#534 - Chapter 534 Fleet Hijacked
Bai Li Ji was furious and ordered Shang Yangping of the Ministry of Civil Affairs to negotiate.
Shang Yangping had no choice but to bite the bullet and go.
As a result, he was thoroughly berated.
Despite his anger, Bai Li Ji couldn't directly send troops to suppress them. After all, there were still 20,000 soldiers imprisoned in each base. Once the situation escalated, the consequences would be unimaginable.
Furthermore, if the council clashed with these directly affiliated bases, the negative impact on other regions of the country would be permanent. This would lead to strong vigilance against the council in local areas, which would be very detrimental to unity.
After Shang Yangping returned with a bruised face, Bai Li Ji sent Yue Ming from the Public Security Department.
Now, the functions of the Public Security Department had been completely emptied, and he had been a transparent figure for a long time.
Kyoto had the Military and Political Affairs Department, and the local areas had temporary headquarters, so there was no need for him to do any work at all. However, being useless was one thing, but his title was still there, and it was considered his duty to come forward to negotiate this matter.
Perhaps because Yue Ming didn't have much involvement with the various bases, nor any deep grudges, he wasn't scolded this time.
The heads of the bases clearly stated their demands, asking the council to explain why these 230-plus people were arrested.
The council didn't provide an explanation, and the bases refused to withdraw without one.
The two sides were deadlocked over this matter.
… …
"Warning! Battleship power failure!"
"Warning! Battleship communication system failure!"
"Warning! Battleship control system failure!"
… …
Dongfang Chen had been investigating here for three consecutive days, but had found nothing.
Just as he was feeling frustrated, the battleship suddenly began to sound alarms.
"Xiao Lin, what's going on?" Dongfang Chen asked.
No response.
The battleship's communication system had been paralyzed.
"Bang, bang, bang ~"
Someone knocked on the door.
Dongfang Chen opened the door, and it was Dai Zheng.
"Commander, something's wrong! Our battleship has lost control," Dai Zheng said seriously.
Dongfang Chen walked to the window and looked outside.
The situation was very strange.
The battleship's power system had failed, but the battleship hadn't fallen; it was still hovering steadily in the air.
"Can the mecha be used?" Dongfang Chen asked.
"No, it can't," Dai Zheng shook his head.
This was troublesome.
With a communication failure, he couldn't do anything.
"It's moving! It's moving!" a special operations soldier suddenly shouted.
The battleship was turning around.
The acceleration caused by the rotation caused everyone to lean in one direction.
Everyone quickly looked for a wall to maintain their balance.
"What's going on?" Dongfang Chen was dumbfounded.
The battleship, without power, was actually heading south.
This was very unscientific.
Now they couldn't do anything.
The mecha couldn't be used, and even the armor couldn't be put on.
Strangely, even the combat suits couldn't be activated.
The battleship's doors couldn't be opened, and they couldn't even jump out.
The drones couldn't be controlled, and the several unreleased Queen Bees on the battleship couldn't be used either.
There were no operable permissions.
The digital eye pupils couldn't be opened.
It wasn't just the main ship that Dongfang Chen was on; the other battleships were the same.
How did he know?
Because all the battleships were uniformly gliding south, which could be seen through the windows.
"Have everyone come over and use their abilities to open the hatch," Dongfang Chen said.
"Abilities can't be used either," Dai Zheng replied simply.
"Abilities can't be used either?" Dongfang Chen was stunned again.
This was tragic. Besides watching, there was nothing they could do.
"Break the windows!" This was the last resort.
The glass on the battleship wasn't easy to break, but they had to try, they couldn't just sit and wait for death.
"Yes!"
"Bang, bang, bang ~"
"Bang, bang, bang ~"
Weapons couldn't be used, so everyone could only find axes and smash them hard.
After dozens of hits, there wasn't a single mark on the glass.
"This glass is really too hard," Dai Zheng sighed beside Dongfang Chen.
Dongfang Chen didn't speak.
He designed the battleship, and the glass was indeed special, very thick and very tough.
But it shouldn't be impossible to make even a scratch, this was unscientific.
Several special operations soldiers smashed for more than ten minutes, panting, and ultimately failed.
"Commander, this is a bit weird. Is our battleship being controlled by something?" Dai Zheng asked.
"Everyone, rest for a while!" Dongfang Chen still didn't answer, saying it casually.
Things were very weird.
The battleship, without power, was flying south at a constant speed like a ghost. If it wasn't being controlled, it definitely wouldn't be like this.
But he couldn't admit this, otherwise it would disturb everyone's minds.
Since it was being controlled, it meant there was someone controlling it.
If someone was controlling it, there must be some kind of purpose.
Now, since they couldn't escape, they should just wait and see.
He believed that these questions would soon be answered.
