Big Data Cultivation

The small leader of the City Defense Army left with a face that couldn’t look worse, because he messed up the Expansion Bank’s affairs.

According to his intel, the Expansion Bank will soon receive a large batch of supplies, and most personnel will be relocated to the Hesheng Production Base.

The bank staff left behind in various places are mostly young people who can conduct business and also participate in local battles.

There had been rumors about this for a long time, but reportedly the Hesheng Base was difficult to deal with. Only recently did someone from Hesheng Headquarters apply pressure to make the production base relent slightly.

Ultimately, the deciding factor was that the Expansion Bank was about to receive a batch of supplies and planned to hand over some to Hesheng as protection money, which reluctantly got the base’s agreement.

This information was extremely confidential and was obtained through means that couldn’t be disclosed publicly. The small leader thought he could threaten He Runxian a bit, but Director He directly denied that possibility.

Thinking back to how Director He was always the most resolute opponent, the small leader wished he could slap himself hard — of all people to threaten, he chose the one that would most severely offend the Expansion Bank.

It’s important to know that the Expansion Bank is not just a simple bank; it has significant influence across various Frontier Stars and even extremely close ties with the military — otherwise, how could they dare to use the name "Expansion"?

Offending Hesheng would at least not affect his military career, but offending the Expansion Bank would make even his days in the military unsafe — they wouldn’t need to target him purposefully, just assigning him a couple of dangerous tasks would be enough.

Unsurprisingly, that night, Zuo Jing’s district acting president Rosen called He Runxian, "Director He, that was an ignorant guy, please don’t take it seriously."

"I can’t not take it seriously," He Runxian replied without hesitation, "You are also a dignified district president of the Expansion Bank, and your communication line was eavesdropped. Can you tolerate this? Even if you can, can the people above you?"

"Well... it was a bit unexpected," Rosen involuntarily sighed, "It was the work of the military intelligence’s people. During the current war state, I can only protest a few words being innocently eavesdropped on. Where else can I get serious?"

The military intelligence within the Human Race Army indeed holds a rather independent status. The Expansion Bank can cooperate with the military, profiting through external expansion, but the military intelligence can even investigate the military’s corruption and has the functional qualifications not to respect the Expansion Bank.

The Expansion Bank has its access within the military intelligence system, but as the military intelligence carries out its duties, they can’t interfere too much — otherwise, what would be the purpose of its existence?

"I’m not interested in your difficulties," He Runxian coldly stated, "Had I known from the start that you were such wimps, I wouldn’t have helped you the first time. You play the good people while making me offend others... Alright, do you have anything else?"

"Director He, let’s talk slowly," Rosen became increasingly flustered, "I’ve already applied some pressure; such reckless people won’t approach again. This situation is something none of us wanted to see..."

"Transporting so many supplies out from your side is truly inconvenient," the Expansion Bank’s personnel relocation was also due to transportation difficulties, "We will invest more to strengthen Hesheng’s defense capabilities."

"There’s no need to discuss this any further," He Runxian said lightly, "You have your hardships, but do I, He, not care about face? When it’s decided to stop, it’s stopped... If you keep pestering, food and medicine won’t be sent to you."

"No!" Rosen was startled by these words, "Alright, just send the things over first, and we can talk about everything else slowly, can’t we?"

In fact, his bottom line for this conversation was to ensure the continued transportation of goods. The relocation of non-combat personnel and family members from the bank was a secondary issue — well, the latter was also important, but who expected such a reckless person to appear within the City Defense Army?

He Runxian actually didn’t want any changes to occur either. Taking a step back, even if he really didn’t want to help the other party transport goods, where could he acquire the arms the broker needed?

To be honest, if there were any sudden changes, he wasn’t even sure if he could contact the broker in the coming days.

He lightly coughed, "Given your lack of accountability, I think it’s necessary to reiterate... Don’t play any tricks with the goods, otherwise I wouldn’t mind dragging a few down with me before I die."

"Director He, you must be joking, how could we do such a thing," Rosen chuckled dryly, "Actually, the leak wasn’t the responsibility of our Expansion Bank; it was the military intelligence’s lack of discipline. I will certainly repay this in the future."

"Hmph, remember your words," He Runxian huffily hung up the call.

"Now that’s more like it!" Rosen raised his hand and slapped his forehead lightly, "If this grudge is not avenged, others will think the Expansion Bank is easy to bully... But, I forgot to ask about last night’s battle. Never mind, I’ll talk about it next time I have the chance."

Meanwhile, as the Expansion Bank caused issues for the City Defense Army, they also discovered their demands — in fact, it was about last night’s battle. Although Hesheng was taken by surprise, they managed to hold on, and they even killed a fair number of the Insect Race.

The City Defense Army believes there might be some ambiguity, possibly involving the broker’s people.

However, the Expansion Bank disagrees. Engaged in finance, they’re best at intelligence analysis. A few think tanks evaluated and believed that those who intervened might very well be a force possessing Super Gene Warriors.

Now that’s interesting; could the broker organization be that force?

This guess is very likely to be true. Otherwise, it wouldn’t explain why the broker organization is willing to transport supplies for the Human Race and even possesses an Energy Stone Mine that can be exploited — for such a large force, what is it to mine some energy stones?

The Bank of Pioneers believes this matter is of huge importance, and regardless of whether Hesheng has guessed it, it’s definitely not suitable for us to delve too deeply; a cautious trial is enough.

So Rosen was not in a hurry, just slightly puzzled.

At this moment, someone came in to report, "It’s raining again at the Hesheng Production Base."

"Raining?" Rosen was briefly stunned, should this be reported to me?

But quickly, he reacted, waved his hand, and spoke lightly, "Let it rain, it doesn’t matter. Today, they won’t be transporting materials... the goods there are not ready yet."

The Broker Organization noticed that when goods were delivered, the Hesheng Production Base would likely have rain. The Bank of Pioneers also noted this and heard that the military suspected there was a small meteorological weapon in the base.

Rosen personally thinks if he has a meteorological weapon, he would also choose to use it in such situations, as it can affect the Insect Race and also obscure satellites.

Therefore, he suggested his people keep an eye on Hesheng, as something usually happens during the rain at night.

However, what could happen with tonight’s rain? He really doesn’t believe it... it’s most likely natural precipitation.

Interesting enough, early that morning, the Insect Race launched another attack. This time, the main target was three stockyards.

The domes of the stockyards weren’t fully repaired, barely usable, but Hesheng’s preparations were very sufficient. Upon being attacked, the energy shield immediately rose to the highest level.

The Insect Race that came tonight was not as numerous as yesterday’s Golden Core, only about twelve or thirteen, but their attack firepower was intense.

The Insect Race attacked Hesheng for about five minutes and still hadn’t breached the energy shield, showing that when energy is abundant, the defense capability is quite strong.

But, while the people of Hesheng were closely watching those Golden Core Insect Tribe to discover any abnormal situation, a Golden Core Sandworm suddenly sprayed a white mist, clearly visible even in the rainy night.

The next moment, those Golden Core Insect Tribe turned and shot away, without any pause.

These Insect Race didn’t really want to probe, and since they had lingered enough, they naturally left as quickly as possible.

The ones suffering were the Qi Refining Insect Race that besieged the base, because before leaving, they had to launch a sustained attack, which resulted in a lot more lives lost.

By the evening of the next day, it rained again, and at midnight, as usual, there was an Insect Race attack, with this time having as many as forty Golden Core Insect Tribes.

However, after another day of emergency repairs, wartime damage control personnel showed superb levels, and the three domes were surprisingly repaired to a usable level. With Hesheng’s ample security preparations, they managed to withstand the concentrated fire of so many Golden Core.

Because everyone guessed they might attack the domes again, the base’s defensive firepower didn’t all face outward; some high-power weapons were surprisingly pointed at the sky, and two Golden Core Insect Tribes were even hastily locked on.

Under concentrated fire, one Golden Core Insect Tribe died, and another was severely injured.

For Hesheng Base, this was also a considerable achievement. The war has lasted for more than a year, and they hadn’t killed more than two General Level Insect Clan, and essentially, it was impossible to obtain the corpse.

Today, not only did they kill a General Level, but the corpse also fell into the base, truly an unexpected victory.

Normally, the Insect Race would recapture their own Golden Core or Nascent Soul corpses as they are precious to them, but they wouldn’t foolishly attempt to recapture corpses that are too challenging.

This time, more than forty Golden Core did not descend to grab the corpse; instead, they continued attacking the three large domes. However, after about seven or eight minutes, two Golden Core were severely injured and three lightly injured.

Seeing the Human Race Base relentlessly targeting Golden Core, a Golden Core Peak Bige Hoverfly suddenly flapped its wings, emitting a buzz, and flew away without looking back.

With this signal, other Golden Core Insect Tribes also turned away without any hesitation.

They attacked the dome because they suspected there was an energy stone reserve, and the falling rain strands subtly contained the aura of other energy circulation. Plus, the mysterious disappearance of more than ten Golden Core made them unable to resist probing further.

Now, unable to find results and facing fierce firepower, it’s better to leave temporarily.

(The double monthly ticket has been opened. Has anyone noticed the new monthly ticket?)