Chapter 17 Section 7

This is not our catastrophe, but the catastrophe of all mankind. Fourteen hours ago, our "New Species Laboratory" in Death Valley, Utah, was attacked. All the initial experimental data and genetic maps of the third human species were taken away. All were annihilated. The laboratory was then destroyed by explosives, leaving only charred debris all over the floor. What is even more frightening is that nine hours ago, our No. 4 research submarine, located at a depth of 2,000 meters, received a wrong order to go to the Bashi Channel, and was attacked by an unknown torpedo on the way. It has a sophisticated anti-torpedo system, but it was sunk instantly due to a misjudgment of friend and foe.The executive director of our Z organization was also killed in this terrorist attack.

What kind of enemy can use the latest torpedo to destroy a submarine? At the moment when the submarine was attacked, we issued the highest internal alert to prevent the "enemy" from launching an attack on our "third human gene farm" in Arkansas. The enemy attacked from helicopter gunships in the dark, and our self-trained self-defense forces shot down two of them with surface-to-air rockets.Seeing that the assault failed, the remaining enemies turned around and left without any reluctance to fight. Then we found abandoned and empty helicopters in the desert. After investigation, these helicopters were hijacked by the enemy from a military exercise at a nearby national defense base, but the national defense base knew nothing about it.

But our research results on the "third human" have suffered a heavy loss, and the morale of the organization has also been hit. "Wait, your own self-defense force? Army? Even submarines?" Congressman Block was taken aback. "That's right, is it surprising? Our Z organization owns a number of patents for military facilities, holds more than 20% of the shares of Lockheed Arms, and has already trained its own defense force." Keynes said gently Said: "A lot of information about the self-defense army of Organization Z has been shared with your country's Ministry of Defense for a long time, and even participated in some overseas military cooperation and confidential new weapon exercises."

"...Is this legal?" A congressman was also shocked. "Organization Z does not need our consent to build an army, because Organization Z is a transnational organization and does not belong to any country in the world." The Minister of Defense admitted frankly: "It is only because Organization Z has always been friendly with our country, and has been in the long-term activities within our country, that’s why they shared information about their militarization with us.” The expression of the Minister of Defense was a little awkward, because his reason was very far-fetched.

The annual defense budget is limited, and many of the listed items cannot cover all military needs, especially these military needs are not legitimate, so these huge military expenses are absorbed by the Z organization.For a long time, Organization Z has not only filled the defense budget gap of tens of billions of dollars, but has also developed a model of "replacing capital injection with its own military power". At this point, the Ministry of Defense has only one condition: the army built by Organization Z must be loyal to the United States. "That's right. Our country needs to invest in technology and capital from Organization Z. This kind of cooperation is normal, and it has cultivated a tacit understanding of mutual trust and mutual dependence for a long time. Moreover, Organization Z's self-development of defense power will not harm our interests. In fact, , Where our national defense forces are beyond our reach, we often rely on the help of the Z organization." The head of the FBI helped explain.

These are secrets that members of the House of Representatives will not know, and it is a kind of necessity to reveal them at this moment.As for what the FBI is talking about, everyone in the audience knows that it is beyond the reach of the whip, and it refers to the dirty things of cultivating opposition forces to overthrow the enemy's government, instigating a coup, or even launching a false war. But the cooperation between the two parties does depend a lot on the Z organization.Organization Z has participated in most of the research on vampires in the United States. Whether it is providing research talents, funds, or surpassing contemporary technology, the US government has benefited a lot.Sigma Experimental City is the result of mutual funding between Organization Z and the US government.

This is why Organization Z can attend here, and Keynes can freely enter and leave the Sea Soul ship. "Our Z organization has spared no effort in intermediary peace. It has no real power, and intermediary peace is just empty talk." Murdoff solemnly declared: "However, since Congressman McKay was killed three days ago, and then Sigma was attacked, The destruction of the new species laboratory and the sinking of the research submarine by the enemy all show that the enemy's aggressiveness has reached an unbearable level." The president has always maintained a serious face, and at this moment, his brows are so tight that they can pinch a pencil.

"In order to prevent further attacks by the enemy, we have activated the highest alert of Organization Z, so I am sorry, from now on, if we cannot obtain the actual right to participate in decision-making, in the future, not only military force, but all actions of Organization Z will be No separation, independent operation. Even... looking for new partners." Keynes continued the words of his chief Murdoff. What a presumptuous decision! Directly challenge the tolerance limit of the world's most powerful country! But when Keynes said this, the Ministry of Defense, the FBI, the CIA, and the NSA all turned pale and were shocked.

After all, the only transnational organization that can really affect the lifeline of American national security is Organization Z.It was unbearable! "The difficulty now is not whether to fight, but who to declare war on." Admiral Anfenni said through video. "Yes, if the agreement between Organization Z and our country is terminated, it does not mean that we will be able to defend against the enemy's attacks. The key now is to find out who is behind these terrorist attacks and think about contingency strategies together." Doniz also calmed down. , to ease the atmosphere through video.

"The enemy must be a very large organization to launch such a sophisticated and complex attack in an extreme time. Once the organization is large, there is no reason why they cannot find out who it is. It is only a matter of time." The head of the FBI plausibly said: "The enemy has been in the United States To launch a military attack on the Z organization within the territory is to declare war on the United States." Murdoff and Keynes both looked at Jill, the chief data officer of Organization Z. Jill said coldly: "Resources are limited, and we don't want to face unknown enemies, but the experimental results of the third type of human have just been published in 704, and our organization has been attacked. Four has raised reasonable doubts that your country is displeased with our plan to replace 'Troy' with a 'third human'."

The audience was silent, because this is indeed a very reasonable speculation. Silence, but also because no one knows whether the leader of another organization sitting next to him is the boss behind the Z organization that launched the surprise attack.These secret service departments and national defense agencies have a tradition of competing with each other, and the interests of the organizations often conflict. If anyone secretly attacks the Z organization because of their extreme opposition to the "Third Human" plan, It is not impossible.After all, the targets of Organization Z's attacks are extremely confidential. If it is not for a high degree of understanding of Organization Z, it is impossible to carry out a "beheading" type of key strike in such a short period of time. The heavyweights attending the meeting here are really suspicious. "You mean...one of us ordered an attack on Organization Z?" the president asked cautiously. "Before the investigation of the incident is clear, we will not jump to conclusions. But before that, we must take the highest precautions to protect ourselves. After one hour, our Z organization will completely withdraw from cooperation with your country and seek other The support of the country." Keynes sighed: "Our remaining submarines will sail out of US waters peacefully to establish a self-defense network on the international high seas, and researchers on the ground will also leave US soil one after another." The atmosphere dropped to freezing point, and the faces of several heavyweights were covered with a layer of frost. "Could it be that vampires are no longer on our list of suspects? In terms of motivation, vampires have a much stronger reason than any unit between us?" A congressman was puzzled. "Locating a specific enemy at the beginning is harmful to the direction of investigation, and it is easy to produce biased conclusions. If the judgment is wrong, the cost will be very expensive." The director of the CIA of the Central Intelligence Agency said. He had just finished speaking when Jill's satellite phone rang. Seeing the message, Jill's eyes flashed with a great look. "It's teleported." Jill breathed a sigh of relief. Jill turned on the satellite computer on the table, entered the password, and connected to the special network of Organization Z. "In order to prevent a situation similar to today, the monitoring equipment we set up in Sigma Experimental City has the function of timely transmitting images to the data backup warehouse located ten kilometers deep in the desert. But according to reports, the image data that was attacked It is still affected by a large degree of electronic pulse, and the records are not clear." Jill explained, looking at the files transmitted from the Z organization. "Well, please send the file to the generals who were not present." The president said, and the command was activated. In front of the desks where no one was around, computer screens rose up, and they all waited with bated breath for the video files to be accepted. The answer is in the video, but the transmission speed is very slow, and the blank waiting is extremely difficult...