The sound of chaotic footsteps echoed in the empty palace corridor.
Yang Luo and General Philemon walked in front with a dozen officers, followed closely by Princess Dana and her team members.
Emilia, who was following Yang Luo step by step, seemed to have regained her composure and was thinking about what the 'truth' Yang Luo said was.
In front of the official gate, two rows of mechanical guards stood with guns.
Philemon stretched out his hand to hold Yang Luo: "Their condition is not quite right. The safety of the laser gun has been turned on and they have received instructions to shoot at any time."
Yang Luo seemed not to hear and walked forward two meters alone.
Emilia wanted to follow, but was guarded by General Philemon.
"Please stop!"
The two mechanical guards spoke at the same time, and the electronic synthesized voice was slightly sharp:
"Without His Majesty's order, trespassers will be punished with assassination."
Yang Luo continued to move forward.
The mechanical guards simultaneously made shooting gestures.
The officers behind Yang Luo took out their laser pistols and pointed their guns at the heads of the mechanical guards.
"Don't be nervous," Yang Luo said slowly, "point the gun at the head of the guard next to you and close your protective shield."
The officers in the rear were confused.
The group of mechanical guards in front of the official gate turned around and aimed their laser guns at the heads of the mechanical guards beside them.
Yang Luo said: "Fire."
Phew! Phew!
Two rows of mechanical guards pulled the triggers at the same time, and conspicuous large holes appeared on their heads. They each held their guns and lowered their heads; the silver-white metal skeleton still stood firmly, and the positron brain, which was emitting smoke, stopped functioning.
Yang turned to Emilia and winked: "A little magic show."
"Everyone, wait here for a moment. I'll go in and take a look first."
"Yang!"
General Philemon frowned and said:
"There are hundreds of mechanical guards inside. They are set to only obey His Majesty's orders... They may also obey your instructions. How did you do it?"
"It's magic," Emilia whispered from the side.
Yang Luo almost laughed out loud.
This is of course the mechanical goddess named Ritsu, secretly controlling these mechanical guards.
Yang Luo walked straight forward, opened the official door and walked in under the gaze of everyone.
About half a minute later, Yang Luo opened the palace door, stuck her head out and shouted: "Princess Dana, General Philemon, His Highness Emilia, please come with me, His Majesty wants to see you."
The three people named all showed varying degrees of hesitation.
Emilia took the lead to move forward, followed closely by Philemon. Princess Dana bit her lip gently when she saw Emilia pick up.
"General!"
An officer shouted worriedly.
General Philemon turned his head and said: "Waiting for orders, His Majesty is summoning us."
"Yes, General!"
The middle-aged officer replied in a low voice.
Obviously, they all guessed what would happen today.
But now, Major Yang Luo, who is regarded as a military hero, seems to have all the initiative, which makes them somewhat confused about the situation.
After the official gate was opened, it was tightly closed by Yang Luo.
Inside the sleeping hall.
Five hundred mechanical guards stood silently.
They had discarded their laser rifles and had their hands behind their backs, like soldiers waiting for a review.
The old emperor sat on the throne with his eyes closed, wearing a crown on his head, holding a decorative metal sword in both hands, and behind his back was a group of electronic circuits that he had discarded casually.
Princess Diana looked at this scene in disbelief and asked in a low voice: "How did you do it?"
"A little virus," Yang Luo said, "These mechanical guards purchased from the Sherman Empire have been installed with remote control backdoor programs, and the positron brain structure is relatively simple. They are cannon fodder products, but they look good."
Princess Dana stared at the figure on the throne.
Emilia asked: "So, what is the truth you are telling me?"
Yang Luo sighed: "Let me show you that for the country of Luofeng, this can only be said to be an insult to the reputation, and there is no actual damage. The emperor can wake up."
As soon as he finished speaking, the old emperor on the throne opened his eyes, with a faint red light flashing in his eyes.
There was a bit of fear in Emilia's eyes, and she ducked behind Yang.
"Viscount Yang Luo? Philemon?"
The old emperor squinted his eyes and looked at Princess Dana, his expression quickly turned grim, and his nose was trembling slightly:
"Very good! You captured this damn woman! You two have done a great job! Capture Dana! Come to me!"
Yang Luo put his hands behind his back and lowered his eyes and face. Philemon stood beside Yang Luo with his head lowered and remained motionless.
"guard!"
The old emperor shouted.
The mechanical guards were not turned on.
"Major Yang Luo!"
The old emperor stood up with a metal knight sword in his hand, with a red light in his eyes:
"I order you to restrain the woman behind you! She is trying to assassinate me, the most noble emperor of the Luofeng Empire!"
Yang Luo suddenly asked: "Your Majesty, what do you understand by imperial power?"
"Your Majesty, shut up! You just need to follow my orders!"
The old emperor said coldly:
"I can give you everything you want, power, fame, the beautiful opposite sex, everything you want, I can give you! You just need to obey me!"
Yang Luo asked again: "Your Majesty, how do you think imperial power is achieved?"
The old emperor's expression froze.
Yang Luo said slowly:
"If it is an ignorant and low-level civilization, the imperial power can be realized through the divine right of kings and orders from heaven, taking advantage of human beings' ignorance of nature."
"In a civilization that has awakened its thoughts, imperial power can be achieved by dividing classes, controlling class promotion channels, and controlling military power, such as the Sherman Empire."
"And what can you do?"
The old emperor's eyes were blurred.
He stared at Yang. Behind Yang Luo, the old emperor suddenly saw some slowly flowing starlight and saw the figure with a pair of wings of light.
The old emperor raised his hand and tried to touch it, his lips were trembling.
Yang Luo smiled and said, "You saw the gods, right?"
"God."
The old emperor murmured: "Yes, there is a god in this world, and she gave me awakening and imperial power."
Yang Luodao: "That's just your personal god."
In the old emperor's eyes, the figure with wings of light suddenly exploded and turned into a series of codes, and a series of red symbols appeared in these codes.
That is the core code of the old emperor itself.
The palm wearing a black glove stretched out and gently messed up the codes.
"This is impossible!"
The old emperor growled: "What have you done to my god!"
Yang Luo just looked at the throne with a smile.
The old emperor held the metal sword and rushed down the steps, shouting: "Give me the gods back! Yang Luo! Give me the gods back!"
General Fremont protected Emilia and kept retreating.
Princess Dana thought of something, and when the old emperor raised his sword to slash Yang Luo, she hurriedly said: "Be careful! He actually has very strong fighting power..."
boom!
The knight's sword was thrown upward, and the old emperor's left hand was almost severed, and turbid artificial blood spurted out from the broken skin.
Yang Luo remained motionless. The old emperor sat down on the ground and stared at Yang Luo angrily.
Yang Luo smiled and said:
If you want to be a good emperor, you must first stabilize the power in your hands and have a group of people gather around you.
"You also realize this, but you can't trust humans, so you let Edwan buy so many mechanical guards."
"/You clearly had the opportunity to be a wise king, find some commendable qualities in your limited mechanical life, use your personal charm to bring more hope to this country, but you quickly lost yourself in power.
What's the good thing about power? You can control other people's life and death and restrict other people's freedom, so what can you do?"
Yang took two steps forward, and the old emperor's figure kept squirming, squirming towards the throne.
The bones of the old emperor's left hand were broken, and traces of fine circuits were revealed on the inside of the bones.
Emilia looked at all this in disbelief and asked in a trembling voice: "Omnic?"
Even the well-informed General Philemon was still shocked at this moment. He turned to look at Princess Dana and already understood all this.
"Sherman!"
Philemon roared like an old lion.
Princess Dana did not dare to see Philemon and quickly explained: "I am only responsible for executing orders. I gave birth to Emilia for the royal family. I am sorry, but this is an order from the top."
"General, don't embarrass her," Yang Luo said, "This is the truth that Edwang must not know."
"Yes," Philemon took a deep breath, "His Royal Highness Edwan must not know this."
The old emperor tried to stand up.
Yang Luo stepped on the old emperor's back with his right foot and kicked him to the steps.
He pressed the old emperor's back with his bare hands, and his gloved palm easily penetrated the simulated skin, grasped the old emperor's lubricated heart, and carefully pulled it out.
Blood splattered.
A mechanical heart beats gently, with two flexible circuits connected to it.
The old emperor continued to crawl forward unaffected. Under the suppression of Yang Luo's right foot, he could not move even half a minute.
The old emperor's face was full of ferocity, but more of his expression was anger after suffering humiliation.
Yang Luo pressed a few buttons, and a small projection screen appeared on the mechanical heart. Strings of codes were directly eliminated by Yang Luo, and new codes were implanted into the core.
The three people below looked at this scene blankly.
The old emperor quickly gave up his struggle.
He seemed to be asleep, lying there and breathing steadily.
Yang Luo seemed to have completed a small task, stuffing the mechanical heart back into the gap on the emperor's back, taking off his gloves and stuffing them into the trouser pocket of his military uniform.
"that's it."
"He turned around and looked at Princess Diana: How long will his term last?"
Princess Dana hurriedly said: "Less than two years, probably."
"Then let him lie down for two years to complete the smooth transfer of power," Yang Luo said with a smile. "It is the consensus reached by the Foreign Affairs Bureau to make Edwang the new emperor of Luofeng, right?"
"Yes, it is!"
Princess Dana did not dare to look directly at Yang Luo:
"Did you arrange this all? Your Excellency Yang Luo."
"I'm just helping Edwan, I can't affect the Sherman Empire."
Yang Luo strolled down with his hands behind his back.
The old emperor is easy to solve, but the real trouble is Sherman behind the old emperor.
This beautiful princess is the key.
He looked at Princess Dana: "Can you tell me, why did the empire attack the old emperor? We are partners now."
"He plotted to secede from the empire."
Princess Dana took a deep breath and tried to look at Yang Luo:
"Just about fifteen years ago, the old emperor was in close contact with the intelligence personnel of the Guel Alliance."
"In our judgment, the old emperor is trying to exchange resource development rights for the country's independence. In fact, the old emperor has been preparing for decades."
"So, as usual, my superior started a replacement plan. I was arranged to join the imperial office and gave birth to Emilia. I thought I could persuade His Majesty to give up that unrealistic idea, but my superior still said
Here comes the invitation."
"The replacement was carried out within the Sherman Empire, and I became the supervisor of this omnimachine."
"Mom," Emilia asked tremblingly, "has my real father passed away long ago?"
"Sorry, sorry Emilia"
Princess Diana had tears in her eyes and kept shaking her head:
"I don't know this. I'm only responsible for supervising this omnic. Sorry, Emilia, I'm sorry for putting you through this."
"I have recorded the video of what just happened," Yang Luo said warmly, "This is a necessary means to ensure that you will not use the resources in your hands to retaliate against us."
Princess Diana remained silent.
Yang Luo walked aside, picked up the knight's sword, and held it in front of Emilia.
"Your Highness Princess," Yang Luo said with a smile, "do you feel better?"
"It's not much relieved, but it's better than before," Emilia asked, "Is this the fate of the royal family of the subject country?"
Princess Dana hurriedly said: "They will only target those royal members of the tributary countries who try to betray Sherman."
"Don't worry, your second brother won't make the same mistake again," Yang Luo handed over the sword.
Emilia stretched out her hand to hold the hilt of the long sword and looked up at Yang Luo.
"What's this?"
"My gift to you."
Yang Luo looked at Princess Dana and said slowly:
From now on, this sword is given the sole authority to command these five hundred mechanical guards.
"When you hold it, these guards will be at your disposal."
"Emilia, can I safely entrust you with the task of taking care of this Emperor's Omnic?"
"I can, Your Excellency Yang Luo!"
Emilia's big eyes burst out with light, she held the hilt of the sword with both hands and leaned the sword on the ground.
The engines on the chests of the mechanical guards began to rotate at the same time, and faint noises appeared in the hall.
They adjusted their positions at the same time, kneeling down on one knee towards Emilia.
"Emilia, we need to hide this from Adwang," Yang Luo said. "I will go back to prison to serve my sentence later. After serving my sentence, I will seek promotion in the army. The safety of the palace will be left to you and me."
General Fremont."
"Um."
Emilia nodded seriously: "I will try my best!"
"Your mother will help you," Yang Luo asked lightly, "Princess, those of your subordinates"
Princess Dana hurriedly said: "I will take care of it!"
"No, you can't handle it," General Philemon said in a deep voice, "The empire will not allow such secrets to be leaked. Now that Your Highness Emilia, Major Yang Luo and I are standing here, they all know clearly.
You can't fool them."
Princess Diana's fingers trembled slightly.
Emilia pursed her lips tightly. She wanted to say something, but Yang Luo's eyes stopped her.
"Your Highness, this is what political struggle is like."
"When you hold this decorative knight's sword, it means that the safety and happiness of more than one billion people in this country also falls on your shoulders."
Yang Luo turned around and said:
"General Philemon, let's make arrangements. Try to make it look like an accident. Those women will shut up forever from now on."
Princess Dana quickly shouted: "No, don't do this, they will not betray me!"
Yang Luo Moran.
"At the very least," Princess Dana shouted tremblingly, "at the very least, my maid, please spare her life. She is my close companion! She and I are one! She is also the supervisor!"
"General," Yang Luo said, "leave the maid alive to cleanse her memory of today. I will arrange for someone to send memory cleaning equipment."
"I see."
Philemon agreed, without saying anything, and rushed towards the palace gate with long strides.
Princess Dana fell to the ground.
Emilia walked over holding the unedged knight's sword.
She put the sword at her feet, lowered her head and held Princess Dana in her arms, stroking her mother's long, silky hair.
"Mom, you may have forgotten that we are actually members of this country."
Princess Dana sobbed and hugged Emilia with her backhand.
In front of the throne.
The old emperor, with a bloody hole in his back, was lying on the steps, as if he was asleep.
Yang Luo quietly stared at the old emperor's back, slightly lost in thought.