I Persuade People With Reason

"You mean Mephistopheles?"

The emperor was so surprised that he paused for a while, he coughed for a while, put down his palm, raised his head, and made no secret of his surprise:

"You know him? Do you remember?"

When Wu Heng was single-handedly promoted to the position of commander-in-chief of the Empire, the emperor knew everything about him clearly. If he hadn't known that he had lost his memory of the past and was a blank person, the emperor would not have continued to use him, and he would have returned him to Mephistopheles long ago.

But now it seems that he has already remembered everything? Then? You will be counted in turn, and you can only admit that you are unlucky. It is he who ignores this possibility.

Yuan Buwei shook his head: "That's not true. It's just that there are never eternal secrets in this world, and it's not just by picking up memories that we can know the so-called truth."

His calm expression and tone revealed an unfathomable aura, and he didn't seem to be eager to know anything from the emperor at all. It looks like he doesn't know anything other than the title of "Mephisto".

Such a performance well deceived the emperor.

He restrained Fang Cai's gaffe, let out a sigh of relief, leaned back against the wall, and laughed at himself: "So you already knew what? Ha, it seems that , what I did before was probably the worst performance in your eyes, right?"

After all, the emperor is just an ordinary person. He has always been firm-hearted, calm and rational. After suffering a series of major blows from being deprived of power and becoming a prisoner, his mood will inevitably fluctuate, and it is difficult to maintain it. The sky is not shocked, but some broken jars are broken.

He stared at Yuan Buwei's face, and his eyes revealed a bit of trance and memory: "...If my son can survive? Now, it's probably like you. You were tested for S-level talent at birth. At that time, the whole empire was happy for him. At the same time, there were hidden worries. Everyone knew that the genetic collapse that could break out at any time was the chronic disease of the empire for three hundred years. Until? A genetic breakdown. Whether he's a genius or a mediocre. I've been worried about it since my son was born."

"—until Mephistopheles gave me a solution." He babbled, he didn't look like an emperor, but an ordinary father, "Cultivate clones in advance, once it happens Unexpectedly, you can try to use genetically homologous clones as his medicine..."

Hearing? Here, I couldn't help interrupting him: "Use the clone as medicine? Could it be that the clone's u gene is replaced when there is a problem with the original u gene?"

Although he has studied the genetic technology system of this world for a period of time, he has not reached the level of sophistication. His main purpose at that time was to transform the evolution of the cultivation world into immortals into the system of this world. Repairing is not very good for him? In the field involved, he asked a very layman.

Fortunately, the emperor is also a layman, so he didn't understand what was in his words? Common sense was wrong, he just paused, then nodded and said, "Probably so? Actually, I don't know about it, but I know that It's a very viable option - I've seen it happen. In Mephisto himself."

Didn't realize what?, raised his eyebrows unexpectedly: "You mean..."

"As you'd guess. Mephistopheles is the one with a genetic breakdown, or the worst kind—he's born with a disability, with no bones in his limbs. But just after he got? His parents and brothers, he's actually Almost like a able-bodied person - I don't know how he did it, and he also told me there was a certain luck factor in it. But the fact is that he did it. In this case, compared to Blood relatives, using a fully replicated clone as medicine should have a higher success rate, right?"

And what was originally just a precautionary move, I didn't expect it to actually come in handy when the eldest prince was six years old.

"...Unfortunately, it failed in the end. My son died, but many clones survived. I thought they were all destroyed by Mephistopheles, but until I saw you ten years ago, I I just found out that he lied to me."

Speaking of? Here, the emperor's tone is very complicated.

He looked at Yuan Buwei, who was standing in front of him, and at the aura that this young man radiated from his gestures. An unprecedented sense of regret and unwillingness swept his heart.

"If I had known today's result, I would never have agreed to that plan at the beginning. Ha! Who would have thought? Mephisto convinced me, and my lack of thought created another plan that took me everything after many years. enemy. Fate is so elusive."

The emperor let out a sneer from his nose.

——In a sense, he created the birth of this young man, but the other party became the Terminator who brought destruction to him. If it wasn't so greedy back then, wouldn't everything happen now?

Yuan Buwei slowly shook his head and looked directly at the emperor, "Everything today is your own choice, fate will not bear the blame. Fate is also very wrong! Don't say that your starting point is only for the first prince. ——When he was just born, he began to think about the possible gene collapse in the future? If you really have such a fatherly love, the third prince Xiwen will not be squatting in the exile star. I think the first prince is just incidental, you are more Your mind is for yourself, right? When Mephistopheles used blood relatives as medicine to heal herself, did you really not care?"

His half-smiling eyes seemed to have insight into the emperor's heart, which made the other party's eyes flash slightly.

However, he didn't give him a chance to get rid of it, and went a step further and said sharply: "It may not be possible to directly sacrifice his own son, but a few clones are nothing? It's not easy to start with, right? You should be the So? I thought."

The emperor's face became a little embarrassed.

If the original body Wuheng is here, you may feel very angry, even full of resentment.

But it wasn't because he wasn't the real owner of this body, and he didn't have any hatred for the emperor, so he showed calmness and sobriety that surprised the emperor as well.

He frowned slightly, and said lightly like an outsider:

"In fact, you and I both know exactly what kind of person you are. You've reached this point, and you shouldn't still hold unnecessary hopes, right? You don't need to set up a loving father, and let everything go to the end. ? On the late eldest prince, wrapping up his actions as a last resort - this is meaningless. Even if it is a last resort, I look like such a kind person who repays grievances with virtue?"

When he said this, his tone was quite proud, as if it was a compliment to himself.

"You and I should be more clear that the reason why I am here is not to listen to your last resort, nor to forgive you, but to see how much you are willing to throw for your own fate? After all, even if It's death, and euthanasia is different from being hanged. This is your last chance to choose freely."

At this moment, it wasn't because the extremely light curvature of the lips seemed to the emperor's eyes, it looked like a devilish smile.

Since Yuan Buwei began to speak, the emperor's head fell unconsciously? Hearing him say "Here, the emperor took a deep breath, and let out a deep breath. He raised his hand and rubbed his face, and finally raised his head, his tone hard to hide exhaustion."

"……you win."

"What do you want to know? I'll tell you all. There is also the power of the royal secret army, which I am willing to hand over. The premise is that you must ensure my life in front of the whole empire and give me a place? Retirement, if you still want to be in this position - although it is difficult, but I know you can do it."

What he meant was obvious. Pure guarantees are not trustworthy. When the time comes, there will be no black hands behind the scenes. If others are gone, everything will be meaningless. It must be able to connect with the throne. Once he has an accident, it will make Yuan not face the pressure of public opinion in the entire empire and be directly ousted by the imperial succession law.

I didn't even think about it: "Okay."

"...?" Now it was the emperor's turn to be surprised, his eyes looking at Yuan Buwei were full of suspicion.

...So? Simply agreed? ? ? There's nothing wrong with it, right? ? ?

But after thinking about it, he must have agreed to the plan he originally proposed. There are no loopholes in it, and it is impossible for him to not be able to see it with his keenness.

In this way, this person seems to be sincerely wanting to let him go? Is there really such an open-minded person in this world?

Thinking that this young man who had been the commander-in-chief of the empire for several years seemed to be such a person, the emperor's heart dropped again. The original black character gave him a reassurance.

I didn't think so, but I didn't expect it? The emperor has so many considerations.

Anyway, he didn't care about the throne of the empire, nor what? The laws of the empire, let alone the thoughts of the citizens of the empire? So he agreed.

Even if he didn't keep the promise and killed the emperor and was deprived of the throne, it would be a big deal to force him to become the emperor again. What's more, is the imperial throne worth cherishing?

If the emperor knew that he didn't think so, I'm afraid he would vomit blood immediately.

Regrettably, he didn't know about it. After the two signed an agreement under the witness of the imperial constitution and filed it on file, in order to express sincerity, the emperor first said everything he knew.

Three hundred years ago, when the genetic blending experiment was just born, it brought great glory to the empire.

Countless ordinary people dream of becoming a new human being through gene blending experiments, with a longer lifespan, a stronger body, and a more vigorous vitality.

But success is also Xiao He, and defeat is also Xiao He.

When the flaws in the gene-modulation experiment broke out, all the new humans fell into panic.

Such emotions dominated their will, making them unreasonably blame everything on Dr. Owen and others, exiled all the researchers to the Exiles, and made gene-modulation experiments taboo.

——Even if there are sane people who know that the problem of gene collapse is to be solved, the scientists of the whole empire are inferior to Dr. Owen's group. Logically speaking, they should be allowed to atone for their merits.

It's a pity that the tragedies in the entire empire have already made everyone dominated by anger, and they are impatient with the sinners who caused all this. It is impossible for Dr. Owen and others to develop a cure in a short period of time. Under the promotion of public opinion, even the emperor of the empire had to abdicate, and this group of the most talented scientists at that time could only be reduced to exile.

Among them, some people have already died due to genetic breakdown, some people can't bear the sins of killing so many people, and the psychological pressure is too great to commit suicide or die of illness. Dr. Owen was not young at first. He died soon after, and the entire research team was quickly blown away by the rain and wind. In the end, only the many experimental materials and notes they secretly left behind because of their unwillingness were hidden in Exiles.

In the following three hundred years, because the new human beings whose genes had collapsed seriously died out for the first time, the new human beings who did not die are actually relatively stable u genes, so they have been passed down from generation to generation and no longer resemble one another. Such a wide-ranging tragedy has begun, but every now and then someone is unlucky. Experiments with genetic modification have become taboo, and the empire has been trying other ways to solve the problem.

It was not until sixty years ago that the previous emperor accidentally obtained the experimental data that Dr. Owen and others secretly left behind, and secretly established a research institute on Exile Star, wanting to re-try the perfect genetic blending.

However, although the members of these institutes are all top scientific workers, their talents are still mediocre compared to their predecessors. Therefore, until the death of the last emperor, the institute still found nothing.

Waiting for this emperor to take the throne, he has spent so much time on his father, but what? The brink of dissolution.

Just then, Mephistopheles appeared.

To be precise, starting thirty years ago, he occupied the institute and became the master of the institute.

At that time, he had no bones in his limbs due to the collapse of his natural genes. He was a complete waste, but he became a military advisor in the famous "Blood Moon" star thief group.

This star thief group is notorious for not keeping prisoners, killing people and robbing goods, and people's discoloration changes, but those daring murderers are willing to believe his plan and command.

The female leader of "Blood Moon" is even more shy about those who are more talented than him, but she likes this man who has a smart mind despite his deformity.

In an accident, the female leader of the "Blood Moon" star thief group died due to a genetic breakdown, and the star thief group she suppressed? Mephistopheles provoked the entire star thief group to kill each other, and then was picked up by the imperial army who "just happened" passing by.

So the remaining star thieves were captured by the imperial army and exiled to the Exiles, including Mephistopheles.

Then, without knowing why, Mephistopheles found the extremely secretive and heavily defended research institute, and even seized control of the research institute by virtue of the members of the Star Thieves who had been completely under his control, and all research The lives of the people are in their own hands.

"...I took a lot of time to find out these things later. At that time, after he secretly controlled the research institute, even my father didn't find it, and thought that the research institute was still operating according to the original arrangement. I have even been asked for a large amount of investment by the institute several times, but they were actually doing experiments for Mephistopheles. And my father didn't know about it until he abdicated."

"—It wasn't until I was about to abolish this useless institute that he suddenly contacted me and took the initiative to expose me. To be honest, I was shocked by the truth at the time. Who would have thought? Someone in the Empire How about the dove occupying the magpie's nest for three years without the empire knowing it? This is too crazy, too bold!"

In the emperor's narration, this is obviously an extremely cunning guy, who left a deep impression on him at the beginning, even if it was only through Star Network communication.

"...In order to gain the support of the Empire and achieve his goals, he made a bet with me. It involved four lives, including his own."

And the content of the bet is-

The empire handed him three people and secretly sent them to the Exiles, and he would show the emperor a miracle soon - a miracle that a genetic breakdown could be cured.

If he doesn't do it, he will lose his life.

This sounds like a good deal for the Emperor, and apart from the lives of three insignificant figures, there is no loss on the Empire's part. And once Mephistopheles succeeds, it's a big win. The young emperor who had just succeeded to the throne was more curious than he was now. He was successfully aroused and agreed to this extremely unequal bet.

"...It turned out, of course, that Mephistopheles succeeded."

"He went from a deformed child with no bones and limbs to a bouncy, able-bodied man."

"As for the three people I sent, I have never seen them again. I investigated, and they were the parents who had abandoned him and his twin brother. Mephisto's original words were: thank them for making a new life. What happened? I don't care, the important thing is that he succeeded! It's still unbelievable when I think about it, and it's a bit funny that this man who calls himself the devil has the same talent as God."

Although Mephistopheles later claimed that this experiment was difficult to popularize, the success rate was extremely low, and that public opinion had to be taken into account because it violated human ethics, it still could not be concealed that this was the first time in three hundred years for the Empire? Everyone understands what this means.

Even if it can't be clearly promoted to the whole empire, but if the emperor himself or others have a genetic breakdown one day, can't they follow him privately? Think about it, if any great noble is rescued, the emperor will gain the favor and loyalty of the entire family.

Out of this consideration, the emperor's attitude towards Mephistopheles suddenly changed, and he reached a complete cooperation with him. He began to support the institute with all his might, and even though that successful experiment was difficult to replicate, Mephistopheles had already demonstrated his unparalleled talent.

Such a top talent, no matter how stupid the emperor is, he knows that he should not let him go. Because in addition to the cure of genetic breakdown, he can obviously create more other results. What's more, the former is irreplaceable.

The two agreed on this.

Mephistopheles attempts to further explore genes and obtain the sublimation of a more perfect life. The emperor gave him support, and there were countless experimental items on Exile Star, and they were supplemented every once in a while, which was a steady stream.

And he also has to come up with some other achievements in return from time to time, so that the emperor can gain something.

Over the years, many experimental results in the empire came from Mephistopheles, but they were given another name. When these results were extended to the entire empire, they undoubtedly brought prestige bonuses and bonuses to the emperor. Big profits.

Twenty or six years ago, when the gifted eldest prince was born, the emperor first thought of Mephisto's experiment, but he was not so mad after all, and had a trace of affection for his biological son. At the suggestion of Tetsuya, the banned cloning experiment was started.

Fortunately, the emperor himself was in great shape, and there was no sign of genetic breakdown, and clones were not needed. Unfortunately, the eldest prince suffered a genetic breakdown, but the experiment was not successful. After wasting three clones, the eldest prince also died.

From that day on, a rift appeared in the relationship between the Emperor and Mephistopheles. He couldn't be sure whether the so-called failure of the experiment was true or false, and his inner suspicion always made him suspect the other party? Was it deliberately not wanting to save his son, or concealing the key content of the true success of the experiment.

But at this time, Mephisto's general situation has been completed, and the entire Exile Star has been completely controlled by him. He can be called the uncrowned king of the Exile Star.

If the emperor really wants to tear his face to deal with him, unless the army besieges the exiled star, but this is equivalent to revealing what he has done over the years to the whole empire.

- This is clearly unwise behavior. Where can there be such a deep hatred between the two? It's really not worth it.

So the two did not tear their faces, and continued to cooperate in a plastic relationship? They came down, but they were more prepared and afraid of each other. The emperor gradually became unclear about the specific situation at the research institute. Exile Star no longer even communicated with the Imperial Star Network, and Mephistopheles only communicated with the emperor one-way on fixed days.

One pays for experimental products, and the other produces results.

Hearing what the emperor said? Here, a flash of light flashed in my mind: "Twelve or twelve years ago, was the attack of the "Red Sea" star pirate group really just an accident? "

Xi Wei had told him about this. It is said that the brother-in-law of the Red Sea Star Pirates was captured and exiled to the Exile Star. No one knew that he still had a relationship with the Red Sea Star Pirates. So when the head of the star thief group was hit by the pillow wind and hit the exile star, the empire was caught off guard. The two sides fought a tough battle. Afterwards, the Red Sea Star Pirates were completely wiped out, and the Exiled Star was almost reduced to ruins.

As for the two Wu Heng, according to their memory, it seems that they escaped from the chaos in that war.

I didn't think it was an accident before, but now it doesn't seem to be the case.

Sure enough, after the emperor was silent for a while, he told the truth: "It's not an accident, it was planned by me. I want to use the Red Sea to test the details of Exile Star."

Yuan Buwei shook his head slightly, his expression suddenly stunned.

……no surprise. The heart of playing politics is dirty. Where does this come from? What an accident and a coincidence!

The emperor who understood his eyes was a little speechless.

... who has the dirtiest heart? Can some people be a little bit **** themselves?

As the biggest victim, the emperor has 10,000 words of MMP to say in his heart.