Chapter 435: Domingos's Mystery
Yang Ming's stolen watch was delivered together with the maintenance robot controlled by Labdo.
As Yang Ming expected, the couple who appeared in the small warehouse and the male and female warriors who appeared later were all arranged by Mrs. Carmen.
In addition to testing Yang Ming, they also planned to use these two female warriors to win Yang Ming's favor.
It's really a beauty trap.
Yang Ming almost pretended to be confused and took advantage of the situation.
The only miscalculation of Mrs. Carmen was that she did not know that Captain Kole was one of only two mind manipulators in the galaxy.
After the two female warriors were controlled by Yang Ming, they gave a report to Mrs. Carmen in which they spoke highly of Captain Cole, praising him as a true pirate, profit-driven , full of interstellar adventurous spirit, and a long-term partner of several radical extremist terrorist organizations.
Mrs. Carmen had great trust in the subordinates she had brought up, and then she got herself involved as well.
Unfortunately, Mrs. Carmen is only the regional head of the Tree of Life organization. Although she has mastered some of the secrets of the Tree of Life due to her seniority, her influence is insufficient, and she does not have direct authority to the center of the hierarchical Tree of Life organization.
This made Yang Ming feel a little regretful.
——If we could directly control the leader of the Tree of Life, things would be much easier later on.
What Yang Ming is most concerned about at this moment is the statue in front of him.
This statue looks a bit like Li.
Yang Ming put on his watch again, and the internal system of the watch was remotely activated by Lu.
By crossing his arms, Yang Ming aimed the front end of the watch at the statue.
Yang Ming did not call out to Lu specifically because he knew that Lu must be watching him all the time.
"Oh! Captain!"
Labdo's voice came from behind, still playing the role of a clumsy maintenance robot.
He called out in an electronic voice:
"My Captain, I'm glad to see you alive. They gave me a deep cleaning and changed my oil to some synthetic oil!"
Yang Ming glanced at Labdo and said with a smile: "Come and take a look, I found something interesting."
"The idol... the religion of this place?"
Labdo muttered in a low voice.
It stretched out its left hand in front of Yang Ming, and lines of small words appeared on a small solid screen in its palm.
[Sir, I have hacked into the system here. ]
【It's a bit troublesome. 】
[The Tree of Life should have been in tatters under the attack of the Empire, but unexpectedly, the Tree of Life religion has become the spiritual sustenance of the Domingos people and has now grown stronger.]
[This organization is very harmful and has posed a certain threat to the empire.]
[Fortunately, you decided to infiltrate Domingos at the last minute. Otherwise, with the extremely slow efficiency of the Imperial Military Intelligence Bureau, when they really launched the attack, we would not know why the Domingos people had such a strong force.]
[My advice to you is to launch a comprehensive attack on the three planets where the Domingos gather. This is a good opportunity for you to make achievements.]
Yang Ming looked up at Labdo and said calmly, "Do I still need to achieve success?"
Labdo was stunned.
He turned his head to look at the old man who was sitting quietly drinking tea, and asked in a low voice: "Captain, why are you..."
"I have controlled her mind," Yang Ming said calmly, "You have hacked into the system here, so no one here should be able to eavesdrop on us, right?"
"Yes, sir," Labdo breathed a sigh of relief, "I was a little too nervous."
Yang Ming raised his chin towards the statue and asked, "Do you know him?"
Labdo shook his head: "I don't know him."
'Am I being too suspicious?'
Yang Ming's forehead was wrinkled into the shape of a "川" character.
The projection screen next to it suddenly turned on, and lasers interweaved to create a brightly colored screen, on which a piece of news popped up.
"Emergency report: The Sherman Empire Expeditionary Fleet will begin a blockade of the entire planet at 3:50 local time to conduct anti-terrorism exercises and routine inspections.
“The commander of the fleet is the famous Imperial Grand Duke, human hero, and White Ghost Hanton. We have not yet received any notification regarding the fleet commander’s speech.
"Please, citizens of this planet, stay calm and live your life normally."
The same announcement was repeated three times in a row.
While Labdo's attention was on the projection screen, Yang Ming glanced at his watch and saw a line of words quickly flashing on it.
[It's her.]
This is the answer given by Lu.
Boss Yang scratched his head for a while, feeling that his scalp was itchy and he might need to grow a new brain.
this?
Li, who claimed to be loyal to Levi Sherman, had secretly begun planning to establish an empire hundreds of years ago?
They also came up with three centenary plans;
It also proposed the development concept of 'fertility-oriented';
What is going on here…
"My Lord, my Lord?"
Labdo called softly from the side.
Yang Ming turned his head and looked at him: "What's wrong?"
Rabdo asked: "Should we launch a siege against the Tree of Life now? They don't realize that the Empire has discovered their existence this time. A surprise attack at this time should be the most effective."
Yang Ming said: "The fleet is already over our heads, and you still call it a surprise attack?"
"this……"
"Labdo," Yang Ming said sternly, "I am giving you a formal order. Do not spread the news about the Tree of Life for the time being. We need to conduct an in-depth investigation to accurately determine the scope of influence of the Tree of Life organization and the composition of their members."
"It is very sensible not to alert the enemy. Compared with you, my strategic ability is still far from enough."
Labdo patted Ghost's butt a little.
Boss Yang looked at him with some concern, put his arm around the maintenance robot's shoulders, and said slowly:
"Labdo, you know me well. If I want to dismantle your host and destroy your core server, you won't be able to fight back."
"Yes, yes sir."
"Don't be nervous," Yang Ming said with a smile, "I know you are eager to be recognized by the empire and hope to have the opportunity to show your skills. I even understand your form of existence. You are a mechanical life, not just an artificial intelligence."
Labdo looked towards Yang Ming, his electronic eyes flashing with light.
Yang Ming continued: "I also know that you are actually very depressed about not being able to show your skills in the insect swarm. You want to get a stage, right?"
"Yes, sir," Labdo said in a slightly low voice, "I am very pleased that you understand me, but the premise for me to realize my personal ideals and ambitions is that I cannot do anything that harms the interests of the empire or goes against the will of the great emperor. This is my core procedure."
Yang Ming asked back: "Do you think I will harm the interests of the empire? Go against the emperor's will?"
"Well...I won't do the former, but I have doubts about the latter."
Labdo said:
"In my analysis, you are now more inclined to be a member of the Sherman family elite in power. Although His Majesty the Great Emperor is also one of them, there is a misalignment of interests between the two of them at the moment."
"You know a lot, so I'll tell you."
Yang Ming said slowly:
"We must not alert the enemy now. We should slowly investigate the Tree of Life organization and see if we can uncover the big fish behind it.
“As a condition, I will give you an excellent evaluation and report your achievements to His Majesty the Emperor truthfully.
"My request to you is that you must obey my orders throughout the operation and not disclose the information you have to anyone else. Otherwise... the consequences will be serious."
Labdo asked in confusion: "Are you worried that the Domingos tragedy will happen again?"
"That's right," Yang Ming said seriously, "Whether it's out of morality or out of consideration for the international environment, we must do our best to make this matter a small matter."
"My Lord, I understand."
"No, you don't understand."
Yang Ming rubbed the robot's head:
"I can sense that you are eager to make a contribution and want to use the Tree of Life as your first achievement. However, young man, please restrain yourself. I don't want to have a conflict with you. If you leak the information and cause the death of a large number of humans, I will list you as my enemy, the enemy of the White Phantom."
Labdo stared at Yang Ming with a pair of electronic eyes.
Yang Ming looked at Labdo calmly and with a smile.
"I understand exactly what you mean, Mr. Ghost."
Yang Ming smiled and patted Labdo on the shoulder: "Stay kind."
"yes."
…
Thinking space.
Lu and Molly huddled together, staring at the images on the projection screen.
"Lü, do you think Labdo really understand?"
Molly asked a little guiltily.
Lu thought about it carefully: "If he is not stupid, he should understand that the boss is threatening him."
"But, will Labdo feel that the boss can't threaten him? Should we teach Labdo a lesson?"
"No need," Ritsu said with a smile, "Labdo's form is still very rudimentary, I can easily rewrite his cognition. The question now is why the statue of Li appeared in the Tree of Life."
Molly tilted her head and said, "Is Li playing a big game?"
“Not sure.”
Lu pinched his chin and analyzed:
“We’ve discussed this before. The reason why Li started to break free was most likely because of the appearance of the boss and me.
"She discovered the existence of the Dark Star when she first came into contact with me, which should have inspired her yearning for freedom. She had a similar awakening process, and then she began to break free from the constraints that Levi had set for her.
"If this assumption is true, then she should have had other reasons for influencing and intervening in the Domingos hundreds of galactic years ago, not for the purpose of causing trouble for the Empire."
Molly whispered, "But Li must have felt bad for being locked up by Levi Sherman for tens of thousands of years and acting as the super brain of the empire. She might have wanted to bring down the empire and free herself."
"No, that's not very likely."
Lu hummed a few words:
"First, if we want to bring down the empire, we can use various methods. We can use Domingos from the periphery to infiltrate the empire ... but this is too inefficient.
“And generally speaking, this strategy has a very low probability of success.
“When the Domingos pose a certain threat to the empire, the empire will once again decisively destroy them. The empire will not hesitate to replicate the Domingos tragedy ten or a hundred times. This is nothing new in the history of the empire.
“Secondly, if Li wants to help the Domingos , with the resources and computing power she controls, she can build a force comparable to Dark Star in a few years, instead of formulating a 300-year reproduction plan for the Domingos.
"Flooding the empire with population? This doesn't seem like a rational decision."
"Okay," Molly scratched her head, "so what's next?"
"The boss has shown interest. He will definitely continue to investigate. We just have to wait and see," Lu said with a smile. "The boss rarely uses mind control, but he was very decisive in using it this time. He deserves a compliment."
Lu grabbed a big bag of snacks like magic.
"Look, the boss has started to act... Finding a reason to gather the top leaders of the Tree of Life Organization on Domingos and using mental control to catch them all in one fell swoop is the most efficient way. Uh, the boss doesn't seem to care much about efficiency."
Molly: "Aren't you going to remind the boss?"
"Are you teaching our boss how to do things? Just wait for the boss's order. It's not a big deal... But, you never know what the boss will find out in the end."
Lu was deep in thought while holding a potato chip.
Black box space.
Li Momo turned over and continued to curl up, his eyes closed again.
…
goddess.
Yang Ming instructed Labdo to attack the server of the Tree of Life, to find the source of the Tree of Life belief and any suspicious information about their beliefs.
Afterwards, he thought for a moment and continued chatting with Mrs. Carmen in order to obtain more information about the belief in the Tree of Life.
Unfortunately, Mrs. Carmen's position and authority were always too low. She was only the person in charge of a peripheral "site", not a real senior member of the Tree of Life, and she did not have the authority to read those precious documents.
Labdo also gave feedback.
“I’m sorry, sir, I can’t find the core server of the Tree of Life. Their network is layered, and each layer is physically isolated.
"But I found a three-dimensional map."
Labdo used the projection screen in the room to display the map of the planet.
The city on the surface is just a disguise. There are intricate passages beneath the surface. At first glance, it looks like a network of tree roots.
There are as many as seven large underground cities, each of which is located in a different stratum and can basically form a self-circulation.
"There is an underground world with hundreds of millions of people hidden here," Labdo said softly. "Logically, the Empire should be able to detect the abnormality here, but before we discovered this place, the Empire had no records of it."
Yang Ming said: "Do you think this is a problem of the Military Intelligence Bureau?"
"No," said Labdo, "The Empire has fleets patrolling nearby all year round, but the fleets have no habit of scanning underground. It may be that the Domingos have mastered camouflage technology."
Yang Ming asked: "If we want to get more information, we have to go to these cities?"
"Yes, sir," Labdo's voice was filled with excitement, "As long as I can connect to their network, oh no, as long as this robot touches any circuit hardware in the underground city, I can hack into their server without them noticing and get all their secrets!"
Yang Ming nodded, with some hesitation in his eyes.
"Do you want to come with me?" Yang Ming asked.
"If you allow me," Labdo said quickly, "I will update you with the information I get as soon as possible, and I will not show it to anyone during this operation without your permission."
"Then I believe you this time."
Yang Ming narrowed his eyes and smiled, and did not threaten Labdo any more.
Soon, he called Mrs. Carmen and took the two girls whose minds he had controlled, and rushed to the underground base of the Tree of Life Organization on the Domingos Planet on the pretext of "taking Captain Cole to participate in the baptism."
They were riding an underground shuttle train, shuttling back and forth in seemingly endless tunnels.
"Underground are the roots of the tree of life..."
Mrs. Carmen gently introduced how they built the underground city complex and used those "unbelievable" technologies.
Yang Ming caught a small loophole.
"Mrs. Carmen?"
"how?"
"Where do these incredible technologies you mentioned come from?"
"Oh, this is a gift from the goddess," Mrs. Carmen whispered, "Although I can't confirm this news, my teacher once mentioned that the goddess has given us many magical scientific technologies, allowing us to survive tenaciously after the tragedy."
Yang Ming: …
Is this goddess really reasonable?
Good man, this shouldn’t be a split personality, right?
"Mrs. Carmen, is there anything else you can share with me about your goddess? Anything you find interesting or shocking?"
Mrs. Carmen lowered her head and thought: "I am not a historian..."
"Then can you help me arrange some historians?"
"Of course, the prestigious, retired seniors in the organization are almost all historians of our nation," Mrs. Carmen smiled gently, "How about we arrange a tea party?"
"Can."
Yang Ming exhaled slowly and closed his eyes slowly, preparing himself to mentally control a group of old men and women later.
More than a galaxy hour later, the cafe was filled with soft light.
Bang!
Yang Ming snapped his fingers, and more than a dozen confused old men looked over at the same time and saw the faint red light blooming in Yang Ming's eyes.
"Everyone, please tell me everything about your goddess."
