A top-secret document was placed on Ding Zhou's desk, not for his signature, but for his collaboration. This document was called the "Lei Shen Project."
Ding Zhou opened the file, glanced at it, and then with a complex expression, wrote "Read" as a receipt note.
The so-called "Lei Shen Project" was to ensure someone's promotion to the Ninth Power Level with full force. It was co-signed by the top three members of the Elders' Council, and required the mobilization of all resources and abilities of the Confederation, ensuring the promotion was foolproof.
The reason it was copied to Ding Zhou was because he was now responsible for the entire intelligence department. The Elders' Council required Ding Zhou to maintain confidentiality and provide strong support on intelligence, preventing the other three Star Nations from knowing the inside story and coming to disrupt.
Ding Zhou recalled his own process of advancing to the Ninth Power Level, and couldn't help feeling a sense of "comparison is frustrating." He had to think up so many ways and make so many compromises to ultimately succeed by a narrow margin—yet look at this kid, the entire Confederation was helping him advance.
"But that's normal, that guy is the first multi-occupation in history. Once he succeeds, he will immediately rival the Principal and Aviloya! With time, his achievements are limitless. In the realm of high-end combat power, the Confederation will definitely crush the other three Star Nations."
Ding Zhou couldn't help but indulge in a fantasy: now the Principal and Aviloya can casually tour other Star Nations—so far, only the Star State dared to send their Ninth Power Level to 'visit' the Confederation. And last time, they almost messed up, and since then the Star State has adhered to a 'cautious visitation' policy.
If Chen Gu indeed advances to the Ninth Power Level, if he 'strolls' within the Star State's domain again, it would be even more different than now, and the Star State would absolutely not dare to visit in return.
"Hahaha..." Thinking of this, Ding Zhou couldn't help but laugh out loud.
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Around the same time, confidential reports were placed on the desks of the highest leaders of the Star State, Freedom Alliance, and Empire. The intelligence agencies of each major Star Nation were also not to be underestimated, as they already detected that the Confederation was conducting a "Lei Shen Project."
But the specific content was unknown, only some clues indicated that the Confederation was now channeling all resources to support this project.
The intelligence departments of various countries had different guesses. The Star State believed it was a new main starship and analyzed in great detail in reports: this was a plan aimed at the new main cannon our country deployed during the Taising battle, and the Confederation would develop a new and powerful warship main cannon as part of the Lei Shen Project.
The Freedom Alliance speculated that it could be a new super-large war golem, possibly a model for Star Sea battles, and the Confederation might be planning to use such war golems to replace the main starships. Furthermore, with an imaginative leap, they thought that the main weapon of this war golem might be hammer-shaped.
The Empire couldn't discern exactly what it was, but their intelligence agency did propose a suggestion: we could try to contact the Confederation and request them to declassify part of the Lei Shen Project's content, and if suitable, we should proactively request to co-develop with the Confederation, sharing the outcomes.
After meetings and discussions, the highest leaders of the three Star Nations each proposed their own response strategies.
But they absolutely couldn't imagine that by the time they sluggishly responded, the so-called "Lei Shen Project" within the Confederation had already been completed.
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Milgray stood on a barren plain, with a peculiar gleam in her silver eyes. Her feet stamped down, and her alluring body shot skyward like a cannonball, quickly accelerating to break free of the planet's gravity.
Her body rubbed against the atmosphere, igniting flames around her, and her clothes quickly burned to ashes. Chen Gu watched with keen interest from below, straining his eyesight to see clearly... you never know until you look, missing an opportunity is just foolish.
But Milgray was enveloped in a mass of orange-red flames, obscuring Chen Gu's view, leaving him a bit wistful as he pursed his lips.
From a distant base, Aviloya in the bunker observed Chen Gu's every move, unable to resist cursing: "This lowly scoundrel, like a dog that can't stop eating shit!" The senior Rainbow standing behind her chuckled.
Milgray flew out of the atmosphere into the Star Sea, stretched her posture, and revealed her true form in the Star Sea.
Just as she had told Chen Gu, she was a humanoid super life form. Her massive body gleamed with a silvery metallic luster, exuding a sense of powerful beauty.
Her face somewhat resembled the style of ancient Egyptian statues from the homeplanet era. At the same time, her back extended with seven or eight enormous phoenix tails. Key areas of her body were covered with some kind of metallic armor, naturally adorned with beautiful patterns.
She had four arms and two legs, with enchanting hair and tendrils floating behind her like venomous snakes.
Seeing this scene, Aviloya couldn't help but grit her teeth: "This cunning super life form, she entered the Confederation and signed a symbiotic agreement with Chen Gu with prior intent, allowing her to unknowingly complete a critical evolution!"
About Milgray's exact life form, Chen Gu didn't know, but the confidential data within the Bureau of Mystic Security had long recorded: at that time, Milgray had hundreds of ugly fleshy tendrils tails behind her.
