Chapter 71 You Must Pay the Price
Shengxia suddenly widened her eyes, and then she realized that Fu Qianshen beside her was worriedly asking her if she wanted to take a break. Since the arms shipment was sent out, she had basically not had any rest.
During this time, everyone has finally understood how their planet commanders work.
I woke up at 5:30 in the morning and listened to external news reports while washing up. After that, I started a high-intensity work, including but not limited to a series of inquiries about the live broadcast background. At the same time, I also listened to the reports on the current R&D status of people in different fields in Rongdong, encouraging and guiding them to conduct more in-depth research in their respective fields.
After that, she would listen to additional reports from Mo Siming and others and make decisions on development. If any emergencies occurred, she would take over directly to sort out and issue instructions.
Dinner will start at 11:30. The planet commander will come out to eat with everyone, while also caring about food safety. He will also carefully taste the dishes and listen to the opinions of the exploration and excavation team members, make a decision and issue instructions.
After dinner, everyone took a break. Shengxia also discussed the next national security plan with Fu Qianshen and the others, and also discussed personnel redeployment and the development of corresponding training plans for the current talent shortage in various key areas.
After lunch, everyone started working. Shengxia would appear and take the initiative to join the excavation team, sometimes even going to the front, but at the same time, he would also listen to the reports from all parties.
Before dinner, Shengxia would handle communications from surrounding star region forces or the Federation, discuss response strategies with Mo Siming and others, and formulate command documents to be distributed to various departments.
Ten o'clock was the lights-out time determined before Shengxia arrived. To ensure that the excavation team members were fully energized and did not become distracted, everyone went to bed at ten o'clock. However, Shengxia was still in contact with the captains of the construction teams at this time, listening to their difficulties and pain points in the project and working to solve them.
Sometimes Shengxia would even go directly to the construction site where the problem occurred at midnight to check the situation. Although the team members from the abandoned mining area also asked to go with them, they were always gently rejected by Shengxia.
It was not until some time in the early morning that Shengxia turned off the lights and rested, and then he woke up at 5:30 in the morning without fail to continue the entire journey.
There was once a mercenary who wanted to murder Shengxia and shouted that he couldn't defeat her. At that time, everyone thought it was a joke. It was not until now that everyone realized... that this turned out to be Shengxia's real daily actions!
She is really too energetic, but it is also very worrying. After all, simply listening to reports may not be a very mentally demanding job, but after listening to the reports, she has to analyze the current situation, make decisions, and deal with people from the Federation. That is a bit scary.
But Shengxia is still the highest-powered commander on this planet. No matter who tries to persuade her, it is useless. They can only let her continue this thrilling journey.
But as for Shengxia herself, she couldn't sleep... couldn't sleep at all. It wasn't quite like she had insomnia. She would fall into dreams as soon as she closed her eyes. She always dreamed of scenes that seemed similar to the current situation but were completely different.
The people of Volk, who were also facing encirclement and suppression from the surrounding star forces, had their supplies completely cut off by the Federation. They fought to the last second but were still no match for the overwhelming forces of the surrounding star forces. There were far more people who defected to the enemy than those who fought hard.
Although she was asked to evacuate first, she refused. She tried to start over and use the time conversion machine of the Space-Time Bureau, but this violated the laws of the Space-Time Bureau.
During that chaotic time, she saw the label "Mission Failed" on her head. She knelt and cried bitterly, then heard the guide beside her gently comfort her: "We still have a chance to start over."
"Do we have a chance?"
"Yes, so just go ahead and do whatever you want, Xia."
It was really strange. Every time the voice in her dream said the word "Summer", she would wake up uncontrollably, and the time of waking up was always exactly half past five.
It's neither early nor late at this time. Even if I sleep for another hour or two, it may not be enough to relieve my fatigue. It's better to get up and work directly, watch the live broadcast data, and see what tricks the guys from the surrounding star forces are up to.
Anyway, the cold season on Planet Volker will not end for at least another five months. During these five months, she should have no problem using the chaos caused by her proactive attack to complete the basic infrastructure and the initial talent development of the entire industry chain.
In short, as long as these two forces stop interfering with her, she can directly start the construction of the entire industrial chain in five months, and then take advantage of the opportunity after the winter season when the personnel of the two forces have to come to Volk Planet to investigate the situation, and then integrate the personnel of the Independence Army into Volk Planet... When everything is on track, she can also welcome her true retirement.
There is also the area near the current hot spring villa. Directly building it into a tourist base can also generate a lot of funds and jobs.
Thinking about it, Shengxia couldn't help but ask Xiaoai: "Can't we contact the Space-Time Bureau?"
“Several attempts have been made, but they have all been derailed.”
Xiao Ai's reply made Sheng Xia frown again, but she soon thought it through. No matter what was waiting for her in the future, it would not be more terrible than her previous working life. She just had to do it.
As Shengxia and her group walked into the abandoned mining base in the Ghost Mountain area of Volker Planet, where the first section of the road had been opened, the live broadcast screen began to freeze again. Xiao Ai explained that the signal from the space-time bureau in the periphery was dissipating, causing fluctuations in the signal transmission section.
"Commander, the reinforcement work in this area has been completed. Should we excavate this area now?"
Three days ago, when Shengxia and her team dug into this area, they discovered something strange about it. It looked like an old signal rotation base station, but there was still a weak current running continuously.
After Xiao Ai finished scanning, she couldn't decide whether it was a product of the current time period or a product of the Space-Time Bureau. In addition, the thickness of the ice in this area was also strange. The echo sounded like a large hollow area. In order to avoid landslides, the excavation team had to choose to bypass this area first, and reinforce the surrounding area before looking for another opportunity to excavate this area.
Now Shengxia comes in with a portable cart that can be used for live broadcasting, obviously intending to broadcast the entire excavation process live,
Shengxia had thought it through thoroughly. Regardless of the time and spacetime the soon-to-be-excavated signal rotation base station belonged to, the worst-case scenario would be that it would be interpreted as a historical device and placed as an exhibit in the museum that was about to be built on the Volk planet. But if it was a spy base station that was still in operation, wouldn't that be...
As soon as the pickaxe was driven in, the entire mine seemed to shake uncontrollably. The intensity of the shaking inside the mine could be clearly seen from the live broadcast.
"It hasn't exceeded the pressure limit yet, so we can continue digging."
The explorer looked at the report from the monitoring instrument in his hand and shouted in the direction of Shengxia and the others, but Li Xiuqi signaled everyone else to stop what they were doing.
"I can feel something is wrong here."
While he was still speaking, Shengxia had already started to wipe away the ice around some tiny bumps in the area, exposing the locations of these lethal attack weapons that were frozen but still had the ability to restart.
Honestly speaking, if Shengxia hadn't taken the initiative to explain these weapons, no one would have thought they were weapons. They clearly looked no different from beautiful icicles.
However, as this live broadcast began, the surrounding star-field forces all felt as if their base had been wiped out in one fell swoop.
That's right, this is the most advanced weaponry hidden in Agent Searles's hands. He originally thought that these country bumpkins on Planet Walker didn't know what they were. Even if they were shot to death by these weapons, they would just think it was the original weirdness of Ghost Mountain. The more people died, the more terrifying rumors would be spread about this weirdness.
But now, Shengxia has explained them one by one, even dismantling them with his bare hands.
No way, are you sure? This is a high-end weapon that they have been secretly developing for so long. Do you really think it is like cabbage in the field that can be grown casually?
The Federal Bureau was also in a state of panic because of Shengxia's lagging live broadcast. You have to know that some of the technologies of the equipment that Shengxia is talking about have not even been broken through by the current top research institutes, but Shengxia can not only explain it, but also practice how to disarm these weapons and equipment.
"She is a rare genius."
"She's said to be a spy, but what spy would risk their own job to do something as stupid as a live commentary?"
"Go contact her quickly and tell her to stop broadcasting live to the entire star region. If she continues, our technology will fall behind that of Planet Volk."
"Shit."
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Shengxia, unaware of the commotion she had caused, looked at the inquiring eyes of the people in front of her. After finishing all the explanations, she announced the good news that corresponding weapons courses would be added, and asked Fu Qianshen to inform Wei Jie to implement the work. What about the transmission channel?
"It's done, don't worry."
Fu Qianshen gave Shengxia a thumbs up. He knew that Wei Jie's workload was already overloaded, so the people from the Independence Army would come to help. However, due to the live broadcast, the transmission channel between the two sides had to be moved from the ground to the underground.
Shengxia nodded and continued to lead the excavation team to dig deeper into the hollow area. Finally, after breaking through another layer of thick ice and about to reach the "main control room" that powered these weapons, a shocking scene appeared before everyone's eyes.
The previous planetary commander of Volk and his entourage were quietly exploring the small control room in the form of ice sculptures.
Some of them had even found the power supply base station, but due to the sudden freezing, they couldn't even feel the temperature change at that moment and lost their lives.
No one could have imagined that the previous missing planet commander and his accompanying team would reappear in the public eye in such a shocking way.
Shengxia observed their expressions, which seemed to indicate that they were all ready to die together, but their frozen hands were still tugging at the button to shut down the power supply base station.
"Don't move." Suddenly Li Xiuqi reached out and stopped Fu Qianshen who wanted to go forward to check on these people.
A group of frozen butterflies with a chill flew towards this side. Shengxia immediately raised his laser weapon and killed the group of butterflies as soon as he saw them.
"Commander?"
"Get out first, quickly!"
Following Shengxia's roar, after everyone retreated, they saw that the control room that had been dug out was frozen again.
"What the hell are these? There's no way these things exist on Planet Volk."
While Li Xiuqi was complaining, Shengxia couldn't help but curse: "The people in the Federation are all blind."
Compared to Shengxia's resume, the previous planetary commander was a real talent. Perhaps based on the rumor that Volk was the "burial place of planetary commanders", he brought his team to this place, hoping to make some changes.
From the head of the grain group, Shengxia could feel that the previous planet commander had done his best to stabilize the situation on Volk Planet without having as many "golden fingers" as her.
However, he still lost his life in the face of the joint attack by the surrounding star field forces. The attitude of the Federal Bureau was... after receiving the missing person report, they treated it as nothing happened and then selected another unlucky person, that is, Shengxia, to come to the planet Volk to take charge of the planet.
Does the Federation really still want Planet Volk?
Perhaps after stabilizing the situation on Planet Volk, a referendum to leave the Federation and pursue independent development would be the truly correct path.
"Commander, should we... continue digging?"
Suddenly, the voices of Li Xiuqi and the others interrupted Shengxia's thoughts. Shengxia looked up at everyone and said firmly, "Dig! Dig out all the rumors on this mountain."
After everyone looked at each other, they neither sighed nor objected. They all fell silent inexplicably and just continued their digging work again and again.
During this period, the number of contacts from the Federal Bureau and surrounding star field forces increased significantly. Even Mo Siming began to request to come to the vicinity of Ghost Mountain.
Shengxia only replied to Mo Siming alone. After agreeing to Mo Siming's request, she also asked Mo Siming to communicate with the Federation. If the Federal Bureau could not come up with a decent compensation plan, there would be no need to continue communicating.
"I know you're angry, but given the current situation on Planet Volk, I'm afraid we can't let things get so bad with the Federation."
"What were you doing when they disappeared?"
When Mo Siming heard Shengxia's words, he knew that Shengxia was blaming him as well. He lowered his eyes silently, then looked back at the magnificent interior of the melting cave and the crowds of people in the food area.
Midsummer is a miracle, but that doesn’t mean others can become a miracle.
Mo Siming did not respond to Shengxia, but only said that he would communicate with the federal authorities.
With the previous planet commander and his team "seeing the light of day again", Shengxia's live broadcast of the excavation work on Ghost Mountain has once again become popular.
The surrounding star field forces, realizing that Shengxia's actions might really trigger large-scale unrest, suddenly quieted down. Later, the Federation detected that a large number of warships were being assembled and headed for the star field where the planet Volk was located.
It seems that they are preparing to use force to "dismember" the planet.
The federal authorities also passed the relevant military intelligence to Mo Siming, and asked Mo Siming to go to Shengxia immediately to ensure that Shengxia would not act recklessly again, and to interrupt the live broadcast immediately.
What was strange was that this time Mo Siming remained silent for a long time but did not give a clear answer. This was the first time I saw him so unprofessional and absent-minded.
By the time Mo Siming arrived near Ghost Mountain, Shengxia and the others had already withdrawn. It was estimated that Shengxia had already seen the news that the warships of the surrounding star forces were gathering. Mo Siming didn't say anything and just stood quietly beside Shengxia.
After an unknown amount of time, Shengxia looked up and saw Mo Siming standing next to her stubbornly, ignoring Fu Qianshen's advice. This frightened Shengxia: "Why are you standing next to me without saying anything?"
"Wait for you to make a decision." Shengxia seemed to hear a soft hum from Mo Siming's nostrils.
"I was too harsh." Shengxia lowered her eyes. Mo Siming looked down at her, as if he was surprised that she would apologize to him. So Mo Siming pinched his neck and squatted down next to Shengxia. He asked Shengxia in a deep voice, "So what are you going to do now?"
midsummer:……
"Tell me, I don't want to run away this time."
Shengxia's eyes widened suddenly, and Mo Siming seemed to see her surprise. He sighed and said that this was the first time he had met a planet commander like Shengxia. In the past, he only needed to ensure that the planet Volk was still there, but if the planet Volk wanted to be better, it would be completely beyond his ability.
"But my repeated concessions haven't brought me the results I want. Now it's up to you. You won't surrender so easily, right?"
For some reason, what Mo Siming was describing coincided with the scene in Sheng Xia's dream. Going to war? Given the current size and weapons reserves of the Volk planet, war was not a wise move and would only lead to complete destruction.
Thinking back to similar situations she had encountered during past missions, the red that had penetrated the fog and attacked the sun, and the scenes of struggle and humiliation she had seen over and over again,
Everything can be gathered into a red belief,
"If you've been suppressing your emotions for a long time before finally deciding to start a fight, you've actually been wanting to beat someone up for a long time."
Shengxia murmured this unconsciously. Mo Siming tilted his head and asked in confusion, "Huh?"
"No war." Shengxia stood up and frowned. "But that doesn't mean we won't fight back. Notify the Federal Headquarters. We will initiate electronic warfare. We also need the Federal Headquarters to assemble warships near Planet Arka. If a warship crosses the star field space line I've drawn, our warships will open fire."
Mo Siming: ...After listening to Shengxia's words, he felt something was wrong but he couldn't put his finger on what it was.
Sheng Xia looked at his bewildered expression and explained directly that she had the ability to use electronic warfare to control all different types of warships entering this star field. Since she could control the enemy's warships, she could naturally control her own warships as well.
Therefore, once the enemy warships really receive orders to prepare to attack the Volk planet, the Federation will be directly dragged into the water. At the same time, Arka, the planet with the most political and military influence in this star field, will not wait in vain for other star field forces to come up and gnaw on its wounds after being attacked.
"In short, if they hit me, I'll beat up their boss. If the boss is in so much pain that he can't move me, he'll definitely take his anger out on his subordinates. As for the Federal Bureau, well, I've already hit them, so they have the right to interpret it however they want."
Mo Siming: ...
"But no matter how much the Federal Bureau tries to explain, the flames will inevitably burn them. Furthermore, if the Federal Bureau abandons Planet Volk at this moment, the forces entrenched in its entire territory will swarm around it, thinking of ways to dismember it. If the United Planets within its rule waver and believe they can be abandoned at any time, the Federal Bureau will only collect money and not protect it, and the Federal Bureau's rule will come to an end."
"So whether the current federal government wants to or not, it will have no choice but to continue to fight us to the bitter end."
Mo Siming: ...What a clear hand!
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