vrcanaries Chapter 352: Close to the face and open up
Chapter 352: Close to the face and open up
News of the destruction of the HMS King Aventis quickly spread among the people back home.
Such a big deal, even if a giant corporation wanted to stop its spread, it couldn't stop it from spreading.
Many residents of border planets felt a sense of panic about this, and those with a little money began to move their assets to inland planets with their families.
If there's really no way to leave, then there's nothing we can do but pray that the fighting on the front lines doesn't spill over into the rear.
"How could a perfectly good aircraft carrier just explode like that? What were these people on the front lines doing, allowing the people from Mind Earth to infiltrate the main control room?"
Mechanical Earth has the heaviest military expenditure of the three Earths, and of course, the heaviest corruption as well.
Therefore, people have long had reservations about the military, but since the mechanical Earth had been dominating the two Earths on the main battlefield, no one dared to say anything.
When this headwind came, people couldn't stand it any longer, and all sorts of insults filled the internet.
However, that's the good thing about the mechanical world of capitalism: the masses have no decision-making power, and no matter how fiercely the lower classes complain, it won't affect the nobles.
Keep hurling insults? If you get really angry, I'll send you to the front lines too.
So although everyone was verbally abusing them, they all knew that it wouldn't affect the minds of the congressmen, until Lin Xuan's video appeared.
Lin Xuan had Su Zilin broadcast the entire process of her planting the explosives and the destruction of the aircraft carrier via video, claiming to represent the Starfire Organization and declaring war on the entire mechanical Earth.
Although the video was immediately ordered to be taken down from all platforms by the government of Mechanical Earth as soon as it was released, and individuals are not allowed to save any related videos.
However, once something is made public, it will inevitably be spread as long as there are still people paying attention to it.
The fighting on the front lines is already attracting a lot of attention, and now someone has jumped out and made a big fuss about the government troops, which has immediately attracted a lot of people to come and watch the spectacle.
Moreover, the Spark Organization... is actually quite familiar to everyone; it's present at almost every strike and demonstration.
Rather than calling Spark an organization, it's more accurate to say that anyone who rebels against this lousy government can be called the Spark Organization.
So everyone knows perfectly well that this is at most just a non-governmental organization.
You're saying the HMS Lord Aventis was bombed by them? You might as well believe I'm Qin Shi Huang.
"This guy named Bai Bing is really brave to spread rumors about this. Isn't he afraid that the military will really hold a grudge against him?"
"Ha, just a clown trying to grab attention. Xinghuo and his group are a bunch of delusional lunatics. Calling them an organization is an understatement; they're more like a gathering place for unemployed, clueless people."
"I don't like hearing that. They have video evidence. What if they really did bomb the aircraft carrier? Don't forget, the HMS Lord Avent was always open to the public. It's not unreasonable that they could bypass security and slip a couple of bombs on board, isn't it?"
"Can't you guys use any common sense? Do you think aircraft carriers are made of paper? That you can just drop a couple of bombs and sink them? Do you even know what an antimatter bomb is? You think a civilian organization like yours can just make that by hand?"
"I don't understand, is it that difficult?"
"6. It's not a question of whether it's difficult or not. It's that without the technological support of a civilized society, it's simply impossible to manufacture. If you asked a civilian organization without even weapons to make one of these things by hand, the Spark Organization would have declared the establishment of a nation long ago."
"I don't think so. Just because you can't do it doesn't mean others can't. Although I don't understand the underlying principles, I think it's feasible."
"Sure, those people who said you could take down a tiger with a sliding tackle back then have reappeared."
That's what the internet is all about; it brings together two groups of people with completely different perspectives.
They usually live in their own information cocoons, constantly seeking out like-minded people to reinforce their preconceived notions.
However, when it comes to important matters, it becomes inevitable that these two groups will clash over their differing views once they meet.
Therefore, the less knowledge a person has, the more absolute their beliefs tend to be. It's not that you have little knowledge, but that you can't use dialectical thinking to look at problems.
Although everyone holds different opinions on Bai Bing's matter, the military of Mechanical Earth has consistently ignored it.
They have been watching footage of the Royal Avente before its destruction repeatedly, trying to find any clues.
Finally, on the 14th time, they focused their attention on one person.
"Yes, that's the man."
"Based on the comparison of the image database, this person's appearance matches Fang Lin's with a 70% match, and it is very likely that he is her younger brother, Fang Yuan."
Now everyone understood what was going on.
They said, how could a Spark organization possibly have the capability to blow up an aircraft carrier?
It makes sense now, everything makes sense now.
"As expected, it was Fang Lin's doing again."
After watching the video and analysis report, Lu Sheng, the chief commander of the Mechanical Earth military, slammed his fist heavily on the table.
"This woman is really something... not only does she have big plans, but she also knows how to use underhanded tricks. She even managed to send her own brother to the front lines as a spy. She's really something!"
Lu Sheng and Fang Lin are old rivals. Since Fang Lin took office as the agent of the Divine Realm, she has put a lot of pressure on the mechanical Earth on the front lines.
Within five years, the mechanical Earth had changed three military commanders in quick succession, but all to no avail.
It wasn't until Lu Sheng came to power that he was able to match Fang Lin in military command capabilities.
The two had been outwitting each other for so many years and knew each other's tactics inside and out. The fact that the other side would send spies to infiltrate the aircraft carrier was entirely within Lu Sheng's expectations.
What really surprised Lu Sheng was that Fang Lin had asked her younger brother to handle this matter.
The three families of Mind Earth each possess a special method for drawing upon advanced psychic energy, making them truly superior from birth.
This is also the root cause of the serious caste system and familial governance on Earth.
The loss of an aircraft carrier is certainly a heavy blow to Mechanical Earth, but if something were to happen to Fang Yuan, it would be hard to say whose side would suffer a greater loss.
After all, an aircraft carrier can be rebuilt, but whether the Fang family can cultivate a Fang Yuan is probably a matter of luck.
Although he didn't understand, it didn't stop him from giving orders.
"Pass on my order: have the city garrison search every house. Fang Yuan is definitely still within our territory; we absolutely cannot let him escape!"
Capturing Fang Yuan would be an enormous asset to Mechanical Earth.
They studied the technology tree of Mind Earth, but found that its core was very chaotic, lacked any system, and was entirely a collection of creations from various countries.
Without a systematic technology tree, it would be difficult to replicate, but if we could find core members like the Sanben family to conduct research, there might be new breakthroughs.
"Then... this Bai Bing?"
"Ignore him, it's just a smokescreen. Let him make a fuss. I don't believe that a small organization like Spark can cause any big trouble."
Soon, Lu Sheng's orders were relayed level by level, and the city's defense forces began to be mobilized on a large scale.
As for Bai Bing, it seems that no one cares about her at all, treating her only as bait.
Just when everyone thought the matter would come to an end...
A teaser message has once again captured everyone's attention.
"Bai Bing, a member of the Spark Organization, will give a speech tomorrow at the beer hall at No. 103, 7th Street, where he will reveal details of the bombing of the HMS Lord Avent".