Chapter 347 Terrorist attack!
Although Daphne's benefit concert was a bit rushed, it still attracted a lot of attention on the Empire Network.
In particular, the two keywords, the White Ghost's Saka star territory and the imperial singing princess Daphne, formed a wonderful chemical reaction.
The starry sky commercial line of Saka was directly overwhelmed.
Many hotels on Saka have begun to build sheds, and some smart residents have begun applying for temporary homestay business licenses.
Fortunately, Godoy was well prepared and formulated a series of diversion plans. Not only was Sakaar not overwhelmed by the surge in visitors, but he also took the opportunity to promote Sakaar's "Memorial Hall of the First Insect Plague in the Galaxy" (actually, an upper browsing passage was planned in a city after the disaster), " White Ghost Combat Equipment Exhibition Hall" (mecha and weapon models used by Yang Ming), Sakaar's "High-tech Industrial City", and so on.
As the governor, he has achieved so much that Yang Ming couldn't help but want to give him a raise.
Of course, just a thought.
Compared to the busyness of Godoy, Hanyin and Hanxiang, Yang Ming was much more relaxed.
The posts about the Black Foreign Affairs Bureau have not yet become popular;
Those great nobles who threatened to embarrass White Ghost are now silent;
The Luofeng Empire is taking on a combined attack from multiple departments , but the border is quiet and stable. The resources and population of the Nonar United Kingdom are continuously flowing into Luofeng.
When it comes to population, Adwant made a very good decision.
The political situation in the United Kingdom of Nonar has been in perennial chaos, and the country has been divided into several opposing factions due to historical issues. The main differences between the two factions are religious culture and narrow regional ethnic views.
Luofeng's population is too small compared to its current military and economic strength. Its market is not strong enough and its ability to withstand pressure is too weak.
Therefore, Adwant set his sights on the 'ethnic groups' with larger populations and less political influence within the United Kingdom of Nonar.
Luo Feng promulgated a series of "talent recruitment" policies in the United Kingdom of Nonar.
For high-quality talents, Luofeng Empire promised huge benefits;
The Luofeng Empire accepts those with better quality and higher education.
For those people who have no special skills, Luofeng Limited opens up some places and provides them with jobs.
Immigration and integration are the most effective ways for Luofeng to increase its population. The Luofeng Alliance also shouted slogans such as "inclusion" and "mutual assistance", which are completely inconsistent with the word "empire".
Yang Ming is actually not very fond of this policy. Deep down, he still likes the national ideology shaped by traditional culture.
However, the interstellar environment in which the Luofeng Empire is located is too harsh and its own strength is too small, so it is helpless to make such a decision.
In short, Yang Ming acquiesced to this policy.
He did spend a relaxing little vacation on Sakaar.
These days, he asked 026 to drive him around and take him to various places to see the local culture and enjoy some emerging trendy entertainment.
He didn't even look at that kind of 'Starry Sky Custom Shop'.
——After all, it’s our own territory, so we have to pay attention to the impact.
Amidst the intense and busy preparations, Daphne's concert arrived as scheduled.
The three-dimensional venue (open-air) that can accommodate 200,000 people and the suspended stands (rented) with a full set of humanized service equipment, combined with colorful and gorgeous reality virtual projection technology, will bring an audio-visual feast to local audiences.
Yang Ming thought that Daphne would come up to him in advance, try to get close to him, and get traffic, and even drool over Hanton's handsome face and his muscular body, but he didn't expect that Daphne had never taken the initiative to contact him.
In fact, three hours before the concert started, the integrated supply ship that Daphne was on arrived at the atmosphere of Sakaar and slowly descended to the ground.
This made Yang Ming somewhat unsure.
Daphne, the imperial singer, has consciously decided to keep a distance from him?
This is actually quite reasonable. Yang Ming was also happy and relaxed, without any negative emotions at all.
An hour before the concert, Daphne's motorcade arrived at the venue and, escorted by thousands of Sakaar security mechanical guards, began waiting backstage to go on stage.
On the floating platform at the front of the concert, hundreds of nobles from various regions of the Imperial Star spent huge amounts of money to purchase the best viewing positions and waited elegantly for the concert to begin.
Godoy didn't even keep a front-row ticket for himself; he sold all the tickets.
——All proceeds from this concert will be donated to the Saka Star Post-Disaster Reconstruction Committee.
In the center of the floating platform, Prince Kinov and a dozen white-haired old men sat on comfortable sofas, chatting and laughing from time to time.
Each of these elderly people is an influential figure in the imperial aristocratic circle. They were invited by Prince Kinov to come here to support Princess Daphne.
As for the nobles' enemy, the White Ghost... they chose to ignore it.
Half a galaxy before the concert began, stereo projections in various places began playing tourism promotional videos of Sakaar;
Fifteen minutes before the concert started, the warm-up guests came on stage. Several rappers who had been practicing for more than two and a half years began jumping up and down with a professional dance troupe.
The atmosphere on the scene quickly became heated.
Thousands of meters above the venue, the Dongfeng aircraft carrier was in full stealth mode.
Yang Ming, 026, Lu, and Mimili who just arrived yesterday, gathered together, eating snacks, looking at the projection screen in front of them, talking and laughing, it was very lively.
Mimili came over to fight.
As the head of the protocol department of the Mollymis Group and the only pure human warrior under Yang Ming's command, Mimili has already activated the attribute of "she is a brick". She will appear wherever she is needed.
Colonel Atlo of the Military Intelligence Bureau has reminded Yang Ming for the second time that there will be actions against White Ghost at this concert.
However, the intelligence personnel of the Military Intelligence Bureau were unable to infiltrate the small groups of the great nobles, so they could not find out what they specifically wanted to do.
The law has implemented full-angle monitoring of Saka inside and outside for five days, and has not found any suspicious characters. Three thousand mechanical guards scattered throughout the venue and more than three hundred robots with highly realistic skin ensure the security order inside and outside the venue.
"Lv, how many times have you checked?"
"More than 20 times," Lu quickly put away his smile and said seriously, "No suspicious persons have been found yet. We have also set up several latest brain wave detectors at the venue. If any abnormal brain waves are detected, they will issue a warning."
Mimili muttered, "Will there be that kind of biological bomb? The surface scan is human tissue, which can actually assemble itself into...Okay, I admit that what I said is a concept, and you don't have to look at me like a fool!"
The pocket projection standing on her shoulder, the artificial intelligence Molly nodded repeatedly: "That's right! That's right! Our captain is not a fool!"
Mimily rolled her eyes in anger.
026 reminded: "Boss, the only area we haven't been able to check right now is Daphne's supply ship."
"She won't let me go up to check?"
"That's an Imperial warship. We are not allowed to go aboard," 026 snorted. "Our people are in a stalemate with them right now."
Yang Ming said: "Turn the screen to me."
Lu raised his right hand, gently opened his closed index finger and thumb, and a projection screen appeared in front of Yang Ming.
In the picture, Yang Ming's Earl's personal guard is confronting hundreds of imperial soldiers.
Yang Ming saw several familiar faces in his personal guard at a glance. The one who impressed him the most was 'Peterson' who used to look for work on the roadside. He should not be an adult yet.
Yang Ming wondered, "Did my personal guards even recruit little brats like this?"
"Well," Ritsu whispered, "He was quite persistent. He even went so far as to forge his birth certificate and adjust the time on his ID card... And, boss, he's a very good soldier."
"Okay," Yang Ming said without further ado, "This guy has a sense of pride, just like me."
Mimi Li pretended to be puzzled and asked in a low voice: "Uncle Hanton, is this your illegitimate child?"
Yang Ming glared at her, and Mimili looked back and laughed.
"Don't relax the supervision of the surrounding airspace," Yang Ming said, "The nobles want to embarrass me, so they can only do so in a few ways. If they harm the people in my territory, I will let them taste the iron fist of the White Phantom."
"Yes, boss."
These guys.
Yang Ming narrowed his eyes and returned his gaze to the concert itself.
A huge projection countdown had appeared there, and Daphne was about to go on stage. The live band was ready, and the instrumentalists had already started their short solo shows.
…
Colonel Atro is now very upset.
It was already late at night on his planet, but he still had to get up from his young lover's side, get to his explosion-proof and pry-proof office, turn on his special terminal, and browse the confidential documents he had just received.
There's no way around it, key positions in the intelligence system are so busy.
"Let me see what the emergency is."
[Brief report on the internal environment of the Luofeng Empire’s military. Confidentiality level: three stars.]
Well, this first piece of classified information is of little use.
After comprehensive analysis, the Foreign Affairs Bureau felt that the Luofeng Empire, under the leadership of their Emperor Edwang, had lost control, so they took countermeasures as a precautionary measure. This is not uncommon in the Military Intelligence Bureau system.
In Artero's opinion, this was just a strategy of the Foreign Affairs Bureau.
A strategy to defraud funds and raise one's own value.
So what if the Luofeng Empire formed a small alliance?
Those experts whose cerebral cortex folds are filled with human excrement are shouting every day that they are about to enter the next active period of the Zerg and a turbulent era. So what if Ren Luofeng improves his strength?
Those old fellas in the Foreign Affairs Bureau are always looking for trouble.
The second one, oh wow, that’s interesting.
Atro opened his eyes wide and watched carefully.
[Just intercepted a piece of intelligence from a CIA agent. Confidentiality level: five stars.]
Atlo immediately clicked on the message. What shocked him just now was the message with five-star reading privileges.
The content is...
Atroten stood up with a bang.
He stared at the screen in front of him, forced himself to calm down, looked at the simple words that flashed across the screen, and immediately grabbed his network access terminal.
Looking for my third uncle!
No, that's not right, go find Hanton quickly!
These bastards are going to use poison gas to attack the charity concert on Sakaar!
…
A few minutes ago.
On the planet Sakaar, outside the ship carrying Princess Daphne.
The two groups of soldiers were facing each other head-on. Yang Ming's private army, wearing the basic imperial military uniform and the white ghost's 'helmet' badge, had an absolute advantage in both numbers and equipment.
However, the imperial military orders displayed by the other side prevented the private army from forcing their way forward.
They can only communicate and apply.
Fortunately, the other party also knew that the white ghost was not easy to mess with, and his attitude was relatively gentle, so there was no tendency for a conflict to break out between the two sides.
Peterson feels a little speechless now.
I just went up to check, how did it involve the dignity of the royal family?
He turned his head slightly, looked at the concert venue in the distance, and sighed slightly in his heart.
He was unlucky when he drew lots and didn't draw the job of off-site security, otherwise he would have been able to listen to the live performance of the Imperial Diva again.
It is said that Her Royal Highness's voice is still as clear as when she sang on Sakaar.
There is still endless chatter beside my ears:
"Please don't make things difficult for us. This is Her Royal Highness the Princess's private ship, representing the majesty of the royal family. Normally, no one is allowed to go up to inspect it."
"Please understand our work. Our Lord Earl attaches great importance to security work. This is our only security loophole. We are only going up to do a scan inside the ship and will never violate the privacy of Her Royal Highness the Princess."
"This requires your Highness's permission."
"We have sent people to ask, but the backstage where His Highness is is almost blocked, and we can't get close to that place for a while."
A female officer smiled bitterly and said, "Are you doubting whether our integrated supply ship has any weapons of mass destruction?"
"That's not it. It's just a routine matter. We are all paid by the Earl. Please don't make things difficult for us."
Suddenly, a subtle buzzing sound entered Peterson's ears.
Peterson blinked and looked down at the source of the noise.
The hull was vibrating slightly, the amplitude was not high, but the frequency was very high.
What's going on?
Peterson keenly sensed something strange. He looked up and saw that the huge ship looked like a collapsed building. All he could see was the dark grey paint and the huge ship that he could not see above.
A small section of the close-in defense gun barrel appeared in Peterson's sight. The barrel was wrapped in arcs of electricity and was aimed at... the concert!
"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"
Peterson quickly raised his laser gun: "Stop your men! Captain! Close-in defense guns! Up there!"
The soldiers on both sides subconsciously looked up, and just in time, they saw an electromagnetic ball shooting out, drawing a perfect parabola, and hitting the edge of the concert venue!
Almost at the same time!
More than a dozen electromagnetic balls and dozens of long and thin laser beams fired fiercely at the concert!
Just when everyone thought that there would be a violent explosion in the direction of the concert, an elliptical protective film suddenly unfolded slowly outside the concert, near the direction of the supply ship!
White Ghost's ancient technological ship!
The "weak attack" launched by the supply ship was completely blocked by the exaggerated gunboat's protective shield!
Ineffective attack!
Peterson breathed a sigh of relief. He could already hear the captain's roar:
"Control them!"
He took the lead and rushed forward with his gun raised.
The regular army of the empire was already somewhat panicked. They did not resist. The aggressive private army directly rushed into the supply ship and quickly rushed to the bridge where the weapons control system was located.
For such a vicious attack, the mastermind and executors should be shot dozens of times!
At the same time, on the Dongfeng.
Yang Ming frowned and looked at the screen in front of him.
Because the attack happened so quickly, the Dongfeng blocked the attack and lifted its stealth at the same time, and the audience had no idea what had just happened.
On the contrary, the venue was completely boiling because of the appearance of the "White Ghost Ancient Technology Ship", and Daphne ended the countdown early, took advantage of this boiling atmosphere to go on stage directly, and began the opening princess singing and dancing.
That’s it?
The great nobles have been planning for so long, and this is it?
Isn't it a big flaw that they were not allowed to enter the internal inspection of the integrated supply ship? Did they think that they would be so careless that they would not even think of this?
It is normal that some of the staff around Daphne were bribed by the nobles.
"Boss, there was an exchange of fire on the other side's bridge..."
Ding-a-ling!
Yang Ming's dedicated network access terminal was vibrating, and Atlo's avatar popped up. Yang Ming looked around and raised his finger to press the connect button.
The venue, the front corner of the floating platform.
A middle-aged man's Adam's apple trembled slightly. He raised his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead. Listening to the thunderous cheers around him, his eyes trembled slightly.
The bottle of water next to him had slight ripples on it.
He only needs to drink the glass of 'water' within the specified time to complete the task.
The family will get a generous reward.
Of course, that doesn't matter.
What’s important is that the hatred he carries and the anger he inherits will turn into revenge against the Sherman Empire today.
He is right.
The evil empire must fall.
The fire of civilization of the Milky Way will surely burn in this corrupt land.
He is right.
Buzz, buzz. The pendant on the man's chest vibrated slightly, and a tiny projection of time appeared deep in his retina.
【00:00:03】.
On the stage, real and virtual dancers performed brilliant dances.
The man grabbed the bottle cap with trembling hands and twisted it off.
【00:00:01】.
Several running mechanical guards appeared at the edge of his vision.
Without hesitation, he put the bottle into his mouth and tilted his head back to drink the clear spring water.
He is right!
【00:00:00】.
Boom, boom, boom!
Slight explosions were heard in six areas of the venue, and six streams of gray smoke expanded rapidly!