Necromancer, summoning 055? What the heck?

Chapter 244 Cynthia Redeems and Rebuilds Landis
Under normal circumstances, even if Walker had ten times the courage, he wouldn't dare sign his name on that so-called "problem report," let alone lead the drafting of a bill that could offend countless people.

Because Walker himself is a member of the revolving door family.

You don't even need to scroll too far back; just look at his family tree: his grandfather, who immediately took a position on the board of a major arms manufacturer after retiring from the Department of War; his father, who constantly switched between intelligence agencies and private security giants; his uncle, who went to work as a consultant for a shale oil development company right after leaving the Department of Energy; and his brother and sister-in-law, a perfect couple—the elder brother is in charge of approving the space budget on Capitol Hill, and the sister-in-law is a "special advisor on government relations" for the space company that won the contract.

And then there's Walker, the NASA administrator—a perfect closed loop!

This isn't a revolving door, but a large family happily riding the Empire's giant carousel!

Now, everything is different.

The Grand Master was furious, and the loyal, or at least outwardly loyal, imperial machinery was forced to operate at high speed to find the "culprit who seriously hindered the Grand Master's progress toward greatness."

Most people know which to choose between sacrificing a friend or sacrificing themselves, let alone a high-level player like Walker who is used to taking the blame for his teammates.

Just half a day later, a fresh proposal was released, officially titled the "Cynthia Restoration Act." After being reviewed by the White Eagle President, it was signed and issued as an executive order, imposing the strictest accountability mechanism on the entire lunar landing program.

If the person in charge at any stage fails to fulfill the commitments made during the bidding process, they will be imprisoned for "endangering national security," and in a private prison under a well-known correctional company.

Those places, apart from lacking incinerators, are no better than concentration camps.

At the same time, the Grand President also spread the word through private channels that if such a top priority as the Cynthia Plan was delayed, and someone wanted to ask for a pardon from the Grand President, they would have to pay at least five million coins, and in serious cases, the amount would be doubled.

This is a critical issue. When the punishment for making a mistake far outweighs the benefits, and the profits from manipulation cannot cover the costs, it is an unacceptable situation for either the institutions or companies within the Bald Eagle Empire.

In particular, the Cynthia Revival Act was drafted by several full-time anonymous lawyers, directly targeting the actual implementers of the project and plugging the loophole of arbitrarily finding scapegoats to take the blame.

Thus, the entire Cynthia Project was finally on track.

By the way, Cynthia is one of the twelve Olympian gods, the goddess of the hunt in the Aegean Sea, and the sister of Apollo, the sun god. She is also called Artemis.

The entire Cynthia Project is divided into two phases, and it is currently stuck in the second step of the first phase. However, thanks to the bald eagle's strong reputation, glorious history, and well-made PowerPoint presentation, it has already attracted investment from more than forty countries.

In the past, while this money couldn't be said to have been wasted, it had certainly sunk to the bottom of the water. Now, the White Eagle has finally realized the truth. After another round of frantically squeezing the budget internally and forcibly imposing "friendship fees" externally, the huge sum of money has finally been used to ignite the deep-space rocket heading to the moon, thanks to the deterrent effect of the "Synthia Revival Act".

At the management level, Alvis Dyson, who had been appointed as the executive officer of Project Cynthia in a time of crisis, personally deployed the implementation plan. Of course, it seems that no one else dared to take on this position, which was now like sitting on a volcano.

After carefully comparing the locations and trajectories of Dongxia's previous lunar landings, Yarvis stated bluntly that the White Eagle currently only has about six months left in its mission window.

With this unmanned lunar landing as a starting point, subsequent plans must be carried out intensively and without any delays in order to keep up with the pace of Dongxia and establish a bald eagle base in an area on the lunar surface where there are suspected signs of life.

"If the Dongxia people place markers on the moon, it will be very difficult for us to break through their blockade."

"Therefore, we must make up for lost time. At the very least, we must have the right to freely explore the area at the lunar poles where our lunar rover was towed last time."

The president nodded in approval.

Unlike technocrats like Alvis who focused on the technical aspects, officials in various departments of the Empire placed more emphasis on emotional communication with the Grand Master.

For example, Director Walker, who was accompanying the president, struggled to suppress his belly, bent over with difficulty, and forced a thick smile at the president.

"Your esteemed and great leader, under your wise, decisive, and unparalleled leadership, we have accomplished what the weak and incompetent governments of the past few decades could not do! We have reignited the rockets to conquer the moon and embarked once again on the journey to the stars! This is truly... a remarkable achievement worthy of being recorded in history!"

"Next, under your glorious guidance, we will surely press on and leave those...those Dongxia people far behind! Let them only be able to look up at our backs from the dust of the moon!"

For example, there's Kelder Nick, the Director of the Imperial Investigation Bureau.

"Great Commander, this is simply unbelievable! A miracle, this is a miracle! With your visionary leadership, we are moving steadily from one victory to the next!"

"On the other hand, our opponents, those guys from Dongxia, are trying to become leaders of the new era by stealing, imitating, and ruthlessly concentrating resources. This is the most thorough and shameless trampling on the democratic values ​​and spirit of freedom that we, the Bald Eagles, believe in! We must, and inevitably will, stop them!"

"With you here, we will definitely be able to stop them!"

"Well said, Director Nick!" The president finally showed his first relatively satisfied smile of the day.

In any case, compared to the past when a group of people were paid but no one was doing the work, the situation has fundamentally improved now, at least there is someone doing the work.

As it turns out, the problems of the empire are problems of people, or rather, problems of people caused by a corrupt system. As long as this point can be resolved, even if the empire stumbles and falters in certain individual projects, it can still regain some of its former glory.

If you really can't make a part yourself, just find a white glove and order it from the Dongxia factory.

Two months later, at the Bald Eagle's "Mind-Blowing Space Launch Center," the massive "Airborne" heavy-lift launch vehicle ignited and launched, carrying the "Viper-1" unmanned probe into space to carry out the crucial mission of landing on the moon, exploration, sampling, and return.

Its core objective is a lunar cavern suspected of harboring mysterious creatures.

In this unprecedentedly grand process of the Empire's re-entry into the moon, although the alien creature with many arthropods was not found, the traces left by a series of ground activities that were discovered still made the bald eagles jubilant.

Of course, while the Empire was vying for space with the Eastern Xia people, the bald eagles were also busy on Earth.

If developing technology has become the Empire's weakness, then creating regional tensions is its forte, a field that stretches as far as the eye can see.

The area surrounding Dongxia has always been a key region for the empire to cultivate for a long time. Of the more than 700 military bases that the Bald Eagle has established across the entire planet, nearly half are located in Dongxia's neighboring countries, especially its maritime neighbors.

After so many years of "painstaking efforts" and "sowing the seeds of democracy," an exceptionally strong anti-Xia and anti-Xia political atmosphere has been cultivated in the countries surrounding Dongxia.

Whether it's to obtain tangible economic and military aid from the White Eagle, to suppress dissidents and consolidate power domestically, or simply to save their lives, anti-Xia Capital has become a "politically correct" trend in these countries.

With a flick of its invisible hand, the bald eagle stirred up the seawater around Dongxia, causing it to boil as if it were about to be cooked.

Faced with this situation, what can Dongxia do?

It's a bit of a headache! Dongxia's current strength is enough to easily penetrate the so-called land blockade and sea blockade, but it cannot penetrate the barrier formed by human nature.

There are both historical and contemporary reasons for this.

From a historical perspective, the neighboring countries surrounding Dongxia can basically be considered as survivors.

Indeed, all the large and small states and regimes that once existed around Dongxia in history, those that lacked resilience, strength, or good fortune, have now quietly moved away, and no one knows where they went.

Anyway, the land was left to Dongxia.

Those who ultimately persevere are the survivors protected by multiple favorable circumstances, including timing, location, human factors, and luck.

Why does the southern Latinica, the backyard of the bald eagle, always produce left-wing leaders? It's because the bald eagle has been dominating the region for centuries. Similarly, why does the southeastern region of Aisha always produce right-wing politicians? It's because the Eastern Xia Empire, which once dominated the region for a thousand years, once stood nearby.

As a peace-loving major power, Dongxia has only been at peace for a little over thirty years.

From a practical standpoint, the reasons are that in recent years, as industrial development has reached a bottleneck, the period of growth brought about by technological dividends has basically ended, new concepts cannot support the continued growth of the global economy, and trade wars have broken out between major powers, making life difficult for everyone.

very bad!
At this point, everyone needs to shift their focus away from external conflicts.

That great power that once fought against our ancestors from the previous generation to the 80th generation is a very suitable target as a hypothetical enemy.

In this situation, bald eagles were responsible for guiding, unscrupulous politicians for instigating, and ignorant masses for shouting. A series of minor frictions, like flies crawling on one's body or mosquitoes buzzing around one's ears, annoyed Dongxia to no end.

In particular, this thing is especially good at stirring up public opinion in Dongxia itself.

Faced with this chaotic scene of "maggots dancing wildly," a fierce debate erupted within Dongxia regarding how to respond.

The radicals believe that with our military strength and resources now in full force, we cannot sit idly by. Any provocation should be met with a resolute response, and we should resort to force if necessary.

The neutral faction believes that it is necessary to take a clear stance, combining firmness and flexibility, to curb the anti-Xia wave in the surrounding areas and avoid a new round of vicious anti-Xia incidents.

The conservatives believe that any action should be swift and decisive, targeting the biggest mastermind behind it all. They argue that once the White Eagle is subdued, the surrounding problems will cease to be issues, and even if the White Eagle is dissatisfied, it will have no choice but to lie there and expose its belly.

"You guys are just too impatient!"

To express his high regard for the starry world, Dong Tianxia Shu, who is currently personally in charge of the [Compassionate Voyage] project, is gratified but also somewhat helpless.

During his tenure, he made contact with the Starry World. His prestige is now unmatched, but he still usually wears a gray summer suit and looks like an old man returning from a stroll in the park after playing chess.

“In our Eastern Xia country, there are left, center and right wings, but sometimes when I look closely, I see that it is clearly left, very left, extreme left!”

"The comments made by some comrades recently almost made me think I was seeing Bobo again!"

"What, now that your family is doing better and has some power, you're thinking of going out and challenging people to a life-or-death struggle?"

The old man taking a stroll looked up at the dense white eagle flags surrounding Dongxia on the big screen, his expression slightly solemn.

“You can say that the upper echelons of the White Eagle regime disregard the people’s livelihood and are insatiably greedy; you can say that they are inhuman and utterly wicked; you can say that they are hypocritical and extravagant; but you cannot say that they are utterly foolish!”

"Their strategic resolve is in no way inferior to ours."

"In both of the Blue Star Wars, they sucked blood from the warring parties in the early stages, and by the time they left the battlefield, they had an overwhelming advantage."

"During the Cold War, they used all sorts of tricks and deceptions, but they were able to refrain from taking action."

"Looking at the entire history of the bald eagle, it can be said that they won 95% of the wars. The few they didn't win were simply because they misjudged our ancestors."

"We have successfully dragged our opponent into space. Now is the perfect time for the balance of power to shift. If we just keep at it, he will break down before we even have to lift a finger!"

"After all, we know in our hearts that even if they go to the moon, they won't find the elixir of life!"

"Of course, we're not doing nothing either."

With a smile, the old man gestured to his entourage to display several still images.

"The bald eagles want to drag us into the quagmire of surrounding disputes, so let's just turn this place into a new point of competition and trap them in it, making it impossible for them to extricate themselves!"

"Some time ago, our 'Wandering Sons' sent some new recruits to receive training under Commander Xia Hong."

"Just as this incident happened, General Xia suggested to me that his soldiers go out and stir up the surrounding waters."

"A few of us old buddies chatted about it and found it quite interesting."

"Come on, Commander Xia, tell everyone your thoughts!"

Xia Hong stood up with a radiant face, first nodding to everyone present, and then accepting a laser pointer.

"Dear leaders and colleagues!"

"Over the past period of time, Comrade [Wanderer] has completed the resettlement of the undead creatures in the first and second phases of the former Exile in the Starry World, and also delivered a set of crucial magic arrays, namely the dark energy gathering array specifically used to replenish the energy of undead creatures."

"Based on this, we can finally conduct large-scale undead creature operational experiments on Earth. The first phase of the experiment has been a complete success!"

"Based on this, we have proposed a new concept, which we have named 'Recreating Landis'!"

(End of this chapter)