Starting from the Planetary Governor

Chapter 704: Chapter 397, Education is the Top Priority

Gu Hang entrusted the affairs of the Sect of Mechanics to Wu Jiarong to handle on her own.

Just as they expected, Wang Zhaoran did indeed propose later on that they each send some personnel to learn from each other. This included technical staff from both shipyards collaborating, as well as his students going to Wu Jiarong’s research center to study and work, while Wu Jiarong could also send people over.

Studying and working were not pretenses. Since Wang Zhaoran had made it to the grade of Dominant Bishop, his technical abilities were undoubtedly up to par, and with many years specializing in Starship manufacturing, he certainly had his own set of unique techniques. Sending people to him, even if they couldn’t learn the most fundamental skills, even a little bit of knowledge was valuable. Meanwhile, as they were sending people over, it was natural to expect to learn something from his exchange students, and at the very least, acquire a few laborers with exceptional technical abilities.

Of course, they had to be cautious of any leaks of core secrets.

The people Wu Jiarong sent were indeed her students and did come from her institute, but they had nothing to do with Black Box industries, knew nothing, and didn’t even have any speculation.

And the people sent over by the other side, she likewise placed them in positions that appeared to have substantial content to work on but were completely cut off from any access to the Black Box factory’s production process, not to mention coming into contact with it.

As for Wu Jiarong herself, she then engaged in significantly more exchanges with Wang Zhaoran for some time afterward.

Wu Jiarong was originally responsible for integrating the Flying Wing Star Shipyard into the alliance. Although Wang Zhaoran, this Foundry consultant, seemed to have little power under the title ‘consultant’, he actually controlled the main aspects of the shipyard’s technology and production.

Their collaboration at work was inevitable. Not to mention, they had quite a lot in common to talk about.

As for opening up the shipyard to the alliance, Wang Zhaoran had no resistance whatsoever.

It was none of his concern, as he was not the owner of the shipyard; he was merely a Foundry consultant. Regardless of who took over the Flying Wing Star Shipyard, they could not do without him and his disciples.

Even if the alliance held some technologies that intrigued him, or could even be called astonishing, it was the same.

During her interactions with Wang Zhaoran, Wu Jiarong received a special invitation.

This Dominant Bishop of the Mingyang Sect was astonished upon learning that Wu Jiarong’s current personal title was actually only that of a technical officer, believing it to be a mistake on the part of the Sect of Mechanics. He sincerely invited Wu Jiarong to Jindi Star, the nearest Foundry World, to spend some time traveling and delivering several lectures.

In his words, he believed that with Wu Jiarong’s level of knowledge, she would certainly cause a sensation on Jindi Star, and could without a doubt earn the real title of Dominant Bishop.

Wu Jiarong was somewhat tempted.

Not tempted to seek the title of Dominant Bishop, for that would be meaningless. She could not and would not wish to leave the alliance. She knew that all the opportunities she had were thanks to the alliance, thanks to Governor Gu. And she was also well aware that if she wanted to reach higher and go farther in the future, she could definitely not leave the alliance.

Without the alliance, where would she find so many Black Boxes of different forms and categories to immerse herself in?

Even the Principal Sages did not have such chances.

What excited her was that a trip to Jindi Star could solve some of the problems she had contemplated before.

Once she obtained the identity of a Dominant Bishop, she would have officially entered the ranks within the Sect of Mechanics.

The Prophet was still only considered mid-level, at best a little above mid-level. But reaching the grade of Dominant Bishop, even within the Foundry World, would place her firmly among the upper echelon.

Going further up to the grade of Principal Sage, that was almost akin to controlling the power of an entire Foundry World. In a core Foundry World like Jindi Star owned by the Mingyang Sect, a joint Foundry council consisting of a dozen or so Principal Sages managed the entire world. The Founding General was, in fact, also merely a Principal Sage in terms of official title.

If Wu Jiarong obtained the identity of a Dominant Bishop, she could then truly proceed to establish a small sub-sect as previously discussed with Gu Hang.

This sub-sect might not be recognized at first, not widely accepted, and seen only as a minor faction under the Mingyang Sect, but it would be able to independently execute certain matters, propagate certain knowledge.

And as this sub-sect grew and strengthened, many of the things that are now hidden, that they dare not disclose openly, would finally have a pretext for emergence.

But these thoughts were not something she could discuss in depth with Wang Zhaoran.

Wu Jiarong did not give an immediate response, saying she needed to think it over. In reality, she sought out Gu Hang to ask Governor Gu for his opinion on the matter.

Gu Hang agreed.

This was already part of the anticipated plan.

Moreover, Gu Hang was not worried about Wu Jiarong leaving for a while to go to Jindi Star, that she would spread her wings and soar away. Aside from his trust in Wu Jiarong, knowing that the ‘Female Archbishop’ would not sacrifice the important for the trivial, he was also assured that Wu Jiarong would not utter a single word that should not be said.

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Even if Wu Jiarong was to go to Jindi Star, it wasn’t something that could be arranged in a brief moment.