The sturdy cutter winch rotates slowly, constantly gnawing and crushing the special steel wall in front of it, advancing step by step until the outline of a door shape is cut.

"Boom-"

The nearly 30-meter-high special steel wall slowly fell, smashed open the facilities behind it, and then revealed the enclosed space inside.

It is surrounded by heavy and extremely dense special steel construction facilities, and it takes a lot of time to cut and break even military mechs, and some ordinary bombs are even more difficult to destroy.

After entering the inside, there are huge military production equipment placed on the ground, these tall processing machines are like semicircles buried in the ground, each about 50 meters high, with a turbine-like fan blade structure inside, and the armed personnel who walk into this production workshop are like ants walking through the land of giants.

Fortunately, the devices were now out of flames, and only the residual heat and residual essence magic emitted made one imagine how roaring these devices would be when they were running at full strength, like the pulse of a dragon's heart.

'Knife Leaf Red' Military Materials Company, a rare military enterprise in the St. Ingo camp, produces 'Knife Leaf Crystal Gold' with extremely high strength, and is often used as mecha materials and engine equipment for some large starships, and its production method is complex, requiring 43 kinds of metals and crystal raw materials to be processed step by step through 1282 processes, and finally cast into 'Knife Leaf Crystal Gold'.

The equipment that the armed personnel pass through today is to make the two crystal powders evenly fused when heated by a high concentration of withering blue flame, and add the matching catalysts, reactants, additives, etc., to form a stable special hexagonal crystal, which is one of the transition products for the production of 'knife leaf crystal gold'.

"At present, 17 floors of the basement have been breached, and no resistance has been found." The commander reported upwards, and then stared at the projection screens in front of him, which was what the front team saw as they continued to break through in all directions.

Five days have passed since the previous all-star announcement, and most of the companies and companies involved in the announcement have been sealed, and now only a few companies are left that have not been fully controlled, and the 'Knife Leaf Red' military materials company in front of them is one of them.

The company, located on the edge of the South 2nd District, has about 300,000 employees, and because it is a military enterprise, the factory and the company have a strong security team, which makes seizures and arrests a lot more difficult.

A few days ago, because of the lack of police force, this place was only surrounded and blocked, and there was no strong breakthrough, and now in the past five days, the star field official has arrested most of the senior executives of the enterprises involved, and many companies have been sealed, so that the manpower and energy can be freed up to deal with these hard bones.

"Don't you see anyone?"

After continuously advancing down 3 floors, the commander who was moving forward felt a little puzzled, it stands to reason that the underground workshop and headquarters of 'Knife Leaf Red' should be equipped with a lot of security self-discipline units and armed personnel, but this has never been seen all the way.

If it was said that the senior management of the 'Daoye Hong' company sincerely admitted their mistakes, they should have come out and surrendered a long time ago, but they did not do so, they just hid inside the headquarters, did not say a word, and remained unusually silent.

Continuing to push down, the armed special police saw more giant production equipment, some like spiraling abyssal mouths, others like towers reaching to the sky, and there was still residual heat and magic in various reactors and equipment, which showed that the other party had shut down these equipment in an orderly manner, without causing damage or accidents.

Puzzled and curious, the armed SWAT officers continued to break down, layer after layer, until they finally came to the lowest underground square.

A huge underground space about hundreds of meters high slowly emerges, where the dome is dotted with square light panels to gently illuminate the world below.

At this moment, there are about 4,000 humanoid autonomous units standing on the ground of the black steel square, they are equipped with dark red exoskeleton armor, and their hands are equipped with special scimitars made of 'knife leaf crystal gold', with a small machine gun muzzle on their chests, and their legs are similar to those of praying mantises, which can be easily bounced, and equipped with magnetic rollers, which can easily move against the wall in underground buildings.

The faces of these autonomic units slowly flowed through the orange information, flickering and disappearing, occasionally dripping, in a state of preparation, but still and immobile.

When the screen zooms in, the Commander's assistive AI recognizes that some of the Autonomic units still have blood on their blades, which should be yesterday or today.

"Please come out to the person in charge of the surviving company." The detection unit that entered the underground space flew into the sky above the square and began to make a surrender announcement.

Soon a radio shot sounded in the underground square.

"Hello, I'm ...... Now in control of the underground production base. "The voice on the radio was very nervous.

"Excuse me, your identity." The commandant's interrogation voice was heard from the detection cell above the heads of the armed men.

"I am a senior technical engineer in the base, and I am mainly responsible for the optimization and improvement of the production process."

"What about the original top management of the company, is you the only one left?"

“…… At the moment, I should be the only one left in the base. ”

"What about them?" The commander asked the doubts in his mind.

"They...... They're dead. The answerer's voice was somewhat unstable.

"How did you die?"

"Killed by the base's armed self-discipline unit."

"Why?"

"Because I don't want to die ......"

After a long conversation and questioning, the commander figured out why the situation was so unusual after breaking through the protective barrier of the base.

It turned out that in the five days before they arrived, there was serious infighting and fighting within the base, some of the company's executives tried to resist stubbornly to buy time, and then escaped through the underground river, while others thought that even the underground river could not escape anywhere, and sooner or later they would be caught up, so it was better to surrender and surrender.

Both sides think that the other party's behavior is unreasonable, but at this time it has not yet reached the point of infighting, but the situation is gradually spreading, and many employees in the underground base slowly know the truth and situation, they are fully in favor of surrendering and surrendering, because they are only employees, and they are not involved in the incident, and the worst result is only a few years in prison, and it is more likely that they will be acquitted.

Gradually anxious employees began to worry about the departure of the senior management, so that their subordinates were implicated and began to urge again and again, which made the company's senior management also have a great sense of insecurity, and contradictions gradually piled up.

In the latter incident, a full-scale conflict broke out between the two sides, and the advanced AI controlled by the company's top management began to manipulate the self-discipline units and systems, blocking the base layer by layer, and mobilizing armed self-discipline units to suppress those employees who tried to resist.

Seeing some colleagues killed in the conflict greatly irritated the nerves of others, and some employees who already knew the company's internal systems began to take advantage of the loopholes to fight back and gradually fight for control of the high-level AI.

Fearing that these employees familiar with the base's system and AI logic would find a loophole, the company's top management began to order the massacre of these rebellious employees while escaping, which caused a large number of deaths, and then in the midst of the crisis, the engineer used a backdoor to change permissions, gain control of the armed self-discipline units, and then let these armed self-regulatory units destroy the central control of the AI, and kill a large number of the company's remaining high-level personnel.

In the end of the battle, the remaining high-level officials in the base were killed, and no one had the authority to change and manipulate the base's systems, and the few surviving engineers and staff, although they had control of the armed self-discipline unit, could not break through the blockade of the base on their own, so they could only wait here in fear.

"Is that the case......" The commander rubbed his brow, and it took a while to sort out what had happened.

"Excuse me, if we turn ourselves in, can we be exempt from responsibility, we are also forced to resist the killing." An inquiry from the engineer was heard over the radio.

"I have no right to answer, it is a matter for judges and judges to decide."

"Now that you are out of bunker, I can write the circumstances of your surrender in the report and relieve some of your culpability." The commander informed.

"......" was silent for a long time.

A few minutes later, the response was heard again on the radio.

"If we can't be exonerated from our crimes, we don't dare to come out and surrender, and the remnants of us are terrified......"

Listening to the response from the other side, the commander felt a little tricky and headache, his eyes swept over the armed self-discipline units in the square, if these guys acted, the scene would inevitably cause casualties, but in his capacity it was impossible to make a promise.

After a few seconds of silence, he decided to report the situation upwards and see what to do.

Soon the news was reported to the military police command headquarters and relayed to the Star Court and the Inquisition.

After a long and uneasy wait, the tension spread in the underground space, and the armed SWAT guards stood at the entrance, watching the armed self-discipline units in the square below, and from time to time there were flickering beeps from these units in the square.

Finally, an hour later, the announcement reached the scene, and the commander was on the radio again, and a large projection screen appeared over the square.

In the picture, a dark-haired teenage girl sits against the backdrop of the cobalt blue star tear emblem, flanked by a court officer and a court officer.

"I received this news very suddenly, but this incident is also because of me, so I hope that it can be resolved more peacefully." In the picture, the singer girl pressed her hand lightly on her chest, first bowed her head and saluted, and then began to speak.

"I'm Hethia Tilan, and at this moment I also have court officials and inquisition court judges in the star field by my side, if you have any thoughts and demands, you can talk to me directly."

The girl's familiar and crisp voice echoed in the underground square, easing the tense atmosphere before.

"It's Hesia Tilan, I didn't expect them to really summon big shots." The SWAT officer standing at the entrance of the passage whispered.

"With the Federation's emphasis on the singer, if Tilan makes a promise here, as long as it is not too outrageous, it will basically be fulfilled."

"I guess I am afraid that those engineers underground will not believe the promises of the trial court and court officials, after all, if they are really caught, they will no longer have room to resist and speak out."

As the SWAT officers discussed, when the singer appeared on the projection screen, the hidden engineers underground were obviously relieved, and the tense atmosphere eased slightly.

As she listened to their descriptions, Hehia nodded slightly, indicating that she understood their thoughts and actions, and then asked the people around her about the precedents.

"I asked the court officials on the side about the relevant laws and regulations, and if you turn yourself in, I can help you apply for leniency, and it won't be too harsh."

In fact, if according to the practice of federal law, although they have forced circumstances, their behavior in killing is by no means simply offset, out of some need to maintain stability, the court will still punish severely, but this time the situation is really special, coupled with this situation of both, if there is a plea of Hesia, when the court trials, it is very likely that it will be sentenced in a lighter direction.

With the promise of this singer who was at the top of the star field's reputation, the armed self-discipline unit of the underground space gradually shut down, and then a well-dressed engineer slowly walked out, their number was not large, about 200 people, and there were nearly 10,000 employees in the base before.

A few hours later, the special police who finally took full control of this underground production base breathed a sigh of relief, this mission was safely landed, at the beginning, they were ready for all kinds of battles, you must know that the protection system of the military industrial enterprise, if it is fully operational, even if they have all kinds of equipment support, they will have to pay a certain price for casualties.

A week later, Tilan went to the prison where she was being held, met with the surviving engineers, and asked about the previous situation again, and in front of the singer, the engineers present knew everything, even if there were some small lies, the girl smiled and did not expose them, but listened silently.

No one is perfect, and in such a highly stressful and dangerous environment, they are still required to fully abide by moral standards, which is really a bit difficult for strong people, so as long as the whole story roughly matches their description and is not distorted, Heshia still decides to forgive them and intercede for them, not to hold them accountable for some things.

"I see, everyone was frightened."

Standing outside the prison, the girl's blue eyes slowly swept over the people present, and there was a slight softness in her voice, which made everyone settle down again, and when they were stared at by those clear eyes, a faint shame also rose in the hearts of many people, because they were not completely telling the truth.

In fact, at that time, some of the remaining high-level officials had lost the ability to resist, but because they were afraid of retribution after going out, they still chose to kill those people.

With a blink of an eye, the girl comforted the men, and then, led by the inquisitor, left the prison.

Back in the common room, Ameranda asked Heshia what she thought.

"You should be aware of the holes in their words." As an elite of the Inquisition, she knows that the singer has the ability to easily read lies.

"Hmm." The girl sat on the chair, her head leaning on her side, her eyes slightly closed.

"How do you feel?" Ameranda asked curiously.

"I know they're lying, but I also know their fear and fear, their weakness and insecurity." The girl slowly opened her eyes, and her light blue eyes seemed to have stars swirling.

"You can't hold people in that situation too high, it's too harsh and harsh, because I know the helplessness and unbearable when I'm at the bottom."

"It's not their fault that everyone is not doing well, but the environment makes them make this choice."

"I don't want this to happen again, and punishment doesn't change the whole environmental situation."

"I want to change the Four-Leaf Crystal Star Field, at least in the future, they don't have to lie to me anymore, but can stand in front of me confidently and honestly, and tell me everything about their life and work."

(End of chapter)

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