"Dear guest, we have gathered the information you requested, but we are still unable to obtain definitive information on some aspects."
Furthermore, this intelligence is of a very high level, so you will need to personally go to the top floor of the tavern to conduct the transaction face-to-face with our personnel.
“Okay,” Zhao Chen said.
“I understand,” said Saint Cana.
The doors to both rooms opened almost simultaneously.
Zhao Chen, wearing a mask, came out and looked at Saint Cana, who came out from next door, with some surprise.
What a coincidence that the two of them even left home at the same time.
Over the past three days, Zhao Chen naturally did not miss the opportunity to monitor Saint Cana next door.
However, the response from the leopard woman's subordinates was that, like Zhao Chen's group, Saint Cana and her group in the next room had not left their room for even a moment during these three days.
Food and other necessities are delivered directly to the rooms via a dedicated mechanical channel.
Saint Cana frowned slightly as she watched a group of people walk out from next door.
We met three times.
This time, she carefully examined the masked man in front of her.
If the first and second times were both coincidences...
This is the third time we've gone out at the same time, isn't that too much of a coincidence?
This made her suspicious of Zhao Chen and the others' identities.
And her intuition told her that she had seen this masked man before.
This time, Zhao Chen did not intentionally avoid Saint Cana and the others, but went straight to the elevator.
Under the watchful eyes of Saint Cana and the others, the elevator Zhao Chen and his group were riding ascended upwards.
"My lord?" The subordinate looked at Saint Cana, who was staring intently at the group °• N 𝑜 v 𝑒 l i g h t •° of people.
Saint Cana said, "Send someone to investigate the identity of the people in the room next to ours. I have a feeling they have some connection with us."
"yes."
After saying that, Saint Cana and her group boarded an elevator and began to ascend.
Half a minute later.
They arrived at the top floor of the tavern, a dome-like place where they could see a holographic projection of the blue sky and even flowers, birds, fish and insects overhead.
Inside this dome are several small wooden cabins.
"Please follow me, everyone." A staff member seemed to have known the purpose of Saint Cana and the others' visit beforehand. Without asking any further questions, he led Saint Cana and the others directly to a wooden house.
Just as they reached the location of the wooden house.
Saint Cana's gaze sharpened as she spotted the wooden house ten meters away across the street—it was the same group that had gone ahead earlier.
However, three people were missing from that group.
It looks like they've gone into the wooden house.
"The cabin can only accommodate a maximum of three people," a staff member said as they opened the door.
Although the door to the cabin was open, there was a visual barrier preventing people outside from seeing anything inside; they could only see a layer of white mist.
"I'll go in myself. You all wait outside." As Saint Cana finished speaking, she looked at her subordinates and glanced at the wooden house across the street.
The subordinate nodded slightly, understanding that Lady Saint Cana meant for him to keep an eye on those suspicious-looking fellows across the way.
Saint Cana entered the cabin, and the door closed.
The subordinate glanced at the group of masked men standing outside the wooden house on the other side, and the atmosphere on both sides became a little strange at this moment.
Inside the wooden house
Zhao Chen sat in the middle, with Xue Xiaoxiao and Chu Xuan standing behind him.
Because there is only one seat in this room.
Opposite Zhao Chen was something resembling a screen.
"Distinguished guest, based on the information you requested, we sent people to gather and investigate, but ultimately only obtained a portion of the information."
Based on our assessment, the value of this intelligence data is equivalent to 30 million Star Coins.
"Please pay this information fee first, and then I will tell you the results of our investigation." A gentle female voice came from the other end.
"Hey, you're paying before you've even inspected the goods."
"And you yourself said that you didn't investigate everything, so how are we supposed to know what you actually found out!" Xue Xiaoxiao said, arms crossed, clearly annoyed.
"That's the tavern's rule: pay first, then we'll talk about information."
Furthermore, our tavern will naturally assess whether the intelligence we gather is worth the money.
Our Stars Tavern has survived to this day because of its reputation; otherwise, no one would come here.
Okay, sir.
"Please make your decision." A female voice came through the phone.
"I hope your intelligence won't disappoint me," Zhao Chen said coldly, then waved his hand.
Chu Xuan, standing behind them, opened the account they had prepared and transferred 30 million star coins directly to the other party.
"Now you can give me the intelligence, right?" Zhao Chen held out his hand.
"You can ask me directly for the information you need."
I cannot provide any data or files.
"Also, neither you nor your companion can use any props to record this meeting before this." The female voice said.
Chu Xuan frowned, raised her right hand, and tapped the handheld terminal a few times. Sure enough, many functions were blocked.
It seems to be because of this wooden house.
"You guys have a lot of demands," Zhao Chen said, somewhat annoyed.
"Please forgive me, sir, but the information you want to know is very special. For the sake of confidentiality and security, we have a dedicated person to remember it."
After all, even the most sophisticated equipment and recording instruments will eventually malfunction.
At this point, the biological brain becomes the safest recording device.
"Sir, you may ask about the information you wish to know," the woman's voice said.
Zhao Chen didn't think about these things. Anyway, after his physical fitness was enhanced, his memory was also greatly improved, so recording some words was no problem at all.
"Did the Holy Radiance Empire and Qin Xiaotian of the Starry Empire make a deal?"
"have."
What kinds of transactions did they conduct?
"According to our investigation, the Holy Radiant Empire, through the Star Alliance, transported some semi-finished interstellar warship parts into the Star Radiance Empire via a secret route."
The semi-finished products were handed over to the Guangyan Group, located in the Xueyan Starfield of the Xingyao Empire, and the Guangyan Group then directly assembled these semi-finished products into an interstellar warship.
In addition, Qin Xiaotian also had some secret collaborations with the nobles of the Holy Radiant Empire, but we are not clear about the details of these collaborations.
As for the information about the semi-finished products, I can explain it to you if you need it.
As Zhao Chen had predicted.
It's more efficient to transport a semi-finished product than a full-fledged interstellar warship!
Moreover, it's estimated that Qin Xiaotian wouldn't trust other people's starship technology at this moment. With the Beiyan Group's T2 Tibetan Mastiff-class medium-sized interstellar destroyer as a precedent, he wouldn't make the same mistake again.
The best approach would be to procure parts and semi-finished products, and then build one's own interstellar warships using one's own starship factory.
This might increase costs.
However, construction efficiency will increase several times!
Zhao Chen was very curious about the secret cooperation between the two parties.
This is probably one of the costs Qin Xiaotian paid for cooperating with the Holy Glory Empire.
It's a pity that even the Starry Tavern couldn't find out, so it's even less likely that Zhao Chen could find out.
"Which route did they take? Who in the Star Alliance is responsible for the handover or transport? Is there a fixed transport schedule?" Zhao Chen asked, squinting his eyes.
"Based on our investigation, we currently know that they used three flight routes..."
The other party began to explain the three coordinate routes.
Although Chu Xuan didn't speak, as a secretary, she had already begun to draw up the route in her mind.
