Walk alone in the abyss

A female singer with blond hair and big waves intertwined with the three-dimensional projection is singing a lyrical song to the starry sky.

Yang Ming sat on the captain's chair with his arms folded, enjoying the music and browsing the briefings for the past three months.

They are on their way to the Cass Federation.

Yes, Mimili and Kolev fell into the quagmire of the Cass Federation.

The only thing that is certain now is that the two of them are still alive.

The terminal equipment around the two of them was transmitting their life signals with great difficulty. It was Molly trying to help her two masters.

Lu's immersive projection appeared aside, and he quickly rushed to Yang Ming's side, wondering: "Boss, you don't look very nervous."

"Well," Yang Ming nodded calmly, "Is there any need to be nervous? I believe in Mimili's ability, and I also believe in Kolev's cunning, but... why did they jump into such an obvious trap?"

"The Cass Federation is Kolev's base camp. Half of his assets are hidden there. There is also his secret base on the abandoned resource star next to the target administrative star."

Lu groaned a few times:

"Before they went, my clone, that is, me, warned them that because you were not here, I could not use the power of Luo Feng and Dark Star to help them without permission, and you would return soon.

“But they chose to go there and sort out the trouble.

"They set off for the Cass Federation half a month ago. According to your importance to Kolev, I gave them a two-hundred-meter-high mobile complex ship belonging to the Dark Star Guards, and formulated a plan for them. A set of solutions to solve problems with the help of local administrative power.

"But they chose to follow the pirate tradition."

Yang Ming wondered: "What are the traditions of pirates?"

"Negotiation, intimidation, blackmail," Law shrugged, "and gang jumping."

Yang Ming shrugged: "How is the current situation of the Cass Federation?"

"It's chaotic."

Lu made a gesture of spreading his hands, and the projection screen appeared in front of Yang Ming, and the administrative star that Yang Ming had visited appeared in front of him.

“Mimili and Kolev arrived at the outskirts of this administrative star eleven days ago, and everything was still normal at that time.

"At that time, Mimili led several mechanical guards in a stealth ship and sneaked into remote areas of the planet, heading towards Nongka City, the city where Kolev Manor is located.

"Everything went well in the beginning. They rented a hover car. The mechanical guard was also disguised very well and was regarded as an ordinary household robot. Mimili pretended to be a civilian robot repairman. With the help of Molly, Arrive at the manor successfully.

“Contact with Mimili was subsequently lost.

"Kolev calmed down for about fifteen minutes, and the old pirate who loved his daughter plunged in. However, according to Molly's data, after Kolev arrived at his manor, he also lost contact with Molly, and then everything changed. It started to evolve dramatically.”

Yang Ming wondered: "A dramatic evolution?"

A pair of glasses appeared on Ritsu's face. After she finished pushing the glasses, the glasses disappeared again.

She said quickly:

"After Kolev entered the manor, the entire Nongka City's external network was blocked and the power supply of the transportation system was paralyzed. Nongka City became a black zone in the online world, and rumors began to spread on the local area network.

“The rumor is that some kind of doomsday virus has broken out in this city, and one-third of humanity will die in the next month.

"This rumor was originally harmless, but several politicians came forward and said the same words, which caused panic among residents. A large number of people fled overnight, bringing panic to several surrounding cities.

"In order to maintain order, the Cass Federation deployed troops... Then, the people who were stopped thought that the army was blocking them and leaving them to die, so violent conflicts broke out."

Several video clips appeared in front of Yang Ming.

Men, women, old and young, tall and short, fat and thin, flocked to the front line of defense composed of military police. High-performance hover vehicles continued to cross the blockade and streak across the sky. There were smashed police cars in the background on the roadside.

Yang Ming muttered: "The folk customs in this place are also quite tough."

"The Cass Federation imitates the New Federation in its political system, but is not as developed as the New Federation. The social order is already very chaotic," Lu said after a pause, "It is also because of this that Kolev chose to launder his black property there. white."

Yang Ming nodded and was fascinated by the video for a while.

The person behind the scenes caused such a big commotion with rumors?

No, the key point is those politicians.

"Let's check to see if those politicians who have spoken out have purchased bionic robots."

"I have already checked the boss," Lu said softly. "This kind of thing is relatively secretive. Now we can only confirm that one of them purchased an assassin-proof bionic robot six months ago."

"Omnic Crisis?"

"It's impossible to tell at this stage. Kas Federation officials are also investigating what happened in Nongka City. The team sent by the military seems to have been violently blocked, and the satellite data has also been blocked by the Kas Federation military," Lu said slowly. , "Is it allowed to invade the government and military networks of the Cass Federation?"

"Invasion, leave no trace."

"yes."

"Has Feinan been repaired?"

"It has been repaired and two booster engines have been installed. Although its maneuverability is not as good as its peak, it can still maintain its advantage over ordinary fleets."

Yang Ming thought for a while: "Let 026 drive the Feinan to the vicinity of Cass Federation. If necessary, I will use the identity of White Ghost to intervene in this commotion."

"Good boss... 026, the supply ship Dark Star No. 1 and Fei Nan are already on a barren planet near the Cass Federation. They can reach the target administrative star within three galaxy hours."

Yang Ming smiled and said, "Precise prediction."

Law said earnestly: "You will not let your first mate do nothing, this is something that he can be sure of. You are actually very grateful to first mate Kolev. After all, he gave you the first ship, which is the basis of everything. .”

"No, no, Kolev and I have settled the matter of favor," Yang Ming snapped his fingers, "Actually, I care more about Mimily."

Lu smiled without saying a word, his figure disappeared aside, and he concentrated on being busy in the thinking space.

Although the development level of the Cass Federation is similar to that of the Luofeng Empire a few years ago, and Lily has completed a leap in the performance of the shipboard mastermind, this is a country after all.

Law showed great enthusiasm.

Yang Ming was also idle when he was idle, browsing the network of Cass Federation.

Strangely, if an omnic crisis breaks out there, the Cass Federation's first reaction should be to ask for help. According to international conventions, a large number of armed forces will come to support.

Why did Cass Federation block the news?

and……

The old man Kolev is really impatient.

Ludu told him that he was about to 'leave customs', and he couldn't wait for half a month, so he insisted on going there to take risks.

This old arm and old legs don't say that An Anxin is a rich man, why do he work so hard?

Besides, the assets of Cass Federation, compared with the current Luofeng chemical industry giant, which one is more valuable, can't you tell?

Yang Ming closed his eyes and kept his mind calm.

The blond female singer with big waves was still singing lyrical songs, the starlight outside the window flashed quickly, and the Dongfeng was driving at full speed during the interval between continuous jumps.

About half an hour later, Li brought several confidential videos.

...

In the first video, a group of high-level military and political leaders of the Cass Federation gathered for an emergency meeting, and half of them participated in the meeting through video projection.

The president of the Cass Federation, an old lady with gray hair and flabby skin, listened wearily to the report from the side.

"Ma'am, what is certain is that the Omnic Crisis broke out in these two cities.

"Especially in Nongka City, a large area of ​​the city has been controlled by robots... According to our detailed investigation, it was two mechanical reinforcement battalions of the military that suddenly lost control during the transfer process and landed in Nongka City, occupying three Two-thirds of the mechanical guards killed their human teammates and infected robots in every corner of the city with a special electronic virus.

"The robot industry we are proud of has led to robots being found everywhere. This time the robot virus broke out very quickly, and the city has been out of control.

"It has been determined that about one tenth of the residents have been taken hostage by robots.

"They were trapped in a building, and all satellite signals were blocked...Using the military's shielding technology, those two reinforced battalions are the best of our elite."

Madam President frowned and looked at the old generals beside her.

An old general frowned and said: "The core industry of our country is the robot industry. The addition of mechanical reinforcement battalions to the army is also a way to reduce military expenditures and potential pension expenditures and strengthen the military."

Madam President said: "Then can you guarantee now that there will be no troubles in the other twenty or so machine-enhanced battalions?"

A general immediately replied: "Viruses can spread through the network, so we isolated them from the network in the first place, turned them off and removed their batteries."

A middle-aged general in the back raised his hand and spoke: "According to the investigation, the source of this virus is Nongka City."

"What's the meaning?"

"The source of the virus did not come from the army, but from the robot parts production factory in Nongka City. It was loaded into the power chip, escaped formatting and strict inspection, and finally assembled into a mechanical guard."

The general said:

"I think we don't need to shirk responsibility now, but look for solutions.

"There may be the shadow of an international criminal organization behind this, or there may be problems with the omnic itself, we can only investigate afterwards.

"The decision that must be made now is that we want the people who are dominated by panic to stay as far away from this medium-sized city as possible."

The Minister of Finance asked: "What if the electronic equipment on their bodies brings out the virus?"

"Then tell them to drop all their equipment and do an inspection, like undress."

The politician said: "Doing so will lead to investigations by human rights organizations, and the subsequent fermentation will cause half of us present to take the blame and resign."

"Then scan them with some instrument."

The general said: "The virus can escape the most stringent inspections by the military, and ordinary inspections will not be effective at all."

"Then let our soldiers rush in and destroy these robots!"

"They held millions of hostages."

"Oh my God!"

Madam President sadly covered her head:

"We should seek help from the international community and ask the fleet of the New Federation to bring more advanced instruments to deal with these runaway robots."

"Ma'am, according to international conventions, we have to pay a large commission for all fleets that come to aid, and we also have to accept omnic supervision for a period of ten years. This will destroy our economy and high-end industries that have managed to improve."

"And, ma'am, the new federation is in danger of protecting itself now. They are suppressed by the Sherman Empire and won't care about a small, remote country like us."

Madam President shouted: "Now the people of two cities are under threat!"

"But apart from the army, civilians have not suffered a large number of casualties for the time being. According to the situation captured by the satellite, the robots are even ensuring the food and clothing of the trapped residents, and distributing survival resources according to the head," said a politician. "We can say yes to the outside world. An exercise to minimize all impacts."

Madam President frowned: "Then what should we do at least now, negotiate with them?"

An old general said: "We sent several expert teams, but we couldn't communicate with them... They seem to have some kind of purpose. I still think that we can let the people be inspected and let them leave these two cities. Settle in surrounding cities."

"There is also a risk in doing so, that is, if these people leave the area where the network is blocked, they will definitely spread the pictures that are not conducive to our country on the interstellar network."

"We've brought in a lot of journalists with a good nose."

"Give them a little public relations money and that'll fix it."

Discussions continue, but it's clear that none of them have come up with a suitable countermeasure.

The Cass Federation is only a very tiny particle in the human territory of the entire galaxy, and it is just a small country.

Yang Ming quickly browsed through several other videos.

As these useless politicians and generals say, robots are keeping the population fed and clothed.

The humans in the city who hadn't had time to escape were trapped in their respective office areas and residential areas. Several local 'politicians' who had previously acknowledged the existence of the virus tried their best to appease them, using robots to protect their lives.

These trapped hostages thought they were being protected at the moment.

Yang Ming has roughly outlined the initiation process of this omnic crisis.

The plan of the trader behind it is very clear.

They first secretly controlled a part of the omnics, and let the omnics of several politicians turn back to the main force, and then injected the virus into the army by infecting the production source of the mechanical guards, and gained armed forces.

When Yang Ming came to Cass Federation for the first time, he felt that Cass Federation's robot industry was very developed, and young people's entrepreneurial goals were concentrated in this area, which seriously did not match their overall economy.

This also provided the soil for this crisis.

Replacing politicians with real ones, using mechanical guards to block some urban areas, using advanced military equipment to shield regional networks, and using virus rumors to restrict human activities, so as to get enough hostages.

What are they doing to control the hostages?

Fight for so-called freedom and independence?

——Almost most of the omnic crisis, the purpose of omnic is to fight for independence.

So what does this have to do with Kolev?

These goddamn robots, better not hurt his first mate.

Yang Ming closed his eyes, and bright red ripples appeared around his body.

at the same time.

Kolev's manor, in Kolev's spacious bedroom filled with artwork.

Kolev lay motionless on the bed, his hands and feet were bound by chains, and beside him were two cute maid robots who were stirring the food and feeding it into his mouth bite by bite.

The mechanical butler in a tuxedo stood at the door with a slight smile on his lips, and the silver-gray shell exuded a faint light.

Mimily was sitting on the sofa in the corner, with bandages on her arms and magnetic collars on her feet, and she was boredly flipping through the electronic magazine in front of her.

"I need to change clothes."

Mimilie cried out feebly.

The old butler at the side snapped his fingers quietly, and a few maid robots ran over carrying the screen, holding a few pink and tender skirts in their hands.

"Good lady," the old housekeeper smiled, "The three tasks you need to release in the last three hours have been completed. You are an excellent host."

Mimily gave a middle finger.

The old butler blinked, and the maid robot suddenly took out an electric shock baton and slammed it down on Mimily's slender waist.