the days before i bought the galaxy

The return of Warren Slim brought the development speed of the Free Chamber of Commerce Alliance to a new level.

1218年上半年，联盟总资产达到了7700亿深空晶体,相当于联盟成立时的85倍,联盟覆盖范围超过三百个商业圈，光是占据绝对优势的商业圈就有47个之多,其中有6个是完全由联盟独立开发的新商业圈。联盟辖下人口数量超过10兆,其中半人占人口总数的37%，有近四分之一的半人获得了联盟授予的身份ID。

The rise of such a huge force in just five years is an unprecedented miracle in the entire history of mankind.After all, there are only six deep-space crystal giants with a total asset of more than 5 trillion (that is, 50000 trillion), and the youngest of the six has a history of more than 400 years.

The current strength of the alliance is already comparable to that of the top ultra-large chambers of commerce in the original core area.Since the vast majority of members are small and medium-sized chambers of commerce, the influence of the alliance on the public is far greater than that of ordinary super-large chambers of commerce.There are countless people who yearn to join the League, thinking that it is an organization that will bring them hope and equality.

In the past, small and medium-sized chambers of commerce have always suffered from monopoly and unfair competition. However, in areas where the power of the alliance is developing rapidly, the large chambers of commerce that oppress them have experienced the feeling of "many ants kill elephants".Optimizing the use of internal resources and focusing on confronting external threats has hit many large chambers of commerce that are only good at suppressing assets, while other large chambers of commerce that are truly capable of operating see business opportunities within the alliance , and turned into the arms of the alliance.

People on Earth have a total of more than 27000 colonial business circles. This number is changing every moment. No one can count how far human beings have traveled.The Alliance of Free Chambers of Commerce is like the most dazzling star in the starry sky, spreading its brilliance farther and farther away...

Bethel, the headquarters of the Federation of Free Chambers of Commerce—

Not long after Warren woke up, considering that the Freya business circle had officially entered a prosperous period, he decided to return to Bethel with Odin.

Warren originally meant to directly move the headquarters of his own chamber of commerce alliance to a region closer to the earth, so as to complete the third part of his plan, "inner expansion."But Odin objected to him doing so.Half people think that the closer to the pronuclear area, the more variables there will be. Although Warren's move can speed up the development of the alliance, it will threaten his own safety. Therefore, it is best to continue to accumulate a certain amount of strength and then move inland.Today, half a year later, Warren's plan has finally been approved.

"Have you set a departure time yet?"

In the conference room, after everyone else had left, Odin suddenly asked.

Warren nodded: "I'm leaving this evening. If everything goes well, we can move the alliance headquarters to Midgard when we get back."

Odin chuckled: "You can't wait to get the iron head back, can you?"

"Yeah..." Warren was obviously in a good mood. The report on the alliance's assets issued in the morning greatly boosted his confidence, and made Odin finally agree to the plan to relocate the alliance headquarters.

"Midgard is the 'Star of the Atrium', and further inward is the pronuclear area in the traditional sense. Moving the headquarters there at once will probably bring pressure to many big families. Warren, you are like Take the spear and plunge it into their hearts."

"Hahahaha... That's right, as long as we set up our headquarters in Midgard, sooner or later the area we cross will become the sphere of influence of the alliance."

"But you have to take into account that Midgard is the farthest business circle that the Alliance has ever reached, where we account for less than [-]% of the trade. If someone cuts off your back, you won't even have time to cry !” said the half-person, half-jokingly.

"There is no such possibility. Alliance is an idea, an idea. When everyone is used to freedom and equality, who can continue to endure dictatorship? They can't usurp my position, and even if they do, they can't really grasp it. Alliance. I'll take Montgalt with me, and if anyone wants to go head-to-head, I'll show them what is the best human army in the galaxy."

"Are you sure that our guards are the most elite troops?" Odin raised his eyebrows.

Five months ago, Montgart officially resigned, handing over the post of commander of the garrison of the First Expedition to one of his generals, and he himself returned to Bethel with Warren, and then served as the new Established the post of Commander-in-Chief of the Alliance Guards.

This army is the biggest killer in Warren's hands. There are not many ships but all of them are the most advanced warships, and some even incorporate new technologies obtained from the Mechanical Republic.Its main task is not to participate in interstellar wars, but to serve as an elite force to carry out surgical strikes against those forces that attempt to provoke the alliance's security by military means.It can be said that it is precisely because of the existence of this force that Warren was able to persuade Odin to push the headquarters of the Alliance inward for a full 1000 light-years.

"I think so. Maybe only the fabled Federal Regular Army can compete with it?" Warren shrugged. "Who knows? The Federal Regular Army has been inactive for too long. Montgalt is in his prime." , even Principal Sieghui said that Menggalt has surpassed himself and has become a commander who can truly defend and attack. We have the best spaceships and troops with rich combat experience, and the activity of the garrison in the past two years has been comparable The local vigilante is much higher."

"Indeed, even mercenaries who frequently go to battle cannot have experience in such large-scale group operations. Mercenaries are good at grasping the local battle situation when fighting hand-to-hand, but most of them know nothing about military theory. Local security forces usually graduate from the It is a formal military academy, but it has only a single combat experience on the main star for a long time. Our guard army just has the advantages of both, and it is usually enough to protect your safety." Odin nodded in approval.

"I'm only worried about you now," Warren said earnestly. "Although the newly developed drug is working, I always worry about you so much that I can't even understand it. I used to rarely have nightmares." of."

Warren doesn't shy away from his concerns about Odin's health.After unremitting efforts, the research team finally developed a drug that can prolong Odin's life. This is an enzyme that only works on degenerate species.This enzyme inhibits Odin's ability to transform into a human, thereby enhancing Odin's cellular vitality.

For this research, the alliance obtained the help of more than [-] degenerate volunteers through enlistment, and they all agreed to participate in the research out of respect for Odin.In the process of developing the drug, the researchers also accidentally discovered that the violent and emotionally unstable degenerates were false, and that the degenerate demi-humans who survived the fear were no different from other demi-humans.

Although Odin's situation has temporarily stabilized, Warren is getting more and more worried every day.He puts this unfounded worry down to the aftermath he felt when he woke up and saw Odin for the first time.Recently, he has been having nightmares related to Odin one after another, making him a little unsure whether to leave now.

Going to the Mechanical Republic to pick up the blue was a long-planned event. It has been delayed for half a year to stabilize the situation of the alliance. This is already the limit that Warren can bear.But if he leaves now, can Odin really hold on?It is not yet known how long it will be delayed in the Mechanical Republic.

"You had a nightmare?" Odin was slightly surprised, and then deliberately said in a mocking tone, "You don't know that dreams are reversed, right?"

"I want you to promise me." Warren said in a low voice, feeling uneasy about Odin's performance.

"Guarantee? What guarantee?"

"I promise you...before I come back..."

"Ha! I'm not going to die so soon."

Warren gave the demigod a hard look, a word he didn't even want to hear right now.

Odin had no choice but to raise his hands in surrender: "Okay, I promise, take medicine honestly every day, and live until you come back."

"You must live well in the future!"

"Warren, don't act like a child..."

"I was younger than you!" Warren said bitterly, "If you dare to die easily, I will definitely make you regret it so much that you want to die ten thousand times!"

"Pfft! Well, I see. I hope you can get the tin head back smoothly."

"Lan there should be nothing to worry about. The speed of the teleporter is very fast, and it shouldn't take long. Ojaro is still losing his temper, but he is probably asleep right now."

"Because you refused to take him with you? Ogalo is really clinging to you more and more. Could it be because of his resemblance?"

"I don't want to take him to the Mechanical Republic. He will only wake up occasionally and cry hungry when he goes there, right? It will be bad if he eats Lan's companion."

Warren felt a headache for O'Gallo's 23.5 hours of long sleep and 0.5 hours of undifferentiated eating a day.Ogaro would eat anything, and at one point he even ate the furniture in a room.The only thing is that he never eats repetitive things. If he has eaten this style of bed, he will never eat another one.He also does not eat living things other than plants.Whatever the red light on his forehead brushes will be "eaten". The speed at which he eats seems to be related to the complexity of the object.For this reason, Warren had to pile up a lot of messy new things in the place where Ogaro slept every day, in case Ogaro woke up and ate wrongly or was hungry.Even so, Ojaro will occasionally bring him "surprises".Last time, Ogaro ran to Warren's room after waking up, ate the door lock, a large pile of clothes, and a watch that Odin gave Warren, and was severely scolded by Odin.So Warren refused to agree to take O'Gara, even though the teleporter can teleport two people.

"It's a very reasonable concern!" Odin gave Warren a thumbs up. "Children should be strictly disciplined. We can't let him get what he wants."

"Then please come and discipline him for me when I'm not around!"

"No problem." Half of the people looked eager to try.

On July 1218, 7 in the Galactic Calendar, Alliance Chief Warren Slim bid farewell to several of his cronies and went to the Mechanical Republic alone. This was the first time in human history that he set foot on the land of the Mechanical Republic.At this time, he still didn't know what kind of huge trouble was waiting for him...