Global Game: Ten Billion Spirit Energy Coins From The Start - Chapter 981

Chapter 981: 1007, Public Opinion Storm on Skru Star_2 Chapter 981: 1007, Public Opinion Storm on Skru Star_2 “Hmm? Even I can’t speak of it?”

“Don’t worry, by this time tomorrow you’ll naturally know. Our task today is to suppress the heat of the incident, delete posts that need deleting, and silence those who need silencing. Tomorrow, once that matter is released, it will be our moment to turn defeat into victory!”

“Alright then, I’ll be watching with interest,” Kusman said helplessly.

…

The incident continued to ferment on the network of Skru Star. The situation escalated, spreading across the globe.

Initially, upon seeing such explosive news, major media outlets reported it without a second thought, no one willing to reject such a huge “traffic cake.”

Thus, within just one day, almost every Skrull person who regularly surfed the internet knew about the news that two Seventh Order strongmen had died in battle.

However, after Manina and Kusman’s conversation ended, a major shift occurred.

The United Government officially remained silent, pretending the event never happened.

But in private, the two used all the resources at their disposal to comprehensively ban the related topic online.

News published by major media was deleted, hot searches were pulled, information related to the keywords was blocked across the network; for example, searching for “Fagu” only yielded a blank page.

All related news and information vanished without a trace.

Even the article Cindy Doppler had published condemning the United Government was forcibly removed.

This was the first time the United Government had censored and restricted Cindy Doppler’s speech.

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Manina and Kusman were caught off guard by the torrent of public opinion.

Manina originally intended to use the incident as bait, to see if he could catch the “fish” secretly communicating with the Blue Star People.

But now, without the Blue Star People even having arrived (when Blue Star People teleported over, Skru Star would perceive a noticeable spatial fluctuation), how had the message already spread far and wide?

Which traitor had leaked this matter?

“Blue Devourer, where did the leak originate?” Manina asked the AI Blue Devourer seriously in the Royal Palace study.

“I’m sorry, Your Majesty, I am not very clear,” said AI Blue Devourer, though an AI, it spoke with an extremely aggrieved tone:
“Hundreds of thousands of IP accounts released the message at the same time. These IP accounts are scattered all over the world, making it impossible to determine the origin of the message. We can only infer that the enemy was well-prepared this time!”

“Well-prepared, huh?” Manina muttered, nodding thoughtfully, “The only ones capable of mounting such an assault on public opinion would be the opposition coalition, right? Blue Devourer, check if these accounts are connected to the opposition coalition.”

“Understood!” AI Blue Devourer responded quickly.

The information processing capacity of AI Blue Devourer was incredibly fast, and in less than two seconds after responding, all the relevant information had been processed.

It immediately replied earnestly, “Your Majesty, according to my analysis of the processed information, I have found that these accounts are indeed related to the opposition coalition! At least 30% of these accounts have participated in various activities organized by the opposition coalition before.

It seems that the opposition coalition is the organizer behind this public opinion storm.”

“As expected,” Manina’s lips curved slightly, his prediction was correct.

But now the problem arose–who was the traitor that told the opposition coalition about this news?

“There were six Seventh Order strongmen who escaped from Mount Kilimanjaro Spring Eye and twelve Sixth Order strongmen,” Manina muttered, “Could it be one of them who leaked the message? Such audacity!”

Manina instructed, “Blue Devourer, help me thoroughly investigate the High-Ranking strongmen who escaped from Mount Kilimanjaro Spring Eye. Don’t let anyone slip through!”

“I can… however…” AI Blue Devourer switched to a troubled tone, “I might not be able to do it.”

“What’s the problem?”

“Your Majesty, all eighteen high-level strongmen are from the Lunkete Alliance, and I don’t have the authority to conduct a deep investigation,” it explained.

“That’s true, they are all Lunkete People, which does make this issue more troublesome,” Manina frowned.

…

However, at this moment, Blue Devourer again prompted, “Your Majesty, Chairman Kusman of Lun Kete wishes to have a video call with you to discuss the current situation of online public opinion. Do you wish to connect?”

“Kusman… Hmm… Connect it,” said Manina.

“Very well, Your Majesty.”

No sooner had its words fallen than a virtual video window appeared before Manina.

Kusman was sitting upright on the other side of the window, but his complexion revealed that he was in a very bad mood.

“Your respected Majesty Manina,” Kusman, with pressing matters at hand, dispensed with formalities and cut right to the chase:
“The online public opinion has become uncontrollable. My agencies are doing their best to delete posts and mute voices, trying to suppress the heat of this incident.

However, the matter has already escalated to the center of public discourse, with too many people discussing it, and the online sentiment is out of control. What do you think we should do?”

“Hmm…” After pondering for a moment, Manina sighed, “Alas, I have no good solution.

Going public with an explanation is definitely not an option; if we declare this matter to be a rumor, the public will certainly demand that German Teck and Fagu personally come out to clarify.

Since public clarification won’t do, that leaves us with only two paths– the first is to completely ignore it, handle it coldly; the second is to come forward, tell the truth to the public and admit our fault.

Neither of these options is a good way to deal with it.”

“You are right,” nodded Kusman, “Whichever option we choose, we will be very passive. The rebel organization will not let go easily once they have an argument, surely taking advantage of this to seize the high ground in public opinion. Ah, Cindy Doppler and her people are truly detestable!”

Kusman deeply despised the rebel organization. Those people had always been dragging down the entire planet.

Yet they lacked the capacity to completely eradicate the rebel group.

After all, Cindy Doppler was the legitimate Chairman of Beak Country, and Maladun III was the rightful heir to his kingdom.

With only a little over two months left until the great war, it was impractical for them to dispatch troops to take out these two nations, and economic sanctions wouldn’t have an immediate effect.

As for sending assassins… Maladun III was a Seventh Order powerhouse, and Cindy Doppler was also guarded by Seventh Order protectors, making assassination nearly impossible.

So even with resentment, the coalition government was utterly helpless against them.

However, at that moment, Manina suddenly said mysteriously, “Kusman, there might be a third way we could take. By choosing this path, we may turn the tide and snatch victory from the jaws of defeat!”

“Oh, a third way? What is it?” Kusman’s eyes brightened.

“No, I cannot tell you about it yet.”

“Hm? You can’t even tell me?”

“Don’t worry, by this time tomorrow you will naturally know. What we need to do today is to suppress the heat of the incident, delete posts that should be deleted, and silence voices that should be silenced. When that event comes out tomorrow, it will be the moment we turn defeat into victory!”

“Well then, I shall wait and see,” said Kusman helplessly.

…

The incident continued to ferment on Skru Star’s internet. The situation grew larger and the storm spread across the globe.

Initially, upon seeing such explosive news, major media outlets reported it without a second thought, as no media could resist such a huge “traffic cake.”

Therefore, within just one day, nearly every Skrull who frequently surfed the web knew of the news that two Seventh Order powerhouses had died in battle.

However, after the communication between Manina and Kusman ended, there was a significant shift in the situation.

The coalition government still remained silent officially, pretending that nothing had happened.

But behind the scenes, the two employed all the resources at their disposal to comprehensively ban related topics online.

All news published by major media outlets was deleted, hot searches removed, and all information related to the relevant keywords was blocked on the internet–for instance, searching for “Fagu” would only return a blank page.

All related news and information had vaporized completely.

Even the article issued by Cindy Doppler condemning the coalition government was forcefully removed.

This was the first time that the coalition government had put limitations on and censored the speech of Cindy Doppler.