#611 - Chapter 611 Lost contact with the base
"Ran Kun, what's going on?" Cui Quanxi asked over the phone.
Ran Kun was the chief person in charge of the Jing-Ji underground base.
"I don't know! The order was issued, but it doesn't seem to be working," Ran Kun said.
Half an hour had already passed.
The two thousand soldiers imprisoned within the Jing-Ji underground base showed no reaction whatsoever.
This was unreasonable.
Even if the space inside was large, half an hour of continuous ventilation should have resulted in obvious changes.
"Send people to check it out!" Cui Quanxi roared.
"What are you yelling for! People have already been sent!" Ran Kun retorted, annoyed.
"You better resolve this quickly! Otherwise, you can explain it directly to the Elder Council!" Cui Quanxi said fiercely.
"Beep beep beep ~" Ran Kun hung up the phone directly.
"Have you found out what the problem is?" Ran Kun roared at his subordinates.
"Team leader, I don't know what's going on, the exhaust fans are out of control," a staff member replied with a frown.
"Team leader, all of our control functions are now失效! We've lost contact with the base!" another staff member suddenly shouted.
"What?" Ran Kun was shocked.
Once contact with the base was lost, he could be finished at any moment.
With a trembling hand, he picked up the phone and called Wu Shengrong.
Wu Shengrong was a member of the council and the Minister of Land Administration.
After the Huatong Chamber of Commerce was nationalized, the Land Administration took over the Mercenary Guild's communication network.
"Councilor Wu, this is Ran Kun…"
"Beep beep beep ~"
Ran Kun had just opened his mouth when Wu Shengrong hung up the phone directly.
Now that their identities as cult members had been confirmed, who would dare to deal with him?
"Damn it!" Ran Kun cursed.
Losing contact with the base was extremely deadly.
Without tens of thousands of soldiers as hostages, they could easily be taken down.
He believed that the loss of contact between his warship and the base was definitely not accidental, so he quickly notified Cui Quanxi.
"Cui Quanxi, we've lost contact with the base. You should all check the situation in your bases as well. I suspect someone is playing tricks behind our backs," Ran Kun said.
Upon receiving the news, Cui Quanxi's heart skipped a beat.
It was indeed possible.
He quickly contacted the heads of the other two bases and immediately ordered the staff to conduct tests.
The test results were indeed as Ran Kun had said; the remote control functions of all four bases had failed.
"Withdraw first!" Cui Quanxi urgently issued a retreat order.
Without hostages, the council would inevitably take action immediately.
"Old Qin, they're going to run," Baili Ji said with a smile.
"I'm afraid they won't be able to," Old Qin said calmly.
Baili Ji was stunned for a moment, then smiled slightly.
He now understood that Old Qin wasn't panicking not because he had a good attitude, but because everything was under control.
On the large screen, the image changed.
Instead of showing the warriors of the Jing-Ji underground base, it switched to the warship command hall of Cui Quanxi.
"What exactly is the reason? Why did the warship suddenly lose control? Move! Move! Find out for me!" Cui Quanxi shouted in the hall.
Baili Ji sat down on the sofa and became a bystander.
His mood finally calmed down.
Staff members shuttled back and forth in the warship, carrying out various inspections.
But they were all half-baked, and no one knew what was going on.
All 20 warships from the four bases gathered together and flew east.
Behind them, 20 military warships followed closely.
"Report!"
"Enter!"
"Speaker, General Wei Li of the Zhongwu Military Division of the Southeast Military Region requests to speak."
"Hello, this is Baili Ji," Baili Ji said, taking the call.
"Speaker, this is Wei Li, under the order of Commander Zong, leading 20 warships to support the capital, please instruct."
Baili Ji glanced at Old Qin.
These 20 warships had been here for a while, why are they only reporting now?
"Keep a close watch on the 20 warships that just retreated, and report any situation at any time," Baili Ji said.
"Yes!" Wei Li hung up the phone.
After the reporting soldier went out, Baili Ji asked:
"Old Qin, you're not going to let them go back, are you?"
"What do you think is the appropriate way to handle this?" Old Qin asked.
"Cui Quanxi and his gang must be taken down, but it's probably not easy to distinguish the others," Baili Ji said.
"Then let's do it that way for now!" Old Qin said.
The staff members under them were only acting under orders, and it was hard to say whether there was a problem.
If too many people were implicated, it would probably cause panic.
The 20 warships of the direct-controlled base were actually controlled by Xiaolin.
After flying away from the capital, the micro-robots installed inside were automatically activated.
Dongfang Chen issued a cleanup order.
"Chirp ~"
"Chirp chirp ~"
The robots charged around the warship, carrying out targeted massacres of some personnel.
Dongfang Chen did not discuss this with Old Qin.
Many staff members were killed one after another without any protection.
The remaining few who were not killed sat on the ground, scared to death.
Everyone knew that what they had done was no small matter.
Surrounding the parliament building was rebellion, and being killed in failure was very normal.
