Song Pu was completely confused as to why the government forces continued to smear the rebels regardless of the facts.

"They know it's wrong but they still do it. Once we release today's video, the public opinion of the entire star field will completely turn to us. What exactly do they mean by this?"

Chen Ming also didn't understand this operation and asked, "Is this really not intentional? Or is it the work of the government army's NPC?"

Song Pu really hoped that this would be the case, after all, this way they could gain more advantages.

However, his understanding of his opponents and his own rationality still made him deny Chen Ming's idea and said, "The other side is definitely not so bad that they can't even control their own men. This is definitely something they did themselves."

Chen Ming certainly knows this, but the problem is.

"Even if this was part of their plan, it's too outrageous. Could it be that one of them really made a mistake?"

Song Pu shook his head slightly and said, "It shouldn't be a mistake, because it was too deliberate."

"They just lost in this battle. The remaining fleet may not have even reached home yet, but they released this information directly. This must have been arranged in advance."

"So what is going on here? What are they thinking?"

The emergence of these two problems gradually dampened the joy of victory in the battle that the people in the communication channel had just experienced.

The other side's incomprehensible behavior really makes it hard for people not to suspect that there is some special arrangement.

But the specific arrangements are beyond imagination.

"I still need to observe further."

This time, Song Pu did not refute Chen Ming and said, "I think the same thing."

"The other side is not stupid. They must have their reasons for doing this. We must not relax just because we won this game. We must do something else to consolidate and expand our advantage."

Chen Ming was quite interested in what Song Pu was doing in these overall aspects, and asked, "How about doing it specifically?"

Song Pu did not hide anything and said directly: "First of all, we must fight for public opinion. We cannot stop. We must let our rebels occupy the moral high ground as soon as possible."

"At the same time, we started to create propaganda and make it more difficult for the government forces to obtain basic resources, thus widening the gap between us and the government at the fundamental level."

“War is all about foundation. Whoever has a solid foundation is more likely to win in the end.”

"Then we just need to take care of the rest. As long as our goal and means of execution are correct, victory will be within our grasp."

"But I feel like we need to make some new plans now to keep up with the times."

Chen Ming asked: "Isn't the original plan good enough?"

"It's that the original plan is a little behind schedule."

Song Pu said: "Because our battle this time was too smooth."

"Although this is most likely a deliberate move by the enemy, the objective fact is that their fleet has weakened a lot after this battle, and this will not change."

"Our original plan was based on our disadvantaged situation, and we are still at a disadvantage after your expansion of industrial equipment."

"Of course I'm not talking about you. I mean that I made the plan based on this standard at the beginning."

Song Pu continued his original idea: "Our original industrial base is seriously insufficient compared to the government army. We must find an opportunity to occupy new industrial colonies. We may even need to take the initiative to start a war while the government army is recuperating."

"But the situation is different now. With your presence, the colonies we have can replace several government colonies. The conditions are much better than before. Naturally, some plans used in disadvantageous situations are no longer useful."

"The situation has changed, and the original plan must change accordingly. I have modified some of it in the past few days, but the framework is still the original framework and needs to be completely changed."

Chen Ming asked again: "How do you plan to change? Take the initiative to attack? Or stay the same in the face of change?"

“I think we need to discuss this.”

As soon as Song Pu finished speaking, Cheng Xinghe suddenly said in an excited tone: "I feel that we can take the initiative to pursue the victory and not give the government forces a chance to breathe."

It was obvious that Chen Ming had given him special assistance and he got a little carried away.

But the others were not upset, and no one agreed with Cheng Xinghe's words.

Song Pu also immediately expressed his own thoughts: "I think we should first adopt a questioning attitude to put pressure on the government forces, but not take the initiative to start a war again, and instead gain greater advantages from other aspects."

"The government forces themselves have lost the support of the vast majority of the people and various forces."

"And the fact that they took the initiative to start a war this time shows that they have no intention of considering the people or even the various civilian forces at all."

"They are already unpopular, and after this incident, they will be able to gain even less support from the back."

"We have already proven the rebels' capabilities. If we can secretly add fuel to the flames, the government forces may even collapse on their own."

Hong Guanghong also expressed his thoughts after Song Pu finished speaking: "I also think that we should not directly initiate a war to attack the government forces. Compared with attacking, I think development is more important."

"Even if we give them some time to catch their breath, what will happen? Can they catch their breath faster than us?"

"As long as we can develop at a normal pace, with the help of psychics, the expansion of industrial facilities and production lines will definitely be faster and more efficient than theirs."

"It is the other side that should be anxious to start the next war."

"They were so far behind at the start, and they gave up some of their advantages just now. If they don't rush, I'll have to doubt their brains."

"So I think the best thing to do now is not to move. The general will continue to take a defensive stance on the front line, and we will continue to expand the industrial colony in the rear."

“Although there is an upper limit to the scale of expansion, we must take advantage of these advantages before the upper limit is reached.”

"If we can steadily accumulate strength through development and finally crush the opponent head-on, that should be the safest way."

Although Song Pu and Hong Guanghong have similar ideas, Song Pu's thinking is obviously more inclined towards politics, while Hong Guanghong is more inclined to rely on the general trend to crush others openly.

It sounds like there is no problem with it, but Chen Ming did not comment for the time being.

At this time, Dong Miao, who didn't talk much but had been silently doing logistics work, also spoke up at this time: "I think it's better to attack."

"Whether we can develop peacefully or not depends not on us, but on the other side. If the other side ignores its own territory and directly attacks us, destroying our industrial base and making us unable to drag on, what should we do then?"

"Don't forget, our goal is not to wipe out the government forces, but to survive for a month and pass the test of encirclement and suppression."

"But if we don't defeat the government forces in advance to the point where they can no longer interfere with us, they may jump out and stab us in the back at a critical moment."

"It is best to eliminate all unstable factors in advance."

"Especially now, the government forces are at the lowest point in public opinion and morality, which is the best time to hit the fallen dog."

"Of course, the rear area also needs to be protected. We have to develop ourselves, and this has definitely not changed."

"Then there must be enough public pressure on the government forces."

"We are not divided now. We are still under the framework of an empire. Public opinion still has a lot of value."

"There are also some areas where you can exert influence on the other side, and it doesn't necessarily require war."

"For example, the simplest one, assassination."

“I think we still have a chance to do this now.”

"We can't just sit there and wait for the other side to die, right? We should attack and suppress the opponent completely."

At this moment, Chen Ming suddenly realized that Dong Miao, who had always been a man of few words, seemed a little fierce.

All actions are proactive, rather than passive.

Of course, Dong Miao does seem to have the capital to be aggressive.

Because Chen Ming has so far expanded more than a dozen industrial colonies in succession, consuming countless amounts of materials.

Even so, the rebels' supplies could still be steadily supplied. At least Chen Ming had never seen the warehouses under his control being empty.

Dong Miao has always been in charge of specific industrial production planning, material allocation and other matters.

I'll take care of the logistics, you go first in fighting, and as long as you have enough supplies, it seems like there's nothing wrong with Dong Miao saying these.

So even though Dong Miao spoke very arrogantly, no one objected.

After all, we are just discussing the direction of the next plan. Let's express our opinions first and then discuss whether they are reasonable or not.

Now, the situation is clearer.

Song Pu and Hong Guanghong support taking it slow and waiting for the opportunity to get tired.

Cheng Xinghe and Dong Miao’s main strategy was to attack directly and kill the government forces directly.

Different opinions are equally matched.

The power to decide the main direction of the rebels' future plans lies with Chen Ming.

While Chen Ming was listening to his teammates talking, he was also thinking. When everyone was waiting for him to speak, he didn't need to spend too much time thinking.

Chen Ming cleared his throat and said, "I support putting pressure on the government forces on the front battlefield."

"Although my psychic power is of great help to industrial production, industrial production takes time."

"I still think that my psychic power will be more effective in a direct frontal battlefield. I might as well just push into the enemy's homeland and wipe out the government forces."

"And didn't we calculate this before?"

"The total strength of the government forces is about 1.5 to 2 times ours, with a maximum of 400 cruisers."

"Even though they can't kill us directly, we can't do anything about it."

"But it's different now."

"Leaving aside the small boats, just looking at the battle just now, more than fifty of the seventy cruisers were destroyed on the battlefield."

"The government forces have only about 350 cruisers left at most."

"So how many of these 350 ships will be divided up to serve as local patrols because of the larger area occupied by the government forces?"

“How many of them can actually be used on the front lines?”

"The government forces currently have less than a hundred more cruisers than we do."

"As long as we don't start a full-scale war right away, my psychic power can create a huge advantage with this gap."

"And during the war, both sides' fleets were depleted, but our production efficiency was definitely higher than that of the enemy."

"As long as there are no major problems on the front battlefield and the casualties are one-to-one, the gap between the number of cruisers between us and the government army can continue to narrow."

"So, I also agree with Dong Miao."

“We will advance on multiple fronts simultaneously, bringing maximum pressure to all aspects of the government forces.”

Chen Ming's last words determined that the overall direction of the rebels would be mainly offensive.

After discussing the details for a while, everyone in the communication channel left the channel and went to do what they were supposed to do.

Just a few hours later.

However, Chen Ming was very confused by the news about government forces that Song Pu sent to his teammates on a daily basis.

The rebels held a press conference under the organization of Song Pu and publicly produced evidence that the government forces had actively invaded the Galo-4 star zone.

The government forces did not respond at all to this matter, as if they had tacitly acknowledged that everything the rebels said was correct.

Public opinion completely turned to the rebels.

And this led to the next few days.

In every place of Galo-1 and Galo-2, the lower-level soldiers completely lost their will to fight and retreated directly to their original places.

Once the rebel fleet led by Cheng Xinghe arrived at the local area, they surrendered to the rebels on the spot.

The government forces did have their own supervisory team, and after killing a group of their own people, they barely maintained the front line.

It did not allow Cheng Xinghe to easily occupy Galo-3.

But even so, after losing political correctness, the government forces had lost their combat effectiveness and were defeated by the fleet in which Cheng Xinghe and Chen Ming cooperated.

The original ceasefire zone, now the most intense fighting zone, Galo-3, was completely handed over to the rebels after five days.

The government forces could not even maintain their own base, Galo-1 and Galo-2, and soldiers frequently fled military bases.

The military's decline and chaotic government also led to problems in the management of both sectors.

Crime and piracy occurred frequently, and the entire star region was in dire straits.

The situation would be even more serious if the galactic governments of each galaxy or companies with local branches had not joined together to form patrols with sufficient combat capabilities.

The rebels are also showing their full attitude. They will provide sufficient support to any galaxy willing to side with the rebels, and will send a small fleet to be stationed there for vigilance.

The rebels continued to expand their influence and successfully occupied more than a dozen inhabited star systems in Galo-1 and Galo-2 without bloodshed.

It even included two important industrial colonies.

Time passed quickly and it was the seventh day after the change of ownership of Galo-3.

That is the eighteenth day after the simulation began.

Song Pu sent a message on the communication channel of the special terminal.

A military mutiny occurred at the government army headquarters, and the government army’s capital planet has lost contact with the outside world.

However, one thing is certain: a large number of high-ranking government military personnel died.

When this news came through, several people in the channel fell silent.

Chen Ming asked first: "The senior management? It shouldn't be the ones on the opposite side, right?"

Song Pu said, "No, they are on the list I received. All three of them are lying there. Only one Dijia survived because she was leading the troops outside."

"But it shouldn't be them. Even if they don't have enough control over the government forces, they can't be killed by their own men."

"It's not an internal conflict, is it?"

"How is that possible? It's a simulation of an internal fight and who is the fool. It must be a fake death."

"But I'm a little confused about the significance of their death, so I'm just going to share the news with you while I investigate further."

A few hours later.

Song Pu hurriedly asked Chen Ming to set up a voice communication channel and immediately pulled everyone in.

With a slightly uneasy tone, he said: "The latest intelligence is that a new rebellion has broken out in the Galo-2 star zone."

"A new rebel force, accepting the legacy of the government army, began to take over the original systems of Galo-1 and Galo-2 that we had not had time to attack."

Chen Ming suddenly seemed to understand the intentions of the government troops and said, "They want to wipe me out and then take the opportunity to reincarnate."

"Completely abandon the identity of the government army and transfer the people's resentment to the NPC government army."

"But I have a question. Shouldn't the government forces be considered destroyed?"

Song Pu said to Chen Ming, who had not thoroughly studied the rules of the simulation, "Although they belong to the government army, their goal from the beginning to the end is just to kill our rebels and maintain the stability of the star field."

"It doesn't matter who did it or how it was done. As long as we can maintain stability in the end, it doesn't even matter who maintains the stability."

"Just like our goal is to delay for a month, it makes no difference whether we survive for a month or just wipe out the government forces and live a fair and square month."

Chen Ming nodded. Although he understood the rules, he still didn't understand something: "In this case, if the government forces can't put enough pressure on us on the front battlefield and can't wipe us out, then there's not much point in doing this, right?"

"That's right. So this newly emerged rebel army will definitely fight us in the end. They will probably have some tricks up their sleeves along the way, such as using public opinion to stir up trouble."

"We are rebels. Our base is civilians and soldiers who sympathize with the civilians. We can only try to interfere with their development after reincarnation in private. It is impossible for us to take the initiative to take action against the new rebels."

"This should also be considered an open conspiracy."

Song Pu's tone did not sound overly worried. After all, he was now the leader of the rebel forces and knew everything that the rebels had experienced in recent days.

He knew that it would not be easy for the rebels to succeed. Even with the funding of government forces and the support of public opinion, it would definitely not be easy to keep up with their already developed pace.

“So although this seems like a feasible solution, it is not so feasible if you know the specific situation.”

"We just need to control the direction of public opinion when we have the upper hand."

"Besides, the demise of the government forces is not enough to prove that the new rebels are capable of taking charge of this star region. There must be more senior official forces involved."

"We can openly express to the new rebel group that we are willing to maintain peace for a month and wait for the test of time."

"But I can be sure that the government forces will never coexist peacefully with us, and they definitely have more than just these tricks."

Chen Ming suddenly had an idea and said, "Remember the missing battleship? Is it possible that they could use it to do something?"

"The weapons and shield systems of that battleship have been destroyed. Even if we give them another month, they still won't be able to repair them. This possibility can be ruled out."

"Let's consider other means they might use and prepare in advance."

Time goes by day by day.

Chen Ming continued to cooperate with Hong Guanghong to expand the colony and ensure basic industries.

Song Pu continued to pay close attention to the overall situation and arrange various measures against the new rebels.

Meanwhile, Cheng Xinghe was still eliminating the remnants of the government army, trying to control more star systems and preparing for possible attacks by new rebels and the upcoming encirclement and suppression in a month.

And this process.

The development momentum of the rebel army that had just emerged was extremely rapid.

In just a few days, it expanded rapidly from a corner of Galo-2, occupying most of Galo-2 at a speed that no one expected.

The new rebels are still moving towards Galo-1, and the speed of expansion is becoming more and more exaggerated.

At the same time, the remnants of the government army have been active near the edge areas of Galo-1, Galo-2, Galo-3 and Galo-4, constantly interfering with Cheng Xinghe's work.

As a result, the expansion speed of the old rebels has slowed down in the past few days.

It's not even a small gap, but a huge gap.

Of course, everyone on Chen Ming's side knew that the new rebels had the shadow of the original government army team. It was normal for them to develop quickly with the interference of the government army, but the speed was a little exaggerated.

And for some reason, there seems to be a sign that the public opinion in the entire star field is comparing the new rebels with the old rebels.

Let alone the comparison, the very strange thing is that public opinion seems to have attributed the achievements of the new rebels to the old rebels, as if they want to climb up by stepping on the old rebels.

This wind direction is obviously wrong.

But that's all. Public opinion did not directly belittle the old rebels, but instead placed the new rebels in a higher position in disguise.

Song Pu has recently been able to use its own propaganda to suppress this trend, but the effect does not seem to be ideal.

The public opinion in the entire star field is leaning towards the new rebels, which is very strange.

Song Pu once complained to Chen Ming that the spies he had planted in the new rebel army could only barely obtain some information.

It feels like these people who originally belonged to the government army have become different people after the rebellion. They suddenly have the belief to serve the people. They are even more outrageous than their rebel soldiers and are quite difficult to infiltrate.

And some intelligence that the spies managed to obtain seemed to show that the expansion momentum of the new rebels was unstoppable.

The efficiency of various industrial production in their rear is also extremely exaggerated, at least more exaggerated than when the government forces originally occupied the galaxy.

It was as if their logistics and engineers could crush Hong Guanghong and Dong Miao.

In addition, Song Pu's assassination plan was not effectively implemented. After all, the government forces had collapsed when the assassination plan was still being arranged. Several main characters were legally dead, and their real bodies had long been hidden somewhere unknown.

The only person with information, Di Jia, has been running around in the four star regions, constantly harassing Cheng Xinghe's fleet by looting and some funding from unknown sources.

There is no way to assassinate him if he stays on the fleet.

Although the overall situation is still stable and improving for the old rebels.

However, seeing the unstoppable rise of the new rebels next door still added some pressure to the hearts of Chen Ming and others.

What Song Pu has been worried about for the past few days are several opponents belonging to the government army.

At this time, he was sitting in an office in the rebel headquarters.

They all underwent cosmetic surgery using the era's most advanced medical technology when the government forces fell. Unless one has the ability to obtain tissue samples for genetic comparison, no one can tell their original identities.

Although it is somewhat embarrassing to do this in a simulation under normal circumstances, it is obviously more embarrassing if you lose.

At this moment, in their commander-in-chief's office, the commander-in-chief saw one of his teammates on the terminal and asked him, "What's the situation?"

The commander-in-chief had a tense expression on his face. He flicked the ash in the ashtray that was already filled with cigarette butts and said, "Very good. It's a bit inexplicable."

"What's the meaning?"

“It’s just inexplicable.”

The commander-in-chief looked inexplicably uncomfortable, and continued typing on the terminal, saying, "This was originally a plan we made when Zi'a was in dire straits. Logically, it won't go so smoothly. We must work very hard to achieve it."

“But I really didn’t expect it to be so smooth.”

"Even though the government troops are our own people, the adjustments required in taking over the star systems and public opinion from them, as well as various irrelevant aspects, have been smooth to me. It's a bit too smooth."

"Maybe it's luck."

"I hope so."

Dijia, who was watching the conversation between her teammates at this time, did not dare to speak on the terminal, but her heart beat faster.

He silently put away the special terminal and continued to focus on the task he was supposed to carry out.

Time continues to pass.

As the date approaches the end of the thirty-day countdown.

Chen Ming also felt a sense of pressure unknowingly.

It was not the pressure brought by the danger-sensing psychic power, but a special kind of pressure.

It's obvious, but I don't know where it comes from.

It's like instinct.

Although it was strange, Chen Ming felt that the source of this pressure could not be ignored.

However, there were no clues.

There was no clue as to the source of this pressure.

Chen Ming had nothing to say and could only continue to carry out the task he had undertaken.

But strange things often happen one after another.

For some reason, the new rebels have only been expanding and have not shown any clear hostility or friendship towards the old rebels.

But if there is no attitude, at least it seems that there is no intention of fighting.

It seems that they really have to wait with the old rebels until higher levels intervene.

Is this really possible?

Before we knew it, it was already the twenty-third day since the simulation began.

Chen Ming has not been involved in the expansion of the industrial colony or helping Cheng Xinghe fight in recent days.

The entire star region has reached the limit of what industrial equipment can achieve while still allowing the star region to function normally.

Cheng Xinghe no longer needs Chen Ming's help in encircling and suppressing the remnants of the government army.

Because Di Jia was also definitely eliminated by Cheng Xinghe in the encirclement and suppression a day ago.

The remaining NPC soldiers don't need Chen Ming's help at all.

So Chen Ming simply found a research institute to stay in, and used the high-speed thinking brought by deep consciousness immersion to study some things that could be studied from the perspective of other people.

But today, when Chen Ming noticed that the one-month deadline was about to arrive, he suddenly had a problem.

So he contacted Song Pu and asked, "The government troops have changed their identities. What will happen if the top brass settles accounts when the one-month deadline is up?"

Song Pu looked a little haggard these days, apparently because of the recent momentum of the rebels.

However, he still patiently explained to Chen Ming: "First of all, the top management is not stupid."

"Secondly, although we are simulating this and limiting the scope to four star regions, there will still be people outside and in other parts of the empire keeping an eye on this location."

"When the month is up, the former government troops will be caught by the top brass no matter where they are. They will not be able to escape."

"That's why I don't understand what they are doing now. They can't be planning to self-destruct with us when the deadline comes, leaving us with no energy to deal with it, and beat us to a draw, right?"

“I think there is a possibility.”

"Well, let's wait and see. At least on the surface, we still have an advantage. There's no need to take any risky actions."

"Privately, I have been accumulating public opinion. Although it is difficult, it is still possible to collect clues to equate the government forces with the new rebels. There is always a chance to completely tear apart the disguise of the new rebels."

Two days passed again.

The twenty-fourth day arrived.

Song Pu contacted Cheng Xinghe on the communication channel and told him that a fleet suspected to be government troops or new rebels had been spotted near the headquarters.

And in that fleet there seemed to be traces of the battleship that had disappeared for a long time and was so damaged that it had no combat capability.

Let Cheng Xinghe go back with a fleet and find a way to wipe them out.

Cheng Xinghe naturally had no objection.

But when Chen Ming saw this conversation, his forehead suddenly hurt, as if something bad was about to happen.

But Chen Ming could make one thing clear, that is, his danger-sensing power was completely ineffective.

Moreover, this is just a simulation and there is no danger to life, so this psychic power has no chance of taking effect.

But he just had a headache.

A strange headache, could it be that his psychic power had some additional effects? Chen Ming couldn't understand it, and he couldn't be sure.

The appearance of a fleet near the headquarters that allowed Song Pu to call Cheng Xinghe back would definitely stop him from going back, right?

So Chen Ming could only give a symbolic reminder: "Be careful."

One day later.

Thirteen hours later to be exact.

Chen Ming was still conducting research on the mechanical race in the research institute, chatting intermittently with Cheng Xinghai who was playing games next to him.

However, at this moment, the special terminal he placed on the table next to him suddenly vibrated.

He immediately picked up the terminal and looked at the screen.

Then he was stunned.

Because the terminal received consecutive messages about the death of three teammates.

Song Pu, Hong Guanghong and Dong Miao all died in just a dozen seconds.

Only Song Pu left his last words before his death.

But Chen Ming didn't have time to see it.

The next moment, the news of Cheng Xinghe’s death also popped up on the screen.

Chen Ming withdrew his gaze from the new message and looked at the last sentence Song Pu said.

"Mechanical people."

(End of this chapter)