Walk alone in the abyss

The initiation ceremony is not complicated.

The archbishop made some symbolic prayer movements, and inserted the scepter in her hand fiercely into the gap in front of the statue.

This made Yang Ming think of the old, broken second-hand car started by the mechanical key in his hometown on Earth.

Then came the azure blue light effect, the lines on the ground were lit up, the whole hall was trembling, the sound of machinery humming came from the depths of the modular Emperor Star, and several stereo projectors in front of the statue started working at the same time.

Streamers of light gathered from all directions.

The roof of the temple turned into a starry sky, the murals seemed to start to move, and a beautiful virtual image of a woman began to gather in front of him, and finally condensed into a figure that was indistinguishable from a god.

Yang Ming: This special effect is much more refined than Lu's appearance animation.

If the computing power is not enough, increase the budget.

Li's realistic image was completely solidified, and Yang Ming heard that calm, unfamiliar, yet mature female voice:

"No imperial crisis detected, no strong enemy approach detected, no large-scale rebels detected, no strong enemy country detected.

"Specific instructions need to be implemented.

"If there is no specific execution order, it will re-enter the sleeping state after ten seconds."

"Emperor Wei! I am your emperor!"

The old emperor shouted angrily: "Look at me!"

"Insufficient privileges on target."

"Emperor Wei," said the old emperor, "I am the descendant of Levi Sherman, the supreme power holder of this country!"

"Insufficient privileges on target."

"Emperor Guard!"

call out!

Li's figure flickered slightly, and disappeared directly in front of the old emperor.

Yang Ming felt the anger that the old emperor was trying his best to suppress at this moment, and the figures around him fell to their knees.

"look."

The old emperor said with a smile, then took two steps forward calmly, supported the back of the floating sofa, and said slowly: "The Imperial Guard system said that I have insufficient authority... Am I still the emperor of this country? Hanton? "

Yang Ming bowed his head and remained silent, but his heart was filled with joy.

Thank you, sister Li, for understanding and not tripping him up.

As for the old emperor's refusal... Yang Ming had seriously suspected that this was intentional.

He has always felt that reason might be playing a big game of chess. Now, this feeling is so strong that it can almost be realized directly.

"Handun," the old emperor turned around and looked at Yang Ming, "do you think the imperial guard system is important to the empire?"

"Your Majesty," Yang Ming said sternly, "this must be important, but Labdo, also known as Emperor Guard System 2.0, is also an excellent war support system."

"You said it all, Labdo is just a war support system... Come with me, come out and have some fun, I feel a little bored here."

The old emperor left the palace gate with his hands behind his back.

Yang Ming glanced at the archbishop prostrate on the ground, shook his head slightly, and followed him.

etc.

Yang Ming suddenly had a guess.

The old emperor said before that he would make a fuss, and he continued to take back the power in the hands of the elders' house, the military department, the foreign affairs bureau, the military intelligence bureau, and the government affairs department, and constantly strengthened the centralization of imperial power... Maybe he thought that by doing so, he would be able to gain control of the emperor? Wei's authority...

"Hatton said, what's the problem?"

The old emperor frowned and said:

"The authority to control the Imperial Guard system is not mine, so who is it?"

Yang Ming pondered a few times: "Your Majesty, I have no research on these, I have only had simple exchanges with the Imperial Guard system during several wars."

"I wondered before whether it might be because of blood, that is, a genetic problem."

The old emperor leaned on the railing and looked at the simulated scenery in the distance.

He said in a deep voice:

"I ordered people to secretly compare the genes of the previous dozen generations of emperors with mine, and it can be concluded that we are direct relatives.

"Then, I ordered people to carefully screen the history of the empire. There is an absolutely objective history book in the palace that records various major events in the daily operation of the empire. I found that the last time was ordered by His Majesty the Emperor himself. The order was received during an imperial expedition eight hundred and twenty-six years ago.

"That is to say, after the reform of the new calendar, the emperor lost the authority to order the imperial guard system."

Yang Ming nodded while listening.

He can even give a more reliable answer - because the Emperor Wei system judged that the current emperor of the Empire has lost the gene that represents Levi Sherman's specificity, and is no longer recognized by the Emperor Wei system as an empire. Owner.

The old emperor sighed and continued:

"I think, in the current empire, there must be a person, or a small group, who can command the Emperor Guard system.

"This group can only be on that round table.

"Hendon, can you understand this feeling?"

"Yes, Your Majesty," Yang Ming pursed his lips, "It's the first time I feel the pressure on you."

"Oh," the old emperor shook his head, "They don't understand me. I have tried everything I can. Now, more and more generals in the Imperial Army are under my direct influence, and the House of Elders is completely under my control. , the MIB now has Atero, and you are on my side, but that's not enough."

Yang Ming pondered and remained silent.

The old emperor said: "I have always supported Labudo to replace the Imperial Guard. In fact, it is just a test. I want to see who will resist Labrador...The Imperial Guard system directly controls the Levi Fleet and the Emperor Star Machine." A, this is the ultimate force of the empire, and this is the real core of imperial power, that is to say, whoever owns the imperial guard system can say that he is the master of this country."

Yang Ming asked: "Your Majesty, why don't you go directly to Director Yinuo?"

"Will they tell me the truth? They coax me, lie to me, and put me in front of the imperial public as a mascot, an actor."

The old emperor's expression became more and more gloomy.

"I dare to conclude that there is only one way for me to become the real emperor and regain control over the emperor's guard.

"That's breaking up that round table.

"I know, this sounds crazy, there are my elders, and they are also terrorist forces that have mastered almost all the resources of the empire. There is only one way to defeat them, Hanton, just like you said, destroy them... …destroy them from a practical point of view.

"Answer me, Hanton, how do you know where the old man's body is?"

Yang Ming said: "Faya people gave me a batch of data... about two months ago."

"What? Faya?"

The old emperor was taken aback.

Yang Ming spread out his hands:

"Your Majesty, haven't you felt it yet? The Faya people are very dissatisfied with the current situation of the Sherman Empire. Otherwise, during the last empire expedition to the New Federation, the Faya people would not have directly issued an order to the United States of Freedom and the Guell Alliance. Let them attack the Imperial Expeditionary Force directly.

"The possibility of empire is too low.

"That's how I understand it."

The old emperor frowned in thought, put his hands behind his back, and started pacing back and forth.

Yang Ming waited quietly by the side, the thoughts in his heart became more and more vivid.

The emperor-Sherman family-the House of Elders, the military and other departments of the empire, this is the core power system of the empire.

More often than not, the emperor only has a symbolic meaning, which symbolizes that the country is an autocratic monarchy, not the people and the free camp, so that the people living here can passively increase their tolerance to exploitation, and also improve the operation of the political system to a certain extent efficiency.

The main body of contradictions in the empire has always been the aristocratic class and the commoner class. This is a powder keg that has been charged for a long time.

This riot in the empire can be said to be a [pre-war accumulation] created by Yang Ming, and Li personally fueled it.

At this moment, the empire is extinguishing flames everywhere, which will intensify the public's distrust of the empire and make the people feel the pressure of security.

If you want to take this route to cause internal turmoil in the empire, you must constantly stimulate the imperial nobles and the people to make the two completely opposed. This full-scale riot is only a foundation.

That's part of the Challenger program.

But now, Yang Ming found a shortcut in the power center of the empire.

The shortcut comes from a rift—the rift between the emperor and the Sherman family.

It's just that Yang Ming also understands that the emperor is unreliable, this old man is just a mediocre prince in essence, just because he has a certain amount of power now, his inner desires are expanding wildly.

This is not a capable guy, nor would he be a good teammate.

Yang Ming could only use the emperor, but could not place too many chips and bets on the emperor.

"Hendon, have you told anyone else these words?"

"No, Your Majesty," Yang Ming said with his hands behind his back, as if the flag of the Faya civilization was raised above his head, "I don't think this is good news for the empire, and my understanding is that the Faya people gave me This information is for my self-protection, and they still look down on some decayed individuals in a low-dimensional human civilization."

"This is a good opportunity to deny their legitimacy."

The old emperor muttered to himself, then looked at Yang Ming, and said with a smile:

"Okay, let's not think about this issue for now, and it won't be clear for a while. Come here for a walk, the scenery here is still good."

Yang Ming smiled and nodded.

The old emperor obviously turned his head too slowly and couldn't think of any good solution.

Don't rush, wait slowly, he has enough patience now.

...

The residences of Yang Ming and Daphne were arranged in the former Daphne bedroom in the palace module.

When Yang Ming returned here, it was already late at night in Emperor Star, the bedroom was quiet and quiet, only one maid was walking around, arranging furniture and decorations.

Daphne didn't rest.

She was wearing a thin and sexy slim mermaid dress, and her long hair, which seemed to be loose at random, was carefully combed, exuding a seductive fragrance.

When Yang Ming arrived in the bedroom, she was coming out of the bathroom, with a gentle smile on her lips, she bowed slightly to Yang Ming.

"You have worked hard."

Yang Ming smiled and said, "Well, do you have so many etiquettes in the Sherman family?"

"No, I just think it looks very gentle."

Daphne stepped forward step by step, took off the dress for Yang Ming, committed herself to take off the military boots for him, and handed them to the maid beside her.

Yang Ming enjoyed the service of the princess of the empire, and felt a little strange in his heart.

Yang Ming turned over and lay on the bed, and asked aloud, "Did anything happen while I was with His Majesty?"

"Which aspect specifically?"

Daphne sat by the bed, watching Yang Ming tenderly.

"Riots everywhere."

"Currently, the riots have been suppressed. In less than a few galaxy hours, the riots in the empire have temporarily subsided."

Daphne has obviously been paying attention to these things, and the information is very comprehensive.

"But this suppression was by force, and the dissatisfaction of the people has not disappeared, and the conflicts have only been suppressed, not resolved.

"To take the simplest example, it's just continuing to increase the pressure on a tank that is at risk of exploding.

"The most difficult issue now is how to stabilize the hearts of the people in the empire. I have just noticed that many famous politicians and scholars have said that if you can stand up, the pressure on the empire's public opinion field will be reduced by half."

Yang Ming said with a smile: "Every time I say that I can stand up, I can stand up, but have they ever thought about what I can say to the people by standing up? Do you want me to stand up and say, don't hate your exploiters?" , They took away your wealth and your rights, all for the purpose of allowing you to survive...Is that so?"

Daphne shook her head gently.

She said softly: "Hanton, no one will think this is correct, but in the empire, the empire urgently needs to convince the people that there will be changes in the future."

"Well," Yang Ming said, "I thought so too at first. I always believed that the empire was suppressing the power of the nobles, until I learned that there are a group of real nobles hidden behind His Majesty."

Daphne could only smile wryly.

She looked aside, waved her hand lightly, and the maids left quietly after saluting.

Like a swimming fish, she swam into Yang Ming's arms and hid in his arms.

"Hendon, I'm a little worried about you now."

"What are you worried about me?"

"You have been used by Uncle Yinuo. He has always been dissatisfied with those old people. Those old people are not real elites, they are just the people in power."

Daphne said worriedly:

"They may really deal with you, even if they force you to the opposite side of the empire, and then use the empire's powerful fleet..."

"Don't worry, Daphne," Yang Ming said, "We still have your father."

"My father can only give orders that will not violate the overall interests of the family," Daphne said, "If those people don't nod, my father can't do anything he wants to do, and he understands this, so he always I will do something to satisfy myself within the scope of those people's permission, so as to comfort myself."

Yang Ming: ...

It's a little impolite to see his old father so thoroughly.

Yang Ming said: "Your Majesty gave me some encouragement today."

"Do you want you to fight those old people?"

"Yes," Yang Ming laughed, "Now I can only rely on His Majesty, and His Majesty can only rely on me, but I haven't figured it out yet, how to target these guys and directly announce them to the public? For them, it has no real impact, their rule of the empire is from top to bottom, and it is a big proposition to dismantle their ruling foundation and return power to local and imperial power."

"Honey, I think it's time for you to take a break. Don't think about such complicated issues for the time being. You've been running around for a long time."

Daphne gently rubbed Yang Ming's chest.

Yang Ming said: "Okay, you rest first, let me study the current situation first."

Daphne planted a kiss on Yang Ming's forehead, then turned and went aside, with her back to Yang Ming, ready to fall asleep.

Boss Yang sat up, raised his hand and made a gesture of grabbing, and let the cup in the corner fly over by itself.

Then he opened the network access terminal and browsed the latest news.

He was going to have a brief exchange with Lil when Daphne fell asleep.

Law should see some information in the murals at the headquarters of the God of Development, this information... Yang Ming doesn't know what it is useful for.

The hottest news right now is:

[Strongly quell the turmoil, the imperial army will act resolutely];

【The only way out for the future of the empire is to reduce the privileges of the noble class】;

【Pray for peace】;

[There is really a group of senior agents stirring up disputes];

[More than 120 interstellar regimes, including the New Federation and the United States of Freedom, expressed concern about the turmoil within the empire];

[Dreadnoughts outside Saka, the empire did not regard the white ghost as a hero at all];

[Captain Catherine became the first president of the Federation of Resistance Organizations];

[Quigan's death: a murder destined to be recorded in the annals of the empire];

Etc., etc.

The public opinion is cooling down, and the crisis of the empire can be regarded as the surface.

Yang Ming got what he wanted, and the challenger plan had advanced to more than 30%. The death of Earl Quigan was indeed of great significance.

Daphne must have fallen asleep, Yang Ming felt that her biological energy became very smooth and gentle.

He was just about to touch his watch...

Ding Ding!

Yang Ming subconsciously covered the projection hole of the network access terminal, and looked at Daphne with a guilty conscience.

She was not affected.

Yang Ming looked at the lower left corner of the projection screen, there was a small envelope there, it was obviously a message from someone other than Lu...

With a light touch of a finger, the envelope unfolded.

[Come out and chat. 】

Signing is...reasonable.