Chapter 304 Taking over Arrakis! Return to Caladan! Leto's Plan!

Boom!

Here, with all engines started, dozens of dazzling blue-white light beams burst out instantly.

They pushed the mountain-like Yibo, slowly flying towards the star gate ahead. The violent vibration of the engine made all the staff present feel a little dizzy and uncomfortable.

After several minutes, this highly anticipated shuttle was completed, and the area near the star gate returned to normal.

After the Yibo was steadily moored at the other end of the star gate, the various departments of the Universal Corporation began to get busy again, and the engineers quickly checked the operation of various parts of the Yibo.

This ancient super battleship that has been silent for many years, even if it has a powerful force, still needs to be preheated and let it move for a while in order to start up fully and put it into normal use.

At this moment, the crew on the Yibo began to receive data statistics from various departments to find out whether there are any abnormal situations or injuries.

At the headquarters of the Wanjie Base, seeing that the Mantle had successfully arrived at the other end of the star gate and arrived in the Dune universe, Li Ang no longer paid attention to the situation here.

He would leave the next important task to Song Zhaomei. Li Ang only wanted the result of the integration task, and he didn't care about the process.

After all, the integration difficulty of the 005 Dune universe is basically free. Unless it is forced and brainless, there will be basically no great resistance.

After getting Song Zhaomei's promise, Li Ang and Secretary General Lucy temporarily left the Wanjie Base, and the two took the shuttle back to the headquarters of Night City.

At the same time, the second expeditionary corps of the giant enterprise, with the Mantle as the core flagship, also followed through the star gate and came to the Dune universe.

The arrival of the second fleet of the Universal Giant Enterprise brought a great shock to all members of the Atreides family from the depths of their hearts.

After seeing the star gate open, they originally thought that there would only be a fleet of similar size to the previous one, but the scale of this fleet was obviously "a little" larger!

The leading flagship, the Mantle, took nearly ten minutes to complete the stargate shuttle. This endless steel dragon was hundreds of kilometers long!

At this moment, everyone in the Atreides family, including Duke Leto, was dumbfounded and didn't know what to say.

At this time, Hawat kept wiping the sweat from his forehead and tried to calm his inner restlessness. He couldn't hide his nervousness and said:

"No wonder they dared to negotiate with us directly from the beginning, and they also wanted to redistribute and divide the political power and structure of the empire. It turns out that they really have the power to unify the empire!"

"My Lord Duke, it's a good thing that we agreed to cooperate with them, otherwise the consequences would be disastrous."

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In order to facilitate the subsequent mobilization of troops and save energy, the stargate of the Universal Corporation was set up on Arrakis, and this will also become the first front-line base of the Corporation.

It won't be long before Arrakis will be the core base deployed by the Universal Corporation in the 005 "Dune" universe. Even the Interstellar Governor's Office will most likely be set up here.

When the Mantle appeared out of thin air above Arrakis, the native Fremen here were all frightened and knelt on the ground to pray.

They had never seen such a grand scene of mechanical deification.

The sandworms lurking in the depths of the dunes also became restless, as if they felt something extremely threatening approaching Arrakis.

As for the guards of the Atreides family, they looked at each other in panic. Although they had received the notice in advance, they were still a little flustered when they saw this scene.

After all, they thought that the other party was just sending an ordinary fleet, but they didn't expect that the expeditionary corps sent by the Universal Corporation would be so exaggerated.

Who can withstand the huge ships that stretch for hundreds of kilometers!

"What do you think of their strength?"

At this moment, Duke Leto said something inexplicably, which made Hawat feel a little confused. Could it be that Leto was so scared that he asked such a nonsensical question?

Any normal person who is not blind can see that no one in the entire Galactic Empire can be a rival to the Universal Corporation, even if all the families are added together!

But in fact, the question Leto really wanted to ask was how many years it would take for the Atreides family to catch up with such a Universal Corporation.

It was just because he was too shocked that he asked this question by mistake.

Seeing this, Hawat shook his head, but still calculated silently in his mind, but soon his brain began to sweat because of overload.

After a long while, Hawat, who was a little confused, gave his answer to Duke Thunder solemnly:

"My Lord Duke, don't think about comparing us with the Giant Enterprise. They have at least tens of thousands of expeditionary corps like this, which can be spread throughout the entire star system!"

"Don't even mention our Atreides family. Even if we start up the entire empire's dockyards and work day and night, and spend another 100,000 years, we can't catch up."

According to the reliable information Hawat has learned during this period, he knows that the Universal Giant Enterprise spans as many as five parallel universes, from the main universe to the 004 "Halo" universe, all of which are the territory of the Giant Enterprise.

They have conquered countless powerful alien civilizations, controlled giant-level celestial buildings, and can even build planet-level warships!

With the productivity and resource area displayed by the giant companies in the world, the Galactic Empire is a piece of cake for the giant companies. As long as they are willing, they can devour and drain the entire empire at any time.

After listening to Hawat's explanation, Leto suddenly realized how unrealistic his idea just now was. He actually wanted to catch up with the giants in the world.

You know, the expeditionary army he sees now is just an ordinary one.

If an elite legion with planet-level giant ships were sent here, wouldn't it be even more desperate!

Thinking of this, Duke Leto couldn't help but shake his head. With so many legion battleships, he didn't know how many resources would be burned and how much financial and material resources would be used up.

Prior to this, Leto had asked his subordinates to calculate that in order to build an ordinary fleet of a giant company in the world, even if all the technical difficulties were overcome and the material cost was reduced to a minimum.

That would require at least the entire property of the Atreides family, from the inheritance left by the ancestors to the industries developed by the patriarchs of the past generations, to be able to barely build such a fleet.

This is only the most basic construction cost, not including subsequent maintenance and personnel supply. If you want to fully support such a fleet, at least five Atreides family properties must be burned!

Such a gold-swallowing behemoth can be raised by the wealthy giants in the world to form tens of thousands of legions. It is no wonder that giant corporations are so confident and dare to move sideways in multiple parallel universes.

For the Galactic Empire in the "Dune" universe, under the premise of limiting the development of AI artificial intelligence, their productivity is destined to not be too strong.

The giant companies in the world rely on the development of AI and the rapid rise of various transcendent AIs to expand productivity. Building, maintaining, and supporting such a huge army is nothing to the giant companies.

In fact, this is the size of the legion after Li Ang deliberately restrained it. If the giant company's production area is fully equipped with firepower, it can even double the number of existing legions several times!

But it's not necessary.

In fact, if the Galactic Empire also releases its technical research on AI artificial intelligence and uses ancient AI to improve productivity, then their troop explosion speed will also be quite astonishing.

However, they lack the core technology like the "Matrix" that can control AI, so they are so cautious and dare not completely relax the constraints on AI.

Of course, even if the Galactic Empire also developed AI artificial intelligence, their production speed and explosive capability would not be able to match the giants of the world.

After all, giant companies in the world are backed by scientific hubs and various resource areas, with sufficient technical reserves and a large amount of basic materials.

When it comes to technological research and development, giant companies are sitting on scientific hubs and think tanks of pioneer civilizations. They rely on a half-self-research, half-free development path. The technology tree of giant companies is completely focused on where it shines!

Highlight a willful, unrestrained and free attitude.

As for basic materials, using mass decompressors to evacuate black holes, relying on giant ships to explode stars, and allowing clones to mine, only others can't think of it, and no giant company can do it.

A super civilization that spans five universes is run by five "cores". As long as the world-level high-end game is not destroyed, the world's giants do not have to worry about insufficient resources.

"Now I really believe that they have unified multiple parallel universes. I can't help but accept it!"

Duke Leto couldn't help but sigh with emotion. His expression was full of envy, jealousy, and hatred, but the deeper thought in his heart was still a deep feeling of powerlessness.

Before the arrival of the world's giants, Leto was an ambitious politician.

He tried to rely on the Lansgard Federation to win over multiple families to slowly seize power from the royal family until he was on an equal footing with Emperor Shadam.

This is his ultimate goal.

The political ecological environment that Leto wants is similar to the Yuan family, the fourth generation and the third prince in the late Eastern Han Dynasty.

After the arrival of the giant company, Leto still thought that when the overall situation was decided, he would renegotiate the terms with the giant company in the world to gain more say for the Atreides family.

Why don't you take advantage of the bastard?

But from the "tip of the iceberg" strength that the world's giants inadvertently displayed, Leto completely realized that the reason why the giants chose the Atreides family was purely to save trouble and convenience.

If he gets into trouble and causes trouble for a giant company, there's no guarantee that they won't replace Atreides with another family.

At this moment, Leto sighed helplessly. When faced with the established destiny, no matter how surging ambitions a person has, they will be extinguished by the ice water of reality.

Since no matter how hard you try, it won't help, then just lie down completely.

Anyway, the Atreides family has now cashed out their high positions and can leave the market at any time. Now they are waiting for the giant companies to reopen the market.

"It seems that our Atreides family still has to work honestly for the giant companies in the world."

Duke Leto jokingly said to himself that the best situation for the Atreides family in the future is to keep a low profile as much as possible, and it is best to be like other families.

The executives of the world's giant companies want to be their god-emperors. Anyone who dares to use political organizations like the Lansgard Federation to plot to seize power in secret is simply seeking death.

People's ambitions often change with changes in the environment and current situation.

Even when Xiang Yu, the Overlord, saw the First Emperor of Zulong, driving a luxury car, partying, and touring the country, he only dared to say a few words of joy and shout "Pike" to replace him.

But he didn't dare to really run out and fight Qin Jun.

After all, if the Qin army ruled by the First Emperor wants to fight, it will really beat them to death. No matter how many ideas Xiang Yu has, he can only temporarily suppress his thoughts and continue to grow.

For Duke Leto, who has the appearance of an emperor, he is indeed an excellent politician and worthy of the position of emperor, but the overall situation is that Leon wants to be the God Emperor, and everyone has to make way!

It is important to see the situation clearly, not to mention that there is nothing wrong with being a dog for the Universal Corporation, and the Atreides family does not suffer.

"My Lord Duke is wise!!"

Hawat's compliment is a sincere word from the heart.

Sometimes as a subordinate, I am still worried that my boss will take risks and bet recklessly, because the high risk of failure will often cause everyone to suffer losses.

Especially for those who do their business, they may lose their lives to the boss.

For super civilizations like the Universal Corporation, which support agents right from the start to facilitate their own plundering of resources, it is definitely not a good end to go against them.

With the size of the Atreides family, the contribution of helping the Universal Corporation to unify the Galactic Empire is enough for the Atreides family to survive for generations!

In fact, in many cases, the revival of a family only requires the efforts of one or two generations, which is enough, and at most it takes the efforts of three generations.

As for the successors, they only need to steadily receive the blessings left by their ancestors to be qualified as patriarchs.

The fear is that they will start businesses randomly and stand in a blind line, resulting in the loss of all the merits and blessings passed down by their ancestors, and eventually end up with a tragic end of family destruction.

For the Atreides family, the most difficult period was the AI ​​holy war ten thousand years ago. At that time, the Atreides patriarch worked hard and finally succeeded in starting a business and was allocated original shares.

And the time for the Atreides to make a fortune is now. They only need to stand in line and cast the key vote in their hands for the Universal Corporation, and they can sit back and wait for the giant corporation to take them to win.

It seems that it took tens of thousands of years for the Atreides family to rise from wealth to prosperity, but in fact it only took two generations of efforts.

No matter how bad the patriarchs were during this period, as long as they did not lose the basic base, they would definitely have the opportunity to take off.

Now Leto, as a pig standing on the wind, just needs to lie down with his wife and son and enjoy the rest of his life. As long as he does not mess around, the Atreides family will become more and more prosperous.

As the family's gatekeeper, Hawat has a clear view of the situation, so he compliments Duke Leto for not messing around.

"Since the second expeditionary force of the Universal Corporation has arrived, let's set off as soon as possible and return to Caladan to hand over Arrakis to them."

Leto instructed Hawat.

Anyway, he stayed here just to guard the gate for the giant enterprise. It would be better to go back to his wife and children as soon as possible, and have two more babies with Jessica. This is the serious matter.

Besides, Arrakis is a barren planet except for the spices. Such a place is not as good as Caladan.

Caladan not only has a pleasant climate and abundant resources, but is also the base camp of the Atreides. Staying in their own territory is definitely much safer than here.

The current situation has reached the most critical moment. There is no guarantee that the Sisterhood will not fight to the death and suddenly assassinate or something.

"Yes, Lord Duke, I will go back and arrange the return to Caladan!"

Hawat nodded solemnly. He also agreed with Leto's proposal. This place of trouble should not be stayed for a long time. It is better to leave as soon as possible.

After confirming the return, Duke Leto finally felt a little relaxed and comfortable. Looking at the Mantle in the air, he knew that there would be no more Atreides next.

With these two powerful expeditionary armies of the Universal Corporation, they can chase the army of the Corino royal family and kill them wherever they go.

No force can be the opponent of the Universal Corporation.

The empire of the dog emperor Shaddam has come to an end, and the Corino family, which has been arrogant for ten thousand years, should also be completely finished.

By then, Leto will use his reputation and prestige at the first time to take the lead in supporting Leon and let the major families bow down to the Emperor.

As the executive of the Universal Corporation, Leon only needs to come and sign in person and meet with the patriarchs of the major families to easily sign and take over this huge Galactic Empire.

The whole process of power transition is smooth and there is no surprise!

As for the future planning and intentions of the Atreides family, Leto also has some plans in mind.

That is, after the change of dynasty in the Galactic Empire, a Galactic Chamber of Commerce will be established, and the people of the Space Guild will be learned to let the people of the major families participate and focus on the transportation of goods in the Universal Trade Circle.

Since there is no way to run the previous Lansgard Union and become the head of each family, then being the head of a chamber of commerce to make money is also a good way.

"By the way, when you go back, ask Director Song Zhaomei for me if they can leave a group of Fremen to our Atreides family when they take over Arrakis."

At this time, Duke Leto hesitated for a moment, and after thinking for a moment, he explained to Hawat with a little trepidation.

"Fremen are brave by nature, and their fighting power is not weaker than that of the Sadokans. I want to use them to form a family guard to defend the glory of Atreides."

Leto knew that it was a bit sensitive for him to make this request to the giant company at this juncture, but if he didn't mention it now, he would have no chance in the future.

The reason why the Corino royal family has been able to rule the Galactic Empire for tens of thousands of years and arbitrarily stir up conflicts between major families and play the game of sitting on the mountain and watching the tigers fight.

It is because their troops are good at fighting, and the powerful Sadoka Legion will win every battle. This is their greatest confidence in being unscrupulous.

Now Emperor Saddam is about to fall, and the Corino royal family is about to be finished, regardless of whether the Atreides family will use their power to stir up trouble and oppress other families.

The political ecological status of the Atreides family will inevitably undergo a huge change. From the former dragon slayer warrior to the new "dragon", this is an established reality that cannot be changed by human will.

Leto must need some stronger troops to consolidate the fruits of the family's revolutionary victory and guard against other families challenging the Atreides.

What's more, the Fremen are not of much use to the Universal Corporation. It is not too much to ask them to just leave a group of people as the family's guards.