Scholar’s Advanced Technological System

The Ark didn't realize that it was just a short trip, so many things happened when it came back.

Starry Grand Hotel's room looked overturned with clothes and belongings, and some of the canoes sitting beside the bed pinched their eyebrows with a headache and said openly.

“So you think I was captured by the city hall? ”

Wang Peng was somewhat embarrassed at the bottom.

“… is so. ”

The whole chain of things was in my head, and the ark trying to restore the whole thing continued to speak.

“… and then you found the South Gate II Colonial Exploration Fund after you didn't find me at City Hall? But what does this have to do with the South Gate II Colonial Exploration Fund? Aren't they just a business? ”

“That's what we thought at first, but then we found out that their background wasn't that simple," Wang Peng sighed and continued, “Remember the Arctic Light Cruise? ”

“Remember, but that was a hundred years ago. ”

“Yeah, it's been almost a hundred years,” Wang Peng continued with some emotion, “the mastermind of the incident was a man called the Grey Cloak, and Gladstone was the Grey Cloak. ”

The phrase sounds a little stubborn, but with the logical ability of the ark, it is not difficult to understand. What he just doesn't understand is that if he remembers correctly, the man named Gladstone should be in his 30s or so, and it doesn't look like he's lived for more than a hundred years.

“I know what you're thinking, and in fact I've had this confusion," Wang Peng sighed as if he saw through what the Ark was thinking, continuing, “The gray cape doesn't refer specifically to someone, it's just an identity, or a title. The previous owner of the title passed it along with his account to Gladstone before his life was over. And now we know what the whole foundation is doing, and they don't know anything about it. ”

On the face of it, the boss of the South Gate II colonial exploration group and group is just a chess piece of the foundation. In the eyes of the vast majority of foundations, Gladstone's identity is no different from that of Song Yangwei, Sen Yongyuan, who has already been arrested, and does not associate him with the Grey Cloak - the foundation's BOSS.

What is said to be the most dangerous place is the safest place, and the more you throw your head away, the less likely you are to be suspected of being involved. Especially when it's not certain if there's absolute loyalty at the top of other foundations…

At least that's what Gladstone thought before he was arrested.

“But why… did this farce eventually turn into a civil war? ”

After looking out the window, the ark couldn't help but say, “You know what? When I first came back, I was surprised by the crater in the street. I thought it was a meteorite or something that landed in the center of the city. I didn't expect to know until I asked, that the 3rd Orbit Airborne Brigade and the Mars militia had a fight. ”

“This is a long story. To be honest, we were actually quite surprised...”

Wang Peng smiled bitterly and, after a moment of pause, continued, "In fact, the seedlings of separatism had already appeared in Tiangong City, and we had noticed them before, but we did not expect that this idea had infiltrated the upper echelons of Tiangong City, let alone that Xiao Hong was planning not only to be independent of Tiangong City, but even to pull together other colonial cities on Mars to form a 'regional alliance belonging to the Martians'. ”

“By releasing air thieves, they develop their own armaments in the asteroid belt and, by so doing, control the military forces of regional alliances, such as Trans-Asian Cooperation, while using this as a chip to blackmail Trans-Asian Cooperation on the basis of autonomy, allowing them to retain a certain number of starships. It could be argued that they were already planning to rebel. ”

Ark: “But why this time--”

“Because of you.” Wang Peng looked at the ark, and his face was full of helpless expressions. "The military performance period was getting closer, and the Qin Ling reached an ultra-light cruise in time. Given that the autonomy granted to Tiangong Municipality in that year was mainly due to distance reasons, it would be premature to withdraw the autonomy of Tiangong Municipality once the problem of hypervelocity communication had been resolved. In such a situation, civil war is already his only option, and as one of the chips for war victory, leading the warp engines is their only chance of winning the first fleet. ”

Ark: “So the invitation to the academic conference...”

“Looks like you've guessed, yes, that IWII is just a cover, and their real intention is to build a permanent, secret space base on the asteroid belt. And the whole academic conference hasn't progressed for so many days...” Wang Peng shrugged his shoulders, "I assume may have been deliberate, but the aim is to stall you, buy time for the Mars industry to master warp speed technology, and may be able to directly coerce you into handing over technology if necessary. ”

“As for the Spirit of the Universe Foundation...” Wang Peng hesitated and continued, "although they didn't know exactly what they wanted to do, they also seemed eager to get warp speed technology. ”

This premature civil war has thus evolved into a conflagration of the three forces, amidst the demands of the interests of all parties.

However, no one thought that the disappearance of Master Lu had been a misunderstanding from the outset. He is not at all in the hands of the City Hall or the Spirit of the Universe Foundation or, as Mayor Xiao speculated, protected by the Security Bureau, just because something left Tiangong City temporarily.

Wang Peng is still confused, what exactly did the Ark leave Tiangong City for during this time? However, the Nahe Ark does not seem to want to answer this question. After dropping the phrase "to see an old friend”, no further explanation is given, and it is not convenient for him to pursue the matter, so he has to do just that.

Looking at Wang Peng with a helpless expression on his face, he finally figured out the causes and consequences of the matter on the ark, and for a moment there were no more thoughts besides having to cry.

How did you become the trigger of the civil war when you went out on your own?

“Looks like… I'm afraid I've crashed a lot of people this time. ”

“We can't talk about the pit, we just put things ahead of us," Wang Peng scratched his head looking at the ashamed Ark, explaining, "If you hadn't disappeared suddenly, Xiao Hong mistakenly thought we'd noticed his plan, so he decided to pre-empt it. This time bomb might be buried for a while. It's hard to say if the problem is a good thing or a bad thing when it comes out early. ”

Ark: “I wish other people could think the same way. ”

“Don't worry, I'm sure no one will make this difficult for you," Wang Peng continued, hesitating, "There is something I still don't understand, can I ask you a question? ”

Ark: “Friends, don't be so polite, ask if you need anything. ”

Wang Peng: “You said that after you left the hotel, you went directly to the exit exit of Tiangong City by car, but why did we look all over the city for surveillance and didn't find you? ”

Wang Peng still can't figure this out.

Even Wang Peng, Mayor Xiao of Fufa and others who had already done so, couldn't figure out how the Ark had managed to slip unwittingly under the eyes of everyone.

Rationally, in his name, it is impossible that anyone who has seen him on the road has not. Not to mention the cameras all over Tiangong City, coordinated by the CPU, which takes only five minutes to lock in the footage of the target, and less than a minute to build an action path model, marking all his routes and destinations in Tiangong City.

However, Wang Peng also discovered during the investigation that, not to mention the days of disappearance, the time before the disappearance, the ark had not left even a single frame on the camera of Tiangong City.

Like…

Deleted by something like that.

Ark: “You mean, no camera shot me? ”

Wang Peng nodded and continued.

“This is so weird. ”

“Not surprisingly,” the Ark laughed and continued, "I think it was a little guy who was worried about my safety, so don't tell me what I was doing. ”

Wang Peng: “…? ”

“Forget about it," he coughed dry and turned the subject off. After a moment of reflection, the ark continued, “Speaking of which... I actually have some curiosity on my side. ”

Wang Peng immediately said: "Go ahead! ”

The Ark laughed and said, “Don't be so serious... according to you, Gladstone is a senior member of the Spirit of the Universe Foundation, so what happens to his South Gate II colonial exploration group? ”

Nanmen II Colonial Exploration Group is the enterprise that issued the Nanmen II Colonial Exploration Fund in the previous period.

If the Ark remembers correctly, this guy used to be a 10 billion credit point corporate bond, rounding up money all over Pan-Asia and around the world.

Maybe...

The bankruptcy of the company could even develop into a new fuse, creating a financial tsunami worse than the effects of the civil war in Tiangong City.

“Probably going bankrupt… My colleagues are already working with AIDB staff to liquidate its assets.” Wang Peng thought about it and said, "After all, even if we don't consider Gladstone's identity, we can't just let go of the money they send to the city hall. ”

Besides, they're with some kind of evil. When church organizations are involved, it is even more unlikely that they will be allowed to remain alive.

“Well...” The ark suddenly said after a moment of reflection, “Can you introduce me? ”

Wang Peng slightly stunned and looked at the Ark and asked.

“Introduce who? ”

“The person in charge of the liquidation of the assets of the South Gate II Colonial Exploration Group," paused for a moment and the Ark continued, “I want to talk to him about something. ”