Control of Proxima Centauri
Just as thousands of scions of wealthy families were playing 'survival in the wild' on the Unknown Planet,
on Proxima Z,
some of the earlier arrivals among these scions received messages from Earth and looked at their friends singing and dancing beside them.
Their gazes held a hint of something different.
Clearly,
according to their families' instructions, they had to retaliate. Those who were supposed to arrive but hadn't yet must have been attacked.
How could this be tolerated?
Thus,
Proxima Z suddenly became lively... At the space station,
Liu Peiqiang frowned, looking at the chaos on the ground. In fact, after Chu Xuan left, he also wanted to be transferred back to Earth.
However,
he ultimately chose to stay.
For the greater good of the country and its people,
there was no other way. After the Wormhole closed, someone like him had to shoulder the mission of securing living space for the Great Xia people here.
Reports kept coming in from the ground.
"Station Master, the Deputy Station Master forcibly mobilized a ground-strike weapon from the space station and destroyed a wealthy family's outpost."
"..."
"Station Master, a firefight broke out in District Nineteen."
"..."
"Station Master, a fight has started near the Wormhole."
"..."
From the ground to space, the conflicts among the wealthy families continued to spread. Fortunately, no innocent parties were affected; it was all internal strife.
Liu Peiqiang could only watch... And then, on the fifth day,
May 25th,
"Station Master, the Security Forces' Proxima Centauri military district announced its official intervention and the arrest of all personnel from wealthy family factions involved in the conflict."
"???"
Liu Peiqiang was stunned.
Intervention?
Hadn't they been 'intervening' all along? The wealthy families had infiltrated the Security Forces; many of them were arguably the main instigators of the conflicts.
What were they doing now? What kind of move was this?
"Station Master, I heard that there have been many personnel changes in the middle and high ranks of the Proxima Centauri System military district these past few days, almost a complete reshuffle."
"In short, it's quite strange."
"The personnel composition is complex, with many young faces."
"But their military ranks are surprisingly high."
"..."
Rubbing his head, Liu Peiqiang also had a headache. They called it intervention, but in his opinion, the fighting was already over.
The victorious parties were entering the cleanup phase... On the ground,
at the Proxima Centauri military district headquarters,
"Excellent!"
"Thank you for upholding justice."
"..."
Several representatives of wealthy families were very satisfied. In this conflict, many of the people present had put in great effort and provided significant help.
Now,
wouldn't the entire Proxima Z be theirs to command? Although many staunch supporters had been sacrificed, new staunch supporters had emerged.
For example, the highest-ranking officer here.
"Let's go, we'll drink together next time."
He finished speaking and prepared to leave.
Whoosh!
A line of soldiers stepped forward and blocked his way.
Seeing this, the several wealthy family representatives were immediately stunned, looking at the highest-ranking officer who had been favorable to them.
"This is?"
"The announcement states the arrest of all wealthy family personnel involved, which obviously includes you."
Upon hearing this,
the few people were instantly dumbfounded; the speed at which they turned hostile was too fast.
They hurriedly said, "Aren't we on the same side?"
The other party smiled, "We were before, but not anymore. Congratulations, you have become the cornerstones of humanity's new era."
"???"
Their minds were buzzing. What new era? What cornerstone?
...Over the next two days, Liu Peiqiang watched in bewilderment.
He thought,
weren't they supposed to be cleaning up for the victorious wealthy families? Why were they indiscriminately arresting everyone, even sweeping away the remaining wealthy families?
With lightning speed,
they acted ruthlessly.
It was completely unlike the Security Forces' usual style, with a hint of lawlessness. In just two short days, the operation concluded.
Subsequently,
they also announced a one-year period of military control... At the Other Shore Forward Base,
"What?"
"Dismissal?"
"I've only been in office for a month!"
Fiennes was dumbfounded. After swapping Chu Xuan back for a Deputy Director position, he had eagerly come over.
Who would have thought?
He was dismissed before even settling in. Previously, he had been lucky enough to be on the winning side and expected great developments.
Who knew that after only a few days of happiness, instead of development, he was met with dismissal?
"I refuse to accept this!"
Click!
The handcuffs were put on.
"Isn't it a dismissal? Why are you treating me like this?" Fiennes was furious.
"Dismissal and imprisonment are not mutually exclusive," the other party said indifferently.
"..."
What he said made so much sense that Fiennes was speechless. At this moment, only regret remained. Why did he come here?
He paid such a huge price just to come here and sit in a cell?
He accomplished others' goals.
And disgusted himself.
He heard that Chu Xuan was even acting as the Director of the Development Department, and he had even mocked that it was a sinking ship. Who could have known?
The new ship he boarded had sunk first.
Wuwu!
God!
Why am I so miserable!
...May 28th.
Earth.
At the Planetary Development Administration, Chu Xuan received a report from his subordinate.
"We have fully taken over the defense and administrative systems of the Proxima Centauri System."
"Hmm!"
Compared to Earth, the situation there was the simplest. A large number of appointment documents and personnel had been forged early on.
This was why they could control the situation so quickly.
The wealthy families on Earth had also fought themselves to near exhaustion, and it was time to raise the final butcher's knife.