Chapter 306: Farewell to the Imperial Star
When Yang Ming saw Han Yin again, she was submerged in a pitcher of water with ice cubes suspended in it, and her face had turned purple from the cold.
This is not some self-torture tactic.
This is the punishment from the Tentacle Organization for Han Yin's temporary loss of the pendant.
Yang Ming frowned and looked at the middle-aged maid beside him: "Let her out, she is mine now."
"As you command, my Lord."
The middle-aged maid said this with a smile, and several maids nearby opened the drain gate and helped the trembling Han Yin out.
The middle-aged maid said, "Han Yin is alive thanks to your care, sir. Otherwise, according to our rules, she must commit suicide to apologize."
“Is your organization so inhumane?”
"Without strict discipline, greater disasters will result."
The middle-aged maid glanced at Yang Ming and said meaningfully:
"The two maids His Majesty has bestowed upon you have never had any real contact with men. I hope the Earl can treat them well."
"Yes," Yang Ming nodded, "Where is the other Hanxiang?"
"She's on her way here. She has never left the training camp before."
Han Yin has learned her future fate. She is trembling all over. She looks up at Yang Ming's handsome face with sharp edges and smiles bitterly.
"My lord, please take care of me."
Yang Ming unbuttoned his military uniform and handed it to Han Yin. He was only wearing a solid-color short-sleeved shirt, revealing the outline of his muscular upper body.
"Let's go, let Hanxiang directly locate Hanyin's position later."
The middle-aged maid agreed softly and turned around to invite him.
Yang Ming didn't feel anything.
The emperor just rewarded him with two beautiful cameras, which was no big deal.
Han Yin, the former deputy leader of the Tentacles organization, kept looking back and moving forward, looking back every few steps.
Yang Ming smiled and said, "Don't look at it. You still have a chance to come back. The emperor asked you to come to my side so that you can monitor me. As long as you complete the task, it will be considered a credit."
"I hope so, A-choo!"
Han Yin sneezed several times in succession.
Yang Ming stepped forward, perfectly avoiding the spray from her, and glanced at her with disgust.
Hanyin explained helplessly: "Sir, this is a physical reaction. Every human being may sneeze when they catch a cold."
"When you sneeze, at least use your elbow to cover it."
"Yes, as you command, my lord, the civilized and cultured Earl."
There was a palace car waiting not far away. Yang Ming calmly sat in the back seat and turned around to ask, "Do you have any luggage to pack?"
"No," Hanyin said, "Hanxiang will bring it to me."
"Then let's go and find a hotel to stay in first."
Yang Ming gently reminded:
"I still have some assets, so it's no big deal to support two idle people.
"But let me make it clear first, don't have any fantasies about my young body. I love my girlfriend very much."
The palace guard who was driving the car almost laughed out loud.
Hanyin turned her head and stared at Yang Ming with a complicated look, and was about to open the back door.
Yang Ming pointed to the co-pilot seat: "Assistants and staff usually sit in that seat."
Han Yin pursed her lips and sat down at the position Yang Ming pointed to. She slammed the car door, which could have closed automatically.
'This guy definitely did this on purpose!'
Han Yin kept complaining in her heart.
Playing hard to get, this is probably playing hard to get!
These nobles who enjoy abundant resources no longer like to conquer other people's bodies, but to conquer other people's souls!
Only a ghost would be fooled by this guy!
Han Yin leaned against the passenger window in a confused mood. When the hovercraft drove away from the palace gate, she couldn't help but well up tears in her eyes, which she wiped away with her hand.
Yang Ming inadvertently took a few more glances at Han Yin's fair and slender neck, which was also leaning on the chair, thinking constantly.
The old emperor is extremely cunning.
What's more, the old emperor is so shameless!
Although the title of Honorary Earl of the Sherman Empire and the territory with a period of one hundred years are indeed very attractive, the ancient god cells that Yang Ming wants most now are nowhere to be found!
The old emperor transferred him from the Imperial Star, which was a strategy that killed many birds with one stone.
This move not only prevented Yang Ming from taking advantage of the current favorable situation to increase his influence in the Imperial Star;
It also allows Yang Ming to use his identity as the emperor's special envoy to divert the attention of the people of the empire;
He also cleverly announced to the outside world that the White Ghost was the emperor's thug, using the White Ghost's influence to materialize the emperor's prestige.
As for rectifying the nobles, getting money from the nobles' estates to fill the military funding gap, breaking up the faction left behind by the great elders, etc., those were all superficial effects.
"well."
Yang Ming sighed deeply:
"Now, there is really no freedom."
Han Yin whispered, "My Lord Earl, are you still dissatisfied now? The blame is borne by servants like us, while you stand in the palm of His Majesty's hand and receive the honor and privileges bestowed by His Majesty."
Yang Ming smiled and said, "Don't be so resentful. Think about it, if I hadn't saved you before, you would have been killed by those twelve super modifiers."
Han Yin asked back, "If you weren't here, how could the twelve super reformers come here?"
"All right."
Yang Ming took out a communicator connected to the Imperial Star network, searched for the Imperial Bank's nearest office, and asked the driver to drive to a nearby location and wait.
He got off the car and strolled for a few minutes. When he came back, he took two cards and threw them into Hanyin's arms.
"You and the girl with the fragrance will have a monthly quota of 300 yuan. Spend as you like."
The corner of Hanyin's mouth twitched. Could three hundred imperial coins express such confidence?
Did she have a one-sided and wrong understanding of the purchasing power of the Imperial Currency?
Later she found out that Yang Ming omitted the word "wan" in his words.
On the way to the hotel, Yang Ming asked her in confusion:
"Didn't you say that you hold a high position in your organization? How come you were sent out just like that?"
Hanyin was silent for a few minutes, and just before getting off the bus, she said:
"I am no longer pure to your majesty.
"I'm not referring to my body, but my mind. I made the mistake of considering my own gains and losses and helping you hide your whereabouts. I am extremely lucky to be able to walk out of the palace alive.
"Our lives are all gifts from your majesty."
Gift?
Yang Ming smiled and shook his head without saying anything more.
…
When Yang Ming returned to his residence, Catherine was packing her luggage.
She has received a transfer order from the Super Modifier Command Center and is about to return to the Super Modifier headquarters to receive a second ideological imprint.
It can be seen that she was anxious and distressed. When she saw Yang Ming, her eyes immediately lit up with fire.
"Hanton, there's no time. Can you help me now?"
Yang Ming shook his head seriously: "Catherine, I can take you away, but I can't put a mental imprint on you... because of the chip in your brain."
Catherine frowned and said, "I can take this risk."
"I can't take this risk," Yang Ming looked at Catherine. "If your chip has a positioning function, I can make some electromagnetic shielding devices for you. This is much simpler than biological information shielding equipment."
"You mean, I leave the Super Reformer Organization and go into hiding?"
"Yes," Yang Ming said, "I can arrange everything for you, fake your death and get away. In the short period of time in the future, about three to five years, we may spend less time together, but the days ahead will be long."
Catherine took two steps back, sat on the chair, and raised her hand to cover her forehead.
She whispered, "I don't want to be your vassal or appendage, Hanton. I think there should be equality between us, not a one-sided relationship of dependence."
"Don't think about it. It's meaningless," Yang Ming said gently. "Because we are lovers, I am willing to help you."
"But there are some things I can't let go of."
Catherine's eyes were firm and bright, and she spoke quickly:
"I have my own pursuits and I want to realize my own life value. I love you, Hanton, but love should not be everything to me. I will handle this matter myself."
Yang Ming said: "Bray can't help you either."
Catherine's eyes flickered as she whispered, "I can't tell you too much about this for now, but please believe me, I will minimize the impact on you."
A light flashed across Yang Ming's mind, and he suddenly thought of some side plots in "The Abyss".
He subconsciously checked whether several layers of shielding devices were turned on normally, walked to Catherine, raised his hand to grab her wrist, put his forehead against hers, and whispered:
"Some of the Super Reformers are going to revolt, right? You are one of them, right? Before I came to the Imperial Star, your thoughts had already changed, and I couldn't hide it from you."
Catherine was stunned.
Yang Ming said: "There has always been a small organization within the Super Reformers, right?"
"Hanton, I can't tell you this."
Yang Ming raised his hand to cover his forehead and paced back and forth in front of her.
Catherine struggled a bit, but still said: "This is just your guess, dear, please don't make such terrible guesses. I have deep feelings for the empire."
"Do you know who you're going up against?"
Yang Ming unconsciously became a little emotional, and he lowered his voice and growled:
"It's the Empire's entire defense system! It's the strongest political system in the galaxy that has been accumulated for tens of thousands of years! You should have seen what happened to those elders in the Council of Elders who were once powerful!
"The New Federation has the second strongest military force in the galaxy, but it's being held down by the Empire!
"Do you think you are a sixth-level queen insect?
"This is courting death! Even if you manage to survive for a while, you won't be able to survive for long!"
Catherine pressed her fingers: "Don't worry about these things, Hanton, you don't have to worry about me."
"Who else would care about you if I don't? Director Riva? Or the Imperial Council of Elders?"
Yang Ming continued pacing, thoughts running through his mind one after another, but he found that the only way he could save Catherine was to knock her out and take her out of the Imperial Star, then fly away immediately.
Catherine suddenly stepped forward and hugged Yang Ming.
Yang Ming also realized that he was too anxious.
Things haven't happened yet, and Catherine hasn't gone against the empire. He still has the opportunity to protect Catherine through other means and prevent her from being ideologically stigmatized.
"I'll go with you to the Super Modifiers headquarters," Yang Ming said, "I'll ask them to find a way to take the chip out of your brain, or shut it down."
Catherine shook her head gently: "This is my business, I can handle it myself. Let's not think about it, we just need to experience happiness and joy between us."
"You're still happy even though your life is about to end?"
Catherine smiled, turned Yang Ming around, and kissed him.
Yang Ming dodged twice, but finally couldn't bear to push her away. He hugged and kissed her, and the two of them began to respond to each other's requests tacitly and passionately.
Two galactic hours later.
Yang Ming put his hands in his pockets, stood in front of the floor-to-ceiling window in the living room of his residence, looking at the bustling city outside the window, thinking carefully about how to deal with this matter.
The warship that was going to pick him up was already ready at the Imperial Star Spaceport, and he needed to report there within twelve galactic hours.
Catherine will leave in at most half an hour, and the small airship of the Super Reformer Organization is already waiting at the nearby helipad.
He still failed to persuade Catherine to give up that dangerous idea.
Moreover, Catherine did not betray her comrades. No matter how hard Yang Ming tried, both in bed and out of bed, she refused to reveal any information about the small group within the super-modifiers.
The ideological imprint is not reliable.
This thing can indeed subtly change a person's sense of right and wrong and basic cognition, but due to its simple structure, it can easily lead to the wrong direction.
Not counting the part of the super-editor's thought imprint that was privately modified by the Council of Elders;
The ideological imprint of the super reformers is usually "loyalty to the Sherman Empire and dedication to oneself".
This empire, which is loyal to Sherman, has a lot of room for flexibility.
In particular, after the super reformers come into contact with the Imperial Star, the paradise of the great nobles, the ideological shock they experience can easily lead them to have some extreme thoughts.
[The empire does not need these parasites. ]
[There are problems with the existing system of the empire. Modifying this system can create a better empire].
——Similar ideas are likely to arise.
Yang Ming certainly had no sense of belonging to the Sherman Empire. He just wanted to gain a foothold here to achieve his two goals.
1. Try to influence the power structure in "Faya's Game" and help your home planet as much as possible at the NPC level.
Second, if the humans on the mother planet are lucky enough to turn the tables, pass the assessment, and enter the Milky Way, he has enough influence to protect them and save them from the fate of being enslaved and eaten.
If he is strong enough, he may be able to preserve some of the cultural heritage of his home planet.
So he is trying to become the Grand Duke of the Empire.
And he is now on the fast track to promotion.
In fact, Yang Ming has now begun looking for a suitable candidate for the next emperor of the empire and has some crazy plans in his mind.
He completely understood Catherine.
He can also provide spiritual support to Catherine if she can ensure that she is not in danger.
But now, the empire has not weakened, and there is no chaotic environment in the empire as presented in the background of the stand-alone version of "Abyss". The evil empire has not become the target of everyone's condemnation.
The small team of super reformers does not have any conditions for a successful uprising!
If Catherine and the others insist on doing this, they would be imitating the Great Elder and forcing the emperor to abdicate - they would be courting death.
Yang Ming scratched the short hair on top of his head.
Why not just kidnap Catherine?
Catherine is a super reformer. Unless she is completely imprisoned, she can easily escape as long as Yang Ming leaves her side.
Yang Ming couldn't bear to treat her like this.
Her soul, which has always been pursuing freedom, shines brightly.
That was also the light in her that attracted Yang Ming the most.
The sound of water in the bathroom stopped, and Catherine, who was already dressed neatly, walked out lazily.
"What's the matter?"
Katherine asked softly.
Yang Ming came back to his senses, turned around and looked at Catherine, and the two looked at each other.
"When will we take action?" Yang Ming asked in a deep voice.
"Judging from the situation of this ideological imprint, we are seriously unprepared," Catherine said softly, "Don't worry about it... Let's separate."
"Don't even think about separating from me with such a ridiculous reason."
Yang Ming glared at her.
Catherine put her hands in her windbreaker pockets and smiled gently:
"Well, if one day they ask you to assist in the investigation, you can tell them everything about me, and then say that our relationship was a sleeping relationship, not a romantic one."
"I don't quite understand. Why would you do something when you know there's no chance of success?"
"If you don't try, how do you know there's really no chance of winning?"
Catherine sighed softly:
“The Super Modifiers themselves are experimental subjects. The more than one hundred Super Modifiers whose thoughts were modified by the Council of Elders have been sent to the Dimension Upgrading Laboratory.
“We fully understand the importance of the dimensionality-up experiment to human civilization, and we have no objection to our own destiny.
"But we feel that we can do something that can make our journey of destiny more meaningful."
She paused, took Yang Ming's arm and coaxed him with a few words like a spoiled child.
Catherine smiled and said, "Well, actually, the situation you envisioned is just the least likely event. We still have many chances. I can promise you that as long as there is a chance, I will not go to extremes."
"You really don't need me to accompany you to the Super Modification Headquarters?"
"Need not."
Catherine glanced at the communicator and said, "They are rushing me again. I will go and report first. When I am free here, I will send you a message. If I have a holiday, I will come to see you. How about it?"
"Yeah," Yang Ming raised his hand and stroked her cheek, but couldn't say much.
Catherine kissed him on the cheek, picked up the floating suitcase beside her, and when she walked to the door, she looked back at Yang Ming, smiled, and waved gently.
The corridor was filled with a pale yellow glow, and she looked still so beautiful with her long hair draped over her shoulders.
After the door closed, Yang Ming looked down at his palm with a sense of loss.
One by one, it's all like this.
Yang Ming was suddenly stunned. The words that the old emperor had said before flashed through his mind. There was one sentence that the old emperor said in a heavier voice.
"You'd better stay away from the super-changers."
Yang Ming: …
this!
He wanted to rush out to stop Catherine, but he immediately realized that from the moment Catherine stepped out of the house, she might be under the surveillance of the Tentacle Organization.
It's not that simple.
The uprising of a small group of super reformers is doomed to fail.
To break the impasse, if you want to save Catherine, you have to find a way to break the impasse.
Yang Ming knew that he had not run out of ideas. He even began to think about what benefits he could get from this incident while saving Catherine.
All plans must revolve around his core plan, and his personal emotional appeals can only be restrained rationally.
Yang Ming clicked on his watch, thought again and again, and sent an action order to Lu.
[Contact Bly and ask him to prepare for secret communication. I will leave the Imperial Star immediately and will contact him later.]
[Yes, boss.]
