Volume 2: The Shadow of Death Chapter 4 Return to the Seamount
With Mr. Hanwei interrupting the correspondence, this costly tripartite meeting began inexplicably and ended inexplicably.
Fortunately, it was not completely fruitless, at least after determining that the real enemy had appeared, Chen Mingyuan did not get too entangled in the matter of eliminating himself and Xinluosong.
Although the two are almost mortal enemies, perhaps no one in this world knows themselves better than Chen Mingyuan.
Han Jianfei would not deliberately deceive him in order to end the war, and likewise, he would not use deception to gain a strategic advantage.
So when Han Jianfei said that that kind of threat has already appeared, then it must have appeared.
After finishing the correspondence, Han Jianfei left the conference room, and saw that the door of Mayvis's office was open, so he pushed the door open and walked in.
Mavis was sitting behind her desk with glasses on her glasses and reading a file, while her cat was lazily lying on the desk, and when she saw Han Jianfei coming in, it raised its eyelids and glanced at it, and gave a symbolic bark.
Only then did Mayvis notice Han Jianfei at the door, and smiled apologetically.
Han Jianfei waved his hand and motioned for him to continue, while he walked to the desk and picked up a few e-paper documents casually.
"Report on the summer drought in the southern hemisphere, the results of the negotiation of the TH4NA-9 asteroid mining permit, and the follow-up report on the post-war pension of the residents of Tiangang City......" After reading a few titles, Han Jianfei put down the document, "You need to worry about these things?" β
Mayvis shook her head: "Most of the things are not needed, these few things are specially transferred by me to see, I just have a general understanding of these things, and the specific affairs are still handed over to the people in charge of the department." β
Han Jianfei nodded and said, "If you feel tired, just tell me." β
Mayvis sighed softly, put down the documents in her hand, walked to the window, opened the curtains, and let in the night scene of Tiangang City: "I always felt that I was taking care of your property for you, but since this time, I have become more and more fond of Xinluosong and the people here, especially when you said that the threat has appeared, looking at this bustling city, and the nearly two billion people on this planet, they have their own lives, their own joys, sorrows, and sorrows, every time I think of these, I feel, That's a pretty heavy responsibility. β
"Maybe I'm not a very good executive, I'm too young, I don't have that kind of political mind, I don't have much experience in governance, and I dream every night that I will not lead this planet to the abyss, whether I will fail you, whether I will fail my people......"
"You've done a good job." Han Jianfei interrupted her softly, "Don't think about it, I'm worse at this, but I've built a successful Baishan, and I'll build a more successful Grant Group - not because I have any governance experience, but because I know how to use people, I know who to put in what position, and you are the same, as an executive, this is what you should worry about." β
Mayvis turned to look at him, "yes, there's still a lot to learn. β
Han Jianfei thought of Zhai Liu, and his eyes were a little gloomy.
That was the only person he looked at, but even if he betrayed himself, Han Jianfei had to admit that he knew better than himself how to run a mercenary group like Baishan.
"I'll let Madame Crawford help you." Han Jianfei suddenly remembered that after coming to Xinluosong, she refused the apartment arranged for her by the group, and insisted on taking care of her life in her own apartment.
"Who is she?"
"In a sense, she should be my enlightenment teacher in managing the White Mountain," Han Jianfei showed a meaningful smile on his face, "At that time, I didn't know anything but killing, and it was Madame Crawford who taught me all this by hand." β
"By the way," Mavis returned to her desk and picked up the document she was reading, "there's one more 'little thing' for you - there are several heads of institutes and laboratories who have emailed me directly, starting a few years ago, a secret project with no legal process, recruiting many top scientists, writers, and technicians, including epidemiologists, biologists, physicists, computer specialists, science fiction writers, mechanics, hackers, and all sorts of weird people, and taking up a lot of money and budget, They were all cut from their already insufficient budget, and every time they reacted to the top, they were ordered by the people above to prohibit mentioning it. This situation persisted after the group was formed and took over Sila Song, and those in charge came directly to me......"
"I arranged it," Mr. Han said, "and I transferred those people to a project, and you'll find out soon, but it's not time to make it public." β
"Well," Mayvis frowned, "and how do I get back to them?" β
"I guess they pay more attention to those R&D funds, if you still have a surplus in your budget, give that project a special allocation, those people's funds are not occupied, and naturally a lot will stop."
Mayvis thought for a moment and nodded: "Okay, I'm afraid Mr. Grant is going to complain again." β
"Leave him alone for now," Han Jianfei's fingers tapped rhythmically on the tabletop, "The group is developing too fast, we all have to adapt to this speed, because it will only be faster in the future." β
Neither of them spoke, silently watching the endless night scene in Mayvis's spacious and luxurious governor's office.
"That's right," Han Jianfei was the first to break the silence, "I'm going to leave for a while and go to Haishan, that is, Xia Zhi Satellite." β
Mavis has never been the kind of woman to ask "what to do", she habitually nods and asks, "When are you going?" β
"Let the fleet send me a small transport ship, and when Chen Mingyuan's people leave, I will set off."
A month later, the ultra-long-range mass radar on the Silla Songwei detected a massive mass collapse near the Hermes stargate.
After risking a scout ship to investigate at close range, they found that the alliance fleet, which had been firmly blocking the Hermes Stargate since the war half a year ago, finally abandoned the Stargate they had held for half a year and left the Silaspine system.
After a few more days, the Marines of the Shillason who were besieging Cherry Valley withdrew from their positions and opened a passage to the southern coast.
Under the watchful eye of the Marines of Shinasong, the three Marine Divisions of the Alliance's 17th Fleet, which had been besieged in Cherry Valley for half a year, left Cherry Valley along an agreed route and boarded a transport ship bound for a space elevator near the equator.
They were also sent back to the alliance with Vice Admiral Blake, the former commander of the local fleet in Silassong, who was detained during the Sillasong coup.
The Coalition general was restricted in his personal liberty during the coup d'Γ©tat and was not released until after the war, but was told not to leave Paradise City, and it was only at this point that Silamatsu had a complete truce with the Coalition and left with the Union Marines trapped in Cherry Valley.
For the 1092nd, 796th and 3017th Marine Divisions of the Alliance Fleet, this orderly withdrawal under enemy surveillance was definitely not a glorious triumph, especially for the 1092nd Marine Division, it was almost an insult.
For Silasson, the war ended half a year ago, but for them, the war has just begun.
Just before the three Marine Divisions had to leave on the transports provided by the former enemy's fleet of the new Rasson, a small, unmarked transport quietly left the dock of the Ark of Death at L2 and flew towards the Hermes Stargate.
In addition to a large amount of supplies, food, and weapons, this starship is also loaded with more than 40 sets of "Reaper" armor produced by the arsenal on the Ark of Death after the 307 Research Center was finalized.
As Han Jianfei said, this kind of armor is for those warriors on the sea and mountains who have super resistance to loads.
Han Jianfei and Gen Chiko, who became seasick as soon as they boarded the starship, were also on this transport ship.
It has been nearly a year since she left the Natsushiba satellite, and according to the physique of a normal person, she should have overcome this abnormal "seasickness" reaction a long time ago, but Genchiko seems to have an irrepressible feeling of vertigo as long as she is on the starship.
The only exception is aboard the city-like Ark of Death.
Therefore, the crew of the Silla Song Fleet who accompanied them once thought that this petite girl who was called "sister-in-law" by the old Baishan employees was really pregnant with Boss Han's flesh and blood.
Even Han Jianfei himself couldn't help but want to ask the ship's medical officer for a pregnancy test stick and give it to Gen Chiko.
Because he himself didn't know what happened on the night after the war.
But thinking that it had been half a year since that incident, Han Jianfei resisted the urge to do so.
In any case, the transport, named "Manhu", passed through the Hermes Star Gate and came to the Xia Zhi system amid Gen Chiko's incessant retching, the kind and narrow smiles of the crew, and Han Kanfei's cheeky ignorance.
After nearly a year away, Gentomoko finally sees her hometown again.
When she left here, she was still an ignorant girl from a primitive tribe, ignorant of the outside world but full of yearning, but this time when she returned here, she wanted to bring more people out of this satellite, get on Han Jianfei's chariot, and face those unknown enemies.
Although before leaving here, Han Jianfei told her unabashedly that it was very likely that he would tie the entire Haishan and all the tribes in it to his chariot, and Gen Zhizi also agreed with his statement, but when it really came time to make a decision, she was a little hesitant.
When the transport ship approached the Natsuzhi satellite and began to sail in low earth orbit, Genchiko rarely did not get seasick, but stood on the side of the port facing the planet and stared out of the window, staring out the window at the green moon and the giant planet it orbited.
She knew very well that rationally speaking, if the kind of threat shown by Han Jianfei was aimed at all human beings, the Haishan people would naturally not be spared, and fighting might be the only choice, but emotionally, she still felt a sense of guilt.
She suddenly remembered the old shaman who had been forced to give up his life for the sake of the tribe, and remembered her prophecy that Han Jianfei would bring disaster and death to the entire tribe.
The old shaman was not wrong, Han Jianfei may really come with disaster and death, but her vision may be too narrow and she does not see the source of that disaster and death.
That is not Han Jianfei himself, but the bleak future that the entire human civilization is about to fall behind his back.