Chapter 880: Chapter 396: Night Owl (Five-in-One)_4
“Thank you.”
Su Ming politely replied, turning around and heading towards the elevator.
Very quickly, Su Ming entered the elevator, picked up the pass card and swiped it, then pressed the button for the 7th floor.
The elevator doors closed and ascended rapidly.
Ding~
Accompanied by a clear sound, the tightly closed doors opened.
Su Ming walked out of the elevator into a long corridor where soldiers wearing Third Generation Exoskeleton Armor stood.
They immediately turned their heads to scan Su Ming, verifying his identity again. After confirming there was no mistake, they stood still.
Su Ming walked straight inside, quickly reaching the end.
A vast laboratory appeared before him, filled with various instruments and equipment.
Su Ming walked in, and was greeted by Dr. Blakes and a middle-aged man wearing a black trench coat, exuding a cold demeanor, with sinister eyes and a faint scent of blood about him, standing in front of a large operational console.
The two were watching the continuous data and information generated by Celeste.
Seeing this, Su Ming went to stand beside Blakes.
The middle-aged man also turned his head to glance at Su Ming with a gloomy look.
Su Ming instinctively felt an extreme danger, like being stared at by a venomous snake.
At this moment, Blakes calmly glanced at Su Ming, then turned back to the operational screen and said.
“Celeste, continue!”
“Yes!”
Celeste immediately played a video.
In a dim room, Farren City Lord and the Dark Star Empire Roglian Chief were conspiring.
“Lord Farren City Lord, the development of Sky Dome City in recent years is visible to all. You are truly the most capable and talented person in the Federation, why belittle yourself and endure the temper of that old geezer Gakels?”
“Hmph, I’ve been annoyed with that old geezer for a long time, the problem is I haven’t had the chance to deal with him.”
“Lord Farren City Lord, now the opportunity has arrived. As long as you deploy troops to the Danube Star Sea, then our troops will surround yours, you can justifiably force Gakels to deploy troops. By then, we can destroy his troops and cut off his arms and legs, heavily injuring Gakels in the process.”
“Are you sure this will work?”
“Rest assured, I’ve already set the trap, just waiting for the prey to appear.”
“Good!”
….
Su Ming watched this section of the video, a strange expression appearing on his face, but he said nothing.
At this moment, Celeste spoke up.
“I have analyzed this video, and it is almost indistinguishable from a real shot video. However, they overlooked one thing, how could such an important conspiracy be easily recorded? This must have been synthesized by advanced AI! As for other fabricated videos, the situation is similar, it’s all the same!”
“Besides this, is there any other information?”
Blakes coldly asked.
“I analyzed all the IDs involved in spreading rumors and found that aside from those jumping on the bandwagon, and the Dark Star and Tianqi’s paid trolls, quite a few IDs are virtual creations, with very sophisticated technology, likely the work of the Mechanical Clan.”
Celeste objectively analyzed.
At this moment, the cold middle-aged man spoke hoarsely.
“Our Night Owl, during the capture and interrogation of involved personnel, discovered a new cult called God of Machinery. These people worship the Mechanical Clan and somehow acquired a large amount of funds and technology. If I’m not wrong, they are cooperating with the Mechanical Clan in this invasion and rumor spreading.”
Upon hearing the term Night Owl, Su Ming’s eyelids immediately twitched.
This Night Owl Department is arguably the most notorious department within the Federation.
They specialize in collecting intelligence, capturing, and interrogating people.
Anyone captured by them, if not dead, would surely be skinned. Moreover, this department wields immense power, often conducting arrests and interrogations without any evidence.
Then Dr. Blakes spoke indifferently.
“To end this farce, we must find the source. How is the signal tracing going?”
“I’m still tracking, but just a few days ago, during a confrontation with three major signal sources, one of the signals suddenly cut off.”
Celeste said, puzzled.
Hearing this, Su Ming’s mind stirred and he immediately asked.
“Celeste, when did the signal disappear, the specific time.”
Blakes and the sinister man both turned their heads to look at Su Ming.
“Four days ago at 4:32 PM.”
Celeste provided the precise time.
Calculating the time, Su Ming then spoke.
“You don’t need to guess; I know what happened.”
“Speak!”
The sinister man’s eyes flashed with a fierce light, coldly demanding.
Su Ming glanced at the man before him, calmly stating.
“At that time, I was aboard the Interstellar Cruise Ship·Light Dimension, returning to the Cui Lan Star Defense Line. There was a weapons exhibition on the ship, and it stopped in the starry sky for weapon testing. When attacking a Deserted Star, we hit the Mechanical Clan V-type General Level·苍蛇·Pawabik!”
“I understand now, so they were hiding in the Deserted Star outside the defense line! No wonder they couldn’t be found internally, they are really cunning!”
Celeste immediately reacted after hearing Su Ming’s explanation.
“Hmm.”
Su Ming smiled and replied.
Dr. Blakes, hearing this, his eyes flickered as he spoke.
“If that’s the case, the other two signal sources should also be hiding in the Deserted Stars outside the Black Flame Star Defense Line and the Nether Moon Star Defense Line.”
“I’ll immediately send people to search.”