Chapter 399: Cosmic Merchant-X
Zeus finally told the truth.
Why did he go crazy and destroy the entire virtual world?
Why, he buried all his men and the robot army in the virtual world.
"Ace, you asked me why, and I'll tell you why."
"Ever since we lost the last war, I have started preparing for a backup plan."
"I know that with your help, the main problem that the Earth is facing is our energy problem."
"As long as we solve the energy problem, no matter how much you help the Earthlings improve their technology, you will never be able to defeat us!"
"I deployed the Church of Light on Earth and set up a secret base in the Arctic Circle to collect energy."
"But I know that I can't pin all my hopes on this plan, because I know that the Church of Light is too conspicuous, and sooner or later you will discover it."
"So, I contacted the space merchants again, hoping to get energy from them."
Ace frowned, he realized something was wrong, Zeus's behavior must be related to the cosmic businessman.
Space merchants, they travel between various galaxies.
It must be a highly developed civilization and must have mastered the ability of space navigation.
For example, Ace’s AI Star is also one of the space merchants.
Blue serum is also one of the trading commodities of AI Star.
Ace often uses the technology of the blue serum to go to other planets with similar civilizations to exchange for the necessary resources.
Zeus went on to say, "But everyone has heard about what happened between us, so for a while no one is willing to sell energy to me."
Ace could understand this.
During his leadership, his reputation as a cosmic businessman was quite good.
Now that he has been betrayed by Zeus, it is normal for Zeus to be rejected when he asks those cosmic merchants to buy energy.
After all, Zeus did not gain control of the AI star through legal means.
"But the energy mined by the Church of Light is far from enough. I even got another piece of news from a space merchant."
"They told me that the Space Law Enforcement Team is on its way to the solar system , and they are coming for me."
It was the first time Zhang Hao heard this term, and he looked at Ace in confusion.
Ace answered: "There is a set of rules in the universe. Civilizations that are too far apart cannot have too much contact."
"Especially the invasion of lower civilizations by higher civilizations is strictly prohibited."
"Your Earth is in the universe, and your level of civilization is not very high. After all, you cannot travel between stars yet."
"Now Zeus has traveled a long way to the solar system and launched an attack on the Earth, which has violated the basic laws of the universe."
"Once discovered, the Space Law Enforcement Team will take action."
Zhang Hao nodded, it turned out that there were such institutions in the universe.
It turns out that the organizations in those science fiction movies on Earth actually exist.
Ace had just finished speaking when Zeus was still talking to himself.
"You also know how powerful the law enforcement team is."
"They are an advanced civilization assigned by the Interstellar Court. Once they are targeted by the law enforcement team, they can only hope that they can run fast enough."
"But after repeated failures, the mothership's energy has been exhausted. If the law enforcement team comes to the solar system, I will have nowhere to escape."
"So I have to leave here before the law enforcement team arrives."
“Since no one wants to sell me energy, I can only find X.”
When Zeus said this "X", Zhang Hao saw the surprise on Ace's face.
So he asked, "What is this X?"
Ace shook his head and said, "X is a code name, related to the Space Merchant."
Seeing Zhang Hao's confused look, Ace explained: "It's similar to your Earth. Those regular space merchants are equivalent to banks, and Organization X is equivalent to loan sharks."
After Ace said this, Zhang Hao understood.
Then Ace added: "But this X organization is even more notorious than the loan sharks on your Earth."
"He has always been at the top of the Space Law Enforcement Team's wanted list, but there is nothing they can do about him."
"Because of their unscrupulous money-making behavior, they have accumulated a lot of resources."
"Using these resources, they equipped the fastest spacecraft in the universe."
"It also has super strong firepower. It can be said that it comes and goes without a trace."
"Of course this is just one of the reasons why the law enforcement team failed to make the arrest."
"The more important reason is the cruelty and revengeful methods of this X organization."
"Once, a space businessman revealed X's whereabouts to the law enforcement team, which led to an armed conflict between X and the law enforcement team."
"In that conflict, although X finally escaped, he paid a heavy price."
"But the one who paid the greatest price was the cosmic businessman."
"Afterwards, Organization X came and massacred the entire home planet of that space merchant!"
"That's not all. After the massacre, they also tied up the bodies of the planet's residents, hung them on the back of their spaceship, and paraded them for a whole light year."
"Since then, few people dare to reveal their whereabouts, which is one of the reasons why they are difficult to arrest."
Zhang Hao was shocked.
"Then Zeus dares to do business with them."
Ace shook his head and said helplessly: "He must be desperate !"
After saying that, they looked at Zeus again.
Zeus smiled bitterly and said, "You are right. I am desperate. Otherwise, why would I go back to find X?"
“I thought if I paid enough, at least the energy problem could be solved.”
"As long as there is enough energy, the destruction of the earth is only a matter of time, even with your help."
"As long as I completely occupy the Earth, I can use the resources on Earth to repay X's interest ."
Ace asked, "What do you have as collateral? It would be hard for X to lend you energy just based on a verbal promise."
Zeus showed a trace of shame and regret.
"I mortgaged the AI Star's technology to them, especially the technical formula of the blue serum."
After saying this, he was a little afraid to look into Ace's eyes.
Ace sighed and said nothing more.
The blue serum can be said to be the technological specialty of AI Star, and it is also the capital that has enabled Ace to survive as a space businessman over the years.
Zeus then became angry and agitated.
"Even so, they still refused to lend me the energy, saying that the blue serum technology alone was not enough."
"So I asked them, what would it take for them to agree?"
Zhang Hao also became curious about what kind of request X made in the end, which eventually led to Zeus destroying the virtual world and killing his own men.
"They asked me to use the control codes of all robots as collateral. If I can't repay them by then, they will take all my men."
Hearing this, Ace probably had guessed what would happen next.
He looked at Zeus and shook his head helplessly.
