Apocalypse Chapter 70 - Knights of the Round Table
"This is a tragedy born of corruption." Zhang Chuanlan defined, "I deeply regret this. ”
"The world is dark." Shirley said suddenly, "And it always has been." Humanity, is it really worth fighting for? ”
"Of course." "I am willing to fight all my life for the freedom and peace of all mankind, which is the mission and responsibility of a soldier. ”
"Even if they talk about you behind your back, make things difficult for you, and regard you as an enemy?" Shirley asked incredulously.
"Not bad." Paraná nodded.
Shirley looked at the unwavering Parana, couldn't help but bow her head and be silent. She understands that if there is justice in this world, it must be on Parana's side.
"However, I can help you with the expansion of the Mao Sui program to prisoners." Paraná said. "Erich and Christina are both members of the Joint Council and can be brought up by them."
"As for Marshall, there's nothing we can do with him." Zhang Chuanlan said, "At this time, if you want to start the impeachment process, the happiest person is Davian. ”
"So what do we do? That's it? Barana said indignantly, he really didn't see Marshall having such a hand. It's no wonder, after all, it's less and more.
"Let's take a look at the situation first, maybe he will come to us. We can pretend we don't know anything. Zhang Chuanlan has his own overall considerations, "This kind of trick to frame political opponents must be familiar to him." Christina had almost no idea about politics and was always working against Marshall on the council, as I can imagine him thinking. ”
"Cut, these two guys, Marshall and Leslie, I now suspect that the incident at the Golden Hall was also their fault."
The headquarters of "Jesus" is underground, at a depth of one thousand meters, two thousand meters above the surface.
"Chairman, the assassination attempt failed." Leslie was talking to someone.
There were no communication devices in front of him, and Marshall didn't know where he was.
It is a large hemispherical space, similar to Io's undersea barrier. But it was empty, and there was nothing left of it except for an eerie circular pattern on the wall, a round table made of stone and twelve stone chairs in the center of the space.
"I said it, don't call me chairman here." Marshall's voice appeared, and the lines on the wall suddenly began to glow, and then a layer of mist appeared on the surface of the wall, and Marshall walked out of the wall.
"Yes, Lancelot." Leslie bowed, which was the traditional etiquette of this organization.
"Why did the assassination fail?" Marshall's eyes narrowed, a little threatening, "Are you shaken?" ”
"No, it's because the guards on the Hindenburg are too strong." Leslie also had no choice, it was still a little too arrogant to want to kill people under the nose of the flagship of the Combined Fleet, Commander-in-Chief Erich.
"Hmph, forgive them and don't dare to say anything. In the current situation, if I fall down, it will be very difficult for the Council to find a second person with the ability of me. The earth is related to the logistics of the fleet, and the stability and security of the rear are still very important, and it is impossible for Zhang Chuanlan not to understand this. Marshall's tone had changed completely, as if he were a strategist who had mastered the art of war, rather than the military idiot who had sent three fleets into the tiger's mouth.
"As long as we remain in control of the Council, sooner or later we will achieve our goals." Marshall looked at the chairs, "Galahad, what about the others?" ”
"I guess I've forgotten about it." Leslie looked at the runes on the wall, and there seemed to be no sign of any more flashes.
"Here we are." Marshall said in a deep voice, and before the words fell, the wall was covered with mist again, and people from all walks of life from all over the world walked out one after another.
Plus Marshall and Leslie, a total of twelve people. As everyone sat down around the round table, Marshall stood up and said, "Guys, do you know why I have convened this round table?" ”
The crowd shook their heads. Marshall sneered, as if he felt that they were too useless: "The war with Davion will start soon, we must take Davion as quickly as possible and gain control of the artifact." ”
"It's your Lancelot's business, it's out of our reach." One said, and the rest nodded yes, and it was noisy.
"Hmph, Gawain, don't say that. We are one and we need to stick together to achieve the ultimate goal. Marshall glanced at it, and the sound immediately stopped.
"Do you think that collecting all the artifacts will resurrect the great king? After our research, we believe this is unlikely. "The man known as Gawain is none other than Calder, the president of the Academy of Natural Sciences.
"The power of this Apocalypse artifact is so powerful, injecting its energy into the king's body may be able to awaken the king." Marshall is pure speculation.
As mentioned earlier, the title of president of the Supreme Academy of Sciences is only an honorary position, and although he occupies a seat in the joint council, he does not participate in the management of the academy of sciences and is only responsible for playing a leading role in scientific research. And it is not difficult to understand that she can choose to follow the vanguard fleet at will.
The presidents of the three subordinate academies are the actual heads, and Calder, the dean of the natural sciences, took over from Christina's scientific research group and is responsible for the research of the apocalypse artifact. Because the research of black gold is a personal act between Christina and Zhang Chuanlan, it has always been in charge of Christina's scientific research group, and the degree of confidentiality is extremely high, Calder does not know, and Calder does not know the inside story of the turkey base.
"I don't have optimistic expectations for that." Calder gestured with his finger, then put it down, no longer speaking.
"We're going to have to try, no matter what." Marshall looked at the others, "Does anyone else have any suggestions?" ”
"None? Well, go back and prepare, the earth is about to enter a wartime economy, don't blame me for not reminding you. Heil the King of dark night! ”
“Heil the King of dark night!” Everyone said in unison.
Everyone on board the Hindenburg was still thinking about Marshall, but it was impossible not to see this scene. Little could they have imagined that Marshall was the head of a much larger organization that had more influence than even the United Council.
"If this is the situation inside the earth, our rear is unstable, and the combat effectiveness of front-line operations will inevitably be greatly reduced." Erich's worries are the lessons he has learned from countless battles, and Zhang Chuanlan nods yes.
"It doesn't matter, I guarantee that the vanguard will gain a foothold in Davian low-earth orbit while the main force occupies a favorable position." Paraná's confidence was very strong, he had thoroughly studied the terrain and military strength of Davian, and thanks to the information obtained by Zhang Chuanlan's adventure, he now felt confident that he would win the first battle.
"We need to despise the enemy tactically, but we need to value the enemy strategically." Zhang Chuanlan quoted an ancient Chinese saying, "It is good to have this kind of confidence, but our headquarters still needs more careful planning." ”
"yes," Erich said, worried, "but I'm more worried about our internal problems." Although I am the commander-in-chief of the fleet, what will we do if the Joint Council votes to dictate our campaign command? ”
"Such a system is so stupid." Paraná felt the same way, and he felt this stupidity when he was in Io, "The outsider commands the insider." ”
"There is no way, we can only obey." Zhang Chuanlan said calmly, "Do your best, at a critical moment, our communication system may fail." ”
"Communication systems? No problem? "Parana was a little puzzled, some of the Fifth Fleet he had taken over was fully equipped and brand new.
"I mean, the moment of truth." Zhang Chuanlan gave him a look. "There is a high probability that our communication system will fail."
"I see." Parana smiled evilly, "Communication failures, very common accidents. ”