The conference room fell silent again.

The old people are thinking and carefully deducing the various consequences that will happen if the empire goes on another expedition.

Director Ino leaned on his chair and looked at the intelligence summary in front of him, feeling a little swollen in his scalp.

"At this juncture, we cannot launch a war with other countries," Director Ino said solemnly. "The internal conflicts in the empire have not yet been calmed down, and the people's demands have not yet been met. If we rashly start a war with other countries, it will accelerate internal divisions."

"I object," an old man said sternly, "The New Federation suffered heavy losses in military strength during the insect wave. You have also seen how much we gained from the first two expeditions. This can be regarded as a good opportunity to divert conflicts within the country."

"Transfer?"

Director Ino frowned and said:

"How to transfer? Will the people hate the New Federation because our mission was attacked? Normally they might, but not now.

"Looking at the New Federation, reinforcements from the Guel Alliance and the United States of Free America appeared in the last expedition. Although it was later confirmed that it was due to the interference of high-dimensional civilization, this should have given us a greater warning!

"High-dimensional civilization is already dissatisfied with us."

"Ino," an old man sighed, "I know you like to improve the dimensional civilization very much. You have been talking about how high-dimensional civilization is, and then the white ghost has become a serious problem for us."

Someone kept answering:

"And Ino, your Dimension Ascension Laboratory has not produced any results so far."

"Of course it's not your fault. From tens of thousands of years ago to now, this laboratory has been like a black hole, constantly devouring our most elite transformation warriors, but unable to give us any hope of dimension advancement."

"The high-dimensional world has not opened the door to us. Ino, our problem now is the increasingly acute contradictions at home and the competing civilizations outside the country that are ready to start. The only way to solve the current predicament is to defeat them."

Their conversation changed:

"No matter who planned this incident, it is confirmed that the New Federation will attack our mission formation in the end."

"This is a good opportunity. We need this war. Domestic conflicts have become more and more acute. After all, people's thoughts cannot be completely controlled."

"Is the Imperial Guard system still unable to start?"

"Yes, the Imperial Guard system did not give us any response, and the current situation has already met all the conditions for the Imperial Guard system to trigger passive protection."

"There is still something wrong with the Imperial Guard."

"It is actually reasonable that the Imperial Guard system, which has protected the empire for tens of thousands of years, has reached the end of its life, but it happens to be when we need its help the most."

"The experiment on Imperial Guard 2 went quite smoothly."

"Find two battle groups to use Imperial Guard 2 on a small scale. There is no need to explain anything to the New Federation or communicate with them. They have attacked our mission and have already declared war on us."

"But!"

Director Ino frowned tightly:

"Elders, can I ask a few questions?"

"Ino, you tell me."

"Should we not investigate whether this incident was planned by the New Federation or the Guel Alliance, and then directly take military action against the New Federation?"

"Yes, Ino, we won't investigate because military operations are in our interests," the old man said. "As long as we go to war with the New Federation, we can enter the country's wartime control. We can take this opportunity to put those people under control."

Those who oppose us, those who try to become leaders of the common people, arrest those Domingos who do not submit to the Empire's control as spies of the New Federation."

"That's purging," Director Ino said, "We want to purge the empire?"

“Isn’t this the most efficient way to resolve the current domestic conflicts?”

An old man continued: "Once we enter a wartime state, we can carry out information control. Although these regulations have not been used for a long time, we need them now."

"You know Ino, how critical the situation in the country is right now."

"On the New Federation side, we can not directly attack their key star areas, but confront them and conduct local high-intensity attrition wars to exaggerate the atmosphere of war. What we want is a wartime state."

boom!

Director Ino pressed his hands on the edge of the table, and his tired body slowly stood up.

He took a deep breath, and there was a bit of light in his eyes, showing helplessness and struggle, reason and sadness.

"I must remind you!

"Waging a war can divert conflicts in a short period of time, suppress riots, and temporarily calm the empire, but it does not solve any problems. It just covers our ears and the people's mouths!

"We now have a lot of room for strategic relaxation, even if it is to carry out a so-called symbolic change, reset the empire's new calendar to zero, or even announce that we will strip a group of nobles of their titles, abolish the military aristocracy, and replace it with other welfare systems

, we can all greatly alleviate domestic conflicts. Aren’t we advancing these plans step by step?

"The rush to start a war now will definitely create huge hidden dangers for the empire in the long run.

"The hypocritical new federation will inevitably kidnap other countries to fight a war of attrition with us.

"With two expeditions and a major insect infestation, our reserves have not yet been restored. We now have huge deficits in local finance and military expenditures, and our client countries are already complaining!"

"You don't have to worry about this, Ino," an old man interrupted, "We have already made a plan, and Luo Feng will solve the military expenditure problem for us."

"Luofeng? Luofeng, who just slapped us in the face? Do you know the current military strength of the Luofeng Alliance? It is already a strong regional government, and it is very likely that it has united with the Guel Alliance!"

"Don't worry, everything about Luofeng is under our control, and as far as Luofeng's ragtag fleet is concerned... OK, Enoch, you're too tired. We shouldn't have targeted your laboratory just now. Your experiments were very noble and very...

Greatness is the meaning of our future. But now, go and rest."

Director Ino was about to speak but stopped.

He had already noticed at this moment that something was not quite right about the atmosphere of the meeting.

He looked at the old people in front of him, then at his grandfather, and finally just sighed.

"My experiment is now at a critical stage. You don't need to call me for these things."

His figure took half a step back, and the stereoscopic projection device automatically cut off communication with the virtual meeting, and the interior of his small, dark lounge appeared in front of him again.

A poster of Emperor Star hangs on the wall.

The light is so dim and so dazzling.

limited cognition;

Infinite arrogance.

Ino walked back to the sofa and slowly sat down, looking up at the poster, and finally closed her eyes and sighed.
Chapter completed!