Psychics don't die from gunfire

Chapter 924 Preemptive Strike
This location is not displayed; in the New Order Federation's think tank, it is only represented by a single line of code.

【Serial Number SION-0856-T5】

Even most of the people who were secretly sent here were not given the answer until the very last moment before the operation, after many busy days.

The New Order Federation's top-secret project, regardless of its outcome, will change the course of events on Terra.

—The "Severing the Dragon Vein" project, a wormhole teleportation cluster.

Only a very small number of people are qualified to know the answer early on.

"Hmm, being this close, are you sure there won't be any problems?" Song Shi was one of the very few people who, looking down at the scene below, asked the question: "Will they interfere with each other or something?"

Song Shi's location was on the third floor, with a grid-like floor and dark iron railings, completely in an industrial style. Industrial elevators moving up and down could be seen everywhere, as well as steel cables running across the room and the occasional flash of electric arc.

The space below is not small, on the contrary, it is very large, enough to fit dozens of football fields. However, the once empty space is now filled with equipment of various sizes - one round device after another stands, with curved outlines and a faint glow flowing on the surface.

They vary in size; some are small enough for one person to pass through, while others are like giant archways in front of a square, allowing several fully loaded trucks to drive side by side with ease.

Although what we'll be going into later isn't a heavily armed truck, but a humanoid mobile combat fortress.

Wormhole generator.

It is conservatively estimated that hundreds of "wormhole generators" have been placed here, along with a large number of auxiliary maintenance, operation and testing devices. Their accumulation here has made the space feel cramped.

"Your Excellency, this is a difficult technical problem. Multiple wormhole generators within a small area do indeed have a relatively high probability of interfering with each other and affecting spatial parameters."

The person who had been temporarily called in to accompany them answered fluently: "Fortunately, Mr. Textile Machine played a key role. It optimized the stabilizing anchor and designed an additional local isolation structure. Now, at least for the time being, they will not affect each other."

"That's it."

Song Shi nodded.

The advantage of cross-space tactics is that there is no need to consider distance. So naturally, the New Order Federation did not set up wormholes in "front lines" such as Mangxing Plain, but instead found a barren area in the rear of its homeland and dug out an operational base hundreds of meters underground.

This cluster of wormhole teleportation portals is only a part of the base.

With a slight thought, Song Shi casually scanned the area and found a more conspicuous spot—a dense mass of auras, all gathered there.

Each aura, even the lowest grade, would be dazzling in other places, including the battlefield. However, now, with such auras densely packed and intermingling, they seem rather ordinary.

These people are the suicide squad that is about to pass through the wormhole and launch a blitzkrieg against the Eastern Continent Republic.

Song Shi had reviewed the personnel list and information; they were all skilled individuals. At the very least, they were all carrying individual nuclear bombs and were mentally prepared to detonate them.

"Fugu Development has planned some tactical operations based on 'space jump'," the accompanying staff member remarked. "The results were quite good, but they didn't take cost into consideration, so there weren't many such operations, and they were almost all local conflicts within the corporate alliance."

“I understand what you mean.” Song Shi smiled and said, “Just like the first second-ring transcendent, who chose to put on hundreds of pounds of iron armor and carry hundreds of pounds of iron pillars to the battlefield, and after sweeping away thousands of troops, everyone will realize that war can be fought in this way.”

The other party laughed, his tone filled with undisguised pride: "I believe that from today onwards, any political entity will place proposals for the normalization of 'space stabilizers' and 'space fluctuation monitoring matrices' on its agenda."

"The downside is that it's still too fragile."

Song Shi commented, "At most, one wave of people can be let in; the next wave of wormholes will be destroyed. Unless the attackers have the time to carefully carry the glass bottles while wreaking havoc." "Militaryization is by no means the only application of 'space jump'." The other person spread their arms, eyes sparkling, as if seeing a grand blueprint: "A mature wormhole network, where inter-space travel becomes commonplace, everyone can use it. One second I'm feeling the cold wind in the Arctic, the next I can be in the Antarctic feeling the same way—"

"It's become the norm."

Song Shi stroked his chin. He had read the briefing. Building a "wormhole generator" was quite expensive. If he wanted to maintain stability for a long time, it would be an even bigger expense. Could everyone afford such a thing?
The more than one hundred buildings in front of us alone represent an expense that would make even giant corporations hesitate.

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"Who will be in charge of the emergency response plan?" Song Shi asked one last question, gesturing with his hand: "Just in case some expert is quick-witted and follows the clues, through the wormhole—"

"it's me."

A figure emerged from the darkness at the other end of the corridor. A cane always at hand, an expression of utter composure.

“Perpetual Loop”, Yvette Gregory.

She didn't look at Song Shi, nor did she get too close. She just stood behind the fence, gazing at the wormhole teleportation cluster below.

“Once the operation begins, I will seal off the entire base.” She stroked her cane slowly. “Unless I receive explicit instructions from Chaklo Vaughn, I will not lift the seal under any circumstances—at that point, nothing will be able to leave here.”

Song Shi praised, "In this respect, I don't think there are many people in all of Terra who are more professional than you."

Yvette Gregory ignored her: "Seventeen hours from now, at the hour of Chou in Eastern Continent time, the assault will begin at that moment."

The timing was Song Shi's suggestion.

For scions of prominent families, whether they are engaged in scheming and intrigue in official duties or indulging in pleasure, their nightlife is usually rich and colorful. This is a long-standing tradition. Based on the experience of cases from the Eastern Continent over the past thousands of years, the hour of Chou (1-3 AM) is the golden time for night raids.

“Xu Yu and I are both on duty and cannot act rashly. Paddy is confronting the Empire, and Chaklo must defend the homeland.” Yvette Gregory paused for a moment: “You are the only one left in this battle. If an emergency occurs, your own safety must be your top priority.”

“We can accept the failure of the entire operation, but we cannot accept your death.”

Song Shi looked at the other person strangely: "You're actually so pessimistic about me?"

“Most of the psykers you killed maintained an inflated sense of self-confidence,” Yvette Gregory said. “Caution is a timeless virtue, and I’m just preparing for the worst.”

Upon hearing this, Song Shi raised his index finger: "You should always have the best expectations for me."

"I'll wait and see."

Yvette Gregory nodded, about to say something more, when her expression suddenly changed, as if she had received some information.

She suddenly looked at Song Shi, who disappeared with a snap the moment his gaze fell on her, and the remote projection went offline.

Just moments before, she received an urgent message—

“Juntian Shenque”, a name associated with the imperial court.

The emperor personally led the expedition and visited the resettlement area!

(End of this chapter)