Chapter 1440: 494: Reporting In (Part 2)

Capítulo 1440: Chapter 494: Reporting In (Part 2)

He roughly guessed what was going on.

It was obvious that the virtual network had been breached by the Mechanical Clan, and the Federation couldn’t solve the rumors spread by the enemy. So they simply opened up the forum and deliberately injected a lot of praising false information.

When the public saw those praising false information, they could recognize it at a glance and would feel confident, thinking they wouldn’t be deceived.

All the information released on the forum was fake, and even the rumors spread by the Mechanical Clan were considered false information by them.

Of course, this also had downsides, as a highly impartial forum turned into an entertainment gossip forum.

Now, all publicly available information from the Federation was disseminated in newspaper form, which had the advantage of being controllable and not easily modified.

This is also why the Federation insisted on maintaining the existence of newspapers; at crucial moments, these original things were relatively reliable.

“Sir, we’ve arrived!”

At this moment, the driver uncle stopped the car and said to Su Ming.

“Thank you.”

Su Ming took out cash from his wallet and handed it to the driver uncle, got his change, opened the car door, and got out.

He walked towards the entrance of the Federation Government, and saw two Fourth Generation Mecha·Shadow Slayer standing on either side of the gate, with officers in Third Generation Exoskeleton Armor checking the identity of every entering person and verifying their Identity Cards.

Su Ming frowned slightly, the council’s security had been upgraded, as usually there were only soldiers on guard.

He then stepped forward, took out his Identity Card, and handed it over.

The captain in charge of verification took Su Ming’s Identity Card, verified its authenticity, returned the card to Su Ming and said.

“General, please enter.”

“Hmm!”

Su Ming took his Identity Card and walked in.

Although he had been missing for over a year, due to the Federation’s early announcement of finding him recuperating, along with rampant rumors, most people thought he was enjoying himself somewhere, while the real inside story was only known to the upper echelons.

A moment later, Su Ming arrived on the third floor of the Council Tower.

It was still super busy here, with many officers evaluating military achievements, which indirectly reflected the Federation’s entanglement in the vortex of war.

Su Ming entered the review room through a side door with his Identity Card.

At this moment, Rogde saw Su Ming come in and asked in confusion.

“Who are you?”

“It’s me.”

Su Ming replied, taking off his mask.

“Su Ming?”

Rogde’s eyes widened, full of disbelief.

“What’s wrong?”

Su Ming replied with a smile.

“Wait, didn’t I hear that you died? Or did I misremember?”

Rogde felt a bit confused.

“Not dead, just rumors. Is Lord Long Bai here?”

Su Ming said, awkwardly changing the subject.

“Lord Long Bai is not here, she went to the front line to support.”

Rogde explained to Su Ming.

Upon hearing Rogde’s words, Su Ming sighed slightly and said.

“Hmm, in that case, I will take my leave for now.”

“Okay.”

Rogde nodded in response.

Su Ming turned and left the review room, heading towards the elevator, deep in thought with his head down.

With Long Bai not in the Federation, whom should I report to?

At this time, the image of Vice City Lord Okens appeared in Su Ming’s mind, his eyes lit up, and he decided to find him.

…

A short while later, Su Ming arrived at the corridor of Vice City Lord Okens’ office.

The door to Okens’ office was ajar, with five officials waiting outside to report.

As Su Ming approached the office, he heard the furious roar of Okens coming from inside.

“Are you all useless? I ask you to do something, and not a single thing can be done well, none of you give me peace of mind! Look at what you’ve done, let the enemy walk away in front of you arrogantly, and then apprehend your own people. Are you all brainless pigs?”

“Lord Okens, please listen to our explanation, the opponent’s technology was better, and they tampered with critical information.”

“Tampered with critical information, do you not have the ability to discern? If they change me to a wanted criminal someday, will you arrest me too?”

“No, we wouldn’t dare; it’s just that the enemy is too strong.”

“Too strong? Are you idiots? Can’t you use both artificial and physical recognition? Don’t we have a complete emergency plan? The Federation conducts drills in this regard every year, and didn’t you confidently report each time that the drill was very successful? So why are there so many errors now?”

“Lord Okens, it’s just that it’s been over a hundred years since the last implementation of the artificial recognition plan. It’s been so long since those plans were used that the people below are really rusty, and also…”

“And also what?”

“And also, a portion of our physically stored archives has been damaged from lack of maintenance over the years, and some documents have been lost.”

The subordinates reported humbly, with their heads down.

Hearing the report, Okens exploded, roaring like a lion from Hedong.

“Get out, get out! Don’t come back if you can’t fix it.”

Su Ming heard Okens’ roar, showing a rather peculiar expression on his face. He hadn’t expected Vice City Lord Okens, usually so refined, to be so fierce when furious, and the subordinates were like mice in front of a cat.

Then the ajar door opened, and a few terrified officials left, followed by Secretary Nan Ying who came out and said to the waiting officials.

“Next.”

The five officials waiting at the door began to make excuses.

“I’m not ready yet, why don’t you go in first?”

“I seem to have left out a document, let me find it first, why don’t you go ahead.”