Traveling through the infinite wasteland

"That Zhanying King is difficult enough. What's more, he has been running his lair for nine thousand years, so there are always some deadly things there. It's not that easy to deal with, so we'd better wait."

At the end of September, the emperor's camp had entered the empire and was less than a week away from the imperial capital.

"Your Majesty. The governor of the lonely garden universe, the commander of the military region, the representatives of various administrative officials, and the celebrities in this universe have all entered the palace and are waiting to see you. I don't know how you want to arrange it, your majesty?"

In Luo Qingyue's palace, Shuangyan entered the inner courtyard of the palace and reported to Ye Qingyuan on the bed.

He turned over lazily and said nonchalantly: "Let the queen go and receive her. I am currently busy and have no time to chat with them."

"...Yes." She replied helplessly, then turned back and left for a while.

Beside Jackal's bed, Luo Qingyue, who was dressed in a gauze nightgown and in full spring, with the afterglow of passion still on her pretty face, was dressing up in front of the mirror, looked back and said to him angrily:

"You are also the master of the empire. You leave everything to the queen sister to handle. You don't even bother to attend this formal interview. Isn't it too easy?"

"Who said that? Didn't I meet too many officials along the way?" He sat up from the bed, admiring her charming figure, and responded casually:

"It's just that I really don't like those hypocritical politenesses. It's boring to watch a bunch of guys who only sing praises. If it weren't for the fact that the current empire is using people, I would really consider letting them go home and farm."

"You. Do you know how many people will be frightened to death if these words spread for a while?" Luo Qingyue rolled her eyes at him, took out several jewelry boxes inlaid with gold and jade, opened them one by one, and began Choose carefully.

As the imperial army marches along the way, the feudal officials and prominent local figures along the way will carefully prepare gifts and come to see His Majesty, hoping to attract His Majesty's attention.

If the gift is of interest to His Majesty and can receive a few compliments, then his career will undoubtedly be smooth sailing from now on.

It's just that Ye Qingyuan never liked these hypocritical, cumbersome and flashy entertainments. Because of this, after insisting on dealing with the first few batches of officials, he lost interest in such activities and left them all to Fang Yuqing.

"Okay. I can't wait to mention this, okay?" Ye Qingyuan said with a smile.

"In one week, the army will arrive in the imperial capital. I have asked your brother to go back first. Some things need to be dealt with in a good way."

"Yeah. Yes." She agreed casually, took out a pair of bright yellow jade bracelets with purple-gold luster, and made some gestures on her hao wrists. Feeling a little dissatisfied, she put them back and continued picking.

"I'll be very busy when I go back this time. It's rare for a period of quiet time for some guys to heal their scars and forget about the pain, and start jumping out again to fan the flames." She added,

"Let me tell you. You should be tough on them. Kill them all and expose them for the time being. If you are blindly tolerant, they will think you are weak and can be bullied."

"Yes. I will," he nodded gently.

"I thought I'd let them go, so I turned a blind eye. But now it seems that this good guy really can't do it. It's better to clean up this group of people who don't know life and death as soon as possible to avoid causing trouble in the future. become a greater disaster.”

Looking at her beauty, Ye Qingyuan smiled again and said: "I will see my mother and sister soon. Have you prepared any gifts? You can go out with the army twice in a row, but my sister has to stay to look after the family. , but she feels very uncomfortable. You should prepare more benefits for her. "

"Gift? This person is not worried. It's just..." She looked at her still flat belly and sighed helplessly:

"Before leaving for the expedition, my mother repeatedly warned me, but so far there is still no good news. After I returned, I still don't know why I told her so well."

Ye Qingyuan stared at her, then suddenly slapped his forehead and said: "Since you are so speculating on having a child, why not do this? Didn't that guy Zhong Zixia give birth to two children? I heard that the third child will be born soon. , I’ll tell him when I get back, how about adopting one for you?”

Luo Qingyue was horrified, and then she said angrily: "What kind of bad idea is this? Can the heirs of the royal family be easily adopted? If this is really the case, the old antiques in the Superior Courtyard will scold them to death. Even you The emperor’s face will be completely lost.”

Ye Qingyuan felt a little ridiculous when he looked at it, and said helplessly: "Isn't that why I said this because I was worried about you? I have good intentions, but you treat me like a donkey."

"You are still talking about me. The main responsibility for this matter should be yours, right?" Luo Qingyue said angrily, "If you really think for me, you will come here to accompany me every day from now on."

"Okay. I promise you'll understand," Ye Qingyuan deliberately teased her, "but if you don't have good news after a year and a half, it won't be my responsibility."

Luo Qingyue's beautiful eyes widened and she stared at him suddenly for a while. She suddenly dropped the jewelry in her hand, rushed over and pressed him on the bed. After taking off the brocade quilt, she clenched her teeth and pressed him down...

The northwest pole of the star sea world, the Eridano Empire.

"Mother, I'm back."

In the back garden of the imperial court, Princess Qi looked at the queen, who was dressed in plain robes and was sitting on a recliner with her eyes closed, and spoke softly.

"Yes." The queen responded lightly, "Come back as soon as you come back. How is your sister lately, and how does the emperor treat her?"

"Of course... she looks fine." The princess said with some confusion, "I just understand that she is no longer..."

The Queen gently raised her hand to stop her words silently, then gently turned her head to the side and ordered: "You all get down."

All the maids around him left in an instant.

The Queen finally opened her eyes, and a meaningful smile gradually appeared on her beautiful face without makeup.

"Do you think that with the human world now evolving into such a situation, what should we do next to ensure that the interests of the Bojiang race are maximized?" She looked at her daughter and asked softly.

Princess Qi shrugged and asked tentatively: "Abolish that emperor and let my sister replace him?"

The queen's eyes tickled.

"Kill Ye Qingyuan and then let my race directly control the human world?"

The queen still shook her head.

"This..." Princess Qi thought hard for a while and then said:

"Then the only way is to choose another agent within the empire. However, my daughter has already observed that apart from him, there is no other person in the empire who can control the overall situation, so the possibility of this method being successful is really low."

"If the possibility of success is high enough, then I won't have to wait for the Eridano race." The Queen smiled elegantly,

"Of course, matters in the human world still have to be resolved by humans themselves. We have never estimated that our species, with a population of only 100 billion, can easily rule 900 billion humans. Not only is this not worth the loss, It has no chance of becoming a reality.”

"Therefore, let them fight for the throne of the empire on their own. We don't need to infiltrate too much, just wait and see what happens."

Princess Qi was a little confused and said: "However, if Ye Qingyuan falls, the Daomang Empire, which has a shallow foundation, may be greatly divided. It will be difficult to control the situation by then. This has nothing to do with me. The original intention of waiting is not consistent.”

The Queen smiled and said: "This star sea world is cruel and realistic. From ancient times to today, there have been many stunning and brilliant people who were invited by the God of Hades to his palace as guests at the moment when they should not have fallen. However, The vast sea of ​​​​stars will still exist forever and will not change because of the death of a certain life.".

"After Ye Qingyuan's death, the Daomang Empire will really be in chaos for a while. However, it will eventually stabilize. Because of our support, the new ruler will be able to secure his position."

"Who is the new emperor?" the princess asked.

"It depends on the important ministers of the empire, who is willing to get closer to us. But then again, if your sister has an heir, things will be much easier. Unfortunately, she does not have one at the moment, so..." The Queen considered road.

The princess shrugged and said: "Ye Qingyuan has a daughter, but she is only eight years old now. Her biological mother is another queen. If I kill her mother and then let my sister take the child into my hands, is that okay?"

"Otherwise, I will discuss it with his brother. Zhong Zixia is the prime minister of the empire and the only prince of the empire. Her status in the court can be said to be lower than that of one person and higher than that of tens of thousands of people. If he is willing to turn to us, things will be fine. It’s easy to handle.”

"Yes. Both of these options can be considered." The Queen nodded gently.

"However, I estimate that for this to become a reality, I must first let my good son-in-law go where he belongs."

Speaking of this, the princess looked a little scared:

"Mother, maybe this is very difficult. Ye Qingyuan's fierce fighting power has been increasing at an incredible speed. When we first met, I thought I could steadily defeat him. But now, maybe it's just my father and you. Only by taking action personally can you do it.”

"You are already at the peak of the Eighteen Stars with fierce fighting power. Didn't you expect that you can't even do anything to him? Could it be that he has..." The Queen frowned slightly and said with some surprise:

"I didn't expect the power of perfect genes to be so powerful?"

"I don't fully understand. My daughter has seen it, and his position is probably not as good as mine. It's just that in his body, I can vaguely sense a very terrifying aura, as if... it's some kind of super powerful artifact, or maybe It's a mutated beast. In short, if we fight him now, my daughter is not sure of winning." Princess Qi said with some uncertainty.

"Since that's the case, it's easy to handle." The Queen thought for a while, then stood up and said:

"Come with me. Let me show you something."

On her Hao wrist, a small and exquisite bracelet gently glowed with layers of halo. After a few seconds, a golden light was projected relatively close to her eyes. The void fluctuated and slowly transformed into a two-meter-high beam. shuttle-shaped light door.

The mother and daughter walked into the light door one after another. After a burst of photon development, the scenery in front of them turned into the boundless starry sky.

Close to their feet was a piece of golden-red land. From time to time, large streams of flames were ejected from the underground at a high speed, creating huge fire storms.

That's a red giant star.

The Queen took her flying straight towards the surface of the red giant star. She also made several airborne teleportations until she finally stopped on an awkwardly shaped platform.

So close to the star, the disturbances of various energy particles, magnetic storms, and magnetic fields are extremely violent. Even the stability of the void has been affected. Ordinary experts are careful even when flying, and even teleportation is even more difficult to predict. It can be seen that the Queen's fierce fighting power has reached such an unpredictable level.

The platform was extremely close to the surface of the star, and the purgatory-like sea of ​​flames was raging and rolling almost right under the feet. From time to time, extremely thick flames spurted out and swept towards the platform. But it was easily blocked by a thin energy shield.

Judging from this, this platform has been suspended here for a long time. However, the harsh environment on the surface of the star has not had any adverse impact on it.

The platform is not too big, about the size of a basketball court. Except for a black stone statue about five meters high, there are no other objects visible on it.

The stone statue looks like a woman, her whole body wrapped in thick armor, and her face cannot be seen clearly. In her left hand she held a war spear as thick as a child's arm and as tall as her body; in her right hand she held a golden disk.

A dark golden bead the size of an egg is quietly suspended on the disk, spinning leisurely under the pull of an unknown force. Countless runes as fine as gravel emerge from the inside of the bead, and then lightly Fly off the surface of the bead and merge into the energy shield around the platform.

The queen and the princess stood in front of the stone statue, and after bowing devoutly, they stepped forward and grasped the bead.

In an instant, the beads shone brightly, and the entire platform trembled rapidly.

An obscure energy wave centered on the platform and spread toward the ocean of flames at his feet.

After a moment, a powerful and icy, cold, and extremely sinister aura rose from the sea of ​​flames. In an instant, it seemed as if the temperature of the entire star's surface had slightly dropped.

A thing eight meters long and about two meters wide and high slowly emerged from the depths of the flame ocean, surrounded by black clouds, and rose directly to the platform.

That thing looked like a coffin, with countless mysterious and delicate patterns on the dark surface. The patterns were composed of tiny symbols similar to ancient divine texts. However, the color was as black as ink, with a sense of death, despair, and decay. breath. It is very different from the normal dark golden runes. It is a gorgeous and noble artistic conception, containing full of vitality.

The sinister and cold aura became more and more frightening, rushing towards his face with indescribable pressure, as if there was an extremely powerful and dangerous thing dormant there. Even Princess Qi couldn't help but shudder, and took a step back in fear.

On the top of the coffin lid is a relief sculpture of an unnamed monster with gnarled muscles, splayed beard and hair, and extremely ferocious power. The body is similar to a human being, but the head is just ugly and weird.