People are in Type-Moon, but they practice science

When the United States detected this situation, other major countries in the world, or small regional countries with relatively strong aerospace technology, had successively discovered that Luzon had launched several artificial geostationary orbit satellites.

The content of that clear code signal was also known by many countries around the world that have the ability to receive signals from outer space.

Of course, the first place to grasp the situation was Luzon, where the launch site is located.

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New Town of Medan.

Amber watched the meteor go away in silence for a long time. Francia, the representative of the Colombian delegation, was also speechless.

He couldn't help but think wildly.

Francia came here with the help of the relationship of the Tianming Group. In theory, the border of Luzon is still blocked, so it is a secret visit from Colombia. Of course, before Francia left, he had already conducted as detailed an investigation as possible on the forces currently stationed in Luzon. For example, the rapid encroachment of enterprises such as the Shencheng Group into the Luzon market and the almost invisible resistance of local family forces.

All of this had already happened before the blockade. At that time, the Fernando family and other families that controlled the national power in Luzon also experienced large-scale personnel changes in the industries they controlled. The external explanation was that they were making structural adjustments to their enterprises.

But the problem is that they are too consistent. If only one or a few companies do this, then Francia is fine, but if more than one family does this in large quantities, there will be problems. Different families are not in the same boat. If they really cooperate closely and contribute only to national development, Luzon would not be as rotten as it is now.

Thinking of the Japanese Academy City where Shencheng Group and other companies also joined the game, Francia suspected that it was not right. It was basically certain that these companies were leading the Luzon situation. Perhaps they had joined hands to use the vest industry to erode and control the Luzon economy long before. The only thing that was puzzling was why there was no obvious sign of resistance from the Luzon family? Or was it that the gap in strength between the two sides was too big?

"Excuse me, what was that just now...?"

Francia asked Amber cautiously. Since she didn't notice it at first, by the time she reacted, the thing had already flown into the sky. Francia had to suspect that it might be a missile or something. After all, the Luzon family itself controlled state-owned military forces, so it was possible that the company could use this to get involved in the military industry.

No... I'm afraid that before that, there were military forces hidden in these corporate conglomerates, otherwise it would be impossible to explain the sudden silence of drug cartels in Colombia.

"It's a satellite." Amber explained in a tone that was neither light nor heavy. "We use a cannonball-catapulted satellite launch method."

"Uh... Your Excellency means that you will use cannons to shoot down the satellite?" Francia was a little confused.

"That's right, Mr. Francia. Although the in-depth technical principles are difficult to explain, if I give you a little reminder, you will understand the Barbados Cannon back then, right?"

“I see.” Francia suddenly remembered the giant cannon that could send things into low-Earth orbit with one shot. Although Academy City did not continue to develop according to the idea of ​​the Barbados cannon but replaced it with an electromagnetic ejection mass accelerator, and launched not a low-Earth orbit satellite but a geostationary orbit satellite, Francia, who did not know the inside story of the technology, was still terrified by the realization of this technology.

Logically speaking, if we can launch satellites, it would be no technical difficulty to replace them with nuclear warheads.

"In that case, there is no doubt about it. If it's okay, I'll take my leave first."

Thinking of this, Francia felt a layer of cold sweat in his heart. He didn't know how things would develop next. Behind the Colombian drug trafficking groups, there must be American forces intervening. The relationship between them is intricate and complicated. What if these people happened to exchange fire with the United States without the knowledge of the Colombian government? Then, wouldn't the firing of the giant cannon this time be a clear threat to the American mainland, which would be equivalent to further intensifying the conflict?

He decided to go back and report to President Pedro first, and then suggested that it would be better to wait and see for a while.

"Yes, yes, of course," Amber said politely, "but if this happens, I'm afraid the visit will have to end early... There will be a regional celebration soon, a celebration to celebrate the launch of a satellite. Is it really okay to miss it?"

"Oh, that's a pity, but I think it would be better to report the evaluation results of your side to His Excellency the President as soon as possible. Don't worry, I am already quite satisfied with your construction strength and efficiency."

It's more than satisfying, it's simply terrifying.

Francia went back feeling extremely uneasy.

In the distance, an electronic screen attached to the glass surface of the building played images of satellite launches and camera feeds from outer space. Colorful fireworks gradually rose into the sky, embellishing the lights of thousands of homes.

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Academy City Luzon Branch, Space Launch Site 01 and Space Management Department Headquarters.

"It's so lively, the celebration has begun. Hey, Chicken Coop Head, aren't you going?" Tesla looked out the window of the Data Building at the jubilant crowd outside. "Why are you still working overtime? Why are you rolling in the towel?"

Einstein raised his head and said, "Stop talking. You didn't leave either."

"Hey, if I hadn't stayed to drive those people away, maybe someone would have volunteered to stay and work overtime with you - the unspoken rule of overtime is unacceptable."

"......" Einstein shook his head, "I just want to take a closer look at the new technological crystal in the sky. It reminds me of some 'past memories'."

"Oh? You mean, the Fourth God Key?"

Tesla looked at the really busy man in the distance, "Why not communicate with the great engineer Velvet? I believe that as the inventor of a previous civilization, she has more 'memories' to talk about."

Wei Wei also did not attend the celebration. In the past, she would have used her "magician" personality to design a few performances before she would stop. However, today, she wanted to observe and test the actual energy efficiency of the "Uranus" satellite group. Part of the reason was that she thought of the "Key of God made with the Herrscher core", but this time the technology came from humans.

It is not wrong to call the Uranus satellite a meteorological satellite, because its function is to control the global weather through the quantum supercomputer and chaos system it carries, in combination with a geostationary orbit global particle accelerator and laser launch device.

It is for this reason that it is called Uranus (sky), symbolizing the absolute power of heaven.

Chapter 385: Calling the Wind and Rain, Driving Thunder and Lightning

In outer space of the Earth, the Uranus satellite, later known as the "King of the Sky" and the "Weather Controller", is floating in a geostationary orbit.

The 5-kilometer-long satellite may be more like a large remote experimental base station. The tens of tons of mass are divided into different functional areas, which can be simply summarized as energy area, production area, power area, ground response area, and general control system area.

The energy zone is mainly the energy storage space of the Krilonomya basic unit structure, including the external reflectors that absorb sunlight and cosmic rays. The production zone is a global acceleration coil automatic manufacturing plant operated by a central control system. It is used to lay acceleration coils on the geostationary orbit to form a global particle accelerator. Therefore, it occupies the largest internal space.

The power area is the main location of the quantum engine. However, since Uranus is not a space navigation device but just an artificial satellite, and the quantum engine is more efficient than traditional chemical rockets (when operating in pulses, the quantum engine is 5000 times more efficient than traditional rocket engines), the mass and volume of this part are quite small.

The final ground reaction area and the main control system area are mainly where the global particle accelerator and the output part of the earth's weather control are located. It is essentially a laser that can emit ultra-high energy short-pulse lasers through the experimental conditions of global particle acceleration.

This behavior will be dominated by the computers and large-scale chaotic systems equipped in the central control system.

At present, the scientific method of human beings to control the weather is basically to throw substances into the sky to control the weather locally, such as using silver iodide to spread clouds in the sky to increase rainfall. As for the magic forces... basically no one would waste magic power on this.

The weather control scheme of Academy City is much more advanced than the above-mentioned one - the laser beam scheme ionizes the nitrogen and oxygen molecules on the irradiation path. These ionized air molecules become natural condensation nuclei, causing water vapor to condense into water droplets and create large-scale rain clouds.

More importantly, the high-energy particle conditions brought by the global acceleration can generate high-intensity gamma-ray sources through the reaction of high-energy dense electron beams and high-density plasmas, and through the quantum radiation mechanism. This mechanism is still far superior to any country in the world, because even if a major country produces gamma rays, its common practice is generally cobalt-60 reactors. The intensity of gamma rays produced under such conditions is far less than that of particle accelerators.

As for how this is related to weather control? It's very simple. High-intensity gamma rays will cause lightning when they enter the atmosphere. Some of the discharge phenomena in the earth's atmosphere today are caused by the influence of gamma rays in the universe. However, most of these gamma rays from the universe are blocked and weakened due to the resonance effect of the atmosphere, especially the ozone layer.

Therefore, the idea of ​​Academy City is to launch three geostationary satellites to cover the entire world, and then use the global accelerator solution to increase the intensity of the gamma-ray laser. In other words, once the global particle accelerator is deployed, Academy City can use the chaos system to locate any location in the world and accurately create lightning storms.

To be honest, this is a more humane solution.

If the intensity continues to increase, Academy City can directly use gamma rays to irradiate targets on the ground. In that case, all signs of life will be wiped out wherever they pass.

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Fuyuki City. Just as the Academy City Luzon branch finished receiving a foreign visitor, the East Union Association welcomed a visit from the Western Association.

Clock Tower's famous lecturer and Minister of Modern Magic Science, Waver Velvet, set foot on Japanese soil for the first time.

Of course, he was not the only one who came. There was also the lively and active Flatt next to him. He was called an attendant but was actually Weber's bodyguard. And Flatt's expression seemed to be extremely excited because he had finally snatched this position from Sven.

In addition, the Clock Tower also sent four people, two from the civilian faction, two from the noble faction, and two from the modern magic department, making a total of six people from different factions.

As for the purpose, of course, it was for the "Angel" phenomenon observed a month ago. Since this is under the management of the association, it is not easy to interfere directly, so a visiting group was sent to seek information from the side.

That's right. Due to the daily political struggles, the decision-making efficiency of the Clock Tower was so low that it took a month to complete the personnel decision of the visiting group. Weber and his apprentice were the pair with the most distant relationship with the other four, because they had no idea what the identities of the other four were, and they did not set out at the same time.

It may be that in order to cover up the real purpose of investigating the "Angel" intelligence, people from different factions were allowed to investigate with different superficial purposes, so as not to arouse the disgust of the East Union Association. It may also be that... the Modern Magic Department has been isolated.

Waver kept frowning. Anyway, there was nothing much to say about the department he ran. It had always been relying on the deterrence of the association in the east to continue to grow. Although he had proven himself with his teaching level, his bloodline disadvantage was always an invisible discrimination, or a threshold. This was still a small matter. The more important thing was that the modern magic department had a huge difference in basic structure and teaching methods from other departments, which almost made the entire department in a state of "obeying orders but not announcements".

And his reasons for coming here were much more legitimate than those of the other two factions. He simply described the difficulties in development and asked for some assistance measures.

But what surprised Weber was that the neutral faction didn't seem to send anyone over. The Curse Department and the Heritage Department were always low-key, which was fine, but the Archaeology Department had grown significantly recently, so why didn't they send anyone over? Or had it already...

Just as he was thinking, he was interrupted by Flatt's loud shouting -

"Wow, that's amazing, Professor!" Flatt's right hand turned and began to flash an ominous light. "This place seems to have a Feng Shui barrier guarded by artificial intelligence. I just hacked into the 53rd layer of encryption program, and it instantly eliminated the Trojan horse, reset the 256th layer, and updated different algorithms at the same time! Let me see--"

“Hiss!” Weber immediately knew what Flatt was doing and slapped him on the head. “Don’t look at it. This is a barrier set up by the East Union Association. Is this how you want to get yourself killed? Stop immediately. If anyone comes later, come and apologize with me!”

Flat immediately obeyed and ended the spell, "Observation completed (Game Over)."

Chapter 386: Earth Vein Route Network, Different Dimensional Space

In the end, no one came to visit him, and Flatt was not punished for his magic hacking.

Perhaps Flatt's magic wasn't advanced enough or maybe the people in this association didn't care. Waver could only comfort himself in his heart.

"Listen carefully, Flatt," Weber had to repeatedly warn Flatt to prevent him from causing trouble again. "We are about to enter the association's headquarters. To prevent misunderstandings, don't take the initiative to show 'curiosity'. Considering the special circumstances, the location of the association's headquarters should be quite safe. Don't take unnecessary precautions, otherwise it will cause the association's displeasure and make things difficult."

"Yes, yes, Professor," Flatt said, with his hands behind his back, looking aimlessly at the streets around him, which were ordinary except for the barrier. "So, how do we enter the association's headquarters? Is there any legitimate entrance?"

"Is there any need to think about that?" Weber took out a green leaf, "Of course it's the certification of the Void Terminal."

The Void System has now become a comprehensive platform facility for associations, integrating a variety of functions. In addition to the ordinary version of the Void for personal use, there is also the Void for teaching purposes issued to the Clock Tower, the Void with higher authority given to monarchs/deans, and the Void as a business platform for chamber of commerce organizations such as the Magic Eye Collection Train.

The green leaf left his palm and floated in the air. It was like a port connecting to an infinite world, exchanging a large amount of data with the surrounding environment, which grabbed Flat's full attention. When he came to his senses, the ordinary streets of Fuyuki City had disappeared.

The dim and dark night scene enveloped them.

Looking into the distance it seemed like a bottomless abyss, but beneath their feet was a hard floor that emitted a gentle white light. There were also translucent walls around them that separated people from the endless night scene outside.

Yes, there were more than just Weber and Flatt, master and disciple. To describe it more precisely, in this corridor marked "Earth Vein Route No. 03", all kinds of people were appearing rapidly, and then quickly disappearing in the corridor.

Some were dressed like them in the Clock Tower - mostly in student uniforms, or clothes changed according to personal preferences. They should be "interns" from the Clock Tower working here. Most of them looked enthusiastic. It's not that they were as enthusiastic as Flatt to the point of being off the mark, but their overall spirit was completely different from the depressing atmosphere of the Clock Tower.

Some of them were dressed suspiciously in black cloaks covering their entire bodies, seemingly guys practicing some unpopular heretical magic, while others were wearing purple robes and had calm expressions, they were alchemists from the Atlas Academy.

"Professor!" Flatt's eyes sparkled as he spoke under Weber's gaze, "Could this be the association's leyline—"

"Ah, that should be right. It is said that there are already many special-purpose waterways in the underground of Fuyuki City." Unlike the hurried crowd around them, Weber and Flatt seemed to be in no hurry at all. "There should be many ports like the one we were allowed to enter through the void terminal just now in Fuyuki City. Moreover, it is said that the association has also developed a vehicle called the Earth Vein Boat, which can travel freely and quickly in the earth veins around the world. The principle should be similar to that of the Mystic Eye Collection Train, which uses the earth veins as tracks..."

Even though what Waver had heard was outdated news and he knew nothing about the association's latest product, the Earth Vein Submarine/Dimensional Boundary Submarine, he still felt indescribably moved by this massive development of "public facilities in the magic world."

Magicians are usually conservatives and selfish rather than altruistic. Because they still follow the ancient Order in the modern environment, they do everything for themselves (the family). Although there is a general saying called pursuing roots, the contemporary monarchs of the Clock Tower have more or less given up this pursuit and instead cultivated family power, and the hope of completing the Order has been entrusted to the next generation.

But no magician has ever made any effort to manage a large group of people for the purpose of business or power conquest. Even the idea of ​​the Law and Politics Department is very simple - just maintain the current situation. The breakthrough of the East Union Association is not that it is stronger than the Clock Tower, but that it truly demonstrates the difference in philosophy.

In addition to laying such public facilities and operating public services, Waver noticed that among the people passing by, there were many with less magical power than him - were they magicians? ...

"So, professor, what should we do next?" Flatt's voice came from the side.

"Ah, wait... Let me check the map in the void. This is Passage 03 in Fuyuki City. Going forward, we will enter the Association's Underground Main Road 01. We will have to pass through a toll gate and a security checkpoint before we reach the Association's main hall on the -9th floor."

Without further ado, the master and disciple left the dim night scene, and soon passed the checkpoint and arrived at a bright silver hall.

"...I know why they didn't respond to your hacking," Weber said to Flatt. He saw the no-smoking signs around and couldn't help but hold back his hand to take out a cigarette. "This so-called association headquarters is completely alien."

That’s right, the association’s headquarters is constantly being “renovated” over time.

After the mirror technology is constantly updated and the replacement technology is added and applied, this place has become a deviated dimensional space in reality, just like the Kunlun Mountain Wonderland and the world outside the sea gate, "no longer in this world". Previously, there were several more passage jumps and checkpoints at the entrance, which actually served to make people ignore the heterogeneity and discomfort of the dimensional deviation.

At this moment, there was a bright stream of light above the hall, and clearly visible crystal lines of light were flowing on the walls and ceiling. There was no need for lights at all, and the surroundings were as bright as day.

In addition to their locations, some entrances and exits are marked with notices and signs that can be read by everyone without the need for translation magic. In addition, there are colorful magic light bands floating in the air that seem to be touchable.

However, if you use magic to sense carefully, you will find that this is a channel signal that is constantly emitting magic fluctuations. Some of them seem to be intentionally designed to be open to the public. Even magician apprentices can easily sense it. After Weber's permission, Flatt said "Intervention begins" and obtained a large amount of channel program information.

"Huh, signals from the outside world can also be transmitted in?" Weber said in surprise when he saw the news displayed on the screen in front of him.

[Today, an emergency meeting is about to be held at the United Nations headquarters in New York. According to the US, this is a matter related to world peace...]

Chapter 387 "Academy City is developing weapons of mass destruction"

The screen showed the scene of the UN headquarters in New York, where the spokespersons of the major secular forces and a large number of journalists from the BBC and the New York Times gathered. These media people and photographers were pressing the shutter from time to time.

Then, the first person to speak was undoubtedly the US spokesperson, a middle-aged man wearing glasses named Powell:

[Everyone, today's emergency meeting mainly involves a matter concerning world peace.]

[In fact, after multiple verifications by our intelligence personnel, according to the existing intelligence, the large-scale corporate consortium called Academy City is illegally occupying the market and plundering resources in many countries in the third world.]

[But more importantly, we have verified that Academy City is attempting to develop weapons of mass destruction. ]

As soon as the words fell, the entire venue was in an uproar. It was October 03. You know, just in the first half of this year, the US held a meeting on "Iraq's development of chemical weapons of mass destruction" and launched a war against Iraq. The so-called evidence was a test tube filled with white powder (actually laundry detergent).

But this time Powell did not produce any test tubes, nor did he need to produce any evidence. First of all, it was obvious that the large companies in Academy City were almost in the same boat. Even if they cooperated, it would not be so bad that the companies were like brothers. The fact that they entered Luzon was known to the international market, but due to the blockade and the closed nature of Luzon's economy, the specific details could not be seen.

In addition, Powell was also behind the scenes of the City on the Hill. Although it was not clear who was responsible for the destruction of the CIA data base and the destruction of the South American drug cartel, America had reason to suspect that it was Academy City's doing, given that no traces of magic could be found and Academy City's technological advancement was known to be.

Oh, it's not suspicion, it's certainty. America never needs to doubt, as long as it is sure there is a threat, it is certain that you are "developing weapons of mass destruction".

[Please ask the spokesperson of Japan to answer whether there is such behavior in the Academy City in your country? 】

However, the Japanese spokesperson gave up the right to speak.

Then, a woman next to him answered:

[Hello everyone, I am Rita Rossweisse, the representative of Academy City. The Japanese government has not been informed in advance of some of Academy City's actions. This is because we and the government are only partners in the "Technology City Construction" part, not partners in the entire industrial chain. Due to commercial confidentiality issues, we have taken necessary confidentiality measures against the outside world.]

Powell stood up and said, "Oh? Academy City's 'necessary confidentiality measures'? Then, in this meeting about world peace, can Ms. Rita explain whether your Academy City has developed weapons of mass destruction? Or does it need to remain secret?"

[Hehe, sir, I'm afraid there's no need to discuss this anymore, right? ]

【What did you say? Watch your words, ma'am.】

「I mean, there is no need to discuss this issue──」

Rita smiled and said, "We do have weapons of mass destruction."