Resurrection Empire

Chapter 1392: Chapter 525: Courtroom Confrontation, Fatal Blow (Part 2)

But now, with the same matter presented from a different angle, and articulated by the eloquent lawyer Nanshan, it took on a completely different flavor.

In court, he pointed at Jin Simin, reprimanding him sternly, claiming that Earl Red Blade had a deep cunning and ruthless methods. Even before arriving at the Southern Nine Star System, he had already found an insider at the Augustus Academy, who secretly released samples of the Star Annihilation Ant experiment onto South Nine C Star.

It seemed that Earl Red Blade intended to destroy himself, but in fact, everything was within his grasp. He had already planned to initially alter the planet’s shape using the Star Annihilation Ants, followed by using chain nuclear fusion explosions to complete the clearing and transformation scheme. Earl Red Blade’s fundamental purpose was to feint strategically, creating a false impression among others within the Nanxiang Star Cluster that Nanxiang Marquis Liu An was intolerant, achieving multiple goals with one move.

Later, the so-called special mutation of the Star Annihilation Ants during nuclear fusion was merely a coincidental change, which was just an excuse by Earl Red Blade.

In fact, long before eradicating the Star Annihilation Ants, Earl Red Blade had already acquired the complete formula for the invisible coating.

He subsequently discovered that combining the Star Annihilation Ants with the giant reproductive cells of the Grade IV Mother Empress Ship, and synthesizing them using biological methods, could reduce production costs and avoid the technical patents of his original competitors. In total, deriving the synthesis process from the results would undoubtedly be easier.

As for where Earl Red Blade acquired the formula, it is beyond doubt that he exploited commercial espionage to steal assets from Viscount Nan Jiu of the Augustus family.

On the surface, it appeared that Red Blade Star completed mass production earlier, thanks to the clever changes brought about by the Star Annihilation Ants’ coincidental mutation.

However, Augustus Academy, the true inventor of the invisible coating, was unable to voice their grievances and found it difficult to prove their innocence.

At that time, the Augustus family’s production capacity for the invisible coating was still at a laboratory level, unable to be industrially scaled up, making it tough to prove that Earl Red Blade was actually the thief.

Now, however, the timing was ripe.

The lawyer then presented another piece of evidence, which was the newly completed industrial production line by the Augustus Academy.

Encouraged by this, Grue Augustus dared to stand up and request the highest court of the Nanxiang Military and Political Center to preside over justice.

In fact, anyone with a bit of intelligence would find that lawyer Nanshan’s arguments were full of errors and numerous loopholes. However, the entire Chief Court had long been arranged clearly by Liu An.

Simultaneously, Liu An personally bypassed Wen Yuanbo and communicated with the Imperial Family governing the Nanxiang Star Cluster from the top down, establishing various exchanges of interests. He made grand promises to provide absolute military strength in the upcoming total war mobilization, in exchange for the Imperial Family turning a blind eye to this case and continuing the previous centralized wartime rules.

Thus, in this court, the judges and jury, who had been biased beyond imagination, merely verified the product samples provided by both parties. Upon confirming that the physical characteristics, chemical properties, and final coating effects were exactly the same, they were prepared to forcibly rule against Red Blade Star.

The court’s reason was quite simple.

The entire Nanxiang Star Cluster knew that the Augustus family had been researching the Star Annihilation Ants for over a thousand years.

Therefore, as a byproduct of the Star Annihilation Ants, the earliest copyright of the invisible coating logically belonged to the Augustus family.

As to why Red Blade Star could directly use the mutant Star Annihilation Ants for biological synthesis, while Augustus Academy could only employ a complex path, consuming massive energy, and piecing together a product bit by bit using the Magnetic Field Traction Method akin to Void creation, it was naturally because Augustus Academy had the misfortune of not acquiring the mutant Star Annihilation Ants, rendering their original biological synthesis attempts unsuccessful, and only capable of small-scale production, unable to achieve industrial mass production.

Of course, Jin Simin would certainly not concede defeat willingly and instead had professional legal personnel from Red Blade Star present strong arguments, scrutinizing and questioning every aspect.

This lawsuit seemed simple, but in fact, it lasted for a full seven days. The situation did not suddenly tilt towards Grue but was gradually shifted under the constant promotion and guidance of forces within and outside the court.