"Buildings crawling with slime molds, fruiting bodies crowded like a tide, and active hatcheries...... Everything you see is the current situation in the eastern district of Qingquan City. ”

"The tide is over, but no one knows how it ended, and it wasn't until our reporter went deep into the eastern district of Qingquan City that the unknown truth was revealed!"

The entire newspaper was only three pages in length, and Chu Guang turned the newspaper through and found that the contents of these three pages were all about the eastern suburbs of Qingquan City.

The first part first revealed the whereabouts of the slime fruiting bodies, and a large number of fruiting bodies were not wiped out, but moved to the eastern suburbs of Qingquan City.

There is nothing wrong with this paragraph.

After settling this year's wave, the Coalition did move all of the fruiting entities to the eastern side of Clear Springs City, instead of selling them to nearby merchants as in previous years.

Chu Guang still remembered very well that this was an order he personally ordered.

However, in the second part, the content gradually becomes wrong.

This section is very clever in pointing the finger at the Coalition authorities, using vague evidence and so-called in-depth sources to fabricate that the Coalition has reached an agreement with the brood in the center of Qingquan City through some unknown means, so as to drive the fruiting entity to be used by the Alliance.

In the third part, the report shifted the focus to the "survivors" in the eastern district of Qingquan City.

Several survivors claimed in interviews that the Coalition forces had driven them out of their homes and threatened to let the slime fruiting bodies eat them if they didn't comply.

In fact, with the exception of a few reclusive survivors, most of the survivors in Clear Springs City moved into Dawning City or Boulder City during the Bone Chewing Rebellion.

There are very few solitary survivors wandering the wasteland around Qingquan City, let alone the eastern suburbs of Qingquan City, where there are many different species.

Those who survived were probably not real survivors, but marauders hiding in the ruins or hired mercenaries at all.

At the end of the report, the author left a meaningful sentence.

"The bomb was not defused, but was transferred from one box to another, and it was right next to us, ready to explode, maybe today, maybe tomorrow. A victory in exchange for compromise is not a real victory, and if we don't get rid of all those slime molds, this war will never end......"

After reading the newspaper at the end, Chu Guang turned back to the first page and glanced at the header.

As he expected, this was the first issue of the Qingquan Daily.

It's as if the whole newspaper was created for this big news, and the newspaper is counting on this big news to open up the market.

Observing Chu Guang's expression, Old Charlie continued with a serious expression.

"I found the newspaper at a newsstand near the trade union's trade this morning, and I asked the stall owner where he got the goods, and the stall owner scratched the back of his head and told me that he didn't remember getting into the paper."

After a pause, Old Charlie continued.

"Later, I asked the employees of the trade union to visit and investigate the newsstands in Dawning City, and found that more than eighty percent of the newsstands were selling the Qingquan Daily, which was not from an unknown source, and the stall owners could not explain where the newspaper came from...... It's as if it appeared on their stall out of thin air. ”

Chu Guang smiled and said.

This is not surprising, except for the largest seller, the Daily Survivor, which has its own distributors, most of the kiosks in Dawning City have signed agreements with printing houses, which will print the next day's newspapers according to the previous day's sales of each outlet, and then arrange for vehicles to transport them to each outlet before the morning rush hour. Perhaps someone had put the goods into the trucks that had left the printing house, and the newspaper was naturally scattered across the stalls. ”

Under this sales model, it is naturally impossible for the stall owners to know about the newspaper.

Not even this "Qingquan City Daily", except for the well-known "Survivor Daily" and serialization, they may not know how many newspapers are in the stall.

This three-page newspaper is apparently the first time it has appeared on the streets of Dawn City, like psoriasis growing in a dark corner.

Chu Guang could guess with his feet what their purpose was.

It is nothing more than an attempt to take advantage of the public's panic and obstruct the ecological reserve set up by the alliance in the eastern district of Qingquan City.

As for deeper motivations, the possibilities are even more likely.

He was actually a little curious about what it was that was worth such a big investment and risked annoying the Alliance.

Looking at the disapproving smile on Chu Guang's face, Old Charlie was a little puzzled, and he didn't understand why such a big thing happened, but the respected Mr. Manager could still laugh.

Worried that Chu Guang didn't realize the seriousness of this matter, Old Charlie couldn't help but be a little anxious, and said with a serious expression.

"Mr. Administrator, you may not realize the seriousness of this matter, our enemies are trying to use the media to break down our unity. And it's about to be a celebration, and if something goes wrong at this time, not only your prestige will be affected, but also the regional prestige and influence of the entire alliance will be affected! ”

After a pause, he continued earnestly.

"We must act now! At least before public opinion ferments, recall the newspapers that are being sold on the market! ”

Chu Guang asked casually.

"What about after the recall?"

Old Charlie was slightly stunned, but he still reacted quickly and thought of an idea.

"We should establish a stricter publication review mechanism, at least to prevent similar situations from happening again, and find the people behind this matter, especially the publisher of the "Qingquan Daily"-"

Chu Guang smiled and shook his head.

Closing the "Qingquan City Daily" in his hand, he returned it to old Charlie casually.

"I understand what you mean, the person behind this is very smart, but it's a pity that the means are not clever."

"They underestimated the solidarity of all levels of our society, and the trust that the inhabitants of our lives placed in us after a victory, and even made more than one common-sense mistake in interviews. This set would work in Old Boulder, but on us, it would only be them who would be the joke. ”

"Our supporters are not so easy to fool, what we need to do now is to stabilize our position and not panic because of the opponent's lame tricks. If, as you say, the pains to recall the newspaper will shake the people who support us...... The guy hiding in the shadows will only be happy. ”

Speaking of this, Chu Guang couldn't help but want to spray two sentences of his own "Survivor Daily".

Those guys are usually quite clever, especially when they were in the limelight during last year's turmoil in Boulder City.

However, this time they seemed to be blind, such a big thing happened in the eastern district of Qingquan City, and they didn't report a word!

Chu Guang originally thought that the report had not been written yet, but it turned out that it had been two days, and instead of holding back a fart, they had let a small newspaper that came out of nowhere take the lead.

As a semi-official media, responding to the public's doubts with objective and impartial reporting is what it should do, otherwise what is the use of it?

Is it a vase?

Chu Guangke didn't believe that his residents only cared about the food at the festival, and didn't care about the center of Qingquan City and the ecological reserve in the eastern district.

At most, it was out of trust in him and thought that he must have a way to solve it, so no one brought it up.

Without responding to the doubts in the minds of the residents of the alliance at the first time, this cauldron "Survivor Daily" will definitely not be able to escape.

Chu Guang planned to talk to the comrade editor-in-chief in a while and ask him what he thought.

Of course.

The "Qingquan City Daily" that came out of nowhere, can't just let it go and let it fart indiscriminately.

Chu Guang looked at Lu Bei on the side and said.

"The photo should have been taken yesterday, you go to the local troops for me and ask who were close to the eastern district of Qingquan City yesterday and what their identities are...... Just ask and don't take action just yet. ”

It is inevitable that the ecological reserve in the eastern district of Qingquan City will attract the attention of other survivor forces, and even the spies of the legion have arrived in Dawning City.

However, those guys were very smart, they just watched from the sidelines, and did not rashly make a move that might expose themselves.

Chu Guang was curious about who this guy who jumped out and found himself uncomfortable.

This matter must be investigated!

Lu Bei's expression was solemn when he heard this, and he immediately stood up and gave a military salute.

"Yes!"

……

Compared to the research cooperation agreement between the consortium and the college, a mere fabricated report is a trivial matter.

Although Old Charlie looked like he was facing a great enemy, to be honest, Chu Guang didn't pay much attention to it.

Plainly.

He didn't believe it at all, someone would believe it.

Anyone who has been in Dawning City knows what the hell the hell is in the eastern district of Qingquan City, and basically no one wants to go except for the players.

Survivors who have been forced to leave their homes......

That sounds like.

After explaining to Lu Bei, Chu Guang went back to the shelter and discussed with Yin Fang about the establishment of a special zone in the Wandering Swamp and academic visits and exchanges.

However, what Chu Guang didn't know was that when Lu Bei went to the eastern district of Qingquan City with his order, the fabricated report appeared on the desk of the company's embassy in the alliance.

Looking at the "hot" content in the newspaper, Yi Chuan's eyes widened involuntarily, and he was stunned for a while before coming back to his senses.

“…… The brood that was previously located in the center of the city was relocated to the eastern district of Qingquan City by the Alliance administrators and kept in captivity, and its fruiting body was driven to use by evil forces for its own use? ”

The corners of his mouth twitched, and after reading this line, he finally couldn't hold back the expression on his face, shook his head and threw the nonsense on the table.

"What the hell is all this written about?!"

Nest in captivity?

He didn't even know that their partner still had the ability to do this!

Since the start of the wave, companies have been watching the progress of the wave.

This is not only because the alliance is important in the company's strategic layout, but also because the mutant slime is one of the core threats in the wasteland.

Now that the coalition has completely solved the problems that the post-war reconstruction committee has not been able to solve, the news has left the entire corporate council with admiration for the alliance.

However, the Council still has a lot of doubts about how the alliance will solve the wave crisis, how to eliminate the brood in the city center, and how to ensure that the brood will not be reborn again and again, and so on, and hopes to get answers through diplomatic channels.

In particular, the Council has recently intended to work more deeply with the Alliance on issues related to the slime fungus variant, and some radical Council members have even proposed outsourcing the brood clearance in Yunjian Province to the Alliance.

In order to provide more information to the council, Yi Chuan, who is the ambassador of the enterprise to the alliance, instructed his secretary to go outside to buy some newspapers and come back.

As a result, the guy went for a long time, and came back with a few foolish things.

Looking at the secretary standing next to the desk, Yi Chuan pinched his eyebrows with a headache and said.

"I asked you to buy some newspapers that report the news of the eastern district of Qingquan City, how did you bring these things back?"

The secretary's expression was a little embarrassed.

He also felt that the content of the newspaper was a bit exaggerated, from the headline to the content, but he still wanted to defend himself, so he coughed lightly.

"This is the only newspaper on the market that can be found to report on the eastern district of Qingquan City and the whereabouts of the brood...... Other newspapers have mentioned about the wave and the brood, mostly quoting the Daily Survivor. ”

Yi Chuan was stunned when he heard this.

"What about the Daily Survivor?"

The secretary continued with a subtle expression.

The headline in the latest issue of the Daily Survivor was mostly about the upcoming celebration, and did not mention the details of the alliance's previous wave battles, nor did it mention the ecological reserve in the eastern district of Qingquan City. The news seems to have been blocked, and I suspect that the Coalition officials are pressuring the Daily Survivor to downplay it...... Perhaps for confidentiality purposes. ”

Secrecy?

After listening to his explanation, the expression on Yi Chuan's face became even more confused.

What's there to keep secret?

If the Alliance does have a way to crack the mutant slime mold, the survivor forces of the entire wasteland will come to learn from them, and even the Legion may bow their proud heads...... After all, this is an issue about the future of all humanity.

Shouldn't this kind of thing be flaunted with all fanfare?

The secretary continued with a subtle expression.

"Could it be a possibility...... The truth is just like what is recounted in this report, just not so exaggerated? And this newspaper was actually deliberately released by the Alliance? ”

Yi Chuan did not directly refute this time.

His index finger tapped lightly on the table, and after a moment's silence, he said.

"What is the basis for speculation?"

The secretary analyzed slowly.

"At present, the entire eastern district of Qingquan City is under the military control of the Alliance, and any survivors who come close will be driven away, and it is impossible for ordinary people to take such clear photos...... Even if you can take pictures, you can't bring them out. ”

This is a reasonable statement.

Yi Chuan nodded.

Although he had not been to the eastern district of Qingquan City, the embassy had also received the notice of military control.

But this is just speculation on the basis of feasibility.

"What about motivation?" Yi Chuan looked at his secretary, "What are the benefits of them doing this?" ”

Secretary: "Desensitized." ”

Yi Chuan was stunned.

"Desensitization?"

The secretary nodded and continued.

"On some sensitive issues, first throw out a news that seems untrustworthy, and when everyone is surprised, it is clarified, and the matter is actually not so exaggerated."

A hint of shrewdness flashed in Yi Chuan's eyes.

"Before you open a window, you declare that you want to tear off the roof?"

"That's right," the secretary nodded, "I assume they must have mastered some kind of technology to control the brood...... This shouldn't be as simple as simple mind control, which we have tested and is ineffective against mutant slime molds. ”

Looking at Yi Chuan, whose expression gradually became serious, the secretary paused and continued.

"In addition, since the coalition authorities have chosen to desensitize this information, it means that they are ready to make it public, otherwise this smoke screen will be a bit redundant."

"So I speculate that they may be taking this opportunity to signal cooperation at the same time."

"Also, I've heard...... The representative of the Academy seems to have appeared near the Union Building today, the B-class researcher who had been peeping around. ”

As soon as he heard this, Yi Chuan immediately pushed away the chair and stood up, and slapped his right hand on the newspaper that he had thrown on the table earlier.

"Send me a request for a diplomatic meeting with the Alliance, and I'd like to talk to their manager about it in person."

The secretary nodded.

"I'll go!"

(End of chapter)