vrcanaries Chapter 429 What’s going on?
Chapter 429 What’s going on?
The next day, Lin Xuan received a message from Xinghuo as soon as she opened her eyes: last night, Fang Lin personally commanded the front-line defense fleet to successfully repel the third wave of vanguard fleet attack launched by Mechanical Earth, and annihilated its remnants in the Furnace Top Star Sector.
Lin Xuan wasn't surprised by the result. Fang Lin had been in charge of the Divine Realm for many years and had been criticized for various issues, but no one dared to suggest replacing her as the acting head, precisely because she was skilled in military tactics.
Although a two-on-one victory might seem unfair, the forces of Gene Earth have barely appeared on the main battlefield so far. It's safe to say that if it weren't for the fact that the technology of Number One completely overwhelms that of Mind Earth, the tide of battle would have turned years ago, given Fang Lin's control over the battlefield.
"The greater the pressure that the Mind Earth puts on them, the more beneficial it is to our development. We must seize this opportunity and accelerate the completion of the industrial systems we proposed earlier."
Even before arriving, Lin Xuan had received good news: the network surveillance had indeed left behind valuable strategic resources on Planet Revelation III. In addition to conventional weapons and equipment production lines, according to intelligence provided by Wei Ming, they had also discovered a high-purity black crystal vein in the planet's north polar region.
This rare mineral is the core material for manufacturing mechanical Earth fleets. Its unique molecular structure gives it extremely high plasticity, making it particularly suitable for building the main frame and mecha skeleton system of interstellar warships.
In fact, the reason why the network surveillance chose to establish a branch here was precisely because it recognized the strategic value of this mine.
According to the original plan, once the terrestrial space force advances its front line and transforms the planet adjacent to the Chapel defense line into a safe rear base, systematic mining operations can begin. At that time, even if the space force realizes it has been tricked, it can only watch as network surveillance carries out infrastructure construction right under their noses.
Unexpectedly, things have turned out this way, and this unexpected windfall has naturally fallen into Lin Xuan's hands—it has just solved the most pressing problem of raw material shortage for the fleet production line. With this batch of black crystal ore reserves, the previously planned starship manufacturing project can finally enter the substantive launch phase.
"We should focus on equipping the troops first. The production of interstellar warships cannot be rushed. It will take at least two or three years to get these things from research and development to mass production."
Lin Xuan was very experienced in this matter. After all, he had done it once before and almost collapsed the economic system of the Earth Alliance. If it happened again, he was not confident that he could replicate the operation of the planned economy era with their individual political skills alone.
Furthermore, the commander of the space force on Mechanical Earth is just too busy, not dead. If the battle lines continue to be strained, the enemy might turn back and send their fleet to vent their anger on them.
What if their army is already at our doorstep while we haven't even built our first warship yet?
However, Lin Xuan keenly realized that Wei Ming's initiative in revealing this information might have a deeper meaning.
Given the infiltration capabilities of the mechanical Earth intelligence network, this secret will likely be difficult to keep from the Space Force. Wei Ming's actions seem more like a stopgap measure, preferring to let resources fall into the hands of Xinghuo rather than benefit the Space Force.
It is truly intriguing that two departments belonging to the same Mechanical Earth camp have become so estranged, with internal conflicts even surpassing the hostility between opposing camps.
However, this also happened to give Lin Xuan an opportunity. He wanted to try something different in the Spark organization, such as—complete consciousness assimilation.
If this succeeds, the super-dream database in his brain will achieve a second leap in computing power, and he will have 100% control over a complete civilization.
I'm actually quite looking forward to the development of Xinghuo. The thought of personally creating a complete civilization system is exciting.
This doesn't mean he wants to abandon Dilian. On the contrary, Dilian is his foundation and should not be easily touched. Dilian has a complete self-circulating system from the beginning, and changing one part will affect the whole. If he forcibly changes it, it will cause irreversible results.
They thought things would continue as planned, but the butterfly effect caused by the defeat at the front lines reached Lin Xuan first.
"What? You mean all of us have to go to the front lines too?"
When Lin Xuan heard the news, he was completely dumbfounded.
After painstakingly infiltrating the capital planet for half a day, he finally managed to enter the capital planet, but now, due to the tense situation at the front, he has to return to the front.
Are you kidding me? What was the point of us going through all this trouble? Tourism?
"Actually, we're not sending you directly to the front lines right now," the person in charge explained expressionlessly. "Sending you directly there would be no different from sending you to your deaths. You will need to undergo about a month of special training on the capital planet. After that, we will make arrangements. Now, I'll give you one day to go back, pack your things, and say goodbye to your families."
"This... But... When we first came to monitor the network, didn't we agree that we would only be responsible for maintaining the network issues of the Mechanical Earth from the rear? Now you're suddenly going back on your word, aren't you making a joke of the civil service examination system?"
Among the crowd, someone openly expressed his dissatisfaction. Lin Xuan glanced at that person and saw that he was dressed in an extraordinary manner, obviously having gotten in through connections just like herself.
Upon hearing this, the person in charge couldn't help but glance at the man and sneer.
"Zhao Jun? Do you really think we didn't investigate your background? We can forgive the others, but you still have the nerve to say such a thing."
"Your father taught at a university in his early years, and later transferred to the Internet Surveillance Department as an associate researcher. He put a lot of effort into getting you, his son, into the department. I heard that you already had quite a few patents when you were in junior high school. If you didn't know, you would really think you were a scientific genius."
"As a result, you're such a disappointment. You couldn't even pass the exam to get into the 'Robin' position. You can only try to use connections to get into the network monitoring department first, and then try to get promoted."
"Someone like you dares to question the civil service examination system? That's the biggest joke."
The man named Zhao Jun was rendered speechless by the barrage of questions from the person in charge, but he was too lazy to argue with the man in front of him. As the other party said, he had his father's help, and at worst he could just speed up his transfer from his post. He wouldn't actually go to the front line, so there was no need to argue with the other party on this issue.
Lin Xuan didn't join in the fun or gossip; instead, she pondered for a moment.
Judging from the situation, it seems that sending these newcomers who had just joined the network surveillance team to the front line was a spur-of-the-moment decision. The matter was so sudden that these privileged children didn't even have time to evacuate their relatives.
This sudden transfer is most likely due to the repeated defeats suffered by the Space Force on the front lines.
But hasn't cyber surveillance always been at odds with the Space Force?
This sudden transfer couldn't possibly be to raise manpower for the Space Force, could it?