Chapter 465: Chapter 225: Future Blueprint, Law Enforcement Team

On the way back from a delivery to Deng Ankang’s Fire Lion City.

Along the way, Li Chang’an happily counted his profits from the trip while mentally mapping out his future commercial empire.

During this reincarnation, he had obtained a portion of the technology from the Liyang Empire’s Hengyu-class Battleships with Leng Yanran’s help.

The Liyang Empire was a vast, galaxy-spanning civilization. Compared to them, the technology aboard a Hengyu-class Battleship was merely conventional and insignificant. But to Li Chang’an, it was a trove of incredibly effective and valuable assets.

The Super Electromagnetic Cannon and the Energy Particle Beam Cannon were windfalls he had skimmed from the Night City Technology Group. Those two weapons alone were enough to make him a fortune.

The technology he’d now acquired from the Liyang Empire was even more valuable than what he’d gotten from Night City. It included blueprints for a small Star Sea Floating Battleship capable of a thousand-year voyage.

If he could replicate the technology from the Hengyu-class Battleship, Li Chang’an was confident he could even explore the Main World’s dreaded Dark Cave.

However, high-end technology also demanded an exceptionally high level of manufacturing expertise.

Many of the devastating "black technologies" he’d gotten from the Hengyu-class Battleship required a highly advanced foundational tech tree and a comprehensive manufacturing infrastructure to produce.

Simply put, with Cangxuan City’s current level of technology, they still had a long way to go.

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As soon as the payment for the first batch of military weapons came in, Li Chang’an didn’t hesitate for a second. He immediately contacted Qi Long to order another shipment of raw materials.

At the same time, he posted on the forums, publicly recruiting highly-educated, top-tier talent for scientific research.

Of course, that alone wasn’t enough.

Compared to the slow and steady pace of other Reincarnators, Li Chang’an’s drive and ambition were far greater.

Besides, the relentless pressure from the Gu Family gave Li Chang’an a strong sense of urgency.

He had to develop and expand as quickly as possible to neutralize the threat from the Gu Family and truly become one of the top Reincarnator powers in the Main World.

Therefore, while recruiting talent externally, he also had to find ways to cultivate it from within.

Only with this two-pronged approach could Cangxuan City’s development skyrocket.

Ten days later, Li Chang’an spent a fortune hiring numerous high-tech experts and established the first military technology research academy in Cangxuan City.

Tuition at the academy was free, but it only accepted talent from within Cangxuan City. Its sole purpose was to train scientists, engineers, and senior technicians.

After returning to the Main World, Li Chang’an implemented a series of decisive measures. The six million Rebirth Points he had acquired were quickly spent, leaving him nearly empty-handed once more.

But such a massive investment of cash was bound to pay off.

The most obvious result was that Cangxuan City began to flourish even more.

The small town on the southeastern frontier seemed to be experiencing a renaissance, sparking considerable discussion on the Reincarnator forums.

In just one month, hundreds of high-end technology experts from various industries flocked to the city to offer their services.

However, just as Cangxuan City was thriving and developing at an ever-increasing pace, the Gu Family, who had been plotting in the shadows, finally made their hostility public.

A short while ago, an armory in a certain town suddenly exploded, engulfing the entire city in a sea of flames and causing hundreds of thousands of casualties.

The Gu Family used this incident as a pretext to pass a resolution within the Reincarnator Association. They would use this opportunity to audit the production licenses of all military technology manufacturers nationwide.

Once the news spread, it sparked widespread discussion among the Reincarnator community. Most Reincarnators, unaware of the real story, found the Association’s swift reaction rather strange.

Only a select few knew the resolution was aimed directly at Li Chang’an.

All to deal with one person: Li Chang’an.

In order to crush the Night City Military Technology Group in its infancy, Gu Yizhi had gone so far as to drag every arms manufacturer in the country into a so-called "production license audit."

It had to be said, this incident alone showed that Gu Yizhi’s methods and influence were on a completely different level than Gu Ruilong’s.

On the surface, the license audit wasn’t targeting Li Chang’an alone.

It was flawless from every angle.

If Li Chang’an refused the inspection, it would be seen as an admission of guilt. Gu Ruilong would surely use it to claim his weapons had safety hazards and could even have his production license revoked.

But if Li Chang’an did send his weapons for inspection, setting aside the risk of them being confiscated and their blueprints reverse-engineered, the Gu Family was both the referee and a competitor. Once the cannons were in their hands, what was to stop them from pinning any accusation they wanted on him?

Li Chang’an would be trapped in a position where he couldn’t defend himself.

It was an open conspiracy—a trap he couldn’t avoid no matter which path he chose.

Li Chang’an wasn’t the only one who received this information.

In fact, both Su Ruobing, the President of the Linjiang Reincarnator Association, and Hu Xiuyuan, the Governor of Xiangnan Province, had obtained the intelligence even faster than he had.

In fact, Li Chang’an had only learned about it because Su Ruobing informed him.

Hu Xiuyuan and Su Ruobing were both trying to find a way to help.

But in the end, you have to be strong enough to forge your own steel. Li Chang’an knew he couldn’t rely on them completely.

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