Walk alone in the abyss

The empire develops the religion.

A mysterious religious organization built in the power center of the empire should be a political tool for anti-science, superstition and belief worship, but the goddess it serves is a real mechanical thinking body.

Just, it's amazing.

Yang Ming sat behind the emperor on the floating sofa, and rubbed against the emperor's treatment.

Everywhere you go, people bow their heads and salute, and when they meet slaves serving in the palace, they will get some kneeling and kneeling salutes.

Just a little bit, Boss Yang wanted to stand up and shout three words 'fair, fair, or fucking fair';

It's a pity that he has to cherish the honeymoon period with the old emperor, which is destined to be very short.

Not far from the palace module is the headquarters of the God of Development.

What Yang Ming didn't expect was that the old emperor actually added a... special magnetic levitation channel for the levitating sofa between the two modules.

After the two sofas entered the channel, they landed on the dedicated docking port, and then the sofa was locked, and a protective film was raised around it, and he and the old emperor were ejected.

This short-lived enclosed space became the space where Yang Ming and the old emperor were alone for a short time.

As a result, a crazy idea popped up in Yang Ming's heart - to control the old emperor.

However, he quickly slammed the idea down.

The mental state of the emperor of the empire is under the surveillance of the tentacles all the time. If you want to attack the old emperor with the method of mind control, you need to get rid of the tentacles that are not completely controlled by the old emperor.

"Handun," the old emperor raised his legs and turned to look at Yang Ming, "What do you think is the problem of the empire now? Is it really what you said before?"

"Yes."

The thoughts in Yang Ming's heart kept turning.

The old emperor raised his hand and dialed the controller at hand to slow down the ball.

"Handon," the old emperor said with a smile, "Actually, I have always had two pressures, one of which is from these old guys... They have always said that this system is the cornerstone of the stability of the empire. 1. The laws are formulated by them, and I, the emperor, is actually just a mascot. The reform of the new calendar of the empire is actually just a periodic adjustment. It was more than 700 galaxy years ago that the internal contradictions of the empire accumulated to a certain extent. "

Yang Ming asked quite seriously: "Your Majesty, what is your ideal now? Or what is your pursuit?"

The old emperor squinted and smiled: "You want me to challenge my elders, right Hanton? What about you? What is your ideal?"

"My ideal is very complicated," Yang Ming said seriously, "I am actually contradictory. Your Majesty, I am the product of the fusion of two thinking bodies. This is a secret I have never told others."

Yang Ming's expression became a little lonely.

He sighed softly, his eyes were a little far away, and his eyes were a little red.

He whispered:

"Your Majesty, I am Hanton, but I am also another person. I am this side of Hanton, which makes me subconsciously protect the empire and become the white ghost of the empire. I have deep feelings for the people of the empire, because Hanton is a person. , he himself is a crazy supporter of the empire, which is actually... I am very conflicted.

"When I'm another person, I don't fit into the world.

"Your Majesty, I am very lonely. I don't have anyone to rely on. When I was chosen by the Fayas and gained great strength, the Fayas just wanted me to be their warrior.

"I can only follow Hanton's will to protect this country and make this country better.

"Your Majesty Hanton is stupid, he... the power I obtained, although it was essentially given by the Fayas, was actually operated by Kigrove. This idiot actually took the initiative to ask Kigrove Application, he can be a test subject, after being initially rejected by Kigrove, he also quietly exercised and prepared for several years.

"So Your Majesty, sometimes I can't explain what my ideals and beliefs are, because my bones are torn.

"Handon's thinking is influencing me, trying to make me become an imperial warrior Hanton; my own consciousness is also influencing me, trying to make me submit to the imperial power, so as to get a better life for my home planet... ...Your Majesty, I am in pain."

Yang Ming raised his hands to cover his eyes, and let out a long sigh.

Obviously, he couldn't fix it for the old emperor.

The old emperor on the side watched Yang Ming, raised his hand and patted his arm, and said warmly:

"Handon...Hendon, don't do this, I don't know how to comfort people... But, um, I understand you.

"In fact, sometimes I am very torn, thinking, I am just a puppet chosen by them, and thinking, I am the emperor, the biggest one in the empire, why should they dictate to me and restrain my behavior?

"Actually, this world is like this, full of compromise and helplessness.

"I'm very happy, happy that you can say this to me, Hanton, I can feel this tear in you all the time. Actually, you don't have to please them, like you are doing now, play your If you let them know how powerful you are, they won’t do anything to your home planet.”

Yang Ming sighed, his eyes were red, staring at His Majesty the Emperor.

Yang Ming said: "Actually, Your Majesty, I was also driven into a desperate situation by them. They want me to be one of them. I hate it from the bottom of my heart. I cannot allow myself to become a degenerate nobleman to oppress the people and those slaves."

"Alas," the old emperor patted Yang Ming's arm, trying to guide Yang Ming, "But Hanton, the current situation in the empire is like this, we all have to face the reality."

"Your Majesty, are you telling me this to tell me not to fight against these old Sherman family members?"

"No, no no."

The old emperor shook his head and said in a low voice:

"Hendon, if you give in to them, the empire will have no power to resist them. You must stand in front of them and put pressure on them. You did a good job this time.

"A system, if there is no effective supervision mechanism, it will inevitably lead to deep-seated corruption, and they are free from the supervision of the empire.

"By the way, I heard you say that you may be going to the high-dimensional world soon?"

"753 years in the new imperial calendar, this is a time node."

Yang Ming carefully explained:

"That is, the high-dimensional civilization made a trial game, allowing the civilizations developed in the greenhouse and whose civilization level is less than one level to compete and fight in this game. Only three of the five greenhouse civilizations can get out of this game alive. Both will be erased directly.

"Before the start of this battle between the five civilizations, there is a preliminary test. Each civilization will play a game independently, which is a civilization upgrade game for all people to participate in. Then most of the greenhouse civilizations will fail, and civilizations will be destroyed in time and space. Destroy it once in the bubble, and then restore it to prepare for the competition of civilizations.

"I have experienced the pain of my home planet being smashed by a dreadnought, Your Majesty...Really, I definitely don't want to experience that pain a second time. Then, my parents, my family, I mean, the one who dominates my consciousness now Parents and family members died in the scalding lava that gushed out from the planet's surface.

"In the stand-alone version of the game, the new calendar year 753 of the Empire is the day when the game starts. According to the practice of the Faya people, the game where the five civilizations compete together will start before the real calendar year 753 of the Milky Way Empire."

The old emperor nodded slowly, with a bit of thought in his eyes: "Is there me in this civilization game designed by the Fayas?"

"Your Majesty, the Faya people used all the data of human civilization in an instant in the Milky Way to generate a game world," Yang Ming said with a smile, "but your sense of existence is very low, most of the time, we come from closed planets The 'players' who heard about it were the Sherman family, the military department, and the elders' house, and many plots have hinted that you are a puppet controlled by the shadow government of the Sherman Empire."

"Oh," the old emperor sneered, "they are the puppets of power."

"Yes, Your Majesty," Yang Ming approached the emperor, and said seriously, "Actually, Your Majesty, I know that you may want to reduce their influence, but this will inevitably create a conflict of interest with these uncles of yours. I am a little pessimistic."

The old emperor frowned slightly, and the light in his eyes kept flickering.

Yang Ming advised:

"You have now left a strong mark in the history books. You have made two expeditions to the New Federation, and you have beaten the New Federation to the ground. The ideology that threatened the empire has been greatly suppressed. You have resisted the tide of insects. This scale of insect swarm is rare in history, and even wiped out the queen who was a huge threat to the human race—although her thinking body escaped.

"Your Majesty, I must advise you.

"Your current achievements are already dazzling enough for the historical transcripts, there is no need to challenge them."

The emperor laughed and narrowed his eyes slightly:

"But Hanton, there is no limit to human desires, but there is always a limit to human life."

Yang Ming: ...

The old emperor didn't say much, just held Yang Ming's arm and said with a smile:

"They are going to target you soon, and they may attack you directly. You need to be mentally prepared. Although Uncle Yinuo repeatedly mentioned that you have the ability to regenerate infinitely, they feel that as long as they find you, they will attack you once. , enough to destroy you.

"Stay in Emperor Star for a while longer."

Yang Ming asked in a low voice: "Your Majesty, if they attack me directly, I might really get rid of them."

"This is your war," the old emperor said with a smile, "I will make a list for you later. For the rest, you can play freely, my knight commander."

"I understand Your Majesty."

There was a bit of ferocity in Yang Ming's eyes.

"Those who want to kill me must be prepared to be killed by me. I am not afraid of anything now. If you get rid of them, you will be able to firmly control the empire, and my home planet can also be protected...is that right, Your Majesty? "

"Don't worry, even if you don't target them, I will take good care of your home planet."

The emperor said sternly:

"This is my promise to you, and it is also the reward you deserve, my knight commander.

"Although these old guys always want to deny your achievements, at least for me, you are the hero of the empire, and what an emperor has to do is to live up to the hero's efforts."

He actively extended his right hand.

Yang Ming's eyes were full of emotion, and he lightly shook hands with the emperor.

The main reason is that he is afraid that with a little force, the old man will have a comminuted fracture, and then turn his head and turn his face.

For a moment, Yang Ming couldn't tell whether he was acting to fool the old emperor, or the old emperor was acting to fool him.

The two turned their heads to look sideways. This short journey has come to an end.

...

The younger sister of the former archbishop, and now the archbishop of the God of Development, had not given Yang Ming a positive impression before.

Although the Empire Development Cult is a religion in name, its influence is only in a small area of ​​the Emperor Star and the Emperor Star Circle. This religion itself has little effect on the maintenance of the empire's political power.

This new archbishop has a very hot figure, and is covered in technology and hard work. Especially when she puts on the pure white robe that is supposed to be holy, her whole person looks even more charming, with a unique charm of an old lady. .

I guess the old emperor liked this taste very much.

Yang Ming and the old emperor came to visit the headquarters of the Cult of Development. The archbishop had already led the main management of the cult to wait at the door. By the way, he also summoned more than a hundred priestesses with good faces and good figures to follow them barefoot.

This is the normal visiting process.

Yang Ming and the old emperor sat on the sofa, slowly walking through the corridors engraved with the long history of the empire, and listened to the narrator's detailed introduction of major historical events.

The history here is the real history of the empire, which is obviously different from the history of the empire that children in the empire now learn.

Yang Ming didn't care about the information contained in these murals, but he still secretly pointed his watch at the murals, giving Xiaolu a chance to gain some knowledge.

After walking through the historical corridors, passing through the Shapan District where the Empire was developing, and passing by the Sherman family's ancestral hall, Yang Ming and the old emperor finally arrived at their destination.

Main hall.

The goddess who developed the religion is worshiped here, that is, Li during the Leviticus period.

There were no pictures of the idols circulating on the imperial network, which made Yang Ming look a little stunned.

It's not that our boss Yang can't walk after seeing a beautiful female mechanical thinking body. The image of the mechanical thinking body has no meaning and is all made up by himself.

But this idol is really big.

——Refers to relatively mature principles and rich foundation, but does not refer to physical form.

Her statue is like a sculpture of the goddess of beauty, her beautiful and gentle face is covered by a veil, her eyes seem to be able to speak, hiding stars and full of hope;

She seemed to be looking into the distance with a little attachment in her eyes.

Yang Ming looked in the direction she was looking at... it was the imperial palace.

Does this portend anything?

Or is it an expression that Li really fell in love with Levi Sherman?

However, when Boss Yang thinks about Xiao Lu who falls in love with him every day and says, "Today is another day full of energy," he always feels uncomfortable. There is a feeling of "I treat you as a brother, but you want to give me a child." Guilt.

"Look," the old emperor sat up from the sofa and walked to the statue with his hands behind his back, "This is the Imperial Guard System."

Yang Ming's eyes lit up: "Is the mastermind of the Imperial Guard system here?"

"Of course not, that one is underground, and there is a special research laboratory group to maintain it," the old emperor said with a smile, "I went to see it when I was young. It was a huge black box, and inside it was the great founder of the People's Republic of China. The super technology left by the emperor cannot be cracked by us at this stage."

Yang Ming nodded.

The old emperor turned to look aside and said slowly: "Come here, my little sweetheart."

The archbishop bowed his head and knelt at the old emperor's feet, kissing the old emperor's toes.

The old emperor's eyes showed a bit of boredom: "I want you to use your scepter to activate this thing!"

"As you command, your great Majesty."

The archbishop shivered twice, slowly got up, ran to the corner, and took the scepter.

Yang Ming stood aside with his hands behind his back, watching these busy sacrifices at leisure.

Isn't it just a matter of pressing a button? Why do we have to engage in such a big battle?

Uh, no, are they going to activate their reasoning later?

Will Li Li suddenly do something to him?

Yang Ming felt a drumbeat in his heart.

He finally managed to get the old emperor to his side, and the two temporarily reached an alliance of interests. They could work together to bring down the Sherman family, but it's not true...

"Your Majesty, do I need to get out of the way?"

"Avoiding what? Just to show you," the old emperor sighed, "to show you how this system humiliates me, the emperor."

Yang Ming:......

Sister Li, please understand, Sister Li!