"…Jenny Carrim, a former New York Times war correspondent, was awarded the Pulitzer News Prize for a report on Iraqi chemical weapons. In 2018, he signed up for Nasa's astronaut training program. He was originally trained as a lunar astronaut, but later he became a crew member of the Ares because of the lunar landing program."

Sitting in the office of the Future People Building, Aisha looked at the report in her hand.

Standing at her desk was Zhu Yu, director of the domestic counterintelligence office, who was reporting to her the results of the investigation into the leak.

"When she was a war correspondent in Iraq, she may have received training from CIA. Based on the intelligence collected by Bernis in the United States, there is evidence that CIA, FBI and other intelligence departments have conducted anti-reconnaissance training on some war correspondents and diplomats based on a special document issued by the White House to deal with possible hostage crisis."

"Is she Cia's person?" Aisha looked at Zhu Yu and asked.

"Impossible," Zhu Yu shook her head, "but we have reason to believe that the Americans have received the signal from her."

The number 071 alone cannot reveal any valuable information. The only thing that worried Aisha was that Americans might have developed some brain-opening associations based on the news from a while ago.

Looking at Aisha who was in deep thought, Zhu Yu continued to speak.

"At present, we have sent an inquiry letter to the Star Ring Trade and Space Department. According to Kerrwin's reply, they ordered the control of the person involved at the first moment of receiving the email... Do we have to punish the investigators responsible for supervising her?"

There were no ghost agents in the Mars colony. The person responsible for monitoring those Americans was the investigator of the Intelligence Section of the Star Ring Trade Army, not a professional intelligence officer. He may know the Morse code, but he did not think of the Morse code and the frequency of blinking. It was even more impossible to think that the person being monitored would actually transmit sensitive information through blinking.

Those who can notice such details in real-time communication are probably not the level of Sherlock Holmes, but they must be half as powerful as the primary school student in the Death God. Zhu Yu asked herself that even if she stood in that position, they would not be able to do better. Like FBI, they have found problems in countless replays.

But discipline is discipline. Whoever has problems should be responsible for it. There is no excuse for this.

"The Star Ring Trade side of the involved person will handle it according to military regulations, so we won't interfere," his slender index finger gently tapped the document. After pondering for a moment, Aisha said, "From next time, we will stop providing real-time communication services to stranded American astronauts, and change to delayed transmission video."

"In addition, all videos must be double reviewed by Ghost Agents and Star Ring Army Intelligence Section. No matter where the problem is found, the person involved will be immediately disqualified from contacting the family. It is better to kill by mistake than let go."

"Yes." Zhu Yu stood upright.

"Finally," Aisha continued, "send a spitting agent to the Martian colony. I'm curious, where did she hear the three numbers 071."

...

The end of the world, in the villa.

Sitting on the sofa in the living room, Lilith, in accordance with Jiang Chen's request, introduced the history of Mars colonialism with Pan-Asian cooperation.

"The fire-mounting plan can be traced back to the middle of the 21st century, when the Soviet Union, NATO and Pan Asia had successfully sent astronauts to the surface of Mars one after another. However, the Mars scientific research station that Pan-Asia cooperated was in the early 22nd century. At that time, NATO was the first to announce the launch of the Mars colonization plan and successfully hovered the 500,000-ton inspection ship in Mars synchronous orbit. The Pan-Asian parliament immediately issued relevant scientific research tasks for colonizing Mars to more than 20 scientific research institutions including the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and finally built the first Mars colony in 2110..."

"Wait, I remember that the three major forces did not establish Mars colonies?" Jiang Chen frowned after interrupting Lilith's words.

"Because of political reasons," Lilith shrugged, "all countries are condemning each other's colonial behavior, emphasizing that outer space resources are shared by all mankind, and of course it is impossible to slap themselves in the face. The official names of all colonies are called a certain scientific research station. According to the information recorded in my database, by 2120, in less than ten years, the Mars "scientific research station" with a population of more than 1,000 by Pan-Asia cooperation has grown to more than twenty."

Hearing this number, Jiang Chen couldn't help but be shocked.

As the chairman of the Star Ring Trade, no one knows better than him how much money the Martian colony has to burn. Even with his financial resources, the budget report sent from the Martian colony has to hurt him.

Without making profits, more than 20 Mars colonies were built, but I was afraid that the Pan-Asian cooperation would lose a space elevator in a year.

But even though he said that, Jiang Chen didn't fail to understand their behavior.

To give a common example, it is like taking a taxi and catching a business with Bibi Taxi. At the beginning, everyone lost money, and tried their best to gain money, and grabbed land in market share. Perhaps the top leaders of the Pan-Asian cooperation also knew that one Mars colony would definitely have to pay for it, but no one wanted to wait for the Mars colony to achieve "profit" like a lunar colony, but the company of their own country would lose at the starting line.

Whether it is useful or not, send the person over first and take up the place!

In contrast, the Star Ring Trade was simply lucky. It entered the Mars colonial era a century early, and the whole world could not find a decent competitor, and had enough time and space to rationally develop the entire "market".

"In other words, not only did the major forces build an inspection station on Mars? But dozens of them have been built? And each scientific research station is actually a colony selling dog meat under the guise of sheep?" Jiang Chen asked.

"That's right." Lilith nodded, "It's been since the early 22nd century."

"But why did there be no news about all the colonies later?" Lin Ling, who was sitting next to Jiang Chen, frowned and muttered in confusion, "In my impression, there is no report on the colonies at all."

"This is very easy to explain. You were born in the fifties." Lilith asked.

"That's right." Lin Ling nodded.

"Then you should have heard of the economic crisis of 2150."

This time, even Jiang Chen nodded.

As early as the end of the world, he learned about the economic crisis, which was generally believed to be the root cause of the outbreak of the World War in 2171. (Note: If you forget the plot, you can go back to watch Chapter 2)

"In the history recorded in my database, as of 2149, the Mars scientific research stations for the Pan-Asian cooperation have reached 41, and the Soviet Union and NATO are almost the same. When the economic crisis broke out, countries were no longer able to continue to maintain these bottomless pits, so they signed the Houston Convention in 2150. In addition to demarcating the Mars territory, they also cut their respective colonies... or scientific research stations to 15."

"But, this doesn't explain why I have never heard of those scientific research stations at all, right?" Lin Ling frowned.

"Of course it can be explained," Lilith looked at Jiang Chen, "because this involves another issue, about the colony itself, and about the Gaia civilization you mentioned."
Chapter completed!