Walk alone in the abyss

strangeness.

Yang Ming sat on the microgravity massage chair in the luxurious prison cell, lost in thought.

Why?

what is this?

The senior officials of the Foreign Affairs Bureau were purged by assassins. Before the public opinion guidance plan that he and Lu had made before came into use, the whole network spontaneously launched a verbal criticism against the New Federation?

this……

Wouldn't even a little bit of suspicion be distributed to the Luofeng Empire, which was being secretly oppressed by the empire?

This too-smooth situation made Yang Ming uneasy.

He was worried that the empire was using a very new type of tactic, first to stand up and scold the new federation, and then turn around and secretly hoard heavy troops to destroy the Luofeng Empire in one fell swoop.

No kidding, the possibility is real.

The key lies in reason.

In case this senior Li doesn't talk about martial ethics, he and Lu will directly attack him and Lu...

Yang Ming took the network access terminal he had just brought back, and kept rummaging through the major portals of the empire to find the latest news and trends.

From time to time, he glanced at the group chat of the prison management that was secretly pulled in by the warden, as well as the chat window with Reville, and there would be various news from small noble channels.

A senior official of the Foreign Affairs Bureau was attacked.

The incomparable anger of imperial bureaucrats and nobles.

The empire began to mobilize fleets on a large scale at the border, and the military department urgently recalled all officers and soldiers who were on leave.

The private fleets of the major nobles who have conducted joint exercises with the military have also received a second-level combat readiness order, and they are all gathering and preparing in the deep space area close to the transition point.

The mountain rain is about to come and the wind is all over the building.

What makes Yang Ming feel terrible is that although the area where the empire stationed troops is facing the direction of the core star field of the New Federation, that location is not too far from the border of Luofeng.

If this really makes the leap to Luofeng, then...it's not impossible.

The key point now is that Yang Ming must determine whether the Emperor Guard system has been activated.

Does this situation where senior officials in a department are almost wiped out constitute a threat to the empire as a whole...

Yang Ming subconsciously glanced at the empty room, moved the watch closer to the network access terminal, opened a small screen in the center of the projection screen that could only be seen from a frontal angle, and entered a line of text.

【How is it going? 】

【Uh, boss, didn't you say don't contact me for now? Fortunately, you are equipped with gravitational communication. The situation is generally stable and risks are controllable everywhere. 】

[Is the public opinion guided by you? 】

[Boss, I haven't started any public opinion guidance mode. 】

[Lü, do you think it is possible that this is a game of chess played by the empire? The current theory has already started? 】

[I have not found any signs of rational activation for the time being. I have also installed alarm devices on the traffic ports of the major basic servers in the Emperor Star Circle. Now as long as she activates, I can exit the network in advance. I and her are now in the core of the system. equal! ╭(╯^╰)╮】

When is this, and there is still a mood to express.

Didn't Lil feel his anxiety?

Boss Yang sent a message back:

[Monitor at any time, and take corresponding measures immediately if there is any situation. 】

[Understood boss! Don't worry, even in the worst situation, the core area of ​​our dark star main base can roll up and escape into deep space at any time. 】

After a brief exchange with Lu, Yang Ming felt relieved.

not activated;

The current trend of public opinion in the empire, the topics of discussion on the surface, as well as the secret officials of various departments, as well as the news from the Emperor Star, have all determined that this is an assassination operation launched by the new federation.

Some people say that the new federal political circles refused to accept the last imperial expedition, and the intelligence agencies deliberately retaliated.

Some people also said that the new federation wanted to deliberately provoke, stimulate the empire to go on an expedition again, and use the war to drag down the empire's economy. Through this pull, the empire, which had long been "corrupted", collapsed;

Others say that the new federation is to cut off the connection between the empire and more than 20 dependent countries, and then the next step is to incite the dependent countries around the empire to form an internal impact on the empire.

It has to be said that Yinhe's network politicians are very thorough in their analysis.

Yang Ming, the chief culprit, even felt that these conspiracy theories were very reasonable.

Yang Ming browsed for another ten minutes, and found those postings of the navy that started to pop up.

The CIA began to interfere with the public opinion of the Empire!

Their response was also quite quick, but Yang Ming breathed a sigh of relief in the direction chosen by the CIA.

[This is a challenge against the first and second most powerful country in the galaxy! 】

Several hot posts quickly circulated on major websites.

The content of the post is also very interesting, basically saying that the New Federation has lost its temper after the imperial expedition, they have paid a terrible price, paid high war compensation, and suffered continuous pest attacks, six administrative The star was destroyed by the Zerg, and it is absolutely impossible to actively provoke the empire now.

This clearly means that other relatively powerful regimes in the Milky Way 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 die together.

As for why the main messenger behind it would sneak attack on the Foreign Affairs Bureau, a department that can only be regarded as the second echelon in the imperial system, and the naval army of the new Federal CIA, also gave a "reasonable" explanation.

First, the termination 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 more than 20 affiliated countries of the empire may become the targets of the hidden forces' next attack. By attacking the affiliated countries, they can avoid direct friction with the empire and achieve the purpose of attacking the imperial economic system.

Third, no one paid much attention to the Bureau of Foreign Affairs. The security system of the leadership was very poor. The officials never thought that they would become the targets of attacks by foreign forces, and the success rate was high.

etc.

Surrounded by a huge troop of water, these few hot posts gradually began to dominate the direction of public opinion on some portal websites.

However, at this time, the Imperial Military Intelligence Bureau suddenly came out and issued a notice to reverse the wind direction again.

The interstellar network has memory!

This attack has a series of omens!

In its announcement, the Military Intelligence Agency stated:

The MIB noticed that just three months earlier, there had been discussions about the imperial economic system in the new Commonwealth.

This discussion, focusing on the Reich Foreign Office, a department that had never been given much attention, emphasized the crucial role of the dependent states in the Reich's economic system.

Subsequently, the new Federal CIA also announced the structure of the Foreign Affairs Bureau and most of the senior officials of the Foreign Affairs Bureau who were attacked in this operation.

The Military Intelligence Bureau seriously suspects that this is an out-and-out terrorist attack launched by the New Federation!

After the poisonous gas attack on Star Saka, the New Federation has a plan and a purpose, a series of strike plans against the empire!

The new federation intends to disintegrate the internal structure and dominance of the empire from all aspects, and plunge hundreds of billions of people into dire straits.

As soon as this announcement came out, it immediately caused an uproar.

The Military Intelligence Bureau followed suit, mobilizing the resources of nobles from all sides to form a huge navy, and started a mutual spraying mode with the new Federal CIA.

Regarding this competition for the high ground of public opinion, the Military Intelligence Bureau showed an extremely tough stance for the first time.

Yang Ming: ...

Luofeng, is it really the luck of the country?

Edwan really wants to give this bunch of idiots high-level officers of the Imperial Military Intelligence a knock.

This small flame of war, he will ignite...

Hum, 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 the eye.

connected!

"Hahaha, I knew it! Dear Hanton! You must be free to use your own network access terminal!"

Atro laughed:

"Seeing that your network access terminal is online, I knew you were paying attention to the event of the high-level extermination of the Foreign Affairs Bureau!

"Do you see the public opinion war going on now?

"How is it? Isn't our momentum very bold? Isn't this counterattack very decisive?"

Yang Ming nodded vigorously: "Very strong! The bureau chiefs above you finally got tough!"

"Hey, it's none of their business!"

Atro raised his eyebrows:

"The top officials of the Foreign Affairs Bureau were purged, and His Majesty the Great Emperor was furious. Our Military Intelligence Bureau did not receive any information beforehand, and we were unable to find any valuable clues after the incident.

"Our chief and deputy chiefs have all been expelled from the Emperor Star.

"Now, the power of our Military Intelligence Bureau is held by our six major generals."

Atro cleared his throat:

"Now, I found out that the new Federation had planned it long ago, and it was me who instigated the counterattack of the Internet public opinion world."

Yang Ming almost laughed out loud.

Damn, not a single drop of distilled water was wasted in his 'investment' in Atero in the early years!

"Great job! Atero! From every angle!"

"The New Federation is really deceiving people too much! Do they think we are fools? I carefully analyzed the monitoring records left by those liquid robots. The technology, the level of military industry, and the manifestation of high-end comprehensive strength are only The New Federation has this ability! And it has this intelligence support!

"They're so self-righteous! They really think we're idiots and have no scientific common sense!"

Artero said:

"The previous terrorist attacks, as well as the follow-up events that comprehensively drove public opinion in the empire and attempted to create class divisions, the wolfish ambitions of the new federation are clearly revealed!

"Why did His Majesty train me? It was because he was very dissatisfied with the previous style of the MIB system.

"Next, we must carry out internal reforms, and carry out a protracted confrontation with the New Federal CIA, the Guell Union Secret Service, and the Information and Intelligence Center of the Free United States, and in the foreseeable future, Using our resource advantages and technological advantages, we will completely overwhelm them in the intelligence community of the galaxy!"

"Ambition!" Yang Ming gave a thumbs up.

Atro laughed again: "I'll ask the military department to report later, so I'll just say that, how about it?"

"The tone is fine, but the eyes should be firmer and brighter."

"There is light? How do you do this?"

"The next lighting software, just give you a reflection."

"That's right, I'm going to prepare now... I'll get busy first, dear Hanton! Really, after I met you, my life suddenly ushered in successive turning points!"

Yang Ming smiled and shook his head: "It's all thanks to your hard work and Uncle Ni's support."

Atro laughed, waved at Yang Ming, and hung up the communication.

Yang Ming jumped out of the microgravity massage chair.

Although he still can't be completely relieved, but Yang Ming already has a solid foundation in his heart.

Only at this moment did Yang Ming realize that the steps he had arranged for Li to do each step had a different meaning, and each step was ingeniously connected together to form the current situation.

He didn't even notice it himself.

Through noble channels, we can know that two battle clusters and 5,000 battleships have been hoarded on the border of the empire. They have already started the early transition and appeared outside the border of the new federation, oppressing the administrative star of the border of the new federation.

The dark clouds of war are constantly brewing in the vast and almost limitless region 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 silent.

"Something's not right, Ino."

An old voice said slowly:

"Whether it's the previous public opinion war or this terrorist attack, according to the records within a century, the whole-territory defense system can be successfully activated for such incidents.

"But now, it has been given multiple times expressions that don't constitute trigger conditions."

Someone said: "I am in charge of 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, with a lot of logic. There appears to be a slight deviation in the run."

"Can this program be maintained?"

"It's technically difficult to maintain," said the humane, "We can't access the core data area of ​​this system, we can only use the operation manual to operate on the periphery."

"This matter, we have tried countless times."

"Why did the ancestors of Levi do this? They left us a powerful system capable of maintaining 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."

"In any case, we have to be careful and not completely rely on this system."

An old man said slowly:

"The first meaning of the empire's unified network is to provide a fast data path for this system.

"Aiming at this point, the research project I'm in charge of has produced a whole new set of resource integration system. Perhaps, we have reached the time point of gestating the Empire's whole-territory defense system 2.0."

"Is the technology reliable?"

"Reliable, the current computing power is not enough, but as long as you can access the unified network of the empire, you can build a new empire defense system that only obeys the orders of our Sherman family in a short period of time."

Director Ino suddenly asked: "What if it conflicts with the existing system?"

"So my suggestion is that we set up a few administrative stars in the fringe area, physically isolate the network, test the stability of this system, and conduct sufficient demonstrations."

A group of people nodded slowly and continued to express some opinions.

Another old voice sounded:

"In any case, the New Federation has crossed the red line this time.

"The last expedition failed to do its best due to the attack of the Zerg, which also gave them some luck.

"I propose to carry out surface strikes on the twelve administrative stars on the new federal border.

"Let the military department act immediately. The legions near the Emperor Star dispatched six fleets to show the new federation the real gap between them and us."

Director Ino and the surrounding figures nodded slowly, and began to discuss the extent of the blow.

A slightly younger old man in the corner suddenly asked:

"Is there another possibility that this is not done by the New Federation?"

"Except for the New Federation, who can develop such an unheard of robot?"

"I am in charge of the Imperial Mechanical Military Equipment Research Group, and I can answer this question clearly. According to 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 with solid-liquid materials, but it is impossible to complete the shape construction in such a smooth and short period of time, let alone the somewhat terrifying fluid fusion movement ability.

"This is a technology that can only be possessed by civilizations above the third level!

"The intuitive feeling these assassination robots give me is that they are life, real mechanical life, 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 undertaken the Faya people's mechanical dimension-enhancing experimental project."

"war."

"war."

"agree."

"Isn't it possible for other countries to achieve this kind of technological progress at present?"

"The development of machinery at this stage has reached a bottleneck, which is also the main reason for 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 regimes, There is no such basis.”

The old man who questioned nodded slowly, and slowly spit out two words:

"war."

...

Half a day later, Yaha Star, in the VIP room of the noble prison.

Yang Ming looked at Daphne who rushed over, with a charming smile on the corner of his mouth.

"Master Messenger, are you sending a message again?"