Chapter 520 Things are getting serious
The special plane of Federal Secretary of State Davis was shot down during takeoff at the Lubian V administrative capital Skyport. No one was on board, including 42 members of the delegation. The news of survival reached the ears of Alex, the administrator of the Lubion system, shortly after the wreckage of the aerospace plane fell to the ground.
When he heard the news, he was stunned for more than a minute, and other senior officials of the autonomous government around him even suspected that they were hallucinating.
"Wait. Shot down?"
Alex suddenly realized the key words in this explosive news, and at the same time, a premonition that something bad was going to happen flashed through his mind.
"Yes, sir!"
The official in charge of the report was so nervous that he stuttered:
"Currently, the news we have received is that the aerospace plane was taken over by the aerospace port. It was shot down by an anti-aircraft vehicle belonging to an anti-aircraft battalion deployed nearby.
Soon after the anti-aircraft vehicle opened fire, it was destroyed by an armored vehicle and infantry. The soldiers holding the anti-aircraft vehicle also exchanged fire briefly. Then he was shot to death.”
“It’s over. It’s all over now.”
After hearing this answer, Alex felt that his whole body was spinning for a while, and then his feet softened, and his whole body collapsed directly on the chair behind him.
A few seconds later, an official who had recovered quickly walked up to him and asked, "Sir, what should we do now?"
His question was also successful. After re-awakening Alex, the chief executive immediately realized that now was not the time to mess up. He must do everything possible to minimize the impact of this incident.
Although he also knows that his next efforts will most likely be in vain.
But it is better to find a way to do something than to do nothing now and wait for the situation to ferment.
Thinking that the official who had just come over to report mentioned that the anti-aircraft vehicle was 'hijacked', Alex suddenly raised his head and said to the official with red eyes:
"Quick! Let the internal guards, city defense, and intelligence The department quickly tried to find out who did it! How did these people sneak into the air defense position?
Tell them that I am not looking for blame now, but waiting for them to give me an answer, because I still have to give the federal government an answer!”
The official responsible for informing him was frightened by his breath and could only nod his head like a chicken pecking at rice.
After saying this, Alex turned to look at the other self-government officials behind him who also looked solemn, and then continued:
"Find a way to contact the federal government urgently. They will probably have received the news by now, telling them that this matter was not done by our autonomous government, but was disrupted by a third party! Even if we don't cooperate, the Secretary of State will not be Get rid of it!”
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Less than half an hour after the aerospace plane was shot down, Amber also received a message from Lilith.
After he saw the specific content of the message, he was stunned for a long time like everyone else who received the message.
"Lilith, are you sure this isn't false news?"
"Don't worry, Master. Photos of Bao Zhen's scene have been released, and the number and model of the crashed aerospace plane are also consistent. It can be confirmed that it was the 'special plane' of Federal Secretary of State Davis."
When Amber heard the news, he covered his head helplessly. He never thought that someone would attack this delegation that had completed its mission at this juncture.
"Have you found out who did it?"
Lilith: "Judging from their identities, the people who attacked the anti-aircraft vehicles were all from the light vehicles deployed by the city defense force near the sky port. The synthetic battalion, and they are not using fake identities, they are real active personnel of the garrison!"
"This is wrong." Amber shook his head in confusion, "It is impossible for the galaxy autonomous government to think about it! Go kill the Secretary of State, especially since the other party is a 'representative' who came here specifically to negotiate."
"Could it be an insider from the Renaissance Alliance?" Lilith asked. "No, no, no, Franklin is not a fool. Killing this Secretary of State will not do any good except intensifying conflicts and forcing the federal government to intervene in advance!"
Amber lowered her head and murmured, at the same time, During the process, an encrypted email was sent to Franklin. The content was very simple, just to confirm whether this matter had anything to do with the Renaissance Alliance.
Although he was sure that Franklin would not do such a stupid thing, he decided to confirm with the other party just to be on the safe side.
Soon, after sending the encrypted email, Amber looked up again at Lilith. This strong artificial intelligence had already evolved to the point where it could analyze and predict some problems by combining massive amounts of information.
The key is that the accuracy rate is quite high. At least the guys in the financial business center will use Lilith to 'cheat' before making some big moves, predicting the market trend after they exit in advance and confirming several best trading nodes. .
So Amber will often consult Lilith for her opinions now. Even though she often shows her 'artificial retardation' side, she is never ambiguous on business matters.
He pondered for a moment, and then asked: "Lilith, who do you think is the biggest beneficiary of this matter?"
"The Federation~" Lilith replied without thinking, "They just have the opportunity to legitimately launch an attack on the Rubin Galaxy."
Hearing this answer, Amber frowned: "But the price is to 'sacrifice' a Secretary of State? What's this? Instead of the 'Heart of Liberty' (federal government office building) and the cats and dogs in Congress, the Secretary of State is a very high-level cat and dog. Isn't the cost too high?"
"Master, judging from the 'personal portraits' I made of the president, the secretary of defense, the navy marshal, and several other powerful federal figures, they are really people who are capable of doing this kind of thing."
Lilith paused, seeming to be thinking about something, and her eyes began to flash through streams of data - this was a characteristic of her high-speed retrieval of information.
After a while, she continued to speak: "But Master, you are right. If it is to intervene in the situation in the Lubion Galaxy, the 'price' is really too high. After all, they continue to wait. If you go down, you can still wait for the opportunity to intervene."
"Yes, that's why I said there is no need for them to 'sacrifice' the Secretary of State."
Amber clicked. He nodded while thinking about other forces that might have motives.
First of all, the two major forces, the Galaxy Autonomous Government and the Renaissance Alliance, can pass directly. Amber believes that neither Alex nor Franklin will make such a move to transform "slow death" into "quick death".
After all, the Federation only needs some effort and cost to kill them, rather than being unable to kill them. The difference between the two situations is still very big.
The second is the other 'rebel' forces in the Rubian galaxy. But in Amber's opinion, this is even more impossible.
Let’s not talk about whether they have any motive for doing this. Just say that they have not restored the strength of the alliance. It is not easy to send people to sneak into the core area of the autonomous government and then shoot down the aerospace plane. possible tasks.
"Could it be the fault of the military-industrial complex? The actual controllers of the previous leading companies have disappeared for a long time. Could it be that they have been planning this matter? Then they took advantage of the federal government to free up their hands to clean up the civil strife. Opportunity, want to make a comeback again? ”
This idea flashed through Amber's mind, but he dismissed it immediately.
Although the other party has the same motive, Amber does not believe that the current military-industrial complex still has such strength, and judging from Atlas's long-term 'surveillance' of the Rubian system, the other party I have never had a chance to get involved here.
Just when Amber was lost in thought and guessing who was the ‘mastermind’, Lilith’s voice suddenly sounded faintly.
"Master, is there a possibility that this was done by the Star Dragon Empire or one of the regent or the princess?"
(End of this chapter)