Chapter 284 Catherine's Confusion
Revill didn't know why Lord White Ghost kicked him as soon as he opened the door, sending him directly back to the door of the villa next door.
But for the next few days, he was unable to walk normally on his own legs.
Although their mood was interrupted in the middle, Yang Ming and Catherine still kissed passionately to end their honeymoon.
After Catherine successfully returned to the Super Modifier Base, Yang Ming secretly slipped away from the mountain villa without alerting the small team of a certain earl family next door. He boarded a small transport ship prepared in advance and sailed into the vast star field outside the Yaha star.
Yang Ming didn't know what was going on with him.
When he was on the surface, he always had a feeling of unease, as if the ground would suddenly collapse and he would be trapped in a cage that fell from the sky.
But when he enters space and rides on a thin-shell spacecraft that is completely vulnerable compared to the buildings on the surface, he will feel a freedom that comes from the heart.
Play some dynamic music, sway your body in the empty cabin, imitate some classic movie and TV poses you remember, and howl from time to time. This feeling can be described in one word.
comfortable!
Half a day later, the long-lost broadcast sounded from the bridge of the Dongfeng.
"Captain arrives at the bridge."
026, who was playing games on the sofa in the corner, jumped up instantly. Although the short shirt and skirt she was wearing were very simple, they highlighted her extraordinary figure.
"Boss! You finally came back! Ah, no no... You are finally back!"
026 rushed up with a smile.
Yang Ming glanced at her, then calmly looked away and reminded her, "You're not wearing any underwear."
"Well?"
026 looked down, quickly raised his hands to cover his chest, and the capillaries on his face expanded at a speed visible to the naked eye. He turned his head and ran towards the bridge door, not forgetting to roar like a dragon:
"Boss! Don't say this directly!"
Yang Ming cleared his throat, walked calmly to his own chair, and sank into it comfortably.
sense of security.
"Lü, what are you doing? Why don't you come out to greet me?"
"Boss, wait a minute. I'm busy merging the new server cluster... OK!"
Lu's simulated projection appeared on the side, and then smiled foolishly at Yang Ming.
Yang Ming browsed through the recent log of the Dongfeng and wondered, "Have you made a lot of money recently? Why are you grinning all the time? Or is your computing power only one percent of that of your predecessor?"
"Of course not," Lu pinched his waist proudly, "but my current computing power can definitely reach 2000-3000 of hers! Hehehe!"
Yang Ming couldn't help but complain: "How much money did the empire spend on this empire-wide defense system?"
"Well, boss, you don't have to belittle yourself. You are absolutely no worse than Levi Sherman !"
Lu giggled and came over attentively, using the simulated gravity system to create a realistic touch to help Yang Ming massage his shoulders and back.
"Boss, oh no, master, you see, the companion robot that Miss Catherine bought is just sitting there in any villa anyway, why not give it to us? Let's take it back to Dark Star and transform it properly. I guarantee it will have super charm that surpasses that of human women!"
Yang Ming cursed: "Stop trying to hit on me! Work hard! I don't accept mechanical love."
"Narrow-minded, tsk, it's really too narrow-minded."
Lu shook his head:
"Compared with the vast universe, your narrow-minded view on mate selection is really not conducive to the reproduction of the human species itself."
Yang Ming said calmly: "So-called advanced civilization is not an excuse for humans, as carbon-based creatures, to ignore the essence of reproduction. The pressure generated by the evolution and development of the social system can easily cause individuals to have illusions about their self-cognition, thus generating some strange habits. These should all be corrected."
“You are a revisionist!”
"It's written in the book, the Biography of the Emperor."
Yang Ming snapped his fingers:
"Stop chatting and help me collect information from Emperor Star.
"I just thought about it carefully, and I feel that something is a little unusual. The emperor directly ordered the mobilization of super transformers to enter the Imperial Star. This should be unprecedented, or it should be something that has not happened in the past few hundred years.
"Check it first."
"Okay, I'll collect some information...it's a little strange."
Lu moved to Yang Ming's side and changed her cheongsam suit that she wore as a hostess in a brothel into a pure and lovely pleated skirt and white shirt. Her slightly curly long hair was also changed into refreshing medium-short hair.
She had already collected the information, sorted it out a little and started reporting:
“The Imperial Star is actually also in the Imperial Star Circle network, but it is the center of the Empire’s network system and there are many barriers there, so not much information can be collected at the moment.
“However, some rumors have appeared on the surface of the Imperial Star.
“The former archbishop died suddenly, with obvious marks of strangulation on his neck, but the Imperial Civilization Development Church announced that the archbishop died from a fall and severe brain damage.
“The new archbishop does not seem to be able to convince the public, as he was originally only a local bishop in name only.
“The so-called local bishops regularly inspect some administrative stars and fill out some civilization development reports. They also live on the surface of the imperial stars on weekdays and communicate closely with the princes, princes and princesses.
"The new bishop was not on the original list of candidates for the new bishop because of his immoral private life, exaggerated remarks, and years of unsatisfactory inspection work. He has been criticized for many reasons."
Yang Ming smiled and said, "The inside story? Are there any photos? I remember the Imperial Archbishop was an old lady?"
Lu blinked a few times, and a projection screen popped up in front of Yang Ming, and a photo of a beautiful aunt immediately appeared on it.
"Oh my god, this body is too filled out, isn't it?"
"Boss, the aesthetic taste of the imperial nobility is like this. It has been led astray by the new federal fashion circle. Many noble ladies fill their clothes like this."
Yang Ming wondered, "She is... forty years old?"
"She is eighty-two years old and the sister of the former archbishop."
"Huh?" It was the first time that Yang Ming directly faced the madness of human beings in the pursuit of 'anti-aging' and 'youth', and he was shocked to the point of being speechless for a moment.
Then, Lu smiled and took out a bunch of private photos, some of which were disgusting and not allowed to be viewed by people under the age of 18.
It is confirmed that the new archbishop has a chaotic private life.
He had a chaotic private life, was 82 years old, was the head , and was the seat at the center of power in the Empire... Yang Ming really couldn't accept it.
"in addition."
Lu pinched his chin and analyzed carefully:
"There is another abnormality. The internal and external defense systems of the Imperial Star are all in a state of war readiness. The princes, princesses, princes, and officials stationed in the Imperial Star have all been ordered not to discuss the former archbishop...
“The local bishops were summoned to the temple, reportedly to solve some difficult problem.
"Thinking about it, the emperor suddenly mobilized the super reformers to enter the Imperial Star. Is there any turmoil within the Imperial Star?"
Yang Ming wondered, "Where do you get so many gossips?"
"I stole it from the New Federal CIA!"
"What kind of trouble can happen on the Imperial Star? There are your predecessors there, and the powerful empire's entire defense system..."
Yang Ming suddenly stopped talking and thought of his conversation with the Faya people.
"Boss, what's wrong?"
"Nothing. Keep following the news over there. If Catherine contacts me, I will transfer the call immediately. We will stay away from the Imperial Star for the time being and come back before the military promotion ceremony. By the way, I will urge Lieutenant General Thomas to tell me when he can give me the cell sample I want."
"Memo added, please set the next sailing route."
Yang Ming looked at the star map in front of him and thought for a moment.
Let’s go see Posa first, develop some relationship with this elder sister, and sense the increase in her strength.
Then let's go back to Yilando Star and spend a few days with His Majesty Edwan.
The Luofeng Empire reaped rich rewards in the battle of Mingte City this time, so it’s time to have a celebratory drink.
By the way, Lu has been constantly purchasing new technologies and new brains recently, and the expenditure is a bit high. Yang Ming calculated carefully and thought that it was time to harvest another crop of leeks in Emilia's piggy bank.
A businessman's sense of smell.
…
Happy days always pass by quietly in the blink of an eye.
In the past half month, Yang Ming had clearly left the empire, but there was some small news about the White Ghost in the empire.
——A certain Count-level fanatic bought big screens everywhere to celebrate White Ghost’s debut day.
Yang Ming didn't know why. Although he used some force in his kick, he still couldn't wake up this fanatical fan.
Next time we meet, I will double my strength.
Catherine would send a greeting message to Yang Ming every three days, because this was the period when she would patrol around the Imperial Star on a spacecraft.
Within the atmosphere of the Imperial Star, they cannot send any message to the outside and can only wait for the opportunity to leave the atmosphere of the Imperial Star.
Her messages were always very long, describing her boring daily life on the Imperial Star and implicitly expressing her longing for Yang Ming.
Yang Ming was much more direct. He would initiate calls directly every time, and despite the high latency, he would chat with her for most of the 'patrol cycle'. The three female super reformers who partnered with Catherine were no longer surprised by this.
The Imperial Star has many rules and strict defenses, so the area in which they can move freely is very small;
The modular planetary structure looks impressive at first, but after seeing it for a while, it seems just so-so.
Various parties are held frequently in the villas of princes, princesses, and princes, and parties seem to have become the only form of entertainment on the Imperial Star.
Even the nobles here have developed abnormal ethical relationships that go beyond love and marriage. On the one hand, they shout out traditional ethics, while on the other hand, they engage in absurd acts that are against ethics and religion.
Catherine seemed very disappointed with what she saw there.
On the twenty-third galactic day since the two separated, Yang Ming calculated the time and estimated that Catherine would send a message soon, so he sent away the maids of Luofeng Palace who coveted his beauty in advance.
In order to accommodate Yang Ming's "vacation", Edwang specially set up the nearest office location at the seaside palace on Yilanduo Star.
Yang Ming used dressings to restore his appearance to that of 'Earl Yang Ming of the Luofeng Empire'. He lay on an air cushion chair wearing only a pair of shorts, gazing into the distance at the place where the sea and sky merged into one.
Edwang walked over, stretched lazily, sat down next to Yang Ming, and sighed softly.
"Waiting for your new girlfriend again?"
"Hmm," Yang Ming glanced at the beach volleyball in the distance and asked in confusion, "Where's Emilia? Why don't I see her today?"
Edwang smiled and said, "I'm sad, knowing that you have a new girlfriend."
Yang Ming sneered: "Please take care of your sister. I don't want to be obsessed with by underage women."
"She has her own ideas, which is good." Edwan squinted at the sky, "What do you think? Should I propose to Princess Rona of the Empire?"
"How are your feelings towards each other?"
"Generally," said Edwang calmly, "They are the type that can live together, but because everyone will be busy with their own careers after marriage, they will not live together, and it will not have much impact. The main consideration is political factors."
Yang Ming thought carefully: "In the short term, marriage is indeed beneficial, but in the long term it is not conducive to our plan."
"Well," said Edwang, "I want to announce the establishment of a three-dimensional military, political and economic alliance in advance, while the impact of the insect plague has not yet subsided, so that I can have a legitimate reason to do so."
“The conditions are not yet ripe.”
"Ming, if we wait until the conditions are ripe here, we may miss this window of opportunity."
Adwant shook his head slightly, took a bottle of alcoholic beverage from the back of a tracked robot passing by, and whispered:
“We should be more decisive and not wait for the Empire to fully come to its senses.
"I have already arranged everything with the Foreign Affairs Bureau. When we first announced the establishment of the alliance, we would not try to get rid of the title of a vassal state of the Empire."
Yang Ming rubbed his eyebrows, he still had some doubts.
The empire's entire defense system is too powerful.
Yang Ming asked in return: "What should we do if the Empire breaks off relations?"
"I will fight against it," Adwan answered decisively. "If the plan fails because of my proposal, I will naturally bear the responsibility. But if we can control the influence of public opinion, there will not be much possibility of failure."
"Edwang," Yang Ming said with a serious expression, "Before executing this plan, go and have two children first."
"Ming, this is meaningless," Edwang shook his head, "I don't want the heir to the throne to appear in my life. My existence is to negate everything that Luofeng once had and take off the word empire for Luofeng."
"Being obsessed with the system type, there is actually no ..."
Buzz, buzz!
Yang Ming's words were interrupted by the network access terminal beside him.
He thought it was a text message from Catherine, but when he opened it, he found that it was a video sent directly by Catherine.
Edwang made a gesture of invitation, leaned back in the air cushion seat, stared at the horizon, lost in thought, and relaxed the fatigue caused by his extensive work.
Yang Ming asked Lu to modify his facial information in the camera, and then connected the video. A three-dimensional bust of Catherine appeared in front of him.
She sat in the corner of the patrol ship, with a porthole and the outline of the Imperial Star behind her, and a table in front of her for writing her work log. She rested her right hand on the table and sighed with a gloomy look on her face.
"What's wrong, Katherine?"
"I'm a little tired of this place," Catherine said, "I might apply for a transfer, but His Majesty the Emperor has mobilized more super reformers here, so it might be troublesome to transfer."
Of course Yang Ming would not ask something like "Are you unhappy there?"
This is obviously very unhappy.
"It's good to be transferred out," Yang Ming said with a smile, "I'll go back and have fun with you, and we can travel around."
"Well, thank you." Catherine nodded gently and whispered, "I have a lot of confusions. I don't know if these confusions are correct, but I always feel that this place is too corrupt."
"Degenerate? What does that mean exactly?"
"No one is thinking about how to make the people of the empire have a better life. No one really cares about the improvement of civilization level they keep shouting about. All they have is the indulgence of desires and the pursuit of their own ridiculous dignity."
Catherine seemed to have opened up her chatterbox and kept on talking:
“It shouldn’t be called dignity. That is hypocritical and meaningless. The nobles and officials I have come into contact with and seen during this period of time are all maintaining their self-proclaimed dignity.
“In fact, they just want to prove that their existence is meaningful in this way.
“But what’s the point?
"The offices of the administrative agencies were filled with absurd scenes; the monumental forests that symbolized the honor of the empire became a paradise for the nobles seeking excitement.
"I don't know what the point of me protecting them is... I am loyal to the Empire, Ming. My loyalty to the Empire has not changed. I will firmly fulfill my mission."
Catherine exhaled softly.
"But I don't think the empire needs this part."
"Catherine!" Yang Ming's expression was somewhat stern. "Keep your voice down."
"There's no one around," Catherine shrugged. "Don't worry. I know this idea is extremely dangerous, but I found that many super-modifiers have the same idea as me. Perhaps they made a wrong decision, allowing us, the experimental subjects with ideological imprints, to come into contact with the core essence of the imperial world."
Yang Ming asked: "What is the essence of your understanding?"
“The efforts of the majority make the enjoyment of the minority possible.”
Catherine sighed:
"The essence of empire is oppression."
Edwan on the side gave a thumbs up.
Yang Ming, however, couldn't laugh at all.
"Catherine, promise me that you will apply for transfer immediately," Yang Ming said, "Don't tell these words to anyone except me. It's very dangerous, especially don't tell Director Riva."
Catherine smiled bitterly and said, "I understand, Ming, I completely understand. I am not a baby."
"Go apply for a transfer order first, and I'll wait for your news."
"Yeah... love you."
Catherine hung up the phone. This was the shortest chat of their seven or eight conversations.
Yang Ming rubbed his eyebrows.
It's really troublesome when an idealist's ideals are shattered.
By the way, is Emperor Star playing so tricky? Catherine has traveled all over the country over the years and can be considered a well-informed super-modifier captain, but she can still be stimulated to this extent.
"Lü, keep an eye on Emperor Star. Report any situation to me immediately."
"Yes, Boss, but I can't get too close to that side."
"Just do your best."
