The other party had no intention of negotiating and opened fire as soon as they arrived.
However, before they could open fire, Silin's spaceplane turned invisible. Then, it was as if it had disappeared. They could not see or scan it.
The cannons fired in all directions, hoping to hit the hidden spaceplane, but in the end, they all shot into the distance, toward the debris in space.
After a series of random shots, the first huge explosion appeared in the fleet, followed by a second and a third. No one in the fleet knew why this happened. It was inexplicably frightening.
When all the starships and spaceplanes in the fleet exploded, everything calmed down. Silin's spaceplane reappeared in the distance, and in a few other places, robots appeared one after another, followed by a small starship.
The robots completed their mission and reported to Silin before flying back to the starship to complete their next mission. Similar things happened many times, but Silin was already used to it.
Not long after the robots left, Silin received a call from Xi Kai.
"Silin, what are you planning to do?"
Silin did not answer. Instead, he asked, "Have you thought about what happened last time?"
Xi Kai paused. "Give me some more time."
"Sure." Silin did not mind Xi Kai dragging it out for so long. He had his own plans.
"Do you still need robots?"
"No, these are enough for now," Xi Kai sighed.
"There are people in Black Viper who are not satisfied with what you are doing. Although their opposition will not have much effect, I hope you can think more before you act."
Silin smiled. "Are you warning me?"
"I don't have the guts. You are now one of the three leaders. If you think it's right, then do it. If you need more robots, contact me directly."
"Okay."
After talking for a while, Silin ended the call and sat in his chair to think.
Huimao, who was resting on a shelf next to him, looked up at Silin and said, "That guy really took a long time to think."
"It's fine. We have other things to do anyway." Since he had to think of a way to return to the League of Stars, Silin would not place all his hopes on Xi Kai.
Looking at the name list in his hand, those restless people should be quiet now. The next step was about to begin.
Silin had a talk with Guan Feng before his lecture at San Calombo. Aside from deciding on the content of his lecture, Silin also proposed a plan to create an online forum for academic exchange.
There were a lot of online forums in the Empire, and of course there were many academic ones as well. However, the online forum Cillin had created was different. There weren't too many restrictions, and there wasn't any difference in status. As long as you understood a certain field, you could speak freely in the forum. It didn't matter if you were a senior professor or a nameless nobody in real life, you could speak freely. Moreover, the identity information of the people in the forum was confidential. Outsiders would not know. This was a kind of protection policy.
The plan was approved very quickly. At first, the decision-makers at the RAS didn't care about the forum at all. It was only because Guan Feng had spoken up that they quickly approved it. After all, Silin was a member of the RAS, and this kind of thing had to be approved by the RAS. Otherwise, it would be considered a violation of the RAS's regulations.
Aside from the RAS's approval, Silin also received permission from the Mist Bodhisattva Emperor. Therefore, there were two symbols of authority and approval on the login screen of the online forum. One was the RAS's, and the other was the Mist Bodhisattva Emperor's.
Right now, the academic community of the Empire needed a source of motivation and cohesion. They weren't people like Neo, who were easily influenced by the outside world and limited by life. They didn't have a second Black Viper to protect them. Cillin's forum had provided them with a platform, and Black Viper was able to show off their existence as well.
Silin was still working on the forum. He and Huimao were the main body, while Xi Kai and other Black Viper related personnel were assisting them. During this time, Silin had delegated the task of dealing with the assassins and interceptors to the robots and special forces. With their covert operations, none of the troublemakers were able to escape unscathed.
Tuo Sen thought that Silin was a knife in the imperial family's hand. Since the imperial family couldn't do it themselves, they left it to Silin to clean up the academic community. What he didn't know was that Silin himself was borrowing the name and influence of the imperial family and the RAS to achieve his own goals.
Huimao was the only one who understood this. Otherwise, he wouldn't have done everything he could to help Silin create this online forum. Moreover, the name Hubie Lu would soon be known on this forum.
Not long after, just when everyone in the twenty-third star region thought that Silin would stop causing trouble, Silin reappeared and created a new forum — "Return". The logo of the two badges on the forum shocked a lot of people.
There were many forums in the empire, and any one of these two badges was enough to raise eyebrows. But this forum had both of them at the same time! It was only natural that a forum recognized by both the imperial family and the RAS would become popular. Even people outside the academic community wanted to take a look.
There were many types of forums, and they all started with questions and bounties. If the questioner was satisfied with the answer, the bounty would be transferred to the person who answered. The bounty wasn't virtual. It could be converted into real Mist Bodhisattva dollars, and the money would be transferred to a memory card.
Everything was driven by the word "profit", and Silin had put a lot of effort into the forum. At the beginning, the bounty for the questions was three hundred million. This included Silin's own money, Yu Feng's, the RAS's start-up funds, and the Mist Bodhisattva Emperor's financial support.
A portion of the initial registrants were only here to take a look because of Cillin, a portion of them were attracted by the two badges, and the rest of them were here for the bounty money.
Some people used their virtual IDs, and some used their real names. This was especially true for famous people. They disdained using virtual IDs and were used to doing things with their real names. That was why everyone knew that on the first day the forum was opened, a guy called "Hubie Lu" in the Mechanical Engineering and Programming section of the "Return" forum had angered a famous old scholar to the point of fainting. I heard that the old scholar had to rest in the hospital for a month after that. It was obvious how angry he was. But after the old scholar had regained his energy, he came back and "quarreled" with Hubie Lu again.
After that, the name "Hubie Lu" gradually became known to the public. It was because he could find useful answers to many obscure and difficult questions in the Mechanical Engineering section. But when people asked him about his true identity, he refused to answer. Therefore, many people thought that this mysterious "Hubie Lu" was a folk expert.
There were many hidden experts like this. Some were attracted by the bounty, and some were remembered by people when they argued with famous scholars. But they seemed to only exist in this virtual network. It was impossible to know their roles in the real world.
Since the first day, the debate in the forum had never stopped. There was a special "Arena" set up in the forum. It wasn't a competition of physical strength, but a disguised debate field. Heated topics would be debated here, and people who supported different viewpoints would choose representatives and start the debate.
Some teachers of advanced education schools even forgot to go to class because they wanted to watch a "gladiatorial" match online. Some academic or educational institutions had begun to think carefully. When the "arena" debated, the arguments cited by the "arena" would emphasize the research results of a certain person in a certain research institution or school. This was also a good advertising platform to let people know more about those institutions that were not famous.
Here, people saw a lot of new ideas and learned a lot. People who wanted money would spend more time and effort to find answers. Even if everyone's starting point was different, they were all working hard for the same problem.
They weren't afraid of arguments. They were afraid that people wouldn't argue. It wasn't a bad thing to let more people experience this kind of atmosphere.
A lot of people who stood at the top of the academic world didn't lack money at all. It was why the bounty they posted could make a poor family rich overnight. Wasn't this also a driving factor? In fact, there were some powerful scholars who had fallen on hard times for some reason and became rich overnight because they answered the questions.
The Sizer Family made up the majority of the people who answered questions related to flying cars. They would add the words "Sizer Whirlwind" in front of their virtual ID, and Fleka had chosen them to be stationed in the forum to answer some people's questions. At the same time, the Sizer Family's influence grew even more.
Naimi even joined in the fun. He used his real name and discussed the topic of flying cars with a lot of flying car enthusiasts. Gradually, everyone realized that the noble young master of the Sizer Family wasn't just for show. He was very knowledgeable in the field of flying cars, and although he wasn't completely knowledgeable, it was enough to change a lot of people's impressions of him.
"You've caused a storm, Silin." Guan Feng said on the communicator screen, "But this is exactly what His Majesty wants to see."
Up until now, the debate on this free forum had overturned three previously recognized theories, and there were a few more that were still being debated. The academic world was in an uproar right now.
Silin shot a glance at Huimao who was squatting next to the microcomputer and "wrestling" with someone on the forum. He smiled but didn't answer.
Huimao had been very cocky lately because he had angered a couple of famous professors to the point of fainting. Of course, a lot of famous people had come to him for advice, including the ones who had been infuriated to the point of lying on the ground a couple of times. But every time they were pissed off by Huimao, they would come back to him again. It was a kind of acknowledgement, but they were too embarrassed to say it out loud.
The name "Hubie Lu" was known to the public on this virtual platform. It was a place where he could show off all his talents other than being an idiot and a glutton to his heart's content. He lived in this virtual world without any scruples.
Besides Huimao, some people from Black Viper had also come into contact with this forum. But before that, Silin told them that there were some things they couldn't expose.
The three publicly recognized theories were overturned in a "wrestling match" between Neo and a couple of honorary scholars and an academician of the RAS. That was why the dean of the RAS looked terrible as of late. He looked like he wanted nothing more than to drag Silin over and give him a good scolding.
Silin himself had benefited a lot from other people's knowledge as well. He had a name list in his hands while absorbing the thoughts and knowledge of all parties. If there were no surprises, some of the people on this name list would be able to help him open a path to return.
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