Starting as a Wallfacer, his defection to the Three-Body Problem shocked the world.

Chapter 353 Mental Breakdown

"Is he really planning to go to the beer hall and give that damn speech?"

Hope leaned back in his chair, playing with an orange cat in his arms. The cat comfortably rested its head on his arm, enjoying the moment.

"Based on the current situation, it seems to be the case."

The scout presented a poster for the speech with both hands. Hope took it, glanced at it, and sneered.

"This kid... is interesting. I hope he's not a stupid idealist like Simothers."

"Mr. Hope...does this matter require the involvement of Shadowlight Pharmaceuticals?"

"After all, we have received reliable information that the higher-ups have already investigated and determined the cause of the explosion on the HMS Lord Avent."

"The specific details will probably be announced in the next few days... Will his actions have any negative impact on public opinion regarding the Spark Organization?"

Upon hearing this, Hope pondered for a moment but then shook her head.

"Actually, that's not necessarily true."

He had heard about the destruction of the Royal Avent, and according to the conclusions of Shadowlight Pharmaceuticals, the incident was related to Mind Earth.

"I heard... that the higher-ups have obtained video footage of the aircraft carrier before it was destroyed, and that the younger brother of the God Realm's agent is the culprit who destroyed the aircraft carrier."

"This guy is taking the blame for his superiors by jumping out now. The military is being held accountable across the board, so they probably won't come out to refute the rumors for the public."

Upon hearing Hope's words, the scout was taken aback and quickly asked.

"You mean, the military might actually confirm Bai Bing's case?"

Hope nodded.

"That aircraft carrier was originally intended to contain the Xialang front; its political significance outweighed its military significance."

"Mechanical Earth is fighting on two fronts, and it simply doesn't have much energy to manage the affairs of the Corridor front. The military probably wanted to cut off this front a long time ago."

"But if it was destroyed by Mind Earth, then the nature of the matter changes, and Mechanical Earth will invest more funds into the Corridor front."

"The main battlefield needs money, the municipal operation needs money, the construction of the starport needs money. Right now, we can say that we are short of money everywhere. If we can save them money, it is hard to say what the future development will be."

Hope's analysis was reasonable and well-founded, and just as he thought, a meeting was being held inside the mechanical Earth at that moment.

Lu Sheng, the commander-in-chief of the Mechanical Earth Front and the military commander-in-chief, sat back in front of the electronic sand table.

Beside him were representatives from Enwan Technology, Yingguang Pharmaceutical, and Huoling Heavy Industry.

As a capitalist-dominated political system, even in major matters such as national defense and military affairs, large corporations are qualified to participate and enjoy considerable decision-making power.

After all, nearly 90 percent of military spending comes from them, with the government contributing only a small portion.

"General Lu, all the analysis results are here. I have compiled a list of the entry and exit records of Mind Earth and found that Fang Yuan did indeed leave his post in the spaceship during that period."

Bei Xingwei quickly came to Lu Sheng's side and briefly explained the final result.

The little girl is not very tall. Standing next to Lu Sheng, someone who didn't know her might mistake her for Lu Sheng's daughter.

The psychological trauma Lin Xuan inflicted on her last time was so great that, as one of the jinxes, she voluntarily applied to withdraw from the front-line battle and went to the rear to do intelligence gathering work.

Her current job mainly involves assisting Lu Sheng in military command work, without having to directly confront the enemy's cyber experts.

This is absurd. A cyber hacking expert was beaten so badly that he doubted his existence and dared not confront his enemy online.

As a cyber hacker trained from childhood on Mechanical Earth, Wei Ming probably never imagined that he would encounter an opponent like Lin Xuan.

This is just as exciting as leaving the beginner village and having your first opponent be the final boss.

"This is a set of data. You only need to tamper with a few functions in it to make it infinitely stacked in the computer to form a basic virus."

"Alright, it seems you've mastered the basics of cyber hacking. Now, your first opponent is Lin Xuan, who possesses the computing power of 50 billion people. Good luck!"