"Those bastards in the military department! I even dare to encroach on my Tang Long's credit, no! I'm going to debunk them! Tang Long, who jumped to his feet and scolded, immediately ran out of the door angrily. However, when Tang Long came to the door and saw the pitch-black environment outside, he couldn't help but stop.

"What should I do, it's so dark outside, and this is an underground mine, if you're not careful, you'll enter a labyrinth-like passage, and even if I go to the iron gate, I won't be able to open it!" Thinking of this, Tang Long began to hang his head, Tang Long shook his head: "Forget it, I don't want to be a soldier anyway, if they want to encroach on my credit, let them occupy it." With that, Tang Long walked back.

Tang Long only took two steps, then suddenly raised his head and shouted, "Oops! They locked me up in this place for the sake of taking the credit, absolutely so that I would not go out and cause them trouble, so that my subordinates would not be subjected to the same treatment? Tang Long thought of this, and immediately ran towards the robot's room while scolding.

Now Tang Long already knew that even if he didn't want to be a soldier, he had to escape and expose their conspiracy. Not only so that he would not be locked up here for the rest of his life, but also so that those subordinates could be free.

Tang Long rummaged through the mountains of instruments, hoping to find instruments that could illuminate. Although he found the machine, there was no energy block, and it was inseparable from this room to connect it with wires!

Just as Tang Long was distressed, a metallic voice rang out: "What are you doing?" When Tang Long heard this voice, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, and hurriedly jumped to the robot's side, and before it got off the platform, he grabbed the robot's hand and said, "Take me to the iron gate, I want to go out!" ”

Of course, Tang Long's strength was impossible to pull up the robot, and the robot let Tang Long grab his hand, and while easily taking off the thread on his body, he asked, "Get out?" Why? Isn't it fun here? ”

Tang Long said anxiously: "It's not a fun thing here, I have something important to do, take me to the gate!" ”

"Something important?" The robot looked at Tang Long with red eyes, nodded and said, "Okay, I'll take you there." So saying, he walked out the door.

Tang Long happily followed two steps, but immediately went back to pick up the lighting instruments and a few wires he found. He followed behind and said, "Can I borrow some electricity from you?" ”

When the robot heard this, it stopped and asked strangely, "Borrow some electricity?" How to borrow? Tang Long knew that this robot didn't even know these things, so he explained it to it. After listening to this, the robot was very interested in connecting the thread to the lighting instrument, and when he saw the lighting instrument emitting light, he couldn't help but say happily: "It turns out that I still have this ability." ”

Tang Long urged the robot out of the dispatch room with a few words, and it was only then that Tang Long saw the appearance of this underground mine. The dispatch room was built in the wall of an empty cave corner, and if you didn't look closely, you wouldn't know that there was a door in this place, no wonder no one found it. There are seven or eight huge passages around the cave, and dense transport monorails extend from the passages, surrounding the dispatch room.

Tang Long couldn't see the signs indicating the exit at all except for several rusty transport planes lying crooked at the entrance of the passage, and if there was no robot to lead the way, even if he had lighting equipment, he would not be able to find the way to the iron gate smoothly.

Taken into a passage by the robot, it is possible to see the fragments of minerals scattered around the passage, flashing with a turquoise glow with the lights. Although Tang Long was anxious to go out when he saw this scene, he still involuntarily bent down to pick up a few pieces of minerals, and asked curiously, "What kind of mine is this?" ”

The robot said without looking back, "That's SRA minerals, which are necessary for making spaceships and other space equipment." ”

"This is SRA Mineral!" Tang Long looked at the object in his hand in surprise, he didn't expect that the medium that had caused the world war was this inconspicuous object in his hand.

In the past, the ship's fuselage was not made of SRA minerals, and it could not withstand the pull of space jumps. However, in the latter stages of the World War over SRA minerals, a better and more accessible addition was discovered, causing SRA minerals to lose their former glory. This may also be the reason why this mine will be abandoned.

When Tang Long was about to throw away this ubiquitous mineral, the robot suddenly smiled and said, "I studied these SRA mines when I was bored, do you know?" I relied on what was in my head and realized that if I used a special method, these minerals would turn into another mineral. ”

Tang Long, whose mind had already flown outside, replied casually: "Oh, it will change, what will it become?" ”

"It's going to be a mineral that never existed, I call it MMT mineral." The robot looked back excitedly.

"Oh, what's the use of this MMT mineral?" Tang Long still responded absentmindedly.

"It can generate powerful energy, and last time I got a piece of it, so I didn't have to sleep for a long time. It's a pity that there are no materials to make another piece after that time. When the robot said this, he found that Tang Long just responded oh oh, and he didn't listen carefully at all, so he couldn't help but snort and turned his head away, and stopped talking.

Tang Long didn't hear what the robot said clearly at all, he just thought about how to run out to expose the military headquarters and let his subordinates come out safe and sound. He didn't know that the military prison where his men were being held had been burned to ashes.

"Here we are." The robot stopped when he said this, and Tang Long had already seen the huge black iron door, and after setting up the illuminator, he carefully investigated. Of course, the result was disappointing to Tang Long, this door was opened in one direction like the safe.

The robot who was originally standing on the sidelines to watch the excitement saw Tang Long, who kicked the door in anger, but hugged his foot and shouted in pain, and couldn't help but say: "It's useless, this gate is very thick and thick, and if you want to get out, you have to dig up those cement walls." ”

Tang Long sighed when he heard this, looking at the hard wall covered with moss, but his eyes lit up as if he suddenly remembered something, and he immediately jumped up excitedly and grabbed the robot's hand and shouted, "Where is the excavator in the mine?" ”

Of course, the robot immediately understood what Tang Long wanted to do: "There is one in the depths of the mine, but even if there is no rust, there is no power to start." ”

"No motivation......" Tang Long poured cold water on his head, don't think about anything without motivation. Suddenly, Tang Long remembered what the robot had said, and it seemed that he had said something huge energy, and he hurriedly asked, "Didn't you say just now that SRA mines can create things with huge energy?" ”

The robot nodded: "Yes, I said that SRA ore can be turned into MMT ore after special refining. ”

"This MMT mine can start the excavator, right?" Tang Long asked nervously.

"Absolutely." After the robot finished speaking, he immediately poured Tang Long's cold water: "But there is no material to refine MMT now." ”

"How can there be no materials? There are SRA mines all over here. ”

"Gee, do you think there's minerals? Although I have refining equipment, the most important fresh water used to decompose minerals is not found in this place. ”

"Freshwater?!" Tang Long jumped up excitedly and shouted, "I have a freshwater machine!" As he spoke, he pulled the machine out of his bosom.

"Freshwater machine?" The robot picked up the palm-sized object, looked at it and knew what was going on, and asked aloud, "How much water can this thing make?" Too little is not enough. ”

"One liter an hour, I don't know if it's enough?" Tang Long said nervously.

"You mean you can make fresh water without stopping?" The robot asked excitedly.

"The machine didn't break, and if it had enough energy, it was theoretically so. However, this model is a fixed energy type, and it can make about 1 ton of fresh water when all the energy is used up. Tang Long said uncertainly. He knew that if the machine could be used all the time, the production company would definitely go out of business, but now that he was in this environment, he began to curse the company that made this model in order to maintain the sales rate.

The robot thought about it for a moment and said, "A ton...... Well, it should be enough. Let's go back and refine MMT! ”

Tang Long and the robot returned to the dispatch room with a large pile of SRA minerals, and the robot immediately drilled into the pile of instruments and turned things up after putting down the minerals, while Tang Long sat quietly according to the pile of minerals.

Tang Long poured into his mouth an object the size of a soybean made by the edible mushroom making machine, and thought as he chewed: "Alas, it seems that there will be some time before I can get out, but how can I rescue my subordinates after I go out, do I run to the TV station and say that I am the real hero?" Either he was chased away as an idiot, or he was discovered by the guys in the military department, and then he was hunted down. And how did he get out of prison? As soon as I get out of the prison cordon, this thing will blow my head off! Tang Long helplessly touched the collar tied around his neck.

Tang Long suddenly asked out loud: "I said, didn't you find that the people who were imprisoned like me have become like you?" Do you know where they are? I would like to visit them. ”

With the sound of the clattering in the house, the robot said: "It's far away from here, the nearest one is two or three kilometers away from the passage in the middle." ”

"Uh, yes, did you see them wearing the same collar around their necks as me?" Tang Long hoped to study whether there was a chance to remove the collar, and he couldn't see it on his neck, let alone study, so he could only find those dead prisoners outside to study.

"They used to have it, but after they became like me, it was taken away by someone from outside." The robot's words continued to be heard with the sound of things churning.

When Tang Long heard this, he could only sigh helplessly, it seemed that he could only find a way to solve this matter after leaving this mine.

At this time, the robot walked out with a large number of instruments, and began to mess with Tang Long without even looking at it. Tang Long, who was leaning on the side of the mine, looked at the pile of things in surprise, and quickly turned into a huge strange-shaped machine in the hands of the robot.

After the robot finished the machine, it came to Tang Long and said angrily, "Okay, what are you still sitting for?" Help pour the minerals into the machine. With that, he bent down and grabbed a few pieces of minerals and walked to the machine.

"Oh, okay." When Tang Long heard this, he got busy and helped. So Tang Long began to help refine MMT minerals in this unclear day and night underground. He didn't know what the impact of the freshwater machine and himself on the future of having a robot make MMT minerals in order to escape, and he certainly didn't know what kind of changes were going on outside. All he had to do now was to make the digging maneuver so he could escape.

"As long as I become a member of parliament, I will definitely serve the public......"

"Please vote for you, kneel down for you, please."

"Come on, come on, a small gift is not a tribute, please remember that there is a member of the Lunt, please vote for me then."

"There is absolutely no problem, as long as you are elected, you will definitely increase your salaries, and you will definitely reduce various tax rates, please support Congressman Maas!"

Now all the TV stations in the entire Wanluo Federation are like this, and the major cities on each planet are like this, standing on floating cars and running around the streets shouting. For no other reason, the general election of the Wanla Federation began.

The Van Luo Federal Presidential Campaign Office, President Namha, was closing his eyes and asking the makeup artist to help him unload, and people were coming and going, busy putting together various data from various galaxies.

Namha, who had unloaded, took the coffee from the beautiful secretary, sat comfortably on the sofa, and took a sip beautifully. He ran to dozens of planets today to canvass for votes, and he was really tired.

At this time, his first secretary, a very young Secretary Zhang, came to Namha and said respectfully: "Sir, your approval rating is 32%, which is 6% higher than Chen Yu, who is in second place. ”

Namha frowned and said, "Why is this Chen Yu able to get so much support? ”

Secretary Zhang flipped through the information in his hand and nodded: "He not only has a good relationship with the local consortiums, but also has a good relationship with the military system, so he can get so much support at once." ”

Namha nodded and asked in a deep voice, "What about the candidates supported by the army?" ”

This time, Secretary Zhang didn't look at the information, and immediately said: "In the military system, except for the marshal who supports you, all other factions have other supporters, of course, these candidates are all running for parliament, and there is no running for president. Because of the last heroic event, and the fixed votes of the soldiers and their families under the jurisdiction of each faction, their support rate is very high, so it can be said that they should be chosen. ”

Hearing this, Namha nodded with satisfaction: "Even if they still know each other, they didn't let the spokesperson run for president." You give me a close investigation into the source of Chen Yu's campaign funds and find out his handles. At the same time, he also hinted that he and I would jointly elect, and if he succeeded, I would make him a vice president, otherwise he would not even be a member of parliament! ”

"Yes." Secretary Zhang nodded respectfully and withdrew.

Namuha looked at Chen Yu's support rate displayed on the screen, and couldn't help sneering: "Hmph, if you don't throw yourself into my camp, I will definitely let you die without a place to bury." He took a heavy sip of his coffee.

In the office of the director of a private TV station in the Wanluo Federation, a middle-aged man sat in an office chair and quietly looked at a computer card on the table. He had already seen the contents of this card just now, and he also knew what kind of shock this news could bring to the people. But he hesitated, because it was an anonymous letter, and the truth of the message was uncertain. If it is ordinary news, even if you know that he is fake, you will broadcast it without hesitation for the sake of ratings. But because there are many big names involved in it, if you broadcast it yourself, it is likely that the entire radio station will go out of business.

Just when the middle-aged man was undecided, an obese middle-aged man rushed in, and the middle-aged man knew that it was his brother-in-law, the deputy director of the radio station, without looking at it.

"Brother-in-law, watch TV!" The obese middle-aged man said, and without waiting for the director to speak, he came to the desk at a speed that did not match his body, and quickly pressed the button on the desk.

Seeing the film and television images on the wall on the side of the desk, the TV station director frowned and said, "Which radio station is this, and now it's actually playing war movies?" ”

The fat middle-aged man hurriedly said: "Brother-in-law, this is the Imperial Television of the Silver Eagle Empire, and now it is not a war movie but a documentary of the last border war!" ”

"A documentary of the last border war? Let me see what this is for......" Before the director could finish his words, he was dumbfounded by the image that followed.

The station commander saw a handsome young man wearing a federal lieutenant uniform appear on the screen, and he waved his hand and ordered with an indifferent expression: "All battleships obey the order and start to fill the main gun energy, and the firing coordinates are S34X234Z12Y45!" Main cannon fire! "With the second lieutenant's order, the image of the screen turned into a cosmic scene, which could be visually detected from a self-propelled gunboat. Nearly a thousand rays of light shot from self-propelled gunboats could be seen hitting the Imperial battleships in the distance.

Of course, the deputy director knew that such a scene was the last heroic event, and the image of our army defeating the enemy army was broadcast all over the country, but that handsome second lieutenant was not the Donterres! What's going on? He asked his brother-in-law in surprise, "Brother-in-law, who is this second lieutenant?" Why did he give the order to attack? ”

The director did not answer his brother-in-law's question, but looked at the computer card on the table and whispered, "Sure enough." He looked up and asked, "Who told you the Empire would broadcast the news?" ”

The deputy director shook his head and said, "It's news circulating within the industry that Imperial TV will broadcast important news. But it is not clear who said it. ”

Hearing this, the director's brow furrowed, but he didn't speak, looking up at the image that continued to be displayed on the screen.

Three images of the federal lieutenant and two blond young men in the uniform of the Imperial Major General appeared on the screen, followed by the two Imperial Major Generals saluting in turn and saying, "I am the commander of the Third Fleet of the Yanjing Praetorian Guard of the Silver Eagle Empire, Rear Admiral Kester. I am the commander of the Fourth Fleet of the Yenching Praetorian Guard of the Silver Eagle Empire, Rear Admiral Darrens. ”

After the two major generals reported their names, the second lieutenant of the Federation also saluted and said, "I am Lieutenant Tang Long, the captain of the 521 self-propelled gunboat of the Wanluo Federation. Hearing this, the deputy director was stunned for a moment, and then jumped up and shouted, "He is Tang Long?!" He was not stupid, after hearing Tang Long report his name, he immediately figured out the reason, and hurriedly said to his brother-in-law: "Brother-in-law, this is big news!" ”

The director nodded and was about to say something, when the image of the battleship chase that continued to be displayed on the screen disappeared, and then the image of one of the two major generals just now appeared, and he said expressionlessly: "I am Major General Kester, one of the commanders of the Emperor [***] in the last border conflict. I believe that everyone already knows by now that the war heroes preached by the Wanluo Federation not long ago are someone else."

Kester said with a sad and inexplicable look on his face: "When my colleagues and I returned home and saw the news of the Commonwealth proclaiming heroes, we couldn't believe our eyes and ears. We could not have imagined that in the so-called open-boiled politics of the federation, some high-ranking officials of the federation would deprive their subordinates of their merits in such a way, and even more shamelessly send others to impersonate and embezzle their merits. Although this is an internal affair of the Vanla Federation, it is not something for me and my colleagues to comment on as foreigners. But the identity of a soldier and the honor of a soldier make it impossible for us to be silent, and the soldiers of the whole universe cannot tolerate such shameless and obscene soldiers! As soldiers, we strongly demand the search for real heroes and severely punish those who do not have a sense of military honor! ”

Immediately after Kester's performance, the Empire's commentators came out and began to lash out at length at the top of the Vanro Federation's political axe army. At the same time, the spokesman of the Wanluo Federation immediately jumped out to deny the incident and scolded the empire for its bad intentions.

The federal private television station that originally broadcast the news of the campaign immediately relayed the news of the empire around the clock, and in an instant, the election campaign of the Wanluo Federation suddenly stopped, and everyone was discussing the truth of the news. And that Donterres also angrily made a statement on public television, saying that the Empire dared to tell such a ridiculous lie in order to disrupt the federal politics, and that he and the sacrificial Union soldiers and their families would not forgive such people. Then the so-called experts of the Federation came out and said that the image just now was processed by the Empire through special effects, and it was simply faked.

When the director learned of this, the federal press was already in a big mess, and he couldn't help but walk around the office. His brother-in-law couldn't understand what his brother-in-law was doing walking around, and he couldn't understand why his brother-in-law didn't let the radio participate in these reports.

The director stopped suddenly, grabbed the card on the table, turned around and said fiercely: "Contact me all the TV stations I know, and buy me all TV stations for the same time period of 5 minutes at any cost." ”

"Huh? All TV stations have 5 minutes at the same time? Brother-in-law, this amount of money is astronomical. The brother-in-law said in surprise.

"Even if you borrow usury, you have to buy that time, go quickly!" The director gritted his teeth and shouted, seeing that his brother-in-law was about to run out in shock, he hurriedly stopped him and said, "The 5 minutes I bought are all used to display this text." Saying that, he wrote a few words and handed them to his brother-in-law, and the deputy director originally heard that he had spent such a large amount of money to play a single piece of text, and he couldn't help but feel strange and was ready to ask, but after reading the text, he immediately glanced at the computer card on his brother-in-law's counter.

"By the way, at the same time, I was notified to the super consortia and told them that if they want to advertise, they should contact me as soon as possible, otherwise they won't even have 1 second of advertising time! Go ahead and get to work. When the director saw that his brother-in-law was still at the door, he immediately waved his hand and said.

"Okay, I'll do it!" The deputy director finally knew that his brother-in-law had information that could make a lot of money, so he hurriedly jumped up and ran out of the door.

The director who stayed alone in the room looked at the card in his hand and smiled proudly: "It seems that the status of the first federal television station will soon be in my pocket." ”

The capital of the Wanluo Federation, the mansion of General Moon Reis, the spacious mansion is not very crowded, only the living room on the first floor is lit. This mansion is the residence of Moon Reth in the capital, and the real mansion is in the galaxy under his jurisdiction.

There was a snap of slapping in the silent night sky, and then an angry voice sounded from the living room: "You rebel! Do everything by yourself, now let's see if something happened, do you want to be angry with Lao Tzu? Entering the living room, you can see Moon Reis, who was wearing civilian clothes, angrily pointing at a slightly chubby teenager who was covering one side of his face with one hand and looking aggrieved.

"Dad, it's just a rumor spread by the empire, and no one in the country will believe it." Dontres said aggrievedly.

"Hmph, fortunately, this is a message from the enemy country, and there is no evidence other than those images. Otherwise, you and I will be out of luck! Remember that this is a special effect created by the enemy nation to fight the reputation of the Federation, and remember to let your brothers hold on, and don't go outside, especially outside to drink, or everyone will be doomed together! Moonreth walked over to the couch and sat down to pick up his glass.

Seeing this, Dontres cleverly stepped forward to pour the wine. Seeing that his son was frightened, Moon Reth took the wine glass, patted his son on the shoulder and said, "You don't have to worry so much, as a father, I have long expected such a thing, so I solved those who knew the secret early in the morning." Now even if anyone suspects it, they can't find any evidence, so you can prepare to become a colonel with confidence. ”

When Dontres heard this, a smile of surprise appeared on his face: "Colonel?!" Thank you Dad! ”

Moon Reth also smiled: "Stinky boy, what is there to be happy about a little colonel. After taking a sip of wine, he said with a serious expression: "No matter what you say about the capital, it is not our territory, you don't mess around during this time, there are dragons and snakes mixed here, and it is no better than doing anything on our territory to suppress it." ”

Dontres laughed and said, "How could I mess around." ”

"Hmph, don't think I don't know what you stinky boys usually do secretly, those female soldiers in the army are easy to deal with, and those women outside don't touch it, especially here, even the female soldiers of the army don't touch it. Because there is one older than you here, and there are three people at the same level, who knows if they will meet their women. ”

"Dad, can I ...... after you become a brother? Hee-hee. Dontres said with a hippie smile.

"Hmph, even if Lao Tzu is a brother, you can't mess around, do you want to betray your relatives and leave? Son, now you must begin to learn how to use the means, and know how to pay equal attention to grace and might, otherwise how will you master my army in the future? Moonreth took a sip of wine, looked at his unknown son and said: "You also know that although the army is now under the unified control of the federal political axe, for various reasons, in fact, the army is controlled by various factions composed of consortia, officials, and officers. ”

Dontres nodded and smiled, "I know that you are the leader of the Lacey faction." I also know that although there are many factions in the entire federal army, there are only three main factions, that is, our faction of Lacey, the Jet faction headed by General Mujet, and the military dragon faction headed by General Zhang Junlong. ”

"If you don't even know this, then don't mix in the army, and tell me about the power of each faction." Moonreth said without even looking at his son.

"Uh...... I'll start with the Lacey faction. Dontres hesitated for a moment and said, "The Lacey faction, the main sphere of influence is in the south, that is, where you are stationed. The sphere of influence is 3 galaxies, with a population of 600 billion, more than 100,000 warships of various types, and about 200 million soldiers. ”

"The sphere of influence of the Jet faction is mainly around the station of General Mujet in the West, 2 galaxies, a population of about 400 billion, more than 50,000 warships, and about 100 million soldiers. The Junlong faction led by General Zhang Junlong is in the north, and it is the most powerful faction among the three factions, controlling 4 galaxies, with a population of 900 billion, 150,000 warships, and 300 million soldiers. The rest are the other factions that control the two galaxies located in the east, these two galaxies are in the heart of the Federation, with a population of trillions, 200,000 garrison warships, and 400 million soldiers, if these factions are united, the title of the first faction of the Federation is theirs. ”

Speaking of this, Donterres looked at Moon Reis carefully and asked: "Dad, I think it's very strange, it stands to reason that the biggest faction should be His Excellency the Marshal who controls the military budget, but I haven't heard that he has any particularly close subordinates, that is, the general Cammuchi he single-handedly raised to form a private faction, and he doesn't pay attention to it." What does His Excellency the Marshal think? ”

"It's rare that you can think of this, although it is well known to the government and the opposition that I have an awkward relationship with him, but the military budget on my side has never been short. But he never courted me, I really don't understand. Moon Ress sighed.

"Well, so Your Excellency the Marshal is a proper soldier?" Dontres asked curiously.

"Hmph, a soldier on the spot? Son, in this federation, a soldier in the middle of the army cannot be promoted, let alone become the highest position in the army, the marshal. He is not a simple figure, nor can he be without his own faction, and I suspect that the marshal's faction he hides is so powerful that it is hard for us to believe. Because he hasn't been caught in any way for so many years, it's incredible. The only lever was the last time the president asked him to order the destruction of a civilian plane, but I suspect that this lever will be used by him. ”

"Isn't Your Excellency the Marshal, then, a very dangerous man? So why do you have to go against him everywhere? Dontres felt the communication watch on his wrist vibrate, and asked casually as he looked at it.

Moonreth drank the wine and smiled: "You don't understand this, I am testing him and letting him reveal his true colors, in order to get his position, how can I not know his details." It's a pity that I haven't been able to find out anything all this time. ”

Seeing that his son was just looking at the screen of the watch communicator, Moon Reth couldn't help but shake his head, grabbed the wine bottle and poured a glass of wine for himself, and said: "These things you deceive me, you will learn slowly in the future, turn on the TV and see what news there is." ”

"Oh." Dontres absentmindedly grabbed the remote control and pressed the button, and the wall in front of him displayed an image. Dontres put down the remote control, looked at the information displayed on the watch again, and said, "Dad, I'll go out and breathe." ”

"Hmph, it's your guys looking for you again, aren't they? Remember what I just said, don't get people you can't touch. "Of course Moon Reth knows what his son and those guys are going to do at their usual parties.

"No, no, they all know this, and they will definitely not mess around." Dontres heard his father agree, and couldn't help but say with a smile. His old friends are all eye-catching people, how can he touch those women he can't afford to offend. The message came that it was a few student girls who met in the dance hall, and there was no background behind it, so it seemed that tonight was a happy night.

As Dontres was about to leave, he heard the sound of a wine glass falling to the ground, and looked back to find his father staring blankly at the screen on the wall. couldn't help but look at it curiously, and this look made him stunned.

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