Chapter 145: Retirement after Success
This is a video that caused a stir in the Sherman Empire.
The 'White Ghost' sat quietly behind the desk, his helmet stained with insect blood that had not been cleaned off.
It was obvious that he knew how to stimulate the self-esteem of the people of Sherman's Empire.
"I never thought that the descendants of Levi Sherman would stoop to such a level.
"I never thought that the great empire, the most powerful country in the Milky Way, would cause such a huge pollution to the Imperial Star."
The White Ghost paused, as if sneering.
"The New Federation has already put the barrel of a gun in your mouth, and you can only whimper and scream, thinking that you are gracefully welcoming your own doomsday.
“Space Zerg!
“The old enemy of the human species!
"It has become a biological weapon of the New Federation. The research team led by biologist Professor Pat has now solved the problem of artificially breeding space Zerg.
"They can let the second-level queen mother produce queen eggs, and then load the first-level queens into containers, put them in anesthetic gas, and place them on transport ships. They can then jump to the vast and borderless borders of the Sherman Empire to find warm nests for them to reproduce.
"It's not the first day they have been doing this. Ever since they accidentally obtained a queen insect egg, they have been conducting research in this area for more than decades!"
The white ghost suddenly became excited.
"They've buried the Swarm in every corner of Sherman's Empire!"
"And our officials, our intelligence agencies, are indifferent to this! They do nothing but eat shit, incompetent trash! A bunch of parasites attached to the Imperial Star! Their brains are filled with hedonistic worms corrupted by the capital of the New Federation!
"I am ashamed of you! You lazy nobles!
"The great Levi Sherman is looking at you with compassionate eyes!"
The white ghost covered the front of his helmet with both hands, lowered his head and took a few deep breaths, like a schizophrenic patient, but regained his composure the next second.
“You should have seen the video I spread all over the Internet.
“That was on Ram, a free and democratic agricultural planet in the New Federation. I spent several years lurking in the New Federation before I obtained this intelligence and clues.
“That was their Base No. 1. After Base No. 1 went out of control, they moved to other backup bases.
"You want detailed intelligence? Sure. I have already delivered all the documents to the Sherman Empire's MI12, from the personal mailbox of the head of MI12 to the official mailboxes of their various departments.
"You can take your time to look around. You can search everywhere. The space Zerg feed on radiation. They are hiding on the surface of planets close to the stars, in the mantle layer of ordinary rocky planets. It is not difficult to find them with some biological detectors.
"That's it."
The white ghost seemed to want to turn off the recording equipment.
But just as he moved, he sat back down and thought carefully for a few seconds.
"By the way, what should I do if you don't believe it? I need to think about how to make you believe that this is the truth.
“The New Federation will definitely launch a propaganda war and try their best to cover up their actions... I will update the intelligence in three hours, but I can’t do everything for you.
"Play a role, okay, you ugly nobles.
"The White Ghost will accompany the Emperor Star."
The video stops abruptly.
…
Cool!
Yang Ming drank iced juice, sat in the corner of the Feinan bridge, and looked at the projection screen in front of him with a smile.
After publicly scolding these Sherman nobles, they still go around the world looking for bugs. This feeling... is indescribably pleasant.
Lu and Dabic are both busy, while Yang Ming and 026 are relatively free.
The video had been sent out for two hours, and the second wave of intelligence was ready. The Sherman Empire had suffered a large-scale cyber attack, but this attack did not block the Internet, but only spread the news crazily.
The strategic value of law is perfectly reflected at this moment.
In comparison, the Luofeng Empire's Sixth Fleet began to quell the rebellion on the Fifth Administrative Planet without causing any ripples at all.
Even among the top ten hot searches in the Luofeng Empire, six were occupied by a series of keywords such as white ghost and Zerg.
The other four items are a popular star being secretly photographed at a large-group party, the itinerary of the Princess of the Sherman Empire, an analysis of Prince Adwan's horoscope, and a night view of the New Federal City of Minter.
026 was cutting a fruit plate not far away, and would occasionally check the news channel.
"Boss, the New Federation has started a public opinion counterattack."
Lu's projection appeared on the side and quickly reported:
“They’re doing three steps at once.
"First, block the network within the Sherman Empire and use the so-called authoritative experts within the Sherman Empire to refute the rumors, trying to characterize the news we spread as rumors.
"Second, declare White Ghost a new terrorist organization, intent on inciting war between the two most powerful nations in the galaxy."
"Third, they re-edited the video we spread..."
There was a slight change in Lu's expression.
That is extreme disgust.
"They claim that the video is just a trailer for a movie that has not yet been released."
"What the hell?"
Yang Ming's expression was somewhat solemn.
Lu reminded, "Their counterattack was very effective. I randomly monitored the social group chats of 100,000 planets in the Sherman Empire, and some of the trends began to turn to the prank of 'It's just a movie trailer'."
"Release the second piece of information in advance."
"Okay, boss! "
Lu's projection disappeared in a flash.
Yang Ming's good mood suddenly dropped a lot.
Has the Sherman Empire been so deeply infiltrated by the New Federation?
Don't be fooled by them.
…
Yilando Star.
The top of the palace building in Adwan.
Edwang frowned tightly and opened the video posted by White Ghost and watched it carefully again.
Why does he feel... this white ghost is somehow familiar?
However, compared to this sense of déjà vu, Edwang was more concerned about the imperial princess beside him who was always dressed up.
Edwang quickly comforted her: "Rona, this should just be a prank. Who can really use the space Zerg?"
"No, Adwan."
Rona's eyes flickered slightly:
"I just got news from my brother that this intelligence is not a technical synthesis, nor is it a realistic animation made using software composition, and MI12 really received a batch of documents.
"They have verified that these files are complete and are original files without any editing. Hundreds of transport ships have been flying up from the basement of Ram Planet."
"That's unlikely."
Adwant frowned and said, "The Zerg are our enemy. Even if the New Federation has advanced technology, it is unlikely to control the Zerg."
"My brothers, together with the Military Intelligence Department, have dispatched a large fleet to begin searching the country."
Princess Rona sighed:
"If, I mean if, once they really find the eggs and prove that what the White Ghost said is true... I'm afraid that war will really break out.
“The country has always been divided into two factions, those who advocate war and those who advocate peace.
“At this stage, many ministers advocate peaceful development, believing that the Milky Way is so vast that a few major forces are far from forming a resource squeeze.
"The military advocates war. They have always wanted to suppress the provocateur, the New Federation, with an iron fist... This is the only way for them to gain fame and power and make their family a hereditary noble."
Edwang thought carefully for a while and said, "Don't worry, Rona... Someone, help me connect to Yang Ming's communication."
Princess Rona reminded him, "He is a military commander. Your Highness, you must learn to listen to the advice of your advisers. He is imprisoned in an underground prison. What can he do now?"
"Don't worry, Rona ," Edwan said with a smile, "He always has some fantastic ideas."
On board the Feinan.
Yang Ming watched the video call transferred by Lu and waited for a few seconds. A projection screen lit up in the corner behind him, showing the interior of his exclusive residence on the bottom floor of the prison.
Yang Ming immediately lay on his side, motioned 026 to bring the fruit plate over, and stuffed two blue fruits into his mouth.
Connect the video.
"Your Highness, why did you have the leisure to think of me today? Princess Rona is here too. I am being so rude."
Yang Ming quickly sat up, grabbed a tissue and wiped his mouth roughly.
Princess Rona frowned slightly when she saw this.
Edwan asked, “Have you watched the news?”
"The New Federation is laying the groundwork to deal with the Sherman Empire?" Yang Ming said with a smile, "This is international news, and anyone who is connected to the Internet will know about it."
"Do you think this is a prank?" Edwan asked again.
"Not necessarily," Yang Ming said seriously, "From the perspective of the Luofeng Empire, I hope this is not a prank. If so, Sherman will definitely take tough measures against the New Federation, and we at Luofeng will have more breathing space."
Ed Wang said, "I just asked the relevant biological experts, and they said that the current stage is not the active breeding period of the Zerg, and the probability of the space Zerg appearing is very low."
Yang Ming could only shrug: "That's a pity."
"Major Yang Ming," Princess Rona said unhappily, "You seem to want to see the powerful empire encounter stumbling blocks."
"Oh, you misunderstood, beautiful princess," Yang Ming said with a smile, "If this news is true, and what the so-called white ghost who looks like a psychopath said is true, it is actually good for the Sherman Empire."
Rona snorted, "This will be a good thing? You are too rude."
Yang Ming asked in return: "If we had discovered the New Federation's conspiracy earlier, wouldn't we have been able to resolve this hidden danger earlier? If the news was true and hadn't been exposed, what would have happened next? A continuous insect plague."
Princess Rona frowned slightly, thought carefully for a moment, and smiled apologetically at Yang Ming: "Thank you for your enlightenment, Your Excellency."
"You are just disturbed by this matter," Yang Ming smiled, "From the perspective of the human race, I also hope that this matter is false."
Edwang asked: "Ming... Ahem, Yang Ming, what do you think can be done to help the Sherman Empire verify the authenticity of this information?"
"Find the buried eggs."
Yang Ming said:
"There is no other way. This is the most fundamental thing."
Princess Rona said, "If it is completely false, then we have wasted a lot of manpower and resources just for a piece of false information. If this happens more often, who will be held responsible for the chaos and panic caused, and the negative impact on the economy?"
Yang Ming smiled and said, "Isn't there a white ghost? Princess, if my inference is correct, the Sherman Empire has already sent a large number of warships to conduct surveys on planets that are not normally monitored, right?"
He looked at the information that flashed across the corner of the projection screen in front of him and continued to speak confidently:
“It’s not easy to find the buried eggs. I guess they must have used a large tunnel boring machine to send the eggs into the mantle layer, which is where the bugs like to live.
"If we really can't find it, why not just declare White Ghost a terrorist organization?"
Her Royal Highness Princess Rona lowered her head in thought.
A female official in a long robe hurried over and whispered something in Rona's ear.
Rona's expression suddenly changed. She looked up at Yang Ming, then turned to look at Edwang.
"Your Highness Adwant, I may have to end my trip to Yilando early."
Ed Wang hurriedly asked: "What happened?"
“They found the bug.”
"What?"
"We have discovered two locations now. One is on the surface, and they haven't had time to drill into the crust yet. The other is inside the crust of a remote abandoned resource planet in the second province. The number of insect swarms has exceeded one million!"
Rona pursed her lips tightly, and flames almost burst from her eyes.
“This group of damned, hypocritical, dirty Federation people, they want to use Zerg to consume the vitality of the great empire!
"I must rush back to my country, serve my parents, and stand with the people of the empire to deal with the upcoming political impact."
"Oh my God!"
Adwant shouted somewhat exaggeratedly, and then said: "If there is anything I can do, please tell me."
"Take care of yourself," Princess Rona seemed to want to go forward and kiss Edwan, but she restrained herself, quickly steadied her breathing, and immediately rushed towards the elevator when a group of maids rushed over.
In the Feinan.
Yang Ming sat calmly on the mattress, picked up something that looked like a banana, put it in his mouth and took a bite.
There was an unexpected surprise.
The Sherman Empire is very motivated when it gets serious.
After Edwan hung up the call, Yang Ming reminded Lu:
"Immediately withdraw from the Sherman Empire network. We will not interfere in the following matters if we can, and just let the situation develop.
"We are preparing to seize intelligence while the chaos is going on. The New Federation will soon face the onslaught of the Sherman Empire, so the CIA will inevitably take more actions. The more actions it takes, the more loopholes it will reveal.
"We also need to speed up the construction of our base. This incident reminds us that there is a possibility that the base will be exposed under accidental circumstances. We must set up a protection system as soon as possible.
"By the way, Lu, I remember that the five-year assessment period mentioned by your three teachers is the maximum five years. Can I apply to start the assessment in advance?"
"Yes, Boss," Lu asked, "But I don't recommend that you start the first assessment in advance. You need to have more time to accumulate for the subsequent assessments."
“Time waits for no one.”
Yang Ming lay back down again.
"I hope the nobles of the Sherman Empire can show some courage. I have wasted a boatload of nutrients."
Lu smiled but said nothing.
