"This matter quickly alerted the game developers. The game company saw a treasure trove; what was a small amount of money selling games to young men? Selling the technology to the planet leaders of various planets would bring in a continuous stream of wealth."
"So this technology was developed? The game company's executives transformed into the hidden masterminds behind artificial intelligence ruling planets?" Jiang Ye asked.
"No, later the senior executives of the game company were all killed, electrocuted to death in the supercomputer room. Their bodies were quickly cremated, hindering the investigation, so it was ruled an accidental death, with a note in parentheses indicating suspicion. The matter was dropped like that." Li Nannan smiled. "There's a limit to how much wealth different people can handle; exceeding it invites fatal disaster."
"But you don't need to worry. This time, Birong Star will not be handed over to the King's Artificial Intelligence Laboratory. Recently, a planet managed by artificial intelligence experienced a large-scale civilian uprising, resulting in a 20% population reduction, which the military and relevant humanitarian organizations classified as a major man-made disaster," Li Nannan said. "Your main opponents this time are the three giants I mentioned before: Bi'an Star, Jingang Star, and Nü'er Star."
"What should I prepare now? The files say there will be special people coming to conduct a review. How can I handle the review?" Jiang Ye asked.
"Reviews are conducted in the form of covert visits, or rather, espionage infiltration. Regular covert visits have some rumors, but planetary reviews will have no whispers at all. My current rank is very high, allowing me access to almost all classified information, but I can't even see a single punctuation mark of information related to planetary reviews. Once, I wanted to obtain some relevant information through special channels. Before I could even start, I merely tried to sniff out related movements, and within hours, I received an internal warning and disciplinary action via light-speed communication. The army commander summoned me to his office and berated me for a long time, making me sweat profusely."
Jiang Ye was inwardly shocked.
He had always thought Li Nannan, with her high rank and extensive network in the military, was an almost omnipotent existence.
It seemed this review was extremely tricky, with a level of secrecy and importance that was astonishingly high!
"Although I can't see official documents, there are some vague rumors that I can share with you. These are all hearsay and might not be accurate, but perhaps they are not entirely unfounded."
"Please, tell me," Jiang Ye's eyes brightened again.
"Firstly, every planet has observers long-term embedded by the high echelons of the Galactic Empire. They often stay for several years, and they are basically not nobodies. They are very likely to be business elites, top scholars, or even within the centers of power on your planet."
"Someone I know?" Jiang Ye's eyes widened.
"There is such a rumor," Li Nannan said. "It is said that the fiancée of a planet leader was an observer. Every time she put the planet leader to sleep, she would sneak into his office amidst his snores and rummage through everything, using a button camera to photograph all the documents."
Jiang Ye's expression became very strange.
"In addition to the observers embedded locally, after entering the review period, there will also be secretly infiltrated observers. The identity records of these observers have been altered, so you won't be able to find any clues. People with all sorts of strange appearances and no distinguishing features might enter your planet in any way."
"With so many hidden sentries, are there no overt observers?" Jiang Ye asked.
"No."
"How can that be?"
"Some very unpleasant things happened in the past, and they happened with high frequency, so overt observers were abolished," Li Nannan said. "Think about it, a few solitary individuals entering a completely unknown, vast planet targeted at them, with the entire planet's strength mobilized to prevent them from spreading bad news. It's hard to imagine what would happen."
"Then what does the review content generally include?" Jiang Ye asked.
"That's also uncertain. Sometimes, when deciding on the sovereignty of planets near enemy territories, they assess war mobilization capabilities and disaster control abilities. Sometimes, when focusing on people's livelihoods, they assess whether people from all social strata have smiles on their faces," Li Nannan sighed. "So, what I can help you with is actually very limited. This is basically all I can tell you. Do you have any other questions?"
"Just one more question. What is the ranking on the file based on? I'm listed first," Jiang Ye said quickly.
"I had people arrange that, putting it first makes it easier to get votes, but the effect is very limited. Whether things ultimately succeed still depends on your ability," Li Nannan smiled.
The call ended.
Jiang Ye felt a sense of overwhelming anxiety.
He sat at his desk, opened the planet database, and meticulously examined the planet in his possession.
87% of the planet's surface had been occupied, including land and oceans. The three armies were in their final push, aiming to complete global control before winter arrived.
Population: 8.47 million. The inflow of population had been rapid recently, with over ten thousand people arriving daily.
Military strength had reached 400,000 troops, with a large proportion being mechanical soldiers, plus a host of military industry laboratory personnel, civilian staff, and training personnel not involved in combat. Judging by the population and military numbers, this was a terrifying proportion. It was a typical highly militarized planet.
104 cities had been built or were under planning.
Large-scale power grids and water supply facilities were steadily progressing.
There were universities, kindergartens, and primary schools, but no secondary schools yet, as the number of people of secondary school age was still very small. Alien immigrants usually did not bring children, and even if they had children immediately upon arriving on Jiang Ye Star, they would still be children in these few years.
There were several research laboratories, but their standards were quite poor, and they were engaged in trivial, insignificant research.
An average of 6 companies were established globally each day, and 3.5 companies went bankrupt daily. For now, it appeared to be a commercial paradise, as the entire planet was still in a phase of growth and expansion. Most commercial sectors were still a wasteland, and as long as someone engaged in business, it was easy to survive.
Jiang Ye was quite satisfied. Although his planet was small in scale, all aspects of it were already taking shape.
A sparrow might be small, but it had all its vital organs.
However, after a few seconds, the smile on his face vanished.
Being small in scale was sometimes a fatal weakness.
With less than ten million people, occupying a planet was already a huge waste of land.
Occupying another Birong Star felt somewhat hollow.
But he couldn't just give up. Since they were on the shortlist, he had to make an effort.
Jiang Ye first issued orders to Shao Wan and Che Zhen, preparing for a meeting.
One meeting for all military and police personnel, and several more meetings organized for officers and police of different ranks.
Then he issued orders to the academic community, and the leaders of universities, primary schools, and kindergartens also needed to have meetings.
Finally, it was the turn of the press, with Tang Hanliu to organize.
Su Yueming quickly sent over the scheduled meeting timetable. For the next three days, Jiang Ye would be immersed in meetings from morning to night.