Starting as a Wallfacer, his defection to the Three-Body Problem shocked the world.

Chapter 286 You Dare to Play Me Like This

Ultimately, the issue of holding Lin Xuan accountable was resolved through this appeasement among the three parties. As for the negative impact of his arms production, who cares?

The three parties—the Divine Realm, the Divine Domain, and the Enlightenment Bureau—each have their own agendas. That's how politics is. So-called law and justice are nothing more than a facade fabricated by politicians to achieve their own goals. As for how many people actually believe them, that depends on their ability to lie.

The Divine Realm and the Enlightenment Bureau have always been at odds, and the root cause is the conflict between the functions of these two departments.

The Ministry of Justice possessed administrative and jurisdictional power over all cities, as well as the final right to interpret legal provisions. However, they did not have jurisdiction over the military and could only command the security forces of each city.

Therefore, conflicts often arise between the Divine Realm and the Enlightenment Bureau, which leads to a gradual escalation of the conflict between the two sides.

The matter of Bai Bing can be either a big deal or a small deal. As soon as the war started, the arms smuggling business had already flourished all over Mind Earth, and there were countless manufacturers of privately made ammunition.

You can even buy guns and ammunition from vending machines.

But Bai Bing was truly the first person to dare to use the country's money to manufacture weapons privately.

Therefore, the Qifa Division wanted to hold onto this matter and force the Divine Realm to vouch for Bai Bing.

Director Gai knew that, given Fang Lin's personality, she would definitely come out to vouch for Bai Bing. There was no way around it; the computing power amplifier that Bai Bing created was just too effective, so effective that it could even affect the balance of power among the three departments in the future.

As long as she dares to vouch for Bai Bing, when she kicks Bai Bing out of the project afterwards, Qifasi can use this as an excuse to weaken the authority of the Divine Realm.

Director Gai just didn't expect that Fatty Qi would choose to step forward and stir up trouble at this time.

Logically speaking, the God of Wealth couldn't possibly be unaware of the commercial value of this project, so his meddling in it can only mean that this fat man must have received a lot of benefits from the divine realm.

No, simply receiving benefits is not enough. Once the authority of the divine realm declines, this thing will have negligible influence on the Enlightenment Bureau.

The biggest function of the amplifier is to increase computing power; in other words, it enhances the importance of mental training.

Who is in charge of that spiritual training? The Enlightenment Department!

As long as the authority of the Divine Realm remains, and the Divine Realm holds the power to distribute amplifiers, then even if the Enlightened Ones hold the right to train psychic masters, they can only watch helplessly.

Furthermore, the finances of the Bu region were drawn from the Qifa Division. If the Qifa Division were to rise up and break free from the economic control of the Bu region, the Bu region's rights would become merely nominal.

Therefore, for Fatty Qi, whether or not the Divine Realm would guarantee Bai Bing was not important; what was more important to them was the absence of Director Gai.

Such is the nature of the struggle between people. While the government was scheming against Bai Bing, the three departments within the government were also scheming against each other to suppress one another.

If a government can unite as one and move towards a common goal, there will be less pointless political struggle.

Soon, the orders from above were relayed to the lower ranks. When the more than 500 spies saw that the orders were to continue cooperating with Bai Bing, they were completely dumbfounded.

Are you kidding me? We're not buddies.

The higher-ups really intend for us to produce bullets? So many bullets, is it possible for us to produce them all?

However, it seems that the higher-ups also took this into account, and after the order was issued, they also specially approved a batch of bullets for them.

All you want, Bai Bing, is a bullet, right?

Let's be frank, since you want it, I'll give it to you.

As for production, everyone can just go through the motions. These spies only received a brief period of training before they came, and they are still far behind skilled workers. Even skilled workers may not be able to complete the tasks assigned by Lin Xuan on time, let alone them.

And so, the group stayed at the military factory until evening before finally delivering the bullets Lin Xuan had requested.

Lin Xuan was stunned when she saw the bullets they handed over.

He just casually mentioned a number, and these people actually managed to produce it!

What does this mean? It means that this group of people are not working at full capacity!

"Alright, in that case, double the workload tomorrow!"

The group of spies: ???

Not a buddy?

You can't play like this!

For a moment, the spies suddenly felt homesick.

Lin Xuan is like that evil capitalist, ruthlessly exploiting the surplus value of the working people.

If you complete my work on time, you will not only not receive praise, but I will also double your workload until I am certain that you really cannot produce more.

If you're capable, work yourself to the bone! As long as you don't die, get up and keep working!

Left with no other option, the spies continued to apply to their superiors for approval of ammunition.

Are you kidding me? They already had a hard time completing the original tasks. If the production task is doubled, isn't this just going to kill them?

That evening, when Lin Xuan looked at the boxes of ammunition piled up in the warehouse, she couldn't help but applaud.

"Great, great, you guys are really awesome! In that case, double the output tomorrow!"

And so it went, on the seventh day, the eighth day...

No matter what mission objectives Lin Xuan set for these spies, they always managed to deliver their tasks on time in the evening.

The spies' daily task was to pretend to produce ammunition and then put the pre-prepared munitions into the warehouse.

They really wanted to say: We don't produce ammunition, we're just ammunition carriers.

This went on for several days until finally, the three government ministries couldn't sit still any longer.

"We can't keep being led by the nose like this."

Looking at the financial expenditures of the past few days, Qi Huanqing almost couldn't maintain his smile.

"Bai Bing is going too far. Is he planning to empty the entire inventory of the three major government departments?"

Upon hearing this, Director Gai couldn't help but let out a cold laugh.

"Ha, I told you long ago, this person can't be kept alive. What did you say back then? Now you know you regret it, but it's too late!"

Fang Lin sighed helplessly, her slender, fair fingers gently rubbing her beautiful eyes.

“I didn’t think this through. Wayne, go tell Bai Bing that he only has half a month left on his deadline.”

Wayne could only smile wryly. He was truly impressed by Bai Bing. To be able to cause such a mess to three big shots from the same clan was unprecedented and unparalleled in the entire Mind Earth.

However, the task of persuading him naturally fell to the unfortunate Manager Qiao.

When Qiao Yajie saw Lin Xuan again, he was completely devastated.

"Oh, isn't this Manager Qiao? Good morning!"

Lin Xuan smiled as she looked at Qiao Yajie, who looked haggard, completely ignoring his resentful gaze.

"Bai Bing, I'm begging you, please do something worthwhile!"

Upon hearing this, Lin Xuan couldn't help but burst out laughing.

"Manager Qiao, what kind of talk is that? When have I not been doing my job?"

Upon hearing this, Qiao Yajie couldn't help but roll her eyes.

Yes, yes, you are indeed doing something worthwhile. It's been ten days, and I haven't even seen the design drawings for what I was asked to build. All you do every day is try to fleece the three major departments!

"Anyway, the higher-ups mean you'll have at most another half month. You can decide for yourself."

Qiao Yajie thought that the other party would panic for a second after hearing his words, but after observing her for a long time, he found that Lin Xuan remained calm and composed, without any panicked expression.

"Aren't you going to ask why the time was shortened?"

"Why should I ask? As long as I can deliver the task on time, isn't that enough?"

"Um... what you said makes a lot of sense."

Qiao Yajie scratched his head.

"But Bai Bing, I still advise you, if you are really not confident, tell me as soon as possible. The Divine Realm still has room to help you. But if you fail to deliver on time in ten days, then all three main families will hold you accountable."

Lin Xuan just smiled.

"Don't worry, brother. I know what I'm doing. Have you heard the story of borrowing arrows with straw boats?"

Qiao Yajie was taken aback when he heard this. Although the final development of the six Earths was slightly different, they were all generated by the observers according to the template, so the historical development of civilizations was not the same. He naturally knew the story of borrowing arrows with straw boats.

"You mean you'll come up with a brilliant plan on the last day, just like Zhuge Liang?"

Lin Xuan shook her head.

"No, what I mean is, if I had no other choice, I would have dragged you away a day earlier."

Qiao Yajie: ...

Seven or eight days later, just as the three government departments were gradually losing patience with Bai Bing and concluding that he was incapable of producing amplifiers, Bai Bing brought his men to deliver 10,000 amplifiers to fulfill the mission.

Suddenly, the Divine Realm was dumbfounded, the Divination Territory was dumbfounded, and the Enlightenment Bureau was even more dumbfounded.

No?

How did you produce it?

Didn't they not even have design drawings the day before?

The three government departments recalled the undercover agents who had been hiding in the military factory almost as quickly as possible.

"So, have you obtained Bai Bing's design drawings?"

The spies shook their heads repeatedly.

"Then surely someone recorded the production process, right?"

The spies still shook their heads.

"Could it be that these amplifiers weren't even produced by you at all?"

This time the spies didn't shake their heads, but the heads of the three departments felt even more distressed.

"Grass!"

After spending more than twenty days, all I got was nothing.

"That Bai Bing is a real sly fox. He knew we would discard him after we'd served our purpose, so he deliberately kept his secret and didn't reveal the production process!"

Director Gai was dumbfounded. Their original plan was to figure out how to deal with the other two companies after obtaining the design drawings, but they never expected that they would not have obtained the amplifier design drawings.

Doesn't this completely disrupt their entire plan?

"Useless idiots, a bunch of useless idiots! More than five hundred people, and they were completely outmaneuvered by a kid in his early thirties! They're utterly trash!"

All three government departments were seething with anger, and in the end, Qiao Yajie was sent to find Bai Bing for the third time.

"Oh, you're asking why I didn't see the manufacturing process of this thing?"

"Because I didn't do it at all!"

Upon hearing Lin Xuan's blunt answer, Qiao Yajie felt as if he could hardly breathe. His fingers trembled as he pointed at the boxes of amplifiers on the ground.

"Then all these things of yours..."

"I already had 10,000 units in stock. You wanted me to produce them, so I'll just give you the ones that are already made!"

Upon hearing this answer, Qiao Yajie's face darkened.

"If that's the case, why do you need so many resources and thirty days of production time? Why don't you just give us the goods directly?"

Lin Xuan smiled.

"Isn't it because I'm afraid you'll think I haven't done anything? If that happens, I won't be able to take the money the government gives me with a clear conscience!"

"So you feel at ease deceiving everyone like this?" Qiao Yajie roared furiously in his heart, but in the end, he still sighed helplessly.

"Fine!"

"Besides, didn't you just give me the things that were already there? What? You're allowed to be the movers, but I'm not allowed to use ready-made things to fool you?"

Lin Xuan smiled and pointed to the bullets piled up in the warehouse.

This remark really stung Qiao Yajie, and he couldn't say anything more. He turned around and took the things to hand in.

"What should we do now?"

In the meeting room, the representatives from the three ministries looked at each other and fell silent for a moment.

"Damn Bai Bing, how dare you play me for a fool!"

Lin Xuan's actions completely disrupted all their previous plans.

They not only completed the delivery on time, but also didn't leak the design drawings.

Most importantly, if he can produce 10,000 amplifiers, how do you know he doesn't have even more?

This completely thwarted their original plan to discard them after they had served their purpose.

"It seems that Bai Bing is not as easy to deal with as we thought!"

The three departments had considered forcibly seizing the technology from Bai Bing, after all, they were the true rulers of Mind Earth, and if anyone dared to disobey, they could simply take action to eliminate them.

In other civilizations, this would most likely have ended in this way, but it wouldn't have happened on Mind Earth.

why?

Because the technology of Mind Earth actually comes from the gods they believe in.

To put it more bluntly, the gods they worship are nothing more than projections of advanced civilizations!

They use psychic energy to perform sacrificial rituals, using their own methods to extract charity from higher civilizations.

Psychic power is merely a medium through which they communicate with advanced civilizations.

But this group of people had no idea which god Bai Bing worshipped. What if they killed him and he got angry and came after their civilization?

Generally speaking, when using psionic communication to communicate with advanced civilizations, the other party cannot easily detect the specific location of your civilization.

If every communication could be detected by a higher civilization, then why would their mental Earth even participate in the showdown? They might as well just destroy it.

However, there is a pattern: the closer the other party is to the location and level of one's own civilization, the more ways there are to transmit and communicate.

To put it bluntly, people now strongly suspect that these 10,000-plus amplifiers did not belong to Bai Bing himself, but were transmitted to him by the advanced civilization behind him.

If we kill this person, it's probably only a matter of time before they find our civilization.