Chapter 100: Resurrection
My goodness, the old emperor almost fell asleep.
Yang Ming was also unable to describe what it felt like to control the life and death of an emperor.
It’s probably... there’s a very subtle sense of accomplishment.
Princess Daina and her personal maid spent several days, a lot of effort and many twists and turns. In the current chaotic situation, they finally found the replacement parts of the old emperor's artificial intelligence. They painstakingly opened the old emperor's positronic brain and replaced them, and excitedly entered the power-on command.
Then, nothing happened.
The old emperor continued to be unconscious, only maintaining a faint breathing.
Princess Dana was unwilling to give up, so she tried several times in a row, even slapping the old emperor on the head...but the old emperor still did not respond.
The maid was a robotics engineer, but she was at a loss as to what to do with the old emperor.
Princess Dana was at a loss and wanted to report the situation truthfully to her superiors and ask the maintenance team to come for support.
But the maid reminded Dana that if they did it too obviously, the fact that the old emperor was an intelligent machine would be easily exposed, which would be a huge scandal for the Sherman Empire, and the two of them would inevitably become abandoned pawns of the Sherman Empire's Council of Elders.
Instead of asking the "hometown team" to come and repair the old emperor at such a sensitive moment, it would be better to let the old emperor die directly. This is actually the safest option for them.
Princess Dana could only worry in secret.
She doesn't understand.
The system of this emperor robot is intact. The self-test results and compatibility test results of all parts of the body show no errors. The system even shows that it has started successfully. But why can't it wake up?
Is this also a manifestation of the old emperor's 'rebellious period'?
As time went on, the pressure brought by Princess Daina's blockade of the emperor's bedroom became greater and greater. The three princes and ministers had realized that something was not right and kept asking to see the old emperor.
Princess Dana's emotions broke down several times.
On the eighth day after the New Federation launched the electronic warfare attack, Princess Dana had an argument with the maid. They finally decided that if the old emperor could not wake up tomorrow, they would seek help from their superiors in the Sherman Empire.
All of this was promptly relayed to Yang Ming by Lu.
"Boss," Lu reminded, "We can just let the old emperor die and put all the blame on the New Federation. The opportunity is very good now. Adwang's reputation among the people has skyrocketed after several televised speeches after the disaster."
After careful consideration, Yang Ming rejected this tempting proposal.
“With Edwang in power now, the Luofeng Empire is likely to fall apart. Although the eldest and third princes are in decline, they can easily become pawns of the New Federation or the Sherman Empire.
"Luofeng is now completely opposed to the New Federation. If it loses Sherman's help, it will be even more difficult for it to gain a foothold.
"Adwant has not yet gained the full support of the Sherman Empire. It is too early for him to ascend the throne directly."
Yang Ming added:
"The old emperor hasn't given me the title he said he would give me yet. I can't just let him go like this."
Lu said, "If we miss this opportunity, the old emperor may face more uncontrollable factors."
"Why?"
"Boss, this intelligent machine has the ability to learn by itself."
Lu said softly:
“Its mind is already complex enough, and I have already spent a lot of extra computing power to put it to sleep.
"When it wakes up successfully, it will definitely make up for its shortcomings and upgrade its components. If we want to control it later, it will definitely not be as easy as it is now."
Yang Ming smiled and said, "But it can still be controlled, right?"
"I have the confidence," Lu also laughed, "Boss, you have been frowning these past few days, but now you finally smile a little. This made Lu feel relieved."
Yang Ming shrugged: "So many people have died in this city, and I'm staying at the headquarters every day. It's inappropriate to be so frivolous."
Law had no such concerns.
She seemed to be thinking of something happy and kept laughing.
Although the Luofeng Empire has been having a very difficult time recently, Lu and Kolev...
Made a ton of money!
After the attack, capital from the entire country was fleeing madly.
Because firing employees requires huge costs, and Luofeng officials are exerting great pressure on them, those capitalists would like to give away their factories and production lines for free.
——Although the actual transfer price was not really "discounted".
In just over a week, thanks to Lu's illegal operations, Yang Ming already had a solid asset base.
Molly Miss Group already has six former foreign-funded enterprises under its name, all of which are ready-made assembly lines acquired at extremely low prices. They are involved in physical fields such as hover car engines, semi-automatic robots for engineering, stereoscopic projection and holographic projection devices, and their factories are spread across Yilando Star and the Second Administrative Star.
At Yang Ming's request, these factories maintained stable production and did not carry out any layoffs.
Although they are making money from the national disaster.
But they also tried their best not to add insult to injury to the Luofeng Empire.
Kolev continued to make efforts in the field of chemical engineering, with a lawyer operating behind the scenes. The old man only needed to sign happily, chat, and conduct on-site inspections to accomplish the feat of doubling his wealth.
The assets they bought at the bottom are still full of uncertainty; if the situation in the Luofeng Empire continues to deteriorate, they will most likely lose everything.
This also gave Yang Ming more motivation to help the Luofeng Empire out of its current predicament.
He maintains a high fighting spirit every day. During the day, he goes to the command center to drink coffee and watch surveillance. At night, he hugs Miss Windsor and sighs about the impermanence of life.
Ten days after the full channel jam.
The old emperor of the empire finally woke up and gave a short televised speech immediately.
This old intelligent machine was really angry.
After all, my brain is burned.
He strongly condemned the New Federation for launching terrorist attacks and called on all citizens to unite as one and overcome the current difficulties together.
After learning that the old emperor had woken up, Edwang, who had not had much rest for several days, went to the palace immediately to report on the current affairs.
The old emperor did not stop Adwang's plan, but expressed dissatisfaction with Adwang's unauthorized large-scale use of royal assets, and reprimanded Adwang's adventurous behavior in front of the ministers.
Despite the scolding, the old emperor still handed over the post-disaster reconstruction work to Edwang on the grounds of his poor health. The restoration project of the Luofeng Empire and Edwang's "royal guarantee" plan were not affected in any way.
What surprised Yang Ming the most was that the old emperor actually increased the financial injection into his country.
"Low-end omnics have no concept of money."
This is what the law commented.
Fifteen days after the attack.
This megacity has finally resumed normal operations. Although the network signal is always interrupted and the speed has slowed down a lot, it can already meet the normal life needs of residents.
Twenty days after the attack.
A monument engraved with the names of the victims stands in the memorial park in the central area of Yilando City.
In the following days, countless people spontaneously went there to mourn, and the place became very crowded every day.
Standing in front of the monument, Adwant delivered a far-reaching post-disaster speech, and used this speech as a turning point to launch a public opinion counterattack against the New Federation.
But the Luofeng Empire can only launch a public opinion counterattack at present.
The country's military power is fragmented, and it is extremely difficult to conduct an exercise in front of the New Federation Fleet.
Interestingly, the second prince Edwang is encouraging the people, stabilizing the people's hearts, and restoring the communication infrastructure, perfectly coordinating political resources except for the fifth administrative planet.
However, the old emperor began to frequently summon the eldest prince and the third prince to the palace for meetings to discuss steps to regain military power.
Perhaps, facing the Second Prince's rising reputation, the old emperor's robot also felt a sense of crisis.
Yang Ming was not worried about this.
Lu told him that the old emperor had begun to consider making Adwang the crown prince.
Twenty-fifth day after the attack.
The case in which the Fallen Wind Empire sued the New Federation for launching a terrorist attack was heard publicly in the Interstellar Court.
The New Federation refused to send anyone to attend and denied all accusations without evidence.
The case eventually came to nothing, and the Human Rights Council announced long-term humanitarian assistance to the people of the Luofeng Empire.
At the same time, Adwan set off for the Sherman Empire and began a three-day visit, requesting the Sherman Empire to provide all-round assistance.
Thirty days after the attack.
Adwant returned with a full load.
The Sherman Empire provided materials worth tens of billions of imperial coins, as well as a policy to exempt the Luofeng Empire from annual silver payments for the next five years.
Although these supplies are insignificant compared to the economic blow suffered by the Luofeng Empire.
However, the exemption of five years of annual silver payments did allow the Luofeng Empire to breathe a sigh of relief and re-boosted the outside world's investment confidence in the Luofeng Empire.
The protection fee is too much.
It is generally believed that the Luofeng Empire has created a miracle of varying degrees within this month.
A month ago, the special warships of the New Federation launched an attack, and the city of Yilando, which accounted for half of the economy of the Luofeng Empire, was directly paralyzed. Tens of thousands of people were killed and injured, capital fled frantically, and undercurrents surged everywhere.
Everyone felt that the country would go bankrupt quickly.
Almost all the talented people, wealthy businessmen, and high-level technical personnel who were able to go abroad left the country in the shortest possible time.
But to everyone's surprise, the second prince stood up decisively.
A large amount of funds belonging to the royal family flowed back to Luofeng, and various enterprises related to energy, people's livelihood, and manufacturing were directly acquired. The State-owned Assets Commission was quickly established, and the royal family indirectly became the largest controlling shareholder of a large number of physical enterprises.
As a result of the two impacting each other, the exchange rate of Luofeng Coin to New Federation Coin has only fallen by less than 35%, and is now showing a trend of rebounding.
Even the well-informed gossip magazines have a hard time figuring out how much wealth the Luofeng Empire's royal family has.
Yang Ming only had one comment on this:
"Damn royal power."
Thirty-three days after the attack.
A lively awarding ceremony was held on the first star of the Luofeng Empire, presided over by three princes at the same time, and more than one hundred people were awarded the titles of the Luofeng Empire.
Among them, twenty-five military personnel were awarded medals, and the most notable one was Yang Ming, the first-class viscount.
Even though the title of the Luofeng Empire was worthless, the fact that he was only one step away from being an earl at the beginning also showed the importance the royal family attached to this heroic officer.
On the same day, the New Federation's fleet withdrew from the outskirts of the Luofeng Empire. The Sherman Empire announced that they had won an overwhelming victory over the New Federation, and then also jumped away.
It seemed that the New Federation had lost interest in the Luofeng Empire because it had been unable to get what it wanted.
But Yang Ming is sure that the 'hypocritical federation' will never give up until it achieves its goal, and this group of bastards may create even more difficult troubles in the future.
He needs time.
It would take at least one to two years for Lu to come up with some "technical patents" and help Luofeng complete a small upgrade in its military technology while Luofeng was building its business empire.
If you fall behind, you will be beaten. This is an eternal truth.
…
Ding!
The crisp sound echoed in the empty floor.
First-class Viscount Yang Ming clinked his glasses with Prince Edwang, and then Edwang continued to fiddle with the barbecue tongs in front of him.
This unhealthy and primitive method of cooking food by burning materials to generate unstable temperatures was actually a novelty to Adwang.
Yang Ming turned his head and looked towards the far corner, where Kolev was video chatting with a beautiful old lady.
This old guy was regarded as a model businessman. He got the title of baron without spending any money, which made Yang Ming a little dissatisfied.
He fought for this title of Viscount at great risk of his life!
Kolev is socializing there every day!
"Ming, do you have any ideas? I still want to take revenge on the New Federation."
Edwan asked with great interest:
"You are right. This country was already on the brink of collapse. If the terrorist attack did not knock us down, then our situation will not be worse than before the attack.
“On the contrary, although many rich people have left, the people’s cohesion and sense of identity with the country have greatly improved.
“I am now full of confidence in the future.”
Yang Ming looked towards the floor-to-ceiling window in front of him.
The bustling city outside seemed free of scars and pain.
"I can only give you a general suggestion," Yang Ming said with a smile, "Instead of spreading it all over and making the New Federation Empire itch slightly, it is better to clench your fist and hurt the New Federation in a certain industry."
Edwin raised an eyebrow.
"However, Edwang," Yang Ming put down the goblet, "the strength of the New Federation is based on development on a scale of thousands of years. You'd better be patient."
"Ming, have you read The Emperor? Levi Sherman 's legendary story about an emperor."
"Yeah, I understand a little bit."
Adwang smiled and said, "It was called a miracle. It was tens of thousands of years ago. The level of technological development at that time was actually similar to that of today, and the political form was similar. Levi Sherman rose rapidly on a planet. Relying on a large number of innovative technologies, he became the master of several planets within a few years, and became the overlord of one area within a dozen years, creating an imperial star miracle that no one has been able to break until now. It was because of this great founding emperor that the Sherman Empire once had a strong influence on the technological development of the entire galaxy."
Yang Ming smiled slightly.
His 'predecessors' are really awesome.
"Adwant, is the military matter settled?"
"You will soon serve as a captain under Gudunmaha," said Adwan with a smile, "and be stationed near the planet Yilando."
"That's good," Yang Ming said, "Later I will find a way to get rid of a senior military official, let Guton Maha control an additional fleet, and then remove the word "deputy" from Guton Maha's title, and let him become the Chief of Staff of the Armed Forces."
Adwant frowned and complained: "You can't say this directly to the second prince of this country. He can't stand hearing such shady things of abusing power for power."
"Okay, I'll do it myself then."
"Hey!" Edwang glared at Yang Ming, "At least you should inform me in advance!"
Yang Ming smiled but said nothing.
The two clinked their glasses gently.
Edwang couldn't help muttering again:
"Recently, a group called Molly Miss suddenly emerged. They have an extremely sharp nose and took advantage of the past month to acquire a large number of high-quality assets at low prices. I was successfully intercepted by them several times.
"After they acquired the company, they did not lay off employees or transfer capital abroad, but instead worked hard to maintain production, which won unanimous praise from the local government.
"This is probably a long-term plan. If the other party takes the opportunity to develop into a manufacturing oligarchy in our country, it will become a difficult problem that is difficult to get rid of."
Yang Ming moved his butt a little guiltily.
Although he wanted to say coolly:
"Let's get back to the fact that I am the actual controller of Ms. Molly."
But what Adwang cares about most is the economy. Yang Ming has already established influence in the military. If he were to cross over into the economic field, it would easily make Adwang feel pressured.
'I just want to make money to buy resources to support my dark star.'
Yang Ming muttered something in his heart and continued to chat and laugh with Edwang.
Outside the window, the city lights no longer seem so far away, and that long night seems to have become history.
Yang Ming decided that when he had free time, he would read the book "The Emperor's Biography" to learn about the glorious deeds of the previous examinee and to study what the so-called Emperor Star Miracle was.
The starry sky outside the window is clear and bright.
The Book of Time flipped forward a thin stack.
