"those bastards of the military headquarters! Even I dare to encroach on the meritorious service of Tang long, no! I must expose them! " Tang long, who jumped and cursed, immediately ran out of the door angrily. However, when Tang long came to the door and saw the dark environment outside, he could not help but stop.

"what are we going to do? it's so dark outside, and this is an underground mine, and if you're not careful, you'll enter a maze-like passageway, and even if I go to the iron gate, I can't open it!" Thinking of these, Tang long began to droop, Tang long shook his head: "forget it, anyway, I do not want to be a soldier, they want to encroach on my service, let them encroach on a full bar." With Tang long, he walked back.

Tang long only took two steps, then suddenly looked up and shouted, "Oh, no!" They locked me up in this place in order to take credit, absolutely in order not to let me go out and mess up their affairs, so that my subordinates would not be treated the same way? " At the thought of this, Tang long immediately yelled and ran to the room of the robot.

Now Tang long knows that even if he doesn't want to be a soldier, he must escape and expose their conspiracy. Not only for themselves not to be locked up here for the rest of their lives, but also for those subordinates to be free.

Tang long rummaged through the mountain of instruments, hoping to find equipment that could illuminate. Although let him find the machine, but there is no energy block, with wires to connect can not be separated from this room!

While Tang long was in distress, a metal synthesis voice rang out: "what are you doing?" Hearing this sound, Tang long was overjoyed and hurriedly jumped to the side of the robot. without waiting for it to get off the platform, he grabbed the robot's hand and said, "take me to the iron gate, I want to go out!"

Of course, Tang long's power is impossible to pull up the robot, the robot let Tang long grab his own hand, while easily taking off the thread on his body, while asking: "get out?" Why? Isn't it fun here? "

Tang long said anxiously: "it's not whether it's fun here. I have something important to do. Take me to the gate!"

"something important?" The robot looked at Tang long with red eyes, nodded and said, "all right, I'll take you there." With that, he walked out the door.

Tang long happily followed two steps, but immediately went back to pick up the lighting equipment and several wires he found. He fiddled behind and said, "can I borrow some electricity from you?"

Hearing this, the robot stopped and asked strangely, "can I borrow some electricity?" How can I borrow it? " Tang long knew that the robot dared not even know these things, so he explained it to it. After listening to this, the robot was very interested in connecting the thread of the lighting equipment to his body, and seeing that the lighting equipment was shining, he could not help saying happily, "so I still have this ability."

Tang Longying and a few words urged the robot out of the dispatch room, when Tang Longcai saw the appearance of the underground mine. The dispatch room was built in the corner wall of an empty cave. No wonder no one found out that there was a door in this place without careful examination. There are seven or eight huge passageways around the grottoes, and the dense transport monorail extends from the passageway, surrounded by the dispatching room.

Apart from seeing several rusty transport planes tilting at the entrance, Tang long could not see the sign indicating the exit at all. without a robot to lead the way, it would be impossible for him to find the way to the iron gate even if he had lighting equipment.

Led by the robot into a channel, you can see the mineral fragments scattered around the channel, flashing turquoise with the light. Although Tang long was anxious to go out when he saw this scene, he could not help bending over to pick up several minerals and asked curiously, "what kind of mine is this?"

The robot said without looking back, "that's a necessary additive for SRA minerals, making spaceships and other space equipment."

"this is the SRA mineral!" Tang long looked at the object in his hand in astonishment. He did not expect that the medium that once caused the world war was the inconspicuous object in his hand.

In the past, the airframe of the spaceship, which was not made by SRA minerals, simply can not bear the pulling force of space jump. However, at the end of the world war over SRA minerals, a better and easier-to-obtain additive was discovered, and SRA minerals began to lose their former glory. That's probably why the mine was abandoned.

When Tang long was about to abandon this ubiquitous mineral, the robot suddenly smiled and said, "I studied these SRA mines when I was bored, you know?" I rely on what's in my head to find that if you use a special method, these minerals will become another kind of mineral. "

Tang long, whose mind had long flown outside, casually replied, "Oh, it will change, what will it become?"

"it will become a mineral that has never been seen before. I call it MMT mineral." The robot turned around excitedly and said.

"Oh, what's the use of this MMT mineral?" Tang long still answered absent-mindedly.

"it can generate a lot of energy. last time I got one, so I didn't use Rest for a long time. It's a pity that after that, there was no material to come up with another piece. " When the robot said this, he found that Tang long was just responding, and he didn't listen attentively at all. He turned his head away with a hum and was silent.

Tang long didn't hear what the robot said at all. he just thought about how to run outside to expose the military headquarters and let his subordinates out safe and sound. He did not know that the military prison where his men were held had been burnt to ashes.

"here we are." The robot stopped when he said this, and Tang long saw the huge black iron door a long time ago. after setting up the illuminator, he examined it carefully. Of course, the result was to disappoint Tang long. The door was opened in one direction like a safe.

The robot, who was originally standing on the sidelines, saw Tang long, who had kicked the gate angrily, but hugged his foot and shouted for pain, and could not help saying, "it's no use, this door is very thick. If you want to go out, you have to dig up those concrete walls."

Hearing this, Tang long sighed at the mossy hard wall, but as soon as he suddenly remembered something, he excitedly jumped up and grabbed the robot's hand and shouted, "where is the excavator in the mine?"

Of course, the robot immediately understood what Tang long wanted to do: "there is in the depths of the mine, but there is no power to start even if it is not rusty."

"there is no motivation." Tang Longru poured cold water on one end, and don't think about anything without motivation. Suddenly Tang long remembered what the robot said, which seemed to say a great deal of energy. He asked hurriedly, "didn't you just say that SRA mines can make things with great energy?"

The robot nodded and said, "Yes, I said that SRA ore can be turned into MMT ore after special extraction."

"this MMT mine can start the excavator, right?" Tang long asked nervously.

"of course." The robot immediately poured cold water on Tanglong: "but now there is no material to extract MMT."

"how come there are no materials? There are SRA mines everywhere. "

"Oh, do you think it's all right to have minerals? Although I have refining equipment, the most important fresh water used to decompose minerals cannot be found in this place. "

"fresh water?!" Tang long jumped up excitedly and shouted, "I have a freshwater machine!" With that, he took the machine out of his arms.

"Freshwater making machine?" The robot picked up the slap-sized thing, looked at it and knew what was going on. It asked aloud, "how much water can this thing make?" Too little is not enough. "

"one liter an hour. I wonder if it's enough." Tang long said nervously.

"you mean you can make fresh water non-stop?" The robot asked excitedly.

"the machine is not broken, if there is enough energy, in theory. However, this model is energy-fixed, and when all energy is used up, it will probably be able to produce about 1 ton of fresh water. " Tang long did not dare to say with certainty. Although he knew that the production company would go bankrupt if the machine could be used all the time, now that he was in this environment, he began to curse the company that came up with this model in order to maintain the sales rate.

The robot thought about it and said, "one ton." Yeah, that should be enough. Come on, let's go back to refining MMT! "

Tang long and the robot returned to the dispatch room with a large pile of SRA minerals. The robot put down the minerals and immediately went into the instrument mountain to turn over things, while Tang long sat quietly according to the pile of minerals.

Tang long poured into his mouth an object the size of soybeans made by the mushroom manufacturing machine, chewing and thinking, "well, it seems that it will take some time to get out, but how can I rescue my subordinates when I go out?" did you go to the TV station and say that I am the real hero? He was either driven away as an idiot or found out by the guys of the military headquarters and then hunted and killed. And how do you get out of prison? As soon as I get out of the prison cordon, this thing will blow my head off! " Tang long helplessly touched the collar tied to his neck.

Tang long suddenly asked, "I said, didn't you find that people locked up like me have become like you?" Do you know where they are? I want to visit them. "

With the clatter of the house, the robot said, "it's a long way from here. The nearest one is two or three kilometers in the middle passageway."

"well, yes, did you see them wearing the same collar as mine?" Tang long hopes to study whether there is a chance to remove the collar. He can't even see it on his neck, let alone study it, so he can only find the dead prisoners outside to study it.

"they did, but after they became like me, it was taken away by someone from the outside." The robot's words continued to come with the sound of flipping things.

When Tang long heard this, he sighed helplessly. It seemed that he could only find a way to solve the problem after he got out of the mine.

At this time, the robot came out with a lot of instruments in its arms and began to tamper with it without even looking at Tang long. Tang long, leaning against the mine pile, looked at the pile of things in surprise and quickly turned into a huge grotesque machine in the hands of the robot.

After the robot did a good job on the machine, he came to Tang long and said angrily, "well, what are you still doing sitting there?" Help pour the minerals into the machine. " He said that he would bend over and grab a few pieces of mineral and walk to the machine.

"Oh, oh, okay." Tang long was busy to help when he heard the words. So Tang long began to help refine MMT minerals in this unknown underground. He doesn't know what impact the freshwater maker and his robot will have on the future when he lets the robot make MMT minerals in order to escape, and of course he doesn't know what changes have taken place outside. All he remembers now is to maneuver the excavation so that he can escape.

"as long as I become a congressman, I will certainly serve the public."

"Please cast your precious vote for me, and kneel down for you, please."

"come on, there is no respect for a small gift. Please remember that it is Senator Lundt. Please vote for me then."

"there is absolutely no problem. As long as you are elected, you will definitely raise your wages and lower all kinds of tax rates. Please support Senator Maas!"

Now there are such images on all television stations across the Union, and people in major cities on every planet are standing on floating cars running around shouting. For no other reason, the federal election has begun.

Namha, the former president of the federal presidential campaign office, is shutting his eyes and asking makeup artists to help him unpack. People come and go outside, busy collecting data from various galaxies.

Unloaded Namha, took the coffee from the beautiful secretary, sat comfortably on the sofa and took a sip. He has traveled dozens of planets to canvass votes today, and he is really exhausted.

At this time, his first secretary, very young Secretary Zhang, came to Namha and respectfully said, "Sir, your approval rate is 32%, which is 6% higher than that of Chen Yu, who is in second place."

Namha frowned and said, "Why did this Chen Yu get so much support?"

Secretary Zhang flipped through the information in his hand and nodded: "he not only has a good relationship with local consortia, but also has a good relationship with the military system, so he can get so much support at once."

Namha nodded and asked, "how are the candidates supported by the army?"

Without looking at the materials this time, Secretary Zhang immediately said, "in the military system, except for the Marshal, all factions have other supporters. Of course, these candidates are running for Congress, not for president." Because of the last heroic incident and the fixed votes of the soldiers and their families under the jurisdiction of various factions, their support rates are very high, and it can be said that they have been elected. "

Namha nodded with satisfaction: "even though they knew each other, they didn't let the spokesman run for president." You give me a close look into the source of Chen Yu's campaign funds and find out something on him. At the same time, it also implies that he and I have a joint election, and if it succeeds, I will make him a vice president, otherwise he won't even be a congressman! "

"Yes." Secretary Zhang nodded respectfully and retired.

Namha looked at Chen Yu's approval rating on the screen and sneered gloomily: "well, if you don't join my camp, you dangerous guy, I will let you die." He took a big sip of coffee.

In the office of the director of a federal private television station, a middle-aged man sat in an office chair and quietly looked at a computer card on his desk. He has just read the contents of this card, and he knows what kind of shock this news can bring to the public. But he hesitated, because it was sent by an anonymous letter, and he was not sure whether the message was true or false. If it is ordinary news, even if I know he is false, I will not hesitate to broadcast it for the sake of ratings. But it is because there are many big shots involved, if you broadcast it yourself, it is very likely that the whole radio station will go out of business.

Just when the middle-aged man was indecisive, a fat middle-aged man rushed in. The middle-aged man knew without looking that he was his brother-in-law, the deputy director of this radio station.

"brother-in-law, watch TV!" The fat middle-aged man said that without waiting for the director to speak, he came to the desk at a speed that did not match his body and quickly pressed the button on the desk.

Seeing the film and television images showing on the wall next to his desk, the TV station chief frowned and said, "which radio station is this and is showing war movies at this time?"

The fat middle-aged man said hurriedly, "brother-in-law, this is Imperial Television of the Silver Eagle Empire. It's not a war movie but a documentary about the last border war!"

"A documentary about the last border war? Why are you showing me this. " Before the director had finished saying this, he was mute by the next image.

The director saw a handsome young man in a federal second lieutenant uniform on the screen. He waved coldly and ordered: "all warships obey orders and begin to fill the main gun energy. The firing coordinates are s34x234z12y45!" Fire the main gun! " With the order of the second lieutenant, the image of the screen turned into a scene of the universe, which could be seen visually from a self-propelled gunboat. Nearly a thousand rays of light from the self-propelled gunboat could be seen hitting the Imperial battleship in the distance.

Of course, the deputy director knew that such a scene was the last heroic incident, and the image of our army defeating the enemy was broadcast all over the country, but the handsome second lieutenant was not that Don Terres! What's going on? Surprised, he asked his brother-in-law, "brother-in-law, who is this second lieutenant?" Why did he order the attack? "

Instead of answering his brother-in-law's question, the director looked at the computer card on the table and whispered, "sure enough." He looked up and asked, "who told you that the Emperor would broadcast this news?"

The deputy director shook his head and said, "it's news circulating within the industry that Imperial will broadcast important news." But it is not clear who said it. "

The director frowned when he heard this, but he did not speak and looked up at the image that continued to appear on the screen.

Three images of the federal second lieutenant and two blond young men in Imperial military uniforms appeared on the screen, and then the two Imperial Admirals saluted in turn and said, "I am Rear Admiral Kester, Commander of the third Fleet of the Imperial Imperial Guard Army of the Silver Eagle Empire." I am the commander of the fourth Fleet of the Imperial Capital Guard of the Silver Eagle Empire, Major General Darence. "

After the two major generals gave their names, the federal second lieutenant also saluted: "I am Lieutenant Tang long, captain of Wanluo Federal self-propelled gunboat No. 521." Hearing this, the deputy director froze for a moment, then jumped up and shouted, "is he Tang long?" He is not a fool. After hearing Tang long give his name, he immediately figured out the reason and hurriedly said to his brother-in-law, "brother-in-law, this is big news!"

When the director nodded and was about to say something, the image of the battleship chase on the screen disappeared, and then there was an image of one of the two major generals. He said with a straight face, "I am Major General Kester, one of the commanders of the Imperial Army in the last border conflict." I believe everyone already knows that the war hero promoted by the Union of Violet not long ago is someone else. "

Speaking of the inexplicable look of grief and indignation, Kester said: "when my colleagues and I saw the news of federal heroes when we returned home, we couldn't believe our eyes and ears. We did not expect that in the so-called democratic federation, some senior federal officials would deprive their subordinates of their meritorious service, even more shamelessly sending others to take advantage of their achievements under the impersonation of others. Although this is an internal affair of the Union of Romans, it is not something that foreigners and I, my colleagues, can comment on. But the identity of soldiers and the honor of soldiers so that we can not be silent, the whole universe of soldiers can not tolerate such shameless and indecent soldiers! As soldiers, we strongly urge to find real heroes and severely punish those soldiers who do not have a sense of military honor! "

At the end of Kester's performance, Imperial commentators immediately came out and launched a long-winded attack on corruption at the top of the federal army. At the same time, a spokesman for the Union of Violet immediately came out to deny the matter and scolded the Empire for its bad intentions.

The federal private television station, which was originally broadcasting the news of the election, immediately broadcast the news of the Empire around the clock. In an instant, the campaign of the Union of Violet stopped suddenly, and everyone was discussing whether the news was true or not. That Don Terres also angrily made remarks on public television, saying that the Empire dared to tell such absurd lies in order to disturb federal politics, and that he and the sacrificed federal soldiers and their families would not forgive such people. Then a so-called federal expert came out and said that the image just now was processed by the Empire through special effects and was basically a forgery.

As soon as the director was informed, the federal press was already in chaos and could not help walking up and down the office. His brother-in-law does not understand what his brother-in-law is doing around, and he does not understand why his brother-in-law does not allow the radio station to participate in these reports. anyway, even if the news is false, he can still earn a sum of information fee by himself. Why did he miss such an opportunity?.

The station manager stopped abruptly, grabbed the card on the table and said fiercely, "contact all the TV stations I know and buy me all the TV stations for five minutes at the same time at any cost."

"Ah? Five minutes at the same time for all TV stations? Brother-in-law, this money is astronomical. " Said my brother-in-law in surprise.

"even if you borrow loan sharks, you have to buy that period of time. Go!" The director gritted his teeth and shouted, seeing that his brother-in-law was about to run out, he hurriedly stopped him and said, "the five minutes I bought are all used to display this passage." As he picked up the pen and wrote a few words to his brother-in-law, the deputy director was strangely prepared to ask when he heard that he had spent such a large sum of money to play a text alone, but after reading that paragraph, he immediately glanced at the computer card on his brother-in-law's desk.

"by the way, at the same time, inform the super consortia and tell them to contact me as soon as possible if they want to advertise, otherwise they won't even have a second of advertising time! Get to work. " When the director saw that his brother-in-law was still at the door, he immediately waved and said.

"all right, I'll do it!" The deputy director finally knew that his brother-in-law had the information to make a lot of money, and hurriedly jumped up and ran out of the door.

The director, who was alone in the room, looked at the card in his hand and smiled proudly, "it seems that the status of Federal first Television will soon be in my pocket."

There is no one moving about in the Mansion of the Federal Capital Star, the residence of Senior General Moon Rees, and the spacious mansion, only the living room on the ground floor is lit. This mansion is the residence of Moon Rees in the capital, and the real mansion is in the galaxy under his jurisdiction.

There was a clap of applause in the silent night sky, and then an angry voice sounded from the living room: "you rebellious son!" Take care of everything on your own. Now don't you think something's wrong? you want to piss me off, don't you? " When you enter the living room, you can see Moon Rees, dressed in civilian clothes, angrily pointing to a fat teenager who is standing aggrieved and covering one face with one hand.

"Dad, it's just a rumor spread by the empire, and no one in the country will believe it." Don Terres said aggrieved.

"well, fortunately, this is a message from the enemy, and there is no evidence other than those images. Or you and I will have a lot of bad luck! Remember that you are going to bite. This is a special effect created by the enemy to deal a blow to the reputation of the federation. Remember to let your brothers hang in there and don't go outside, especially to drink, or we will all die together! " Moonres went to the sofa and sat down to pick up the glass.

Don Terres saw that he was busy and wisely went forward to pour the wine. Moonres was frightened when he saw his son, took the glass, patted him on the shoulder and said, "you don't have to worry so much. As a father, I expected this to happen, so I took care of those who knew the secret early on." Now, even if some people doubt it, you can't find any evidence, so you can rest assured that you are ready to become a colonel. "

Hearing this, Donterres smiled with surprise: "Colonel?!" Thanks, Dad! "

Moonres also smiled: "son of a bitch, there's nothing to be happy about a little colonel." After a sip of wine, he said solemnly: "the capital is not our territory. Don't mess around these days. It's a mixture of dragons and snakes, and it can be suppressed more than what you do on our territory."

Don Terres smiled hurriedly: "how can I mess up?"

"well, don't think that I don't know what you boys are doing secretly, that the female soldiers in the army are easy to deal with, and that the women outside touch less, especially here, not even the female soldiers in the army. Because there is one older than your father here, that is, there are three equal-level ones, and who knows if they will meet their women. "

"Dad, is it true that when you become the first elder brother, I can. Hee hee. " Don Terres said with a smile on his face.

"well, you can't do anything even if I become the first elder brother. Do you want to betray your relatives? Son, you must now begin to learn how to use the means, and you must know how to attach equal importance to kindness and prestige, otherwise how will you master my army in the future? " Moonres took a sip of wine, looked at his confused son and said, "you know, although the army seems to be under the control of the federal government, but for various reasons, in fact, the army is controlled by various factions composed of consortia, officials, and officers. Because the person who controls the force is more important, it is usually the officer as the faction leader."

Don Terres nodded and smiled and said, "I know that. You are the leader of the Les faction." I also know that although there are many factions in the entire federal army, there are only three major factions, that is, the Les faction of our faction, the Jett faction headed by General Mujie, and the Junlong faction headed by Senior General Zhang Junlong. "

"if you don't even know this, then stop fooling around in the army and tell me about the influence of various factions." Moonres said without even looking at his son.

"er. Let me start with the Les faction. " Donterres hesitated and said, "Les faction, the main sphere of influence is in the south, where you are stationed." The sphere of influence is in three galaxies, with a population of 600 billion, more than 100,000 warships of various types and about 200 million troops. "

"the sphere of influence of the Jet faction is mainly around the residence of the Western Mujie Grand General, two galaxies, with a population of about 400 billion, more than 50, 000 warships and about 100 million soldiers. In the north, the Junlong faction headed by Senior General Zhang Junlong is the most powerful of the three major factions, controlling four galaxies with a population of 900 billion, 150000 warships and 300 million soldiers. The rest are two galaxies controlled by other factions in the east. These two galaxies are in the heart of the Union, with a population of over a trillion, with 200000 garrison warships and 400 million troops. If these factions unite, the title of the first faction of the Union is theirs. "

Speaking of which, Don Terres looked carefully at Moonres and asked, "Dad, I think it is very strange that the largest faction is supposed to be the Marshal who controls the military budget, but I have not heard of any of his particularly close subordinates. That is, he promoted Senior General Camucci to form a private faction, and he ignored it. What does his Excellency Marshal think? "

"as you can imagine, this floor is commendable. Although my quarrel with him is well known to both the government and the public, there has never been a shortage of military budget on my side. But he has never been nice to me. I really don't understand. " Moonres sighed.

"well, so his Excellency Marshal is a worthy soldier?" Donterres asked strangely.

"Hmm, a soldier on duty? Son, in this federation, a soldier at the right time cannot be promoted, let alone the highest position in the army Marshal. He is not a simple figure, nor can he have his own faction, and I suspect that his hidden Marshal faction is too strong for us to believe. Because it is incredible that he has never been caught in all these years. The only grip is the last time the president asked him to order the destruction of civil aircraft, but I suspect that this information will be used by him instead. "

"so his excellency Marshal is not a very dangerous man? Then why do you fight him everywhere? " Donterres felt the communication watch vibrate on his wrist and asked casually as he looked at it.

Moonres drank the wine and laughed and said: "you don't understand, I am testing him, let him reveal his true face, in order to get his seat, how can not know his details." It's a pity that I haven't been able to find out anything all the time. "

Seeing that his son was only looking at the screen of the watch communicator, Moonres shook his head, grabbed the bottle, poured himself a glass of wine and said, "these things you deceive me, you will learn later. Turn on the TV and see what the news is."

"Oh." Donterres absentmindedly grabbed the remote control and pressed the button, and the image appeared on the front wall. Donterres put down the remote control, looked at the watch message again and said, "Dad, I'm going to get some air."

"well, it's your guys looking for you again, aren't they? Remember what I just said, don't get people you can't touch. " Of course, Moonres knows what his son and those guys usually do at parties.

"No, they all know that, and they won't do anything about it." Don Terres said with delight when he heard his father agree. Their old friends are eye-catching people, how can they touch women they can't afford to offend? The message came that I met several schoolgirls in the ballroom, but there was no background behind it. It seems that tonight is a happy night.

When Donterres was about to leave, he heard the sound of a glass falling to the ground. He looked back and found his father staring blankly at the screen on the wall. Can not help but curiously pleasing to the eye, this look, let him whole person froze.