strictlysupreme Chapter 394 Never Surrender
Chapter 394 Never Surrender
"Comrade Zhang Beihai, do you want to rebel?" Bi Yunfeng looked at Zhang Beihai on the other side of the screen with cold eyes, but there was a hint of humor in his words.
Zhang Beihai's gaze swept across the screen, and after confirming that the person on the other end was Bi Yunfeng, his brows furrowed slightly. His tone was calm but carried an undeniable authority: "Bi Yunfeng, let Luo Congmin talk to me. You are not qualified."
Bi Yunfeng's face instantly darkened, and his voice turned cold.
"Luo Congmin has resigned from the presidency. Now, I am the supreme leader of the Earth United Government."
"Provisional President?" Zhang Beihai's tone carried a hint of contempt.
"If I remember correctly, the last person who held this position didn't have a good ending."
“No, it’s official.” Bi Yunfeng’s voice was firm, but he couldn’t hide the turmoil in his heart. Facing Zhang Beihai, he was under considerable pressure.
Both born in the Common Era, Bi Yunfeng was just the designer of the world's largest particle accelerator during the Crisis Era, while Zhang Beihai was already in charge of the Future Reinforcement Project.
Although the two did not have much contact, Bi Yunfeng was very familiar with the name of this senior.
Zhang Beihai remained silent for a moment, then said calmly, "Since that's the case, there's nothing more to discuss between us. My landing force will enter the Ringworld in three minutes. If you want to surrender, you still have a chance."
Bi Yunfeng was surprised by the other party's tough attitude and quickly spoke up.
"Wait a minute, isn't this unnecessary? We're all on the same side, and you were once part of the Earth Alliance too..."
"You said it yourself, it was 'in the past'."
Zhang Beihai sighed deeply, his tone filled with profound helplessness.
Before arriving on Earth, the Human Alliance was deeply divided on how to deal with the Earth Alliance. As one of the earliest members of the Lin Party, Zhang Beihai knew Lin Xuan's style and the way her subordinates operated—they would never allow any potential threat to exist, not even the slightest one.
If the Human Alliance chooses to peacefully integrate into the Earth Alliance, they will most likely face complete annihilation. Zhang Beihai has no doubt about this. The Earth Alliance's system is highly sophisticated, virtually flawless from military to political, economic to cultural perspectives. Meanwhile, the Human Alliance, through centuries of space travel, has developed its own independent civilization. Although they share a common origin, they have long since embarked on drastically different paths.
It's virtually impossible for these two civilizations to reunite. Unless one side makes a complete concession—either the Human Alliance relinquishes control of its entire fleet and merges into the Earth Alliance, or the Earth Alliance is conquered by the Human Alliance—there are almost no other options.
The conflict between the two sides has both universal and particular characteristics.
Even if Lin Xuan personally intervened, he couldn't change this reality. As the leader, he couldn't gamble the lives of millions of people in the Human Alliance on the Earth Alliance's goodwill. Only by completely conquering the other side could he force the Earth Alliance government to provide the resources they wanted.
He once fought for the continuation of human civilization, and now he is still fighting for the continuation of human civilization, but between the two, he is more inclined to preserve his own side.
Looking into the other person's eyes, Bi Yunfeng seemed to have guessed Zhang Beihai's thoughts even through the screen, and he nodded.
"I apologize, but if that is your opinion, then on behalf of the Earth Alliance, I would like to formally reply to you."
"We will never surrender!"
As soon as Bi Yunfeng finished speaking, the engines of countless warships in the ring world were ignited, emitting a deafening roar.
Humans destroyed the starports within the ring world, but Wang Miao had made preparations when he was building the starports. In addition to the starports visible on the surface, he also built many military starports underground for the fleet's use.
Now, Bi Yunfeng naturally put all these things to good use.
RimWorld's defense mechanism was fully activated three minutes ago, with layers of metal plates encasing the entire RimWorld, making it look like a giant wheel from the outside.
"The counter-offensive operation has begun. All fleet firepower units will be deployed under the command of their respective fleet flagships."
"The 6th and 14th Fleets will conduct infiltration operations from the left flank."
"Fleets 4 and 9, provide fire support."
"The rest of the fleet, once the main guns are fully charged, aim them at Zhang Beihai's fortress and fire hard!"
After briefly assigning the combat tasks, Bi Yunfeng handed over command to Cao Bin.
In the entire Earth Federation, apart from Rediaz, Cao Bin is the most capable fighter. If it weren't for Cao Bin's support, he might not have been able to win the presidency.
Cao Bin is a military expert with some research capabilities, while Bi Yunfeng is a research expert with some military capabilities.
Entrusting the troops to Cao Bin is far more useful than keeping them in his own hands.
But now, he has more important things to do.
“Radiaz is extremely obsessed with blowing up the sun. When Luo Congmin was in power, he built an ultimate weapon for the world that used the sun as a medium.”
Bi Yunfeng quickly stepped onto the shuttle, then tossed a coordinate to his secretary, who operated the screen for a moment before the shuttle rapidly ascended with the two of them, leaving the area.
Looking at the fleet clusters rising from the ground all around, the blue smoke from their tail engines scorching and distorting the surrounding air, the accompanying secretary finally had a moment to ask a question.
"What ultimate weapon?"
"He installed about twelve energy oscillators around the sun, designed based on the Chinese zodiac, which circle the sun in one revolution, just like an old-fashioned clock."
The secretary thought for a moment.
“I think I’ve seen that thing before. I took my family there for a trip at the beginning of the year. It’s a huge facility. I thought it was just like a boundary marker.”
“No, that thing was specifically designed by Radiaz to detonate the sun in a directional manner,” Bi Yunfeng explained.
"Once activated, the twelve energy amplifiers will start working simultaneously, triggering an energy reaction inside the sun through synchronized energy amplitude, and then blasting these things out like cannonballs."
"However, the risks are very high. It's a strategy of living as long as heaven and earth, and I won't use it unless absolutely necessary."
"So what are we going to do now?" the secretary asked, puzzled.
"The starter has two poles, yin and yang. I only have half of the starter, which was given to me by Yu Weimin. The other half is on Earth."
"Huh? Put it so far away? Shouldn't something like a nuclear bomb's safe be carried around at all times? What if there's an emergency? Wouldn't it be wiped out by the enemy before it even gets activated?"
Everyone here has experienced the era of deterrence, so we are very clear on how to operate this ultimate weapon, which is similar to the Swordholder. The switch code will definitely not be designed to be that complicated.
But Bi Yunfeng coughed twice, somewhat awkwardly.
"Actually... this thing used to be right next to me, because it was located in the Earth Alliance Building. However, after we moved to the central hub of the Ring World, I forgot about its existence and didn't have anyone move the controller over in time."
secretary:……
This world is truly a giant makeshift operation. Fortunately, because of the existence of the [Key], the Earth Federation had no choice but to bind Earth to the Ring World and take it with them. Otherwise, if they had left Earth behind and then found out that the controller was still on it, that would have been an epic comedy.
The central hub of the ring is not close to Earth, but for ease of access, the Earth-to-Earth Link has built space orbits at some important nodes.
These space orbits are a derivative product developed based on warp drive technology. Although they cannot teleport a fleet from point A to point B like a stargate, they do have the ability to accelerate a fleet along a route.
After waiting for only a short while, the two had already entered Earth's near-Earth orbit.
Looking down from space, Earth had completely transformed into a lifeless giant ice ball.
The seawater was frozen by a thick layer of ice, and the land was covered by a thick layer of snow. Humans froze this planet like they would freeze food, in order to achieve absolute preservation.
"Searching for a landing site..."
"Note: The current ambient temperature of the planet we are landing on is -124°C. Before opening the hatch, all personnel inside the cabin must wear temperature control devices to ensure their safety."
The two listened to the incessant chatter of the synthesized mechanical voice as they put on their equipment.
As the spaceship gates behind them closed, the door on the outside of the isolation chamber slowly opened.
What came into view for the two of them was a world of ice and snow.
Because the sun's original orbit was affected by the ring world, the Earth's temperature had dropped to its lowest level ever. Looking at the houses around him that looked like ice sculptures, Bi Yunfeng couldn't help but feel a sense of感慨 (gǎnkǎi, a feeling of mixed emotions, including sadness and reflection).
Several years ago, he launched a coup here and gained the presidency.
At that time, no one was optimistic about him. After all, he had usurped power. Even though everyone knew that Yu Weimin was no more suitable to be the president of the Earth Alliance than him, he was the successor handpicked by Luo Congmin.
Therefore, even now, many people can't help but sigh after seeing Bi Yunfeng make a fool of himself in some political decisions:
"I told you long ago that he wasn't capable. We should have just followed the steps that Luo Congmin had set up, and there wouldn't have been so much trouble."
But Bi Yunfeng was secretly frustrated. He genuinely hoped Luo Congmin could arrange something, even something as simple as writing a memorial to the emperor before the expedition.
But no, after hastily announcing her successor to the presidency, she simply vanished without a trace.
He had sent people to search for them, but they found nothing. The only clue he had was that Luo Congming and the rest of the Lin Party members were hiding inside a facility on Earth, but the exact location was unknown.
"Squeak, squeak."
Bi Yunfeng and his companion trudged through the thick snow and finally arrived at the Dilian Building. By this time, the building had been completely transformed into an ice sculpture. The murky ice layer allowed them to barely make out the building's outline.
"Tsk tsk, frozen so solid?"
Bi Yunfeng stepped forward, broke off a section of icicle from the window, and then knocked on the main entrance of the building, producing a series of dull echoes.
"No, Mr. President, it's too frozen solid. We'll have to break down the door by force."
The secretary took a pre-prepared bomb from the briefcase, attached it to the ice, and then directly entered the activation command.
"Buzz!"
The bomb began to spin, and then, like fireworks, it began to spew out blinding purple beams of light from its entire body.
Those beams of light acted like cutting machines, rotating as they sliced a large hole through the ice, large enough for a person to pass through.
"It's done."
The secretary clapped her hands, signaling Bi Yunfeng to follow.
The two entered the building, where the cold air was immediately shut out, and they then removed the masks they were wearing.
Although most of humanity has moved away from Earth and arrived in the Ringworld, a portion of the Earth Federation's military personnel remain stationed on Earth.
Therefore, many of the Earth Alliance's power supply equipment on Earth are still operating normally, and the constant temperature system in the Earth Alliance Building is no exception.
Even though the weather outside had deteriorated to this extent, the interior of the Dilian Building remained quite hot due to the heating system.
"Alright, Mr. President, where is that starter you mentioned?"
Bi Yunfeng pointed to the elevator, signaling the two to go downstairs. After they entered the elevator, Bi Yunfeng took out an ID card from his chest and then pressed a few numbers on the floor buttons as if entering a password.
The elevator slowly descended, and when the doors opened again, the sight before the secretary surprised her.
"This starter is actually this big?"
In the secretary's mind, since the starter was divided into two parts, they must be two identical things.
Bi Yunfeng had half of the starter in his hand, which was not much bigger than an air conditioner remote control. He carried it with him at all times, but when he saw the other half of the starter, he was dumbfounded.
It was a pillar that was over three meters tall. No wonder Bi Yunfeng didn't take it with him. It would be really difficult for an ordinary person to move such a thing.
In the middle of the pillar was a screen identical to the one in Bi Yunfeng's hand. Bi Yunfeng stepped forward, entered the key, and then an opening popped up next to the pillar screen, just like an ATM.
He then inserted the starter into the device.
"It's done."
As Bi Yunfeng finished speaking, the two of them felt the ground shake violently.
But the tremor only lasted for a few seconds before it ended.
At the same time, a piercing alarm sounded simultaneously throughout the entire world.
"Warning: Apocalypse weapon is being activated. Solar pulse is charging. Estimated time: 30 minutes."
In an instant, all twelve energy amplifiers in the ring world began to operate simultaneously, and a great terror was brewing in the center of the ring world.
Seeing that the equipment was starting up and running normally, Bi Yunfeng couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
If the fleet can hold them off until the solar pulse is fully charged, then the Human Alliance will probably be unable to withstand this stellar-level natural disaster!
"Let's go back too."
Just when Bi Yunfeng thought the matter was over.
"boom!"
A bullet pierced his chest.