In the underground meeting room of the President's residence, the heated argument was still going on. The National Security Advisor slammed the table angrily and yelled at the Bureau of Proclamation official in front of him:
"There are only four targets in total, and we have to send out three warships! And hundreds of Inferno missiles are going to be fired at them? Who the f * ck came up with this plan? Is there something wrong with the Charter computer? "
"Sir, those aren't normal targets. The current situation is that even if the Bureau of Proclamation activates the program to open the electronic fence, by the time the special forces arrive, those four people will have already escaped. The most important thing is that none of us are confident that we can capture these people with our ground forces! "
The Deputy Minister of Defense retorted with a gloomy face, "Hundreds of Inferno missiles and warships do seem exaggerated, but we really need such powerful firepower! If the Charter computer didn't make a mistake, other than Xu Le, the Empire's princess, and the Empire's Great Teacher, the other person is the mechanic Yu Feng … Six years ago, when the four military regions carried out the last assassination mission, they sent out mecha teams and warships, but they still let him escape. Sir, I hope you won't forget this point. "
Sitting at the end of the long table, General Lee Jae-do had been silent the whole time. He looked at the operation plan in front of him thoughtfully. His digital pen lightly moved, and no one knew what he was thinking.
The old man who appeared in the middle of the wetland was his uncle, the person he was most wary of after that night of coffin support. He had hoped countless times that this person wouldn't appear, but in the end, that person still came!
"As a member of the Federation, of course I know the importance of those four targets, but I have to remind you of one thing."
The National Security Advisor pointed at the electronic map on the screen and roared, "The protected area is close to the back of Mochou Mountain! The target location is less than seven kilometers away from the manor! That is the Tai family area recognized by the government! What do the missiles and warships mean? Could it be that they want to declare war on Lady Tai? Or is the government ready to declare war on all seven families? "
He took out a handkerchief and wiped the sweat on his forehead. Coldly looking around, he said in a hoarse voice, "You are only thinking about the war between the Federation and the Imperium, but I am more worried about whether the Federation will officially enter a civil war because of this attack."
There was silence in the conference room. The generals and officials knew very well that what the security advisor was worried about was very frightening. However, the Federation would not allow such a situation to happen if they did not launch an attack while the Empire's princess was right in front of them.
Lee Jae-do, who had been silent all this while, suddenly spoke, "Launch a warship attack."
The Deputy Minister of Defense beside him frowned and said, "The main cannon of the warship is an instant attack. Logically speaking, there should be no problem. However, Mechanic Yu Feng can't use conventional logic. Without missiles to increase the coverage, the attack is very likely to fail."
At this moment, the heavy alloy door of the conference room slid open smoothly, and President Pabre, who had forcibly interrupted an important trip, hurried in. He waved his hand to stop everyone from standing up and saluting, and said in a deep and powerful voice, "Execute the plan according to the central computer."
The generals and officials in the conference room were slightly stunned. Their expressions were all different, and they immediately began to implement the battle plan.
The President placed his hands on the table and silently looked at the light screen above his head. His expression was abnormally solemn.
The Madam of the Back Mountain had just made a decision that shook him. She had opened up the Crystal Mining Consortium. In the face of such a concession, the government had to make a corresponding response. The Parliament Hill needed a very long time to review the matter. However, could the government's response be the attack of the warship's main cannon and countless missiles?
In terms of political stability, the President should have chosen a more reliable method, but he did not. He directly and forcefully issued the order to attack, because in the center of that wetland were two important figures of the Empire, the most wanted criminal of the Federation, and more importantly, Xu Le was there.
President Pabre looked at Lee Jae-do and said expressionlessly, "I will immediately call Lady Tai to avoid causing her to make a wrong judgment."
"That Madam will not make a wrong judgment. The troublesome thing is that she is very willing to make a wrong judgment and then seek the relevant benefits," Lee Jae-do calmly replied.
"Some people can use the overall benefits of the Federation to bargain, but we cannot."
The President looked at the satellite image on the light screen and looked at the ground that was faintly discernible in the fog. He said indifferently, "We must be responsible for the Federation."
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In the center of the wetland, the winter tree gradually became more and more blurred behind the several figures.
"Mechanical calculation is never a real thought process. The seemingly omnipotent central computer of the Federation is actually not that scary. No matter how powerful the tool is, it is just a broken tool in the hands of the stupid and indecisive human. "
Uncle Feng Yu reached out and took the box of Brand 37 cigarettes from Xu Le who was pushing the cart. He took out a cigarette and lit it. He walked slowly and talked slowly, completely ignoring the countdown and the possibility of the imminent terrorist attack. His disdainful and indifferent expression was incomparably powerful and vigorous.
"There is a theory that the key point of the official origin of human beings before the catastrophe was learning how to use tools. In my opinion, it is very regretful, or shameful, that human beings have not evolved a bit since then, especially the way they use tools is still so clumsy."
Feng Yu glanced at the broken light screen of the broken computer on the broken cart and shrugged. "Even if the central computer has protected the core data, it is meaningless. It has to wait for someone to give the order. But people have to think, if they throw a bomb here, what will the old woman behind the mountain in front think? I didn't choose this place blindly. "
On the other side of the broken cart, Huai Caoshi suddenly frowned and asked, "You chose this place?"
"Of course."
Feng Yu proudly lifted the black hair in front of his forehead, revealing his true colors below. "The data in your intelligence department were all left by me. Otherwise, which agent of the Imperium do you think could have chosen such a good place for you?"
Xu Le's expression changed slightly, and he lowered his head and continued to push the cart in silence. Although he had roared angrily about the miserable life of child labor earlier, some things had been deeply rooted in his bones, such as working as a coolie for the uncle, and such as standing on the Federation's side habitually and thinking as a person of the Federation, especially a soldier of the Federation.
"Can your expression not be so stiff?" Feng Yu looked at him mockingly. "You are not a person of the Federation, I am. Besides, other than your crazy and perverted sister, who do you think can use this data?"
At this moment, a low humming sound came from the sky far away, as if several grand pianos were playing at the same time in an empty room. Xu Le narrowed his eyes, but he did not turn around. He knew that countless missiles were tearing apart the fog and flying toward the winter tree behind him.
Feng Yu and Huai Caoshi, who were walking on the two sides of the broken cart, were indifferent and did not turn around. But Great Teacher, who was walking at the front, looked back, only to discover that the morning fog where everybody had been had strangely disappeared. The wetland was clear and bright, and the winter tree had disappeared at some point. Where it had been standing stubbornly before, a few soundless black holes could be vaguely seen.
Three hundred Ardent Fire II missiles were launched, and countless explosions rang out one after another, as if the deepest drum of an orchestra was beating the ground. The wetland began to tremble. The frost-white grass, the gradually solidifying ice, and the remaining branches were dismembered by the cheers of the high-energy explosives. The debris that they turned into at the cost of their lives drifted in the air. Before they could fall, they began to burn fiercely again, turning into a real fire that covered several kilometers.
At the edge of the raging fire, there were four people who seemed to be leaving slowly but were actually leaving quickly. They were not riding horses, nor carrying sticks. They were just pushing a small cart. They were not afraid or flustered. Even the burning wilderness behind them could not make them stay silent for a while.
The uncle leaned against the broken cart lazily with a cigarette between his lips, blowing a cheerful whistle that was not sad at all, as if he were playing the accompaniment for the terrifying explosion behind him.
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Walking to a nameless puddle, Xu Le looked at the uncle next to the cart and could not help but remark, "Uncle, I have to admit that your narcissism is very reasonable. You are indeed vigorous."
"This is vigorous? When I was vigorous, I was much more vigorous than this. Pure seafood! " Feng Yu looked at him and said mockingly, "To deal with that broken computer, it is not enough to understand it. The more important thing is to understand those who use it. What are those government officials and generals thinking in their heads, what are they hesitating about, and what can we use in between."
Tools were used by humans. To fight against a powerful tool was, in fact, to fight against the people who used it. This seemed to be a very simple principle, but Xu Le knew very well how difficult it was to use this method to find the gaps between those lights, because the complexity of the human thought pattern was even more complex than that of the Charter computer.
"This is not difficult." Feng Yu looked at him and said indifferently, "When you turn this judgment into some kind of vague instinct like me, there won't be any problems. But since you insist on not getting on my boat, when you are chased by that broken computer in the future, don't cry and ask me to be your uncle."
Xu Le listened silently and seriously. Then he smiled, knowing that the uncle had taught him the most important lesson today. Then his smile gradually faded, knowing that it was time to say goodbye after they had just reunited. What made him a little confused and at a loss was that this separation was the result of his own persistence, and he could not even clearly explain why he was so insistent.
Feng Yu removed the cigarette from between his lips and raised his head to look at the steep cliff not far away. His usually arrogant and indifferent face that was full of vicissitudes of life suddenly showed a rare trace of emotion.
"The old man said that he had already entered this gamble and would definitely win. It probably means that he has seen through you. You little guy are a stinking rock, and you won't give up until you are smashed into pieces."
Feng Yu said thoughtfully, "You are all the same kind of people, always liking to gamble with your lives. But in my opinion, life should not be wasted like this. If you care too much about something, you will be dragged into the abyss by those things, and it will be difficult to rise again."
He raised his head and looked at the clear blue sky that was gradually revealing its true appearance. He said mockingly, "Just like this crappy computer of yours. More than ten billion dogs are chained to the federation, but in the end, you have become a dog for more than ten billion people."
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