Chapter 255: More money is needed
For the second-in-command of the Rubian Galaxy Autonomous Government, Amber naturally could not lead him to stand at the door and talk.
So the two quickly arrived at a conference room with a slightly better environment in the advance camp.
Because the Army's mud-legged people do not like to drink black tea as much as the 'first-class people' in the Navy (the Tactical Air Force has become a fourth-class people, I hope everyone knows).
So Amber searched in the small refrigerator in the conference room for a long time and found that in addition to energy drinks, there were carbonated drinks.
In the end, he could only choose a can of "Happy Water" with a relatively complete shape and no potholes. After opening it, he placed it in front of the administrative lieutenant.
"Our conditions may be a bit poor. I don't know if this Coke is to your liking, but it is still delicious. You can try it."
"Uh"
Looking at the carbonated drink with bubbles in front of me, I have never drank this thing since graduation. Instead, like other federal 'upper class' people, I drank in all kinds of extremely expensive drinks. Sam hesitated for a moment amid the tea, coffee and wine.
However, after thinking about the purpose of his coming here today, he still bit the bullet and prepared to pick up the can of Coke that was labeled as 'unhealthy' and take a sip.
"Oh~ wait a minute, there is a missing soul"
Amber suddenly interrupted his actions, then found a clean glass and put some ice cubes from the refrigerator in it.
“Mr. Sam, use this.”
Looking at the can of Coke and the glass filled with ice cubes in front of him, Administrative Assistant Sam felt as if he had returned to the place he went to when he was in college. In a certain restaurant.
This is a taste that he has never touched since graduation. It is the mark of youth and the carefree student days.
He picked up the cold can with slightly trembling hands, and gently touched the tinplate can body with his fingers, feeling the coldness coming from his fingers.
Sam hesitated for a moment, then tilted the mouth of the jar slightly, letting the dark brown liquid slowly flow into the cup.
As the bubbles rise and rise happily, a familiar and long-lasting lemon sweet aroma instantly spreads amidst the crisp sound of the ice cubes colliding. It is the unique smell of cola, as if it carries time. The smell hits your face.
He carefully picked up the cup and took a sip.
At that moment, the familiar yet distant sweetness on the tip of his tongue and the excitement brought by carbonic acid instantly awakened his deep-seated memory.
He seemed to have returned to the youthful and innocent days when he was studying at the highest university in the Federation. What appeared in front of his eyes were the laughter and sweat in the classrooms and playgrounds of the past, as well as the figures of the friends who accompanied him through his youth.
But since I graduated and joined the Federal Republican Party with enthusiasm, my life has completely changed.
Political struggles, various shady stories, and the interests between large enterprises made him quickly transform from a young graduate.
With his naturally keen ‘political sense’, Sam stood firm in the political storms and reached where he is today.
And now, when he drank the long-lost carbonated drink and looked back on his life, Sam couldn't help but feel filled with emotion.
Just as he was about to say something to Amber, he looked across at the person in charge of Atlas, staring at him with a strange look on his face.
But this is not Amber's fault, because he really didn't expect that he just took a can of 'Happy Water', and the other party just took a sip and started watching 'Revolving Lantern'.
< br>Although he does not yet have the ability to read minds, the psyker's keen observation ability still allowed him to detect the 'abnormality' of this administrative lieutenant.
"Mr. Sam, are you okay? I remember that this Coke has not expired."
"I'm sorry, I haven't had a carbonated drink for a long time, and it brought back some memories of my youth."
Sam smiled sheepishly, and Amber on the opposite side also managed her expression.
Although he still felt that there was something wrong with this person, otherwise he would have had an orgasm after just drinking a Coke.
"Mr. Sam risked his life and came to the advance camp. There must be something important to discuss, right?"
Amber actually didn't like dealing with these politicians, so she went straight to the point. .
"Yes, I am here mainly on behalf of the Galaxy Autonomous Government to communicate with you, Mr. Rebir, on some war-related matters. Some issues are still relatively sensitive and are not convenient to communicate through remote communications, so I came here in person.”
Sam resisted the urge to pick up the glass and take another sip, and got down to business.
“First of all, it’s about the handling of Benjamin and Ralph. The forces behind them are currently operating. They want to save their lives and hope that at least they will not end up with the death penalty. In this case, they will always have a way to commute their sentences. "
"What do you think? What do the galactic autonomous governments think of the commander of their own garrison?"
"Humph, a waste like him is ruined? Half of the garrison was fighting like this a few days ago. Of course we hope to deal with it sternly."
Sam said disdainfully, but his tone immediately changed in the next sentence.
"But the family behind him still has a certain influence in the Lubion system, and has connections with many officials within the autonomous government, so I guess it may be a bit difficult to impose the death penalty."
This executive The adjutant carefully looked at Amber's expression, and after seeing that there was no change, he continued:
"Of course, we will still try to deal with it seriously in accordance with relevant laws and regulations."
" Haha, try your best?"
Amber laughed disdainfully, the politicians in the Federation were still the same as he remembered.
"The bottom line of your galaxy's autonomous government is really flexible. A lunatic who planned to drop a nuclear bomb on friendly forces, and even had a recording as evidence, could not be convicted."
"After all, you did it without the other party's knowledge. The forces behind these two people who downloaded the recording also plan to pursue you for illegally intruding on military lines and invading other people's privacy." After seeing Amber's expression change, Sam immediately added.
“But don’t worry, their request has been sternly rejected by us!”
“Should I say that your galaxy autonomous government has done something? 'Personnel'? ”
Amber's sarcastic words sounded extremely harsh to Sam's ears, but he had to admit that the person in charge of Atlas was not wrong.
"Forget it, let's put this aside and wait until all the battles are over. Is there anything else?"
Amber shook her head, not wanting to talk about this matter anymore. Take effort.
If the final solution really doesn't satisfy him, then he doesn't mind using 'Atlai's way' to solve the problem.
"There are indeed other things, and they are related to the next battle."
"You tell me, Mr. Sam."
"That's right, our autonomous government still hopes to end the battle on Rubian 5 as soon as possible and resume production as soon as possible, so I hope that your company can participate in the subsequent battles." With more effort and effort,
We have also seen the combat effectiveness of other companies. It is indeed an embarrassing task. At present, the only one who can help us completely eliminate the remaining imperial soldiers is Atlas. "
Hearing the words of the administrative lieutenant, Amber immediately understood that this matter was the main purpose of the other party's visit this time.
Although he didn’t know why the other party wanted to talk about the previous matter first, he had to admit that the ‘low posture’ of the galaxy administrative lieutenant could indeed make many people, including him, People benefit from it.
"But I only have so many troops on hand now. As you can see, Atlas's troops are not even full of a brigade."
"That's why we hope you can increase your investment. You see If it is inconvenient, put more troops on Lubion 5?”
“It will also take time to transport it. You also know that our Atlas is a company headquartered in the Thousand Stars Empire. What’s going on here? It will take more than ten days."
"What about the troops that just arrived today?"
Sam asked with some confusion. He was actually following the convoy just now, so Saw those heavy units too.
"Those are not combat troops, they are our test troops. They are equipped with experimental equipment that has not yet been put into mass production. They are very expensive."
Amber paused, then looked up at Sam's The eyes said:
"You have to pay more."
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Southwestern District of Ptolemaic City, underground sewage pipe system.
As one of the city's lifelines - a giant underground sewage pipe system, this huge project is like a maze of reinforced concrete.
Several or even ten meters deep underground, a complex pipeline system twists and turns, running through every corner of the city.
The inner wall of the huge pipe with a diameter of several meters has long lost its original cleanliness and splendor, with all kinds of dirt and garbage attached to it.
Obviously, this place is not suitable for human activities.
Under normal circumstances, no humans visit the underground sewage pipes in Ptolemy City. Even maintenance is done by autonomous spider robots.
But now, there are waves of wading sounds coming from inside the dark pipe, as well as slight mechanical transmission sounds.
Some rodents living in the sewers looked curiously at the group of 'terrible gibbons' they had only seen on the surface. Naturally, their brains could not understand why these humans appeared here.
"Checkpoint_3 has arrived. The current path is correct. Keep moving forward. It is expected to arrive at Checkpoint_4 in 10 minutes."
Lieutenant Baninger's deep male voice reached the team through blue-green laser communication. In everyone's ears.
This is a special operations team composed of the special operations team and the infiltration team of the Atlas teaching team.
After infiltrating into the edge of Ptolemaic City at night, this special operations team entered the city's underground sewer system from a hidden maintenance entrance.
And their mission is to use this underground network to penetrate into the city and detect the deployment of the remaining imperial soldiers in the city.
The 'vanguard' walking at the front suddenly stopped and raised his right hand into a fist and raised it above his head. The other team members behind him also stopped immediately.
On the HUD of the vanguard's tactical visor, the words 'Water Impact Warning' appeared.
The members of the special operations team soon felt a shock coming from under their feet.
"Lieutenant, the sewage treatment main unit has begun to drain water."
Hearing the words of the vanguard, Baninger immediately took off a thing that looked like engineering equipment mounted on his waist.
"Everyone is there! Get close to the inner wall of the pipe and shoot out the fixing bolts! Hang the safety ropes from back to front!"
The sound of "Clang! Clang! Clang!" sounded continuously.
Everyone shot the fixing bolts connected to their waists into their feet as quickly as possible, and quickly hung safety ropes on the backs of their teammates in front.
The surging wave of sewage came faster than expected. With a roar like a giant underground beast, the turbid sewage flooded the entire team in an instant.
Sorry, I posted late today.
(End of this chapter)