Chapter 357: Partner, Subverter
After the meeting, Daphne left the Dimensional Laboratory with Director Ino's orders.
In the lounge of a light battleship, Daphne's mind was still echoing with the voices she had just heard.
Those old men who truly controlled all the resources of the empire and could replace the emperor at any time appeared in front of him and appeared in the conference room using projection.
And those old people all saw her, the young princess of the empire.
At that moment, Daphne always felt that her previous life seemed to have been lived in vain.
Some of these elderly people had been reported dead long ago, but they were still alive, with a life span of more than three or four hundred years... Director Ino was actually a junior...
In the meeting just now, the elders only discussed three topics.
1. Whether to kill or keep the white ghost, and how to kill it.
Second, the new candidate for the next emperor and how to neutralize Gehari in the future.
Third, the threat from the New Federation CIA, whether to use a total war to directly destroy it, in order to deter the restless galactic countries.
Daphne suddenly understood at this moment.
Power can never be concentrated in one person, the so-called emperor is just a appearance.
Daphne actually wanted to thank Hamton for his words that enlightened her.
'If you are completely controlled by the other party, you will never be able to become one with them.'
She had tried very hard before to behave in front of Great-Uncle Ino, being well-behaved, sensible, and aware of the overall situation, but she had never been able to get in touch with this circle. However, in the past two months, she tried to express some ideas that were different from those of her great-uncle, and instead got a ticket to enter this circle.
Daphne chuckled, then thought of some scenes and her expression turned a little cold.
This guy!
She would definitely make him work for her!
"Your Highness, where are we going next?"
Daphne asked softly, "Where is the White Ghost being held?"
"This needs to be verified. This is news that has not been announced to the public."
The maid beside her spoke softly, lowered her head and operated the network terminal for a while, then quickly raised her head and said:
"It was in the Noble Court Detention Center on Yaha Star, a prison that specifically holds noble criminals. Earl Hanton was sentenced to six months in prison, but his title and territory remained unchanged."
"Just go to his place," Daphne said. "Don't announce the news to anyone. This time I'm visiting in secret. Contact the manager there in advance. I need a room with better confidentiality."
"Yes, Your Highness."
…
Daphne certainly didn't expect that.
A criminal, a criminal who had offended the royal family, could actually enjoy such special care in an aristocratic prison.
When she arrived at the prison, the warden received her personally, but when she mentioned that she wanted to see the white ghost, the warden was at a loss.
The warden sighed and said, "This is not a question of whether you want to see him or not, but a question of... whether he wants to see you or not."
Daphne frowned slightly, keeping the charming smile on her face, and uttered a sound from the tip of her nose: "Hmm?"
"He won't accept any visitors. We consulted Lord Hamton before you came. Lord Hamton said he is not in the mood to meet you now."
Daphne's smile was a little stiff.
"But, sir, isn't he a noble whose freedom is restricted?"
"But you also have to consider that this is a great god..."
The warden had a gloomy face. He really wanted to say it was the plague god, but when the words came to his lips he did not dare to speak.
He said slowly:
"The Earl of Hamton's situation is very special. For one thing, he has the ability to leave here freely at any time.
"We are being held in secret, but somehow the news has leaked out. There are already one or two thousand reporters outside the prison, all waiting for any movement from the White Ghost. This is the second reason.
“You know the appeal that Earl Hanton has among the hundreds of billions of civilians in the empire. This time, he beat up His Royal Highness the Prince, which has raised his reputation to a higher level.
"In the eyes of the common people, he is simply the supervisor of the imperial power, the nightmare of the nobles, and the guide who can point the way for the future development of the empire..."
"Sir!" Daphne's face was stern, "Your words are a bit too much."
The warden immediately opened up:
“Hey, Your Highness, these are what the common people said, not what we said.
“We’ve been having a really hard time lately!
"The Supreme Court instructed us to detain them secretly and treat them normally. The Elders' Council instructed us not to make any mistakes and to impose minor punishments. The military instructed us to treat them well and not neglect them.
“I really…
"I have prepared my resignation letter! It is right here in my office! If this great man wants to leave, I won't dare to stop him. I will just hand in my resignation letter first!"
Daphne couldn't help but raise her hand to support her forehead: "Okay, I get it, sir, there's no need to complain anymore. Since he doesn't want to see me, I'll go see him."
"Hey! This!"
The warden broke out in a cold sweat: "You see, Earl Hamton may not be feeling well, you..."
"Are you being controlled by him?"
"Of course not, of course not. Earl Hanton has always been easygoing and has not used his super powers. Well, come over here. I'll take you to the monitoring room first."
Daphne nodded slightly, which was considered as her agreement.
A few minutes later, Daphne looked at the images on the projection screen, and her smooth, fair face couldn't help but twitch slightly.
Is this a prison?
In the center of the picture is a steaming swimming pool.
By the warm water pool, the young man sat with his back to her. The muscular outline of his back was like a butterfly with its wings spread, exuding a masculinity that was a mixture of wildness and gentleness.
Behind the man, several young men in prison uniforms stood in a row with their hands behind their backs.
Trays were floating on the water, filled with all kinds of expensive and rare fruits. On the opposite side of the pool, a projection screen was playing the stage performance of a popular girl group.
"this?"
"Understand, please understand more," the warden whispered, "White Ghost, hero of the Empire."
Daphne shook her head slightly, then said, "Please tell him that I am waiting for him here. I will go to see him whenever it is convenient for him, no matter how long it takes."
"Okay , Your Highness. I'll go and tell you right away, and I promise to convey your message exactly as it is."
"Does he still have any regard for the Imperial Code?" Daphne couldn't help but complain, "Isn't the most important thing here to warn and punish criminals?"
The warden looked embarrassed and walked away quickly with his head down.
The operators just lowered their heads and remained silent, their expressions normal.
They have seen many similar scenes in the past two months.
So, Daphne waited for a full seven standard galactic days, and finally met the man with a provocative smile in the warden's office.
"Hello, Lady Daphne."
Yang Ming sat in the warden's high-end chair, supporting himself on his toes, turning back and forth , holding a book in his hand and flipping through it casually.
The prison uniform he was wearing formed a sharp contrast with the surrounding environment, which made Daphne feel a little ironic.
Yang Ming said softly, "Long time no see. I'm glad to hear that you are fine and your brother Gehari is under house arrest. It's obvious that you won this court political struggle."
"Thanks to you."
Daphne handed her handbag to a maid beside her and turned to ask, "Warden, could you please step aside for a moment?"
"Of course, of course!"
The maid and the warden retreated out of the door together. When the warden closed the door, there was still a hint of gossip in his eyes.
Yang Ming smiled and asked, "Director Yinuo, do you have something to talk to me about?"
"Well," Daphne said calmly, sitting across from the desk, still in an elegant and decent posture, "I have three things, or three messages to convey to you."
"speak."
"I'm not your subordinate!"
Daphne glared at Yang Ming, then took a deep breath, forced herself to smile, and said softly:
“We’ll talk about our business later.
"The first thing is that the institute is going to hand over the Ancient God Cell Group to you. The second thing is that the institute is considering carrying out Captain Catherine's dimensional upgrade experiment in advance. The third thing is that we have detected that the New Federation agents are unusually active. We hope to use your power to eliminate these agent teams."
"us?"
Yang Ming smiled and said, "Congratulations."
"Thanks to you," Daphne said, "your words have enlightened me. I should show some rebelliousness and autonomy and provide them with more ideas instead of blindly following their orders."
"That's great," Yang Ming threw the book on the table. "The institute is giving me benefits and threatening me with Catherine. It's unlikely that they'll just ask me to go against the new federal agents. Just tell them their real conditions."
Daphne stared at Yang Ming.
Yang Ming looked at her calmly.
Daphne said, "I don't quite understand why the so-called Faya experiment is so important, but I can probably guess a little bit... They hope that you can participate in the dimensional upgrade experiment after completing your mission."
"Let me be a test subject?"
"My great uncle originally said that he wanted to try more possibilities on you," Daphne said gently, "I don't understand what this means, but my great uncle said that you are very likely to be able to complete individual dimensional upgrading. After all, this is an experimental project of the Faya people, and they want to witness it with their own eyes."
Yang Ming narrowed his eyes slightly.
Daphne didn't understand what this meant, but he did.
Are the Fayya people passing notes to the Empire again?
Or maybe, this is Director Ino's wish as a scientific researcher?
He went to participate in the dimensional experiment after Faya's game...
Yang Ming asked: "When will you give me the cells?"
"Before you go to the experiment."
"That's useless," Yang Ming said calmly, his mind turning, and he decided to take advantage of the situation.
Yang Ming sighed: "You won't understand even if I tell you this. After all, this is related to high-dimensional civilization, and your right to know is too low now."
Daphne almost rolled her eyes in an indecent manner.
Yang Ming smiled and said, "We can talk about cooperation later. You are now qualified to cooperate with me, but I cannot agree to your great uncle's conditions."
"Why?" Daphne frowned, "You dare to refuse?"
"You can reply. I need to ask my friend, the one who communicated with me directly," Yang Ming said calmly, "Their principle is that each project cannot interfere with each other, not even a little bit."
"I'll take your exact words."
Yang Ming spread his hands and said, "It doesn't matter whether the Ancient God Cells are given to me or not. With my current strength, I can already walk sideways in human society. The reason why I want to improve my strength is to deal with future crises."
"crisis?"
"The Queen from outside the domain will soon be upgrading. She is now on the verge of upgrading."
Yang Ming narrowed his eyes slightly:
"There is a war between humans and insects going on in the higher-dimensional world. She is the combat force supplement for the insects. The experiments conducted in the Milky Way are also a project to supplement the combat force for higher-dimensional humans.
“I don’t necessarily need to rely on ancient god cells to improve my strength. After the queen is upgraded, I can go to the border to clear out the insect swarms. I can complete the evolution of my own strength in half a year.
"Do you think the Queen will try to sabotage the Faya people's plans before ascending to the next dimension?"
Daphne frowned in thought.
"Guess again," Yang Ming leaned forward slightly, "The Queen has sensed a huge threat to the Empire. If the Emperor Star completes the dimensional upgrade experiment, will it become a problem for their race?"
Daphne whispered, "You mean, the higher-dimensional civilization asked you to get the Ancient God Cells as soon as possible so that you would have enough strength to deal with this crisis?"
"I didn't say anything."
Yang Ming smiled and said:
“Actually, I’m pretty tired too. In the two experimental projects of the Fayya people, I have to participate in the promotion of greenhouse civilization and the replenishment of combat units.
"You don't understand? Maybe you can understand if I put it this way.
"The life forms of the ancient gods are huge and chaotic, like a mass of tumors, floating in the starry sky. There are no rules, only eternal and immortal cells, like a disordered patchwork of cell tissues, right?"
"Yes."
"The ancient god life forms are the result of high-dimensional human warriors unfolding in our dimension," Yang Ming said, "You should have figured it out. Even high-dimensional beings must be based on low-dimensional beings. You can actually find traces of high-dimensional civilizations in our vast universe, but they will choose to avoid us."
Daphne nodded slightly: "I think I understand."
"So, I had no interest in cooperating with you before," Yang Ming said gently, "Now you should understand, what is the meaning of imperial power?"
"Imperial power is only a tool, and dimensional ascension is the goal."
Daphne suddenly laughed.
It's a sneer.
She exhaled softly: "Now, I have the hope of becoming the operator of the tool, which feels really good... Earl Hanton, if we cooperate, what do you want to get from me?"
Yang Ming narrowed his eyes slightly and asked in a low voice: "Do you really not want to be the queen?"
Daphne subconsciously gripped the handrail.
"There are only two of us here, and there are no functioning electronic devices." Yang Ming's watch flickered slightly. "Answer me, are you willing to hide behind the scenes? I have studied your character, and now I know you better than you know yourself."
"I think."
Daphne sneered: "And then? Are you going to ridicule me again?"
Yang Ming stretched out his right hand: "Well, I wish us a pleasant cooperation."
"Just that?"
"Isn't that enough? We are just partners," Yang Ming frowned and said, "Sorry, I'm really not interested in scheming women. I have no shortage of mistresses, you should know that."
Daphne asked, "How can you help me?"
"You are now connected to your family's elite clique. Continue to operate and gain control of the resources."
Yang Ming said in a gentle voice:
“I can help you solve all the difficult competitors. By the way, I have the appeal of the masses and can help you complete the conversion.
“More importantly, I have someone above me.
"The goals that your elders are striving for are, in my opinion, just the next stage of my life. When I stand firm on it, you will understand."
Daphne leaned back in her chair, thinking quietly.
She suddenly asked: "We can also be lovers, I like your body."
"Forget about that," Yang Ming said with a smile, "I have a very sensitive nose. I smell a lot of scents on you, a lot of feminine scents. You are bisexual, right?"
Daphne's expression froze.
"I hope you can respect your partner's privacy."
"Our cooperation should be pure," Yang Ming said gently, "Go and reply to your great uncle. I need to know their true reaction."
"How do you want me to respond to them?"
"Tell the truth," Yang Ming said, "Just hide the part about our cooperation . I believe you will know your limits."
Daphne stood up to leave, and suddenly turned to look at Yang Ming: "What about you? What do you want?"
"I want to get the things that your father wants me to get on my knees," Yang Ming said with a smile, "I want to get them while standing."
Daphne nodded slightly, lowered her head and walked away quickly.
Yang Ming raised his eyebrows slightly.
A line of text popped up on the watch.
[Boss, what if she tells Director Ino everything? ]
Yang Ming immediately responded with text:
[It doesn't matter. If she doesn't tell Director Ino about her cooperation with me, then we will have a powerful helper. If she tells Director Ino, then it just reveals my ambition and recklessness.]
Yang Ming placed his feet on the edge of the table and continued typing quickly:
[She will probably come to see me later. This is a good opportunity. Let’s just do it.]
[Next time she comes, I will try my best. Twenty-four Terminators have arrived near their respective targets and are beginning to approach synchronously.]
Yang Ming laughed and breathed a sigh of relief.
This step has finally been taken.
[Act when the time is right. You don't have to take care of me. My presence in prison is the best cover.]
【receive.】
To overthrow the empire, start by taking down the top officials of the Foreign Affairs Bureau.
