Chapter 417 Target, A. Bawa Ku
Within the Federation, Heine System - Heine 3.
As a 'planetary ecological reserve', this planet prohibits entry and exit of any unrelated personnel, so that this terrestrial planet has not been developed by humans for the time being, and everything is maintained as best as possible. Natural look.
However, in a certain seaside area of the planet, there is a huge building that is not included in the planet's "man-made buildings" registration catalog.
The flying saucer-shaped building built on the top of a tall cliff is surrounded by lush virgin forest on one side and the endless ocean on the other side. This clean and pure scenery has already been seen in the territory currently controlled by humans. It’s not that common anymore.
On the giant apron outside the building, there are many aerospace shuttles that you can tell are expensive just by looking at their appearance. They are parked quietly in the indication area, just like a group of birds competing for beauty, flying from all over the place. The angle shows the strength of their 'master'.
Obviously, this is not a protected area monitoring station or other scientific research facility, and the extremely luxurious decoration inside the building has nothing to do with 'scientific research'.
The identities of the brightly dressed guests inside, whose single coat can be worth the lifetime income of the lower-class residents, are also very simple. They are the actual controllers of the major giant companies in the Federation, or rather A 'shadow government' of sorts.
“Recently, this army lieutenant general seems to be doing more and more small things. I don’t know what he has done. Among the ‘consumables’ below, there are actually people who want to report him.”
On the billiard table, a middle-aged man suddenly spoke after pushing the target ball into the hole.
"A lieutenant general who was sent to the army after a defeat can't make any waves." Another man, who also held a bumper stick, continued while watching his opponent play, "So those who want to report it, you "Have you disposed of it?"
"Of course you have disposed of it, or do you want to leave it in the factory below as a time bomb?"
The middle-aged man who was asked nodded, as if 'dispose of it' 'It is a very common thing for people to fall off. He even went on to add: "Let the 'cleaning team' do the work. It was done neatly and nothing was left behind."
"Then what should we do with this lieutenant general? It's not a good thing to let him continue to investigate like this."
Another man sitting on the sofa watching the two of them play, while swiping his personal terminal As he spoke, he said, "If he really compiles some materials and submits them directly to the Federal Court, although it may not be possible, at least he will have to send someone to do the superficial work before acting. Otherwise, he may have to choose A few unlucky guys came out to take the blame.”
Beside the man, two human cat ladies who had been 'created' animalistic features through genetic engineering were kneading him carefully, raising their heads and rubbing against his neck from time to time, just like real cats.
On the other side, the man who completed the pool again, but let the target ball miss the ball bag, stood up, looked at the two 'cat girls' and said at the same time:
"Let's put our hands on The servants are all good, but the lieutenant general can't get any substantive evidence to say that this 'cat lady' like you Gabriel Biotech really doesn't consider investing in the market."
"Morality and Ethics? The committee keeps rejecting it, what can I do? Anyway, they think this kind of genetic engineering is unethical and illegal, so they never let our application pass," the man sitting on the sofa said with some frustration.
“Then give me a few.”
"No problem, what's the relationship between us? I'll have someone send you some over later."
"Hey you two." The middle-aged man who was about to hit the ball straightened up and looked at this digression. The two people had some displeasure on their faces.
“Don’t think of this matter too simply. Although Van Fleet does not have any command authority, he is an army lieutenant general and has some relatively capable confidants. If he is determined to investigate If he goes down, no one knows what he will find out."
"What should I do? I'll ask the cleaning team to silence him too?"
"It's not impossible, but I can't. I guess our dear President Brandon will fall out with us”
"WOW, gentlemen. Why did I hear such a hot topic as soon as I came here~" A woman in a dress suddenly came to this area. She exuded a mature atmosphere, but her appearance seemed But she is no different from a young girl.
"Mrs. Paris, why are you here?" The three men near the pool table stopped what they were doing and stood up to greet the lady.
"Aren't you just wandering around in boredom? When I heard you talking about Lieutenant General Van Fleet, I planned to come to you and complain." Paris unfolded a small and exquisite folding fan. , covered his mouth and smiled.
“He is a lieutenant general in the army, no matter what, he can’t threaten your turbulent ships, right?”
“You are right, but the lieutenant general in the navy who is hidden in the rear, The recent actions are similar to those of General Van Fleet. Supervision and inspection are extremely strict. In addition to our company, Nutang, several other shipbuilding companies have also been inspected."
Paris said in a resentful tone, and at the same time sat on a sofa near the pool table. The clothes that were slightly tight due to her sitting posture perfectly showed off her beautiful body, which made several men even a little nervous. Can't look away.
“You mean these two people have discussed and cooperated?”
“It’s very possible, after all, my people have taken photos of them appearing in the same tavern at the same time. , and not just once or twice, to be precise, they have met frequently since the supervision began."
"So the two of them exchange information through this offline communication method, no wonder my team monitors it. They haven't gotten any valuable information for so long." After hearing Paris' words, a man nodded thoughtfully.
"So, gentlemen, it's time for us to think of something. We don't want them to continue investigating." Paris said while fanning gently with a fan.
"The risk of sending a 'cleanup team' to deal with it is still too great. Lieutenant general-level security, especially their personal security, is not a vegetarian."
"Then I will go and 'beat' the army commander and let him Find a way to restrain Van Fleet? This guy has received a lot of benefits from us. It's time to do something. "What about Guterres? Trafalgar has been on the front line. , it’s rare to get in touch, and even if I come back, I probably won’t be able to convince this old immortal to let him help us restrain our subordinates.”
What do these few people who control most of the federal wealth say? I discussed it word by word, but it was obvious that I couldn't come up with a proper solution in a short period of time. At the same time, the discussion between them gradually strayed to another topic that was "very hot" among them recently. "Atlas, have you figured out how to deal with it?" Paris asked.
At this time, besides the four people at the beginning, there was another group of people beside the pool table.
During the discussion between Paris and others, people kept joining in, and finally a small 'meeting' was formed.
To a certain extent, they are the real controllers behind the Federation. Their 'tentacles' have penetrated into every corner of the Federation, including finance, military, scientific research, and government, wherever there are people. There are traces left by them.
The federal politicians are just their puppets, performing on the front stage like puppets under their strings, making the people believe that this is still a democratic and free country.
But in fact, these people control the life, old age, illness and death of everyone in the Federation through their control of all walks of life and the formulation of various rules.
"While it's still unstable, let's join forces to crush it." Someone suggested, and this suggestion immediately gained the approval of others.
“It’s just a private company. Although it does seem to have some strength and can defeat the federal regular army head-on, after all, it is just a company. As long as everyone present unites, Atlas will be able to defeat the federal regular army head-on. Qiang Na is also unable to defeat four hands with two fists."
The people who spoke up saw that the 'big shots' including Paris also noticed his speech, and immediately continued:
"Although. In order to comply with federal laws, the fleets of your companies do not have real capital ships, but I also know that you cannot really be so honest, and I don’t need to say anything about what you are doing behind the scenes.
If we Able to form a huge combined fleet - this will be a civilian armed fleet of unprecedented scale. In this case, even if Atlas goes all out, they will have to bow their heads under the absolute suppression of strength. "< br>
"Don't forget, Atlas has those advanced technologies, inter-galactic communication technology, and super flagships. These are currently technical barriers for us." The man who first hit the billiard ball said. There is still some uncertainty about this suggestion of 'crushing' Atlas.
“That’s why we have to complete the infiltration before Atlas completely builds technical barriers!” The man who just put forward the suggestion of ‘encirclement and suppress Atlas’ said firmly:
“ Think about it, if we can obtain this kind of inter-galactic communication technology, as well as the blueprints of the super flagship, as well as the unexposed technologies within Atlas, it will trigger a new technological revolution!”
As soon as he said these words, many people who originally had a wait-and-see attitude immediately became interested. After all, Atlas, a force that suddenly appeared, exposed its technical strength far beyond everyone's imagination.
So, the military industry companies on the federal side have been coveting many of Atlas' technologies for a long time, but they have never found a way to obtain these 'technologies'.
But now, a brand new choice is before them - to get rid of Atlas, and then divide the 'legacy' it leaves behind.
Looking at the crowd that was getting excited, Paris half-covered her face with a fan and smiled calmly. After laying the groundwork for so long, her goal was almost achieved.
As the actual controller of the Furious Ship and countless enterprises, Paris has long realized the value of the technologies displayed by Atlas.
But she didn’t want to risk her own power, so these companies that were weaker than hers became high-quality ‘cannon fodder’.
When they fight Atlas to the bitter end and both lose, she can complete the 'take it all'.
"Then here comes a new question. If we want to make Atlas surrender through force, we should first figure out the target of the attack, right?"
While everyone was discussing enthusiastically how to kill Atlas While there, a more cautious guy asked the people around him:
“The information we have always controlled is that Atlas is a company of the Thousand Stars Empire, and we also know its headquarters. In the prosperous star cluster of the Thousand Stars Empire
But the problem is that this headquarters located in the Thousand Stars Empire cannot be shaken. I believe that none of you here will not be able to think of doing this in the realm of elves. That being the case, where should we attack to make Atlas feel 'pain'?"
This person's words immediately cooled down the heated discussion, and many people immediately reacted as if This was indeed the case. They had been discussing it for a long time but they didn't even discuss the attack on Atlas.
"I do have news, but it needs to be verified." Seeing that the heat began to decrease, Paris suddenly said:
"Atlas once acquired a company called 'Mary Bay Industries' According to my information, before Atlas completed the acquisition, there was an armed conflict with Mary Bay Industries.
At that time, a defense company that cooperated with Mary Bay Industries was basically the same. Although all of them were absorbed, there was still a group of people who did not choose to join Atlas. One of them even participated in the decisive battle between the two sides."
"So Mrs. Paris, you. Found this person?”
“Yes, I not only found him, but also obtained the coordinates of an asteroid belt from him. According to him, Atlas has an asteroid base. Here.”
Paris' words suddenly attracted everyone's attention. Although she is a woman, she actually controls the most companies and capital in the room. No one even knows that this woman How many companies does she control?
So, everyone has a relatively high degree of trust in her news.
"Is there anything special about this asteroid base?"
"Of course. Otherwise I wouldn't tell you~" Paris smiled and did not continue. .
"Mrs. Paris, please stop showing off!" someone in the crowd said with a smile.
"Then I said it. According to the information my people have obtained through various channels, Atlas Group's super network technology capabilities, as well as the 'quantum entanglement communication technology' that we are most concerned about - its core is likely to be In this asteroid base.”
As soon as these words came out, the crowd was silent at first, and then the discussion immediately became louder.
After all, the attraction of 'quantum entanglement communication technology' is too great. Although the heads of many companies present had to purchase services from Atlas in pain, they also had to admit that This technology is really useful.
However, someone quickly woke up and asked a key question.
"Mrs. Paris, could you tell us how you obtained such important news and why you are willing to share it with us?"
(End of this chapter)