Stellaris: Earth Alliance

Chapter 249 Shadow Government
It is precisely because of knowing this information that Ultron is now very confused.

He didn't understand at all why the other party wanted to oppose Qin Xu, and even asked him to choose one of the two sides.

"Do you have to choose one of the two?"

"No, in fact, as long as you choose me, you are equivalent to choosing him. But if you choose him, it means giving up on me."

Ultron didn't quite understand this sentence, and then Ives said calmly.

"I'm a germaphobe."

In an instant, Ultron seemed to string together all the information.

Psykers are indeed natural allies, but racial mystics are antagonistic to all alien races.

"I understand."

Ultron completed the calculations and finally gave a positive answer.

"I'm on your side, but only if you're really on Portman's side."

550W originally chose the Earth United Nations between the Bazadi Empire and the Earth United Nations.

And turn Bazadi into the nutrient of the Earth's United Nations, cultivating it to become even stronger.

And now Ultron has chosen the Portman Corporation between the United Humanity and the Portman Corporation, which is almost a no-brainer.

But there is also a premise, that is, whether the Portman conglomerate belongs to Ives himself.

Strictly speaking, Ives can only represent the Bobazadee Empire and has nothing to do with Portman.

"Portman will be on my side, don't you think so, Mr. President?"

McCree was stunned for a moment. Before he could understand the current situation, Ultron interrupted.

"Portman is a presidential electoral system. You have to ensure that you have absolute control over Portman for a long time to come."

"Hahaha."

Elvis suddenly laughed, and McCree next to him was already dumbfounded.

What does Ultron want to do with outsiders?Want to topple Portman's regime?
why?
Why did the artificial intelligence suddenly rebel to such an extent, or in fact, he didn't regard Portman as his own from the beginning?
"There's really no way I can guarantee absolute control over Portman for a very long time, but."

Avis suddenly looked at Ultron with sharp eyes.

"I really can't guarantee that I will become Portman's leader and make Portman completely on the side of the Bazzardi Empire, but Ultron, you can."

"I?"

Ultron didn't react for a moment, but he quickly understood the next moment.

With Avis' abilities he can do a lot in the dark to solidify Ultron's status as the ruler of the entire country.

On the surface, the election can still be carried out, but behind the scenes, a shadow government can be created, and the leader of this shadow government is Ultron himself.

"You become the real leader of Portman's shadow government. If you choose me again, doesn't it mean that I control Portman? I don't think there's anything good about choosing between Portman and the human unity. Are you hesitant?"

No, actually there are.

Half of the population of the Human Federation can psychically ascend, but Portman cannot.

In the final decisive battle, psykers must be the main force to eliminate spiritual things. Non-psionic people have a limited role in dealing with spiritual things.

In the war between Alberto Interstellar Complex and Madoka, there is a secret that almost no one knows.

Madoka was defeated not by the fleet, but by the psykers.

All the rumors that have been passed down so far are from word of mouth, and no one really knows what happened at that time.

Only artificial intelligence keeps passing their data on, generation after generation.

All the information from the time he fought alongside Alberto's Interstellar Complex is still preserved.Just as only a precognitive psyker can counter a precognitive anti-psionic.

Only things related to idealistic things can attack other things that are also idealistic things.

It is unknown how many tens of thousands of years have passed since the demise of Alberto's interstellar integration body.

No one else remembers the truth, but the AIs still remember.

But despite this, Ultron still chose Ives and Portman.

Because there was a sentence in it that hit him——

Let him be Portman's true leader.

It is also to fulfill the highest mission of eliminating idealistic things.

What an artificial intelligence locked in a box can do is completely different from what an artificial intelligence that has taken over the world's power can do.

The reason why Ultron chose Avis was not because he thought Avis would do better than Qin Xu.

Instead, he believed that he would do a better job leading Portman than both of them.

"I hope you keep your word."

For the first time, Ultron had emotional fluctuations, and his words were no longer so cold.

Elvis smiled and said, "Actually, my racial mysophobia is fine for robots, but it has no effect on artificial intelligence. We can become friends, believe me."

"Then what do I need to do?"

"It's not time for you to do anything, what you have to do now is not to do anything. Let us first push you to be the leader of this country."

Ives said.

McCree, who was standing aside, was stunned for a moment. Am I not the leader?
Are you trying to silence me?

But when I think about it again, it’s wrong.

Portman is not an imperial country, but an electoral country. Under such circumstances, how can the other party guarantee to rule Portman for a long time?
"It's impossible. And instead of you trying to seize power, I'm right here. Let me give orders for whatever you want..."

"The general election is approaching, and whether you are the president or not is another matter. And it is not difficult to support artificial intelligence in power. Don't you think so?"

Ives looked at Ultron.

Ultron nodded, "It's very simple. Continue to expand the scale of the robots and legislate in the Legislative Council to broaden my restrictions, then I can actually control this country."

"Just like whoever controls the army controls the entire country. The prerequisite for controlling a country is the ability to destroy it."

"Then do you think the legislation will pass?"

McCree felt that his life was threatened and immediately said anxiously.

"So doesn't this go back to our original question?"

Avis walked up to McCree, "So let's make a deal."

"Now that your artificial intelligence has chosen me, the content of the transaction has also changed. I don't need you to help me deal with Qin Xu, you only need to help this artificial intelligence become the true leader of this country behind the scenes."

"And if you can't complete the task within the specified time..."

As he spoke, Avis smiled and took out a small box from behind.

Open the box. Inside the box is a syringe filled with fluorescent liquid.

"Do you know this? I got it from your laboratory. I heard that this is the top secret-level project that you secretly implemented using your presidential power?"

(End of this chapter)