Chapter Ninety-Nine: We Lie, Deceive, and Steal
The director has been wearing deep dark circles since a few days ago, and although he still came to work on time, he was obviously not in good shape, only hastily handling some official duties, and locking himself in the office the rest of the time.
And now that there is such a big fire, it is obviously stimulated by something.
I just don't know if the plan to subvert the regime of another country has failed again, or if some foreign secret service organization has been wiped out, or has it been run out by a higher level?
Whatever it is, it's best not to touch his head right now anyway.
A young woman with a document in her hand stood in the doorway, wondering if she should go in at this time and let the director review the document.
A senior operator behind her patted her on the shoulder, then stretched out a finger and shook it, signaling her to wait.
In his office, Nick, the director of the CIA (Central Intelligence Agency) of the Eagle Nation, looked gloomily at the computer screen in front of him that he punched through, and the smashed keyboard, and fell into deep thought.
After being invited to a "real apocalyptic game", he fell into it.
As one of the most powerful spy chiefs on the planet, he has a huge interest in this mysterious game and the developers behind it.
At first, he only started playing the game with the idea of looking for clues, but when he actually started to enter the game, after experiencing the first stone statue apocalyptic game mission, he was already deeply intrigued.
The apocalyptic stone statues created by the game's developers are simply realistic, like a real world.
And the description of the reason for the outbreak of the stone statue in the last days, as well as the spread of the entire plague, is even more alarming.
When the character controlled by Nick went through hardships and dangers and finally got the treatment of gargoyle, he felt as if he had experienced a baptism, and even had a feeling of being reborn.
It was at this time that Nick vaguely guessed that the thirteen doctors who had successfully developed the gargoyle potion before were likely to have come into contact with this game!
As a trained agent, while playing the game, he was able to feel the guidance and selection of the developers behind him, as well as the kindness to humanity at the very least.
Because of this, when the second "Nuclear War Wasteland Apocalypse" mission began, he immediately couldn't wait to enter it.
It's just that this time the feeling is completely different from the end of the stone statue, and the overall style is more gloomy and cramped.
Fortunately, this bit of environmental emotion naturally did not affect him, after all, what he had been doing was lying, cheating, and stealing.
Nick has been patiently playing the game, and has even become the leader of several teams of 100 players, leading the crowd through various activities.
During the construction of the City of Hope, they put a lot of effort into it.
He also admired the intelligence and humility of his teammates, the other players.
Although there are also some guys with dark hearts and corrupt morals, on the whole, everyone gets along in harmony and strives for a goal together.
Especially when I learned that the punishment for failing the game mission was the end of the real world, I was even more motivated.
Although the vast majority of people don't agree with the punishment set by the game developer for failing the task, they still have some muttering in their hearts.
What if it comes true?
Nick even has an ambition to re-establish a revived Eagle Nation after re-establishing human civilization in this game.
After all, while game developers have been suggesting that all people should identify more with humanity in this apocalypse, humans are racial and national at all times.
When the City of Hope was fully formed, the remnants of humanity in the post-apocalyptic world were ready to sign a permanent peace agreement, and everyone gathered at the venue of the City of Hope, Nick was even one of the 100 people who presided over the signing.
One by one, the names were signed, and although he knew that it was a game, Nick felt a strong sense of pride.
After a few days of hardships and epic experiences, Nick has fully integrated into it.
In the real world, he is an elite, and in the game, he is also able to lead humanity to glory again!
When peace comes, they will complete two of the three major tasks, and then it will be enough to find the real cause of the outbreak of nuclear war.
It's just that it was all ruined by that damn nuclear strike!!
Human civilization is almost destroyed, and there is no government or the like at all, why is the nuclear strike in the game still continuing!?
As the director of the CIA, he has a relatively good understanding of the nuclear strike system of the Eagle Country, and understands that although there is also a "dead hand system" that pulls everyone into the water, the person who controls the nuclear strike system is definitely not a madman.
It should be said that after a global nuclear strike knocks human civilization directly back to the Iron Age, no one will continue to carry out nuclear attacks.
If the state does not exist, what is the point of a nuclear attack?
What the hell is going on?
What went wrong? Or is it just a game developer's fun?
Nick thought about it, connected his computer server to another screen, and prepared to enter the game again.
"Knock knock." There was a knock on the door.
"Come in."
A trembling female subordinate walks in with a folder in hand, glances at the broken computer screen on the floor, and arrives at the table to get Nick to sign.
Nick raised an eyebrow.
At present, only the more important documents need paper copies to be signed, and the business cannot be delayed.
He casually opened the folder, and a line of eye-catching text immediately appeared in front of him:
Risk Assessment Report on the New Intelligent Combat Command System "Zeus"
He flipped through the file and read it quickly.
The CIA and the military are not just parallel units, but also have a duty of mutual oversight with the military's intelligence services.
He is also well aware of the military's every move.
What is this "Zeus" combat command system, he had attended an internal meeting before to find out.
In his opinion, this thing is not very reliable.
As a veteran intelligence officer, he still believes in people.
In this risk assessment report, it also mentions problems such as the chaos of the combat system caused by the intrusion of the machine, but at present, the military is still only in the experimental stage of this system, and it is basically blocked in the internal local area network.
At the beginning, it will be applied to local battlefields in the Middle East, and it will not directly take over the national combat system.
The Eagle Nation Army divides the world into six theaters, namely the Northern Theater, the Southern Theater, the Indo-Pacific Theater, the European Theater, the Central Theater, and the African Theater. In addition, 10 joint operational commands have been established, of which six are theater commands and the other four are functional commands.
It is estimated that this system will be tested in an overseas theater, and those enemies of the Eagle Country will be used as test subjects.
Picking up a pen and signing the document casually, Nick thought as he wrote, if this thing could really take over the entire country's combat system, then it would probably be an endless end......
Never die!
It was like a thunderbolt exploding in his mind, and he thought of something in an instant.
Looking at the name that had already been signed halfway, Nick crossed it out casually, threw the file back to the female subordinate, turned on the computer, and said while operating the mouse:
"Get out."
When the female subordinate heard this, she fled, and she didn't even dare to help the director clean up the broken computer screen, so she hurriedly closed the door.
Nick pursed his lips and clicked on the icon of "Real Doomsday Game" again, quickly logged into it, and muttered:
"I should have thought of it...... Just caught up in the fucking thinking ......"
The game screen shows that all players have died in the nuclear strike and have been reborn in the ruins at the beginning.
Because of the delay for a while, he came relatively late.
Before Nick could speak, he saw someone already saying loudly:
“…… At present, there is a ninety percent probability that there is an intelligent strike system in this apocalypse, and only by finding the source of the strike system can the doomsday be terminated......"
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(Note: Former CIA Director Pompeo once made a public speech, saying, "I used to be a CIA director, we lied, cheated and stole and we had a full training course ......")