Chapter 70
Otto, the powerful minister of Ansk, slammed the table, and the scene suddenly became quiet.
"This is not just a privacy issue! Think about it, if some small things, or even a certain expression, are picked up and magnified by netizens with ulterior motives, it will turn into a public opinion crisis in the empire. What will be damaged is not the face of a certain official, but the face of the empire, the reputation of the empire's governance and the trust of the people!"
The powerful minister Otto once again said earnestly: "My Lords, we, the so-called people in power, will be criticized by public opinion if we are not careful with our words and deeds... In short, if the whole process is to be made public, I will be the first to disagree."
These words really hit the nail on the head for some officials.
Therefore, many officials echoed: "Yes, everyone present here is a senior official of each empire. It is not easy to govern. We should carefully consider whether to broadcast live. What is on the Internet is just a small matter. We should wait a while and the limelight may pass."
At this time, the ministers who had maintained neutrality were also somewhat shaken after hearing this.
"Excuse me, the adults are now thinking about the impact of netizens' comments on the reputation of the Empire's governance, but have you ever thought about the possibility that if this joint military exercise is not broadcast live, it may affect the stability of the Empire's regime in the future?"
After a break, he chuckled and dropped a bombshell.
What? How is that possible!
This is simply misleading the public!
Most of the officials present at the meeting looked incredulous, and some even showed a hint of sarcasm, clearly showing some disdain for this newcomer who had just entered the political arena.
If the joint military exercise is not broadcast live, will it affect the stability of the regime? This is too funny. When has the joint military exercise been broadcast live in the past? Aren’t the royal high-ranking officials of each empire fine? It’s simply funny.
The minister of the Hafhor Empire sneered: "This... Your Excellency Yuxie, right? I have heard of your name for a long time. You said that not broadcasting live will affect the stability of the regime? Why don't you explain to everyone the principle behind this? You must believe that the flapping of the wings of butterflies in the Hafhor Empire can cause a storm in the rainforest of Nolifland, right? Haha!"
It turns out that this person is Mr. Yuxie!
Many female insects sighed in their hearts upon hearing this. No wonder... no wonder Lord Jiang Zhiming always returned empty-handed.
As soon as this male insect entered the conference room, he attracted the attention of all the female insects. He was tall and handsome, with deep eyes and brows. Everyone present was a senior politician who traveled around the five major empires, and they had never seen a male insect with such a special temperament.
In a word: extremely charming.
Yuxie did not react to the minister's ridicule, but just smiled slightly: "Well, it seems that you all don't believe me, but... everyone present should have heard about the fact that Noliflan was attacked by insect monsters many times, right?"
The ministers present were whispering to each other.
Strange things have happened frequently in Nolifland recently, and people from all over the world have heard about it, but they know very little about the specific information of these mysterious insect monsters.
The powerful minister Otto sneered: "Your Excellency Yuxie, are you saying that these insect monsters will also attack our empire? To be honest, I have always been confused about the origin of the insect monsters. Now, are you making this statement as a warning... or a threat?"
Wow!
The words of the powerful minister Otto are really thought-provoking. Could it be that the insect monster incident was directed and acted out by Nolifla himself?
The assistant who was reporting the news had his pen flying, taking pictures and taking shorthand notes, and sweat was already breaking out on his forehead.
Editor-in-Chief Boyce half-closed his eyes and looked up at the ceiling at a 45-degree angle. He had no idea that within just 30 minutes of entering the meeting room, he would have eight alternative ideas for the next news topic.
Very wonderful, very powerful, this trip is not in vain.
"Lord Otto, your suspicion is reasonable, although it is unfounded." The Insect Emperor smiled slightly, polite and sharp.
He then said, "Nolifran is innocent of the bug monsters' origin, just like Mr. Jiang Zhiming's disappearance this time. We are willing to accept all fair investigations and inquiries, and accept all reasonable doubts. Therefore, I am willing to let all media and even netizens from all over the federation participate in the observation and investigation. I know that all citizens are waiting for the truth, and I believe that the truth will come out one day. Of course, if everyone can actively cooperate and help each other, the truth will come out sooner."
At this time, the Prime Minister of the Sanchar Empire frowned slightly and said, "Your Majesty the Insect Emperor of Nolifland, I respect you very much and am willing to believe in your country's innocence. But if we have to sacrifice the privacy of the other five countries for an investigation, isn't this too much of a price to pay for us?"
To be honest, the entire process, all the people, the entire network... just talking about the two words "the entire process", to what extent does it mean to be the entire process?
He wasn't worried about anything else, but mainly because their Third Prince was too thin-skinned... Wouldn't it leave any psychological shadow on him?
At this time, His Highness Lan Anli had already put the ends of his hair into his jacket pocket. Ever since he heard the words "live broadcast throughout the entire process", the ends of his hair had already begun to glow...
Although he is a prince, he is also a social phobic. He is really afraid that his head will become a continuously glowing light bulb in front of all netizens. That would be too embarrassing...
Oh no!
His Highness Lan Anli widened his icy blue eyes and pressed his hands tightly on his shirt pockets. He couldn't think about it anymore, the light was about to come out!
Prime Minister of the Sanchar Empire: …………
Alas... Your Majesty the Insect Emperor, why bother making things difficult for the social terror insects?
The minister of the Hafhor Empire looked perfunctory and said in a lazy tone: "I reconsider. For the long-term reputation of the empire, I do not agree with this live broadcast plan."
According to the Star Federation's habit of live broadcasting, it has to be followed 24 hours a day... You know, this means that every time he rolls his eyes, it will be recorded!
To be honest, the struggles among the upper echelons were all secret, and ordinary people didn't know about them. If he lost control of his expression and made the factional struggle known to the whole network, no matter how much the Insect Emperor favored him, he would probably feel disgusted with him.
"Ha." General Rockefeller sneered: "Joint military exercises are military affairs. You have no right to speak. I agree to broadcast it live, but you'd better shut up."
"You!" The minister of the Havehor Empire blushed with anger.
The generals of Nolifland, the Deep Sea Empire, and Hafhor clearly agreed, Sanchar was hesitant, and the powerful ministers of the Federation, Ansk, and Hafhor were firmly opposed.
Everyone was talking at once, with different opinions.
More fun.
Stuck in glue for a while.
"How about this." Yu Xie stood up amid the discussion: "We will discuss whether it is necessary to broadcast live later. Let's watch something good first."
After saying that, Yuxie tilted his head and gestured to Lu Lin.
Good stuff?
The ministers were puzzled.
The conference room is a long circular table with an open space in the middle. Ministers often stand in the middle to make speeches or display items for everyone to see.
After a while, Lu Lin, together with several female soldiers, pushed in three rectangular closed alloy cabins that were more than two meters long. The three cabins lay coldly on the floor, and there was a chill all over them.
Like three big coffins.
"What is this?" His Highness Hai Yuan blinked curiously.
The powerful minister Otto frowned deeply, moved his chair back a little to avoid the cold air coming from the cabin, and looked disdainful.
Only Jiang Xian had a bad feeling in his heart.
Lu Lin handed Yu Xie a pair of soft, thin, silver-white alloy gloves. Yu Xie slowly put them on with a smile on his lips. This action seemed like the preparation before whipping, and everyone knew what to do after the whipping.
Many female officials blushed and thought to themselves that this was really weird.
"You may be curious and skeptical about the reality of the insect monster. In that case, why not take a look at it today?"
After saying that, Yuxie pressed the automatic switch of the metal cabin with two clicks. The cabin door opened, and a cold mist accompanied by a strange smell of potion steamed out.
Tsk——!
Blah! Snap!
The moment they saw the items in the cabin clearly, most of the officials on the scene were shocked. The better ones just stood up and took a step back, causing the chairs behind them to fall to the ground with a clatter.
The bad ones will turn pale and vomit on the spot, their eyes will turn black with fear, and they will not even be able to drink water.
"This is... a bug monster?" General Rockefeller was surprised and stood up to take a closer look.
The insect monster in the hull was covered in a sickening dark green. Half of the compound eyes on its face looked like they had been blown out by some sharp weapon. Ansk's giant sickle and Haven't's thick-armored giant tail were all intact. It looked like a monster with insect genes stitched together...
Editor-in-Chief Boyce's eyes almost popped out of his head. He was considered a senior editor who had seen a lot of the world. He suppressed his disgust and quickly patted his stunned assistant, asking him to take a photo and record it.
"My Lord, I am not sure whether the flapping of a butterfly's wings on one planet will cause a storm on another planet, but what I do know is that the genes of the insect race of the Hafhor Empire will not appear in a bug monster out of thin air."
As soon as he finished speaking, there was a sound of "crack", and Yu Xie broke off the giant tail of the insect monster and threw it on the table of the minister of the Hafhor Empire.
The thick-armored giant tail was already famous for its hardness, and Yu Xie threw it so hard that it actually made a hole in the table.
What a great strength!
Many female military guards at the scene were amazed by this.
"Hey, this, this—you, you, you—ouch!"
The minister was already vomiting, and the liquid from the severed tail splashed on his face, making him vomit even more. He felt like he was going to vomit his bile: "Take it away! Take it away!"
"These insect monsters use female insects as embryos, integrating the genes of various imperial insect species, and adding the mutation energy that causes mutants to mutate..."
Before he finished speaking, Yu Xie lifted up the insect monster's giant sickle with his gloves and broke it off with a snap.
The eyelids of all the insects present jumped.
The thickness of the scythe where it connects to the body is much greater than the tail. If it takes one strength to break the tail, it would take three strengths to break the scythe! But this male insect seems to have no effort at all... This...
"...Just like that, an ordinary insect can be transformed into a vicious and troublesome insect monster that has intelligence, can speak, and can even use strategies...Isn't it amazing?" Yu Xie held the broken giant sickle and looked at it back and forth.
Upon hearing this, the insects swallowed their saliva.
It's not magical, it's terrifying.
After all, the original form of the mutants is animals, so they kill without any burden. But the original form of the bug monsters is the insect race, which is the insect race that has been mutated by the mutant energy! What is the difference between this and the mutants? !
A highly intelligent mutant beast... no, a mutant insect!
This is really terrible!
Not to mention bugs!
This male insect is scary enough, okay!
If there were still some insects that were disdainful of Yu Xie's rising status before, thinking that he was just a pawn deliberately hyped up by the Noliflan Insect Emperor to attack the old nobles, after seeing the scene today, they no longer dared to do so.
What kind of strength is this!
The sharp giant sickle that the Ansk Empire was proud of! The thick-armored giant tail that the Hafhor Empire was proud of! In his hands, it was like a giant crab! Crackling!
Minister Ansk and the guards behind him turned green!!!
They heard that the other party had done a live broadcast of killing fish!
But I didn’t expect that I could see the live broadcast of Breaking Worms!
It’s so horrible!
Yu Xie smiled and placed the scythe in front of the powerful minister Otto, looking like a devil who had just slaughtered his own people.
It was the first time that Lord Otto was frightened half to death by a young insect. He was stared at by the other party's dark and deep eyes, and his whole body was chilled. It was simply to the extent that he would have nightmares for a month!
"Lord Otto, why don't we guess? Where do the genes of these female Ansk insects come from?" Yuxu pointed at the giant sickle and dropped another thunderous piece of news.
"You know, the embryo of this bug monster may be an S-class female bug. S-class...how many S-class bugs can there be in each empire?"
S-rank...?!
"How do you know it's S-level?" General Rockefeller's eyes flashed with solemnity. He turned his head to look at Fu Qing, who nodded slightly.
S-level female insects are basically recorded in the register... How is this possible?
The Insect Emperor smiled gently: "Lockefeller, blood test, mental test, genetic test... and, a few of the insect monsters we captured are still alive. Although their language abilities vary, they are still sufficient for simple communication."
The ministers present were not fools, they understood it simply by thinking it through.
Being able to use S-level female insects from various countries as research embryos and use mutation energy as the energy source for the evolution of insect monsters... This requires not only financial resources, material resources, and time, but also extremely powerful status.
The insects looked around. Everyone present was the top executives of the empires. Were they responsible for the creation and research of these insect monsters? Would they become the next victim of the horror plan?
Subversion, usurpation, treason, rebellion...
Various words came to mind and the scene was silent for a moment.
"Everyone, today these insect monsters attacked Nolifran, but tomorrow it could be other empires. Today it was Nolifran that was kicked out of the joint military exercise, but tomorrow it could be other empires. Think of the worst case scenario, today those present are still in power, but tomorrow it may not be the case..."
Yu Xie curled the corners of his lips slightly and took off his alloy gloves.
Only one of the three alloy cabins was opened, but the effect was achieved.
He took a break and walked in front of Jiang Xian while wiping his hands.
"Commander, please forgive me for being frank. I know that there are many doubts on the Internet about the cause of death of Mr. Jiang Zhiming... Oh no, it should be said that he went missing. Some media even linked it to me and Fu Qing. But to be honest, if I really wanted to kill him, why would I send insect monsters to do it? If I do it myself, he can die quietly and cleanly, and no one can suspect me..."
Jiang Xian stared at Yu Xie with a complicated expression.
The shock this male insect brought to him today was really too great. The other party's composure, eloquence, bearing, wisdom, and even the force to break the limbs of insect monsters... Even as an S-level female insect, he felt inferior.
Yu Xie smiled and said, "Now the insect monster has killed... um, and took away Lord Jiang Zhiming in public. After all, the body has not been found. I think there are many doubts about this matter. Sir, as Lord Jiang Zhiming's female father, don't you want to find the body of your male son as soon as possible? Don't you want to give him the truth? Why are you so afraid of the live broadcast?"
"How dare you!" The federal secretary retorted, "The chief is grieved day and night because of Mr. Jiang Zhiming's affairs. If it weren't for you..."
Jiang Xian reached out his hand to stop the secretary from speaking. He looked into Yu Xie's eyes calmly and said, "Your Excellency Yu Xie is a man of unparalleled wisdom and courage. A man like you is rare. The media is behind you. Since you are not talking to me, why are you looking at me?"
Yu Xie raised his eyebrows and said, "Those who want to hear these words will naturally take them to heart, so why should I beat around the bush?"
At this time, Fu Qing saw the opportunity and stood up: "Everyone, the original intention of the establishment of the joint military exercise is fairness and justice, and the strong will lead, because everyone knows that the mutants are the biggest opponent of the future survival of the Zerg. Now we have the mutants lurking in front of us, and unknown black hands behind us. If we don't unite today, do we have to wait until the disaster is imminent to seek a way to survive?"
"I agree to Nolifranc's participation in the joint military exercise and I also agree to the live broadcast plan."
His Highness Lan Anli, who had been silent all this time, suddenly spoke up. His beautiful eyebrows wrinkled slightly as he spoke word by word, "In front of the lives of all the citizens of the Federation, the honor and disgrace and preferences of each of us insects are simply too insignificant. As long as we can find out the mastermind behind this as soon as possible, the Sanchar Empire is willing to disclose all the operational arrangements of our delegation during the joint military exercise."
"Reconsider." General Rockefeller nodded in agreement: "We, the military females, were born to protect the imperial insects, not to save the face of the noble ministers."
The ministers of the Hafhor Empire gnashed their teeth and said reluctantly, "I agree. As long as it is beneficial to the empire, I will do it!"
General Rockefeller rolled his eyes in his face.
Minister of the Hafhor Empire: !!!
You #¥%...&
His Highness Haiyuan: "I also reconsider."
This melon is so big, very filling, love it, give me more.
Nolifranc Insect Emperor smiled faintly: "We naturally agree."
"...I agree." The powerful minister Otto's face turned black. He wiped the blood on his lapel and spat out two words through gritted teeth.
The five great empires voted unanimously in favor, and the thirty joint councillors also reconsidered.
The outcome of this matter is no longer in doubt.
The editor-in-chief of Zhenglun News stroked his beard with a look of delight, "OK, this wave of news and live broadcast planning will be enough for them to brag about for ten years!!!" The poor assistant bit the pen cap and threw the pen away, "Shit, there's no ink!"
A few minutes later.
An explosive text message became a hot search on various imperial star networks.
【@正论新聞: The latest news on the joint military exercise: The five empires unanimously approved our media's live broadcast plan, and the Kingdom of Noland will participate in the joint military exercise as usual. In addition: The detailed rules of the live broadcast plan are still under discussion, including but not limited to cooperation with some experienced real insect show program groups, so stay tuned! 】
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Help!!!
Let’s not talk about other empires, just the netizens in Nolifland are so excited that they want to bang their heads against the wall!
Bug show column group! ?
Oh, God of Insects, which clever little devil came up with this brilliant idea! How could they have the good of catching up with such a grand occasion!
How can this be called a joint military exercise? This is a large-scale mixed-type variety show!!!
"24-hour peek...bah, direct access to the daily lives of top leaders in various countries"
"Military Female Uniforms of Various Countries... Ugh, Military Competition Live Broadcast"
"The sweetness of Fish Belly CP... Ugh, daily work life"
"The cause of death of Mr. Jiang Zhiming...Pah, the whole story of his disappearance"
"Officials from various countries quarreling... bah, a scene of communication"
then……
Internet users across the federation began to tag [Zhenglun News] from morning till night, asking for quick updates, wanting to read, being hungry, and wanting to eat.