Chapter 69: Turbulent PLANT
“I bought the vegetables~”

It had already darkened when He Kui got home.

But at this moment, Shihe's expression in the room was not very good at all.

"Shihe? What's wrong?"

"The deputy director of the Heilan Design Bureau is dead."

Shihe's originally gentle expression turned serious.

"What?! When did it happen?"

"The news came out from within ZAFT later today, and was also verified in the Directors Forum."

Shihe said as she turned the phone in front of He Kui.

It clearly stated that the deputy director was found dead in the bathroom cubicle inside the DSSD Deep Space Development Conference Hall.

"Aub?"

"I don't know, but we should have no reason to detain Orb, and the people invited this time also include relevant scholars on Earth."

"In this case, DSSD will also be abandoned."

He Kui smiled bitterly.

Both sides are now furious, and I'm afraid the war is really all-pervasive.

"Don't go out if you have nothing to do recently."

He Kui said.

"Ok!"

There is at least some security guarantee in the A-level area.

People and items entering and leaving the building every day will also be inspected, which can at least ensure safety to a certain extent.

Just for now.

In the next few days, due to the suspected spy activities in Xinxing and the tragic death of the deputy director.

The security in May City is obviously tighter than ever before.

Even inside the Hailan Design Bureau, patrolling soldiers can be seen everywhere.

While improving safety, it also made everyone feel the seriousness of the situation.

During these days, another piece of bad news soon followed.

"The plan to increase taxes has been approved by the Supreme Council a few days ago and will be officially implemented on July 7."

He Kui was not surprised by the TV news report.
It has been said for so long, now is the time to implement it.

The war tax on personal income, wages, bonuses and compensation increased from 1.5 to 3, the tax on ordinary goods increased from 2.5 to 4, non-essential goods was 7.5, semi-luxury goods was 15, and luxury goods was 18%.

He Kui's materials were non-essential goods, which meant that when the materials he bought came in from the port, he had to pay an additional 7.5% tax on the goods.

Plus he had to file taxes when he sold it, so his profit from the transaction was reduced by 10%.
But it is not realistic to stock up now. It is better to wait for him to make the radar and another thing in the plan.

"Come to think of it, I went out to buy groceries earlier and saw some people marching."

Looking at the reports on TV that showed no trace of anything, Shihe frowned and said.

"Against tax increases?"

"Well, there is also opposition to the overly mild war strategy of some members of Congress."

Even the nova has been unable to be conquered for a long time, so how can we conquer the earth? How can we let the blue cosmos let natural people hand over the earth to us?

In this situation, someone has to take the blame.

He should have been the Speaker, but it seems that with Lux's popularity backing him up, the Klein faction won't be defeated so easily.

It can't just sink like this.

If it sank, the Waste Merchants Guild would be driven further away.

And I guess Patrick will ban their private transactions by then.

Even if his wife hadn't died, Patrick's radical stance and his status as Klein's political enemy would remain the same.

The two sides have different demands from the public and advocate different policies, so they are naturally hostile.

All in all, it's a very troublesome thing.

"Shihe, this is for you."

As He Kui spoke, he placed a round owl in his hand on the table.

After it turned on, it made a slight sound of adjusting the camera, and then its head began to rotate in circles silently.

"The alert owl has all its functions removed and is filled with sophisticated sensors."

“That’s fine too.”

Shihe has become accustomed to He Kui taking out some strange creature from time to time.

As an A-level person, he can basically do whatever he wants in terms of creation as long as it is not too exaggerated.
However, the panel properties of the creation are still limited to the material. [You gave Shihe Hanifs a gift, micro-component processing experience +60]

[Shihe.Hannifs Favorability 136]

[Experience bonus 6]

【Micro-component processing grade A: (27723/100000)】

[Academic: Anti-beam coating shield II (7568/10000)]

"Thank you, it's so cute! What's your name~?"

"Round and round?"

“That’s an improvement from last time~”

Shihe poked the head of the owl in front of him and laughed.

“Poetry and special training are effective.”

"Of course! If..."

"What if?"

"no!"

If I have a child in the future, I will name him like He Kui
She was afraid that their future child would have a weird name.
It turns out that I need to start cultivating him subtly now.

Thinking of the poem, a sweet smile appeared on the corner of my mouth.

"He Kui~"

"Ok?"

"I'm going to have a little day today~"

Shihe turned over from the sofa, sat astride He Kui and said.

He Kui smiled slightly upon hearing this and kissed her readily.

After a night of passion, He Kui did not fall asleep quickly. He just held Shihe in his arms in the warm quilt and slowly stroked her long, soft hair, with his fingers running over the delicate groove of her back.

"The shield is almost finished. The improved shield should be able to withstand beam cannons and even main guns."

Shihe said softly.

“But the materials are much more expensive.”

Technically, this shield simply attaches the anti-beam coating on it more tightly to the shield, so the cost is naturally much more expensive than the general anti-beam shield.

"But if it is used in the hands of elites, it will definitely play a greater role."

Shihe licked her lips with her pink tongue like a satisfied kitten.

"Oh, yes."

"But I'm not too satisfied with the way the higher-ups handled the energy tanks."

"But that thing cannot be powered by ordinary batteries. Perhaps we can increase its power by combining the gun bodies?"

As He Kui was talking, he suddenly thought of Baofeng. That machine seemed to be two guns put together?

"Using two guns, we can enhance the reaction between the beams! This is an interesting idea!"

Shihe jumped out of He Kui's arms, wrapped herself in pajamas and walked out the door.

"where are you going?"

"Go to the office to look up some information, and then try to simulate the beam reaction. You go to sleep first."

"."

So he was the one who was attacked afterwards?
Looking at Shihe's excited back as he left, He Kui picked up his clothes helplessly.

However, he did not go to Shihe's office, but came to the studio on the first floor.

A lot of new knowledge about beam shields has been added today, and the progress needs to be updated in real time.

On the other side, there was a small homework assignment on MS with only a rough outline drawn in front of the computer on the table.

Unlike the power suit of its predecessor, this MS is closer in appearance to the MS itself, except that the cockpit is fully open, covered with only a simple layer of tempered glass, and the height is only about five meters, with three fingers on the hands.

According to He Kui's idea, this type of MS should be safer and have better performance than ordinary power suits.

The non-shrinking MS operating system is installed to ensure flexible limbs while a shrinkable beam gun with continuous power can be mounted on the shoulder.

As for energy, a cable can be used to connect directly to the energy tank.

"We also need to find a way to reduce the size of the beam generator, at least to about three meters. It doesn't matter if the power is reduced, since we're only mining anyway."

"Once you have finished the design, try to keep the cost down, and then once you have finished the actual model, go to the National Defense Committee!"

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(End of this chapter)