Mochou didn't do anything at the back of the mountain, but there was no strong wind coming from the Bureau of Proclamation building. This fact surprised many people, and even made Deputy Commander Yi feel waves of coldness coming from the back of his head. Although he, like many senior military officers, watched Xu Le's every step on the front line as if they were looking at a newborn beast, and he also knew the expectations that Old Commander Fei Cheng had for this young man, the scene that happened in front of him was really hard for him to understand, or even to imagine.
The Bureau of Proclamation official who was knocked unconscious by Xu Le was taken back to the main planet of the West Woods. What shocked everyone was that the Bureau of Proclamation not only did not immediately come up with a proposal to punish Xu Le, but also severely criticized the three groups of officials at the front line. The fierceness of the criticism was beyond people's imagination.
What did this mean? The Bureau of Proclamation did not intend to hold Xu Le accountable, but instead showed a cold face to its subordinates because of the anger of this young lieutenant colonel? No one dared to believe this inference, including Deputy Commander Yi. Through the floor-to-ceiling porthole, he looked at the line-shaped radar on the gray-white battleship shell and the planet that was blue and gray-yellow. He fell into silence.
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S1 Capital Special District, at the end of the dead-end road, inside the gray Bureau of Proclamation building under the shade of green trees, an in-depth conversation about this matter was taking place.
"They only know how to stick to the dead rules all day long, and they still have to play the role of judge and guide in front of the troops. If I were not an officer at the front line, I'm afraid I would have already picked up the Cayenne and swept all these guys to death."
The old Director Yi stared at the holographic screen that rose above the table, and a trace of deep mockery appeared on his slightly drooping lips. He continued in a light voice, "They can always act as harmonious and peaceful as a family comedy actor in this building, as if everyone is a changed or uglier Jian Shui'er, telling witty jokes, and filling the office and underground with warm laughter forever … I always thought that a group of officials like this would not immediately turn into robots once they were released."
After a moment of silence, Cui Judong uneasily smiled and replied, "The officials who left the Bureau of Proclamation will always have some sense of superiority in their bones. Besides, after all, the business we are engaged in involves the safety of the Federation, so in addition to having a high level of authority, the staff must also have the sincere cooperation of the other troops of the Federation."
Director Yi waved his hand to stop Cui Judong's explanation and said, "If you have the authority and want to cooperate sincerely, then don't always think of using your authority to oppress others. As for the sense of superiority, they are just a group of service staff. I really don't know where this bullsh * t sense of superiority comes from. "
The smile on the old Director's lips became more and more unfathomable. He said, "The safety of the Federation will always be related to the old guy, and it has nothing to do with us extension programs and cleaners."
Cui Judong was silent and smiled bitterly. He knew that the Director was telling the truth, but the ordinary people and the various departments of the Federation did not know the internal workings of the Bureau of Proclamation. Glory shrouded everywhere, and the sense of mystery grew deeper because of the strict charter discipline, which was why the staff of the Bureau of Proclamation were so respected and revered.
If there were no major accidents, such as the sudden opposition of two-thirds of the members of the Federation in the parliament, Assistant Cui Judong would be the next Director of the Bureau of Proclamation. However, in front of the old Director, who had raised him single-handedly, he could not express any more persuasion or opposition. Last night, the Director had personally signed a written document and scolded all the officers of the Bureau of Proclamation on the frontlines. He did not know if this would improve the cooperation between the officers and the frontlines.
"What I am most worried about now is Lieutenant Colonel Xu Le's authority level."
He looked at the Director's slightly tired face and uneasily brought up another topic. "Right now, we can't find out his exact authority level through various methods. However, according to Bai Zhi's report and the testimony of another officer, he does indeed have the first sequence authority. "
"In that case, the final activation program of the 163 network was indeed issued by him."
"Three questions." Director Yi's expression became serious. "First, when did he have this authority level? Second, why did he have this authority level? Third, in that base in the wilderness, there was no activation program in his hands. What method did he use to order the Central Computer to activate the entire network? "
Director Yi slowly closed his eyes and said in a low voice, "We all know that Lieutenant Colonel Xu Le is the 72nd anomaly. We have been paying attention to him, but who can explain these three questions? Especially the last question. The data monitoring channel on the warship did not capture his communication with the Central Computer at all. Who can explain this problem? "
"There is no explanation," Cui Judong answered seriously.
Director Yi was silent for a long time. Then, he opened his eyes. With a slightly cloudy gaze, he looked at the continuously flashing white mechanical characters on the light screen in front of him and then fell like a waterfall. His voice was extremely calm. "Old man, can you answer these three questions?"
The continuously pouring white mechanical characters on the light screen suddenly stopped and condensed into a line of clear human words.
"Lieutenant Colonel Xu Le's acquisition of the first sequence authority is completely in accordance with the first charter."
Other than this sentence, the cold and mechanical Federal Central Computer did not give any additional explanation.
This was the umpteenth time the two leaders of the Bureau of Proclamation in the room had tried this kind of inquiry. They were extremely familiar with the Central Computer's answer. They knew that this meant that the granting of the authority level was a top secret.
"A top secret that even I do not have the authority to know. What kind of top secret is it? The beautiful scene before the catastrophe, or the promiscuous private life of the five-man team? "Director Yi's slightly drooping lips were once again filled with mockery, but this time, it was self-mockery.
From a certain perspective, this office of the Bureau of Proclamation was even more important than the president's official residence. The dead silence at this moment clearly showed how Xu Le's level of authority level troubled the two people in the room.
After a long silence, a faint light suddenly flashed through Director Yi's cloudy eyes. He said, "When was the authority level given out?"
This time, the Federal Central Computer did not hesitate and gave a very specific date, down to the second.
"At that time, Xu Le had already escaped from Donglin and was in the capital ring. He was the leader of Team Seven, before the assassination."
Cui Judong had been secretly observing Xu Le for more than a year. As one of the very few people who knew Xu Le's true identity, he warily and uneasily weaved the events that had happened to Xu Le into a deep time chain in his mind. That was why he blurted it out at this moment.
Director Yi was silent for a long time. Then, he took a deep breath and said with a sigh condensed from decades of work, "Humans will never be able to understand the thought pattern of this computer underground … Old man, don't you think so?"
The characters on the light screen condensed again. "I don't know."
"Since you don't know, then what are you doing? I don't care anymore. " Director Yi stood up shakily and took out the golf club that he had used for many years from the back of his office chair. He smiled at Cui Judong and said a few words before walking out of the door.
Cui Judong watched his back and could not help but bitterly laugh. The director had played golf for thirty years, but he still stubbornly refused to distinguish between iron and wooden clubs. Perhaps only such a powerful person with obsessive-compulsive disorder was qualified to be in charge of the Bureau of Proclamation.
However, even the old director had left with a sigh in front of the lieutenant colonel named Xu Le twice in a row and did not ask again … He looked at the white mechanical characters that poured out like a waterfall on the light screen again, and the corner of his eyes twitched slightly. In the end, it turned into a sigh.
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Was the First Charter of the Federation 700,000 or 1,700,000 words? How much storage space would it take to put all those documents with additional annotations that were like a vast ocean? During his life as a fugitive, Xu Le was extremely afraid of the First Charter that covered countless aspects of life in the Federation but was invisible to him like air. Therefore, he did not dare to say that he completely understood the First Charter even after studying it for a long time in the gatehouse and library of Ewha University.
From this perspective, should the military police be the soldiers that protect the dignity of the First Charter? Xu Le sat inside the door while Bai Yulan leaned against the door. Two cigarettes were enough to send the other party away, but they did not have much confidence in their hearts. Even the former who had the ultimate weapon of mass destruction was the same.
"Other than the news from last night, the most important news right now is that this morning, the general attack on Planet 3320 has officially begun," Bai Yulan took a drag of the cigarette and said softly.
Xu Le's eyes lit up. Planet 3320 was the most important military operation for this victory. The main forces of the Imperial expeditionary force were stationed here. The Federal military had also invested the most powerful forces on this planet. The enemy's headquarters was placed on the battleship above the planet. The Tiger of the West Woods, who led the frontline forces, had also been eyeing this planet covetously.
"This is a truly important matter. How can our small matter compare to it?" He shook his head and said, but no one answered.
Because of the pressure of the invisible existence and the unknown feeling of not knowing what the outcome would be, the conversation inside and outside the confinement room was particularly dry. The expressions of several people were somewhat dull.
Not far away, under the shade of a tree, the members of Group 7 also appeared somewhat powerless because of the dry air and stifling temperature of the plateau. They lowered their heads and silently carried out gun maintenance. They no longer had the energy to chat or sing unpleasant folk songs.
If the headquarters really gave a cold and cruel punishment to Xu Le, they would certainly be hot-headed, flipping out, and mutiny. No matter how bleak the final outcome, they would still seek revenge. However, the cold treatment of this matter by the higher-ups made them unable to use their strength. They were extremely depressed.
Just as this seemingly endless dreary life that seemed to go on day after day and seemed to go on for countless days made their bodies dry and weak, a military vehicle suddenly drove to the front door of the barracks, and an officer walked out.
The members of Group 7 all stood up and looked at him with vigilant eyes.
However, no one would have thought that this officer would silently walk to the front of the confinement room, wave his hand, and call two military police away. Without saying a word to the members in the barracks, he got on the military vehicle and left.
The members were stunned.
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