Chapter 542 The coalition government’s sense of crisis
"Is there a major shareholder in your company who has a good relationship with you?" Zhao Renjie showed a recalling expression and said uncertainly, "It seems that he is still your father's partner."
After becoming a nano-warrior, his body and thinking speed have been strengthened, but he still can't remember some long-term things.
"Obadiah Stan?" Stark blurted out.
Zhao Renjie's eyes lit up: "Yes, that's him!"
Stark fell silent.
Obadiah Stane was a friend of his late father, a veteran of Stark Industries, and his long-time partner.
He pursed his lips and asked Zhao Renjie, "Do you have any evidence?"
Obadiah left a very good impression on him, and it was difficult for him to accept Zhao Renjie's words for a while.
"No." Zhao Renjie curled his lips and said simply, "I'm not specialized in intelligence. I don't have a chain of evidence or anything like that. Anyway, I've told you. You can check it yourself."
Stark took a deep breath: "I understand."
In fact, if you think about it carefully, if something happened to him, Obadiah, as the company's majority shareholder, could easily control the entire Stark Industries.
After his death, Obadiah was the biggest beneficiary.
"Thank you." Stark said after a moment of silence, "Thank you for running to this damn place to save me, and for your information. I will repay you."
"what do you want?"
"Beauty? Money? Shares of Stark Industries?"
"I can give you whatever you want. Coming to save me is definitely the best thing you have ever done in your life!"
Zhao Renjie was stunned for a moment, then smiled and shook his head: "Just give me a place to live, nothing else is needed."
As a nano-warrior, Zhao Renjie is like a god among mortals, and what Stark said is within easy reach for him.
He's actually more interested in Stark himself.
Although he has traveled through many universes with the Atreides family's exploration team, he has never come into contact with the protagonist of any universe.
This is his first time.
He doesn't plan to do anything big in this universe next, because the water in this universe is very deep, and he might get caught in it accidentally, which would be too much of a loss.
He now just waits for the coalition government to come to him. It is enough to have a place to live.
Maintaining a good relationship with Stark may help the Coalition government enter this universe later, so he doesn't want anything from Stark.
"It doesn't matter, you can think about it carefully." Stark said without batting an eyelid, "When I go back, I will give you a vacation villa by the sea. You can live there first."
As the head of Stark Industries, Stark has plenty of money.
Time passed quietly, and Stark quietly returned to his home, and then collected Obadiah's criminal evidence with the help of Zhao Renjie, or to be precise, with the help of MOSS.
Obadiah is going to jail and everything is going great.
The only problem is that the coalition government did not come to find Zhao Renjie. There seems to be a problem in a certain link in the search process.
"What's wrong, I feel your nervousness." Ava snuggled into Chen Fan's arms, their consciousnesses blended together, and even the slightest psychological changes could not be hidden from the other party.
Chen Fan hesitated and said, "I encountered something strange."
He shared his perception with Ava.
To Chen Fan, the infinite universe was like spots of light spread out in front of him. However, at a certain moment, he found that the spots of light in a certain area were extinguished neatly.
He can still feel the existence of these universes, but cannot enter them.
These universes are pulled by invisible forces and sink at a certain level, forming a weird vortex.
In the whirlpool, universes collided with each other, bursting out with a brief glow, and then fell into deathly silence.
There is a high probability that these universes will be destroyed.
Extinguishment, vortex, collision. Is this a natural phenomenon or man-made?
Chen Fan didn't know.
It was only over a hundred years ago that he began to travel through the universe. Before that, his consciousness had always been hazy and he had not paid attention to other universes.
If it is a natural phenomenon, what is the opportunity that induces this natural phenomenon?
Will there be any clear warning before a disaster occurs?
If it is man-made.
Chen Fan was a little uneasy. He was worried that the "Dune" universe would also turn into an extinguished point of light, colliding with other universes in the whirlpool, and the coalition government would also be destroyed.
"Terrible." Ava gave a brief comment.
This is not the destruction of one or two planets, but the destruction of many universes, along with the collapse of countless civilizations in these universes.
"I will closely observe the vortex and other universes around it during this period of time." Chen Fan said with a heavy heart, "See if this kind of thing will happen again, and see if we can find any rules from it."
He only discovered this phenomenon after the fact this time. He was not sure whether there was any foreshadowing in the early stages of the accident.
If not, no matter how brilliant the coalition government is at the moment, it may fall into the abyss of destruction at the next moment.
An unprecedented sense of crisis enveloped Chen Fan.
This sense of crisis then flows to every life on earth that makes up his consciousness.
Suddenly, the entire coalition government felt a sense of panic.
Half an hour later, through communication with Han Duoduo, the spokesperson for Earth Consciousness, the coalition government learned the whole story.
"There are changes happening outside the universe that we don't know about." Rogoff looked solemn and said in a deep voice, "Disasters may befall us at any time. We must speed up our pace and become stronger."
The coalition government originally had little sense of urgency.
But in one day, everything seemed to have changed. From the top five directors to the common people on the streets, everyone felt that disaster was imminent.
Zhang Weilai put her chin on her fist and said thoughtfully: "The disaster we have to face comes from outside the universe. Our own strength may not be enough. When appropriate, we can unite with some powerful civilizations."
"Let's discuss this later." Suna shook her head, "We must first be strong enough to ensure that our own interests will not be damaged during cooperation."
Rogoff suddenly asked: "To what extent has parallel space-time technology advanced? If there is no progress in the ordinary universe."
He seemed hesitant to speak.
But the other directors all understood what he wanted to say. Today is different from the past. If there is no progress in the ordinary universe, then go to the three special universes to conduct experiments and produce results as soon as possible.
"How many days have it been?" Su Na waved her hand and said helplessly, "It will take at least a few years of research before we hit the bottleneck. We can't rush for success!" (End of Chapter)