From cannon fodder to sweeping across thousands of stars.

Chapter 447 System Log
After the secret meeting, many companies in the military-industrial complex, either voluntarily or involuntarily, followed Mrs. Paris's instructions and began to mobilize all available funds, preparing for a decisive battle with Atlas when the market opens next Monday.

At the same time, some people with complex networks began to lobby some congressmen, trying to bring the federal government into the water.

While the military-industrial complex was actively preparing, they also discovered a strange phenomenon: the sound of Atlas seemed to have suddenly disappeared over the weekend.

Apart from the live broadcast of the 'Space Jingguan' in the 'Eye of Truth' room, Atlas had no other actions. The large number of previous revelations about the military-industrial complex on the Internet also suddenly stopped, as if someone had pressed the pause button on Atlas.

Many people began to speculate whether something had happened to Atlas itself, or whether the federal government had secretly contacted Atlas and tried to mediate, which led to the silence in the past two days.

Although there are quite a few people in the military-industrial complex who have such thoughts, the majority of the remaining people - including "core members" such as Paris and Hamilton - remain vigilant.

In this way, with the attention of countless people with different purposes and thoughts, time has once again come to the opening of a new week.

However, nothing happened.

The much-anticipated Monday trading day slowly came to an end with the closing bell at 16:00 federal capital time.

There was no bloody fighting as everyone had imagined, nor were there overwhelming revelations like last week. The whole day passed peacefully.

Then comes Tuesday, Wednesday, and so on until the closing bell rings on Friday.

After a calm week, both the onlookers and the military-industrial complex at the center of the vortex were a little confused, because such a result was something they had never expected.

Atlas, which was still rampant in the stock market last week - or those short-selling institutions and hedge funds that seemed to have nothing to do with Atlas, seemed to have been "struck away" and there was no movement for a whole week.

Atlas officials did not do anything big this week, but instead began to promote the "Corporate Fleet Graveyard" tourist route.
In this situation, many people began to wonder whether this was a delaying tactic by Atlas, in order to let the military-industrial complex relax its vigilance before taking action.

But this kind of peaceful life lasted for more than half a month in a row, and the huge contrast made everyone feel a little uncomfortable.

If it weren't for the fact that the share price of Boqi Heavy Industry was cut in half and never recovered, everyone would have thought that the stock market war half a month ago was just a dream.
What's even more outrageous is that the share prices of those giant companies in the military-industrial complex, which had been affected by the "Destruction of the Combined Fleet" incident, have actually begun to slowly recover during this period of time.

In particular, the Nutao Group, as if it had been injected with a shot of adrenaline, suddenly came alive, and its stock price even exceeded the price before the conflict broke out.
As we all know, the Internet has no memory, and the public's attention will not always be focused on one place, especially when the Federation is still at war with the Empire.

Therefore, most people's attention was soon attracted by the news that the Federation and the Empire were massively increasing their troops to the front line. Except for some stakeholders, the conflict between Atlas and the military-industrial complex was no longer worthy of attention.

Just when this farce seemed to be coming to an absurd end, the A.Bava.Ku Asteroid Fortress also welcomed a group of guests from afar.

"I didn't expect you to come here in person. You can just ask your team to come here."

In a deployment bay of the asteroid fortress, Amber looked at Alanita who arrived with a large group of elves and said with some surprise.

"After thinking it over, I decided to see it with my own eyes. After all, I am also a major shareholder of Atlas, right?"

Ellenita said with a smile, then walked over to Amber with confidence.

"Come on, take me on a tour of this place today. It's a pity that Isabel is not here, otherwise I could have a few drinks with her~"

"Isa is already too busy at the headquarters building, and we don't have time to drink. We're going to start the operation in twenty hours."

Amber pursed her lips, then led Alanita towards the special vehicle parked at the exit, and continued:

"Are you sure your team doesn't need some time to adapt? If they come here at this pace, they will have to start working right after a short break."

"No, they are all professionals. Besides, isn't the 'protagonist' of this decisive battle the 'new trading system' you mentioned?"

Alanita showed a playful smile on her face. The reason why she came here in person, in addition to meeting Amber and visiting the asteroid fortress, was also because she was curious about the trading system that Atlas used half a month ago.

"Curiosity kills the cat, Ms. Ellenita."

Amber stopped walking, looked into the elf's eyes and spoke.

"It's okay. I'm not a cat. And if I want to know something, it's after this 'decisive battle'." Ellenita said, then leaned close to Amber's ear. Her breath made Amber's ears feel a little itchy, and her words also reached Amber's ears.

"After all this is over, I think we'll have plenty of time to have a good chat~"
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In the early morning of May 590, 5 AD, when many people were still asleep, a belated storm began to brew quietly.

“【系统日志】：590-05-17 03:30:00
Target locked: Nutao Group
Short-selling institutions: Citron Capital, Dark Current Capital, Nightfall Fund, Muddy Waters Group, and Yuge Capital.

In the virtual space, Lilith quietly watched the information flashing before her eyes. This was the log of her upgraded "Intelligent Business War System".

She knew that today was a very important day for Amber and Atlas, so she decided to personally monitor the operation of this new system.

“The target company’s current share price is stable and it has begun to implement the first phase of the plan.

Execution: Creating Public Opinion

Action: Start the shadow account group. "

As the instructions were issued, tens of millions of carefully designed virtual accounts became active at the same time.

They began to spread negative news about the Nu Tao Group on major social media platforms, covering everything from technical loopholes to management scandals, to the "power, money and sex transactions" between the Nu Tao Group and many federal congressmen and senior executives.

And 90% of these are genuine negative news, with pictures or videos as evidence.

Soon, the news spread rapidly. After all, the federation is so vast that not every place is in the early morning like the capital, so these sudden explosive news still attracted widespread public attention.

Including Paris, a group of senior executives of the military-industrial complex were all awakened from their sleep by their assistants.

“【系统日志】：590-05-17 04:15:00
Public opinion influence index: 37%
Preparations before the stock market opens: Ready"

In the securities trading hall of NuTao Group, chief trader Ma En, who was also awakened from his sleep, stared at the screen in front of him. Although the stock market has not yet opened, the data of pre-market transactions has begun to be refreshed.

It is not difficult to see from Ma En’s expression at the moment that these data definitely do not look good.

He had also received an urgent notice from his superiors asking him to pay close attention to the group's stock trends.

However, before he could react to the data, the stock price of NuTao Group on the screen began to fluctuate violently.

"What's going on?!" Ma En said nervously, "Why is the pre-market trading so volatile?"

After hearing his words, Sarah, the trader next to him, also nervously checked the virtual screen beside her, and soon there was news from the group's intelligence gathering department.

"The intelligence department said that negative news is spreading at a very fast speed and there is a trend that cannot be stopped!"

“【系统日志】：590-05-17 07:00:00
Stock price: 264.00 credits/share → 211.20 credits/share

Share price drop: 20%

Mrs. Paris sat at the desk in her office with a serious expression on her face. She had received urgent reports from various departments - the NuTao Group had become the primary target of public opinion attacks.

"We need to hold a press conference immediately to clarify these rumors." Paris frowned and said to the PR director standing beside her: "PR department, prepare a statement immediately." Hearing her words, PR director Amy said with some concern: "But according to the report of the Securities and Exchange Commission, the market sentiment is very unstable now. I am worried that issuing a statement may cause a greater backlash."

Mrs. Paris took a deep breath and said, "We must find a way to save the situation before the end of pre-market trading. If we remain silent, the situation will only get worse."

“【系统日志】：590-05-17 08:15:00
Stock price: 211.20 credits/share → 147.84 credits/share

Share price decline: 43.75%
Task: Create network delay

Execution: Network Interference

Action: Start communication delay procedure"

Soon, the trading systems of Nutao Group and other major member companies of the military-industrial complex experienced unilateral network delays.

This phenomenon directly led to their inability to accurately complete pre-market trading operations, further exacerbating stock price fluctuations.

In the trading hall of the NuTao Group headquarters, Ma En also discovered that his trading system began to behave abnormally. Every time he tried to perform a key operation, he would encounter a noticeable delay.

"Sarah, our system seems to be having problems!"

Ma En said anxiously: "My key instructions are always executed a little late."

"I have the same problem, what's going on?"

Sarah on the side also had a look of confusion and nervousness on her face. It was obvious that the problem was not only with Ma En's system.

Ma En knew that he could not delay any longer, so he quickly contacted the IT department of the group and said quickly without waiting for the other party to speak:
"Listen, the group's trading system has a serious delay problem. The market will open in ten minutes. If this problem cannot be solved, there will be a big problem!"

“We have discovered the problem!”

IT director Christopher sounded nervous on the other end of the line: "The technicians are investigating the problem, but the communication system self-checked and everything is normal. It looks like a regular network fluctuation, but the duration is a bit abnormal."

"Hey! I don't understand any of this, I just need you to figure out a solution to the problem!"

“【系统日志】：590-05-17 08:30:00
Status: Stock market open

Current target network delay: 8 seconds

Stock price: 147.84 credits/share → 110.00 credits/share

Share price decline: 25.6%
When the stock price drops to the predetermined range, the second phase plan will be implemented.

Execution: Short

Operation: Guide agencies to take action"

Led by YuGe Capital, short-selling institutions and hedge funds secretly controlled by the Atlas Group took action immediately after the market opened.

While selling off the stocks they had increased their holdings during this period, they also borrowed a large amount of NuTao Group's stocks and sold them under the operation of an algorithmic trading system.

Almost at the moment of opening, the selling pressure in the market suddenly increased, and the stock price of Nutao Group plummeted like a kite with a broken string.

“【系统日志】：590-05-17 09:00:00
Estimated short position: 270 shares

Current price: 110.00 credits/share

Stock price hits bottom, execute Phase 3 plan

Execution: Buying Stocks

Action: Enable all account groups"

This unexpected attack caused the stock of NuTao Group to reach the lowest point in the market in a short period of time. Then, the account group of Atlas began to buy a large number of stocks of NuTao Group.

As a large number of buy orders poured in, the stock price began to slowly recover, but this also meant that institutions on the Atlas side held a large number of Raging Fire Group shares at extremely low prices.

If Atlas Group chooses to go public in the future and takes all the stocks held by these institutions, a very funny situation will arise - it will become one of the major shareholders of Nutao Group.

“【系统日志】：590-05-17 09:30:00
Successfully purchased stocks: 270 shares

Average purchase price: 90.00 credit points/share

Current share price: 100.00 credit points/share"

In the meeting room of the NuTao Group, Mrs. Paris looked at the report in her hand with a frown on her face.

Although the stock price has rebounded, the group has suffered heavy losses, and he also realized that those institutions that are besieging the Nutao Group already hold a considerable share of the stock.

This is a very dangerous signal.

At this moment, she had to admit that this sudden attack was completely beyond her expectations.

But at this point, she found that there seemed to be little she and the group could do.

“【系统日志】：590-05-17 11:00:00
Stock price: 100.00 credits/share → 110.00 credits/share

Share price increase: 10%
Scheduled plan completed.

Execution: Retreat
Operation: Close short position"

“【系统日志】：590-05-17 12:00:00
Closed short positions: 270 shares

Average purchase price: 90.00 credit points/share

Estimated profit: approximately 540 billion credit points"

In the core conference room of the A-Bava-Ku Asteroid Fortress, Amber gasped when she saw the report compiled by the Financial Business Center.

With the help of Lilith's algorithmic trading system, these guys' actions can no longer be described as "ruthless", they are simply cruel.

The market value of the NuTao Group, which originally had a market value of more than 8000 billion credit points, shrunk to more than 3300 billion in just one morning. This result can be said to have completely exceeded Amber's expectations.

"I originally thought this would be a protracted battle." After reading the report, Amber looked up at the other people in the conference room. Their faces were also filled with excited smiles.

"But now it seems that we have fast-forwarded directly to the 'harvest' phase?"

(End of this chapter)