Machine War: Infinite Frontier.

"HDDC?"

Leonardo grabbed the wine glass and sat down. "We had a lot of cooperation before when we were in Chimera. The energy engineering of the entire City of Desire and Chimera was done by HDDC. They also contributed a lot to the orbital elevator. Later, HDDC became one of the shareholders of the City of Desire."

"But HDDC doesn't get involved much, and doesn't interfere in Chimera's affairs. They just use Chimera's influence to do business. They also quietly buy and sell contraband, weapons and other things on the black market. I don't know much about them...

Leonardo casually pointed his thumb to the side, as if pointing to the side, but actually pointing to the City of Angels: "Now they are responsible for the energy supply of the City of Angels, and they have also invested a lot of business there."

Cruze nodded: "What about the others?"

Leonardo shook his head. "No, we are just slightly closer partners. I borrowed their name to fight for power, and they were willing to support me, so we are close. What happened to HDDC?"

Leonardo is truly one of our own, and is considered to be one of the people at the front in the organizational structure. After all, the former Chimera and the current Red Leaf Star are both very important, and basically speaking, Leonardo is an indispensable person in the management of both the Red Leaf Star and the City of Angels.

Cruze told Leonardo everything without hiding anything, hoping that Leonardo could remember something and analyze something useful.

Leonardo frowned upon hearing Cruze's words: "Boss, Mr. Cruze, from what I understand, HDDC has become one of the best emerging companies in the border area because of their reputation. Under normal circumstances, this kind of thing should not happen."

Leonardo paused for a moment and continued, "But in an era like this, those who appear to be glamorous on the surface may actually be the most vicious. For the sake of self-protection, profit, and development, every company will have something shady in their hands."

"Nonsense." Xiao Yun glanced at Leonardo and said, "Saying so much is the same as saying nothing."

"Hehe." Leonardo added: "But whether HDDC has sent the door into the cargo ship is the easiest thing to confirm."

Cruze nodded slightly: "Use your connections to investigate this matter."

Leonardo patted his chest and said, "Leave it to me."

Xiao Yun suddenly spoke again: "HDDC is a new company that has suddenly emerged in recent years, but before that, HDDC was also responsible for the energy supply of Chimera?"

Leonardo thought about it, nodded, and then shook his head: "There were many energy suppliers in the border area before, but after the rise of HDDC, they were basically swallowed up by HDDC. Chimera also had other energy service providers before, but later it was taken over by HDDC."

In the interstellar age, energy supply generally refers not only to direct energy supply, but a complete set of service solutions, including construction, equipment, maintenance, etc. It can even provide some energy-related ancillary services, involving space elevators and even more things, many of which are unavoidable if a planet wants to develop.

It is said to be an emerging energy company, but in fact it is also a comprehensive enterprise, just biased in its business direction.

Construction may be a one-time thing in terms of the phase cycle, but equipment maintenance is a long-term business. To do long-term business, you need top-level credibility. Therefore, HDDC has a good reputation throughout the border. However, the annexation mentioned by Leonardo is enough to show that HDDC's hands may not be so clean.

If we look at it from the opposite perspective, HDDC has had no problems for all these years, but it happened today. So there must be a lot of things to explore here. Maybe the attack on the transport ship has nothing to do with HDDC.

In the end, it was found that there was a spy from the rebel army in HDDC, which was why the news leaked. Then, in order to calm things down, HDDC compensated Dawn with a new door. This development logic is simply impeccable, and everyone is happy?

Xiao Yun spoke whatever he thought of, and told Cruze and Leonardo this sudden idea as if he was telling a joke.

Not even a few days had passed when General Johnson landed on the Red Leaf Star in a warship that was later renamed the Gold Digger.

Before the ship landed, Xiao Yun saw from afar a manuscript and an image of broken gold nuggets on the spaceship. Adding that to the logo of the Federal Space Force Border Army, it looked a bit strange no matter how he looked at it.

When General Johnson came out of the battleship, the first thing Xiao Yun saw was his round belly. He was wearing a very slim-fitting federal army uniform, but this guy could only button two fewer buttons than others.

"Brother, hahahaha."

General Johnson opened his arms from a distance and wanted to give Xiao Yun a warm hug. From the looks of it, his stomach might push Xiao Yun out if he wasn't careful.

"Haha, brother." The two hugged each other warmly and then separated. Johnson put his arm around Xiao Yun's shoulders and began to introduce the people behind him: "Brother, you have almost seen and recognized these brothers. There are also a few new faces I would like to introduce to you."

There are a dozen or so scattered people, all of whom are generals or above. Considering the scale of TMC after it was incorporated into the Border Federation Army, having a dozen generals is nothing. More than half of the dozen people have real power, and the rest are either regional heads or deputies to powerful positions.

And this time, all these people came here to transform Iron Man, yes, all of them.

Xiao Yun couldn't quite understand these people's enterprising spirit, nor could he quite understand their concerns about preparing for a rainy day, but he could see something from their attitudes. It seemed that the situation on the border was somewhat out of control.

After some polite exchanges, Xiao Yun had the group of generals taken to the City of Angels for a good reception. Only General Johnson took the initiative to hold Xiao Yun's hand and stayed.

"Brother, I didn't come here empty-handed this time." General Johnson dragged Xiao Yun to the cargo that was being unloaded. Large containers were being transported out of the gold digging ship.

"These are all for me?" Xiao Yun pointed at the container and asked, "What are they?"

“Haha, they are all local specialties.”

"Specialties?" Xiao Yun said with a strange expression, "Something from that planet?"

"Brother, we were lucky before. We didn't expect that there was a very huge sandworm creature on that planet. This time when the federal fleet conducted a large-scale search of the planet, we happened to encounter traces of the activities of that huge sandworm."

General Johnson's voice became softer as he spoke: "Fortunately, your people didn't probe too deep. The area below the battleship has become a nest of sandworms."

"Wow." Xiao Yun nodded and asked, "What's going on with that ship?"

"Let me first tell you about the gifts I brought. They are good things." Johnson deliberately patted Xiao Yun's shoulder and said, "First of all, the local specialty, the sand."

Can sand also become a local specialty?

"This sand is a very good material for electromagnetic weapons. The Federation took into consideration Dawn's weapons development capabilities, so they wanted Dawn to try it first."

Xiao Yun: "Understood. I'll have someone study it once it's sent to the weapons development department."

"The contents of these boxes are also found on that planet. Those researchers called it something..." General Johnson paused, clapped his hands, and said, "Anyway, it's a very good and practical feed."

"what???"

Xiao Yun was stunned: "Feed?"

Johnson said, "Yes, yes, yes. The reason why those sandworms can grow so big is because that planet contains this special substance. It is like the vitamins that humans need. It is very suitable for privately raised animals. I don't know if humans can eat it."

"I know you like to keep some weird things. Those life science research pet dinosaurs and the like are always in great demand. Try these and tell me if they are not good enough."

Xiao Yun nodded: "Is the Federation planning to develop that planet?"

"Develop it." Johnson waved his hand and said, "It's impossible to develop it, but it is necessary to set up a monitoring station there. God knows whether it was a coincidence or something else that we landed on that planet, and the attackers have not been found yet."

Xiao Yun understood immediately. He just thought that place was suspicious so he just kept an eye on it. As for the sand and dust on that planet, it was even simpler. He could just send a few transport ships down there and it would be enough to last for a very long time.

"Also, brother, the environment of that planet is complicated. Although we sent people to help you look for it, they still couldn't find your goods. Now the higher-ups are worried that the goods may have been taken away by aliens and rebels. By then, there will definitely be other people who will communicate with you."

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Xiao Yun sighed: "I understand."

"Okay, let's talk later."

Johnson gestured to Xiao Yun to collect as he walked, and Xiao Yun led the way and quickly brought Johnson to the aircraft of his level.

After the two of them sat down, General Johnson spoke again: "The situation of that ship is very complicated. Even I don't know the specific situation inside. Now that the ship has been blocked, we can only wait for the federal headquarters to send someone to take over and investigate the ship. Anyway, I only know that the ship is of some value and should be something left by an ancient civilization. The part buried under the sand has almost become a nest of sandworms and has been severely damaged. I don't know much about the rest."

Xiao Yun nodded: "Brother, I will definitely believe it."

"Don't worry, brother. I am now the spokesperson for Shuguang in the Federation. I will cheat anyone and take advantage of anyone, but I will never cheat you to take advantage of Shuguang."

Johnson's words were heartfelt, but he was telling the truth.

Xiao Yun also sighed: "Brother, you don't have to say this, I understand it all."

"I won't say more." Johnson waved his hand and said, "Anyway, if the ship can really find something valuable, the Federation will definitely compensate Dawn. Besides, it was you who found the ship, and we got to know the news of the rebels because of you. In addition, so many old friends want to transform the Iron Man this time, so we worked hard to build a door for you."

Xiao Yun was a little surprised: "Door?"

Johnson: "Yes, the door before Dawn has no other use after it was occupied by the world of Iron Man. Otherwise, you wouldn't have thought of buying a door from HDDC, so this time I sent a door specially for you."

Xiao Yun quickly said: "Brother, you really helped me a lot."

Johnson patted his belly and said, "Haha, I knew you wanted this."

Xiao Yun really needs this thing now, but in fact, what he wants more is the one whose whereabouts are unknown, which is more useful now.

But if there is a new door, it must be kept. A door represents a brand new world and has infinite value.

General Johnson added: "The intelligence department also feels that this incident is a bit too coincidental. Normally, your transaction with HDDC should not be known to outsiders, so the intelligence department has been investigating HDDC for the past few days."

"Investigate?" Xiao Yun's expression became strange, and he said, "Brother, let me guess, is there a spy planted by the rebels hidden in the HDDC? It was this spy who spread the news."

Johnson immediately showed a knowing smile: "Brother, you understand very well."

"Heh." Xiao Yun shook his head and said, "I've thought of this possibility before. Hey, I didn't expect it to be true. So is it that HDDC is preparing to give us Shuguang another door in order to express their apology?"

Johnson slapped his thigh and laughed, "Brother, you are amazing. You guessed it all."

"Damn..." Xiao Yun felt that this was a bit ridiculous: "Are they really doing this? Is it so unskilled?"

Johnson said, "So it's the most difficult to judge what's true and what's false. HDDC is very sincere and they fully welcome the investigation personnel from the intelligence department to come in and fully cooperate. Even in this situation, they can't find anything, which means they really seem to be fine."

"If this continues, the intelligence department may have witnesses who are innocent. How can we investigate this? We won't be able to find out anything at all."

"You say they have problems but nothing can be found. You say they have no problems but everything is too logical and too coincidental. This situation is the most difficult to judge. After all, the Federation has to speak with evidence."

Xiao Yun thought about it and nodded in agreement. Judging from HDDC's current performance, it is indeed very difficult to deal with them. There is no evidence to show that they have problems. The spies have also been found, and HDDC's attitude is very cooperative and they have given enough compensation. It seems like they are really implicated, but no one can say for sure whether it is really the case.

It is better for HDDC to compensate with a door than nothing. Although Xiao Yun still wants the missing door, it doesn’t matter. As long as the door appears again, there will be a chance to find it back.

But now there are two new doors, and Xiao Yun suddenly became a little excited.