Chapter 666: What is the number of chapters in this chapter?
Atlantic Floater, in a five-story building next to the third airfield. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
Like the offices that Titan once arranged for Phoebe in various places, the entire fifth floor has been opened into a very spacious, even palace-like office.
Barbara sat on a couch made of strange black material, the fingers of her left hand stirring up the three-dimensional reality projected by the three modules in the void, and her right hand pressed her phone to her ear.
Soon, the person she wanted to talk to picked up the phone, and Phoebe's voice came from the other side: "Barbara, what's wrong?" β
Barbara's left hand continued to stir up the three-dimensional projection, causing the image to jump back and forth on the faces of several people in the projection, and at the same time said, "Phoebe, you are not wrong at all. After the Republicans saw the environment on the floating islands and our secret demonstrations, they all openly and secretly told us not to give the technology to the UK. β
"What about the reaction of the military? It shouldn't have been what we expected, right? β
Barbara smiled and nodded: "Well, as you expected, the military is not only divided, but also the majority who support us, the traditional energy company's style of acting has always been a bit domineering, and often let the military carry the black pot, they just don't have a better opportunity, now that the opportunity comes, they naturally want to seize it." β
"Where's the new city?"
Barbara shrugged her shoulders and said: "The invited Democrats have all gone, like you said, because we didn't invite them to the floating island to attend the launch ceremony, and the Democrats almost blew up, but fortunately, the Desert New City project finally saved a lot of face, and the new president even arrived a few hours early, just to tell us that they value us more than the Republican Party, a new force that relies on technology to rise." β
"It's hard work, big sister, they're done."
Barbara smiled: "Sister Mira, they are actually enjoying it, anyway, they are going to China soon, and it is not bad to leave a foreshadowing in the political circle." β
"Well, then there's nothing to worry about."
Phoebe ...... It's boring to stay here......" Barbara said suddenly.
"Ebrun didn't accompany you to the event?"
Barbara sighed and said, "How do you say it...... I'm used to doing things with you, and I feel that the pattern of the Eblon is still a little small...... It's so exciting. β
"Oh? Why? β
Barbara said with a very aggrieved emphasis: "When I picked up Bush's plane yesterday, Eblon was still talking about getting a letter of recommendation from Bush's family for West Point...... As a result, I also saw that one of their nephews was smiling and encouraging Ebron, and to be honest, I don't think it was a kind laugh. β
"Didn't Sister Mira tell you before? Sometimes Eblon needs to be reminded that men, especially men of this age, are still very easy to get enthusiastic about some names, such as former presidents or something, and they can't be normal. β
Barbara smiled bitterly: "But don't forget the common saying, the character of the founding commander of a unit will be imprinted on this unit forever, and the people of Onclaude are also a little nervous like Ebron." Our people all feel that the people of Onclaude are ridiculous. β
"You can explain to you that the vast majority of Enclaude's people are individual beneficiaries of Bush Jr.'s military strategy facts, either veterans or veterans in their families, so they will naturally have a sense of affinity for the Republican Party and a bit of blind worship of the Bush family...... Okay, I see, you guys don't like them worshipping George W. Bush instead of me, right? β
"Hehe~Your Highness~~ You are always so smart, it's so comfortable to talk to you." Barbara laughs like a little fox, and the pronunciation is sounded by Sunny - Barbara has figured out one thing through countless experiments, and the one who can make Phoebe most responsive is definitely Sunny, even if it's just learning Sunny to speak.
Sure enough, Phoebe's voice no longer seemed to be routine, and she said, "Okay, why have you been trying to do this again lately?" β
Barbara said with a hippie smile: "The new underwater drive mechanism makes everyone feel that the Nazi flying saucer that was rumored in the past is not exactly a rumor, and it is indeed a bit mysterious to put it in the air, but if it is in the sea, it is ......."
"Oh...... I saw that the jellyfish has been made a few days ago, and everyone wants to improve my status again because of that? β
Barbara argued: "It's worship from the heart, I can guarantee you, even if someone had such and such strange ideas before, no one wanted to put it into practice, all this can only happen to Titan, and it is the Titan you lead, if you change to someone else, the first thing that comes to mind can only be 'Hey!'" No kidding! Such an assessment. β
ββ¦β¦ I still insist on my original point of view, your worship can only make me more and more confident, but this self-confidence will gradually become more and more arrogant, so I will not let go of this opening, people will always have to inch in, whether it is you, or me, all the same, strict with themselves, is responsible for myself, but also responsible for everyone, I lead everyone to take the road that no one has walked, but the first thing is that this road cannot be the road of self-destruction. β
Barbara took a few deep breaths, nodded and said, "Well, I understand, I'll tell you what you say." β
Phoebe said again: "By the way, I saw that several of the Russian fleets have returned to the Caribbean, what's going on?" β
Barbara said very seriously this time: "It is rumored that the Democratic Party wants to make the Venezuelan oil industry the target of the contradiction of transferring funds, you know, after the new president's rescue plan is made, even if the domestic economy does not improve, you have to prepare some targets for the people to scold, and the Venezuelans actually want to reform the fiscal system with the help of the Russians, who does not get him?" After the issuance of the new currency on the 1st, something went wrong in Venezuela, and as a result, the Russians drove a couple of small boats over. However, we haven't found out what happened, and the matter was not done by Langley, so it is estimated that some consortiums on the Democratic side did it themselves, and it is estimated that they themselves have not reached a consensus. β
"Oh...... That's right...... Venezuela's new currency...... Russia, it's really troublesome, can't these people stop some...... Did the Russians pass by our floating islands? β
Barbara nodded and said: "Of course passing by, in addition, according to NASA intelligence, the number of military satellites flying over the floating islands every week is the largest in the world, to be honest, if our space recovery program is carried out directly above the floating islands, it is estimated that many countries will jump their feet, and even the satellites that some countries announced to be scrapped before have suddenly regained their vitality, hehe, it's ridiculous." Therefore, many countries have also sent notes saying that some of the provisions of the space agreements negotiated by Ebron need to be renegotiated. β
"Nothing funny, doesn't the United States also have a bunch of such hibernation satellites...... Don't interrupt, wait for the space program first, what exactly is the performance of the Navy when the Russians pass by us? And their attitudes? β
Barbara often can't grasp the key points that Phoebe needs when she talks to Phoebe, in fact, many people have this feeling, but Barbara also knows that the goal of Phoebe's attention is not easy to grasp, but it often proves one thing afterwards, don't question Phoebe, otherwise it will highlight her ignorance even more.
Therefore, Barbara thought about it seriously and frowned, "When you say that, the Navy's behavior does seem to be a little strange...... Wait a minute, we also recorded the scene at that time, call it out and take a look. β
"Focus on the signal convergence under the surface, I think after so long in the Caribbean, we should record the signal characteristics of all the vehicles passing by us, right?"
"Oh......" Barbara now has a clear goal.
After a while, looking at the demonstration of the active sonar signal under the water around the floating island displayed by the projection module, he said in frustration: "Phoebe, you are not here, we really can't pay attention to this, I didn't expect the navy to sell us." β
"It shouldn't be sold, they actually want to give the Russians a chance to be presumptuous, and at the same time see if our marine animal attack system works against warships."
Barbara frowned and moved the fingers of her left hand, and said: "The possibility of giving the Russians a chance is extremely high, and their purpose is not easy to say, but the probability of what you said is still very high." What are we going to do? β
"What else can I do? The Navy is really full of doubts about the same frequency sound wave test of marine animals in the South Atlantic, and probably guessed that we used other types of mechanical wave weapons, and the two submarines sent last time, one is conventionally powered, the other is nuclear-powered, plus the supply ship, it really forms a triangular detection and data acquisition surface, alas...... Navy, why do you have to do so much......"
"If you don't have much to do, you won't call it the Navy......" Barbara complained.
"Barbara, I heard that China's anti-piracy fleet has reached the Red Sea?"
"Huh? Well, yes, go, Yemen instantly became a concentration of intelligence traffickers, and I heard that in order to squeeze the Chinese out, Langley has already begun to prepare a layout against Yemen. Barbara didn't know why Phoebe asked for news about the Chinese fleet, but she tried her best to tell what she knew, and Phoebe probably didn't know.
"Oh...... You say, what effect would it have if a certain sore pirate group in Somalia suddenly sank a Chinese ship with anti-ship missiles? β
ββ¦β¦ You're really crazy......" Barbara commented with some excitement, then thought about it carefully, and said, "Don't choose China, although they only passed this year, didn't you say it before?" The new president of the Democratic Party has a rescue policy of issuing additional dollars, and the number of additional issuance is too large, relying on the current credit rating of the US government alone, the additional issuance can only cause the value of the dollar to depreciate rapidly, so they need to obtain the cooperation of the Chinese, let the Chinese help stabilize the dollar, even if it falls can not fall too fast, so it is estimated that at this time any unfriendly action against China, the United States will definitely personally help China out, it is estimated that before next year, no one dares to provoke China covered by the madmen of the Democratic Party. β
"Well, I know, that's why the Chinese escort ships can sail to the Gulf of Aden safe and sound, and the Singaporean ships have been followed for a while and have been cleaned up by the United States, not to mention others. However, it is precisely because of this that the US military can be kept busy, and we can't let them stare at us. β
"Hiss......" Barbara took a deep breath, now she once again deeply understood why Phoebe has been insisting on not engaging in a personality cult, yes, Phoebe sometimes has a strategy that is indeed very effective, but no one dares to guarantee what kind of changes will occur to her strategy, Chinese it has been so early in these years, if it really sinks an unknown thing, to be honest, it is difficult to guarantee that Chinese will not go crazy, and the United States, which is seeking China at this time, will definitely settle down in China, It's even more crazy than China.
The new official took office three fires, if the fire of the new president's rescue did not burn out tricks, then if he wanted to ignite anyone's anger at that time, no one could complain about anything, and could only consider himself unlucky, this point of view was also told by Phoebe to Barbara.
So Barbara immediately objected: "Phoebe, isn't it too dangerous to do this...... After all, the aggressiveness of the new president is only a symptom, and everyone doesn't know what else he will do besides saving the market, and jumping out now can only become a stepping stone for him to declare his presidential authority......"
So, Barbara heard Phoebe say again: "Well, in this way, if you can find something to do for everyone, you can only do it by the navy." β
Barbara was stunned: "Uh...... Let the US Navy wreck a ship on the other side of the Red Sea? Our flight monitoring system in East Africa and Saudi Arabia in the Red Sea is extremely complete, otherwise we would not let the Chinese go to the Red Sea. β
"It doesn't have to be the Red Sea, but if you attack shore-to-ship, isn't it possible to do it in the Mediterranean?"
Barbara really couldn't keep up with Phoebe's train of thought this time: "Uh...... On the Israeli side? β
"No, no, the Middle East is very big, and the United States is now preparing to withdraw from Iraq, if the US naval ships also suffer losses, will the new president's withdrawal of troops be very rational and more in line with the will of the American people? Oh, by the way, I heard that the Norwegians seem to be planning to give the new president a peace prize when the withdrawal begins, well, with the loss of the U.S. Navy, he deserves this award even more, right? β
"Uh...... I'm afraid the military still wants to retaliate. β
"Anyway, the president is a Democrat, so the military's actions will definitely be limited, so that the total amount of resources available to them will not be very large, and the attention and ideas for us will be reduced a lot, isn't this what we want?"
ββ¦β¦ Well, it does. Barbara smiled wryly and nodded.
"As for the ships of the Russians...... Alas...... To be honest, I don't really like this country that looks like a country, but behaves more like a mercenary. There is no basic etiquette of a regime, not to mention shame, and people dare not speak it. β
"Uh-huh, I agree."
"Even in January, there will be small storms in the Caribbean, and the performance of the Russians' small boats does not seem to be able to withstand storms in tropical waters, right? Well, sink it all. It just so happens that our jellyfish has already been built, and after the closed test, let's wait for the Russian boat to return home for combat testing. β
Barbara nodded and said, "Oh, it's still quite nice to be able to get revenge after being tricked." However, their communications system was able to transmit what happened to Moscow via satellite. β
"No, no, no, Barbara, you underestimate the diffusion power mode used by Jellyfish One, it can be used not only for propulsion and stabilization, but also for creating whirlpools, and it is strange that there is a whirlpool or something in the Caribbean Sea?"
"Really?" Barbara hesitated.
"Why should I lie to you? We are talking about dealing with the Russians, not joking. β
"But we don't have a data model that we actually operates...... The jellyfish had only been built for a few days, and the closed beta had not yet been completed...... Barbara said.
"Understood, I'll upload the relevant operation data to Artemis, and it will help you calculate how to operate in the actual situation when the time comes." Phoebe's voice still sounds so elegant.
"Hehe, it's not that we can't do it, it's that you're too good, and we really can't keep up." Barbara laughed.
"Another sycophant......"
Barbara laughed for a while, and then said, "By the way, did you receive this year's clothes?" I received it here, and I feel that the workmanship is much better than the workmanship of the previous quarter. β
"I got it, but I don't want to wear it here in Korea."
Barbara said helplessly, "Aha...... What kind of combination marketing strategy is sprinkled all over the company, you can't be too outstanding, can you? β
"Hmm. But it's good that way, lest the media always put me and Li Yunxin together. β
Barbara was suddenly happy again: "Oh~ I read the recent news, they said that your affair with Li Yunxin actually started when you were very young, haha, Sunny is not angry, right?" β
"I was angry, I quarreled with Li Yunxin behind closed doors, and then came out hand in hand, I don't know what I said......"
"Oh? Do you want me to go back and help? β
"Not for the time being, you can keep the floating island and the Ebrun side busy, and then go to Boston to help me get out of school, and I will go when I sign."
Barbara hesitated, she knew that Phoebe's status as an MIT student had really earned her a lot of impression points in South Korea, so she asked, "Do you really want to drop out?" β
"Of course, on the one hand, MIT is of no use to me at all, and on the other hand, my psychology research topic is still kept secret and blocked by the school, so you say, as a young person, should I show the injustice imposed on me by the school in a one-time, fierce manner?"
Barbara nodded: "Okay, your ideas are always so convincing, but don't toss too hard when tossing MIT, after all, they also cheered us on the launch of Desert New City." β
"Rationally, that's because MIT thinks it's like running to Caltech's doorstep to set up a sign, so it's definitely going to be positive."
Barbara said with a smile: "I said you can't take this matter as if MIT was worried that you, a little alumnus, would be bullied by the people of Caltech at the door of Caltech, so you came to help you support the faΓ§ade so you went?" β
"Uh...... All right...... Anyway, I can say anything in the past, but this time I'll listen to you. β
Barbara nodded contentedly and said, "Well, that's right." Then he said, "By the way, what are you doing now?" β
"It's nothing, I'll stand next to Sister Taeyeon's bed and call you."
Barbara was puzzled: "Why are you standing next to her?" β
"She hasn't talked to me for a few days, as if she has done something very sorry for me, Sister Sun seems to know what's going on, but no one tells me what happened, I've been having a headache for the past few days."
Barbara laughed and said, "Then you can tell you if you just guard her like this?" β
"What else can I do other than soft and hard foam?"
"By the way, it seems to be late on your side, right? You're talking right next to her? β
"Well, Sister Xiuying has already moved into my room to sleep, Sister Yuna has earmuffs, and Sister Taeyeon is covering her head, but I know she didn't sleep."
Barbara nodded her head: "Okay, don't make a fuss, I'll help you ask what's going on when you go back." Suddenly, she reacted again and said, "By the way, didn't you say before that if Sunny didn't tell you, it means that if you know that the disadvantages are greater than the benefits, so you won't tell you?" Why are you so competitive this time? β
"It's like this, but this time it's different, I said, Sister Taeyeon seems to feel like she's done something sorry for me, and she's too polite to me, which makes me scared, I'm not used to this."
"Isn't it okay to be polite to you?" Barbara wondered.
"The transformation of people's psychology is an accumulation that needs to be experienced, and now Sister Taeyeon has inexplicably accumulated experiences about me, but I don't know yet, do you think I can't be curious?"
"What does that mean?"
"If she thinks it's good, then I'll do more things that make her feel guilty in the future, and if she thinks it's bad, I won't do it, and I'll have to judge for myself, right? But none of my sisters told me......" Phoebe's voice sounded calm, but Barbara felt that Phoebe was treated like this, very pitiful, don't forget, Phoebe and her background are very similar, this is not an emotional change that the members of Girls' Generation can experience.
Barbara also believed that Phoebe must have told her the reason she wanted to know, but Sunny still wouldn't tell Phoebe...... As a result, Barbara herself was confused, and she didn't know where to stand, so she could only say, "You bear with it first, and I'll help you ask what's going on in two weeks." β
"I can't stand ......"
"......" Barbara pondered for a moment and said, "I'll give you a look, didn't you say that Xiuying went to sleep with you?" You just sleep with Xiuying, I remember that Xiuying likes to hug Taeyeon when she sleeps, you just learn from Xiuying, Taeyeon will definitely soften after a long time, that little girl's heart is very soft, you just hug her. β
"Impossible, if this is the case, Sister Taeyeon would have been honestly embraced by Sister Xiuying."
Barbara asked rhetorically, "Is there any other way for you to get along with each other than this one?" β
ββ¦β¦ No...... Then I slept ......."
"Oh, good night."
"Good Night ......"
Listening to the busy tone on the phone, Barbara couldn't help laughing, although Phoebe is very mature and calm most of the time, delicate and broad-minded, but occasionally it makes people feel very naΓ―ve, but Barbara thinks of herself when she was a child, in fact, it is also like this, because she has lost her family, and she pays great attention to the views of the people around her, and if there are people around her who suddenly have something to hide from you, she will not be able to sleep, as if the meaning of life is to figure out where the problem is.
After briefly recalling the past, Barbara began to sort out the measures that Phoebe just said, as she sorted out and further expanded the relevant information, she smiled helplessly again, Phoebe this girl, even if there are very important things to think about, when considering other issues, it is still so leaky, really convinced her, especially first told herself that she was going to move the Chinese fleet and scared herself, and then said that she wanted to move the American fleet, so that she could accept it, to be honest, I'm afraid Phoebe thought of it at that time, If you want to sink a battleship, then the U.S. Navy itself must cooperate, so this method of persuasion is not only prepared for itself, but also for a small part of the top of the U.S. Navy......
"She's really becoming more and more like that demonic person...... Barbara didn't know why she had such thoughts, but she felt that Phoebe's state was really too appropriate to express in terms of demonic nature......