436: Tiangong Group

Chang Hanshan glared at him and snorted, "You've grown quite bold, daring to criticize Prince Fu like that!"

Ding Peng felt a jolt in his heart. Having blurted it out, he now felt secretly regretful after being disgusted by that old fox, Chang Hanshan. He knew that although Prince Fu was a good-for-nothing, he was a legitimate royal prince and a very favored one at that; it was not his place to point fingers and make random comments. He could only smile apologetically, "How could I dare? I meant that compared to other princes, Prince Fu is indeed lagging behind quite a bit!"

"Why do you care about how Prince Fu is doing? Even if he is lagging behind, having a son like Long Yuan is enough to make his Prince Fus Mansion stand firm! Haven't you heard that mothers are honored by their sons? Why can't fathers be too?" Chang Hanshan said.

"The Department Head is wise! Then let's hurry to the Gathering of Worthies Platform. I also want to see this future powerhouse of the Great Ming with my own eyes!" Ding Peng urged.

The two quickly got up and left, heading straight for the Gathering of Worthies Platform. Unfortunately, upon arrival, they were told by the staff there that Long Yuan and his group had already left with Prince Zhao, most likely to the Tiangong Group.

The Tiangong Group was not a place one could just enter whenever they pleased. Of course, with the status of Chang Hanshan and Ding Peng, it was naturally not a problem. Chang Hanshan simply contacted Prince Zhao, and after confirming that Long Yuan was at the Tiangong Group, he went over with Ding Peng...

At this moment, the Tiangong Group was in perfect order, with every department still working overtime. Their tasks had been extremely heavy recently because they needed to prepare munitions for the front line. Many departments were no longer working a 996 schedule, but 007. The two busiest departments currently were the Profound Weapon Department and the Formation Department. The Profound Weapon Department had to refine High Grade Profound Weapon and thunder god cannons, while the Formation Department had to teach the "Ten Thousand Soldiers Gathering Profound Formation" to various bases. In addition to the original Formation, there were also simplified versions used to strengthen base defenses and to win over various families and forces.

In fact, the most important department in the Tiangong Group was the Profound Weapon Department. Under the Profound Weapon Department, it was divided into multiple sub-departments, each focusing on the research and refining of different Profound Weapons. The Formation Department, the Cloud Department managed by Qian Li, and the Mecha Department that researched mechas were all departments that had developed slowly later on.

After Prince Zhao brought Long Yuan's trio over, he didn't immediately go to visit these departments, but instead entered his office. As soon as Long Yuan entered, he noticed light screens everywhere. From these screens, one could see the live situation of many departments. If one wanted to understand the production and research details of a department in detail, they could also pull up that light screen individually and have a dialogue with the department head to understand.

Prince Zhao quickly pulled up a light screen. The scene appeared to be a high-spec conference room. Prince Zhao said, "Little Yuan, do you remember the tip you gave us last time?"

"Does the Imperial Uncle mean the incident where a hidden camera was placed in Sister Ruo Ying's bag by Justin's butler?" Long Yuan naturally knew what Prince Zhao was asking about and said it directly.

"Exactly! After we investigated carefully later, we discovered that hidden cameras had been installed in multiple departments. To implement counter-surveillance, we let those departments operate as usual, but they only did some superficial work. The real research work had already been quietly moved to underground spaces and other floors. As for this conference room, we have also held many meetings here, but the content was mostly about trivial things... Haha, I just don't know if Sir Dubi of the Snow Eagle Country will misjudge the technological level of our Tiangong Group!" Prince Zhao laughed.

Xu Ruoying also said fiercely upon hearing this, "That damned butler is still stranded in our Shuntian Prefecture with Justin. He must be able to obtain the information you released! However, the Snow Eagle Country is already about to be finished after being attacked by the Sea Clan. It seems there is no need for us to do this counter-surveillance work anymore, right?"

Prince Zhao waved his hand and said, "You can't say that! The Snow Eagle Country still has its foundations; it's impossible for it to be destroyed so quickly. Moreover, I heard that the Xuanji Tower has already asked for help from the Tianji Pavilion, the Sect behind it. Soon, powerhouses will descend upon our Blue Star. By then, the threat of the Sea Clan should be able to be repelled, and the competition between countries will still exist. So, it is still very necessary for us to carry out counter-surveillance!"

Xu Ruoying asked in surprise, "There is a Tianji Pavilion behind the Xuanji Tower? And it's outside our Blue Star?"

She had no knowledge of this news at all, while Prince Zhao had learned about this situation from Emperor Ming Zhu Zhenxiang after attending the morning court session. However, none of the people at the meeting knew that this news actually came from Long Yuan.

Prince Zhao briefly introduced the relationship between the Xuanji Tower and the Tianji Pavilion to Xu Ruoying and Prince Dai, which shocked the two of them tremendously. They did not expect that there was such a grand Star Domain world outside of Blue Star, and they were all stunned into silence...

Long Yuan did not clarify either. He nodded in agreement, "Imperial Uncle's words make sense! It's always good to keep an extra trump card. Who knows when it might play an important role!"

However, he laughed inwardly. Even if the technology of the Tiangong Group was hidden, it wouldn't mean much. At most, it would just give Sir Dubi some shock, but it would be impossible to surpass the technological level of the Snow Eagle Country. Based on his current understanding, the Tiangong Group was already lagging far behind the Snow Eagle Country, War Bear Country, and Flying Lion Country in terms of technology. If it weren't for the fact that he had helped the Tiangong Group a few times, it would probably be lagging even further behind now. Perhaps this was the real reason why Prince Zhao came to find him.

Sure enough, not long after they started chatting, Prince Zhao said excitedly, "Little Yuan, last time you helped us unlock those mechas and also sent over quite a few gene potions, which allowed us to make great strides in the research of mechas and potions. Currently, we have also developed our own mechas and potions, but the effects don't seem to be very ideal. I wonder if you could give our scientists some suggestions?"

Long Yuan laughed, "Imperial Uncle, I just happened to capture those mechas and potions. I wouldn't dare say I have any level of expertise in research, but I have seen those mecha pilots and gene warriors, and I have also fought with them. I can certainly say a few things about that!"

"Haha, that's great! Let's hurry over. They can't wait any longer!" Prince Zhao laughed.

The group soon arrived at the underground space. This space was the secret base of the Tiangong Group. Usually, no outsiders entered, and it was impossible for it to be installed with hidden cameras, so there was no need to do any counter-surveillance work.

The people from the Mecha Department had already been notified and knew that Long Yuan was coming. Many people were very excited. It seemed that the moment of verification was about to arrive. They had long wanted to know if the mechas they developed could really compete with those mechas from the Snow Eagle Country. It was just a pity that the Snow Eagle Country's mechas on hand were basically all damaged, and even the good ones couldn't exert their true strength. Therefore, Long Yuan, who had faced those mecha pilots before, appeared very important.

Amidst everyone's anticipation, the elevator door slowly opened, and the figures of Prince Zhao and Long Yuan appeared in their sight. A wave of warm cheers immediately erupted on the scene...