The lanterns were lit, and night was about to fall. Old Zheng's Eel Noodle Restaurant on the commercial street of Bingyi Group had been cleared out. Today, it was not the branch chef who was in charge, but the boss, Zheng Ming, who was wearing a white chef's uniform, cooking the noodles himself. Only a distinguished guest like Ding Meng could make him come in person.
Old Zheng's Eel Noodle Restaurant was now the signature delicacy of Blue Pole Star City, and it had been sold at a price close to the people for many years. It was especially popular among the public. Zheng Ming had always been grateful to Ding Meng for his help in the past. Of course, the Transit String played a big part in opening the noodle restaurant from the underground city to the commercial street on the surface.
At this moment, the two distinguished guests had come in person. Zheng Ming smiled and placed the plate with the noodle bowls on the table. "Brother Ding, Boss Ling, please enjoy."
Perhaps affected by his mood, Ding Meng could not help but smile. "Zheng Ming, why are you smiling so happily? Did something good happen at home?"
Lan Bing smiled and said, "Boss Zheng will be a father in two months, and I promised him that I will insert his advertisement on the back of your clothes."
Ding Meng hurriedly said, "Congratulations!"
As soon as the delicious Eel Noodle Restaurant was placed on the table, the hot aroma immediately aroused Hui Meng's appetite. "I can eat 1,000 bowls of this noodle. Crazy Boss, you're treating today. You won't feel bad, right?"
Ding Meng smiled and said, "Even if you eat all the stock in this restaurant today, I won't have any objections."
Bingyi Group was willing to advertise for Zheng Ming at the Wind and Cloud Gathering, which was worth at least millions of bowls of noodles.
Everyone present was either rich or noble. What kind of good food had they not eaten before?
On the contrary, this kind of street food greatly increased everyone's interest. However, the women were worried about their image, so they only tasted a bowl of noodles.
After the meal, Zheng Ming brought all kinds of drinks. At this time, Ji Chenxue stood up. "I'll take Sister Xun around our company."
Hui Meng smiled and said, "I don't mean anything else. I just want to visit Crazy Boss's territory. Crazy Boss, you don't have any objections, right?"
Ding Meng asked curiously, "What's there to see in this lousy place of mine?"
Immortal Wandering Dream smiled even more gracefully. "It's not about the height of a mountain, but it's about the presence of an immortal. Your great name resounds like thunder in outer space. Your footprints can be found in the Divine Battle Realm and the Green Wood Faction."
Ding Meng now had a whole new level of respect for this Nanxun. It was rumored that she was hard to find, but it turned out that she was active in outer space. The fact that she was able to mention the names of the God's Wars Starfield and the Green Wood Starfield proved that her range of travel was quite wide.
Nan Xun, it was indeed hard to find a beautiful woman.
As soon as Ji Chenxue and Nanxun left, the Transit String said, "Xiaoyan, it's your first time here. You should learn more."
Jin Xiaoyan understood and immediately stood up.
She knew that the Transit String had something important to discuss with Ding Meng, so she stood up and said, "President Ling, let me accompany Secretary Jin around!"
Seeing this, Zheng Ming hurried over to say goodbye and left. Only Ding Meng and the Transit String were left in the huge noodle restaurant.
The Transit String seemed to sigh. "Time flies. In the blink of an eye, more than ten years have passed. When you first came to Star Rainbow, you were only a student of Star Splendor. Now it's different. You're the boss behind the scenes of Bingyi Group."
This was very tactful. Bingyi Group was only on the surface. Ding Meng's real power was that he had already formed a force with him as the leader. No one dared to look down on this force.
Ding Meng pondered and said, "Miss Ling, I think we've always been polite to each other, right?"
The Transit String nodded. "That's true. There were some misunderstandings in the past, but now we're even. It's just that my two sisters have always been prejudiced against you, but that's not an obstacle to our cooperation."
Ding Meng couldn't help but laugh. "Star Rainbow Group is a big company. You don't have to lower yourself to come to my small Bingyi Group, do you?"
The Transit String suddenly asked, "Do you know why Senior Nanxun came to you?"
This was really a shocking sentence. Ding Meng couldn't help but ask, "Why?"
The Transit String said, "Because you're the person who collects the most Divine Light Energy."
Ding Meng said in surprise, "Is she looking for it too?"
The Transit String said, "Yes. She's been traveling in outer space for the past few years. Her goal is to find the scattered locations of the Divine Light Energy. Then, she'll send the information back to the Star Rainbow Group. Then, our group's Curved Mirror Teleportation Array will send her to the designated coordinates."
Ding Meng was even more surprised. "Nanxun is from Star Rainbow Group?"
"No!"
The Transit String shook her head. "She once owed my father a big favor. She was in a cooperative relationship with us, but now that cooperation has ended."
The Transit String's juicy information was not only more shocking than the previous one, but also contained a lot of information.
Ding Meng finally asked after a long time, "Did the cooperation end because Ling Xingqi found the Divine Light Energy?"
The Transit String nodded. "More or less. Our cooperation with her has ended, but the search has just begun."
Ding Meng was confused again. "What do you mean?"
The Transit String said, "You and Senior Nan both have a deep relationship with the Divine Light Energy. The only thing I know about you is that time on the Poison Dragon Planet. You stole the energy from my elder sister and killed Senior Wu Cangzhen and the others, but that has nothing to do with me."
Ding Meng listened quietly.
Ling Xingxian continued, "That's why I don't know much about your situation, but I do know a little more about Senior Nan. Senior Nan has been running around for the past decade or so, and he's found a lot of energy remnants. We're doing our best to unearth them."
Ding Meng said in a deep voice, "Ling Xingqi got what she wanted in the end."
The Transit String said, "That's not important."
Ding Meng was very curious. "Then what's important?"
The Transit String said, "Senior Nan's search over the years has been quite difficult. At the same time, she has also concluded some of the patterns of the Divine Light Energy. This pattern is that the Divine Light Energy is scattered all over the main star system."
Ding Meng nodded. He knew this better than the Transit String. The Mou people had fled to this star system. It was not surprising that the energy was scattered all over the place.
The Transit String said, "But, is there a possibility that the energy is concentrated in one place?"
Ding Meng looked at her in surprise. He had to admit that this idea was really bold.
"Do you have any evidence?" Ding Meng asked.
The Transit String said, "About this, we'll have to start from an earlier time."
Ding Meng said, "Please tell me!"
The Transit String said, "The Xinghong Group only knew about the Divine Light Energy more than 40 years ago."
Ding Meng said, "How did you find out?"
The Transit String said, "My father found out from the Federation's upper echelons through very secretive channels. Aren't you surprised?
The Federation's upper echelons already knew about the Divine Light Energy many years ago? "
It would be a lie to say that Ding Meng was not surprised. "But from what I remember, the Federation's military did not participate. They don't seem to know about it. This is completely different from the Empire's campaign in the Fertile Chalk System."
"That's right!"
The Transit String said unhurriedly, "It's not that they really don't know. They're just pretending not to know."
Ding Meng frowned and said, "What's going on?"
The Transit String said, "My guess is that the Federation allowed us to go to outer space and mess around because they know that the things we tried our best to find are just scattered energy sources. They won't be able to do much."
Ding Meng's face darkened. "But the Federation already knew where the real energy source was?"
"Correct!"
The Transit String's eyes lit up. "At the same time, I also have a bold guess. Although the Federation knows where the real energy source is, they can't enter. Or perhaps there are some obstacles or special reasons that prevent them from extracting tons of energy. They need someone to guide them. Do you understand what I mean?"
Ding Meng said, "Are you referring to the Star Wars Carnival?"
The Transit String said, "You're a smart person. You should be able to think of this."
Ding Meng finally understood. The Divine Light Singularity and the Mou Xing Ruins were not as simple as finding ordinary energy sources. They both required luck and coincidence, or rather, only Divine Light martial artists could open them. The super crystal on Planet Poison Dragon was an example. Ling Xingqi had been there for a long time, but she could not break through the defenses set up by General Rong Xing. However, Ding Meng had found a way the moment he went there.
The upper echelons of the Federation obviously did not have someone like Ding Meng, but the upper echelons needed a Divine Light martial artist like him. However, this kind of thing could not be made public. Therefore, the best way to find someone was to go to the Star Wars Carnival.
The Transit String explained, "The rewards for a Star Wars Carnival are ridiculously high. It's comparable to the wealth of Starry Rainbow Sheng Hao. Especially for the past few years, the rewards are in the trillions. Is this reasonable?"
Ding Meng fell into deep thought. From a commercial point of view, this was reasonable because the population of the Federal Empire was in the trillions. Almost every citizen had to give out one Star Coin to form the prize pool. However, from an official point of view, this was not reasonable. With such a large sum of money, the Federal Empire could invest it into scientific research, military, and other fields. They could easily create an iron army. Conquering the Fertile Chalk Star System or destroying the Devouring Sector would be a small matter. Of all the things they could do, they just had to use it to reward individuals.
It was unreasonable. The rules of the Star Wars Carnival were there. The prize pool was jointly invested by the two countries, and the contestants came from the two countries. If the Empire's experts won the championship, then wouldn't the Federation suffer a huge loss?
Similarly, if the Federation's experts won the championship, then the Empire would suffer a huge loss. How could Chancellor Wen Yang and President Bai Xingfei not understand the logic behind this?
It looked like the Transit String's guess was undoubtedly close to the truth!
Ding Meng could not help but say, "This should be the highest level and the most important secret of your Starry Rainbow Corporation, right?"
The Transit String stared at him quietly and said, "There's a problem with what you said. This is not my Starry Rainbow Corporation. It's the Ling Family's Starry Rainbow Corporation."
Ding Meng met her gaze. "But you told an outsider like me."
The Transit String said, "This is also a kind of investment. In other words, it's also a kind of gamble."
Ding Meng said, "You didn't choose Nanxun but chose me. That's a little unreasonable."
The Transit String said calmly, "You're wrong. I chose the two of you. I'm doing it from both sides to increase the insurance factor."
Ding Meng stared at her. "This time, I believe you!"