A little after two in the afternoon, the Department of Defense's notice reached Lin Qi. The formal authorization document would have to wait a little longer.
After all, the procedures had to be completed. Otherwise, the authorization would be nothing more than wastepaper.
Meanwhile, Blackstone Security began preparing for the military operation ahead.
As the Federation's largest military contracting group—including Blackstone Security, Blackstone Aviation, the Flight Research Institute, and many other companies that provided direct or indirect assistance for military operations—Blackstone Security naturally had an airfield of its own.
Large numbers of yellow-cased bombs were being carefully pushed into the bombers' fuselages. The safeties on these chemical pesticides and insecticides would be opened after the aircraft's final refueling inside Maliro, and the bombs would then be placed in the bomb bays.
In theory, they were all extremely safe and stable by now. However, considering that the chemicals might be permeable, everyone was still being extremely careful.
Everyone was wearing protective suits. Nearby, there were also workers wearing full protective suits, carrying neutralizing agents and holding pressurized spray nozzles.
If a leak occurred, they would neutralize it immediately.
The Department of Defense had sent people to participate in the entire military operation. One purpose was to prepare the post-operation report; another was to gain a more direct understanding of the insecticides' actual effects.
The planes took off at 3:15. There were six bombers, escorted by two Third Generation Fighter prototypes, and they quickly flew north.
By the time they landed, the authorization documents should have arrived.
At that moment, in northern Maliro, a group of armed men were unloading large quantities of grain from their trucks.
These people were living in an Underground Cave because the outside world was too cold.
In summer, they would live in tree houses, where it