The Goddess Shines on America

Late at night, in Raleigh, the capital of North Carolina, in a hotel suite.

Although it was late, no one fell asleep, and the lights in the living room were even brighter. On the two leather sofas, Alice was sitting with Akaman and his daughter. They had already returned from the land sales company.

"This is going to cause a lot of trouble. If that swampland really becomes a gate to hell, even if we buy it at a high price, we won't be able to see the training ground."

Alice was almost depressed to death. If she hadn't been a minor, she would have poured glasses of white wine into her stomach long ago. At this time, she also poured milk tea into her stomach for free.

Akaman has been bowing his head in thought. The news brought by the governor during the day was quite shocking, so he left the company without staying for too long. At this moment, listening to Alice's complaints, he slowly said: "Fifteen years ago, when I went to Vietnam to fight the war, I had no chance to see much domestic news. And things like this , it is estimated that in that era, even if it appeared in the media, most people would not believe it."

Maiya was a little puzzled, and frowned, "Why don't you believe it? It's a disappearance case involving 200 people. Can the media lie about it?"

"This is the same as a supernatural event, have you forgotten my dear, before the 1980s, all kinds of supernatural events emerged one after another."

Alice drank another cup of milk tea: "Including encounters with UFOs and aliens, including various exorcism and haunting incidents. On the one hand, there are pretentious descriptions by boring people. On the other hand, there are many very realistic photos. This kind of background is that more than a hundred police officers are missing..."

She frowned: "Maybe we can find relevant materials in the library. Raleigh will definitely have them. How about going to the library tomorrow?"

Maiya raised a question: "There are only two possibilities. Either the governor is lying to us, and there is something in the swamp that can offend some people's interests, or it may be true, but in that case, how should we solve it?"

"Set it aside for now."

Alice narrowed her eyes and smiled softly: "At least, let's go to the library tomorrow."

Actions were taken, and the next morning, the two girls and their accompanying parents arrived at the State Library in Raleigh. To say that the biggest advantage of the American library, apart from free borrowing, is that it also collects a large amount of old news information. Whether it is newspapers or magazines, as long as it is old news related to the state, city, and local area, you can definitely find it in the library, and the age can easily be traced back decades.

With Alice here, the three of them were also highly efficient, not to mention that the era at that time had long been locked. According to the administrator's guidance, they easily found the manuscript depository that went backwards from fifteen years ago.

After going through a period of detailed and efficient browsing, Alice was indeed the fastest, turning out most of the old newspapers that published relevant information.

The shocking photo is not a horrific corpse, but the special shooting technique used by the photographer to make the Great Dismore Swamp in the distant view look extraordinarily eerie.

As for the title and content of the article...

"The command staff standing outside the field kept contacting the frontline team members with radio walkie-talkies, but did not receive any reply..."

Alice softly read the description of the accident at that time: "There is no team member connected to the walkie-talkie, so the sound of the scene cannot be heard..."

Maiya turned to the follow-up report: "The state police sent a police helicopter to patrol the high altitude of the swamp, and found no missing persons... Alice, dad, look at this!"

Her high-pitched voice drew glaring looks from the librarian, but no one paid any attention to it. Alice came over immediately, and Akaman began to read softly.

"One of the three helicopters... also lost contact!?"

Extremely weird news, according to the reporter who interviewed the surviving helicopter pilot, they communicated with the missing helicopter normally at that time, but they were fine before, but they could not get a response from the other party.

"We haven't found any missing persons, not even corpses. We haven't even found the missing helicopter. We can't confirm whether it crashed..."

This was an interview with the sheriff, and everyone quickly discovered that such an extremely weird incident did not alarm the wider media. In fact, even the state newspapers did not publish relevant information, only a few city-level media such as Raleigh, the capital of North Carolina, and Charlotte, the largest city, reported.

"It's probably because I'm afraid that more people will suffer."

Alice quickly came to a conclusion: "After all, this disappearance is really too weird. There are more than 170 policemen wearing walkie-talkies. As long as there is a person with a slightly normal mind, at least there is a chance to notify the outside world. What happened? But in the end, the walkie-talkie has been working all the time, and the police outside are still calling, but those missing people don’t even pay attention!"

After all, Raleigh is a small city, so there are not many people in the library, and the three of them can discuss here with confidence.

Akaman pondered: "It's possible that the swamp erupted intermittently with toxic gases, so everyone didn't have the ability to connect back to the walkie-talkie. The lost helicopter's engine was caused by lack of oxygen...not right."

Maiya continued, "That's not right, because at least there will be corpses left, but the two helicopter pilots also said that they didn't see the missing person during the whole process, even the helicopter disappeared!"

Alice couldn't help but start to wonder: "The Bermuda Triangle reappears? The entrance to another dimension is opened? A space fault?"

It's a pity that it doesn't help even if you open your mind. Faced with this kind of news that makes the authorities so taboo that even the state newspapers dare not publish it, Alice really has nothing to do, and the acquisition can only be temporarily suspended.

I took a plane to the east coast yesterday morning, and took a flight back to Los Angeles the next morning. Unfortunately, the money for this flight was wasted.

"We can change the land again."

Akaman reassured him in this way: "With such a large land in the United States, there are too many places that can be used as training grounds. I think the desert outside Las Vegas is good, but it is a pity that the terrain is not as complicated as a swamp. Yes. I will contact various real estate companies later, and I will definitely find a suitable location."

What Akaman said was reasonable. After all, Alice really didn't have to buy that piece of land. She just felt that since she founded Blackwater International, buying that swamp was naturally the best choice... that's all.

However, it is of course impossible to really want her to give up.

"That's it, Uncle Levi."

In the first-class cabin of the plane, Alice thought about it and said, "It's not urgent. After all, it is very important to get orders compared to building a training ground. You should choose the land slowly first, and try to choose places with harsh natural environments. , such as the desert you mentioned. Or the Gobi Desert in New Mexico. If the project is really launched, the cost must not be small. It would be good to give me some time and save more money."

Akaman nodded, but immediately gave a suggestion: "Since we want to develop a security company, we will inevitably have to deal with arms dealers. Since you have that sextant Wenyan in the crew of "Alien 2", at least It can be regarded as having a relationship with General Dynamics, do you want to buy equipment from it?"

Alice also nodded: "I will think about it..."

General Dynamics...

This large defense arms dealer that is easily confused with General Electric and even General Motors...

But its scale is not small at all, it is the sixth largest in the world...

To be fair, the industry of this company is worthy of its name, and the classification is very extensive.

Its industry is divided into four major areas, one is navigation equipment, mainly manufacturing warships and nuclear submarines; the other is aviation, including commercial aircraft and fighter jets; the third is information systems and technology departments; It produces various weapons and ammunition, as well as various types of armored vehicles, tanks, combat robots and related operating systems. As for its specific strength, being able to develop the world's number one selling F-16 fighter jet, as well as the famous M1 tank and Ohio-class nuclear submarine is the best proof.

Buy the equipment needed by the security company from General Dynamics?

This is indeed a very convenient business. It integrates land, sea and air plus ammunition manufacturing, and it is all covered by one company~

In fact, in the development plan that Alice has not explained to Akaman, becoming a national defense and military enterprise is part of the blueprint.

It's just that the business must be developed separately. The same person is the chairman and shareholder, but if the same company has the ability to produce arms and train mercenaries at the same time, it will be a big problem.

Moreover, the existence of a military-industrial complex is indeed not easy to join.

The so-called military-industrial complex, also known as the military-industrial iron triangle, is a huge interest group composed of the military, military-industrial enterprises, and some congressmen. Since it has close ties with the U.S. and European militaries and congresses, it is actually manipulating the defense policies of the U.S. and European countries. It can be said that the reason why the United States deploys a global strategic system is to find trouble overseas at every turn. This system accounts for a large part of the reason.

But this condition is not particularly difficult for Alice.

Well, but that's all for the future, let's settle the business in front of us first. Cisco is currently taking a huge order, and Alice also needs to take some time to compile the software of the firewall, and draw the blueprint of the supporting hardware by the way. After collecting 30 million research and development expenses from the Pentagon, she can't delay it for too long~