Chen Yansheng immediately said, "The 'retreat' signal our warplanes emit when withdrawing is a combination of electromagnetic and light signals."
"The optical signal is a default setting. Visible light can be transmitted in the Asteroid Belt. As long as there's suitable receiving equipment, it can be received quickly."
"The electromagnetic signal is a backup. What if it can be received by other airships or warplanes? It's a contingency measure."
"So I suspect that when our warplanes sent out the retreat signal, they were located by an inside agent, who then shared the information with the Bodhi Leaf Star Pirates."
"At the same time, our base's airships patrolling the edge of the Asteroid Belt can also receive these retreating optical signals."
"So they arrived almost at the same time as the Star Pirates. It looked like the Star Pirates' starships were following them!"
Xia Chujian clapped her hands and said happily, "Chen Yansheng's reasoning is brilliant! I think it's very reasonable! Instructor Yu, what do you think?"
Yu Fei said with a wry smile, "What I saw was similar to what Chen Yansheng said, but at the beginning, I didn't notice that we were being followed by the Star Pirates."
"What were you paying attention to at the beginning?" Xia Chujian asked mercilessly.
Because she knew that Pei Zijing and Yu Fei were the two instructors mainly responsible for this flight mission.
As one of the people in charge, not even knowing that they were being followed by Star Pirates during a flight mission was no ordinary dereliction of duty.
Yu Fei awkwardly touched his nose and said, "Not long after we entered the edge of the Asteroid Belt, Chief Instructor Pei's airship sent a message saying that Chief Instructor Pei had fainted..."
"I was anxious to check on Chief Instructor Pei's condition, and didn't pay attention to the flight direction of the entire team..."
"Later, when Chief Instructor Pei's condition stabilized, I found that we had been driven by the Star Pirates' large ships into the depths of the Asteroid Belt, a place that even comets rarely visit."
Xia Chujian was silent.
After a while, she said, "Now we can draw two conclusions."
"First, Chief Instructor Pei's coma was part of the inside agent's plan. Vice Instructor Yu's distraction was also part of their plan."
"Second, this plan must have been formulated before we even started this flight mission."
"If we can find out when the airship that went to Shaofu Star for the mission received the mission, we can roughly estimate when the other party formulated the plan."
"But I still have a few things I don't understand."
"The first point, and also the biggest doubt, is why did they formulate this plan? What is the purpose?"
"The second point, why are those Star Pirates just surrounding us without attacking?"
"According to the strength of these Star Pirates, even with only two Space Ion Beam Cannons, they can wipe out all the warplanes and airships at our base, there's no need to wait for Seven Days..."
In fact, Xia Chujian knew the Star Pirates' plan, but she still didn't know the deeper reason for doing so.
Who could make these Star Pirates surround them without attacking, and insist on withdrawing after Seven Days?
Is the energy of the person behind them really that great? The Bodhi Leaf Star Pirates are notorious, with blood debts all over the Beichen Galaxy. The key is that there are so many of them, can this mastermind really whitewash them?
If this person is just fooling the Star Pirates, but these Star Pirates have been rampaging through the Beichen Galaxy for thirty years without being wiped out, can they be so stupid? Would they be easily fooled? So this second point is actually the same question as the first point.
But because Xia Chujian couldn't reveal more information about herself, she had to arrange them into two different questions.
She took a breath and continued, "There's also a third point, why is this inside agent cooperating with the Star Pirates?"
"When the Bodhi Leaf Star Pirates are all wiped out by us, and all the ships and personnel are reduced to ashes, the other party is still continuing to commit crimes."
"This shows that this person's previous plan was not perfect, but revealed many flaws and left many clues."
"So he has to cut them off one by one, to prevent others from finding him..."
"Even more, this person may not be an inside agent of the Star Pirates, this person is simply the mastermind of this matter, or one of the masterminds, is the behind-the-scenes black hand!"
"This can also explain why the other party is committing crimes against the wind, because the consequences of being found out are too serious, and only dead people can keep secrets..."
As Xia Chujian spoke, she glanced at Yu Fei, and then at Chen Yansheng: "So what is it among you students and instructors that the Star Pirates, or this behind-the-scenes black hand, is determined to get?"
Xia Chujian's words inspired Yu Fei and Chen Yansheng.
The two looked at each other and said in unison, "Brain-Computer Interface!"
Xia Chujian was thoughtful: "So you mean, the other party doesn't hesitate to use the notorious Bodhi Leaf Star Pirates, the ultimate goal is to take this opportunity to install Brain-Computer Interfaces on all the students?"
Yu Fei said, "The purpose of installing Brain-Computer Interfaces is to install chips. With chips installed, the effect is great..."
Chen Yansheng said indignantly, "When we were in the Starship Fleet, elite pilots didn't install Brain-Computer Interfaces!"
"Because if we do that, the consequences of a mishap would be disastrous!"
"That's why the Military doesn't tend to install Brain-Computer Interfaces for elite Sergeants and officers!"
Xia Chujian said, "Let's think about it this way. If this isn't the Military's goal, who else would particularly want to do this?"
Yu Fei mused, "Are you saying, who would particularly want to equip the elite soldiers in the Military with Brain-Computer Interfaces?"
He shook his head again, "Unfortunately, no one has publicly expressed this need yet."
"But whether anyone has these ideas in private, I don't know."
Xia Chujian said, "We can't investigate whether anyone thinks this way in private. But we can know that their target is this group of pilots."
Yu Fei suddenly looked up, excitedly saying, "Yes! I should have thought of it sooner! The people who come to our Flying Base for special training every time are the youngest group of elite Warplane pilots in the Interstellar Fleet."
"They are the future elite of the Military in the entire Beichen Empire!"
"The mastermind behind this is targeting the future of our Military!"
Chen Yansheng said in surprise, "If we think about it from this perspective, then the scope expands..."
"It's not even limited to within our Beichen Empire. Those countries outside the Beichen Empire also have the motivation!"
Xia Chujian had a broader perspective, continuing, "Such a Grand Scheme requires mobilizing extraordinary manpower, material resources, and resources."
"Within our country, which people or organizations can mobilize so many resources?"
"Of course, if it's related to foreign countries, it does make sense."
She paused, saying, "But this also shows that the traitor within us is either a spy colluding with foreign countries, or was originally a foreign agent."
"This requires the Special Security Bureau to identify them even more."
"They are professional in this regard."
Xia Chujian asked again, "Wasn't the Airship that was finally sent in going to Shaofu Star to carry out the task of installing Brain-Computer Interfaces? Who were the people who had Brain-Computer Interfaces installed?"
Yu Fei said, "It was the Shaofu Star Governor's Office Guard."
"In recent years, the Governor's Offices of the other four major planets besides Beichen Star in the Beichen Empire have tended to install Brain-Computer Interfaces for their guards."
Xia Chujian vaguely felt that something was about to connect, but she hadn't been exposed to real interstellar affairs, and couldn't draw a final conclusion based on this little information.
She thought for a while, and finally said, "In any case, we can at least know that this person is definitely still in the hall of this Warplane warehouse."
"I just need to control everyone now, and wait for the people from the Special Security Bureau to take over."
She listened to everything and felt a headache, but the truth was still looming.
She thought quickly, and suddenly thought of the Starry Sky Cruiser driving outline that Kang Shanxing had sent her! There was something in it that she could use.
Xia Chujian had a flash of inspiration and said, "Both of you, please return to your Warplanes. I will turn on the hibernation system, putting all of you into slumber, so you won't cause me any more trouble."
Yu Fei and Chen Yansheng never expected Xia Chujian to Draw out the firewood from under the pot! She didn't try to find out who the murderer was, but directly put everyone into hibernation.
Although she couldn't find the murderer this way, the murderer couldn't continue to do evil! As long as she persisted for twenty minutes, everything would be fine when the Special Security Bureau arrived.
Yu Fei nodded without objection, and he and Chen Yansheng left the Airship separately.
Xia Chujian also quickly left and came to the protruding platform in the middle of the hall.
After adjusting the helmet to a fully enclosed type, she heard Seven Lù say in a low voice, "Master, currently the pilots of the Warplanes and Airships have not made any changes."
"That murderer is hiding very well."
"But Seven Lù knows that the underlying logic of the monitoring of those Airships and Warplanes is controlled by the Special Security Bureau."
"Even if it's turned off on the surface, it's actually recording secretly."
"Does Master want Seven Lù to restore the monitoring screen in this Airship?"
Xia Chujian said calmly, "That's not necessary. It was fine when you controlled it before. Now, if you want to restore the monitoring screen, it will definitely conflict with the Special Security Bureau's program, so let's not do it for now."
Anyway, the Special Security Bureau will be here soon.
Besides, she wasn't trying to solve the case, so why bother so much? Managing the current situation was the most important thing.
Since these people liked to hide so much, then let them hide completely.
She had a flash of inspiration and remembered the Starry Sky Cruiser driving outline that Kang Shanxing had sent her, which was actually an introduction to the various functions of the Starry Sky Cruiser.
One of them was a hibernation function, which Warplanes did not have.
Only Starry Sky Cruisers and Starships of higher levels had this unique "hibernation" function.
She had only glanced at it at the time, but she remembered it.
Then that's it…
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