Zhao Chen looked at Li Yaqi, who had a pale face and was clearly in low spirits.

“You just said that one day ago, your Northern Goose Group’s industrial park suffered an unknown attack.

Over ninety percent of the Starship production lines were destroyed?” Zhao Chen concisely summarized what Li Yaqi had frantically told him.

“Yes... that includes all our T2 Mastiff production lines! And the hundreds of T2 Mastiffs that were already under construction...”

Li Yaqi said in a panic, “The destruction of these interstellar industrial parks is not a big deal; we can just rebuild them...

However, according to the military procurement order we signed with the Starlight Empire’s Imperial Army, fifteen thousand T2 Mastiffs are to be delivered in four batches at the end of each quarter, with each batch not being less than three thousand T2 Mastiffs.

Finally, all fifteen thousand T2 Mastiffs will be delivered before the end of this year, at which point the full payment will be settled.

The first batch of three thousand T2 Mastiffs was already delivered by the end of March.

But now that we don’t have production lines, if we rebuild them, it will take at least three to five months!

Then the delivery of the second batch of T2 Mastiffs will definitely be delayed.

This delay... according to the military procurement order’s breach of contract rules, we will have to pay ten times the liquidated damages; if we cannot pay the liquidated damages... we might even be required to hand over the T2 Mastiff production technology.

Furthermore, the entire Northern Goose Group might even be swallowed by the Starlight Empire...”

Ten times the liquidated damages would be nearly five hundred billion star coins!

No matter how you look at it, the Northern Goose Group could not possibly come up with that much.

Zhao Chen asked, “Are there any clues about the attackers who destroyed your industrial park?”

“The attack came very suddenly! I only received the news half a day after it happened.

When I dispatched the nearest personnel to inspect the industrial park, I only saw a pile of ruins and wreckage.

And there were also a large number of Zerg corpses,” Li Yaqi said.

Zerg corpses?

“The Star System you are in? Has a Cosmic Insectoid Hive appeared?” Zhao Chen asked.

Li Yaqi shook her head: “No!

This time, the North Wind Star Sector experienced a Zerg disaster, but the Star System we are in is very safe, and there has been no appearance of a Cosmic Insectoid Hive.

Moreover, we suspect that this was a premeditated attack.

I arranged for a corps-level fleet to guard and patrol the industrial park, although most of them were T2-class and T1 Interstellar Warship.

But if it were a Zerg attack, it would be impossible for no news to have been transmitted.

And in the ruins and wreckage of the industrial park, we found traces of attacks from what appeared to be T3-class Starship weapons!”

“Have you reported these matters to the higher-ups?” Zhao Chen inquired.

“I reported it to the local Star System Lord and also contacted North Wind Governor.

The feedback I received was that they would investigate and collect evidence, but... the internal news I received is that the higher-ups haven’t found any useful clues, and it will likely be defined as an attack by a Zerg Fleet that drifted here...

It’s also because I... we don’t have any evidence...” Li Yaqi said indignantly.

She suspected someone was behind it, but without evidence, anything she said was useless.

Zhao Chen knew that Li Yaqi’s Northern Goose Group’s industrial park was built in one of the several Star System territories directly under the North Wind Governor.

After all, the Northern Goose Group’s status after securing the military procurement order was unusual, and the North Wind Governor could not ignore this newly rising commercial star.

If it were in the past, North Wind Governor would definitely have immediately investigated this matter thoroughly.

But precisely now, the North Wind Star Sector is in a turbulent period; the Zerg disaster has just subsided, and a large number of affected Galaxies need to be arranged.

There truly isn’t any spare capacity to deal with the Northern Goose Group’s affairs.

“If there really were attackers, it’s most likely competitors who couldn’t stand to see your Northern Goose Group fulfill the military procurement order,” Zhao Chen murmured.

“Hurricane Conglomerate!” Li Yaqi gritted her teeth and uttered the name.

It was well known that the Hurricane Conglomerate was currently the Northern Goose Group’s biggest competitor.

During this military procurement meeting, because of the Northern Goose Group’s sudden emergence, relying on the T2 Mastiff, they directly cut off the Hurricane Conglomerate’s cash cow, pushing it off its pedestal.

If one were to ask who the Northern Goose Group’s biggest enemy was, it was undoubtedly the Hurricane Conglomerate.

“The Hurricane Conglomerate doesn’t have such great capability; it’s likely there’s a backer behind them.

However, we don’t have evidence for now, so revenge can only be put aside for the moment; the most important thing right now is how to deal with the delivery of the military procurement order.

Can you contact the Imperial Army and ask them to delay the delivery date for the second batch of Interstellar Warship?” Zhao Chen inquired.

Li Yaqi shook her head, saying weakly, “I just contacted them and reported the situation that our Northern Goose Group was suspected of being attacked.

But the Imperial Army’s military procurement department’s Meaning is that no matter what happens, everything must be handled according to the contract!

If there’s a breach, it will be executed according to the contract’s breach of contract requirements!”

Such a strong attitude was very strange.

Logically speaking, a slight delay of a few months for such an order is not a very strange thing.

It seems that the mastermind behind this also has a very high position of power, capable of influencing the military procurement department.

Zhao Chen closed his eyes and thought for a few breaths.

He looked at Li Yaqi opposite him: “How much capital does the Northern Goose Group currently have in its accounts?”

Li Yaqi was a little surprised by Zhao Chen’s sudden question, and she replied, “We relied on the sales revenue of the t1 wolf louse-class medium interstellar destroyer and several other Interstellar Warship.

All of it was used to expand the T2 Mastiff production line industrial park.

Afterward, we received an advance payment of thirteen billion star coins for the military procurement order, deducting some raw material purchases and labor expenses, etc.

As of now, we still have ten billion star coins in our accounts.

But now... having this capital alone is useless; if we can’t deliver the military procurement Starships on time, no amount of money will help.”

Li Yaqi was frantic with worry.

“I’ve already thought of a solution; since the solution is to deliver the Interstellar Warship on the military procurement order on time.

Then we will deliver them,” Zhao Chen said.

“This... how can we deliver?” Li Yaqi was dumbfounded.

Zhao Chen looked at Li Yaqi: “Before I talk about my plan, let me ask you a question.

How many rentable Starship workshops in the Starports within the North Wind Star Sector that can meet T2-class Starship manufacturing requirements can you rent in a short period of time?”

“There are three hundred and sixty-five active Starports of various sizes in the North Wind Star Sector, of which thirty-five are equipped with T2-class Starship manufacturing workshops.

Among these thirty-five, there are nearly three hundred manufacturing workshops capable of building T2-class Interstellar Warship in total; and currently, due to the Zerg disaster, these manufacturing workshops are also in high demand.

Some of them have probably already been rented, and at most, I can rent one-third.”

Li Yaqi answered Zhao Chen’s question, and she seemed to have guessed Zhao Chen’s idea, shaking her head and saying, “If we want to rent these Starport manufacturing workshops to build T2 Mastiffs.

We simply won’t be able to catch up with the delivery of the Imperial Army’s military procurement order!”

“I’m not going to use them to build T2 Mastiffs, but to build this Interstellar Industrial Ship!” Zhao Chen raised his hand, and a holographic projection appeared in front of Li Yaqi.

It was a T2-class Interstellar Industrial Ship.

“I now need you to obtain the rental rights for these Starship manufacturing workshops in the shortest possible time!

And at the fastest speed, arrange for technical personnel to these workshops to await the start of work!

Perhaps time is still a bit tight, but I will find a way to buy you some time.

You just go and do what I’ve instructed you to do now!

Trust me! This will be our desperate counterattack!”