Munitions Empire

Dahua's Type 1 fighter jets and Type 2 tanks, the Ice Cold Empire's Ice Tanks, and the battleships secretly built by Mirage Country were all results of this technology proliferation.

Because of the industrial foundation of Northern Ridge and Brunas, the Suthers Empire and Laines Empire led in the front row of industrialization. The industrial zones of these two empires were all built by the Great Tang Group, naturally much stronger than those imitation goods.

These two countries had now developed their own tanks and planes, which unexpectedly performed quite well.

Sofia had no idea when the phonograph had stopped. The record had been spinning, the needle had already left the outermost track, and no one had reset it onto the record.

Looking through the smoke, Sofia bitterly took a deep drag of her cigarette as she glanced at the huge lily-like horn of the phonograph imported from Tang Country.

This gadget was also produced by Tang Country! Everything she liked, everything she spent money on pursuing: those beautiful shoes, those luxurious cars, those bright light bulbs, the cigarette in her hand, the phonograph by the wall... everything was imported from Tang Country.

She so hated Tang Mo, hated the commercial empire he had built single-handedly, yet she almost filled her meeting room and bedroom with products made in Tang Country.

For Sofia, this was an immense irony.

"Damn it!" she cursed aloud, trying to kick over the coffee table in front of her, only to fail in moving it at all because it was truly substantial and hefty.

Outside the door were guards and servants on standby, but they would only come in when Sofia pressed the bell on the coffee table—the room's door was indeed very thick with excellent soundproofing. Sofia demanded this because she didn't want the sounds she made in the room to be heard by those outside.

Recent troubles had even kept her from seeing her female companions for a long time, and whenever she thought of this, she grew even more irritable.

Thinking that she might be purged after the war ended, she thought Dahua Empire's Emperor Zhao Kai was a loser, Chu Country and Qin Country were both losers, Mirage Country, Ice Cold Empire, Suthers Empire, and Laines Empire were all worthless!

Those directors of Shireck were shortsighted losers! They were all incompetent people who had driven her to a dead end!

Unconsciously, she remembered the telegram that Tang Mo had sent her on the day the war started. She recalled the line on the telegram: "This time, just pushing out a scapegoat won't work!"

Before, every time she read this line, it seemed like Tang Mo's helpless curse.

But now, these words floated before her eyes like menacing ghosts, lingering persistently.

Could it really be as that damned man had said, that this time she had to pay the price for her actions?

Damn it! Did he still want to kill her? Sofia thought ferociously in her mind. She glanced at her own hands holding the cigarette, smooth and flawless white.

Each of her fingers adorned a sparkling gem ring, every fingernail meticulously manicured to perfect curves.

As a woman, she possessed almost everything enviable: her hair was thick and naturally fiery red, like an explosive flame, vibrant and passionate.

Her neck was slender, a neck naturally made for wearing necklaces. Every time she flicked her hair, revealing this irresistible neck, all the men would involuntarily swallow their saliva.

Wherever gaze fell, her bosom was prominent, Sofia, who had been educated from childhood in nobility, had developed a fine figure, mastered in the poised and graceful dance, a presence that made even women's hearts flutter.

Those long legs, that drove countless men wild and made countless women envious— even Sofia herself would be captivated when she touched them.

What made it even more unfair was that she was smarter than many. From a young age managing a huge commercial empire, she was more sensible than her peers and more excellent than many business prodigies.

Besides her excellence, she was also rich... truly rich. If there wasn't a rising star named Tang Mo in this world, her wealth could truly compete for the title of the richest in the world.

How could such an excellent person like her resign herself to die willingly? How could he bear to let herself die?

Men, they just wanted her, didn't they? Sofia narrowed her eyes, feeling at that moment she guessed Tang Mo's motive.

Exactly, she felt Tang Mo's telegram was prepared to use the most secure and simplest way to end the competition between Great Tang Kingdom and Shireck.

Obviously, if Tang Mo married her, Sofia, he could instantly take over one-third of Shireck's shares and gain her, Sofia Director's, full support.

The more she thought about it, the more she felt she guessed the truth, a slight blush appeared on Sofia's face, which she quickly suppressed.

She kept reminding herself that she, Sofia, did not like men, even if it was the strongest man in the world, she wouldn't... at least not easily submit.

For a moment, she somewhat understood why her maid, Jenny, stayed in the Great Tang Kingdom and married a man named Harry.

But in an instant, her rebellious anger surged again: To succeed, to have such wishful thinking! She would never come together with her enemy, never!