changed to reveal an African savanna below, where herds of wild buffaloes grazed.

Above them, eagles circled in the sky.

It seemed as though the perspective of the image was from another flying apparatus on the side.

“Boss, isn’t that just an eagle? Where’s your first flight squadron?” Liu Yaofeng, looking at the screen for a long time, asked in confusion.

Before Du Qiu could answer, Hao Ren said, “No, that’s not right. There are herds of wild buffalo on the ground and not many prey. So why are there so many eagles in the sky?”

The screen showed at least a hundred eagles circling.

Such a large gathering of eagles was rare enough, but to see them hover in the sky above where there were not many prey animals was even more extraordinary.

Surely these eagles didn’t intend to snatch the buffalo from the ground?

The African buffalo typically weigh around 1500 pounds. It would not be easy for an eagle to carry such weight into the air.

Realization dawned on Liu Yaofeng in an instant, and he opened his mouth wide, pointing at the screen, “Boss, are these eagles your air force’s first squadron?”

Du Qiu did not reply but instead commanded to Star Ocean, “Zoom in on the image.”

As the image magnified, one of the eagles in the perspective grew larger and larger until it filled the whole screen.

Liu Yaofeng and Hao Ren could see it clearly.

This eagle merely resembled a real eagle on the outside. Once magnified, the differences were evident.

The talons of the eagle glittered with a metallic sheen, its outer appearance only had feather-like patterns, and it wasn’t made of real feathers.

The eyes of the eagle were also a peculiar half-circle device—it was a mystery how it “saw” the outside world.

“Master, this is too lifelike, right?” Hao Ren exclaimed in wonder.

“Boss, what kind of offensive capabilities does this eagle have? Could it just rely on its claws and sharp beak?” Liu Yaofeng asked somewhat disappointedly.

Although the eagle robots were very lifelike, they were not large in size.

With its wings spread, it only seemed to be about 2 meters at most, and the body length was around 80-90 centimeters.

This was already considered large for an eagle, but human fighter jets often span over ten meters and could carry missiles and rockets underneath, thus possessing powerful offensive capabilities.

“Star Ocean, ensure there are no humans around, no satellites overhead, and then instruct two eagle drones to perform a ground attack. The target is the little hill there on the ground!”

Du Qiu’s laser pointer cast a red line on the screen, circling a small hilltop where several huge rocks were piled up.