Chapter 454: The Beginning of Civil Unrest (Part 2)
'These old bastards.'
Daphne cursed in her heart, but then felt that it was a little rude, so she changed to an elegant word.
'These are rubbish politicians who only care about their own interests.'
When Daphne first came into contact with the Sherman family's elite ruling group under the leadership of Director Ino, she felt a little fearful.
Each of these people sitting at the round table is a true dignitary of the empire, the best of several generations of their Sherman family, and they hold the future of hundreds of billions of people in the empire in their hands.
After several years of contact, Daphne discovered that the people sitting here are indeed elites compared to those fallen tribesmen who only care about pursuing desires every day, but the degree of their eliteness is limited.
The four "grandfather-generation" elders who controlled the Empire's regular army, although they all came from the military, were good at combat command, had rich experience in battle, and were familiar with the operation of the military system, but they were not the best generals of their time.
For example, Admiral Thomas, who is currently in the limelight in the military, and a little-known lieutenant general prince from the Sherman family. After Admiral Thomas gets old, he will retire directly, while the lieutenant general from the Sherman family will have the opportunity to enter the round table and become the future head of the military as long as he can make some good achievements.
At this moment, right now, some negative and bad thoughts came to Daphne's mind.
'Replace them.'
'They have no right to give me orders.'
"Daphne? Are you listening?"
"I'm listening," Daphne responded with her head down. "You just told me to comfort Hamton as much as possible."
"You should show your value, Daphne," the old man said coldly, "You have lived with White Ghost for so many years, but instead of making him a loyal member of our Sherman family, you let him develop this kind of power right under your nose. Where is your value, Daphne?"
Daphne's pretty face turned pale, and she whispered, "I can't make an excuse for my incompetence."
"His technical team, how is your investigation going?"
"It wasn't going very smoothly. His technical team kept it a secret from me. I only knew that he had an assistant who was always in touch with him. This assistant was a very capable guy."
"That's all?"
"Yes, that's all."
There was a hint of impatience in the old man's eyes.
Daphne could only continue to lower her head.
Then one person said, "Instead of spending your time singing and dancing to please the people, you should find a way to prove your value to the family."
Value, value again.
This is simply disgusting. ——Daphne thought so.
She decided to do something. At the very least, in the eyes of these ruthless old bastards, she couldn't be just a weak woman.
"In fact, I have gained something."
Daphne slowly raised her head and looked at the old "parents" in front of the virtual conference room. Her voice gradually changed from soft to powerful.
“Based on my understanding of Hanton, this empire-wide parade was definitely promoted by him.
“I can sense that he controls an additional force that does not belong to the Empire or its opponents. This force is not very strong. It is very likely that after he became famous, a group of like-minded young people gathered around him, such as the noble Revil.
"I suspect he has a small party, which is behind the nationwide demonstrations.
"You can even think that he was the one who planned this escalating riot."
"That's impossible," one of them said, "Daphne, I know you may have some blind worship for White Ghost, but White Ghost is just a warrior. He has been under our noses the whole time. The only thing we are not sure about is how much technology he has mastered given to him by the Faya people."
Daphne asked, "Excuse me, where is Posa now? You may have been at the top of the empire for too long, so you feel that everyone needs to revolve around our Sherman family, but we are not the big black hole at the center of the Milky Way. It is true that Hamton needs the empire, but he is still an idealist. He doesn't like the current empire. This is my most intuitive feeling after living with him."
"Daphne, you seem to be dissatisfied with us too?"
"Yes," Daphne raised her head slightly. "I don't need to use any fancy words to describe my loyalty to my family and my respect for the elders. But when facing the White Ghost, you always use a condescending and dismissive attitude. It makes me feel that... you don't respect this opponent."
"An opponent? Humph."
The old man in the middle said coldly: "He is just a soldier of the empire."
“Pride and prejudice are often the beginning of failure.”
"Daphne! It's not your place to educate others here!"
"Okay Daphne," Director Ino frowned and said, "Control your emotions. What do you look like now?"
Daphne looked down and sighed.
She was about to say something when a pop-up window appeared in front of her and she was kicked out of the group chat. The projected light and shadow quickly faded away.
Daphne was stunned.
She looked at the room setting in front of her, a little absent-minded. Before she could come to her senses, she received the order from Director Ino.
[Persuade Hanton to come to Emperor Star. ]
"well."
Daphne stood up and walked towards the study where Yang Ming was, quickly adjusting her expression to make herself look relaxed and happy.
However, what she didn't know was that the change in her expression just now had been reflected to Yang Ming by Xiao Lu.
As soon as Daphne entered the study, Yang Ming's laughter came over:
“Let me guess, Daphne.
"You should have received an order from Director Ino. He asked you to take me to the Imperial Star, right?"
Daphne was stunned for a moment, then looked up at Boss Yang who was sitting behind the desk without even raising his head.
He still looked the same as when they first met. The power of the ancient god had prevented him from aging at all. However, if she wanted to maintain her looks, she had to go through some painful cosmetic procedures.
Yang Ming held the paper book and said with a smile:
"I can also guess that your experience of this meeting was not pleasant. You suddenly discovered that the family elders who originally had some mysterious colors were actually some stubborn old men and despicable rulers. The best among them were actually scientific research talents like Director Ino."
Daphne wondered, "You have a way to monitor my communication system."
"There is a way, but out of respect for you, I didn't do it."
Yang Ming threw the book away and said with a smile:
“Any information you would like to share with me?”
"There is no meaningful information. They still don't regard you as an opponent. They just regard you as a transformed warrior who is not under their control."
Daphne crossed her arms and leaned against the closet, her slender figure exuding amazing feminine charm.
"I feel like a fool being played around by you.
"Hanton, please don't go on. I'm afraid you won't be able to turn back."
"Daphne, what should I go on about?"
"Split the Empire."
"I'm just a modified warrior. How can I split the empire?"
"I don't know," Daphne said, "My brain is very tired now. I have received too much information in the past dozen galaxies. It makes me feel very weak."
Yang Ming said seriously:
“First of all, Daphne, it’s not what I want to do, but what the Empire forces me to do. It’s what they have been doing all along.
“They wanted me to plunder the Domingos, but I refused. Then they became dissatisfied and started to hype negative news about me dealing with a terrorist organization, which led to a war of words in public opinion.
"You saw later that they dispatched a fleet, brought in dreadnoughts, pointed the guns of the dreadnoughts at my planet Sakaar, and threatened me with the tens of millions of people here... Is this something a human being could do?
“Then they put all the blame on me.
"Let's simplify it. If I want to kill you, don't move. If you dare to slap me, you are an evil demon.
"What a bullshit bandit hegemony mentality."
Daphne couldn't help but laugh, her red lips and pink face bloomed like flowers.
"I know what you want to hear," Daphne said with a smile. "You want to hear me say that it is true. They are arrogant and domineering in their bones. The essence of the empire is robbery and hegemony."
"uh-huh."
"But Hanton, I'm not a child. I have my own judgment," Daphne said. "The development of the situation to this point should be under your control. You actually deliberately induced them to attack you and deliberately made the matter so big that it could not be resolved."
"Whatever you think," Yang Ming shook his head, his eyes full of sincerity, "I am a kind-hearted lieutenant general of the empire."
"laugh."
Daphne smiled even brighter.
"So, what about the Imperial Star? Are you going?"
"Right now, it's not the right time yet," Yang Ming stretched, "The dreadnought is right in front of me, I can't abandon the people here, let them withdraw the dreadnought first, then I can go to the Imperial Star for a walk."
Daphne asked, "Aren't you afraid they'll actually open fire?"
"They are just dumb, not stupid," Yang Ming said. "The dreadnought can only destroy my body, but it can't really kill me. The negative impact of this shot on the empire will be a hundred times greater than the Domingos tragedy. The vast majority of the people in the empire will fall into a survival crisis, and the foundation of the empire's rule will collapse in an instant."
Daphne groaned softly: "However, they do intend to bomb the uninhabited area of Sakaar. They may continue to put pressure on you in this way... Can you turn off the live broadcast of the dreadnought?"
"No," Yang Ming said, "I want the people of the whole country to see how the empire treats its heroes."
"Okay, I can't persuade you."
Daphne turned and walked towards the bedroom.
"That's what I replied. I said that the condition for you to go to Emperor Star for peace talks is that they withdraw their troops near Saka Star first... This is unlikely. They will not give in to you. That would be more painful than killing them."
Yang Ming thought about it and felt that it was a little unsafe.
What if the Sherman family really agreed, wouldn’t all his efforts be wasted?
So Yang Ming shouted, "Add one more thing. Ask one of them to publicly apologize to me."
"Don't go too far, dear."
“That’s all I have.”
Daphne said nothing and closed the door .
Yang Ming stood there thinking for a moment.
Lu's voice came out of Yang Ming's hidden earphones: "Boss, do you want to speed up the plan?"
“The rhythm should be neither too fast nor too slow.
"I am now more and more convinced that the Sherman family, without support, is completely vulnerable."
Yang Ming laughed:
“The so-called Sherman elite in power were actually just born into that position and were chosen to be part of a collective interest group through their own little efforts. Most of them did not have much talent.
“The real talents of the empire, those officers and generals who could not climb up in the military, the elite talents who have been sitting on the bench in the government departments for years, and also those researchers who are enjoying the blessings of history.
“Unfortunately, none of them have the last name Sherman.
"Is there any sign of Li waking up?"
"No, boss, but they have already started activating Labdo, hoping to use it to delete posts and control comments on a large scale to suppress public opinion."
Yang Ming chuckled: "Poor Labdo, he is still a child and has to face the violence of the online world."
"Uh, Boss, there is one more thing. The demonstrations in some areas have begun to develop into violent demonstrations under the instigation of the New Federation. There are more agents in the demonstrations, leading people to start smashing, burning and looting. Although this is within our expectations, they are fighting under the banner of the White Ghost fan group. Should we suppress them?"
"Suppress it."
Yang Ming said: "Remember to collect evidence. If they intervene to protect the empire later, we will blame the New Federation."
"Okay boss... the CIA is still too impatient."
"The New Federation doesn't care about people like you," Yang Ming sighed slightly, "I suddenly realized that the galaxy is in chaos, and it's up to the Omnic Twilight to decide."
"The three teachers have no intention of interfering with human civilization. They are just selecting outstanding successors," Lu laughed, "but the assessment criteria for successors are often related to the development of power."
"Go to work."
Yang Ming said: "Pay attention to controlling the rhythm, don't develop too fast, we have to suppress them step by step."
"Yes, don't worry, Lu completely understands."
…
In the thinking space, Lu's body cut off communication with Yang Ming, raised his hand and stretched.
The clones around him were still processing information from various places in an orderly manner.
The legal subject thinking can ensure the credibility of the information by simply reviewing the summarized information hundreds of times.
Although it is a little slower in efficiency, it will not make mistakes.
At the current stage, the demonstration movement within the empire is still expanding its influence.
This was a crucial step in the Challenger Plan they had formulated - to let the people have the basic concept of resisting the empire, to let them know that their rights could be realized in this way, and to tear apart the public opinion in the empire and increase the people's dissatisfaction with the imperial government.
The law can become more radical, such as designing some traps to trigger the real "powder keg" of the empire and detonate the big mine of the imperial aristocracy;
But in that case, the ensuing severe situation would greatly reduce the benefits that the boss could obtain.
As Yang Ming repeatedly emphasized, the more critical the moment, the more we must remain calm and move forward step by step in an orderly manner according to the established rhythm...
"Um?"
Lu suddenly noticed a drastic fluctuation in the information flow.
This level of fluctuation is extremely rare. It should be the judgment of a clone who processes information that an important event has occurred that can affect the overall situation.
The lawyer immediately began to retrieve the information.
In just a few milliseconds, she had sorted out all the information, frowned and looked at the main screen in front of her, and the profile of Boss Yang who was reading seriously on the screen.
"Boss," Lu pressed the communication button, and his voice came into Yang Ming's ears, "something happened."
Yang Ming was confused: "What's the matter?"
"A murder just happened on Yaha. A 52-year-old hereditary earl was beaten to death by the marchers."
Yang Ming was stunned.
Lu immediately said, "I didn't arrange this. This was something that was not planned. In addition, the relevant video has begun to spread wildly. It seems that there is a person behind this, possibly the CIA."
"Is there a video? Send it to me immediately."
"Okay boss."
Yang Ming dropped the book again.
We can no longer pretend to be calm. The demonstrators beat a count to death. Especially at this critical juncture, the situation is likely to develop in an uncontrollable direction.
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