From cannon fodder to sweeping across thousands of stars.

Chapter 363: Ghost Agents in Action

"Humor, so humorous"

Far away on a planet in the Star Dragon Empire, Regent King Norton II, who was also sitting in a conference room, was watching the battlefield live broadcast of the 'Eye of Truth' with his staff and confidants.

When he saw the sneaky "little blue man" on the live broadcast screen, a rare smile finally appeared on his face, which had been rather serious recently.

"The entire secret operation was broadcast live. The Federation is really capable of doing this."

"Pfft."

After everyone in the conference room saw Norton II finally laugh, the laughter that they had been holding back finally came out in the form of a "double laugh".

"It's so embarrassing. If I were the director of the CIA, I would have already turned on the safety of my pistol."

"Why? Commit suicide to apologize?"

"No, I want to shoot the people in charge of this operation first."

"Hahahahaha!"

The conference room was suddenly filled with cheerful laughter.

However, real aides like Astral and Perseus only smiled briefly in this cheerful atmosphere and quickly calmed down.

After thinking for a moment, the former said:
"Although the Federation played a bad card at the beginning, in the Pyla system, their current military strength still has an absolute advantage over the Atlas Group."

"That's right. According to the intelligence reported before the meeting, the Federation has also dispatched three unmanned fleets to the Pella galaxy. If a fleet war really breaks out and Atlas has no other trump cards, it will probably be crushed," Perseus added, nodding.

Hearing this, Norton II also turned his head and looked at them.

"Since the Federation has withdrawn three unmanned fleets from the most intense battlefront, should we take this opportunity to do something?"

"Yes, sir. After detecting the retreat of the unmanned fleet, the fleet on the corresponding front has already tried to invade the Federation's control area. However, the Federation has obviously prepared for it in advance. The two newly formed main fleets have already completed the replacement on the front line."

Astral answered quickly. Apparently he had guessed that Norton II would ask relevant questions before the meeting started, so he was already prepared.

"What a shame. I thought Atlas could attract more attention to us."

There was a hint of regret in Norton II's tone.

"However, considering their current size, being able to lure away three unmanned fleets is an exceptional performance."

"That's right. And judging from their current development trend, I think they are likely to draw a lot of attention from the Federation in the future."

"But the premise is that they don't use the same method on us," Norton II added calmly:
"Everyone, while you're having fun, put yourself in the Federation's perspective and think about how we would respond if we were faced with this situation?"
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After hearing the formulaic answer from the intelligent customer service, the commander of the federal ground forces of Pyla IV, Lieutenant General of the Federal Army, Van Fleet, could not help cursing. He then smashed the expensive 'Portable Communication Service Terminal (Federal Special Edition)' produced by Atlas Communications Company to the ground.

After discovering that all the communication equipment provided by Atlas in the hands of the Federation ground forces had failed, and after confirming through emergency communication with the fleet that their real-time cross-galaxy communication methods had also failed, Van Fleet realized that this so-called "communication failure" was not an accident.

Otherwise, it wouldn't have happened at this critical juncture when they were planning to have a showdown with Atlas.

"How did the military leaders agree to this mission, using the communication technology controlled by the other party to attack this company? Are the people in the CIA all idiots?"

In his mind, Van Fleet greeted the families of all the senior CIA officials, but he knew that this would not change the current situation.

Fortunately, the military leaders are not completely fools. Among the many contingency plans set up in advance, there is one to deal with the current situation of "loss of communication with the headquarters".

"Pass on my order to have the troops near Camp No. 5 increase the pressure, preferably to force the Atlas men to fire the first shot.

At the same time, let them pay attention to possible emergencies and immediately consult the general command if there are any problems.

As for the troops near other camps, maintain the siege to prevent them from attempting to support Camp No. 5."

Since the Federation's regular communication methods remained smooth at this time, the ground forces quickly received orders from the headquarters.

The federal army, which was negotiating with the Atlas troops at Camp No. 5, also increased the pressure after receiving the order.

Several heavy armored vehicles drove directly to the cordon, and several main battle tanks in the distance also turned their guns and remote-controlled weapon stations towards this side.

At the same time, the hanged man hiding behind the slope had no idea that he had been discovered, and had no idea that his every move was being broadcast live on the entire network.

He was immersed in his mission at the moment. The crosshairs of the electronic sight were on a "chess piece" closest to the Atlas troops. At this moment, he was following the crowd towards the cordon set up by Atlas for the refugee shelter.

Atlas has obviously learned a lesson from the previous self-destruction attack. Several unmanned teams composed of worker bees and soldier bees are constantly shuttling among the crowd, while scanning with the explosive detection equipment on the robotic arms.

"Tsk, it's not easy to get close to you like this."

The Hanged Man frowned. Atlas was more vigilant than he thought. Previously, they conducted explosives checks before the refugees entered the camp, but now they moved the checks directly to the cordon line.

"It seems that we can only let these two 'chess pieces' pave the way for the 'puppets'"

The Hanged Man made a decision based on the situation, and at the same time, he concentrated his mind and used his psychic energy to send a psychological hint to two 'chess pieces' mixed in with the refugee tide.

"Do what you have to do for your family."

A complex emotion quickly arose in the eyes of the two refugees controlled by the Hanged Man, which changed from reluctance, confusion, fear to determination.

Just as the two men quickened their pace and approached the nearest Atlas soldier intentionally or unintentionally, the members of the teaching team in the hidden infiltration reconnaissance vehicle also issued a warning on the communication channel:

"Attention! Target's psychic activity detected. The enemy's psychic agents may have taken action! Alert forces, please identify the suicide attackers!"

(End of this chapter)