After the meeting, Daphne left the Ascension Laboratory with Director Ino's orders.
In the lounge of a light battleship, Daphne's mind was still spinning the voices she had just heard.
Those, those old men who truly controlled all the resources of this empire and could replace an emperor at any time, just appeared in front of him, using projection to appear in the conference room.
And all those old people saw her, the young princess of the empire.
At that moment, Daphne always felt like her previous life was in vain.
Some of these old people have been reported dead long ago, but they are still alive, with life spans exceeding three to four hundred years... Director Ino is actually a junior...
In the meeting just now, the old people only discussed three topics.
1. Should the white ghost be killed or kept, and how to kill it.
Second, the new candidate for the next emperor, and how to make Gehari harmless in the future.
Third, whether the threat of the new federal CIA can be directly eliminated through all-out war to deter the galactic countries that are ready to take action.
Daphne suddenly understood at this moment.
Power can never be concentrated in one person, and the so-called emperor is just a facade.
Daphne actually wanted to thank Hanton, thanking him for waking her up with just one word.
'If you are completely controlled by the other party, you will never become their kind.'
She had tried very hard to behave in front of Uncle Ino, being well-behaved, sensible, and aware of the overall situation, but she had been unable to get in touch with this circle. However, in the past two months, she tried to express some ideas that were different from those of her uncle, and instead gained
The ticket to enter this circle.
Daphne chuckled, then thought of some pictures, and her expression became a little cold.
This guy!
She will definitely let him be used for herself!
"Your Highness, where should we go next?"
Daphne asked softly: "Where is the white ghost being held?"
"This needs to be verified. This is news that has not been announced to the public."
The maid on the side spoke softly, lowered her head and operated the network terminal for a while, then quickly raised her head and said:
"It was at the Noble Court Detention Center on Yaha Star, a prison specifically for aristocratic criminals. Earl Hanton was sentenced to half a year in prison, but his title and territory remained unchanged."
"Just go to his place," Daphne said, "Don't announce the news to the outside world. This time I'm visiting in secret. Contact the manager there in advance. I need a room with better confidentiality."
"Yes, Your Highness."
…
Daphne really didn't expect it.
A criminal, a criminal who had offended the royal family, could actually enjoy such special care in a noble prison.
When she arrived at the prison, the warden personally received her, but as soon as she mentioned that she wanted to see the white ghost, the warden became confused.
The warden sighed: "Well, this is not a question of whether you want to see him or not, but... a question of whether he wants to see you or not."
Daphne frowned slightly, keeping the charming smile on her face, and said: "Huh?"
"He doesn't accept visits from anyone. We asked Earl of Hamton for permission before you came. Earl of Hamton said that he is not in the mood to meet you now."
Daphne's smile was a little stiff.
"But, sir, isn't he a noble whose freedom has been restricted?"
"But you must also consider that this is a great god..."
The warden had a frown on his face. He really wanted to say it was the God of Plague, but he didn't dare to speak.
He said slowly:
"Earl Hanton's situation is very special. He has the ability to leave here at any time. This is one of them.
"We are being held secretly, but the news leaked out somehow. There are now one or two thousand reporters outside the prison, all waiting for any sign of the white ghost. This is the second one.
"You know Earl Hanton's appeal among hundreds of billions of civilians in the empire. This time he beat the prince, which made his reputation rise to a higher level again.
"In the eyes of the common people, he is simply the supervisor of the imperial power, the nightmare of the nobles, and the leader who can guide the future development of the empire..."
"Sir!" Daphne said with a solemn look on her face, "What you said is a bit too much."
The warden immediately started talking:
"Hey, Your Highness, this is what the civilians said, not us.
“It’s been really hard for us lately!
"The instructions given to us by the Supreme Court are to be detained secretly and treated as normal. The instructions given to us by the Council of Elders are to make no mistakes and to impose minor punishments. The instructions given to us by the military are to be treated well and not to be neglected.
"I really……
"I've prepared my resignation letter! It's just sitting in my office! If this great master wants to leave, I won't even dare to stop him. I'll just submit my resignation letter first!"
Daphne couldn't help but raise her hand to her forehead: "Okay, I understand. There's no need for you to complain. Since he doesn't want to see me, I'll go see him."
"Hey! This!"
The warden suddenly broke out in a cold sweat: "You see, Earl Hanton may not be feeling well. You..."
"Are you mind controlled by him?"
"Of course not, of course not. Earl Hanton has always been very easy-going and has not used his super powers. Okay, come this way, I will take you to the control room to take a look first."
Daphne nodded slightly and agreed.
A few minutes later, Daphne looked at the picture on the large projection screen, her smooth and fair face couldn't help but twitch slightly.
Is this a prison?
In the center of the picture is a steaming swimming pool.
Beside the heated pool, the young man was sitting with his back to her. The muscle outline on his back was like a butterfly spreading its wings, exuding a masculine spirit that was a mixture of wildness and gentleness.
Behind the man, several young men in prison uniforms stood in a row with their hands behind their backs.
There were trays floating on the water, containing various expensive and rare fruits. On the opposite side of the pool, the stage performance of the popular girl group was playing on the projection screen.
"this?"
"Understand, please understand more," the warden whispered, "White Ghost, Hero of the Empire."
Daphne shook her head slightly, and then said: "Excuse me, please tell him that I am here waiting for him to receive you. I will go to see him whenever it is convenient for him, no matter how long it takes."
"Okay, Your Highness, I'll go and tell you right now, and I promise to bring you the words intact."
"Does he still have the Imperial Code in his eyes?" Daphne couldn't help complaining, "Isn't the most important thing here to warn and punish criminals?"
The warden looked embarrassed, lowered his head and left quickly.
The operators just lowered their heads and said nothing, looking as normal.
They have seen many similar scenes in the past two months.
So, Daphne waited for seven standard galactic days, and finally saw this man with a smile on his face in the warden's office.
"Hello, Your Highness Daphne."
Yang Ming sat in the warden's high-end chair, turning back and forth with his toes as support, and holding a book he was flipping through in his hand.
The prison uniform on his body formed a sharp contrast with the surrounding environment, which made Daphne only feel a little ironic.
Yang Ming said warmly: "Long time no see. I'm glad to hear that you're okay and that your brother Gehari is under house arrest. It's obvious that you won this palace political battle."
"thanks to you."
Daphne handed the handbag to the maid aside, turned around and said: "Prince Governor, can you please step aside?"
"Of course, of course!"
The maid and the warden retreated out of the door together. When the warden closed the door, there was still a hint of gossip in his eyes.
Yang Ming smiled and asked: "Director Ino, do you want to see me for something?"
"Well," Daphne sat across from the desk, still sitting in an elegant and decent posture, and said calmly, "I have three things, or three pieces of news, to convey to you."
"speak."
"I'm not your subordinate!"
Daphne glared at Yang Ming, then took a deep breath, let herself smile, and said warmly:
"We'll talk about it later.
"The first thing is that the institute is preparing to hand over the Ancient God Cell Group to you; the second thing is that the institute is considering conducting Captain Catherine's dimensionality enhancement experiment in advance; the third thing is that we have detected an abnormality in the new federal agent's behavior.
Active, we hope to use your power to eliminate these agent teams."
"us?"
Yang Ming smiled and said: "Congratulations."
"Thanks to you," Daphne said, "your words have awakened me. I should show my rebellion and independence appropriately and provide them with more ideas instead of blindly following their orders.
."
"That's great," Yang Ming threw the book on the table, "The research institute gave me benefits and threatened me with Catherine. It's unlikely that they would just let me go against the new federal agents and tell them their true conditions.
"
Daphne stared at Yang Ming.
Yang Ming looked at her calmly.
Daphne said: "I don't quite understand why the so-called Faya people's experimental project is so important, but I can probably guess something... They hope that after you complete your mission, you can participate in the dimension ascension experiment.
."
"Let me be a guinea pig?"
"My uncle's original words were that he wanted to try more possibilities on you," Daphne said warmly, "I don't know what it means, but my uncle said that it is very likely that you can complete the individual dimension increase.
After all, this is an experimental project for the Fayans, and they want to see it with their own eyes."
Yang Ming narrowed his eyes slightly.
Daphne didn't know what it meant, but he did.
Are the Fayas sending small notes to the Empire again?
Or is this the wish of Director Ino as a scientific researcher?
It was after Faya's game that he went to participate in the dimension-enhancement experiment...
Yang Ming asked: "When will the cells be given to me?"
"Before you go to the experiment."
"That's useless," Yang Ming said calmly, thinking in his heart, he decided to pull the tiger's skin.
Yang Ming sighed: "You won't understand even if I tell you this. After all, this is related to high-dimensional civilization, and your right to know is still too low."
Daphne almost rolled her eyes indecently.
Yang Ming smiled and said: "We can talk about cooperation later. You are qualified to cooperate with me now, but I cannot agree to your uncle's conditions."
"Why?" Daphne frowned, "How dare you refuse?"
"You can reply, I need to ask my friend, the friend who has communicated with me directly," Yang Ming said calmly, "Their principle is that every project cannot interfere with each other, and there cannot be any interference.
"
"I will bring you your exact words."
Yang Ming spread his hands and said: "It doesn't matter whether you give me the ancient god cells or not. My current strength can already move sideways in human society. The reason why I want to improve my strength is to cope with future crises."
"crisis?"
"The great queen from outside the territory will soon ascend to another dimension. She is now on the verge of ascending to another dimension."
Yang Ming narrowed his eyes slightly:
"There is a war between humans and insects in the high-dimensional world. She is the combat power supplement for the bugs, and these experiments conducted by the Milky Way also have a project to supplement the combat power of high-dimensional humans.
"I do not necessarily rely on Ancient God Cells to improve my strength. After the Queen ascends to another dimension, I can go to the border to clean up the insect swarms and complete the evolution of my own strength in half a year.
"Do you think the Queen will try to sabotage the Fayan people's plan before ascending to another dimension?"
Daphne frowned and thought.
"Guess again," Yang Ming leaned forward slightly, "The Queen has noticed a huge threat to the empire. If the Emperor Star completes the dimension-enhancement experiment, will it become a problem for their race?"
Daphne whispered: "You mean, the high-dimensional civilization asked you to get the ancient god cells as soon as possible to give you enough strength to deal with this crisis?"
"I didn't say anything."
Yang Ming smiled and said:
"Actually, I'm quite tired. In the two experimental projects of the Faya people, I have to participate in the promotion of greenhouse civilization and the replenishment of combat units.
"You don't understand, do you? I say this, maybe you can understand.
"The ancient god's life form is very large and chaotic, like a mass of sarcoma, floating in the starry sky. There are no rules, only eternal cells, like a disordered patchwork of cell tissues, right?"
"Yes."
"The life form of the ancient gods is the result of the expansion of high-dimensional human warriors in our dimension," Yang Ming said, "You should have figured out that even high dimensions must be based on low dimensions. You can actually do it in our vast
Traces of high-dimensional civilizations have been found in the universe, but they all choose to avoid us."
Daphne nodded slightly: "I probably understand."
"So, I was not interested in cooperating with you before," Yang Ming said warmly, "Now you should understand, what is the meaning of imperial power?"
"Imperial power is just a tool, and dimension improvement is the goal."
Daphne suddenly laughed.
It's a mockery.
She breathed out softly: "Now, I hope to become the controller of the tool, which feels really good... Earl Hanton, if we cooperate, what do you want to get from me?"
Yang Ming narrowed his eyes slightly and asked in a low voice: "Do you really not want to become the queen?"
Daphne subconsciously tightened her grip on the armrest.
"There are only two of us here, and there are no functioning electronic devices." Yang Ming's watch flashed slightly, "Answer me, are you willing to hide behind the scenes? I have studied your character, and I know it better than you do now.
you."
"I think."
Daphne sneered: "Then what? Are you going to ridicule me again?"
Yang Ming stretched out his right hand: "Then, I wish us a happy cooperation."
"that is it?"
"Isn't that enough? We are just partners," Yang Ming frowned, "I'm sorry, I'm really not interested in scheming women. I have no shortage of mistresses, you should know."
Daphne asked, "How can you help me?"
"You are now connected to your family's elite small group, continue to operate and control resources."
Yang Ming said warmly:
"I can help you solve all difficult competitors. By the way, I have the appeal of the public and can help you complete the conversion.
"What's more important is that there is someone above me.
"The goals that your elders strive for, in my opinion, are just the next stage of my life, and when I stand firm on it, you understand."
Daphne leaned back in her chair and thought quietly.
She suddenly asked: "We can also be lovers, I like your body."
"Forget it," Yang Ming said with a smile, "I have a good nose. I smell a lot of smells on you, a lot of women's smells. Are you bisexual?"
Daphne's expression froze.
"I hope you can respect the privacy of your partners."
"Our cooperation should be more pure," Yang Ming said warmly, "Go and reply to your uncle. I need to know their true reaction."
"How do you want me to reply to them?"
"Tell the truth," Yang Ming said, "Just hide the part about our cooperation. I believe you will have a sense of proportion."
Daphne stood up to leave, but suddenly turned to look at Yang Ming: "What about you? What do you want?"
"I want to get those things that your father wants me to get on my knees," Yang Ming said with a smile, "I want to get them while standing."
Daphne nodded slightly, lowered her head and left quickly.
Yang Ming raised his eyebrows slightly.
A line of text popped up on the watch.
[Boss, what if she tells Director Ino everything? 】
Yang Ming immediately replied in text:
[It doesn’t matter. If she doesn’t tell Director Ino about her cooperation with me, then we will have a powerful helper. If she tells Director Ino, it will just reveal my ambition and unscrupulousness. 】
Yang Ming put his feet on the edge of the table and continued to type quickly:
[She will probably come to me later. This is a good opportunity. Let’s do it directly. 】
[The next time she comes over, I will try my best to take action. Twenty-four Terminators have arrived near their respective targets and are beginning to approach simultaneously.]
Yang Ming laughed and exhaled softly.
This step is still taken.
[Act according to the timing, don’t take care of me, I am in prison as the best cover.]
【receive.】
To overthrow the empire, start by terminating the top management of the Foreign Affairs Bureau.