mesbooks Chapter 270 Uninvited Guest
Chapter 270 Uninvited Guest
After the World Expo ended, Luo Congmin felt incredibly happy looking at the materials that had been submitted.
"These companies are all quite good at hiding their true intentions. I used to think that the stagnation in our technological development was because the Trisolarans were holding us back, but now it seems that we're just wearing our sweaters inside out."
This comprehensive industrial assessment has thoroughly examined the technological capabilities of the entire group alliance. While there may be omissions, the results have far exceeded everyone's initial expectations.
"Sure enough, the bait of weapons manufacturing rights is quite tempting to them. Otherwise, with the shrewdness of these businessmen, they would have seen through this trap set by the Earth Alliance."
Luo Congmin counted the file folders in her hand, unable to stop smiling.
Seeing this, Yu Tuan, the assistant standing nearby, couldn't help but tease her.
"President Luo, we have gained a lot this time. I think we can do this kind of industrial survey every year in the future, so that these companies will stop hiding their technologies and not handing them over to the local authorities."
Upon hearing this, Luo Congmin remained noncommittal.
“Yu Tuan, we can’t afford to lose everything. The reason we’ve had such a big harvest this time is because we caught them off guard. If we make this large-scale industrial survey a regular thing, it will definitely not achieve the desired effect, and it might even create negative emotions among these companies, which would be detrimental to the development of the entire Earth Alliance.”
Upon hearing this, Yu Tuan seemed to understand but not quite.
"So, according to you, we're just going to let these companies conduct research behind the back of the Earth Alliance? They're using the Earth Alliance's resources. I've been wondering before that the annual reports from the Ministry of Finance don't match the accounts of these companies every year. Now it seems that all that money has probably been used for these kinds of things."
"of course not."
Luo Congmin tidied up the file folder before patiently explaining it to her.
"No matter what, the Earth Federation is, after all, a government organization, and there are many things it cannot do too much. You can say that I am pretending to be a righteous person, but the only advantage we have over these companies is our legitimacy."
"Therefore, we should make good use of this point to exert pressure on others, but we must not go too far at critical moments. The industrial investigation can be used as a means to restrict the company's development, but it must never become a regular practice. In fact, you should not even mention the concept of a large-scale industrial investigation in official documents."
Upon hearing this, Yu Tuan seemed to be deep in thought.
Although Luo Congmin did not answer her question specifically, he gave her a standard to measure herself.
Yu Tuan is Luo Congmin's presidential assistant and has always been groomed by Luo Congmin as his future presidential successor.
Her other identity is that of Yu Weimin's niece.
Yu Weimin was the deputy director of the intelligence bureau in China. After Weide faked his death, he took over the intelligence work. Although he did not help the Lin Party much, he was the only PDC member who did not actively oppose Lin Xuan.
Therefore, Lin Xuan initially had a very good impression of this person, and his niece also benefited from this and entered the local alliance.
With connections and ability, Yu Tuan thrived in the Local Federation, rising from a Local Federation member to a presidential assistant in just a few decades.
Of course, this is also related to the fact that others look down on this position. The Earth Alliance is not lacking in people who are more connected and more capable than Yu Tuan, but everyone knows that Luo Congmin has been ruling the Earth Alliance for almost hundreds of years. Being her assistant is like a widow sighing – it's not very useful.
It is almost impossible for him to rise to the presidency.
But sometimes, luck is just a matter of a single thought. The time when Yu Tuan served as assistant happened to be the time when Luo Congmin was thinking of stepping down and making way for someone more capable.
Therefore, her position as presidential assistant, which was originally despised by everyone, has now become the most sought-after position in the entire Earth Federation.
Previously, no one took Yu Tuan seriously at all, but now, the threshold of Yu Tuan's house is almost worn down by people bringing gifts.
But this girl was truly clever; she refused all the gifts offered to her and compiled a list of all the gift-givers, which she then handed over to Luo Congmin.
How could Luo Congmin not know who these gift-givers were? Yet Yu Tuan still submitted a list to Luo Congmin, demonstrating the woman's intelligence.
As long as Luo Congmin remains in the presidency, she will remain his assistant and conceal information. If Luo Congmin doesn't know, that's fine, but if he finds out one day, it will be a big problem.
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"Autopilot activated, estimated arrival time: 3 hours and 24 minutes."
"The current spatial fluctuation value is high. If you need to switch to warp drive navigation, please switch to manual driving mode."
Lin Xuan adjusted the back of the spaceship's seat to make it as comfortable as possible before looking through the information that had been gathered over the past few days.
These past few days, Lin Xuan has had no clue about the number "3" that Zhizi gave her.
However, the Earth Alliance's observation station brought him some good news.
"About 23 days ago, an unusual energy fluctuation was detected near the Oort Cloud. At first, the observatory thought it was an asteroid or a disturbance in the tail of a warp drive causing cosmic superposition. However, when the observatory analyzed the waveform of this energy, it discovered something interesting."
"This energy band appeared suddenly, as if it was always meant to be there."
"Whether it was before or after the band, no new band was detected. It was as if... as if something flashed here, stayed for a few seconds, and then disappeared completely."
“But that’s clearly impossible,” the observatory director exclaimed excitedly.
"Based on our past experience, any spatial movement will inevitably leave clues. Even if the so-called concept of time travel is introduced, it is only a jump in time scale and cannot completely hide the clues before and after."
"The only explanation is that, with our current understanding, we are not yet able to observe the other party."
"Do you understand what this means, Mr. Lin Xuan!"
The head of the observation station blushed and gesticulated excitedly as he said this.
"This means that it is very likely a highly advanced civilization with technology far beyond Earth. After entering our territory, it greeted us in this way. It was a signal of its friendliness."
Listening to the account from the person in charge of the observation station, Lin Xuan couldn't help but twitch her lips.
"We encountered the same situation you described back then, except that the thing emitting the friendly signal was a Trisolaran droplet."
The person in charge's expression visibly stiffened upon hearing Lin Xuan's words.
After all, according to Dr. Luo Ji's theory, the universe should follow the Dark Forest Law. The sudden appearance of a friendly advanced civilization seems strange no matter how you look at it.
It's like a bar hostess telling you, "This is my first time," which is unbelievable.
"Why wasn't this situation reported to the Earth Federation in advance? A spaceship that is suspected to be from an advanced civilization is flashing its lights at the entrance of the Oort Cloud, and your observation station didn't even notify the Earth Federation? Are you planning to wait until an alien civilization enters Earth before you say anything?"
Looking at the wavelength on the computer screen, Lin Xuan had already made her own guesses about the identity of this uninvited guest, but she didn't have enough evidence yet to draw a conclusion so easily.
"It's not their fault; I told them not to say anything beforehand."
Just as the two were talking, Luo Congmin suddenly walked in from outside the door.
After she finished organizing the information, she needed to personally come to Lin Xuan to report back, in order to avoid any oversights in her decision-making.
"Brother, our guesses are actually roughly the same, so I think it's enough to just inform you about this. Telling the people in the Earth Alliance will not only fail to solve the problem, but may also backfire. The Earth Alliance needs stability right now, so let's put this kind of uncertain information on hold for now."
Luo Congmin never had any expectations for the Earth Alliance's council. In most cases, she made the decisions herself or pushed things to Lin Xuan.
The opinions of the Local Federation Council should only be used as a reference.
"As it stands, the other party seems to be well-intentioned, but why it came to the solar system is still unknown. I think it is necessary to screen all the planets within the Earth-connected region to ensure that it has nowhere to hide."
Lin Xuan smiled and did not refuse.
That little girl Luo Congmin is probably up to no good again. Her taking charge of this matter is likely not what it seems.
But Lin Xuan thought it might be worth a try, since she herself had no clue about this so-called third observer. Letting Luo Congmin look for it might yield different results.
"Okay, I'll leave it to you."