I Am the Swarm

"Milton, your thinking is too simple. Don't forget that we still have soldiers on the front line! We can't completely isolate them from their home planet. The previous news has already dealt a blow to morale!"

One general retorted that being at the front gave him more say. A lot of information about the Zerg was concealed from ordinary Ricken soldiers before, because a battle with no chance of winning would greatly affect morale. If they could do nothing, they might be able to reverse their morale by using the aura of mourning soldiers, but then came the message of the Zerg persuading them to surrender, which completely blocked this idea.

Now there are different voices among the Riken soldiers. There are many supporters of the Sworn to Death faction and the Surrender faction, which have already caused great hidden dangers to the defense line.

"That's right! If the spread of news is too large, once we have a conflict with the Zerg and ordinary soldiers are captured, the chances of this news leaking will be greatly increased. Once we lose these chips, we will fall into a very passive situation."

The old general also supported and said that what he didn't say was that if the news spread, there might be surrenderers who would do things that would shame them. Then the guy is worried that he doesn't have anything of value to please the Zerg.

This is the shortcoming of individual wisdom and civilization. There will always be very few individuals doing things that are detrimental to the entire race for self-interest.

Milton was silent. He lived on his home planet, not to mention the civil and military double-star defense line, and he had never even been to the No. 2 colony, so his understanding of the military deployment outside was only superficial, and the whitewashed things were far from the actual situation. After listening to the speeches of the generals, he knew that he had not thought carefully, but he immediately thought of another question:

"Have you ever considered whether the senior personnel who were missing in the war before and knew the news would be captured by the Zerg, and the news has been leaked?"

"Don't worry, all the senior generals on the front line who know the specific information have voluntarily installed a gadget in their heads, which is enough to ensure that the information will not be leaked." The old general fell silent after finishing speaking.

It’s hard to say whether this thing is voluntary, and on the surface it says to detonate autonomously, but in fact its judgment mechanism is that once it leaves a certain distance from the fleet, its own car, or an auxiliary ship such as an escape pod, it will automatically detonate. Detonate.

The battlefield is unpredictable, and accidents or misjudgments will definitely occur in extreme cases, but since these Rikens know more than other Rikens and have gained more, they should bear and pay more.

"So, there must be no problem here on the front line. Even if there is a problem, it will be on the side of your parliament. You guys, sometimes you are too shrewd to do stupid things."

Seeing that the topic was moving towards a strange place, Antonio was just about to turn the topic back when he heard the old general continue: "The question of the treasure should be prepared with both hands. First, it should be kept secret, and secondly, the experiment We also need to strengthen our defenses in the room, so that even if the Zerg know what the treasure is, it is useless not to know where it is hidden, and we still have chips in our hands."

"Well, stricter security measures have been implemented in the laboratory long ago. All scientific researchers who have access to the treasure are closed and managed. They have not gone out for several years."

"That's good."

Since the war between the Swarm and the Rickon, the security measures in the laboratory have been continuously strengthened. But before that, before they knew the threat of the swarm, although the security was strict, it hadn't reached the level of restricting freedom.

Although Claire had concealed the specific research results from Klos in the beginning, she didn't pay attention to some trivial things, which led Klos to know something. However, these were not included in the official records. As a result, the Riken tribe has never suspected the missing Cross, nor did they know that their so-called "treasure" had been completely exposed to the swarm's vision. Even among the scientific researchers who restrict their freedom, there are several intelligent bodies hidden.

Afterwards, the meeting went on for a while, and after it was generally decided to continue to hide the "treasure" information, several recalled generals of Rickon hurriedly boarded the battleship and returned to the front line.

Before leaving, the old general pondered for a long time, and finally said: "Everyone, no matter what the result of the referendum is. In war, we will not back down, surrender, and show our value. Only with a bargaining chip in hand can we negotiate for interests. Capital. I don’t know if there are any opposition or other factions among you. Your Excellency the Speaker will definitely not disclose the specific information of the treasure, but I don’t want to leak this information through other channels.”

Looking at the silent congressmen, the old general's eyes gradually became sharper, and his tone became more stern: "I don't care what purpose you have, no matter what filth you have between you, but you must remember that you are a Riken, Everything has a bottom line. If I find out that any of you has betrayed the interests of the race, I would rather ignore the Zerg, and I will drive the fleet back to destroy him first, and bury him before the race dies!"

After speaking, the old general turned and boarded the battleship.

Watching the light emitted by the engine gradually move away, the eyes of the Rikens who watched the huge steel creation leave flickered, their faces were uncertain, and their hearts were turning with small thoughts, but in the end they all remained silent and did not say anything.

In any case, the words of the old general before he left still played a role. The public opinion environment on Rickon's home planet is completely clear, and there is a lot less rhythm. Antonio also controlled the release of a large number of other news to divert attention, and at the same time, conducted network control.

The powerful military faintly broke away from Antonio's grip, and with their strong intervention, both Antonio and the opposition tacitly reduced the popularity of related news.

The originally lively referendum suddenly disappeared. Everyone wanted to test the bottom line of the Zerg before making a decision.

Since the Zerg did not take the initiative to contact the Liken, the Liken decided to wait and see what happened. In the words of the old general, it would not only weaken the momentum but also show timidity, which is not good for the negotiation.

Time passed quickly, and the referendum of the Riken people became a joke. No matter what the result was, some people finally jumped out and demanded a new referendum for various reasons.

The referendum has gone through three rounds so far, and ordinary people in Riken have become numb...

Just as the Rickon tribe was looking forward to it, the insect swarm finally made a move.

20,000 Taikoo-levels assembled and slowly left the orbit of Yunxing. Because they lay dead here for a while, many of them had grown to nearly 600 meters in size, and there were even a few of them that reached 700 meters. They belonged to the elite troops up.

The Riken tribe, who were always watching this place, noticed such a big military change immediately, and immediately took a defensive posture.

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