At a rectangular table, Xiao Ran sat alone on the main seat, while Relby sat opposite him. The conference room was not big, so there were not many people in it. On Xiao Ran's side, only Cruzet, Mary, and Captain Vry were present. After accompanying Xiao Ran for a while, Sherry Dew and Nalor returned to the Galaxy Songstress.
Sitting below Relby was Maxi, whom he had not seen for a long time. Originally, the Federation army was led by Relby, while New Guyon was led by Xiaya. Unknowingly, the situation had changed. New Guyon and the former Federation had completely merged after numerous battles on Earth. Now, Earth was under Relby's command, while New Guyon's territory was under Xiaya's charge. Now that Xiao Ran had come to Earth, Xiaya had become the supreme commander of the universe, while Katyas was in charge of logistics and government affairs.
Sitting together, everyone naturally did not appear flustered or bored. After everyone sat down, Relby's secretary took the lead and handed out a document to everyone. Everyone, including Captain Vry and Cruzet, had already seen this document, but it did not prevent them from reading it again with Xiao Ran.
Page after page of information was flipped through. Along with the text, there were also photos. When he finished reading it all, Xiao Ran's eyebrows were tightly furrowed, and an unquenchable anger ignited in his heart. A lot of things were written in this document. Among them, the Federation had wantonly transferred available resources, and directly used underground nuclear explosions to detonate almost all of the resource points.
There was also information about the Federation's latest model of MS, which also included a few photos that looked like they had been secretly taken.
There were people sent to wantonly kidnap scientists and technicians who did not belong to the military, and use these people's families as threats to coerce these people to work for the Federation.
There were also photos of the Federation's bloody suppression of ordinary civilians against the Federation, causing countless casualties. There were photos of the Federation's agents assassinating their own officers time and time again. There were photos of the Federation shooting row after row of people who in fact wore the Federation's military uniform but had no intention of fighting for the Federation.
The last photo was of several extremely large convoys in the desert, and the MS fleet was heading towards the depths of the desert.
Xiao Ran at most frowned at the Federation's destruction of all the resource points, but he was not angry. Even if it was him in such a situation, he might choose to do so in order not to increase the enemy's strength. Xiao Ran was also not surprised by the kidnapping of the scientists and technicians.
What really made Xiao Ran angry was the Federation's bloody massacre of ordinary civilians. This kind of thing had happened more than once, and it was a massacre of ordinary soldiers who had no strength to fight back and no longer had the will to fight. What was the difference between the Federation's actions and those of an executioner? They had actually gone crazy to such an extent. Did they not think about what kind of judgment their actions would make them suffer after the war ended?
Everyone present saw Xiao Ran's angry expression. Even Mary, who saw this information for the first time, could not help but feel angry. As a soldier, the true duty of a soldier was to protect the civilians behind them. However, these soldiers did indeed completely violate the duty of a soldier. This made Mary, who was also a soldier, really difficult to accept.
After taking a deep breath, Xiao Ran casually covered the information in front of him. Suppressing his anger, he asked, "Have you calculated the approximate number of civilians who died because of the suppression and found out who did it?"
Rabir shook his head. He was also angry at the Federation's actions, but no matter how angry he was, he could not change the fact that it had happened. Anger would only make him lead the entire army in anger, which was not a wise choice. So, he suppressed his anger with his rationality and said in a deep voice, "These happened at the border between our forces, but it is still under the control of the Federation. It is difficult to calculate the exact number of civilians who died because of this, but it is roughly estimated that no less than 100,000 people have died because of the Federation's bloody suppression."
"As for the troops that did these things, they have more or less specific numbers. However, most of them belong to the special forces of the Federation and the direct troops. At present, all of them have retreated. However, Captain Kreutzer and Captain Jeffrey have also attacked many times because of the suppression time. They have completely eliminated a portion of them.
Xiao Ran turned to look at Cruzet and Vry. Apart from the habitual smile on Cruzet's face, Xiao Ran did not see anything. Captain Vry's expression was covered by his hat, so Xiao Ran could not clearly see the expression on Captain Vry's face. However, from the frequency of smoke coming out of his pipe, he knew that Captain Vry's heart was not as calm as he appeared to be.
Xiao Ran did not ask the two of them why they did not tell him about this because there was no need to. This was because there was no need for it. Since he had handed over the matters of Earth to them to handle, Laybil, Kreutzer, and Jeffrey would naturally have their own ways of dealing with it. Meanwhile, he, who was in the universe, had long known about this. Other than making him angry for a period of time, there was nothing else. It was also not very useful.
Before the Federation's forces in the universe were destroyed, the Milky Way Songstress had to guard the universe. Even the pilots could not leave, so Xiao Ran and the others could not make too many choices and actions. Cruzet and Captain Vry had already saved many people. They had done well enough and should not be criticized and questioned.
"After the Federation retreats, immediately start rescuing the affected cities and regions. Do not let more innocent people suffer because of our relationship with them." Xiao Ran sighed slightly and narrowed his eyes. "Release everything in this document except for the military intelligence that cannot be leaked. However, do not forget to remind those who see this to remain calm and wait for our rescue."
Although Xiao Ran would never harm innocent people who were not hostile and did not have the will to fight, he was not a sentimental person. Since the Federation had done such a shameful thing, Xiao Ran would not simply hide this information. Releasing it and using it would make the Federation lose control of the other regions of Earth faster.
"Okay." Rebil nodded and glanced at his deputy. The latter also nodded to show that he understood.
"Other than that, this document also mentions that the Federation's forces are developing a new MS. Other than these blurry pictures, is there anything more specific?" Xiao Ran used his finger to point at the document in front of him and asked Laybil.
"I will answer this question. I am in charge of all intelligence related matters." Maxi stood up and saluted Xiao Ran. Then he walked to the side of the conference room and a projection appeared on the wall.
Maxi used a small stick to point at the first picture that appeared and said, "This is the Federation's chief technician, Colst Mosses. Based on the information we received, the Federation's new MS is being developed by him. During the one year war, he was the one who developed a prototype specifically for Homo Evolutis. It was developed by the Land Combat Model Jim."
With that, Maxi tapped lightly on the projection, and a blue Jim appeared on it. Seeing this somewhat familiar picture, Xiao Ran's eyebrows twitched slightly as he muttered, "Blue Destiny?"
"Not long after the first prototype was developed, due to the invasion of the heretic fleet, the war ended even faster. This meant that the prototype was not given a chance to be tested in actual combat. Therefore, the subsequent development of the prototype was halted. Only the technology continued to be developed. During the Moon Incident, Your Excellency announced the existence and power of Homo Evolutis. This reminded the Federation of this abandoned organization. They used the prototype to develop two new models and developed an EXAM system that allows normal people to use Homo Evolutis abilities for a short period of time."
"So it is this." Xiao Ran nodded and glanced at the two new pictures. This time, the pictures were clearer. One of them had the body of a Gundam and the head of a Jim, and the other was a Gundam. This made Xiao Ran squint his eyes and signaled for Maxi to continue.
After receiving Xiao Ran's signal, Maxi continued, "However, the EXAM system has a huge flaw. It can only be used for a short period of time. Once it exceeds a certain point, it can cause the prototype to go berserk. This kind of uncertain weapon is not effective against the Federation. It is very likely that it will cause them to lose control and go berserk. Therefore, they placed their focus on the Homo Evolutis prototypes that were developed at the same time. However, they did not give up on the technology that allows normal people to use Homo Evolutis abilities for a short period of time."
"However, at the same time as the space battle a few days ago, one of the Federation Army's EXAM prototypes was surrounded and destroyed by our army during the actual combat test. We captured the mech pilot and an MS team called the Groundhog Team. Now, under our recruitment, all of them have joined the unified army as pilots and have officially started to be active on the battlefield."
The picture changed again. It was a blue prototype that was heavily surrounded and heavily damaged on the battlefield. It had the head of a Jim and the body of a Gundam. It was obviously the blue Destiny No. 1 in the previous picture. Next to it was another picture of a blue-haired young male pilot.
Xiao Ran touched the head lightly and asked, "Captured on the battlefield, are these people really trustworthy?"
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