The Seventh Base

Chapter 506: Chapter 96 Rebellious Star_2

The public sighed in relief when they saw Conrad, as prior rumors had spread about Conrad being attacked, and his life and death were unknown. Now, it seemed that he was all right.

Conrad stood on the stage and began to speak, “Recently, many things have happened. The Federation has just gone through a great war, and countless heroes have sacrificed their lives on the battlefield. Before the war, I was full of passion, wanting the people of Lancelot Star to see the spirit of our Federation, but now, after experiencing the war and seeing those who sacrificed, thinking of their families, I have started to doubt my own decisions.”

“War is cruel. The Federation sacrificed its entire fleet for it, and I do not want to see war happen again on the soil of Byron Star. I do not even want to see Federation soldiers die on the battlefield. As President, I am a coward; I am somewhat scared now, afraid of misfortune striking once more, fearful of innocent Federation citizens dying before me, afraid of countless families being displaced, nations and families being destroyed.”

“Bang…” Hearing this, Ye Xi slammed his fist on the table, showing his anger.

Starting a war with one hand, a conspiracy that led to the deaths of many innocent people, the executioner who killed the Federation fleet, and now, he says he is scared of Federation people dying?

Such exquisite acting, it’s breathtaking.

“He is finding excuses for his actions; what he says is actually what the people are thinking now. After experiencing a war, many will be afraid of war, and all this can help him justify collaborating with aliens,” Ge Hong said, “Our Mr. President is calculating every step, who knows if he is preparing to make a move against us next.”

Ge Hong, it seemed he had anticipated what was going to happen.

The major families had been declawed, and now the biggest threat to Conrad was their Divine Sword Bureau.

Conrad continued, “However, even though we are scared of war, we will never run away. The Federation has signed agreements with several alien planets. They are providing military support and are currently en route to Byron Star. Moreover, we will be sharing technology with them. Recently, the Federation acquired some equipment in the Deep Sea, superpower technology equipment, which is now being studied at the Divine Sword Bureau. Moving forward, we will collaborate with the alien teams to master the technology of superpower equipment, and they will also provide us with the latest technology. I believe it won’t be many years before the technology on Byron Star will make a leap, and then, the Federation fleet will head to Lancelot Star to avenge our blood debt!”

Conrad’s speech was inspiring, and Chuanxing City erupted into countless cheers; they were already envisioning the future, seemingly happy to see friendly cooperation with alien planets.

Since Mr. President said so, they naturally believed the future would be bright.

Although they knew that aliens also had their motives, presumably also wanting to develop the superpower weapons technology obtained in the Deep Sea, as long as it was not like with Lancelot, being able to cooperate mutually and beneficially, the people no longer resisted.

After experiencing the war, the mentality of the public had changed.

Shi Qiang turned off the screen and looked at Ge Hong, “It seems the director guessed right.”

Indeed, the next step is to target them.

Conrad announced to the Federation that he would collaborate with aliens to research and develop technology, and he presented the people with a bright future. If the Divine Sword Bureau refused…

At that moment, Shi Qiang’s communicator vibrated. He answered, then put it down and said, “People from the President’s Mansion have arrived.”

The people present showed their anger. They arrived really quickly.

This Mr. President, timing the moment, not even intending to give them a chance to prepare, sent people from the President’s Mansion right after the announcement.

Several gazes turned towards Ge Hong.

Under the current circumstances, handing over the technology was impossible; they did not believe the aliens would provide them with advanced technology.

Between stars, technology is a planet’s biggest asset, the very foundation that allows them to stay ahead of inferior civilizations.

Their scientists had already secretly left during the outbreak of the war, so of course, the technology was not going to be handed over.

But now, how should they respond?

“Through our channels, announce to the outside that Federation President Conrad has betrayed the planet, and the Divine Sword Bureau does not recognize the current Federation Government,” Ge Hong said.

Conrad had made the first move, and now, they could only respond directly, not giving Conrad the chance to strike at them first.

“Yes,” Shi Qiang nodded, “I’ll make arrangements.”

With that, Shi Qiang left the area.

After he left, Ge Hong looked at the others and said, “Everyone get ready. The crises facing the Divine Sword Bureau may be even more dangerous than before.”

Lancelot Star was an overt attack.

Everything Conrad had done had already proven that this Federation President was unscrupulous.

Now, betraying his own planet and collaborating with several major planets posed an extremely high risk.

Xu Mo and Zero left together.

“So, what exactly did he kill so many people for?” Now a core member, Zero, having heard the previous conversation, seemed to understand nothing.

“I don’t know,” Xu Mo said. “Everyone is different, there are good people and there are bad people, so, Demoness, you need to interact more with good people like me, there are too many bad people out there.”

Zero’s eyes shifted as she looked at Xu Mo and said, “But Master Qiong said you’re not a good person, and I should be careful not to be deceived by you…”

“Cough cough…”

“Old witch!”

Xu Mo cursed inwardly, she had actually backstabbed him.

“Demoness, do you think I would deceive you?” Xu Mo looked at Zero with innocent eyes.

“Yes!” Zero responded very affirmatively.

“….” Xu Mo looked at Zero.

Zero had changed.

It must have been the old witch’s bad influence.

“But, I will still protect you,” Zero added.

Xu Mo was moved to tears.

……

The Divine Sword Bureau issued a statement to the public that Federation President Conrad had betrayed the Federation, orchestrating this war single-handedly. He used the deaths of Federation citizens to incite the war, conspiring to kill countless Federation soldiers.

Conrad colluded with aliens, intending to erode the Federation, and the Federation Government had now become a puppet, with the alien fleet arriving and everything under the control of the aliens.

President Conrad, a traitor to the star!

The news instantly caused upheaval throughout the Federation.

The statement from the Divine Sword Bureau was too shocking and instilled a deep sense of fear in many people.

If it had been anyone else making the statement, perhaps no one would have believed it, but the issuer was the Divine Sword Bureau, the strongest Extraordinary Agency of the Federation, the Federation’s sword.

In the battle with Lancelot Star, the contributions of the Divine Sword Bureau were clear for all to see; they had defended the President’s Mansion. Without the Divine Sword Bureau’s participation, the President’s Mansion would have been overrun by Lancelot Star.

This meant that, until now, the Divine Sword Team held no prejudice against the President’s Mansion, but now the Divine Sword Bureau’s declaration of President Conrad’s betrayal of the planet was utterly shocking.

Countless people felt numbness and fear, and just as one wave subsides, another arises; the war was not yet completely over, and another storm was brewing.

This announcement signified a complete rift between the Federation President’s Mansion and the Divine Sword Bureau; regardless of who was right or wrong, both forces would become mortal enemies.

Previously, it was foreign invaders.

Now, just after repelling the foreign invaders from Lancelot Star, were they to face a civil war?

No one wanted to see such an outcome, and nobody wanted to believe the statement, yet many people faintly felt that the Divine Sword Bureau’s announcement might be true; otherwise, the Divine Sword Bureau had no reason to backstab the President’s Mansion.

Until now, everything the Divine Sword Bureau had done was for the Federation!

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