Resurrection Empire

Chapter 1380: Chapter 521: Sera’s Struggle (Part 2)

"This way, please, both of you." Ou Youning gestured to the side.

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Several months passed, and Grue Augustus stood expectantly at the shipyard dock on South Nine B Star.

Behind him trailed numerous people in white coats and robes, the elite research team he had assembled over these months, whose sole purpose was to unravel the mystery of Red Blade Star’s invisibility coating with the full power of the Viscount Mansion.

Today, Grue brought along a core group of as many as three hundred talents, each holding exceptional skills and profound knowledge, serving as the backbone of the Academy of Sciences.

Among them were some with gray hair and wrinkled faces, while others were in their prime, and only a few appeared young.

If you ask what the foundation of the Augustus family under Viscount Nan Jiu is, it lies precisely with these three hundred people.

But that’s not all; these three hundred represent three hundred well-funded research and development groups, each with a renowned reputation within the Nanxiang Star Cluster.

Various forces would eagerly offer high prices to hire them.

Viscount Nan Jiu owns ten planetary systems, ten stars, dozens of planets, and vast resources, with a focus on developing biotechnology. The wealth accumulated over millennia is largely spent on the Augustus Academy.

Although the research strength on Red Blade Star is not weak, surpassing the Augustus Academy in most fields, they still fall far short in biotechnology. For example, the Star Annihilation Ant: even though the Red Blade Science Academy has samples, they have yet to fully understand how this miraculous life form, with traits of both biology and machinery, immune to extreme temperatures, was created.

Attempts to artificially modify its genetic sequence and change its behavior have also never succeeded.

The only successful mutation of the Star Annihilation Ant held by the Red Blade Clan came from that global nuclear fusion chain explosion. It was a pure coincidence, a miracle of the universe, unrelated to human capability.

This demonstrates the formidable strength of the Augustus Academy. With the current full mobilization and investment of Grue Augustus, his determination is evident.

Back then, Grue killed his brother and father, revealing his decisive capability. Now he knows this is the last chance left to him by Nanxiang Marquis Liu An; if he doesn’t seize it, he’s doomed.

In reality, Grue doesn’t care about the fate of the family. Whether the family can realize his father’s dream of becoming an Earl lineage, breaking free from the shackles of lower nobility, becoming the third pole in the Nanxiang Star Cluster, and achieving long-lasting glory, he doesn’t care at all.

Grue’s thoughts are very simple. He just wants to live well himself. Everything else must take a backseat.

In the face of the direct threat from Liu An, Grue has gambled all the resources of the clan on this endeavor, seeking only a desperate fight for survival.

Of course, he would keep these thoughts pressed deep in his heart while outwardly showing a different attitude towards these talents who support the family.

"In fifteen minutes, Nanxiang Marquis’s transport ship will arrive. On this ship are two things. One is the exclusive invisibility coating from Red Blade Star, which both Nanxiang Marquis and we have sought at high prices but found difficult to acquire. The other is three hundred analysis and material synthesis instruments I have exhausted the family’s liquid funds to acquire through Nanxiang Marquis from the Imperial Royal Academy of Sciences. These instruments are not outdated stock at the Royal Academy of Sciences but the main active equipment. Even the most secretive items on Red Blade Star can certainly be revealed by them."

"As you know, I want you to break Red Blade Star’s patent rights. We are not infringing but protecting our legal rights. This is an accessory product of the Star Annihilation Ant, which naturally belongs to the Augustus family, taken by Earl Red Blade through deceit and exploitation. We are merely reclaiming what should belong to us."

"It is needless for me to elaborate on the importance of this. In the past six months, the influence Red Blade Star has wielded within the Nanxiang Star Cluster due to it is clearly evident to you all."

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"We must succeed, not fail, and cannot fail. Either the Augustus family prospers, or it falls; it all rests on this endeavor!"

Just as Grue concluded his impassioned speech, a large transport ship slowly docked into the shipyard.

Sera Augustus, standing at the back of the crowd, craned his neck, looking up at the large ship with eyes filled with anticipation.