Chapter 148 Luo Feng Palace Change
The sound of chaotic footsteps echoed in the empty corridor of the palace.
Yang Ming and General Felimon walked in front with a dozen officers, followed closely by Princess Dana and her team members.
Emilia, who followed Yang Ming closely, seemed to have regained her composure and was thinking about what the "truth" Yang Ming was talking about was.
In front of the palace gate, two rows of mechanical guards stood with guns.
Felimon reached out and grabbed Yang Ming: "Their condition is not right, the safety of the laser guns are all on... They have received instructions to shoot at any time."
Yang Ming seemed not to hear and walked forward two meters alone.
Emilia wanted to follow, but was protected by General Felimon.
“Please stop!”
The two mechanical guards spoke at the same time, their electronic synthesized voices sounding slightly sharp:
"Anyone who trespasses without your Majesty's order will be treated as an assassin."
Yang Ming continued to move forward.
The mechanical guards simultaneously assumed shooting stances.
The officers behind Yang Ming took out their laser pistols and pointed them at the positron brains of the mechanical guards.
"Don't be nervous," Yang Ming said slowly, "Point the gun at the head of the guard next to you and turn off your own protective shield."
The officers in the rear were confused.
The group of mechanical guards in front of the palace gate turned around and pointed their laser guns at the positron brains of the mechanical guards next to them.
Yang Ming said: "Open fire."
Whoosh! Whoosh!
Two rows of mechanical guards pulled the trigger at the same time. Large conspicuous holes appeared on their heads. They each held their guns and lowered their heads. The silver-white metal skeletons still stood firmly, and the positron brains that emitted smoke stopped working.
Yang Ming turned his head and winked at Emilia: "A little magic show."
"Everyone wait here, I'll go in and take a look first."
"Yang Ming!"
General Philemon frowned and said:
"There are hundreds of mechanical guards inside. They are programmed to obey only His Majesty's orders... They might also obey your orders. How did you do it?"
"It's magic," Emilia whispered beside her.
Yang Ming almost laughed out loud.
This is of course the mechanical goddess named Lu, who is secretly controlling these mechanical guards.
Yang Ming walked straight forward, pushed open the palace door and walked in under the gaze of everyone.
About half a minute later, Yang Ming opened the palace gate, poked his head out and shouted, "Princess Dana, General Felimon, Her Highness Emilia, please follow me in. His Majesty wants to see you."
The three people named all showed varying degrees of hesitation.
Emilia took the lead and Felimon followed closely behind. Princess Daina bit her lip lightly and when she saw Emilia approaching the palace gate, she hurried over.
"General!"
An officer shouted worriedly.
General Philemon turned his head and said, "Wait for orders. His Majesty is summoning us."
"Yes, General!"
The middle-aged officer answered in a low voice .
It was obvious that they all guessed what would happen today.
But now, Major Yang Ming, who was regarded as a military hero, seemed to have all the initiative, which made them somewhat confused about the situation.
After the palace gate was opened, it was closed tightly by Yang Ming.
Inside the bedroom.
Five hundred mechanical guards stood quietly.
They had dropped their laser rifles and put their hands behind their backs, like soldiers waiting for inspection.
The old emperor sat on the throne with his eyes closed, a crown on his head, a decorative metal sword in his hands, and behind him was a bunch of electronic circuits that he had discarded casually.
Princess Daina looked at this scene in disbelief and whispered, "How did you do that?"
"A little virus," Yang Ming said, "These mechanical guards purchased from the Sherman Empire are all equipped with remote control backdoor programs, and their positron brain structures are relatively simple. They are cannon fodder products, but they just look good."
Princess Daena stared at the figure on the throne.
Emilia asked, "So, what is the truth you are telling me?"
Yang Ming sighed: "Let me show you, this is only an insult to the reputation of the country of Luofeng, there is no actual damage. The emperor can wake up now."
As soon as he finished speaking, the old emperor on the throne opened his eyes, and a faint red light flashed in his eyes.
Emilia had a hint of fear in her eyes as she dodged behind Yang Ming.
"Viscount Yang Ming? Felimon?"
The old emperor narrowed his eyes and looked at Princess Dana. His expression quickly turned cold and his nose trembled slightly:
"Very good! You have captured this damn woman! Both of you have done a great job! Bring Dana here! Come to me!"
Yang Ming put his hands behind his back with his eyelids drooped, and Felimon stood beside Yang Ming with his head down, also motionless.
"guard!"
The old emperor shouted.
The mechanical guards were not turned on.
"Major Yang Ming!"
The old emperor stood up, leaning on his metal knight sword, with a red glow in his eyes:
"I order you to imprison the woman behind you! She tried to assassinate me, the most honorable emperor of the Luofeng Empire!"
Yang Ming suddenly asked: "Your Majesty, what do you understand by imperial power?"
"Emperor... shut up! You just need to follow my orders!"
The old emperor said coldly:
"I can give you everything you want, power, fame, beautiful women, everything you want, I can give you! You just need to obey me!"
Yang Ming asked again: "Your Majesty, how do you think the imperial power is achieved?"
The old emperor's expression froze.
Yang Ming said slowly:
“If it is an ignorant and low-level civilization, the imperial power can be realized through the divine right of the monarch and the mandate from heaven, taking advantage of human ignorance of nature.
“In a civilization with awakened thoughts, imperial power can be achieved by differentiating classes, controlling the promotion channels of classes, and controlling military power, such as the Sherman Empire.
"And what can you do?"
The old emperor's eyes were blurry.
He looked at Yang Ming. Behind Yang Ming, the old emperor suddenly saw some slowly flowing starlight and the figure with a pair of light wings spread out.
The old emperor raised his hand and tried to touch it, his lips trembling constantly.
Yang Ming smiled and said, "You saw the gods, right?"
“God…”
The old emperor murmured: "Yes, there are gods in this world. They gave me awakening and imperial power."
Yang Ming said: "That is just your personal god."
In the old emperor's eyes, the figure with spread 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 himself.
A black-gloved hand reached out and gently scrambled the codes.
"This is impossible!"
The old emperor growled, "What have you done to my gods!"
Yang Ming just looked at the throne with a smile.
The old emperor rushed down the steps holding a metal sword, shouting, "Give me back the gods! Yang Ming! Give me back the gods!"
General Felimon protected Emilia and kept retreating.
Princess Daina remembered something, and when the old emperor raised his sword to chop Yang Ming, she hurriedly said, "Be careful! He actually has a very strong fighting...power..."
Bang!
The knight's sword flew upwards, and the old emperor's left hand was almost broken off, with turbid artificial blood spurting out of the broken skin.
Yang Ming didn't move at all. The old emperor sat down on the ground and glared at Yang Ming with anger.
Yang Ming smiled and said:
"If you want to be a good emperor, you must first consolidate your power and gather a group of people around you.
“You also realized this, but you couldn’t trust humans, so you asked Adwant to buy so many mechanical guards.
"You clearly had the opportunity to be a wise ruler. In your limited mechanical life, you could have found some admirable qualities, exerted your personal charm, and brought more hope to this country. But you quickly lost yourself in power... What's so good about power? You can control the life and death of others and restrict their freedom, but what's the point?"
Yang Ming took two steps forward, and the old emperor's body kept squirming towards the throne.
The bones in the old emperor's left hand were broken, and traces of delicate circuits were revealed on the inside of the bones.
Emilia looked at all this in disbelief and asked in a trembling voice: "Intelligent, intelligent machine?"
Even the knowledgeable General Philemon was shocked at this moment. He turned his head to look at Princess Dana and understood everything.
"Sherman!"
Philemon growled like an old lion.
Princess Daina didn't dare to look at Felimon, and quickly explained: "I am only responsible for carrying out orders. I gave birth to Emilia for the royal family. I... I'm sorry, but this is an order from the top."
"General, don't embarrass her," Yang Ming said, "This is the truth that Edwang must not know."
"Yes," Felimon took a deep breath, "His Highness Adwan must not know this."
The old emperor tried to stand up.
Yang Ming put his right foot on the old emperor's back and kicked him onto the steps.
He pressed the old emperor's back with his bare hands, and his gloved palms easily penetrated the simulated skin, grasped the old emperor's lubricated heart, and carefully pulled it out.
Blood splattered.
A mechanical heart was beating gently, with two flexible circuits connected to it.
The old emperor continued trying to crawl forward as if unaffected, but under the pressure of Yang Ming's right foot, he could not move at all.
The old emperor's face was full of ferocity, but more of his expression was anger after suffering humiliation.
Yang Ming pressed a few buttons, and a small projection screen appeared on the mechanical heart. Strings of codes were directly eliminated by Yang Ming, and new codes were implanted into the core.
The three people below stared at the scene in amazement.
The old emperor soon gave up struggling.
He seemed to be soundly asleep, lying there with his breathing steady.
Yang Ming stuffed the mechanical heart back into the gap on the emperor's back as if he had completed a small task, and took off his gloves and stuffed them into the pocket of his military uniform.
"That's all."
He turned around and looked at Princess Daina: "How long will his term last?"
Princess Daina said quickly, "Less than two years, probably."
"Then let him lie down for two years to complete the smooth transfer of power," Yang Ming said with a smile, "Letting Aidewang become the new emperor of Luofeng is already a consensus reached by the Foreign Affairs Bureau, right?"
“Yes, yes!”
Princess Dana was a little afraid to look directly at Yang Ming:
"Did you arrange all this, Mr. Yang Ming?"
"I'm just helping Adwan. I can't influence the Sherman Empire."
Yang Ming walked down with his hands behind his back.
The old emperor is easy to deal with, but the real trouble is Sherman behind the old emperor.
This beautiful princess is the key.
He stared at Princess Daina and said, "Can you tell me why the Empire took action against the old emperor? We are partners now."
"He plotted to break away from the Empire's vassalage."
Princess Dana took a deep breath and tried to look Yang Ming in the eye:
“About fifteen years ago, the old emperor had close contact with intelligence agents from the Guel Alliance.
"In our opinion, the old emperor was trying to exchange the right to develop resources for the country's independence. In fact, the old emperor had been preparing for decades.
"So, as usual, my superiors started the replacement plan... I was arranged to enter the palace and gave birth to Emilia. I thought I could persuade His Majesty to give up that unrealistic idea, but my superiors still sent me an invitation letter.
"The replacement was carried out within the Sherman Empire, and I became the supervisor of this intelligent machine."
"Mom," Emilia asked tremblingly, "Did my real father die long ago?"
"I'm sorry...I'm sorry...Emilia..."
Princess Dana had tears in her eyes and kept shaking her head:
"I don't know about this. I'm only responsible for supervising this omnic... I'm sorry, Emilia... I'm sorry to make you go through this..."
"I have recorded what happened just now," Yang Ming said in a gentle voice, "This is a necessary measure to ensure that you will not use the resources in your hands to retaliate against us."
Princess Daina remained silent.
Yang Ming walked to the side, picked up the knight's sword, and held it in front of Emilia.
"Your Highness," Yang Ming said with a smile, "Do you feel better now?"
"It's not much better, but it's better now than before," Emilia asked, "Is this the fate of the royal family of a vassal state?"
Princess Dana said hurriedly: "They will only target those royal family members of the vassal states who try to betray Sherman."
"Don't worry, your second brother won't make the same mistake again," Yang Ming handed over the sword.
Emilia reached out and grasped the hilt of the sword, then looked up at Yang Ming.
"What's this?"
"My gift to you."
Yang Ming 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 obey your orders.
"Emilia, can I trust you to take care of this Emperor Omnic?"
"I can, Mr. Yang Ming!"
Emilia's big eyes sparkled with light, and she grasped the hilt of the sword with both hands, leaning the sword on the ground.
The engines on the chests of the mechanical guards began to turn at the same time, and a faint noise was heard in the hall.
They adjusted their positions at the same time and knelt on one knee towards Emilia.
"Emilia, we need to keep this a secret from Adwant," Yang Ming said, "I will have to go back to prison to serve my sentence later, and after I finish my sentence, I will seek promotion in the army. The safety of the palace will be left to you and General Felimon."
"Um!"
Emilia nodded seriously: "I will do my best!"
"Your mother will help you," Yang Ming asked casually, "Princess, your subordinates..."
Princess Dana hurriedly said, "I'll take care of it!"
"No, you can't handle it," General Felimon said in a deep voice, "The Empire will not allow such secrets to be leaked. Now Her Highness Emilia, Major Yang Ming and I are standing here. They all know clearly that you can't deceive them."
Princess Daina's fingers trembled slightly.
Emilia pursed her lips tightly. She wanted to say something, but was stopped by Yang Ming's eyes.
“Your Highness, this is what political struggle is all about.
"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 rests on your shoulders."
Yang Ming turned around and said:
"General Felimon, go and 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 won't betray me!"
Yang Ming was silent.
"At least," Princess Daina shouted in a trembling voice, "At least, please spare my maid's life. She is my close partner! She and I are one! She is also an overseer!"
"General," Yang Ming said, "Leave the maid alive and clear her memory of today. I will arrange for someone to send the memory clearing equipment over."
"I see."
Philemon agreed, without saying anything else, and strode towards the palace gate.
Princess Daina fell to the ground.
Emilia walked over holding the unsharpened knight's sword.
She placed the sword at her feet, lowered her head, held Princess Daina in her arms, and stroked her mother's soft long hair.
"Mom, you may have forgotten that we are actually part of this country."
Princess Daina whimpered and hugged Emilia.
In front of the throne.
The old emperor, with a bloody hole on his back, lay on the steps, as if he was asleep.
Yang Ming stared quietly at the old emperor's back, a little absent-minded.
Intelligent machinery.
