Rex and the others were taken aback. Although they had heard about some of the earlier incidents, including the president's removal from office, and knew they had some connection to Phantom Immortal Technology, they had never imagined that the entire series of incidents surrounding Shen Bing had been orchestrated by the White House.
They were certainly prominent figures in the United States, but there were still matters involving state secrets that they knew nothing about.
The president's words had undoubtedly revealed a picture they had never seen before.
The president then gave everyone present a general account of what he knew and asked them to keep it confidential.
After hearing him out, they all fell silent.
They had to reassess their earlier assumptions—the fierce street fighting in London, which had ultimately involved rockets, the gunfire in Seattle, and finally the missile on that bridge...
None of it had been a coincidence.
"If none of this was a coincidence, could Phantom Immortal Technology have been behind the disappearance of those two nuclear submarines?" Rex could not help asking.
The disappearance of the nuclear submarines was impossible to conceal in the first place. Rex had not known the details before, but after hearing all this, he could not resist asking.
"We suspected that too, but the possibility is virtually nonexistent," the president said. "Our nuclear submarines are the most advanced in the world, and they were in our own territorial waters. Although the car Shen Bing uses has astonishing defensive capabilities, it's only a defensive device. It couldn't possibly threaten our nuclear submarines. Rather than believe Phantom Immortal Technology was responsible, we would sooner believe that the military personnel and sailors aboard both submarines mutinied together, maintained radio silence, and fled."
The president paused for two seconds before continuing. "Having reviewed the