Chapter 93 Extreme Pressure
Around 6:00 p.m. that evening on Planet Volker, the sword that had been hanging over everyone's head finally fell.
Eighteen planets and military groups led by Newberland jointly declared war on Volk, arguing that the current commander of Volk, Shengxia, allowed the independence army to return without reason, which might cause chaos in the star field. For the sake of their own security interests, unless Shengxia agreed to publicly strangle the leaders and members of the independence army and continue to strike at the independence army in the future, they would send troops to Volk within twenty-four hours of the declaration.
This declaration is truly more than just talk. The warships of the G18 have already teleported in from the energy space gates of various star regions. Meanwhile, the ZCCL-class strategic disintegration weapon, the World Destroyer, capable of directly shattering entire planets, has also entered combat readiness.
According to the Newberan Planet representative's estimation, Shengxia must have been frightened to death by now. After all, the power of the world-destroying force is not just talk, and with the army approaching, she has no choice but to surrender.
Of course, they also seemed to have prepared a compromise path for Shengxia: strangling the leaders and members of the independence army. After all, they didn't know who the leaders and members of the independence army were based on the existing intelligence. Because they didn't know, as long as Shengxia accepted this proposal, they would be able to kill anyone Shengxia wanted.
It is only a matter of time before unrest and the fall of Shengxia occur.
"They really don't even want to act anymore. They don't even care about their dignity anymore." Faced with such a statement, An Yuan was extremely angry, but when she looked at Sheng Xia's expression, she found that Sheng Xia was unusually calm.
As if sensing An Yuan's puzzled gaze, Sheng Xia looked up and smiled at her, "Not surprising. After all, justice rewards the victor. All they want is a name for aggression."
After Wei Jie contacted Fu Qianshen, he turned around and told Shengxia that the signal communication guarantee work for the star-domain speech had been completed and the star-domain speech could begin at any time.
"Well, before I give my speech, let me spread this news first." Sheng Xia handed Wei Jie a note. Wei Jie opened it and found that it was about the discovery of black gold mines in Guishan.
If the news about the black gold mine energy is released now... that would be a bombshell news that could shatter the planet.
An Yuan calmed down and took another look at the list of planets and military groups that had declared war. He was suddenly surprised to find that Alka, the most powerful planet in this star field, was not on the list.
"Let's wait and see, after this news gets out, who will eat whom first?" Sheng Xia looked at An Yuan with a smile.
An Yuan foresaw that the "giants of the star field" led by the Federation would fight fiercely in the Colosseum built on the Volk planet for this priceless black gold vein.
The more they restrain each other, the safer Planet Volk will be.
However, An Yuan asked Sheng Xia with a hint of doubt: "If my intuition is correct, you are actually fully capable of provoking conflicts among the surrounding star field forces before declaring war. But it seems like you are... deliberately waiting for the other party to declare war?"
Shengxia nodded in agreement: "We must take the initiative to seize the moral right of war and have a legitimate reason for everything."
An Yuan: ...
On the federal side, after the declaration of war by the Group of Eighteen, Professor Musk was very annoyed by the consistent indifferent and unhelpful condemnation. However, he was forced by the power of the Group of Eighteen and its clear attitude of wanting to fight head-on, as well as the privately proposed peace terms: replace Shengxia and everything can be discussed.
The Federation felt that this was a good choice. After all, Shengxia was too self-centered, and the investigation team sent there was assassinated. Professor Musk also strongly advocated protecting Shengxia. All of this made it possible for the situation to get out of control.
The Federation had to consider whether it was really necessary to forcibly protect Shengxia, and the Golden Fleet, which had been standing at the forefront, had not yet spoken out. If this was really a good deal, then why had the Golden Fleet remained abnormally silent?
Of course, the indifference of the radicals and the opposition only lasted for half an hour.
Since Weijie announced that he had discovered black gold in the Ghost Mountain Range on the Volk planet, the radicals and the opposition have become more radical than Professor Musk, demanding that the Federation must preserve Midsummer at all costs.
After all, if Shengxia falls, the black gold mine will most likely fall into the hands of other forces.
However, on the issue of sending troops, the radicals and the opposition still hope to resolve the corresponding issues through negotiations. They hope that Shengxia can remain silent first and let the Federation come forward to negotiate with the Group of 18 that declared war.
Unfortunately, there is no midsummer.
Two hours after the G18's declaration of war, Sheng Xia delivered a star-level speech that summed it up in one sentence: "The planet Volker is in ruins right now. We don't want to fight this war, and we don't want to, but the enemy has reached our doorstep, so we have no choice but to fight."
At the same time, the camera of the speech also gave the audience the soldiers assembled by the Federal Security Bureau and the Volker Planet Police Station. Now they have a new name: the Volker Planet Defense Force.
The Newberland planet's top leaders were a little confused for a moment, as they had not expected that Volk Planet would actually dare to attack and that there really was a black gold mine on this planet that all the groups coveted.
Therefore, the G18 warships, which had not been given clear attack orders, were stuck in the star field where the planet Volk was located.
On the Star Network, a netizen from the planet Arka said that it was the first time in his life that he had seen so many warships stationed in this star region and towering over their heads.
I hope that war doesn’t break out. It’s obvious that this isn’t a just war.
I am ashamed of the G18's declaration of war. Their justification for the declaration is ridiculous.
Please, if there really is a black gold mine on Planet Volk, then if a fight breaks out, the entire star field will likely be ripped apart. I don't want to die with these idiots.
Is this a declaration of war that the G18 came up with on the spur of the moment? They're just a bunch of lunatics.
[It's clear that Planet Volker has done nothing wrong, so why is the G18 going crazy?]
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Public opinion was almost overwhelmingly in favor of Planet Volk, but this was not the worst-case scenario. The worst-case scenario, as Agent Searles predicted, was that if Planet Volk really reached a point of desperation and directly announced that it would exchange black gold mines for absolute security, then the Group of 18, headed by Planet Newberland, would not be enough to be torn apart by external forces.
"What a bunch of idiots." Agent Searles, who was still on Planet Walker, cursed his superior in his heart, and at the same time, he couldn't help but get on the free shuttle bus to Ghost Mountain to check the situation.
Ten minutes ago, she was scolded by her stupid boss, who asked her why she hadn't found out about Ghost Mountain after being on Planet Volk for so long. He also asked her to submit a detailed investigation report on Ghost Mountain immediately.
As luck would have it, in order to fully demonstrate the black gold veins to all the major groups in the star field, Shengxia took the initiative to open a free shuttle bus to Ghost Mountain and actively invited the exploratory internet celebrities who were still stranded on Volk Planet to explore Ghost Mountain.
Honestly, this feels like... a trap set intentionally.
Putting aside the danger of his identity being exposed, from Agent Searles's perspective, it seemed that the current planetary commander of Planet Walker was just waiting for the Group of Eighteen to deliberately provoke a war and thus start a war.
But why? Even though the people of Volk were completely on her side, Volk's current technology was still too naive to start a war with the G18.
But her intuition was right. From the moment she arrived on Volk Planet, she saw the light rekindled in the eyes of the people of Volk Planet. That light also gave them the courage to resist.
Moreover, there was a pre-plan for this war. From the moment the FSB soldiers came out to explain the routes that could be used for hiding and concealment if the war expanded, the people of Volk Planet had already prepared for the possibility of a breakthrough by warships and the necessity of a ground war.
Yes, they were all ready to start a real war, but her superiors still hoped that simple military deterrence would make Shengxia retreat.
Not to mention that due to the existence of the black gold mine, Shengxia directly destroyed their most deterrent military force - the ZCCL-class strategic crushing weapon [World Destruction], which made Volk's arrogant fantasy of planet destruction disappear.
"Be careful, are you okay?"
Suddenly, Agent Sells was about to fall when someone grabbed her and she was startled. She looked up and was surprised to find that the person guarding her was actually a member of the Independence Army.
Perhaps others haven't noticed it yet, but Agent Sales, who had real contact with the Independence Army many years ago, has already recognized the identities of these people. She couldn't help but be shocked. Such an important place as Ghost Mountain... was left to the Independence Army to guard?
Wait, that’s not right. The members of the Independence Army came here as volunteers to help. What’s more terrifying is that there are some people here whom she had seen in prison before. Did Shengxia release all the prisoners from the past?
As the group went deeper into Ghost Mountain, Agent Searles stopped laughing because she saw that the cutting-edge weapons that were once placed here as a "rat hole" were now directly displayed on the wall. What was even more terrifying was that there were detailed introductions to the weapons and docents.
At the same time, the content of these tour guides' explanations was very correct, which meant that the military of the planet Volk was no longer as weak and backward as they expected. On the contrary, relying solely on these weapons in the "rat hole", they might actually have the possibility of competing with the Group of 18.
What made Agent Sellers even more upset was the guide's words: "The weapons we see now are only one-tenth of the total size. To be honest, we don't know how weapons grew here, but we are sincerely grateful. It's great that these weapons can be put to temporary use now."
At the same time, before the top leaders of the Group of 18 were dumbfounded, the battle report from the front line had arrived: Shengxia had taken action.
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