Chapter 18 No Threat
Taoyuanxing
"Sun Pengyi, demerit is punished once. Cai Zhijun, demerit is punished once! Other relevant personnel will directly notify the 2028 troops." Secretary Zou Dongming announced the final ruling expressionlessly - no matter who is the final responsible person for the attack in Cai Yuru, the leaders of these two 2028 troops must bear leadership responsibilities, which is also a convention.
Sun Pengyi and Cai Zhijun stood in front of him with expressionless faces, with a slight guilt on their faces.
"Because of a rapist, you not only captured the children of several senior executives of the 709th Brigade without any evidence, but they were also personnel from the active secret troops for interrogation, which made the matter so big. Moreover, even those retired old leaders of President Hua forced out. Don't you feel ashamed of 7 or 80-year-olds running around for you? Now the empire is involved. If it were not for President Hua and the others, how would you think this matter would end now?" Yan Xiaofeng also blamed with dissatisfaction. He was very dissatisfied in this matter, and even had the idea of simply laying off the 2028 troops or replacing his leadership. However, the 2028 troops are troops stipulated in the Red Archives, and he has no right to lay off the 2028 troops. In addition, Sun Pengyi and Cai Zhijun have rich experience, and no one can replace them at present.
"The purpose of your 2028 troops should not be just to secretly monitor internally. When necessary, do you take extreme measures to prevent Taoyuanxing from encountering political line problems? Why are they always targeting the 709th Brigade?" Zou Dongming, who was on the side, said with dissatisfaction: "Even if the surveillance of the active 709th Brigade members is necessary, what about retired? A retired cadre working in the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Affairs and Trade has no more contact with Gu Hanzhi and others than others, and he has been constantly "pressurized" by you? What information have you obtained until now? Has he escaped from the autonomous region or plotted to rebel? Do you have any evidence at hand to prove that Ye Ying and Gu Hanzhi and his gang have direct contact?"
"No!" Sun Pengyi said helplessly.
"This time Yu Ru was attacked, it was the reason why you sent her to follow Ye Ying to the Black Street. If you suspect him, then just ask his leader to pay more attention or prepare a case with Agent Tiger Talisman. You just have to take action on your own? Why?"
"Because if he is really the kind of intelligence officer I suspect, it is the deepest intelligence officer. His work in the war industry and has become a scattered with the people around him and is hidden deep. This kind of long-term lurker is the greatest harm and must be eradicated. Especially after this incident, he deliberately chose the hotel where Zhao Hualei and others eat, and he speculated that our intelligence officer Cai Yuru was attacked in the hotel. This is still a suspicion in this incident. However, the evidence is insufficient at present, and you will not approve the relevant assassination. So I can only..."
"Okay, don't come to the 'The one who escaped when he heard the gunshots, and the one who escaped was the well-trained Viet Cong'. Taoyuanxing is not suitable. The whole black street is delicious. You can eat with public funds. Do you choose a street stall if you don't eat there? Ye Ying is from an overseas Chinese and has a strong ability to distinguish foreigners. Seeing a Tran Empire man was there, I feel strange and chatting for a few human feelings. You can't convict him because of these two points!" Yan Xiaofeng said angrily.
Dao - When the door is still open, this kind of thing is easy to handle. As long as there is doubt, you can send people back to China. At worst, you can arrange work, allocate housing, improve professional titles and treatments in China, and then ask them to investigate. But now there is no such choice, so you are extra cautious in handling it. Otherwise, in the long run, as long as there is suspicion, you will have to spend time monitoring or deliberately put pressure on it, which will not only cause a bad atmosphere, but there will be no enough staff in Taoyuanxing.
"Taoyuan Star has only handled two spy operations before Mars. There are no related problems after that, and even Gu Hanzhi defected, there is not enough evidence to prove that they were instigated by foreign spies. Especially after losing contact with the earth, even if they were carrying the mission, it has been almost 30 years since they did not have any contact with the other side. They may have given up their mission completely and are willing to be an ordinary person. They have no harm to the autonomous region. Why should we make people panic under heavy pressure?"
"I have seen those who have been lurking for a longer time. Whether it is our side or the enemy side, these people are the biggest hidden dangers hidden in Taoyuan Star. If we don't get rid of them for a day, they will sooner or later pose a threat to us." Sun Pengyi said righteously.
"Not to mention whether the so-called spies really exist. Even if they are trained, what harm can a few spies who don't even have foreign aid do? They actively attacked the army to obtain weapons? They tried before the Mars incident, but that little power was not enough to instigate independence? Gu Hanzhi tried it and swept away the extremists of the independent faction. By the way, your operation was indeed very beautiful, and it solved a lot of extreme garbage population for the autonomous region. But even if there are still lurks now, what else can you do? What methods are there? So many years have passed, and the first immigrants who entered Taoyuan Star are about to retire. Can these spies still bring their mission to the next generation?"
"Overyone may be able to lurk silently because of their limited abilities, but it is hard to say if it is a group like Ye Ying who has ‘special skills’. Because they have never encountered it before, I don’t know what they would do." Sun Pengyi said expressionlessly.
"Okay, even if he is a spy, what can he do? Instigate the entire 709th Brigade to rebel? He is already an outsider and cannot use cosmic energy. Even if he can get cosmic energy crystals, no matter how strong a person is, he is only more energy than ordinary people, has more uses, and is difficult to engage in assassination, and even can't even block bullets. What threat can there be? But the real impact is your investigation of him. The Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Affairs has asked me many times to report that the Public Security Bureau's investigation of Ye Ying seriously affects them.
Work and to slam the morale of others. Even the Public Security Bureau itself stated that there is no substantial evidence. They can only drink tea and chat with Ye Ying now, and they don’t want to continue. What’s more, those who were very close to Gu Hanzhi at the time, think that some people are doing political persecution internally, and no one knows whether the next target of persecution will be themselves. We cannot make the harmonious society that the autonomous region has finally established into another meaning of the McCarthyism period.”
"But……"
Before Sun Pengyi could protest, Yan Xiaofeng stopped him.
"I have discussed with the secretary that from now on, the main personnel of the 2028 troops will conduct a one-month suspension and reflect on each of them, and each of them will submit a profound inspection. At the same time, they will put forward rectification opinions and the next action policy for this matter."
"But the tracking of Ye Ying..."
"We have discussed this matter. Ye Ying took the initiative to ask for transfer to the Feilong Valley base to serve. His superiors have passed. Just so his lover is going to Feilong Valley to serve. I have informed the local tiger talisman staff and the 709th Brigade to pay attention to them in their daily work, so there is no need to do anything to go to the Public Security Bureau for investigation every few days."
Zou Dongming stood up, patted Sun Pengyi on the shoulder, and said earnestly: "Old Sun, I know it's not easy for you, but since the Gu Hanzhi incident in the autonomous region, the blind independent thought has been suppressed, and the current social prospects are optimistic. At this time, you deliberately put unfounded pressure on the grounds, and the result is too much. Now Taoyuan Star is about to change its leadership. If there is no accident, the next term should be the current vice chairman Ding Liecheng and Deputy Secretary Meng Xuegong. Your 2028 troops will soon accept the instructions of the new leader. So now restrain yourself and submit a plan to prepare for the next stage of action."
"Okay, you guys go down and execute!" Yan Xiaofeng waved his hand and said.
"Yes!" Sun Pengyi and Cai Zhijun saluted weakly, turned around and walked out.
After he left, Yan Xiaofeng handed over a report to Zou Dongming: "This is the handling opinions of the 709th Brigade and Comrade Zhao Yi after discussion! Do you see if there is anything else to modify?"
Zou Dongming made a report, looked roughly, and nodded:
"There is nothing to be modified. Each of them hits 50 big boards, which is also a fine tradition in our officialdom. Comrade Zhao Yi's previous punishment was just revoked, but now he has written another one. He has been punished permanently! However, what do you think of the proposal that Sun Pengyi had put forward before to withdraw all the children of the 709th Brigade cadres from the 709th Brigade?"
"It is necessary to prevent the immobilization of specific groups of people, but it also needs to be based on actual needs." Yan Xiaofeng took out another report and read it: "After the Mars incident, those who left behind the inheritance of the 709th Brigade were all outstanding people who had gone through layers of examinations, competitions, and skills assessments. They were also the first batch of people who were trained from childhood by trying to integrate the traditional training modes of magicians from various continents and our scientific methods. They were the first batch of results of our experimental training and were much stronger than those of the first generation. The translation method that no one could master in the first generation was, and in their second generation, it was a basic skill that everyone could know. For Taoyuan Star, I am
Our research on the universe is indispensable. We can't put a group of poor-level waste in for the so-called "fairness" to carry out tasks. However, we have tracking records for those who have been laid off. In addition, according to research, this kind of inheritance may also be a generation of generations. For example, Li Yuanxing's son can use magic power. When we reach the next generation, we can cross-use the children of non-709 Brigade active personnel to supplement the entry on a fixed number, and use the most scientific training methods to achieve the diversification of the origin of this army. However, at this stage, we still need their core strength and experimental strength as the second generation of members of the 709 Brigade."
"That's right, everything in the system is under control at present, and nothing can be solved." Zou Dongming skillfully signed his name on the handling opinion.
"However, since the Gu Hanzhi incident, although the idiot who ran out of his independence has basically disappeared. However, some guys have posted articles slandering the country online, from history to modern times, portraying the Longmen side as a scene of people being eaten, whether in China or the United States, trying to make everyone fear the other side of the door."
"So he can scream!" Yan Xiaofeng sneered: "I really think we are in the state of giving up the public opinion position in China. Taoyuanxing's history books are only the authoritative version we have published. We have the ability to make them unable to post a word on the Internet for other nonsense. If they want to play hard and jump out and die, I will be too cruel to assassinate the land. However, Sun Pengyi and the others have set a good precedent - the tribal life meeting on the mainland of Luzhou welcomes them with open arms."
"So, what about Ye Ying?"
"I'll say for a while, don't say he has nothing now, even if he really has any delusions. Public opinion means, violent confrontation, and even escape from the founding of the country, these failed cases are in front of me. With so many people dead, what else can he do now? Even if he wants to go into politics and climb to the leadership, the 709th Brigade will not reach a high position in the end. With the warning from the 2028 troops, he is in a business department, which means that the road to promotion has been locked, and he has made progress in the core circle, and finally he can retire with a deputy. What threat can there be?"
Yan Xiaofeng said indifferently...
Meanwhile
In the current air transport field of Taoyuanxing, airships still play a huge role. Since early airship terminals were much faster than building large airports, and airships driven by electricity did not consume valuable aviation fuel, coupled with the maturity of new material technology and aviation computer applications, the airship-related technologies in Taoyuanxing developed rapidly.
Of course, the main reason is that the air cargo business is basically monopolized by the Air Force. After losing suppliers from various countries on the earth, there is too little large civilian passenger planes and the difficulty of maintenance has also increased significantly.
However, after nearly 30 years of improvement and use, these airships have also matured much. They have passed through the earth in a lower space. The large three-dimensional projection of the boat plays the TV program, which is for locals who are not interested in entering the city, and has also become an independent landscape on various continents.
The wide space and stable navigation also make the journey much more comfortable. The most important thing is that due to the low height from the ground, with its own buoyancy and the height and speed of multiple large propellers, the probability of survival is much higher than that of the aircraft (large passenger planes generally fly at an altitude of 6,000-12,000 meters from the ground, and sometimes even reach 15,000 meters. Even if passengers are equipped with parachutes, at this altitude, the air is thin and the temperature is below 0 degrees. Without professional heating and oxygen supply equipment and training, they will be frozen instantly when they leave the cabin, and parachute jumping will definitely die).
The viewing platform on the bottom floor of the airship is surrounded by large floor-to-ceiling glass. Here, through these glasses, you can see the scenery of the entire mainland, and even automatically adjust it, using the windows as a telescope to observe the details. On the airship with a slow speed, eating a buffet and looking at the scenery below is a unique flavor.
Ye Ying was looking down at this primitive land, feeling that she was finally away from danger, and she couldn't help but feel excited.
Indeed, Ye Ying had been worried for too long. Since being targeted by the 2028 troops, Sun Pengyi's methods have almost pushed him to breathe. Although he already knew that he would be suspected and was ready to lurk, all kinds of almost open tracking and surveillance, irregular sudden reviews, etc. made him feel a little breathless, who was already guilty.
Even this time, if you have a meeting with someone you have contacted, you must consume the precious magic stone to use teleportation magic to avoid being discovered. This is also the reason why he was forced to injure Cai Yuru. Even if he could not confirm Cai Yuru's true identity, the Chinese who had met once appeared in another alley on the black street after watching him enter the spice shop by the drone, he appeared in another alley on the black street, following an imperial magician. Although he avoided her sight in time, as long as she continued to move forward, there was no time to escape, so he had to silence him in case.
Ye Ying looked at his watch - among this watch, there was a small magic stone he obtained from the Empire. The chassis of the watch was superconducting material to ensure the output power. In addition, he was trained in the 709th Brigade, and he also practiced secretly after obtaining this magic stone, so he could instantly knock Cai Yuru away.
If Wu Huameng and others hadn't passed by later, he would have planned to go up and repair a knife or something.
However, judging from the actions after that, he had indeed made a fuss, and even involved the 2028 troops and the 709th Brigade. He was immediately taken away to "assist the investigation" and interrogated for a long time. If Pence had not ended the matter by sacrificing himself, he might have been found out in the end. But it was thankful that he had committed suicide to end it, and Ye Ying's proposal to transfer Feilong Valley was supported by his superiors.
Otherwise, your own good wish to establish a "magic empire" will be completely interrupted.
What happens when some people possess magic, which is beyond mortals? In fact, it is different from the overwhelming superpower blockbusters in Hollywood or the Chinese immortal cultivating novels.
Even in ancient society with low productivity, people with strong combat effectiveness would have the social problem of "the hero uses martial arts to violate the ban".
When some people produce such ability that is superior to ordinary people, even when they have abilities that are unmatched by society, the so-called "superheroes" or "superbads" brought about will be a devastating blow to the balance of social structure. Especially when these people form an independent group that does not obey any political system like "X-Men", "Justice League" and "Avengers", then what follows will be the birth of a new class of "superman class". They have the ability to absolutely surpass any country and ordinary people.
The superhuman class will not use its power to catch thieves and rescue people at fire scenes like in American superhero films. "The greater the ability, the greater the responsibility." It is just the words used by the first half to fool people. However, after taking responsibility, the greater the power will inevitably be. When the ability they have exceeded everything established by ordinary people, society can no longer have any constraints on them. They can do whatever they want, and even completely overturn all the various systems established by human beings for thousands of years, and all the ideas of equality pursued.
Even if they are subject to social constraints and control for many years, they will not do this. Sooner or later, the heirs and descendants who have inherited their abilities will not be able to withstand the temptation of power and start to do this. They will establish a "superman society" with these superhuman classes as the absolute core. In this society, human beings are strictly divided into superhumans and ordinary people, and even those superhuman classes as absolute rulers. In order to prevent ordinary people from having abilities that exceed these superhumans, they suppress their scientific research, social progress, etc.
In short, the superhuman society is another theocratic society. However, this "god" is no longer an illusory thing made up by a charlatan, but a "superman" who actually holds all the power of life and death. Ordinary people fall into a state of being raised by slaves, restricted and controlled, so that these "superman" can permanently hold the throne of rulers.
Ye Ying, who was born in the United States, has liked superhero comics since childhood, and also fantasized about one day discovering that his "superpower" embarked on this kind of chic "superhero" path. He has a sense of superiority that surpasses ordinary people and the entire system.
Unexpectedly, the one who could truly realize his dream was not the United States, but the Taoyuanxing, his mission location.
When he was found to have this special ability in the National Time Travel Office, he was absorbed into the 709th Brigade, and experienced and personally experienced the "magic" of this world. The idea of becoming a "superhero" almost disappearing as an adult suddenly rekindled and became out of control. He even began to deviate from the "Operation Proxima" he originally carried out - he began to fantasize about forming a "Avengers" or "Justice League" by himself, and not being bound by the Chinese government or Operation Proxima, and creating his own "superhero" world.
However, what disappointed him was that the magic of this world was too weak. First of all, without magic stones, magicians were no different from ordinary people. Secondly, even with magic stones, they could produce low-energy products such as icicles, fireballs, currents, etc. At most, they could produce low-energy products such as icicles, fireballs, and currents. It was okay to deal with a few people, but they would definitely not be able to deal with dozens of them. And there was no way to deal with guns, let alone the long-range weapons and efficient command of modern troops. Although the exoskeleton mechas and magnetic levitation tanks are indeed very powerful, they are strictly managed by your troops and cannot be used casually. In fact, due to the average grades during training, he was not even qualified to use these weapons.
The use of large cosmic energy crystals once allowed him to see new hope, but his ability was only used as a support for industrial production to generate electricity. Looking at the air warships that only women can control, he felt deeply disappointed.
However, what he couldn't stand the most was the pure militarized management and omnipresent political work of the 709th Brigade. It did not give him the sense of superhero's sense of accomplishment, but made him feel a sense of suffocation. Those unified slogans, such as "using cosmic energy for the people", "applying cosmic energy to construction and production", "developing new uses of cosmic energy to benefit Taoyuanxing." "Add bricks and tiles to military production." "Exploring unknown secrets of cosmic energy." And a series of propaganda made him feel even more uncomfortable
Already - Have you seen Superman keep helping people build housing factories on construction sites, or have you seen Wolverine digging the ground with her claws to support national construction? Or have Batman wear a white coat and not study his cool things, but be a researcher in the laboratory to accelerate industrial development? Or, Tony Stark does not wear that steel outfit to pick up girls, but honestly overcomes and popularizes various technical problems in the laboratory, so that humans can enter the space age as soon as possible.
The most important thing is that those heroes wear or don’t wear masks are highly anticipated and are admired or even criticized like idols. The personnel of the 709th Brigade are willing to use their abilities in obscurity in this kind of place similar to social screws. They never argue or doubt, but are just steadfast in carrying out various tasks and then the next one. Although they saved the construction of the entire autonomous region for more than 20 years, they are still unknown and do not receive any applause or recognition.
However, what made him even more angry was that the people from the 709th Brigade, whether they were from military or other industries, had no doubts about this arrangement. Even when he proposed it intentionally or unintentionally, he always said, "It is a duty for soldiers to obey orders. I will contribute wherever the country needs me, otherwise I will be ashamed of this military uniform."
People are all vanity. Even when watching those superhero movies, what actually makes the audience empathize the most is not the protagonist's enviable superpower, but the feeling of being recognized, worshipped, and being watched, and panic to the state machine. This is also why superheroes cannot move bricks - even if they build more houses, they solve housing problems for many people, or they have reclaimed more wastelands and saved more people from hunger. It is far better to save a stray dog in the street to get people applause and applause.
People can only see what is happening in front of them to define heroic behavior, or express disgust with the constraints of the country and society. They will not notice that they can live in an orderly society, but not those superheroes, but the social system maintained by the state.
In response, Wu Zuren, director of the Political Department of the 709th Brigade, even talked to him and told him: "We are not heroes, not superheroes. We are just soldiers, soldiers who defend our country."
Therefore, during this period of the 709th Brigade, Ye Ying felt as if he was in a group of "Red Sons" performed by Superman who fell in the Soviet Union several hours late because the spacecraft fell on the earth and was then raised by farmers in Ukrainian collective farms. This made him even more uncomfortable. He felt that the 709th Brigade was simply wasting natural resources and wasting cosmic energy. And the Chinese government was obviously the kind of villain - in the name of patriotism, he trained these superheroes into soldiers who obeyed the rules.
The Mars incident finally allowed him to justify his escape from the militarized management environment, but he quickly lost in the sense of loss of losing that ability. Although the subsequent arrangements, generous retirement funds, comfortable and generous jobs, higher incomes, higher professional titles than those in the 709th Brigade, better housing arrangements, improved pension registration and other things that ordinary people seem to dream of quickly made most people adapt quickly. However, Ye Ying was unable to adapt. Under the cover of his superficial obedience, he never forgot his dreams with the "magic alliance".
So he also started his own action, an action to establish his own "alliance". Of course, even if those who left the 709th Brigade still had to have some intelligence personnel to check regularly. What's more, those who had been "brainwashed" by the 709th Brigade were not enough to accomplish anything. In his opinion, Proxima Centara's "muggles" had long been excluded from the category of "people", and they were even less capable of making plans.
However, taking advantage of his work, he accidentally discovered that the imperial mages who were also abolished by the 709th Brigade were also full of resentment and had no contact with the autonomous region government. So he found his "ally". In the process of constantly contacting these people, with good communication skills and daily conversations, he gradually learned a lot of secrets, even many secrets that even the Chinese military did not know (most mages were only hired and did not deliberately go to the 709th Brigade to give a briefing).
A pleasant female voice echoed in the airship, breaking Ye Ying's thoughts.
"The airship has arrived at the Feilong Valley terminal. Please bring your belongings and get off the boat. All crew members of Tianyun No. 9 airship thank you for your ride and are honored to serve you. Welcome to take the regular airship of Taoyuan Star Airlines again, goodbye!"
Ye Ying picked up his salute and followed the crowds off the airship. On the platform of the terminal, he opened his arms and sucked a slight cold wind in the air at the airport. Then he murmured to himself with some emotion:
"The era of true magic will come!"
Chapter completed!