Reborn in 2010, the AI ​​in my mind is too powerful.

In the Cabinet meeting room inside the Prime Minister's Office in Singapore, Lee Hsien Loong's cabinet convened an emergency cabinet meeting.

The meeting room was quite old-fashioned; it was more like a classroom than a meeting room, and Lee Hsien Loong stood on the podium.

Below are three rows of old desks. The first row is occupied by some of Singapore's most important figures: Minister for Defence Ng Eng Hen, Minister for Foreign Affairs K. Shanmugam, and Minister for Finance Tharman Shanmugaratnam.

And the de facto operator of security affairs, Deputy Prime Minister, Coordinating Minister for National Security, and Minister for Home Affairs, Teo Chee Hean.

Sitting in the second row are Lui Teck Yew, the Second Minister for Defence and Minister for Transport, and Lim Hsun Kiong, the Minister for Trade and Industry. They are the type who can discuss matters and provide information, but they are not involved in core decision-making.

The last row consists of the workers: Chief of the General Staff Huang Zhiming, Chief of the Air Force Fu Cemou, and heads of the intelligence system, among others.

The meeting room had no windows and was dimly lit. Lee Hsien Loong began the meeting by saying, "Let me give you some basic information. Aurora Group has given us some information, some very exaggerated information."

He glanced up at the back row, where Huang Zhiqin, head of the Security and Intelligence Department of the Ministry of National Defense, stood up and said, "We have conducted thorough verification and confirmed that most of it is true. Their intelligence was extremely detailed, including recordings of conversations, various timelines, and even video recordings of meetings."

I reasonably suspect that Aurora has been secretly monitoring many places using various methods. It's possible they've used Apple or Samsung phones, or even implanted backdoors in Aurora's chips. Considering Chen Yiran's technical capabilities, he might have done this a long time ago.

In short, we are 90% certain that all the intelligence is accurate. Of course, we are unsure what changes may occur later.

Lee Hsien Loong gestured for him to sit down and then continued, "The intelligence indicates that Indonesia is preparing to exert military pressure on us, demanding that we share some benefits."

They're probably planning to use the conflict between us at the beginning of the year as a pretext to use force to demand some tangible benefits, possibly including a place for new students at Aurora University.

Intelligence from Aurora indicates that their newly appointed president is very determined. They are preparing to use their navy and air force to deter us first; if we do not agree, they will indeed bomb us, and the time is set for the last day of Aurora's live broadcast.

As for future developments, such as whether Indonesia will cancel the plan, I don't think we need to consider that. Our defense strategy is inherently a "poison shrimp" strategy, after all, we are too small and have absolutely no strategic depth.

Now that we have intelligence support and a chance to avoid being eaten, and we don't need to poison the other side ourselves, we can't pin our hopes on the other side temporarily canceling their operation.

I favor a preemptive strike to directly destroy the Indonesian air force.

Huang Yonghong shook his head and objected, saying, "If we could take out Indonesia's navy and air force in one fell swoop, I would support you, but we don't have that capability right now."

Our newly arrived F-15SGs are very powerful, with a long combat radius, but they lack stealth capabilities. Our initial design was for retaliatory strikes after being attacked; we never intended for proactive attacks.

Air Force Chief of Staff Foo Chee Moo echoed, "From the Air Force's professional perspective, it is impossible for us to completely dismantle Indonesia's air power in the first wave."

According to our previous plans, if we take the initiative, we can probably dismantle 7% of Indonesia's air power.

The main problem is that the 16 Sukhoi 27s parked in Makassar are too far away for us to bomb.

Our worst-case scenario was to blow up all the airports within range that could threaten us, trapping their 16 planes in the east.

But this is very difficult to accomplish. Runway repair technology is much better than before, and they have too many airports. We might not be able to complete it in time.

Lee Hsien Loong nodded: "I know, I know our military was never built for the purpose of striking first, but now striking first is indeed the best option."

Aurora said they would assist us. Considering their previous deployments, I have reason to believe they may have left many backdoors within Indonesia.

Our problem now is that if we don't strike first, Indonesia might actually dare to bomb us. How will Aurora react? Will they abandon our cooperation because of our inaction?

The other people in the meeting room also began to share their views.

"I believe that Aurora will give up its cooperation with us after suffering losses, but I don't think that's the key point. The key point is whether Indonesia has the determination to actually carry out the bombing."

"I don't believe Indonesia would actually bomb us; I'm more inclined to send patrol planes first."

"Is there anything we can do diplomatically? Two Chinese warships are resupplying here right now; would Indonesia really dare to take direct action?"

"That's one perspective. The US warships have been rotated and won't arrive for another three months. They didn't act when the US was present, but they act now that China is? Isn't that disrespectful? Can we use this as a reason to ask China for help?"

"Do you think all Chinese people are stupid? At most, they'll say a few words in our defense, but they probably won't actually help us."

"Isn't it better to just fight directly? If we don't fight when we have the chance, we'll be in a very passive position if they actually resort to force."

"What about Malaysia? We also need to pay attention to whether they will intervene. Although we are most economically intertwined with Malaysia, both Malaysia and Indonesia are descendants of the ancient Malays, are Muslims, speak Malay, and share the historical heritage of the entire Malay world."

"I think Malaysia will just stand by and watch. The conflict between brothers is even deeper. Although we were pushed out by Malaysia before, we were merged together in the first place. Besides, it was just an economic dispute, we didn't actually fight. They, on the other hand, did take action."

"I agree. They're like brothers, but their interests are different, so they can't get along. Although we have grudges against Malaysia, our interests are the closest, so they should just stand by and watch us fight each other."

"Don't view the world with outdated perspectives. Imagine how the world will change after the technology for aurora viewing becomes more widespread. We can't be too narrow-minded! Whether it's Malaysia or Indonesia, we could eventually come together. Therefore, we cannot tolerate Indonesia's actions; we must fight back!"

We must make our stance clear: if we want benefits, we can only do so through negotiation. We cannot appease them just because the world is paying close attention to us now, assuming we are afraid of problems.

A lively discussion broke out in the conference room. Although their relationship with Indonesia was not good, most people didn't really believe that Indonesia would dare to attack them directly at this crucial moment in the world's attention.

However, some individuals feel it's time to resolve historical issues with Indonesia.

Indonesia and Singapore have disliked each other for a long time. First of all, Singapore is predominantly Chinese. Although Singapore has been working on ethnic integration and doesn't really care about this anymore, it still remembers that it is Chinese.

Anti-Chinese sentiment in Indonesia has twice resulted in extremely serious tragedies. The anti-Chinese massacre of 1965 resulted in the deaths of hundreds of thousands of Chinese, and the Black May riots of 1998 saw thousands of rioters systematically targeting Chinese people with arson, murder, rape, and looting, destroying more than 5000 Chinese shops and residences.

Singaporeans view Indonesians as brutal primitives.

Secondly, Indonesia was very aggressive during its expansionist period in the 1960s and 70s.

When Singapore was still part of Malaysia, the British-led Greater Malaysia plan greatly displeased Indonesia.

In an attempt to incite conflict between Singapore and Malaysia, Indonesia, with its unconventional approach, carried out a terrorist attack in Singapore, sending two soldiers to bomb the McDonald House, killing three civilians and injuring dozens.

Ultimately, Singapore disregarded Indonesia's objections and executed the two men by hanging.

Feeling wronged, Indonesians launched another riot, attacking the Singapore embassy. Furthermore, Indonesia has since regarded these two individuals as national heroes.

In early 2014, two frigates were named after these two individuals, which greatly angered Singaporeans, who felt that Indonesia was being unreasonable and deliberately reopening old wounds.

The meeting lasted for half an hour, but no consensus was reached.

If Indonesia has already taken action, then there's nothing to say. But now we're discussing the issue of who takes the initiative, and everyone is being very cautious and conflicted.

Fighting offers no moral advantage and still cannot guarantee one's own safety.

Not fighting would be morally acceptable, but the damage we would suffer would be much greater.

We can't really pin our hopes on Indonesia and then be too afraid to take action.

After everyone fell silent, the oldest among them, Teo Chee Hean, tried to speak: "If it were a few months ago, I certainly wouldn't have said what I'm about to say. But we are now fully cooperating with Aurora, and in the future, it is possible for all Singaporeans to have the opportunity to be reborn. If Aurora agrees, every Singaporean has the opportunity to live forever."

So what I mean is, we'll be discussing this sooner or later, so I might as well say it now. Why don't we ask Mr. Lee? Although he's getting old, with the technology available now, he might be able to return to power in the future.

Mr. Li, of course, cannot be referring to Lee Hsien Loong, who is currently on stage.

The reason why everyone has been avoiding the question of whether Lee Kuan Yew might return to power is not because they do not welcome him, but because Lee Kuan Yew has made it clear that he is too lazy to come out again.

Lee Hsien Loong covered his head and said, "I asked him about this last week. My father's exact words were, 'I have no regrets. I have given my life to Singapore. Please don't make my second life so difficult.'"

My father has been obsessed lately. He's been researching whether it's possible to extract fragments of his memories and piece them together to create a more complete picture of a person.

Lately, he's been muttering to himself in front of my mother's portrait all the time, constantly complaining about how she was ahead of him in school and how she died so young, not waiting for him, and so on.

Are you sure that Singapore still needs to rely on this old man to make decisions about its future?

"I think it's okay."

"Just ask."

"Actually, Mr. Lee is still a member of parliament. During the election, many people said that the old man was too domineering, and our party's votes were lower. Now it seems that Mr. Lee was wise. When this problem arises, we still need some advice from the elderly."

Lee Hsien Loong actually felt that if there were no new technology, everyone would not have shirked responsibility, but now that this technology has been introduced, they really hope that Lee Kuan Yew can make this difficult decision.

After all, Lee Kuan Yew's prestige was enough to withstand any consequences.

Lee Hsien Loong considered for a moment and said, "Okay, you guys wait here for me, I'll go find him."

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It was midnight that night.

At the Pontianak base in Indonesia, a lowly soldier at the radar station stared idly at the screen. He felt incredibly unlucky; he was supposed to have a day off the day before yesterday, but then his superiors inexplicably announced some kind of exercise and ordered them to stay at the base on standby.

He glanced at his watch; his shift still had six hours left. He told the passerby, Xiaobing, that he was going to take a nap.

Anyway, the radar system will sound if something happens, and bystander B will be watching anyway.

Before he could even drift off to sleep, he heard curses coming from outside.

A short commander drove his car directly to the radar station entrance, kicked open the gate, and shouted, "Where are they? What's the situation here? We can't get through on the phone!"

Passerby B threw down his headphones, staggered to his feet, and said, "Ah, nothing's wrong here!"

At this point, all the officers at the radar station arrived and said in unison, "We really didn't have any problems tonight."

"No problem! No problem! How come the Third Squadron at Madwin Base was completely wiped out?! That's 1300 kilometers away from Singapore, farther than us! Quickly check what happened!"

Damn Singapore, those idiots are plotting and colluding!

As if it were retribution, he had just finished cursing when a missile shot from above sent him to hell.

That evening, Indonesia was in a state of collapse.

The military command link was completely severed, and radar data links, command and communication, and air traffic control systems all failed.

The communication satellites even provided some incorrect navigation information, causing two fighter jets and two aerial refueling tankers that were conducting aerial refueling training to fly directly into the dense fog and eventually crash into the mountain.

In the eastern region, which had not yet been attacked, fuel dispatch and ammunition depot unlocking systems were malfunctioning rapidly. The navy had also lost all information support and was completely unable to mount an effective defense.

At 8 a.m. the following day, Singapore announced that, having received intelligence that Indonesia was about to take military action, it had no choice but to adopt a preemptive strike strategy, bombing multiple Indonesian military bases in Sumatra, Java, East Java, and Riau within 6 hours.

Airports, oil depots, hangars, and radar stations in these areas were successfully destroyed. Three naval and air force bases were also attacked, and the Indonesian Eastern Fleet was completely annihilated.

Furthermore, due to Indonesia's betrayal, Singapore decided to withdraw from the Joint Patrol Agreement signed by Singapore and Indonesia, as well as the Tripartite Agreement on Safe Navigation in the Straits of Malacca and the Straits of Singapore signed by Singapore, Malaysia, and Indonesia.

The whole world was shocked by this blitzkrieg. Singapore, which had always been harmless, suddenly launched a major attack.

Singapore flights, which were already packed with passengers, quickly became empty, and many airlines even canceled their flights.

Singapore, Malaysia, and Aurora began emergency trilateral consultations. Two hours later, Malaysia issued a statement hoping that all parties would remain calm, refrain from escalating the war, and maintain the current peaceful situation.

Malaysian warships, however, began patrolling the Strait of Malacca alongside Singaporean warships.