imperfections

Chapter 154

The bloody and angry look on Lin Jingheng's face calmed down instantly, and he moved his fingers that were stunned by the electric shock: "Say."

Zhan Lu: "General Turan sent an inquiry to General Duke last night about the increase of the Heart of Roses again, and the other party gave a very hasty reply, and just 10 minutes ago, the First Galaxy Frontier Guards unilaterally Having cut off the established two-way communication, Silver Nine has now assembled outside the natural wormhole area."

Lin Jingheng quickly picked up the clothes that Zhanlu left at the door the night before and changed into them. After Zhanlu said a word, he had tidied himself up and buttoned it all the way to the discipline button: "Standby, don't be nervous."

Lu Bixing followed him subconsciously: "Do you judge that General Duke is not malicious?"

"At least he has no reason to be malicious now," Lin Jingheng said. "The natural wormhole area is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Turan took thirty small mechs to guard there. As long as the firepower is supplied, even the entire First Galaxy The troops of the guard army are all pouring in, and they can't take the position of Silver Nine."

Although Lu Bixing's clothes are disheveled and his movements are still slow, his brain is not slow: "General Duke, as the frontier guard of the first galaxy, should have guessed that this side of the wormhole is the pioneer army Silver Nine, and it is probably not the first day he has known Turan. , even if the alliance's space technology has advanced by leaps and bounds in the past six months, and it can travel through natural wormholes without loss, there is no reason to send it to the door to give Silver Nine a hit. Create a tense atmosphere... In other words, it is very likely that something happened there? Could it be related to Order No. [-]?"

Lin Jingheng glanced at him: "It's possible that the first increase in troops was a legitimate self-defense, which is understandable, but the second increase in troops would be a bit of persecution paranoia. If I were Duke, as the first star system border guards Commander, I probably won't feel too happy... Besides, it will be a matter of time before the Central Army of the Alliance and the Central Army of each galaxy will have conflicts again."

Lu Bixing asked thoughtfully, "What?"

"How can there be no limit to the desire for power?" Lin Jingheng said, "During the war, the central armies in various places took the opportunity to occupy land and act independently, just like Ankru in the seventh galaxy. In fact, a warlord has formed. Woolf is integrated together and externally, but once the situation subsides, they will find that they sound like a big official, but they are actually downgraded from one overlord to a subordinate organization of the alliance. The central armies in various places had grudges with the alliance in the early years It's not monolithic, now that you have actual military power in your hands, there will be disagreements without provoking, not to mention...

Lin Jingheng paused, and with some difficulty spit out the following text: "Not to mention there is the Freedom Legion, Lin... Lin Jingshu is mixing in it. Maybe the conflict was detonated in advance."

"...or there is another possibility," Lu Bixing picked up the tie that had rolled to the corner and rolled it into a ball. His expression became serious, and he absently stuffed the tie into Zhanlu's mechanical hand, "Walk back The problem just now is that Duke...or someone is using him to deliberately create a false impression that something happened there, and then urgently ask us for help, the purpose is to lure our people out, and then find an opportunity to release a "Trojan horse" 'Come in, it's hard to say, the situation of the alliance is too complicated—didn't they use this routine when the eighth galaxy was forced to close? We are really scared of being bitten by a snake."

16 years ago, Woolf used Ankru as a bait and baited hundreds of millions of civilians in the seventh galaxy, killing two birds with one stone, almost destroying the eighth galaxy, but now, history seems to be turning to a similar arc.

This lesson is too painful.

Lin Jingheng didn't say anything, walked over with a blank expression, and snatched the tie back from Zhanlu's hand.

Lu Bixing: "..."

Only then did he realize something, the whole person was pulled out from the "miserable pain", his face turned red three shades in place - after leaving the private space, the chief, as a serious and civilized person, still has a little bit of embarrassment of.

Zhan Lu was puzzled: "Does Principal Lu need to take this tie for dry cleaning?"

Lu Bixing hummed weakly: "Don't worry about it, I'll take care of it myself."

Lin Jingheng pretended not to hear, and told Zhanlu solemnly: "Notify Li Fulan, I want to listen to Bai Yinyi's military briefing."

"Yes." Zhanlu replied, and at the same time, a small drawer popped up in the stairwell, with several small icons flashing on it, indicating that this is a "cleaning and storage", and used things such as clothes and tableware are stuffed into the drawer , it will be automatically processed according to the material and stains, "The household storage and cleaning system has just been upgraded. In the future, it will not only respond to your calls anytime and anywhere, but also put the cleaned items back to where you need them according to your individual needs. places, such as attics..."

Lu Bixing: "...Brother Zhanlu, please do me a favor."

A vein popped out of Lin Jingheng's forehead, and he immediately silenced: "Zhanlu, shut up."

Anti-Ukraine secret base——

Hope, the current Prophet of Harris, after listening to all the rumors about the eighth galaxy, watched the interview video he brought back many times, and finally stopped at Marshal Woolf with a smile and said to the female reporter The "Queen of the Night" section.Watching the video back and forth is easier to observe micro-expressions than facing the real person. The way Woolf smiles on the video is completely different from his usual.

"Prophet, Woolf should suspect that the eighth galaxy has an armed force that is beyond ordinary people, and now the central armies in various places are fluctuating because of the independence of the eighth galaxy, and they seem to want to follow suit. I think Woolf is They plan to destroy the eighth galaxy first before they get bigger."

Hope frowned, staring at Woolf's relieved face.

The subordinates looked at his expression and asked: "Prophet, didn't you say that you must prevent another all-out war at all costs? Then what should we do now?"

Hope looked at him thoughtfully, but still felt something was wrong.He once regarded Woolf as the continuation of the spirit of the White Tower. He once made a comeback because of Woolf, and was exploited by Woolf until he was completely shattered. The pair of skinny hands pressed tightly on the chessboard, and he had extremely complicated feelings for the old man, but he also understood him a little bit.

For some reason, Hope always feels that Woolf is not so obsessed with the unified power of the alliance-he is 320 years old, how many years can he hold power?Alone before and after death, who will inherit the great power?

The last time he saw Woolf was just after Lin Jingheng led the ten silver guards to make a high-profile appearance. Wulf went to him secretly, but he didn't say anything serious from the beginning to the end, but just expressed his feelings to him. He said: "You—you and Jingheng must both feel in your heart that this alliance is based on conspiracy and lies. Although you don't want to destroy the existing peace, you both dismiss this peace...you are wrong gone."

"This world is built on conspiracy and lies, but the world is not ugly, because there will always be someone who becomes a sacrifice to lies, neutralizes the anger of the people, and then continues the world that has been built. This is an inevitable law... I will give you a small gift, go back and have a look."

By the way, what Woolf gave him was a pack of black tulip "Queen of the Night" seeds.

What's the meaning of that bag of seeds?

"The Prophet!" At this moment, a person rushed in scrambling, interrupting Hope's thoughts, "Duke, the frontier guard of the First Galaxy, was assassinated and killed on the way back to Votto. They said we did it!"

Hope shook violently: "What?!"

"What?!" Wang Ailun was struck by lightning, "Say it again, who was assassinated?"

"Reliable news, General Duke was accidentally ambushed by the Pirate Anti-Ukraine Society on his way back to Votto this morning, and was assassinated to death!"

Wang Ailun broke out in a cold sweat. Duke was the leader of the Central Army, and he was echoed by those old warlords who kept deploying him. He died in the first galaxy. Can this be explained clearly?Wang Ailun wanted to "give the emperor to order the princes" and manipulate Wulf to manipulate the central army, but all the "lords" were willing to obey the "emperor".

There was a "buzz" in his mind, and in his desperation, he almost forgot that apart from him and Woolf himself, no one else knew who was behind the Anti-Uganda Society.

At this moment, his personal terminal received a secret telegram. Wang Ailun waved his hands away, walked into the secret room alone, and immediately connected: "Duke just now..."

"Duke was killed by me." Lin Jingshu interrupted him unhurriedly, "Don't be nervous."

All the bones in Wang Ailun's body were breathing cold air, and he squeezed out a sentence from between his teeth: "Are you crazy?"

"Duke left the border without any formalities this morning, and brought a mecha team with heavy armor. If I remember correctly, in the Votto area, any armed forces with jump valves are not allowed to approach without special approval. Even Admiral Lin Jingheng of the Silver Fortress could only take a starship to pass one by one." Lin Jingshu lowered her eyes, "Is Duke even more arrogant than him and doesn't know the rules? He did it on purpose, and I won't stop him halfway." He, now he has come to Watteau to force the palace, how do you plan to end it? Convincing people with virtue, dear Secretary-General?"

Wang Ailun's naturally olive-colored face was paler than usual: "What will happen to the Central Army when they hear about it..."

Lin Jingshu smiled softly: "Duke led the mecha team to approach Votto, what will the Central Army think when they hear it? In this matter, it is better to act first, and how can the Secretary-General's respectful buttocks be so automatic? Sit on the same bench with the interstellar pirates? General Duke was assassinated by the Anti-Ukraine Society, what does it have to do with you? You just need to be responsible for the righteous indignation."

Wang Ailun was guilty of being a thief, and only then came back to his senses, took a breath, his brows still did not open, and his gaze was coldly shot at Lin Jingshu: "It's easy for you to say, the place where Duke was assassinated is less than one sailing day away from the Union Army garrison. , even if people are really 'anti-Ukraine will kill', can the Central Committee of the Alliance get away with it? Did you mean it! Besides, you told me that as long as Woolf is still alive, the threat of the Freedom Legion is still there, the Alliance and the Central Army Why would Duke suddenly make such an outburst?"

"Impulse is the devil, maybe Duke has a particularly deep affection for General Lu Xin? I have never fought with a cannon barrel, so how can I understand those Qiu Ba's personality cult?" Lin Jingshu said without changing her face, "The choice of ambush location There, it is because if you go further, you will enter the patrol radius of the Border Guards of the First Galaxy. Secretary General, do you really think that the shrimp soldiers and crab generals under my command are the opponents of the regular army? If so, I would have armed and taken down Votto long ago. Is there any need to accept your unreasonable accusations and doubts here?"

After hearing this, Wang Ailun's face softened a little.

In his opinion, the Liberty Legion really can't get on the stage. For so many years, the two major pirate organizations, the Anti-Ukraine Society and the Glory Legion, have experienced a vigorous decline together. Only the Liberty Legion is still secretly engaged in underground conspiracies. , a petty air of trying to survive in the cracks.No matter how troublesome Lin Jingshu can be, in the final analysis, she is only a terrorist leader at best, and has caused terrorist attacks, but she has to rely on him if she wants to get a foothold in the turbulent political arena of the alliance.

Lin Jingshu said coldly: "Since you don't believe me, there is no need for me to rush to arrange follow-up matters for you. Goodbye."

"Wait, Jingshu!" Wang Ailun's expression softened in an instant, "Why are you so grown up, and still have a temper? When you talk like that, I thought it was the unicorn flying around in General Lin's house back then." Where's the little girl?"

Lin Jingshu's fingers clasped her palms tightly, but her face showed a "slightly loosened" look in response to the situation.

"The news came so suddenly, why don't you say hello to me in advance, I was a little flustered, so I didn't choose what to say." Wang Ailun changed his face like turning the pages of a book, and said good words as he said, "pick his heart and lungs" with Lin Jingshu for 10 minutes , he finally saw a little popularity on that ice sculpture-like face, and he sighed very and very vicissitudes, "Everyone is like this. Outsiders wear masks, which make them uncomfortable after wearing them for a long time, and they will be extra negligent towards themselves." .”

Lin Jingshu seemed to be moved by his words of "one of my own people", and pondered for a while: "Actually, now that Duke is dead, it's a good hand if you play it well-don't forget how Woolf united the Central Army. The Central Committee of the Alliance should immediately condemn and make a gesture..."

Wang Ailun: "I'm afraid the posture is not enough."

"Of course the attitude is not enough," Lin Jingshu raised her eyebrows. "If the alliance wants to share the same hatred with the Central Army, it must at least suffer the same blows and losses in order to be credible, right?"

Wang Ailun understood what she meant, and trembled fiercely: "You mean..."

Lin Jingshu stretched out a finger and put it on her mouth: "You have to jump out of the situation to look at the problem, Uncle Allen, give up the old bargaining chip whose value is beginning to decrease at any time, and transform with a new routine is the foundation of invincibility."

Wang Ailun stood there blankly, sweating layer by layer, as if he was standing on the edge of a cliff.Driven by power and ambition, he accidentally took this wrong road, but he was not yet ready to completely abandon his former master. After 200 years of saddling Woolf, he nailed a little slavishness into his bones. I hate this deeply, but that bit of servility still comes out to make trouble from time to time.

"Let me think about it, you let me..."

"Duke's bones are cold," Lin Jingshu said calmly, "Uncle Alan, there is no time, fate will only give the person he chooses one chance, and this chance may only be for one minute—how did Waterloo be buried in Grouchy?" hand?"

Wang Ailun: "Then... what about the eighth galaxy?"

"My insider has just unilaterally cut off the communication between the eighth galaxy and the border guards, acting as if something big happened here. Guess, the eighth galaxy, which was once cheated by Ankulu, is now two eyes What kind of guesses will there be? At this time, if Duke sends someone to ask for help from the eighth galaxy, will the generals of the eighth galaxy think that the alliance uses the same routine twice, which is a bit insulting to IQ? " Lin Jingshu smiled, "It's better that the 'anti-war prophet' from the Anti-Ukraine Association was frightened by the big pot from the sky. If he can find a way to send some news to the eighth galaxy in a hurry, then look It's more believable."

"Don't worry, Uncle Allen, the eighth galaxy will obediently stay behind closed doors."