1950. Source of infection
"So you think Xilu people built so many border outposts to guard against this thing?" Lieutenant General He Ru pointed at the overwhelming mud on the screen.
"This is just a guess." Shepard said, "But we did find words like infection, transmission, and quarantine in the incomplete documents in the outpost. The first batch of three cruisers to go to the outpost for reinforcements, their instructions were to eliminate Mnggal-Mnggal and prevent the spread."
(I thought about it and decided to pronounce it more smoothly as 'Meng Gal-Meng Gal', but 'Mangjia-Mangjia' doesn't sound good.)
"What do you mean, this thing is 'Meng Gal-Meng Gal'?" He Ru asked.
"Looking back now, we forgot about this news at the time. In fact, during the process of annihilating Ssi-ruuvi Imperium, we did not encounter anything related to infection or transmission. I think... maybe Ssi-ruuvi Imperium deliberately concealed it " Shepard said, "Send technical personnel to carefully search Ssi-ruuvi Imperium's database and interrogate their senior officials to find out what this Gal-Meng Gal is."
Lieutenant General He Ru he nodded solemnly.
A staff officer came over at this time and gave a military salute to Lieutenant General He Ru. He knew Shepard, so he also gave a military salute to Shepard, and then said Said: "General, the 24th, 15th, 16th, and 19th combat battalions have begun to move towards the prison area. Black Iron Steadfast-class Cruiser has entered the atmosphere and is ready to provide fire support."
"Seal that area, use a large number of flamethrowers, and set up a high-voltage power grid to prevent the spread of sludge!" He Ru issued the order.
"Yes!"
"General! The communication spacecraft has been dispatched to Dawn Star Planet." Another officer came over to report, "As required, a robot was dispatched."
"General! The Star Gate has been sealed, and now the Star Gate is no longer allowed to pass! We have prevented 7 forced intrusions and shot down 3 spaceships!"
"General! The biologists and epidemiologists are already in place, and according to their requests, we will set up a sterile laboratory on Long Halberd Twin-Blade-class Light Cruiser."
Situations from various places have been summarized one after another. It seems that this time the suspected Mongolian Gal-Mongolian Gal infection incident has been brought under control.
In fact, this was indeed the case. A mere hundred thousand infected people could not make any waves under the combined firepower of the open space.
However, when Exploration Fleet interrogated Ssi-ruuvi Imperium's captured senior officials, they found that the situation was not optimistic.
It's not that Meng Gal-Meng Gal's infection is so powerful, but judging from the hundreds of senior officials who have been interrogated so far, there are no more than ten people who know the existence of Meng Gal-Meng Gal! And even if they knew about the existence of Meng Gal-Meng Gal, most of those people had only heard about it and had no idea what it was!
The only person who was relatively useful was a former deputy official from Xilu Imperial treasury. He told Shepard who was responsible for the interrogation that Ssi-ruuvi Imperium had invested heavily in biochemical research in the past ten years and had also built a large virus laboratory.
"Large virus laboratory? Where is it?" Shepard asked.
The official shook his head blankly, "I don't know. I only know where the funds are flowing, but I don't know the specifics."
"Border outpost? That's to stop intruders... What intruders? There are a lot of them, Ssi-ruuvi Imperium has a lot of enemies... Well, yes, if there is an abnormality from the outpost, our order is indeed to destroy the outpost directly... If you ask me why, I don't know, we are only responsible for execution... The maintenance of the outpost, well, only robots. Ordinary people can't be stationed in that kind of place for a long time, right? Is it normal?" This is an interrogation statement from an officer.
"Mont Gal-Mont Gal? I've heard of it. His Majesty the King and the others are very afraid of this. I guess it's a Rebel Alliance?"
Shepard rubbed his forehead, turned to look at Ghost Agent Senluo sitting next to him, and asked, "Did you find anything?"
Senluo shook his head and said, "This guy didn't lie. He truly believed that Meng Gal-Meng Gal was a Rebel Alliance."
Shepard looked at the long interrogation list and shook his head, "No, there is no progress. Meng Gal-Meng Gal's message seems to have disappeared, and there are no clues at all."
Senluo pointed at the list and said, "I noticed one thing. Among our interrogators, there is a missing type of person."
Shepard frowned and said solemnly, "That's right. There are no biologists."
"It is impossible for Ssi-ruuvi Imperium that there are no biologists. The ones who use human battery technology should be biologists the most. So in this situation, there is only one possibility..." Senluo said slowly.
"Cleaned..." Shepard's face turned ugly.
"The senior management of Ssi-ruuvi Imperium clearly wanted this Meng Gal-Meng Gal to give us a fatal blow before they died, and they seemed to believe that this thing could do it." Senluo said.
"Yes, this is what I am most worried about." Shepard nodded.
At this time, a soldier came over and said, "Sir, General He Ru has invited me. He said he found some abnormalities over there."
"There is no need to interrogate the remaining people. Let's lock them up first and let's go." Shepard ordered and left the interrogation room with Senluo.
Back at the command center, Lieutenant General He Ru and Ashley Williams were both here. Seeing Shepard coming, He Ru said straight to the point, "We found a combat plan after we raided the outpost."
"Ssi-ruuvi Imperium? What did they do at that time?" Shepard wrote.
"They sent several squadrons over to look for traces of us." Ashley Williams said, "But obviously they didn't find it. But the most critical issue is not this..."
She handed a document to Shepard and continued, "Among the fleets sent out, two fleets did not come back. Not only did they not come back, but after a series of battles that followed, there was no trace of these two fleets, as if they had disappeared."
"So, there are still two fleets wandering outside?" Shepard frowned, "If it's just a fleet, it's not a big threat. But what I'm worried about is... why are they missing?"
"So I think if this is also related to Mongolian Gal-Mongolian Gal, then the problem will be big." Ashley Williams said, "Ssi-ruuvi Imperium has no foreign enemies in this star area for a long time, so what on earth can swallow up two fleets quietly?"
Shepard also fell into deep thought.
At this moment, an officer walked over and whispered a few words to Lieutenant General He Ru. He Ru stood up and said loudly, "We found the laboratory!"