"Of course it does!"
Meng Xiaolang said. "People like my sister would've been the 'advisors' of the monarch in ancient times, and their super teams would've been the 'think tanks' of a very high level. Who would've disrespected their professional opinions? Let's take the representatives in parliament for example. Most of them do not know how to infer the changes of the situation. If a certain representative is admitted to parliament because he is strong enough to blow up a mountain with one punch, how can he not listen to the opinions of the specialists? "
It was not until then that Meng Jiang finally understood. "Like our Speaker?"
"Yes, the wife of your old classmate, Li Yao, and the famous' Blazing Tyrannosaur 'of the Federation!"
Meng Xiaolang couldn't help but laugh. "Everybody in the Federation knows that Speaker Ding is best at combat strength and appeal. She is not good at big picture deduction. However, as the Speaker of the Federation, she does not need to be adept at all fields. Naturally, countless specialists like my sister will help her make plans and analyze, infer, and predict future changes with their remarkable computational ability and detailed data.
"Of course, that is only one of the reasons.
"More importantly, she can influence the public opinion and allow the general public to understand the situation and the problems they are faced with at the fastest speed and in the easiest way possible.
"Grandpa, you know that it has been decades since the game 'Civilization' became popular. During the decades, the new generation has grown up and become the backbone of the Federation. People of our generation have been playing games since we were born. Our acceptance and trust of games are very high. Games have almost become our 'primary media', and the professional super players have become the stars and idols of our generation.
"If the policies of a country are presented in the form of dry data and words, few people will be interested in them.
"However, if they are presented by the super players in the way of immersive games, the attention and acceptance will be much higher.
"Right now, if the authorities want the people to understand the importance of the Federation's participation in the space competition as much as possible, it will be too unattractive to rely on news and announcements. Instead, by releasing the brand-new DLC of 'Civilization' and asking the people to try, explore, and appreciate the wonders at the center of the cosmos and the formidability of the Imperium and the Holy League on their own, won't they be able to make people understand everything on their own without knowing it?
"If the 'amateur DLCs' that the regular players play are still a joke, the advanced-level strategic deduction that my sister and her team are doing is very authoritative. Grandpa, look. This is the forum of 'Glorious Expedition, Summit Competition'. The competition is a simulation of the Union Army crossing billions of stars and marching to the center of the cosmos to resist the main-force fleet of the Alliance of the Holy Covenant together with the reformists of the Imperium.
"Although we cannot collect the real battle data of the main fleet of the Holy League, we can estimate the strength of the enemy by multiplying the relevant data collected by the Imperium in the past. The combat ability of the Imperium's fleet is more or less credible after comparing it with the Black Wind fleet.
"Based on the data, the result of the virtual competition is more or less worth reference, isn't it?
"Therefore, countless people of the Federation are focusing their attention on the competition. According to the forum, more than ten billion people are watching the competition in real time. Huhu. Ten billion people. It must be noted that such professional-level competitions are actually very boring and do not have glamorous sound and visual effects. Most of the time, only words, icons, and information streams are displayed on the light beam. Even so, ten billion people are online at the same time. There is no telling how many times more people are waiting for the result of the competition!
"Both the 'Moon Devil Squad' supported by the Dim Moon Fund and the 'Blood Shadow Squad', which is vaguely related to the military, have countless fervent supporters among the people. The members of those squads are also influential opinion leaders. The result of the battle will certainly change the people's opinion on whether or not to send troops to the center of the cosmos.
"Here, these are the most authoritative polls on the three largest forums of all categories in the Federation right now. Right now, the number of people who support sending troops immediately and the number of people who support thinking twice are almost equal. In one of the forums, it is 47% to 44%, with 9% of the people saying that it is not certain. The results on the other two forums are similar, too. It suggests that the people do not have a unified voice yet.
"However, I believe that after the final battle between the 'Moon Devil Squad' and the 'Blood Shadow Squad' is over, and the outcome of the two parties is decided, the result of the poll will certainly be significantly changed.
"Although the poll is not a real vote, it can greatly influence the result of the vote in parliament. Most of the representatives are elected by the people. Who dares to ignore or even go against the voice of the people?
"If the people demand to march to the center of the cosmos, I believe that countless representatives will turn into 'Iron Blood Hawks'. On the other hand, if most of the people do not support sending troops, and the anti-war voices are incessant, it is unlikely that parliament will make the decision to send troops by force.
"Grandpa, my mouth is almost dry from talking. Do you understand me?"
"Yes, more or less!"
Meng Jiang said, "So to speak, your sister's match is rather important, isn't it? Why don't you show it to me now?"
"It's fine."
Meng Xiaolang helped his grandpa input the invitation code and said with a smile, "Such an expert-level strategic deduction is not a regular game. Although the time flow in the virtual world is set faster, it is perfectly normal for the battle to last three days and three nights. It won't be over so quickly."
"Okay."
Meng Jiang nodded and asked again, "Then, which side is your sister and her … the 'Moon Devil Squad' on?"
"They are the attackers who are driving the virtual fleet of the Federation across the sea of stars to attack the legendary Empyreal Terminus Sector. They should be the main supporters of war, right?"
Meng Xiaolang thought for a moment and said, "On the other hand, the 'Blood Shadow Squad', which is backed by the military, is controlling the virtual fleet of the Holy League to attack the Empyreal Terminus Sector. I don't understand why the mission is arranged in such a way, but that's how the game is designed.
"However, we cannot say that the military is a 'slow war'. We can only say that the military has its own considerations. A lord cannot launch a war in fury, and a general cannot start a war in anger! Victory is won by countless soldiers who fight with their blades and spears. Of course, we have to make long-term plans! "
While talking, Meng Xiaolang had already shown Meng Jiang the only live arena of the "Glorious Expedition", the latest DLC of the game 'Civilization'.
Meng Jiang's portable crystal processor was still an antique from more than ten years ago. Although 80% or 90% of the key points of the so-called "truth" had been concealed due to the confidentiality regulations, the enormous stream of data still squeezed his portable crystal processor to the brim in the blink of an eye, making squeaking noises.
The light beam was frozen for a long time before the waterfall-like streams of information and the overlapping translucent icons, lists, and data reports appeared.
"This is —"
Meng Jiang was somewhat dumbfounded. The 'expert-level strategic deduction' was too different from the game in his impression. He observed for a long time but still failed to figure out anything. He had to ask his grandson, "What's the meaning of all this? It's so fancy. Are the fleets of two parties fighting each other? Where is this place? Who is winning exactly?"
Meng Xiaolang was qualified to join the 'Kunlun Fleet', the latest elite fleet of the Federation. Naturally, his ability to read the data of the battlefield was a hundred times better than his grandpa's.
However, it was also the first time that he had received such complicated and all-encompassing streams of information. It was like an overwhelming torrent was flooding into his eyes and raging inside his head. After only a couple of seconds, he was already exclaiming that he could not bear it anymore.
"What is it exactly? Tell grandpa now!"
Meng Jiang was not bothered a moment ago, but his curiosity was now piqued by his grandson. He asked nonstop, "Which side won? Your sister's Moon Devil Squad or the Blood Shadow Squad on the opposite side? Can you see your sister's operation from here? Tell me now!"
"Well …"
Meng Xiaolang read the game, and his face gradually turned pale and embarrassed.
The serial numbers that represented the starships of the Union Army changed from light green to dark green, from dark green to orange, and from orange to crimson one after another. In the end, they were burnt into pale ash in the furiously burning redness.
After only a few minutes, countless starships of the Federation and the Union Army, which was ten thousand times larger, had reached the end of their lives on the virtual battlefield.
It seemed that the army of the reformists and the Union Army that had come to reinforce the Empyreal Terminus Sector had been surrounded by the fleets of the Holy League. The situation could not have been worse!
…
"Sh * t!"
Meng Lichuan's eyes were filled with orange at first, before they were filled with whiteness. Her soul seemed to have been kicked out of the virtual world and returned to the game cabin that was filled with nerval interaction liquids.
Meng Lichuan suddenly sat up and cursed fiercely.
This place was the largest secret base of the 'Civilization' game production center in Hundred Flowers City, the information center of the Federation.
It was also a national-level strategic deduction center that the Secret Sword Bureau, the Dim Moon Fund, the military, and the major sects, including the Glorious Sunlight Group, paid close attention to.
The first public strategic deduction of 'whether or not to march to the center of the cosmos', the strategic decision that would decide the future of the Federation, was being held in this place.
Among the ten thousand arrays of super crystal processors, thousands of the most advanced game cabins were arranged densely. Lying inside the nerval interaction liquids were the deduction specialists with the highest computational ability, the most logical, and the most imaginative abilities that had been selected from the entire Federation. Their identities could not be described as' super players' at all; they were the elite intelligence agents of the Dim Moon Fund and the treasures of the military.
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