Chapter 62 The Darkest Hour

When Wei Jie was trying to find his way out in a daze, Shengxia grabbed him by the collar and pulled him back before he had walked far. He was sweating profusely and when he looked down, he found that the work here was loose. It looked like the steel bars had fallen down. Who did this? Did he know that something would happen?

Before Wei Jie could get angry, Sheng Xia called out Xiao Ai, and asked Xiao Ai to hijack the entire news and publicity system of the Volk planet.

Then, next to this loosened project, Shengxia began her speech: "Citizens of Planet Volk, it is clear that the enemy has infiltrated the interior, and they all hope for my death."

"The truth is, after a person dies, they often gain more kindness from the world. But what I want to say is that I will never commit suicide as they wish. I will never, ever, ever give up my fight against them."

"Alright, now stop blindly listening to what others say. Use your own brains and experience to think for yourself. The more excited these guys who wish me dead get, the more it proves that we are on the right path. After all, only your opponents fear your strength."

This one sentence calmed the still agitated crowd. They all looked up at Shengxia's appearance, but the worry in their hearts did not diminish much. After all... Since Shengxia took office, she has rarely appeared in public speeches. Usually, when she made such a move, it meant that the matter had become a big deal.

While everyone was silent, Shengxia directly pulled up the page showing her being wanted by the federal government and jokingly said:

"See this ever-increasing bounty? Oh, I'm already in the top ten of the federal wanted criminal bounty list. This is truly an honor, because you can clearly see that a planetary commander who is still in office has been accused of being a wanted criminal without any evidence."

"Of course, I'm not showing this wanted page to persuade you to side with me against the FBI. That's wrong. Okay? I believe the FBI will soon drop the charges and remove my photos. Perhaps you can take a screenshot as a souvenir. After all, this will be a once-in-a-century photo."

Shengxia's statement was so outlandish that some in the crowd couldn't help but laugh. Of course, the laughter was awkward, but the reporters, sensing that the situation was beginning to tilt, didn't want to be outdone and directly shouted a pointed question to Shengxia from the crowd: "How do you explain the money you ate in the robot dog transaction?"

Shengxia snapped her fingers, facing the reporters while keeping the live camera firmly locked on them:

"Under normal circumstances, I would have sued you for defamation, but I'm still the planetary commander of this planet, so I'll send you to prison. But don't worry, you just need to retake the journalist's self-cultivation test and you'll be released."

"What?!" The reporters burst into screams of disbelief.

Unexpectedly, midsummer continued to walk calmly:

"Not just you, I will send your boss and your entire news media group straight to jail and make them write a journalistic self-cultivation exam. You can even get together and have a big pot meal."

"You are not democratic at all, you are against the federal constitution." The reporter saw someone really coming towards him to try to arrest him, and he was furious and screamed at the same time, criticizing the barbarity of Shengxia.

But Shengxia continued to refute with an unchanged expression:

"Before I arrived, was there a word called democracy on the planet Volk?"

"But you're not democratic now. You're a dictator who doesn't allow anyone to voice dissent."

The reporters were on the offensive, and Shengxia reached out to stop the federal security team members who were on duty. Just when the reporters thought this was a sign of Shengxia's surrender, they heard Shengxia face the camera firmly and say:

"All the people of Planet Volker, listen carefully to what I am about to say. Do you know what the worst-case scenario is? It's not that I lose this struggle, but that the foundation of your current stability begins to waver, and you lose hope of moving forward."

"The future of Planet Volk lies in your hands, not mine."

"So, don't let rumors ruin everything. Give me some time. I promise it won't be long."

After saying that, Shengxia closed the live news broadcast.

On the other hand, the Federation gradually realized that something was wrong as they watched the bounty on Shengxia's head continue to rise.

Congressman Musk, who was originally furious and vowed to kill Shengxia, also came to his senses and began to actively work for Shengxia. He said frankly that the current development of the federation has completely exceeded the original expectations and has begun to develop out of control, which is a very dangerous phenomenon.

But in the eyes of the hardliners, this is completely reasonable. As the planetary commander of the Federation, if Shengxia is a traitor and has even illegally hacked into the Federation's database before, then she deserves to be treated cruelly by the Federation.

"If she thinks she can escape Federation sanctions by taking advantage of Volk's ice age, then we would rather give up the entire planet Volk than fail to uphold the dignity of Federation rule."

"The truth is, the robot dog's data has been completely leaked. Although we've recovered the corresponding losses, that wasn't what we should have done. So, Professor Mask, we have to settle the score for being tricked by her."

"Professor Musk, I think it would be best if you ended your relationship with this young planetary commander as soon as possible. After all, the mechanical dog no longer has any military value, so there's no need for you to continue speaking on her behalf."

"Besides, whether she's even talented is still a question. A marginal figure who had no outstanding achievements in school, but after arriving on Planet Volk, she suddenly transformed into a formidable military expert in a very short time. Do you think this is possible? Furthermore, her grades in math, physics, and other related subjects were not outstanding in school, so it's hard to believe that she is a highly promising military talent."

"That's right. And she was able to tame the many complex forces on Planet Volk so quickly. Doesn't this only further prove her identity as a spy?"

After listening to the speeches of those around him at the meeting, Musk checked Shengxia's previous application subject grades at the Federal College. They weren't impressive, but she was able to create a "mechanical dog" that was as perfect as a work of art... If this was really the work of another star field, simply using the chaotic star field where Volk was located to form a "proxy war", then...

After thinking it over again and again, Musk gradually fell silent from his initial helpful speech.

Just as the hard-line congressmen were about to issue an arrest warrant for Sheng Xia, an encrypted channel entered the meeting. At the same time, after verifying the encrypted channel, the host of the meeting's expression changed slightly:

"We have a special councillor who has requested to attend the meeting."

"who?"

Three hours later, the Federation withdrew the wanted order for Shengxia as Shengxia had said, which made the people in the melt cave on the Volk planet couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

However, the leaders of the surrounding star field forces were getting a little restless. It had only been a short time, and the trend within the Federation couldn't possibly change so quickly. But soon, Agent Searles gave new intelligence:

Mo Siming, the "peacock" of the population export faction on the planet Volk, participated in the meeting remotely and helped Shengxia clear some of the suspicion of treason.

"Mo Siming?"

"This is also quite good. At least we can update our database. The bigger the incident becomes, the more hidden lines the Federation has placed on Planet Volk will be exposed, which will actually benefit our future work."

"Humph, he's quite patient. For all these years we thought he was just a playboy who loved socializing."

After pondering for a few seconds, the leaders of the surrounding star field forces put forward a new suggestion. In this regard, Agent Sales said frankly that he had already made preparations.

Inside the melt cave on the Volk planet, after Mo Siming finished attending the meeting, An Yuan and the other independent army leaders who followed him were all shocked. They seemed to have never expected that Mo Siming actually enjoyed such a high reputation within the Federation.

But Mo Siming didn't have time to explain the matter to them. He simply contacted Shengxia and asked about her current situation. After getting through to Mo Siming, Shengxia bluntly said, "I'm afraid we're going to have a hard time next year."

First, due to the large amount of funds forced back by the Federation, most of the funds in the public account of the Volker Planet Government Hall have been frozen. Secondly, the sixteen alliance summit groups of the surrounding star field forces have signed a corresponding document to cut off the original humanitarian aid resources for Volker Planet in the coming year, including the minerals needed for winter heating and the aid funds provided in previous years.

Finally, the sixteen alliances announced that they would increase tariffs and strictly restrict citizens of the planet Volk from entering their planet to work.

"The Federation doesn't care about Planet Volk, and the surrounding star field forces don't care about Planet Volk either. It's really a sad thing to think about it."

Mo Siming was silent for two seconds, but after taking a deep breath, he repeated the question he wanted to ask: "I want to ask...are you okay?"

No matter how arrogant a person is, if he suddenly faces a blow like a building collapsing, is even put on the federal wanted list and is questioned by the people he loves, he must feel very uncomfortable.

Naihe Shengxia was silent for a few seconds, then asked Mo Siming with a bit of confusion in her voice: "Should I... be sad?"

Mo Siming: ???

"Okay, then I'll be sad for a while."

Mo Siming: ...

The fact is, Sheng Xia, who had seen many similar things in the Space-Time Bureau, knew that at this moment, compared with the encirclement and suppression by external forces, the most important thing was to stabilize the internal people as a ballast. So she was not even prepared to continue to pay attention to the wanted order issued by the Federation.

After all, once the misunderstanding is resolved, it is only a matter of time before the federal arrest warrant is lifted.

However, she always felt that she seemed to have missed something.

Suddenly, there was a loud noise like a landslide in the direction of the hot spring area. Then Shengxia saw Wei Jie running over and told him, "Those munitions faction in the hot spring area have gone completely crazy. They've blown up one end of the hot spring valley. Fu Qianshen has already led his soldiers there."

At one end of the valley in the hot spring area?

After connecting to the satellite of Volker Planet, Xiao Ai quickly analyzed the current situation based on the cloud map and issued a disaster warning: the hot spring valley in the east is a relatively flat area in the entire hot spring area. After this area is destroyed, the hot spring water that originally surrounded the entire mountain will flow uncontrollably into it.

Wait, seeing this line of words, Shengxia suddenly realized that pumping out the water meant that the people in the hot spring area wanted to completely destroy the heating circulation system of the entire melt cave.

If the raw materials needed for heating cannot be directly cut off, should the cooling efficiency be reduced, causing the heating cycle to overheat and directly destroy the entire heating system?

Shengxia unconsciously clenched her fists. As expected, none of these forces cared about the people of Planet Walker. They would rather give up the entire planet than kill her. This indifference to people's lives was beyond her expectations.

"Are you okay?" After Mingrui sensed Shengxia's emotional fluctuations, Xiaoai called out to Shengxia with some concern. Shengxia only nodded lightly and asked Xiaoai if she had traced the source of the data of the corresponding black market mechanical dog.

Xiao Ai regretfully answered no, and said that with the current computing power, if you want to completely trace the source of the data, you will probably have to wait at least another fifteen hours. After all, the black market system is still splitting into new channels.

Sheng Xia: ... "Then I'll go to the hot spring area first, and contact Mo Siming and ask him to come back first."

Wei Jie contacted Sheng Xia at this time, asking Sheng Xia whether to inform the public about the situation in the hot spring area. In addition, although Fu Qianshen had already brought people there, unfortunately...

Hearing that Wei Jie's "but unfortunately" seemed to have a deeper meaning, Sheng Xia directly pointed it out and asked, "What do you mean?"

"When Fu Qianshen brought his men here, he discovered that everyone in the hot spring area seemed to have died from suffocation."

"What?!"

"Yes, they...are all dead. Not one is left."

midsummer:……

At the same time, Fu Qianshen and the federal security team members who arrived with him were faced with a tragic scene in the hot spring area that looked like the scene of a horror movie. Those who were not mentally prepared and could not keep up immediately vomited by leaning against the wall.

They had come here with great momentum, intending to attack the bigwigs in the hot spring area, but they had no idea that when they opened the door, they would be greeted by the miserable sight of these bigwigs, clutching their necks and lying on the ground with purple bodies, their faces grimacing from suffocation.

Even Fu Qianshen felt as if he was suddenly stunned. He couldn't figure out why this group of people suddenly died in the villa in the hot spring area. What was even more bizarre was that this was the cold winter of Volk Planet, a period when flights were forced to be suspended. Who could have sneaked past the defense line they set up in the hot spring area and sneaked in here and killed so many people?

It is too dangerous for the enemy to wait for an opportunity to act in the unknown darkness.

Suddenly, there was a subtle sound like the movement of clock hands. Before Fu Qianshen could react, a team member rushed over to him. In a flash, there was a loud bang. Shengxia had just arrived with the medical team when they witnessed the scene of the luxurious villas in the hot spring area being blown apart.

At that moment, not to mention the native Volker team members behind Shengxia, even Shengxia was a little dazed.

You should know that the luxurious villas in the hot spring area have always been regarded by the people of Volk Planet as the highest point they can see on the entire planet and the ultimate dream of life.

Now this dream has been blown to pieces, as if telling them that their lives have never been in their own hands. Even such a luxurious villa can be blown up at will and nothing will be left as long as it threatens the interests of the top leaders of the surrounding star fields.

What's worse is that the scene just now has been broadcast live inside the melt cave of Volk planet through internal instructions, including the private call that Shengxia explained to Wei Jie when he asked about it: "The flow of spring water in the hot spring area will cause the heating system inside the melt cave to be destroyed."

This means that all the people on the planet Volk in the melting cave have now witnessed such a threatening scene that is enough to destroy their beliefs in life.

Mo Siming had just arrived at Rongdong and saw the forced live broadcast on the display screen at the door, which made him feel uneasy. However, soon after An Yuan received the information about the data leak and Mo Siming used his authority to check who had given the order for the live broadcast,

Mo Siming felt his heart twitch.

He quickly contacted Shengxia: "Shengxia, is Wei Jie with you?"

"He was inspecting the bombed-out area of ​​the hot springs district. What happened?"

Mo Siming took a deep breath and said, "I want to tell you something. Wei Jie... is the spy who has been lurking beside you for a long time. He planned all this long ago."