Chapter 41 Now it's your turn to save the world

Shengxia tapped the table lightly with her fingers a few times, then stood up and said something completely unexpected to Bud's hand:

"I understand. Just watch out, don't die of despair first."

Shengxia's voice was calm and powerful, and Bud's men couldn't help but hold their breath. When he came to his senses, he saw that Shengxia was about to leave the interrogation room. He couldn't help but shout to the planet commander,

Shengxia heard the call and turned to look at him in confusion. He took a deep breath and said his name: "My name is Zhuifeng, Ji Zhuifeng."

Shengxia: ... "Okay Ji Zhuifeng, I'll take note of your name."

As Shengxia said this, the FSB officers listening in on the interrogation outside the interrogation room couldn't help but stare wide-eyed. Ji Zhuifeng? The young man who had the most promising future in the FSB and had made the most contributions, but who had never been able to become a team leader?

After his wife and children were brutally murdered by the Independence Army, he disappeared during another Independence Army suppression operation. Like a fleeting drop of water, no one mentioned him again, believing him to be just another common scene in the many tragedies of the planet Volk. But then he dramatically reappeared before everyone's eyes, piercing everyone's heart with his presence.

Suddenly, the two young men in the interrogation room gave Ji Zhuifeng a standard Federal Security Corps salute. This made Ji Zhuifeng suddenly feel a little confused. He couldn't help but ask, "Why, do you know me?"

The two young men in the interrogation room exchanged a glance, and one of them told him that the planetary commander, during the previous reforms of the Federal Security Force and the police department, had compiled a large list of people who had been reported missing or whose family members had been retaliated against. He had also sworn to the Federal Security Force and police officers that no outstanding young person would be ruined by the tragedy of Volker's era.

Ji Zhuifeng: ...

"Not only the officers themselves, but also their families are under the protection of the corresponding police stations. The planetary commander said that there is still a lot to do to make Volk a better planet, so she can't just work alone; everyone needs to work together to get out of the past quagmire."

"Yes, we are not only fighting for the other people on Planet Volk, but also for the ambitious self of our past."

The ambitious self back then... Ji Zhuifeng lowered his head in silence. No one could see his expression, but no one asked any more questions. He was transferred to the detention center inside the police station. It was surprisingly empty. After asking around, he learned that the planetary commander had taken back ownership of all police stations and prisons long before the people entered the Rongdong Cave, and had directly stipulated that the prison system be nationalized through public law. No one could use prisoners to make money anymore.

Moreover, some civil cases in the past have been transferred to the relevant courts for retrial, and all those who were wrongly convicted... Of course, most of the people who were wrongly convicted in the past have already notified their relatives and have been sent out to reunite with their families. In this way, a large number of police officers in police stations and prisons have been released to help in other positions in Rongdong.

"This is a brand new beginning, both for us and for all the people of Planet Volker."

Ji Zhuifeng listened to the other party's words in silence, and from time to time he looked up at the large screen inside the detention center, which was broadcasting news from the Rongdong all day long. From the news broadcast, it can be seen that the planet commander suddenly announced that the entire Rongdong was under martial law, and required all citizens to conduct fire evacuation drills in an orderly manner according to the fire and earthquake plans, and not to stay outside for a long time unless necessary.

Judging from the news footage released, the people of Volker Planet were excited and curious about this collective fire evacuation drill. Not only did they not feel disgusted, they even felt that such a collective exercise would prevent stampedes or other tragedies if a fire emergency occurred later. Therefore, this move was seen as a manifestation of the government's responsibility to the people.

"I haven't felt like I have brothers and sisters around me for a long time, but now yes, we are a family, even though we were not born in the same family."

"I can feel the changes in the Walker Police Department and the federal security team members. I can feel that they are really doing this for our own good, so I am happy to cooperate and conduct this evacuation drill."

"I recently learned a lot about Volk's history in adult college classes. The last time everyone was called together to do something was during the Planetary War a hundred years ago. Yes, I think we are starting over from the chaos and inheriting Volk's culture and history. This makes me very proud."

"I have complete faith in our planetary commander. She is a god. I am prepared to carry out whatever she says. Yes, she is the god in my heart. I don't mind her asking me to run up and down. If necessary, I am even willing to walk out of the melting cave just to make room for other poor children. But it is obvious that our planetary commander will handle this matter. So she is a god, and I have complete faith in her."

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At the same time, in the core area research institute, Shengxia took out the "melt hole demolition" plan that he had sorted out, and announced that the plan that everyone had discussed in the past was not in vain. Yes, there really was an outlaw who was ready to blow up the melt hole that everyone had worked so hard to repair.

The unstable foundation of the melt cave, which several research groups had mentioned, had become a major problem. So after a joint meeting of multiple departments, she decided to launch two "spark" plans:

Plan 1: Within five days, dig a large canal along the river valley outside the melt cave and connect the canal to the underground sewage outlet of the melt cave. At the same time, when reinforcing the melt cave foundation and adding a fire barrier, multiple fire water outlets need to be installed, weaving a new fire water outlet network on the surface. As for the heating channel inside the melt cave, it will be elevated by taking advantage of the terrain difference and connected to the large canal outside.

It is equivalent to forming a new shielding barrier between the melt cave foundation and the underground river. Considering that the underground river may be squeezed and erupted after the explosion, there may be depressions or protrusions on the road surface. Therefore, repair workers are required to go down to the underground river to reinforce the core pillars and use slings to connect the important roads in each district. These roads will also become important shelters after a major disaster.

The five days for the entire plan was not the shortest completion time given to them, but the longest completion time they could strive for.

"So what are we waiting for, Planet Commander?"

Before Shengxia could finish her words, the young people in the institute were getting restless. But Shengxia gestured for them to be quiet. She said that the upcoming major project would require the cooperation of the various professional teams in the institute's construction and the repair workers in three shifts. So she made a detailed plan, including how many projects each team needed to complete within a certain timeframe.

Now that the detailed plan has been issued, this is a war for all the people. They have no way to retreat, because their families are behind them. Whether it is "too crazy" or "mission impossible", these words will be used after the completion of the war.

After Shengxia finished explaining the plan, Wei Jie came in and said that the repair workers in Quanrong Cave had received orders and were ready to go, waiting for Shengxia to send the corresponding technical support personnel from the institute to join the team. At the same time, the students in the Adult Education College had been notified to join the team voluntarily as a reserve force and formed corresponding groups.

"My fellow countrymen, now it's your turn to save the world."

With just a few words, the young people in the core area research institute began to applaud and cheer for her. However, there were also voices of criticism. Some researchers from the Volker Planet Social History Research Institute believed that it was perhaps because of Shengxia's overly radical reforms that multiple forces had to unite to suppress her.

She had no choice but to drag all the people of the planet Walker onto the ship and tie them together. This was a very undemocratic decision.

But these remarks were soon buried by the mainstream media with a sentence: "If your enemies are always scolding you, it at least means you are on the right track."

Relevant senior commentators pointed out that their planetary commander is increasing its reliance on workers and civilians, which makes them panic. However, there seems to be no better way at the moment. If they choose to betray the planetary commander, the forces behind it may not let them go now, so they can only pray for a miracle.

"I think the planet commander is a bit suspicious of kidnapping civilians, but... well, this is all we can do now."

Inside the Federal Security Bureau and Central Police Station complex, Fu Qianshen watched the rapid spread of public opinion and wondered why Shengxia didn't take any action to control it. Turning around, he discovered that Shengxia had begun a general speech specifically for the Federal Security Team members and police station personnel:

"Soldiers, Project Spark is being undertaken solely by the Core Research Institute, the repair workers on Volk, and even the students. They've given their all to address this crisis. As Volk's sole armed force, known as Volk's last resort, do we have any reason to cede this crisis response battlefield to them?"

Hearing what Shengxia said, they knew that their beautiful dream was about to end and their sacrifice was inevitable. Both the members of the Federal Security Team and the police officers in the Central Police Station Office Building subconsciously clenched their fists.

They thought about many things, such as not holding this position anymore to avoid being hurt, but honestly, they had been having a lot of fun in the past few weeks in the melting cave, and they welcomed their new life with a brand new attitude.

It’s just that reality... is too cruel.

"Yes, reality is always cruel. I need volunteers in the most dangerous places. If there are no volunteers, I will go myself."

As soon as these words came out, everyone looked up at Shengxia in surprise. Did they hear it right? Volunteers, do it yourself???

"Now, I officially announce the Spark Plan II:"

Spark Plan 2: During the workers' repair period, cooperate with the modified mechanical dog to go deep into the underground river to find the corresponding micro-explosives and dismantle them one by one. At the same time, use the support of the data gimbal to find out every underground river and establish a complete model map to ensure the interface of the Grand Canal in the future. In addition, prevent villains from hiding in the underground river and attacking them at any time.

Although the mission sounds simple, the actual execution is full of crises.

"I hope every volunteer soldier understands the difficulty of this mission. Even with the full coordinated protection of robotic dogs and drones, it may not be able to fully protect you. Therefore, in the corresponding volunteer screening, I need at least those who meet the following conditions to apply:

First, there are no elderly or children to support at home;

Second, people who have been to underground rivers;

Third, personnel with corresponding fighting and assassination capabilities;

Fourth, personnel who are familiar with the relevant explosives removal and have practical experience in explosives removal.

As Shengxia spoke, the personnel of the Federal Security Bureau and the police station saw the top leaders of their respective departments come to the front and calmly stated that they would follow the planetary commander Shengxia into the underground river to remove the corresponding micro-explosive packs. Due to time constraints, the window for filling out the volunteer application form would only last three minutes.

Three minutes later, the volunteers left with them, and the remaining personnel were led by the second-in-command of the Federal Security Bureau, who was responsible for security and order management in the melt cave during this period, as well as the protection and guarding of the Grand Canal outside the melt cave.

It must be said that the sight of the leader and the highest-ranking officer going first had a tremendous impact on the federal security team members and the corresponding police officers in the police station. In the past, they were always the unlucky ones forced to die. The less connected they were, the more likely they were to be assigned dangerous missions. For them, honor in this profession was just a verbal variation of "idiot".

But now the times have changed, and the planet commander is at the forefront of danger. She could have sent soldiers down to die. They were even ready to say goodbye to their families and go down to the underground river to die after being named by the planet commander by drawing lots. But the first batch of people, no, looking at the volunteer registration requirements, they can't even register?

However, in the summer room where all speech videos were turned off,

"Can we really gather soldiers this way?"

Honestly speaking, even the usually steady second-in-command of the Federal Security Bureau felt that Sheng Xia was taking too much of a risk. The idea of ​​risking one's life was difficult to talk about for the newly stabilized personnel of the Federal Security Bureau and the police station, but Sheng Xia had clearly told everyone all the conditions for death in advance, and even set up four full screening criteria for volunteers.

He said that it was not easy to find volunteers for this mission. After all, who would be willing to sacrifice their precious life at this time?

Fu Qianshen looked at Shengxia, who clenched her fists and bowed her head in silence, as if in prayer. He took a deep breath, walked over and patted her shoulder. "It's okay. Maybe Ji Zhuifeng was just talking nonsense. If they want to blow up both districts, they may not be able to mobilize such a large amount of micro-explosives in such a short time."

However, Sheng Xia simply turned around and stared into his eyes, asking, "What if they really have mobilized so many micro-explosives?"

Fu Qianshen also stared at Shengxia's eyes and said, "Then give up the two districts of the Rongdong refuge and reclassify the food area as a living area. In the past, everyone slept on the floor in the Rongdong. There is no reason why we can't sleep on the floor this winter."

The FSB's second-in-command also agreed at this point: "In this crisis, if we squeeze together, we can get through even with only two districts. The most important thing right now isn't even finding the micro-explosives, but building a model of the underground river."

"Well, I know, this matter is of top priority."

As Shengxia was saying this, the distant Independence Army received a request from Mo Siming, along with Shengxia's decision. Shengxia handed over the five best and most advanced frigate-class military starships currently owned by the Federal Security Bureau to the Independence Army, requiring them to board the ships within the next five days and activate the first-level combat readiness mode around the clock, aiming the starships' guns at the hot springs area on the Volk planet.

At the same time, Mo Siming also sent a message to the senior members of the Arms Faction or other factions who were still "confined" in the hot spring area. If the underground river in the Rongdong Cave really exploded, the moment the planetary commander Shengxia died, the hot spring area would be simultaneously flattened by the five frigates taken over by the Independence Army.

In short, even if she dies, she will take everyone here with her, and the future of Planet Walker will be led by the Independence Army.

You have to know that as the independent army has been suppressed, there is absolutely no possibility of anyone related to the arms faction within it. Therefore, if Shengxia dies, it will be a foregone conclusion that the independent army will completely flatten the hot spring valley on the Volk planet.

I have to say that Shengxia’s move was quite ruthless.

After hearing what Mo Siming had said, the senior members of the arms faction were completely clueless. They handed over the corresponding number of micro-explosives and the location where they had ordered their men to install them in the underground river on the same day. They acted like cowards who were being held tightly in check and dared not move an inch.

When Mo Siming contacted Shengxia through the secret communication system, the volunteer application list from the Federal Security Bureau and the police station also came out.

Fu Qianshen and his team were worried that no one would sign up, but when the long list came out, they were surprised to find that there were far more people willing to take on this task than they had imagined.

The brilliance of human nature was fully reflected at this moment. Many people wrote down their wills and wishes at the bottom of the volunteer application form, and then made preparations to die bravely to defend their country.

However, what these volunteers did not expect was that even though they had already passed the four screening criteria proposed by the planetary commander, the planetary commander still reduced the number of people entering the melt cave to only 200.

"I applied, but the planetary commander didn't even notice me?"

To be honest, many volunteers were shocked when they learned that their applications were rejected. Oh my God, this was the first time they had taken the initiative to apply to perform a mission that might involve death, but they were rejected... Rejected?

"Did you succeed in your application?"

"I was rejected too. The reason was that I'm going to marry my wife soon. Wish me a happy wedding in advance? Oh my God, the planet commander actually knows the date of my wedding?"

"I was rejected too. The reason was that life is still beautiful. Even if I am alone, I can still live well and feel the beauty of the new world. Oh my God."

"I was rejected too. The reason was that I'm not yet an adult? No, I'm an adult. Please, I'm really an adult. Can you please let me fill out this damn application form again?"

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While a group of people were looking at the final results and discussing their reasons for being rejected, another group of selected people were quiet, smiled faintly, and took one last look at the bustling crowd around them. Then they stood up and followed the instructions issued by the system to exit the corresponding room and go to the assembly center.

It was not until this group of people left in an orderly manner that the crowd that was still discussing lively finally quieted down and realized that their comrades had already left quietly and without a sound.

At that moment, everyone who realized this finally couldn't help but have tears in their eyes, and with a hoarse voice, they asked the person in charge in the room to announce the list of selected candidates.

At this time, they also discovered that the highest-ranking person in the room had already left without their knowledge, and the only ones left were his deputies. The deputies not only announced the corresponding list of 200 volunteers, but also announced an additional list of 100 standby volunteers. These 100 standby volunteers needed to be immediately filled in if the previous person died.

The purpose is to carry out saturation rescue to stabilize the situation of the underground river in the melt cave.

At the same time, the deputy opened the oath-taking screen at the assembly center. At that moment, without anyone saying anything, every member of the federal security team and the police station subconsciously saluted the warriors at the assembly center with the highest respect.

At the assembly center, the 300 volunteers who had gathered saw, through the 16 large screens in front of them, the crowds in every room saluting them. At that moment, a great sense of honor and responsibility washed over them, causing them to raise their hands and salute in unison.

The scene then cuts off, and the remaining deputy begins to divide and delegate tasks for the security work inside and outside the melt hole. He encourages those who remain to hold the rear positions even when the frontline volunteers charge, and not to leave the melt hole in chaos when the heroes return.

"Maintain order, stick to your post, and strive to ensure the safety of Rongdong."

I don't know who first shouted this slogan, but the moment it was shouted, everyone's hearts were closely connected, so the delegation and claiming of tasks went very smoothly.

It is worth mentioning that for the younger soldiers, the planetary commander issued an additional "warmth" task, requiring them to go to the other party's family to comfort the family members during the 300 volunteers' mission.

"The planetary commander said this is a very important mission during this crisis. The suicide notes and wishes of the 300 heroes on the front lines have been delivered to their families and to you children."

"Even with the most comprehensive protective measures, there's no way to completely guarantee the safety of these heroes. For their families, every day of waiting may be incredibly painful. I hope your presence can ease their pain."

"Remember, we are a collective, an inseparable family."

Soon, the people in the Rongdong Cave felt that something was amiss. They could clearly sense that something serious had happened, but strangely, their daily lives continued as usual.

But... one can see that the eyes of the federal security team members and the corresponding police station personnel standing guard have collectively become much more resolute, as if they have undergone a baptism and have completed a transformation.