A mysterious religious organization built at the center of the empire's power, it was supposed to be a political tool for anti-science, superstition and belief worship, but the goddess it served was a real mechanical thinking body.
Just, it's quite amazing.
Yang Ming followed the emperor on the suspended sofa and also enjoyed the emperor's treatment.
Wherever you go, people bow their heads and salute you. When you meet slaves serving in the palace, you will also get some kneeling salutes and kneeling on the ground.
Just a little bit away, Boss Yang wanted to stand up and shout three words: 'Fair, fair, or fucking fair';
It's a pity that he must cherish the honeymoon period with the old emperor that is destined to be very short.
Not far from the palace module is the headquarters of the Cult of Development.
What Yang Ming didn't expect was that the old emperor actually added a... dedicated magnetic levitation channel for the floating sofa between the two modules.
After the two sofas entered the passage, they landed on the dedicated docking port. Then the sofas were locked and a protective film was raised around them. He and the old emperor ejected.
This short enclosed space became a space where Yang Ming and the old emperor could be alone for a short period of time.
As a result, Yang Ming had a crazy idea in his heart - to control the old emperor.
However, he quickly put an end to this idea.
The emperor's mental condition is always under the surveillance of the tentacle organization. If you want to use mind control to defeat the old emperor, you need to first get rid of the tentacle organization that is not completely controlled by the old emperor.
"Hanton," the old emperor crossed his legs and turned to look at Yang Ming, "What do you think is the empire's current problem? Is it really what you said before?"
"Yes."
The thoughts in Yang Ming's heart kept turning.
The old emperor raised his hand and flicked the controller at hand to slow down the ball.
"Hanton," the old emperor said with a smile, "Actually, I have always had two pressures. One of them comes from these old guys... They have always said that this system is the cornerstone of the empire's stability. It is indeed the case. Government orders come from them.
, the laws are made by them, and I, the emperor, is actually just a mascot. The empire's new calendar reform is actually just a periodic adjustment. It was more than seven hundred years ago that the conflicts within the empire accumulated to a certain extent."
Yang Ming asked quite seriously: "Your Majesty, what is your current ideal? Or what is your pursuit?"
The old emperor narrowed his eyes and smiled: "You want me to challenge these elders of mine, right Hanton? What about you? What is your ideal?"
"My ideals are 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 that I have never told others."
Yang Ming's expression became a little lonely.
He sighed softly, his eyes were a little distant, and his eyes were a little red.
He whispered:
"Your Majesty, I am Hanton, but I am also another person. This side of me is 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 this person.
, he himself is a crazy supporter of the empire, which actually... makes me very contradictory.
"When I was another person, I couldn't fit into this world.
"Your Majesty, I am very lonely. I have no one to rely on. When I was chosen by the Fayan people and gained great power, the Fayan people just wanted me to become their warrior.
"I can only follow Hanton's will to protect this country and make this country better.
"His Majesty Hanton is very stupid. He...the power I obtained, although it was essentially given by the Faya people, was actually controlled by Kirov. This fool actually took the initiative to ask Kirov
Applying that he could become a test subject, after being initially rejected by Kilgrove, he quietly trained on his own for several years to prepare.
"So Your Majesty, sometimes I can't explain what my ideals and beliefs are, because my bones are torn.
"Hanton's thinking is affecting me, trying to make me become the imperial warrior Hanton; my own consciousness is also affecting me, trying to make me surrender to the imperial dignitaries, so as to exchange for 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.
It was obvious that he could not be cured by the old emperor.
The old emperor on the side looked at Yang Ming, raised his hand and patted his arm, saying warmly:
"Hanton...Hanton, don't be like this, I won't comfort people...but, well, I understand you.
"Actually, I feel torn sometimes. I'm thinking, I'm just a puppet chosen by them, and I'm the emperor, the biggest one in the empire. Why should they dictate to me and restrict 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 have always felt this sense of tearing in you. In fact, you don't have to please them, just like what you are doing now, give full play to your
If you let them know how powerful you are, they won't do anything to your home planet."
Yang Ming sighed, staring at His Majesty the Emperor with red eyes.
Yang Ming said: "Actually, Your Majesty, I was forced into a desperate situation by them. They wanted me to become one of them. I hate it from the bottom of my heart. I cannot allow myself to become a degenerate noble to oppress the people and those slaves."
"Alas," the old emperor patted Yang Ming's arm and tried to guide Yang Ming, "but Hanton, the current situation in the empire is like this. We all have to face reality."
"Your Majesty, are you telling me this to tell me not to go against these old Shermans again?"
"No, no no."
The old emperor shook his head and whispered:
"Hanton, if you surrender 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 without an effective supervision mechanism will inevitably lead to deep-rooted corruption, and they will be outside the supervision of the empire.
"By the way, I heard you say that you may be going to a higher-dimensional world soon?"
"Year 753 of the Empire's New Calendar, this is a time node."
Yang Ming explained carefully:
"That is, the high-dimensional civilization has created a trial game, allowing civilizations developed in greenhouses with a civilization level 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, and the others
Both will be erased directly.
"Before the start of this battle of five civilizations, there will be a basic test. Each civilization will play a game independently, which is a civilization upgrade game in which all people participate. Then most of the greenhouse civilizations will fail, and the civilizations will be destroyed in time and space.
Destroy it once in the bubble and then restore it to prepare for civilized competition.
"I have experienced the pain of my home planet being bombed to pieces by a dreadnought, Your Majesty... Really, I definitely don't want to experience that kind of pain a second time. Then, my parents, my family, I mean, my dominant consciousness now
Parents and family members all died in the hot lava pouring out of the planet's surface.
"In the stand-alone version of the game, the year 753 of the Empire's New Calendar is the day when the game starts. According to the Fayan people's practice, the game in which five civilizations compete together will start before the real Galactic Empire's New Calendar 753."
The old emperor nodded slowly, with a hint of thought in his eyes: "Am I included in this civilization game designed by the Faya people?"
"Yes, Your Majesty, the Fayans use an instant of time in the Milky Way and all the data of human civilization to generate a game world," Yang Ming said with a smile, "But your sense of existence is very low. Most of the time, those of us from closed planets
As a 'player', all you hear are the Sherman family, the military, and the House of Elders. It is hinted in many plots that you are a puppet controlled by the shadow government of the Sherman Empire."
"Ha," 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 cause a conflict of interest with your uncles and uncles. I am a bit pessimistic."
The old emperor frowned slightly, and the light in his eyes kept flickering.
Yang Ming advised:
"You have now left a mark in the history books. You went on two expeditions to the New Federation and beat the New Federation out of breath. The ideology that threatened the empire was greatly suppressed. You resisted the tide of insects. This is
An insect swarm of this scale is rare in history, and it 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 on the historical transcript. 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 lifespan."
Yang Ming:……
The old emperor didn't say much, he just held Yang Ming's arm and said with a smile:
"They are going to target you soon and may attack you directly. You need to be mentally prepared. Although Uncle Ino repeatedly mentioned that you have the ability of unlimited rebirth, they feel that they will attack you as soon as they find you.
, enough to wipe you out.
"Please stay in Emperor Star for a while."
Yang Ming asked in a low voice: "Your Majesty, if they attack me directly, I may really get rid of them."
"This is your war," the old emperor smiled. "I will compile a list for you later. For the rest, you can do whatever you want, my knight captain."
"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 can 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 seriously:
"This is my promise to you, and it is also the reward you deserve, my knight captain.
"Although they old guys always want to deny your achievements, at least to me, you are the hero of the empire, and what an emperor has to do is live up to the sacrifices of the heroes."
He took the initiative and extended his right hand.
Yang Ming's eyes were filled with emotion, and he shook hands with the emperor gently.
Mainly because he was afraid that if he applied a little force, the old man would suffer a comminuted fracture and then turn around and fall out.
For a moment, Yang Ming couldn't tell whether he was acting to fool the old emperor, or whether the old emperor was acting to fool him.
The two of them turned to look to the side, realizing that this short journey had come to an end.
…
The former Archbishop's sister, now the Archbishop of the Development Cult, had not left a positive impression on Yang Ming.
Although the Empire's religion of development 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 full of 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 walked through the corridors engraved with the long history of the empire, and listened to the commentators introducing those major historical events in detail.
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 to give 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 the destination of their trip.
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 statue is really big.
——Refers to the relatively mature principles and rich foundation, not the 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 of the empire.
Does this portend anything?
Or is it an expression that Li really fell in love with Levi Sherman?
However, when Boss Yang thought about Xiao Lu who fell in love with him every day and said, "Today is another day full of energy," he always felt uncomfortable. There was 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 lowered 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 a 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 give way?"
"Avoid what? Just to show you," the old emperor sighed, "to show you how this system humiliates me, the emperor."