Chapter 450: Secret Fight
[The way White Ghost handles terrorist organizations has caused great discussion within the empire.
[Affected by the current public opinion in the empire, the Imperial Senate, the Imperial Military, the Imperial Foreign Affairs Bureau, and the Imperial Emergency Response Department issued a joint statement that the imperial authorities will launch an investigation into the justice of Operation White Ghost.
[It is reported that even if the results of the survey are not favorable to white ghosts, it will not have any negative impact on white ghosts. At most, it will only be morally condemned.
[Terrorist organizations have been invading the empire for many years. The extreme measures taken by White Ghost have certainly impacted the moral concepts of ordinary people, but this is indeed within the scope permitted by the laws of the empire. To show mercy to terrorists is to be cruel to one's own citizens. This concept has long been a consensus among interstellar political bodies.
[The Empire will always stand on the side of justice, and will always support any individual who has contributed to the development of the Empire. ]
——《Emperor Star Today News》
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"Lv, why is the situation so chaotic now?"
Boss Yang looked at the densely packed information on the projection screen in front of him, feeling a little tingling on his scalp. He turned his head with a little uncertainty and asked, "Is this what we did?"
Xiao Lu, who was wearing a light blue professional suit, maintained a polite and elegant smile: "Yes, boss."
"Aren't we...some other forces at risk?"
"Yes, boss."
"Why is the focus still on the Imperial Military's press conference? Aren't we supposed to promote what Catherine said?"
"Yes, boss."
"law!"
"Ah! I'm here!"
Lu woke up with a start, blinked at Yang Ming, and said hurriedly: "Boss, I'm busy adjusting the computing power, I'll talk to you later!"
After saying this, she returned to her polite and elegant smiling appearance.
Yang Ming: …
Okay, she is very tired too.
Boss Yang "personally clicked" on the interface and began to browse various information. He couldn't help laughing as he read.
Wow, the imperial aristocratic forces have completed a quick and efficient integration in the matter of black and white ghosts!
In addition to White Ghost's scattered fans, there are a total of five groups of regular water armies active in tens of thousands of relevant forums and portals in the empire. The most powerful water army comes from the New Federation CIA, followed by the official water army of the empire and mercenaries of the aristocratic class, and then other foreign forces and the Imperial Military Intelligence Bureau's network forces.
This is directly treating the people's ideological realm as a battlefield of life and death, bombarding them with information, making sophistry, confusing the public, and fishing in troubled waters.
Yang Ming always felt that the current power distribution seemed wrong, so he used his small account to post a few posts "favorable to the white ghost."
In less than half a minute, all three posts were defeated, and none of them could reach over a hundred views.
The empire's propaganda machine finally started to fully operate.
This made Yang Ming, who had always criticized the Empire's Propaganda Department for being beaten by the New Federation CIA, feel a little relieved.
"Boss! I'm back!"
Lu jumped in front of Yang Ming with a smile.
"Were you that busy just now? Were you stressed?"
"Ah, the pressure is not too great, but the computing power is tight."
Lu sighed softly:
“Other people only saw the war of public opinion on the Internet. In fact, many of the servers I rented in the empire were marked by the imperial authorities. Before the war of public opinion even started, one-third of my computing power was directly shut down by the other party.
“The foundation of the online world still has to be in the real world. They simply shut down the server that I rented through normal procedures, and I had no way to stop it.
"However, I have already made preparations. I have built a pan-empire network server cluster around the periphery of the empire. In particular, the empire's more than 20 dependent countries all have security companies and network service providers under my control. I was just mobilizing these resources.
"I had originally prepared this as a backup plan for a future conflict with the leader, but now I'm forced to use it ahead of time."
"It's good to be prepared," Yang Ming frowned and asked, "What's the current situation?"
Lu said: "She is still asleep. I think she will not make a move this time."
"If we can't figure it out, then things will be much easier," Yang Ming said with a smile, "The biggest gain from this trip to Domingos Star is that we can roughly understand the basic attitude of the current royal family, which can free us from many constraints."
"There's no need to be too cautious. My computing power is increasing every day..."
"Be respectful to your elders," Yang Ming said earnestly .
law:……
"Oh, by the way," Yang Ming asked, "What are you mobilizing computing power for?"
"Adding fuel to the flames," Lu said as a matter of course. "Isn't the early stage of our Challenger Plan to use this public opinion turmoil to pave the way for our next actions? If we can use this debate to tear apart the public opinion of the empire, it will be of great help to our next actions."
"How did you do that?"
"I divided the computing power into six parts. One part helped the New Federation, using some CIA water army accounts deployed in the New Federation to spread various opinions supporting White Ghost's development in the New Federation.
"To echo this point, I also forged many false documents within the CIA intelligence system, and I destroyed these documents in a timely manner, which is basically equivalent to burning them after reading.
"In addition, I also focused on deceiving the imperial nobles. I took advantage of their small circle of communication and introduced a large number of paid Internet trolls to them... Now, we have 120 million mechanical thinking beings who have taken over the business of the imperial nobles and are trying their best to blackmail you!"
Yang Ming's forehead was immediately covered with black lines: "Did you do all this?"
"That's right, boss! You can make money and achieve your goals, so why not?"
Yang Ming was suddenly speechless.
Okay, whether the empire is in chaos or not is up to Xiaolu to decide.
"So when are you going to promote Catherine's speech?" Yang Ming said with a smile, "I think this kind of speech is the best and can inspire people."
"Boss, to be honest, Catherine's speeches during the battle were actually just repeating facts that the public already knows."
Lu said solemnly:
“Most of the people in the empire are numb and content with the status quo. This is a common human trait. Expecting people to awaken their consciousness will either bring them suffering or threaten their survival.
“In fact, because the Empire has always attached importance to public opinion, suppressed the nobles, and continued to plunder abroad, the people in most areas have not felt too much oppression. The people living in the Imperial Star Circle and the nearby economic belt will protect the existence of the Empire’s exploitative system. The division of the Empire can only occur in a circular regional division.
“We have debated before that the feasibility of a large-scale uprising in the empire is actually very low.
"The best audience for Catherine's speech would be the grassroots of the military."
Boss Yang nodded in response, crossed his arms, and watched the images constantly passing by on the projection screen.
"Let's go back to Sakaar first."
"Daphne is waiting for you there. We will arrive at the Lord's Mansion in about three galactic hours."
"I'm really unwilling to accept this," Yang Ming sighed, "It would be great if I could raise my arm and call on the nobles of the empire to be brave enough."
Lu smiled and said, "As long as we can occupy the righteous territory in the hearts of the people, we will be able to take a lot of initiative in the future... Boss, do we need to adjust the direction next?"
"Let me think about it. Please compile a brief report for me based on the current data."
"Okay...it's sorted."
Hundreds of forms popped up in front of Yang Ming.
The corners of his mouth twitched slightly.
It would be better to attack the Imperial Star directly.
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"well……"
Director Ino lay on the single bed in the lounge and squeezed his eyes hard, allowing his brain to slowly recover from its tired state.
The assistant at the side skillfully arranged the fragrance and medicinal fumigation.
Director Ino suppressed all kinds of experimental data in his mind and turned his attention back to the more difficult problems at hand.
“How is public opinion evolving?”
"It's very bad, Director," the middle-aged assistant reported simply, "Six galaxies have passed since the military press conference, and public opinion has not stopped. Instead, it has become more and more turbulent. According to the data they handed over, the intelligence departments of more than a dozen political systems have been discovered... They have swarmed towards us, trying like crazy to disrupt the rhythm."
Director Ino's mouth twitched slightly: "I expected it a long time ago."
"Director, what did you expect?"
"White Ghost is the darling of the Fayya people. How much benefit is hidden behind this? The Empire's suppression of White Ghost is creating opportunities for political systems like the New Federation."
Director Ino's eyes were a little tired.
“I have warned them many times before, but unfortunately, it has come to this.
"Hanton has no complaints against the Empire? That's impossible. There's no way this guy would be content to be controlled by us. But as long as we can get a handle on him, we can use him and make him cooperate with us.
“In the final analysis, they hated Hanton. Besides the fact that Hanton’s personal prestige affected their rule over the empire, they also felt a little jealous of Hanton.
"Why don't the people believe in me ? Why isn't the army crazy about me? Why isn't this opportunity to rush into the higher-dimensional world ours? This guy was just lucky to be chosen by the Faya people. Does he have any unique abilities?
“That’s about it.
"Pride and jealousy, these are the traits I see most in my uncles."
Director Ino chuckled a few times, as if he was talking about a very interesting phenomenon.
The middle-aged assistant asked in a low voice: "Then, Director, if this matter continues to develop in this way, will the White Ghost really leave the Empire?"
"He must follow the rules of the Fayya people. The faction he is assigned to is the Empire."
Director Ino said calmly:
“Unless the Fayar people take action themselves, there is no force in the galaxy that can destroy the empire within a hundred years.
“Although there is a possibility of a large-scale rebellion breaking out within the empire, even if 50% of the army mutinis, we have enough resources to suppress the mutineers.
"Do you know who the biggest enemy of the Empire's Ascension Laboratory is?"
The middle-aged assistant thought for a while and asked quietly: "Ourselves?"
"It's Faya!"
Director Ino glared at the guy and cursed in a low voice: "Without the obstruction of the Faya people, we would have obtained the key data long ago!"
The assistant could only smile.
"Then Director, what should we do now? Should we let the public opinion continue to ferment?"
"What is the interstellar public opinion like?"
"According to the data we obtained five minutes ago, there is a clear contrast between public opinion inside and outside the empire."
The assistant quickly reported:
"The domestic discussion topic about White Ghost has a total of 672.5 billion views in the past six galactic hours, of which 40% of the comments are defending White Ghost and 35% of the comments are attacking White Ghost. The number of Empire citizens participating in, following, and browsing related discussions has exceeded 16 billion terminals.
"The level of attention has reached the national level, and this number is still increasing as public opinion ferments and the confrontation between online camps escalates.
“It is estimated that the overall popularity will reach its peak in nine hours, and the current trend is that the proportion of people who support the white ghost in the total number of followers is slowly decreasing.
"The strategy we developed has shown initial effectiveness, and the public's fear of the white ghost has begun to take shape.
"In terms of interstellar, the data we can collect shows that the popularity of related topics has exceeded 1.25 trillion. Many interstellar people have expressed their concern about this matter. Among them, 62% of the speeches defended White Ghost and felt that White Ghost's destruction of terrorist organizations was a just act, even if the means were relatively drastic. Considering that an organization can be completely eradicated, this is a great achievement.
“The speeches attacking White Ghost were concentrated in the democratic camp headed by the New Federation, among which the CIA’s troll army was the largest.
"We have detected that the network servers in the New Federation have been fully turned on, which shows that they have mobilized a large number of network resources to flood the network.
“What makes us feel the most strange is that the white ghosts, who are the best at public opinion warfare, are now not making any noise at all.
"Captain, based on what we know about the White Ghost... this is a little unsettling."
"Hey, when can you let me sleep peacefully?" Director Ino turned over and sat up. "Give me a copy of the data... notify Daphne and ask her to get to the White Ghost as soon as possible. I need to keep track of the White Ghost's current situation."
"yes!"
The assistant said sternly, "Director, should we use more methods? Using online public opinion alone is too illusory and has little practical significance."
Director Ino looked up at his assistant and asked seriously, "Is the White Ghost rebelling?"
"No, Chief."
"Are you trying to force him to rebel?"
"no……"
"Any questions?"
“There is no director anymore.”
"Notify the military to speed up the deployment around Sakaar. Also, have the military dispatch a dreadnought to conduct periodic exercises in the airspace near Sakaar."
Director Ino murmured:
“If you want to suppress Hanton, public opinion alone is certainly not enough, but other means are useless, only real threats can do the job.
“If it is really impossible to make Hanton coexist with the Empire, then we have no choice but to destroy him at all costs.
“Be prepared for the loss of public opinion.”
"yes!"
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At the same time, in the Dongfeng.
Yang Ming clicked on the data list in front of him and sat in a chair, thinking carefully about the current situation.
"Lil, we have too much initiative."
"Too much?" Lu was confused. "What do you mean?"
"Basically, the current situation is under our control. Although the Empire cannot find any real evidence, they can feel that they are in a passive position," Yang Ming said. "If we want to really stir up this storm of public opinion, we have to give the other side some initiative. Although this will increase some uncontrollable factors, it can prevent the other side from directly using force."
Lu thought carefully for a while.
Yang Ming said: "Do as I say and release our second video."
"The one you're apologizing for?"
"Yes," Yang Ming laughed, "The empire's current strategy is to secretly discredit me and encourage me on the surface, so we will force them to express their stance."
"Uh, Boss... a dreadnought has received an order to sail to the vicinity of Sakaar... I just received it and it is expected to be deployed outside Sakaar in nine galactic hours."
Yang Ming turned his head and glared at Lu.
Lu pursed his lips slightly: "Sakaar is no longer safe, Boss, I suggest we avoid Sakaar, life safety is the first priority."
"It's okay, I still have reserved cells."
“At present, it is impossible to determine whether the reserved cells can actually be revived, and whether you will have any negative effects after revivification.”
Boss Yang pursed his lips, frowned, crossed his legs, and looked at the star map in front of him , with a hint of ruthlessness in his eyes.
"Let's go to Saka. We'll use the dreadnoughts," Yang Ming said. "Later, let the Dongfeng maintain the longest particle transmission distance and be on standby at all times. If the Empire wants to take risks, then we'll confront them directly. How many of the latest models of Terminators have been produced now?"
"We can directly mobilize 120 units, with an estimated 95% assassination success rate. With the experience gained from the last assassination, we have completed a comprehensive upgrade and transformation."
"All Terminators at the border of the Terminator Empire are on standby! The target is all members of the Sherman family that can be located! Have Guina be ready to take Emilia away at any time! Dark Star enters a state of combat readiness and is ready to evacuate the border of human civilization at any time! Let's make this war of public opinion bigger."
"yes!"
