Yang Ming sat on the microgravity massage chair in the luxurious cell and fell into deep thought.
Why?
what is this?
The senior officials of the Foreign Affairs Bureau were purged by assassins. The public opinion guidance plan he and Lu had made before was put to use, but the entire Internet spontaneously started to criticize the New Federation?
this……
Are you not going to give any suspicion value to the Luofeng Empire, which is being secretly oppressed by the empire?
This situation that was too smooth made Yang Ming feel uneasy.
He was worried that the empire was using a very new tactic, first standing up and scolding the New Federation, and then secretly amassing heavy troops to destroy the Luofeng Empire in one fell swoop.
All joking aside, this possibility is real.
The key lies in management.
If senior Li doesn't respect martial ethics, let him and Lu launch a full-scale sneak attack...
Yang Ming took the Internet access terminal he just got back and continued to search for the latest news trends on the empire's major portals.
From time to time, he took a look at the prison management group chat that the warden secretly dragged in, as well as the chat window with Revell, which contained various news from small aristocratic channels.
A senior official of the Foreign Affairs Bureau was attacked.
The imperial bureaucracy and nobles were extremely angry.
The empire began to mobilize large-scale fleets at the border, and the military department urgently recalled all officers and soldiers who were on leave.
The private fleets of the major nobles that have had joint exercises with the military have also received Level 2 combat readiness orders, and they are all gathering in the deep space area close to the jump point for preparation.
The mountain rain is about to come and the wind fills the building.
What made Yang Ming feel a little terrible was that although the area where the Empire stationed troops was facing the core star field of the New Federation, it was not far from the border of Luofeng.
If he really wants to jump to Luofeng, then... it's not impossible.
The key point now is that Yang Ming must determine whether the Imperial Guard system has been activated.
Does this situation where senior officials of one department are almost wiped out constitute a threat to the empire as a whole...
Yang Ming subconsciously glanced at the empty room, put his watch close to the network terminal, opened a small screen in the center of the projection screen that could only be seen from the front, and entered a line of text.
【How is it going?】
[Uh, boss, didn’t you say not to contact us for now? Fortunately, we have equipped you with gravity communication. The situation is generally stable and risks are controllable. 】
【Do you guide public opinion? 】
[Boss, I have not activated any public opinion guidance mode. 】
[Lyu, do you think it is possible that this is a chess game played by the empire? The logic has been activated now? 】
[I have not found any signs of reasonable startup for the time being. I have also installed alarm devices on the traffic ports of the major basic servers in the Emperor Star Circle. As long as she starts now, I can exit the network in advance. She and I are now at the core of the system.
Equal!╭(╯^╰)╮】
When did this happen, and what are my moods, facial expressions, and so on.
Didn't Ritsu feel his anxiety?
Boss Yang sent a message back:
[Monitor at any time and take appropriate measures immediately if there is any situation.]
[Understood boss! Don’t worry, even in the worst case scenario, the core area of our Dark Star main base can be rolled up and escaped into deep space at any time. 】
After a brief exchange with Lu, Yang Ming felt a little more at ease.
Processing is not started;
The current trend of public opinion in the empire, the topics of public discussion, as well as secretly officials from various departments, as well as the news from the Emperor Star, have all concluded that this is an assassination operation launched by the New Federation.
Some people say that the new federal political circles were dissatisfied with the last imperial expedition and that the intelligence services deliberately retaliated.
Some people also say that the New Federation wants to deliberately provoke, stimulate the Empire to go on another expedition, and use war to drag down the Empire's economy. Through this pull, the Empire, a high-rise building that has already been "corrupted", will collapse;
Others say that the new federation is to cut off the connection between the empire and the more than twenty client states, and then the next step is to instigate rebellion against the client states around the empire to form an internal impact on the empire.
It has to be said that the analysis of the Internet politicians in the Galaxy is clear and logical.
Yang Ming, the chief culprit, even thinks these conspiracy theories are reasonable.
Yang Ming browsed for more than ten minutes and found the troll posts that started to pop up.
The CIA begins to interfere with imperial public opinion!
Their response was quite quick, but the direction chosen by the CIA made Yang Ming relieved again.
[This is a provocation against the most powerful country and the second most powerful country in the galaxy!]
Several hot posts quickly circulated on major websites.
The content of the post is also very interesting. It basically says that the New Federation has lost its temper after the imperial expedition. They have paid a heavy price, paid high war compensation, and suffered continuous attacks from insect pests. Six administrative
The star was destroyed by the Zerg, and now it is absolutely impossible to actively provoke the empire.
This makes it clear that other relatively powerful political systems in the galaxy want to stimulate the Empire and provoke a war between the Empire and the New Federation, so that the two countries will consume their strength and perish together.
As for why the main messenger behind the attack would sneak attack on a department like the Foreign Affairs Bureau, which can only be regarded as a second-tier department in the imperial system, the navy of the New Federation CIA also gave a "reasonable" explanation.
First, the removal of the Foreign Affairs Bureau will not affect the normal operation of the empire, nor will it affect the empire's dispatch of troops to the New Federation.
Second, the empire's more than 20 vassal countries may become the target of hidden forces' subsequent attacks. By attacking the vassal countries, they can avoid direct friction with the empire and achieve the purpose of attacking the empire's economic system.
Third, no one paid much attention to the Foreign Affairs Bureau, and the security system of the leadership was very poor. Officials never thought that they would become targets of attacks by foreign forces, and the success rate was high.
etc.
Surrounded by a huge troll army, these hot posts gradually began to dominate the public opinion on some portal websites.
However, at this time, the Imperial Military Intelligence Bureau suddenly came to an end and issued a notice, causing the wind to reverse again.
The interstellar network has memory!
This attack has a series of omens!
The Military Intelligence Bureau stated in the announcement:
Military Intelligence noticed that just three months ago, there were discussions about the imperial economic system in the New Federation.
This discussion focused on the Imperial Foreign Affairs Bureau, a department that had never received attention, and emphasized the key role of client states in the imperial economic system.
Subsequently, the new federal CIA also announced the structure of the Foreign Affairs Bureau, as well as information on most of the senior officials of the Foreign Affairs Bureau who were attacked during this operation.
The Military Intelligence Bureau seriously suspects that this is an out-and-out terrorist attack initiated by the New Federation!
After the poison gas attack on Sakaar, the New Federation had a planned and purposeful series of attack plans against the Empire!
The New Federation aims to dismantle the empire's internal structure and dominance from all aspects, plunging hundreds of billions of people into dire straits.
As soon as this announcement came out, it immediately caused an uproar.
The Military Intelligence Agency followed suit and mobilized the resources of various nobles to form a huge navy, and began a pattern of mutual dissent with the New Federal CIA.
Regarding this fight for the high ground of public opinion, the Military Intelligence Bureau showed an unprecedented and extremely tough stance.
Yang Ming:……
Luofeng, is it really the national destiny that has come?
Edwang really wants to give a thumbs up to these idiot senior executives of the Imperial Military Intelligence Agency.
This little flame of war started igniting...
Buzz, buzz!
Yang Ming's network access terminal vibrated slightly, and a familiar avatar jumped out.
It turned out to be the handsome Major General Atero!
——Yang Ming now finds the officers in the Military Intelligence Bureau very pleasing to his eye.
Connected!
"Hahaha, I knew it! Dear Hanton! You must be able to use your own network access terminal at will!"
Artero smiled and said:
"Seeing that your Internet access terminal is online, I know you are paying attention to the incident of the high-level group of the Foreign Affairs Bureau being wiped out!
“Do you see the war of opinion going on right now?
"How is it? Is our momentum very bold? Is this counterattack very decisive?"
Yang Ming nodded vigorously: "Very strong! The directors above you have finally been tough for once!"
"Hey, it's none of their business!"
Artero raised his eyebrows:
"The top management of the Foreign Affairs Bureau was purged, and His Majesty the Great Emperor was furious. Our Military Intelligence Bureau did not receive any intelligence in advance, and we were unable to find any valuable clues after the incident.
"Our director and deputy directors have all been taken to the Emperor Star.
"Now, the power of our Military Intelligence Agency is held by our six major generals."
Artero cleared his throat:
"No, it's me who discovered that the New Federation had a premeditated plan and launched a counterattack in the world of online public opinion."
Yang Ming almost laughed out loud.
Damn it, not a single drop of distilled water was wasted on his ‘investment’ in Atero in the early years!
"Well done Artero! From every angle!"
"The New Federation is really bullying people too much! Do they think we are fools? I carefully analyzed the surveillance records left by those liquid robots. That kind of technology, that kind of military industry level, that kind of high-precision comprehensive strength, only
The New Federation has this ability! And it has this intelligence support!
"They are so self-righteous! They really think we are idiots and have no scientific knowledge!"
Atero said firmly:
"The previous terrorist attacks, as well as the subsequent incidents that comprehensively stimulated public opinion in the empire and attempted to create continuous class divisions, make the New Federation's wolfish ambitions obvious!
"Why did Your Majesty train me? It's because he was very dissatisfied with the previous style of the Military Intelligence System.
"Next, we must carry out internal reforms, conduct long-lasting confrontation with the New Federal CIA, the Guel Alliance Secret Service, and the Information Intelligence Center of the Free United States, and in the foreseeable future,
Use our resource advantages and technological advantages to completely overwhelm them in the galaxy's intelligence community!"
"Have ambition!" Yang Ming gave a thumbs up.
Atro laughed slyly again: "I'll ask the military department to make a report later, so I'll just say this, how about it?"
"There's nothing wrong with the tone, but the eyes need to be firmer and brighter."
"Is there light? How to do this?"
"Wouldn't it be nice if the next lighting software could give you some reflections?"
"That's right, I'm going to prepare now...I'm going to get busy first, dear Hanton! Really, after meeting you, my life suddenly ushered in a series of turning points!"
Yang Ming smiled and shook his head: "You have earned it through your own efforts and the support of Uncle Ni."
Atero chuckled, waved to Yang Ming, and hung up the communication.
Yang Ming jumped out of the microgravity massage chair.
Although he still can't completely rest assured, Yang Ming already has some confidence in his heart.
Only now did Yang Ming realize that each of the steps he had arranged for the law to take had a deeper meaning, and each step was cleverly connected to form the current situation.
He didn't even notice it himself.
Through noble channels, we can learn that two battle groups and 5,000 warships have been hoarded at the border of the empire. They have begun the early jump and appeared outside the border of the New Federation to oppress the border administrative star of the New Federation.
The clouds of war are constantly brewing in the vast and almost limitless area of the Milky Way.
…
"Is the Total Defense system still not activated?"
In the virtual conference room, Director Ino asked with a dark face.
The more than fifty virtual projections sitting around the round table all fell into silence.
"Things are a little weird, Ino."
An old voice said slowly:
"Whether it is the previous public opinion war or this terrorist attack, according to the records within a hundred years, the entire territory defense system can be activated smoothly for such incidents.
"But now, it has been given multiple times expressions that do not constitute conditions for activation."
Someone said: "I am responsible for maintaining the laboratory of the black box of the global defense system. We are conducting a comprehensive inspection of the black box. Judging from the data collected so far, this defense system... It is too old and has a lot of logic.
There appears to be a slight deviation in operation."
"Can this program be maintained?"
"There are some technical difficulties in maintenance," the man said. "We cannot access the core data area of this system. We can only use the operation manual to operate on the periphery."
"We have tried this countless times."
"Why did Ancestor Levi do this? He left us a powerful system that can maintain the stable existence of the empire for tens of thousands of years, but did not give us the authority to modify the internal core?"
"This is the wisdom of Levi's ancestors. If this system is used by ambitious people, our round table will cease to exist long ago."
"No matter what, we have to be careful and cannot rely entirely on this system."
An old man said slowly:
"The first level of significance of the empire's unified network is to provide a fast data path for this system.
"In response to this, the research project I am responsible for has produced a complete set of new resource integration systems. Perhaps, we have reached the time point of nurturing the Empire Total Defense System 2.0."
“Is the technology reliable?”
"It is reliable. The current computing power is not sufficient, but as long as it can be connected to the unified network of the empire, we can build a new empire-wide defense system in a short period of time that only obeys the orders of our Sherman family."
Director Ino suddenly asked: "What if it conflicts with the existing system?"
"So my suggestion is that we build a few administrative satellites in the edge areas to physically isolate the network, test the stability of the system, and conduct sufficient demonstrations."
A group of people nodded slowly and continued to express some opinions.
Another old voice sounded:
"No matter what, the new federation has passed the red line this time.
"The last expedition failed to fully accomplish its mission due to the Zerg attack, which also gave them some luck.
"I propose to conduct surface strikes on the twelve administrative stars on the border of the New Federation.
"Let the military take action immediately. The legions near the Emperor Star will dispatch six fleets to show the New Federation the real gap between them and us."
Director Ino and the figures around him nodded slowly and began to discuss the extent of the attack.
A slightly younger old man in the corner suddenly asked:
"Is there another possibility that this is not done by the New Federation?"
"Who but the New Federation could develop such an unheard-of robot?"
"I am in charge of the Imperial Machinery Military Equipment Research Laboratory Group, and I can answer this question clearly. With the technology we currently have, even the most core technology, we cannot produce this kind of robot. We can achieve mechanical deformation
It can transform into solid and liquid materials, but it cannot be so smooth and complete the body construction in such a short period of time, let alone the somewhat terrifying fluid fusion movement ability.
“This is a technology that can only be possessed by true civilizations of level three or above!
"The intuitive feeling these assassination robots give me is that they are life, real mechanical life, and mechanical life with the ability to evolve.
"What I am most worried about now is that the New Federation has surpassed us in the field of fully automatic machinery. If we do not attack the New Federation, we will face real challenges."
"It is possible that the New Federation has taken over the Fayan people's mechanical dimension-enhancement experimental project."
"war."
"war."
"agree."
"Isn't it currently possible for other countries to achieve this kind of technological progress?"
"The current stage of mechanical development has reached a bottleneck, which is also the main reason restricting our territorial expansion. If we want to take a small step forward, we need to wait for a long time while maintaining the scale effect. Several other political systems,
None of them have this foundation.”
The old man who questioned nodded slowly and slowly uttered two words:
"war."
…
Half a day later, on Yaha Star, in the VIP room of the Noble Prison.
Yang Ming looked at Daphne who came in a hurry, with a charming smile on his lips.
"Master Messenger, are you here to deliver a message again?"