Chapter 1645 Everything Is Due to Misunderstanding

It never occurred to Lu Zhou that so many things happened when he came back from a long trip.

In the room of the Starry Sky Hotel, seeing that clothes and belongings were found everywhere, Lu Zhou, who was sitting by the bed, pinched his brows with some headaches and said.

"That is to say... you think I was taken away by people from the city hall?"

Wang Peng nodded in embarrassment.

"……Is such that."

Lu Zhou stroked the whole matter in his mind, trying to restore the whole thing, and continued.

"...Then, you didn't find me in the city hall, so you found the South Gate Second Colonial Exploration Fund? But what does this have to do with the South Gate Second Colonial Exploration Fund? Aren't they just a company?"

"We thought so at first, but later found out that their background is not that simple," Wang Peng sighed, and continued, "Do you still remember the Arctic Light cruise ship?"

"Remember, but that was all a hundred years ago."

"Yes, it's been nearly a hundred years," Wang Peng continued with some emotion, "The mastermind of that incident was a man named Gray Mantle, and Gladstone is Gray Mantle."

This sentence sounds a bit awkward, but with Lu Zhou's logical ability, it is not difficult to understand. What he didn't understand was that, if he remembered correctly, the man named Gladstone should only be in his thirties, and he didn't look like he had lived for more than a hundred years.

"I know what you're thinking. In fact, I've also had such confusion," Wang Peng sighed as if seeing through what Lu Zhou was thinking, and continued, "The gray cloak doesn't refer to a specific person, it's just an identity , or the title. The previous owner of this title passed it along with the account number to Gladstone before the lifespan came to an end. Now, we have grasped the movement of the entire foundation, and they still have no doubts about it. I don't know."

On the surface, the South Gate Second Colonial Exploration Group and the boss of the group are just a pawn of the Foundation. In the eyes of most of the foundation's top executives, Gladstone's identity is no different from that of Song Yangwei and Morinaga Yuan who have been arrested, and he will not be associated with Gray Cloak, the foundation's BOSS. .

As the saying goes, the most dangerous place is the safest place, the more you show your face, the less likely you will be suspected of being involved. This is the safest approach, especially when you are not sure whether other foundation executives are absolutely loyal...

At least that's what Gladstone thought before his arrest.

"But why... this farce will turn into a civil war in the end?"

Glancing out of the window, Lu Zhou couldn't help but continued, "You know what? When I just came back, I was taken aback by the big crater in the street. I thought it was a meteorite or something that landed in the city center , I didn’t expect to find out after asking about it that the 3rd Orbital Airborne Brigade had a fight with the Martian militia.”

"This is a long story. To be honest, we were actually quite surprised..."

Wang Peng smiled wryly, and after a short pause, he continued, "Actually, the signs of separatism have appeared in Tiangong City, and we have noticed it before, but we did not expect that this kind of thinking has penetrated into the top management of Tiangong City, let alone Thinking that what Xiao Hong is planning is not only the independence of Tiangong City, but also intends to pull other colonial cities on Mars together to establish a 'regional alliance belonging to the Martians'."

"By letting the air pirates go, they develop their own armed forces in the asteroid belt, and use this to contain the military forces of regional alliances such as Pan-Asian Cooperation. At the same time, they use this as a bargaining chip to threaten Pan-Asian Cooperation. On the basis of autonomy, allow They keep a certain number of starships. It can be said that they have planned to rebel a long time ago."

Lu Zhou: "But why is this time—"

"Because of you." Wang Peng looked at Lu Zhou with a helpless expression on his face, "The time limit for the military exercise is getting closer and closer, and the Qinling ship has achieved super-light cruise in an epoch-making way. Considering that the autonomy granted to Tiangong City was mainly Because of the distance, once the problem of FTL communication is resolved, it will be a matter of time before Tiangong City regains its autonomy. Under such circumstances, launching a civil war is his only choice, and as one of the chips for victory in the war, Being the first to deploy the warp drive is their only chance of defeating the First Fleet."

Lu Zhou: "So the invitation to the academic conference..."

"It seems that you have guessed it, that's right, Europa is just a cover, their real intention is to build a permanent and secret space base on the asteroid belt. The reason why the entire academic conference dragged on for so many days There is no progress yet..." Wang Peng shrugged his shoulders, "I speculate that it may be intentional, and the purpose is to hold you back, buy time for the Martian industry to master warp speed technology, and may be able to directly coerce you if necessary. You hand over the technology."

"As for the Universal Spirit Foundation..." Wang Peng hesitated, and continued, "Although I don't know what they want to do, they seem to be eager to obtain warp speed technology."

Under the entanglement of the interests of all parties, the civil war that broke out in advance has thus evolved into a melee among the three forces.

However, no one expected that Academician Lu's disappearance was a misunderstanding from the very beginning. He was not in the hands of the City Hall or the Universal Spirit Foundation at all, and he was not protected by the Security Bureau as Mayor Xiao guessed. He just left Tiangong City temporarily because of something.

Until now, Wang Peng is very confused, what exactly did Lu Zhou do when he left Tiangong City during this period of time. However, Lu Zhou didn't seem to want to answer this question. He dropped the sentence "I went to see an old friend" and didn't give any explanation. It was also inconvenient for him to continue asking, so he had to let it go.

Looking at Wang Peng with a helpless expression on his face, Lu Zhou, who finally figured out the cause and effect of the matter, had no more thoughts besides whether to laugh or cry.

I just went out for a trip, how did it become the fuse of the civil war?

"It seems... I'm afraid I've tricked a lot of people this time."

"It's not a pitfall, it's just that the things that should come ahead of time," Wang Peng scratched his head and explained, looking at Lu Zhou with a somewhat ashamed expression, "If it wasn't for your sudden disappearance, Xiao Hong mistakenly thought that we had already noticed When it came to his plan, he decided to strike first, and this time bomb may be buried for a while. It is hard to say whether the problem broke out in advance, whether it is a good thing or a bad thing."

Lu Zhou: "It would be great if other people could think the same way."

"Don't worry about this. I believe no one will embarrass you because of this matter." After hesitating for a while, Wang Peng continued, "I still don't understand something. Can I ask you for advice?"

Lu Zhou: "We are all friends, don't be so polite, just ask if you have anything."

Wang Peng: "You said that after you left the hotel, you went directly to the exit gate of Tiangong City by car, but why didn't we find you after searching all over the city's surveillance cameras?"

Wang Peng still can't figure out this matter.

Not only Wang Peng, but Mayor Xiao and Gladstone, who have already been punished, can't figure out how Lu Zhou managed to slip away from everyone's noses without anyone noticing.

Logically speaking, with his popularity, it is impossible that no one has met him along the way. Not to mention that there are cameras everywhere in Tiangong City. Under the coordination of the central processing unit, it only takes five minutes to lock on the footage where the target has appeared. The activity paths and destinations of the city are all marked.

However, it was only during the investigation that Wang Peng discovered that Lu Zhou had not left even a single frame of footage on Tiangong City's camera during the days before his disappearance, not to mention the days before his disappearance.

just like……

It was deleted by something.

Lu Zhou: "You mean, no camera caught me?"

Wang Peng nodded and continued.

"It's so weird."

"It's not surprising at all," Lu Zhou smiled and continued, "From my point of view, some little guy is probably worried about my safety, so he did some unnecessary things without telling me."

Wang Peng: "...?"

"Let's not talk about this," Lu Zhou changed the topic with a dry cough. After thinking for a while, Lu Zhou continued, "Speaking of it... Actually, I have some curious things here."

Wang Peng immediately said: "Please tell me!"

Lu Zhou smiled and said: "Don't be so serious... According to you, Gladstone is a high-level executive of the Universal Spirit Foundation, so what will happen to his South Gate Second Colonial Exploration Group?"

Nanmen Second Colonial Exploration Group is the company that issued the Nanmen Second Colonial Exploration Fund some time ago.

If Lu Zhou remembers correctly, this guy issued a corporate bond of 10 billion credits before, and made a huge sum of money in the entire Pan-Asian cooperation and even the world.

Can't do it...

The bankruptcy of this company may even develop into a new fuse, causing a financial tsunami worse than the impact of the civil war in Tiangong City.

"It will probably go bankrupt... My colleagues are already cooperating with the staff of the AIIB to liquidate its assets." Wang Peng thought for a while and replied, "After all, even if Gladstone's identity is not considered, as long as they ask It is impossible for us to simply let go of the funds sent by the city hall."

What's more, they are also related to a certain cult organization, so it is even more impossible to allow them to continue to live.

"That's it..." Lu Zhou nodded thoughtfully, and after thinking for a moment, he suddenly said, "Can you introduce me?"

Wang Peng froze for a moment, looked at Lu Zhou in a daze and asked.

"Introduce who?"

"The person in charge of the asset liquidation of the South Gate Second Colonial Exploration Group," Lu Zhou continued after a pause, "I want to talk to him about some things."