Chapter 554 You Should Pay the Balance
The Conqueror, the flagship of the Federation Navy, the operations command room.
"Marshal, the advance force of the Third Quadrant Fleet has arrived at the designated coordinates and is awaiting further instructions."
On the 30-meter-high curved panoramic light screen, half of it projects the densely packed advance troops of the Third Quadrant Fleet hovering above the deep sea, and the other half projects a larger fleet of warships silently on standby outside the Karman Line.
Schnatter looked at this striking force with satisfaction, which was enough to destroy any planet.
It is impossible for him to let go. He will never let go of such power.
He took down the Earth Alliance government, saw through the devil's plot to get his hands on the mother planet Earth, and entered the vision of hundreds of millions of voters in the Interstellar Federation with the halo of a savior. He was eventually elected as the next Speaker of the Federation amidst the expectations and calls of everyone.
His smooth road to heaven begins today!
Schnatter had tasted and enjoyed in advance the supreme pleasure of becoming the President of the Federal Parliament, and no longer took seriously the restrictions on the military top brass that prohibited them from having close contact with local governments.
He asked casually, "Is there any news from the Blue Crystal? Why does an alliance conference take so long?"
The intelligence officer stepped forward and said, "Reporting to the Marshal, there is no news from the Blue Crystal, but the latest information has been transmitted back from other ships."
"The Earth Alliance Conference has ended. It is said that the leader of Yan, the largest country on Earth, has been elected as the head of the alliance."
Schnatter frowned: "Yan Country?"
The Yan country that Atlas is interested in?"
Didn't the mercenary say she wasn't going to work with Atlas?
Or was it that her previous confident look was actually just bragging?
Schnatter couldn't help but roll his eyes. Women are just unreliable!
"marshal."
The captain of the flagship looked down at the latest request on the terminal and was slightly surprised. After thinking for a moment, he reported: "The shuttle of the head of the Earth Alliance has requested to dock."
Schnatter said irritably, "Do you need to ask me this? You can't even handle such a small matter. What are you doing here? You're just a bunch of useless people waiting to die!"
The captain was stunned for a moment, not knowing how he got scolded like this.
The head of the Earth Alliance wants to meet Schnatter. Can he decide for Schnatter whether to meet him or not?
"Why, are you not convinced?" Schnatter glanced at him.
The captain lowered his head and pursed his lips. The other subordinate officers in the operations room also looked away, fearing that they would meet Schnatter's eyes and be innocently affected by his anger that came from nowhere.
After Schnatter had vented his anger, he finally felt better and said, "The war is imminent. I really need to instruct the new leader to do a good job of resettling the civilians."
"You should go and receive it in person to show the Interstellar Federation's attention to this new Earth Alliance government."
The captain said stiffly, "Yes, Marshal."
Schnatter felt vaguely dissatisfied. Normally at this time, Wagner would have praised him for at least half an hour, but these few pieces of wood would not even seize such a good opportunity.
Sooner or later I will replace you all!
But speaking of it, the signal of the transport ship carrying Wagner has disappeared for a long time, and Wagner has probably returned to the universe.
What's the use of having sweet words when your heart is too vicious.
Forget it, wood is wood.
Schnatter was bored and looked at the fleet on the screen again.
"Hmm?" His face darkened and he asked, "Where is the Sixth Star Sector Fleet?"
The intelligence officer said with a stiff face: "You sent the Sixth Star Sector Fleet to carry out a secret mission before..."
Schnatter then remembered that when Carl came to see him, his eyes kept wandering towards his woman, so he sent Carl to harass the rebels.
"Tsk." Schnatter's anger, which had just subsided, began to rise again. "I said that all the main fleets in the third quadrant should be assembled. Don't you understand?"
The communications officer said quickly: "I will contact Major General Karl right away."
In theory, each sector fleet needs to respond to the command or communication request issued by the Marshal's flagship within 3 seconds and submit it to the fleet commander.
However, the communication request sent by the communications officer fell on deaf ears and received no response.
Schnatter said angrily, "What the hell is that guy Carl doing?"
"You really want to know?" A slightly teasing voice came from behind the crowd.
"Who allowed you to insert--" Schnatter turned around when he heard the voice, and his scolding words stopped abruptly when he saw the person standing at the cabin door.
His pupils dilated, as if a particle cannon had blasted his head through, shattering his soul.
"Ah——!" The subordinate officers who were a little slow screamed in shock, and the heart-wrenching screams echoed back and forth in the spacious combat command room.
The intelligence officer pointed at Ai Wanxin, who was surrounded by a group of tall and strong sentries, and stammered, "Commander-in-chief, commander-in-chief!"
Schnatter's eyes went dark and black. He shook his fat head hard and barely regained his vision, making sure that this was not an hallucination caused by excessive indulgence.
He wanted to open his mouth to speak, but all he could hear was the sound of his teeth chattering.
Ai Wanxin walked into the command room, and the subordinate officers who were originally standing below her hurriedly retreated, tripping over each other, falling like dominoes.
Ai Wanxin kept walking. In order to make way for her, the fallen subordinates rolled and crawled to the wall, clinging tightly to the cold alloy wall, wishing they could become one with it.
As Ai Wanxin walked forward, Schnatter staggered backward unconsciously.
"Bang--" Schnatter's fleshy lower back hit the command desk, and he had no way to retreat.
Schnatter held the edge of the podium with both hands, closed his eyes tightly, turned his head away, and shouted, "Stop! Stop!"
Ai Wanxin stopped three meters in front of him and said with a smile: "I'm standing still, what are you afraid of?"
Schnatter's thighs were shaking and he couldn't stand steadily.
He leaned all his weight on the podium and felt like his heart was about to jump out of his throat.
"Are you a human or a ghost? Are you a human or a ghost?"
Ai Wanxin raised her eyebrows slightly: "According to what you said, didn't I defect? Why do you think I'm a ghost?"
This sound?
Schnatter suddenly came back to his senses. He opened his eyes suddenly and stared at Ai Wanxin in disbelief. His throat was broken by shock: "It's you?!"
He was so frightened just now that the only thing in his eyes was that face that no federal citizen could forget.
Now, if this figure is not the silver-tongued mercenary, then who else could it be?
"It's me." Ai Wanxin said generously, "I said I would take down the head of the Earth Alliance for you and build an obedient alliance government for you. Now that the mission is successfully completed, you should pay the balance, Marshal."