With a cough, Bell Zhang proceeded to explain the events of recently.
Although most citizens stay ignorant of what the United Federation does, this time it's so big of a move that even they are trying to dig into the matter.
Their actions of refunding and paying extra to many construction companies for them to deconstruct and pull out of the Euthenia Galaxy (Galaxy 3) and the Solymus Galaxy (Galaxy 107), while paying citizens to move back is considered a very suspicious and mysterious move by the government.
Then there's the subsidies bills to a lot of mining industries/companies that have put the mining sectors into overdrive. This has led to a drastic decrease in prices for many products that come from mining. It's like the government is rapidly stockpiling resources for something big.
That's not to mention the rapid pullout of commercial businesses and research facilities across the many galaxies outside Galaxy 2 and Galaxy 108. Even civilians outside these regions are being paid lots of credits to move back to the three galaxies. It looks like a mass evacuation to be honest.
There's been an increase in military presence by ten times as well, causing many concerns to civilians! They've been installing wormholes in civilian areas that instantly put them in the three galaxies while also roaming around the Great Barriers.
In general, these have led to rising tensions, conflicts, and public outrage demanding the United Federation an explanation. But they've stayed silent about this and have been releasing little information.
Then this leads to them canceling the black card event causing great dissatisfaction and confusion among competitive businesses and corporations. The only thing Bell Zhang knows is that the military has already pulled out of the newly opened Galaxy 10 and are even closing the portal.
Hearing all this, both Qin Hong and Shi Yuhan went silent in thought. Even Shi Yuhan was kept silent about the matter as well.
An idiot would be able to detect a correlation between all of these events, which led to the question of what the heck is happening for the United Federation to be evacuating everything outside the three inner galaxies. Both him and Yuhan had these same thoughts in their head.
The United Federation has always had a laissez-faire towards most matters outside politics. They usually let things run their course and don't intervene unless federal laws are being broken.
Even if 50 million stars went supernova by their face they'd stay silent and do nothing.
For them to be making moves this big and even bringing the military in meant that something big was happening that involved government intervention. Events like these were very rare, so most people have even forgotten that there's even a government.
Bell Zhang stared at them, wondering how the heck these two knew each other. He had already done a basic background heck and this Wei Chen person was about as normal as you could get. What's more is that he has a black card!
Suddenly, his console buzzed and he picked up the call.
Gradually, his face turned pale and his fingers began shaking. Shock and fear appeared in his eyes that made him stand up.
Shi Yuhan caught his movements and looked at him with surprise and worry. Her dad was the calmest person she knew and big events wouldn't shake him. It was the first time she had seen a face like that.
"What's the matter?" Seeing Yuhan's "dad" freaking out like that, he sensed the situation wasn't normal.
Yuhan quickly ran over and tried to calm her father down. Only after several minutes did he regain control of his emotions and shakily sit down.
"Did something bad happen to our Bell Clan or business?" She asked.
"N-no, it's nothing about that!" He sounded agitated, "The Great Barrier is gonna collapse!"
""What?!"" Both of them nearly stood up and Yuhan looked agitated.
"A politician suspected of illegal dealings released the news to the public and is currently being arrested by UF agents! The files supposedly contain accurate data graphs of the Great Barrier and that the three inner galaxies were safe from the collapse!"
Both of them knew about the cycles of strong and weak in the Great Barrier, so they understood what he was talking about. But the three inner galaxies were safe?
Quickly accessing their consoles, every news organization out there was broadcasting this news of the Great Barrier being determined to collapse in five months during New Years and that the three inner galaxies were safe according to the classified documents.
After ten minutes of release, many videos across many galaxies showed how severe the situation has become.
Many people were starting to cause chaos on the streets like the world is ending! Even the stable economy was effected by this. However, a lot of people were skeptical and didn't really believe in it despite the person being a politician and the files being classified.
That is until more news came in that the United Federation had unleashed their military might. Videos popped up showed millions of giant black ships with a military symbol on their side flying through portals and appearing through wormholes in many areas!
"Activate the street cameras," said Qin Hong with a grim face.
A hologram of live feed outside the apartment was presented in their face.
There was chaos as security robots and mech officers apprehended people who were causing chaos. The streets were being emptied as civilians flee'd to their homes. Some had already packed up their stuff into their consoles and were taking their vehicles to leave. The traffic had stagnated everywhere.
The skies around the giant pillar were filled with at least twenty military ships the length of many kilometers that had blockaded the area, their size casting big shadows in the ground. The many commercial vehicles coming through the holes in the black pillars had grounded to a halt including the roads in the skies.
Qin Hong wanted to release his divine sense, but his instincts were warning that he'd be spotted in a jiffy.
Those commercial-grade equipment couldn't really detect his, so he was fine. But military-grade equipment is nothing to scoff at, and he doesn't feel like testing them out.
The city including most areas in the GB station was put on lock down.
Thousands of spheres were released from those ships that descended into the city. Compared to the security ones he had saw in the forests, these ones were way smaller, but probably way more advanced.
In an instant, wormholes connected to the ground as hundreds of soldiers began flooding the area. The chaos was quickly dispelled by them.
The soldiers all wore human-sized mech suits while the robot ones were basically a mech. However, their black armor looked menacing including the assault weapons they held in their hands. They were all indifferent towards tazing the people who caused chaos regardless of they were kid, woman, or man.
Many fled and the rest quickly surrendered without much resistance. The normal civilians quickly held their hands up for fear of being tazed.
In just a few minutes, the city returned to silence as a loud voice echoed over the place:
[Attention all civilians! Under the code of XXXX, this area has become jurisdiction of military law. All civilians are to return to their place and await further instructions!]