40,000 Years of Cultivation

In addition to the Deep Sea Fleet, the Ten Thousand Realms Business Alliance, and the Tribunal of Heavenly Demon, the fourth force that tends to innovate is the more radical young and middle-level grassroots officers in the Imperial Army.

At this moment, hundreds of young soldiers from all over the world are gathering on the front line, throwing their youth and passion together, hoping to water the flowers called ambition and hope-the magnificent, magnificent and cruel star and sea battles in the past ten years. , Has completely molded them into machines of killing and destruction.

He wanted to give an order to completely cease the war with the Saint League, and easily stop the rumbled war machine, so that it is impossible for these hungry, hungry and crazy young officers not to cause any trouble.

However, the army is the most sensitive place after all. The nobles and warlords naturally control their fleets extremely strictly, and Li Linghai’s tentacles dare not rush into the army, except to try to rescue the dissidents in the army and join the deep sea fleet. Now is not the time to infiltrate the army with fanfare.

As for the fifth force, it was a bit beyond Li Yao's expectations.

That is the opposition within the families of the four major electors.

But when you think about it, it makes sense-the strongest fortress has always been breached from within. Isn't the imperial empress Li Linghai himself an opposition from the four major electoral families?

And her own brother, Li Lingfeng, who was identified as the next Patriarch and even the Elector, also did not believe in the rhetoric of the family's high-level leaders, and did everything to form his own power, and secretly had a huge and unknown plan.

There is no way, the law of "the weak and the strong eats" is not only shrouded between the rich and the poor, the nobles and the common people, but within the rich, various struggles for power, open and secret fights, life and death things are also commonplace, and even more tragic.

Where there is struggle, there will be losers. Many losers who have nothing and desperate will sacrifice their entire family for their own ambitions and interests.

The Deep Sea Fleet provides military support, the Ten Thousand Realms Business Alliance provides funds and intelligence, and the Heavenly Demon Trial Chamber specializes in some shady and dark activities. These are the three pillars of the Imperial Empress Li Linghai.

Coupled with the dissatisfaction of the imperial military center, the tendency to reform, at least the young and middle-aged grassroots officers who sympathize with them, and the guys who have failed in the internal struggles of the four major electoral families and are eager to comeback or even completely set the table, they have formed the reform. The basic lineup of pie.

"More than that, in addition to these five forces, there are also very sharp contradictions among the nobles and warlords, which can be used by us."

Li Linghai explained, "The four major electoral families are not monolithic. The conflicts of interest between each other are very severe, especially the three major families including the Li family. Inside.

"At the beginning of the true human empire, the old nobles and cliques, including the current four major electorate families, still pityed each other, hugged each other for warmth, and worked hard to counterbalance the emperor at that time.

"At that time, everyone was not strong. His Majesty the Emperor was the biggest opponent. Only by unity can we survive.

"But with the decline of the imperial power, the four major electoral families came to the fore and rose strongly. His Majesty the emperor has long been no threat, and there is a natural gap between them.

"Especially in the past two to three hundred years, the power of the Eastern family has continued to expand, and its tentacles have penetrated deeply into key areas of the empire, such as finance, transportation, energy, and military industry, and have formed monopolies in many areas, not only for emperors and low-level immortals. , And even pose a threat to the other three families.

"Although the other three families, including the Li family, did not express anything on the surface, they were naturally extremely dissatisfied. Most of the three families united against the Dongfang family, just like the four families united in the past to check and balance the emperor's intention.

"This time the'Imperial Strikes Back' has won a brilliant victory, regaining dozens of important industrial worlds with profound foundations in one go, and it is very likely to reverse the balance of power among the four major electoral families. Therefore, in terms of how to divide it up, No one will give in easily, it is very likely to tear his skin.

"The dog biting the dog inside the enemy is a great opportunity for our reformers to develop and grow!

"As far as we are concerned, on the one hand, we have to continue to lurch the minions to endure for a period of time, but we are secretly calling on the army, small and medium-sized nobles and warlords, and the realm masters of remote worlds...all the forces that can be united to continuously expand the strength of the opposition camp. , Until the strength of the two sides is completely reversed.

"On the other hand, before we have accumulated enough strength, we might as well make some deals with the other three families, and we can unite and bring down the Dongfang family!

"The Dongfang family is the head of the four major electoral families. Many people say in a strange way that the Dongfang family is the empire's'first family'. The head of the Dongfang family is the'uncrowned king' of the empire. Humph, if the Dongfang family can be overthrown, It was the first cannon for the complete collapse of the old order. As long as this cannon explodes fiercely in the power center, there will be no more power to stop us from reforming the empire!"

Li Linghai slashed his hand fiercely, as if he had completely smashed a huge family that had lasted for thousands of years.

Taking a deep breath, he turned his eager gaze at Li Yao: "I didn't expect that besides fighting, you should be such an outstanding master craftsman. God helped me!

"I have a faint hunch that your coming is a big auspicious sign, symbolizing that our reformers and the new empire are as unstoppable and glorious as the rising sun!

"Now, the only flaw,'Li Lingfeng', has been completely wiped out. Everything is proceeding in an orderly manner according to my plan. With your strong joining, it is just as powerful as a tiger. Our glory will come soon!"

Li Yao wanted to say something but stopped: "Uh..."

Li Linghai frowned: "Why, are you still struggling with your own way?"

"That's not it."

Li Yao thought for a while, and said, "It's just a little flattered and ashamed of the word'good omen'. To be honest, I have lived so old, no one really said that I was'good omen'. , And also, every time I hear someone say "Everything is under control", "Everything is planned", it seems that there will be accidents immediately..."

"Ok?"

Li Linghai was startled slightly, at this moment, the crystal brain on her wrist vibrated wildly.

It seemed to be a very private communication channel, because Li Linghai also pondered for a while before opening it in front of Li Yao and Li Jialing.

After a while, Li Linghai's ambitions were all frozen, as if a cone of ice was poked out of every pore.

"problem occurs."

She gritted her teeth and squeezed three words out of her teeth.

...

Time went back three days.

The second quadrant of the true human empire, the fourth cantilever, the Qinglan world, and the Qinglan star.

The Qinglan Realm was one of the worlds closest to the front line before the empire launched its grand strategic counter-offensive.

As a matter of course, it became the base camp of the expeditionary force in the early stage of the war and the transfer base for logistics materials.

With the continual victory of the Imperial Army, the front continues to advance, and now the base camp of the Expeditionary Army has moved to the newly restored Great Thousand World.

But the logistics base of the huge Imperial Expeditionary Force with hundreds of thousands of starships is still set up here.

Every day, hundreds of millions of tons of materials are transported from hundreds of resource planets in the corners of the empire to the corners of the world. After sorting and counting, they are transported to the front-line fleets.

The special geographical location and the need of war have made Qinglan star prosperously and prosperously. Most Qinglan people have made a few war fortunes more or less, and life is much better than before the war.

Therefore, it is not an exaggeration to say that the Qinglan people are the most supportive of the empire and the war from the bottom of their hearts.

At this moment, in order to celebrate the restoration of a trivial resource planet by the front line, a huge triumphant ceremony was staged in the capital of Qinglan Star.

Hyun Kwang rendered the entire sky into the appearance of a three-star blitzkrieg. There were balloons depicting eagles and iron fists everywhere, and the streets and alleys were lit and decorated. Both real people and primitive people stood on their toes and waited for the imposing imperial armor master cluster And when the assault starship appeared, everyone shouted hoarsely: "Long live! Long live the empire! Long live the immortal cultivator! Long live human civilization!"

When Dongfang Tuo stepped on the parade on the side of the main road in the central square of the capital, he was instantly overwhelmed by the sound of the mountain whistling and the tsunami.

Before the war broke out, in the face of such fanatical and brave masses, Dongfang Takuya, like other immortals, was full of excitement and pride.

But when the battle is fought for this reason, I can hear the roar of "Great victory, victory, and long live the imperial army". This fairy-style, sturdy Eastern family boss, one of the five hundred elders of the Imperial Senate, the imperial The President of the Development Bank and the Chief of the Armament Department of the Imperial Expeditionary Force Base Camp could only sigh helplessly, and slightly wrinkled the lowered eyebrows.

"Great victory, great victory, one great victory after another, when will such a great victory be the first?"

Dongfang Tuo thought secretly.

For ordinary people or front-line military officers, great victory means military exploits, medals, and unlimited glory of the empire.

But only Dongfang Tuo, who is in charge of the resources and equipment of the expeditionary force, knows that every big victory means the dispatch of more troops to the newly restored territory, which means a longer and more fragile supply line, which means Another "black hole" that swallows infinite resources has appeared. Such a black hole cannot be filled up anyway.

No matter how you look at it, the Imperial Army has reached the limit of military expansion, and can no longer withstand such a "great victory".

but……

"Anyone can decide when to start a war, but not everyone can decide when to end a war!"

Dongfang Tuo somehow thought of such a sentence, and a bitter smile came out from the corner of his mouth.

Naturally, he did not let the wry smile that represents his true emotions stay for more than half a second, but he coughed dryly and put on a solemn expression. Among the high-level government and military leaders in the Ribbon, welcome the triumphant army.

In the sky not far away, faintly heard the "rumbling" of the low-altitude assault ship tearing through the clouds.

The earth began to tremble slightly, representing the iron hoof that the true human empire trampled on everything, getting closer and closer.

——At this moment, one of the 500 veterans of the empire didn't know that he had only thirty-two minutes and forty-seven seconds left in his life.

And the one who is about to kill him is not the holy ally who is inhumane, like a flesh and blood machine, but the imperial army he is waiting for.