Xiang Fei's face was drenched in sweat from tension; he had not anticipated such chaos on this critical day, especially during the transportation of a foreign dignitary. Fortunately, the incredible Star Warrior sprung into action and flung the truck filled with highly flammable chemicals into the sky.
If the Iridian Star Chancellor had faced even the slightest mishap, it wouldn't matter what Iridium Star had originally planned regarding cooperation with Country C; at this mont, Country C would have had to bear the brunt of Iridium Star's wrath. Iridium Star could have wiped Country C off the face of the Earth.
For today's visit, Country C had already made extensive arrangents and preparations. However, due to the rushed timing, many plans were not thorough. For example, to avoid affecting civil aviation, the authorities in the Imperial Capital chose the more distant West Suburb Airport.
The journey from West Suburb Airport to the Great Hall was very long, and although traffic control was enforced all the way, weaknesses could appear along the tens of kiloters. It was relatively easier to inspect within the city and control large vehicles, but no one knew how this heavy truck loaded with tons of hazardous chemicals managed to get past the checkpoint.
At this mont, Xiang Fei had already guessed so things. Even if the heavy truck had successfully breached the checkpoint, it might not have truly threatened the state guest convoy. The timing was just too precise.
In the era of online dia, news updates in seconds. As soon as the Iridium Star Chancellor landed, the news spread online. However, the specific route of the state guest convoy couldn't be revealed by the dia, yet the ordinary people along the route could take photos with their mobile phones. Today, an unusual number of citizens were lined up along the dedicated lane, taking photos.
Accomplices weren't even necessary; the criminals needed only to closely monitor the uploaded photos, compare locations, and calculate speeds to determine when the state guest convoy would pass by their ambush spot.
The truck had erged from a logistics company where large vehicles often ca and went; the police had overlooked sealing off such places because there were too many similar spots along the route, which would waste manpower and cause public disturbance. The logistics company's parking lot was less than a kiloter from the dedicated lane; when the truck erged, no one noticed.
By the ti it picked up speed, it was unstoppable. Moreover, the traffic police had only set up one checkpoint, with spike strips laid outside. Even regular large vehicles would have difficulty passing. However, no one realized that the tires of this heavy truck were specially made and could roll over the spike strips with ease.
Xiang Fei thought the perpetrators never truly intended to harm the Iridium Star Chancellor; even if they aid to stir up trouble to harm the cooperation between Iridium Star and Country C, they would prefer to provoke Iridium Star into retaliating against Country C.
"Such malicious intent!" Xiang Fei fud with rage filling his chest, yet he still had to calm himself as he went to give an explanation to the Iridium Star Chancellor, who had already arrived at the Great Hall and was resting.
Bai Zhongqi sat in a luxurious lounge inside the Great Hall, sipping tea from a very exquisite teacup. He took a few sips but felt the taste was just so-so, which wasn't surprising. Even the exclusive tea of the Great Hall had to be cost-effective.
Precious tea leaves that might fetch tens of thousands per ounce on the market were now more likely to be sold than provided for exclusive use; moreover, the dostic climate was in favor of frugality, and spending a lot of money on these could instantly lead to whistleblowing reports.
After being notified, Xiang Fei walked in with an apologetic face and introduced himself, "Greetings, Your Majesty, the Chancellor. I am Xiang Fei, in charge of liaison work, and I am very sorry for the alarm it has caused you."
"This incident is a heinous act of terrorism aid at destroying our bilateral relations by those with ulterior motives. I hope Your Majesty can see the truth of the matter. We also apologize for the inconvenience and alarm caused to Your Majesty and the accompanying delegation and will investigate this incident thoroughly to provide a proper explanation to your side."
No one dared to ntion Bai Zhongqi's forr identity as a citizen of Country C, let alone discuss matters based on that identity. Acting high and mighty is what only those out of their minds would do; pressuring Bai Zhongqi wouldn't have any effect and would only hinder cooperative relations.
Therefore, every official from Country C who t Bai Zhongqi was repeatedly instructed to be extrely respectful and not to show any disrespect.
Nonchalant, Bai Zhongqi put down his teacup and said, "It's nothing."
He indeed hadn't felt particularly endangered; Nan Ma had proved to be of great use at the critical mont, not to ntion that Bai Zhongqi himself always had two or three backup plans ready. However, he still felt he had been sowhat negligent in his security arrangents, as monitoring had been slightly slow in detecting the truck with issues, and he had not reserved many contingency asures.
At that ti, Bai Zhongqi could have given a direct order to the cruising fighter jets outside the atmosphere to fire lasers and destroy the vehicle, but the resulting destruction could have been substantial. A more reliable approach was to create a shield generator device to accompany the motorcade, ready to activate the shield at any mont.
Even if hundreds of tons of TNT exploded, there would be no issue.
Actually, Xu Lanzhou had previously suggested to Bai Zhongqi that they use Iridium Star's hovering vehicles, but Bai Zhongqi still decided to adopt the host's thod of reception, which was also a matter of diplomatic etiquette. Incidentally, he was quite curious about what kind of riding experience the handcrafted Red Flag really offered.
A slight error had occurred, but Bai Zhongqi didn't take much issue with it. However, he took the opportunity to propose to Xiang Fei, "The escort this ti caused over ten kiloters of traffic control in Imperial Capital City, which was quite inconvenient, and it wasn't particularly helpful for security. I have decided to use Iridium Star's transport thods for subsequent activities of the visit.
This will not disturb the public and will also increase safety, saving trouble for both sides."
Having the guest make such a proposal was sowhat embarrassing. Xiang Fei didn't have many options and could only agree to Bai Zhongqi's proposal after asking for instructions.
Xiang Fei's embarrassnt hadn't ended when he hesitantly added, "The terrorist who attempted foul play has been captured by Master Nan Ma. We hope to cooperate with your side in tracking the motives and the organization of the terrorist, to jointly hunt down the culprit."
The situation was blocked by the people from Iridium Star, and the person was also caught by them. Xiang Fei felt that getting involved in the investigation was quite shaful. To win the trust of the people from Iridium Star, it was clear that the investigation could not proceed without their participation.
However, since this was an incident that occurred on the territory of the Imperial Capital, if the Iridium Star people excluded the official participation of Country C, it would be another blow to their pride.
Bai Zhongqi was non-committal and said, "The results should co out very soon. My Imperial Guard Bureau is investigating this matter, and Master Nan Ma is also involved. You can send soone to check the results later."
He himself was very concerned about why soone would want to sabotage the relationship between Iridium Star and Country C. After all, Country C controlled local resources, and if the criminal's connections were deep-rooted, it was likely that help had been provided by people from Country C.
He stood up and said, "Alright, that's about enough, shall we proceed to the eting now?"
Xiang Fei was extrely surprised and asked, "Your Majesty wants to begin the eting now?"
Bai Zhongqi raised an eyebrow and asked, "Isn't this the ti that was arranged?"
Xiang Fei replied, "But, after what just happened..."
Bai Zhongqi was already walking towards the door and said, "It doesn't matter. We need to teach so people with clouded minds that the people from Iridium Star are not easy to intimidate and are not the kind to back down."
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