Scholar’s Advanced Technological System

Lu Zhou never imagined that he just made a far-away trip, and so many things happened when he came back.

In the room of the Star Hotel, looking at the clothes and belongings that were turned over, Lu Zhou, who was sitting by the bed, squeezed his brow with a headache and said.

"In other words ... you think I was captured by the city hall?"

Wang Peng nodded awkwardly.

"……Is such that."

Lu Zhou, who ran the whole thing in his mind, tried to restore the whole incident to continue.

"... Then, you didn't find me in the city hall, so you found the Nanmen Second Colonial Exploration Fund? But what does this have to do with the Nanmen Second Colonial Exploration Fund? Are they just an enterprise?"

"We thought this was the same at first, but later found out that their background was not that simple," Wang Peng sighed and continued, "Remember the Arctic Light Cruise?"

"Remember, but that was all 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 gray cloak, and Gladstone is the gray cloak."

This sentence sounds a bit mouthful, but with Lu Zhou's logical ability, it is not difficult to understand. It was just a little unclear to him that, if he remembered correctly, the man named Gladstone should be in his thirties, and it doesn't seem to have lived for more than a hundred years.

"I know what you are thinking, in fact, I also had such confusion," as if seeing through Lu Zhou's thinking, Wang Peng sighed and continued, "The gray cloak does not refer to a specific person, just an identity. , Or title. The previous owner of this title passed it to Gladstone together with the account number before the end of life, and now we have mastered the movement of the entire foundation, and they are still the same Ignorant. "

On the surface, the Nanmen Second Colony Discovery Group and the group's CEO are just a piece of the Foundation. In the eyes of the vast majority of foundation executives, Gladstone's identity is no different from that of Song Yangwei and Sen Yongyuan who have been arrested, and he will not be associated with the gray cloak at all. .

The so-called most dangerous place is the safest place. The more you show yourself, the less likely you are to be involved. Especially when you are not sure whether you are absolutely loyal among the other foundation executives, this is the safest approach ...

At least until his arrest, Gladstone thought so.

"But why ... will this farce evolve into a civil war?"

After glancing out the window, Lu Zhou couldn't help but continue, "Did you know? When I first came back, I was taken aback by the big hole in the street, and thought that something like a meteorite fell in the city center. I did n’t expect to know after asking, the third orbital airborne brigade and the Mars militia fight. "

"This is a long story. To be honest, we are actually quite surprised ..."

Wang Peng laughed bitterly and paused for a moment, then continued, "In fact, the signs of separatism have already appeared in Tiangong City. We have also noticed before, but we did not expect that this kind of thinking has penetrated into the upper levels of Tiangong City. The thought of Xiao Hong ’s conspiracy is not just the independence of Tiangong City, but even plans to pull other colonial cities on Mars together to establish a 'regional alliance belonging to the Martians.'

"They have developed their own armed forces in the asteroid belt by way of laissez-faire thieves, and used this to contain the military power of regional alliances such as Pan-Asian Cooperation. At the same time, they use this as a bargaining chip to threaten Pan-Asian cooperation. They maintain a certain number of starships. It can be said that they have long planned to rebel. "

Lu Zhou: "But why is this time--"

"Because of you." Wang Peng looked at the landing boat, his face filled with helpless expressions, "The deadline of the military exercise is getting closer and closer, and the Qinling has epoch-making realized the speed of light cruise. Considering that the main autonomy granted to Tiangong City was It is because of the distance. If the problem of superluminal communication is solved, it will be sooner or later to take back the autonomy of Tiangong City. Under such circumstances, launching a civil war is already his only choice, and as one of the chips for war victory, It is the only possibility for them to defeat the First Fleet by being the first to install a curved speed engine. "

Lu Zhou: "So the invitation to that academic conference ..."

"It seems that you have guessed, yes, Europa is just a guise. Their real intention is to build a permanent, hidden space base on the asteroid belt. The whole academic conference has been dragged for so many days. There is no progress yet ... "Wang Peng shrugged." I speculate that it may be intentional, and the purpose is to hold you back, to gain time for the Mars industry to master the technology of speed of curvature, and may be able to directly coerce if necessary. You hand over the technology. "

"As for the Universe Spirit Foundation ..." Wang Peng hesitated and continued, "Although I don't know what they want to do, they seem to be eager to get the speed technology."

Under the entanglement of the interests of all parties, this civil war that broke out in advance has thus evolved into a melee of the three parties.

However, no one expected that the disappearance of Academician Lu was a misunderstanding from the beginning. He was not in the hands of the City Hall or the Spirit of the Universe Foundation, nor was he protected by the Security Bureau as Mayor Xiao guessed, only because he temporarily left Tiangong City for something.

Until now, Wang Peng was very confused. What did Lu Zhou do to leave Tiangong City during this time? However, Lu Zhou didn't seem to want to answer this question. After dropping the sentence "Go to an old friend", he didn't give any explanation, and it was not convenient for him to continue to ask questions, so he had to do nothing about it.

Looking at Wang Peng with a helpless expression on his face, Lu Zhou, who finally figured out the cause and effect of the event, had no more thoughts than just crying and laughing.

How did he become the fuse of civil war when he went out?

"It seems ... I'm afraid this time I've pitted a lot of people."

"You can't talk about the pit, just advance the things that should come," Wang Peng scratched his head, looking at the somewhat embarrassed expression, and explained, "If it wasn't for your sudden disappearance, Xiao Hong mistakenly thought we had noticed When it came to his plan, he decided to pre-empt, and this time bomb might be buried for a while. It's hard to say whether the problem broke out in advance, whether it was a good thing or a bad thing. "

Lu Zhou: "It would be nice if other people could think so."

"You can rest assured, I believe no one will embarrass you because of this matter," Wang Peng continued, "I still have something to understand, can I ask you for advice."

Lu Zhou: "All friends, don't be so polite, just ask about anything."

Wang Peng: "You said that after you left the hotel, you went directly to the exit of Tiangong City by car, but why have we searched all over the city to monitor and have not found you?"

Wang Peng still can't understand this matter.

Not only Wang Peng, but also Mayor Xiao, Gladstone, and others who had fallen into trouble, could not understand how Lu Zhou slipped away from everyone's eyes without knowing it.

It stands to reason that with his popularity, it is impossible that no one has seen him along the way. Not to mention that the entire Tiangong city is full of cameras. Under the coordination of the central processor, it only takes five minutes to lock the lens where the target appeared, and less than a minute to build a model of the action path. The city's activity routes and destinations are all marked.

However, Wang Peng also found out during the investigation, not to mention that the missing days, that is, the period before the disappearance, Lu Zhou did not leave even a frame of footage on the camera in Tiangong City.

just like……

Something was deleted.

Lu Zhou: "Are you saying that no camera caught me?"

Wang Peng nodded and continued.

"This is so strange."

"It's no surprise," Lu Zhou smiled, and continued, "It seems to me that a little guy is worried about my safety, so I did something extra without me."

Wang Peng: "...?"

"Don't say this," dry coughed off the topic, and after thinking about it for a moment, Lu Zhou continued, "Speaking ... Actually, I have some more curious places here."

Wang Peng immediately said: "Please speak!"

Lu Zhou smiled and said: "Don't be so serious ... According to your opinion, Gladstone is a senior executive of the Universe Spirit Foundation, what will happen to his South Gate II Colonial Exploration Group?"

The Nanmen Second Colonial Exploration Group was an enterprise that issued the Nanmen Second Colonial Exploration Fund some time ago.

If Lu Zhou remembered correctly, this guy had previously issued a corporate bond of 10 billion credits, and had made a huge sum of money throughout the pan-Asian cooperation and even the world.

Can't do it ...

The bankruptcy of this enterprise will even develop into a new fuse, causing a financial tsunami that is more severe than the impact of the civil war in Tiangong City.

"Probably going bankrupt ... My colleague is already cooperating with the staff of the Asian Investment Bank to liquidate its assets." Wang Peng thought and replied, "After all, even if you don't consider Gladstone's identity, they will It ’s impossible for us to let go of the funds sent by the town hall. ”

What's more, if they have a relationship with a cult organization, it is even more impossible to allow them to stay alive.

"That's it ..." Lu Zhou nodded thoughtfully. After thinking for a moment, he suddenly said, "Can you tell me about it?"

Wang Peng froze for a moment, then looked at the landing boat in confusion.

"Who to introduce?"

"The person in charge of the asset settlement of the second colonial exploration group of South Gate," Lu Zhou continued, "I want to talk to him about some things."