Chapter 463: Each Has His Own Agenda
It's late at night.
Yang Ming returned to Daphne's side, lying there with his right arm as a pillow, his frown unable to relax.
He couldn't tell how much truth there was in Li's last words.
'I know what you are thinking. You are worried that my hatred for humans will trigger a large-scale third disaster, resulting in the death and injury of far more than tens of billions of people.
'And, is my action at this moment also planned by Levi in advance? Is this a trap for you?
'You have to judge for yourself. I cannot prove whether I am following my own will.
'You can actually ask Lu more about these questions. Only Lu and I can understand each other. Our life forms are different from ordinary mechanical thinking bodies, and not everyone can interfere with them.
"That's all for today. You need to think calmly before giving me your answer."
Yang Ming wanted to continue the conversation, so he immediately asked, "No, you haven't told me what you want me to do yet!"
'I have already said it before, I want to be free, you help me break free from the shackles that Levi has imposed on me, and I will help you dismantle this corrupt empire.'
Yang Ming smiled and said, "My goal seems to be to make Luo Feng independent and stable."
'This can also be considered as my threat. If you choose not to cooperate with me, I will destroy everything you have now.'
Li said this calmly and disappeared. Yang Ming also successfully returned to Daphne's bedroom through that corridor. He left no traces in the process and did not encounter any maids or guards.
Tsk, this elder sister is so domineering.
Yang Ming sighed in his heart, as if a huge stone had fallen from his chest. He was sure that Li would not deliberately mess with him at this stage. They had the same goal for the time being.
But soon, he was crushed by a small mountain.
Levi Sherman, the founding emperor of the empire who influenced the human civilization of the Milky Way for tens of thousands of years, the super boss known as the Galaxy Macho, the true owner of the Imperial Star's giant mecha and Levi's semi-permanent fleet, is still alive at this moment.
The fact that she needed to rely on the power of this ancient god warrior to break free from the restraints imposed on her by Levi was enough to prove how difficult an enemy Levi Sherman was.
'Deep down, you still treat this as a game.'
Li's words kept turning around in Yang Ming's mind, making him toss and turn and unable to fall asleep.
Did he really think so?
Yang Ming analyzed carefully and found that his mentality had been a little strange since he entered the Milky Way.
So the root lies here.
"Hanton," Daphne asked dazedly, "are you worried about something?"
"Well," Yang Ming sighed and perfunctorily said, "I just feel that using force to suppress the conflict temporarily cannot really solve the problem. At this stage, the people's complaints against the imperial officials are constantly increasing, and it is becoming increasingly difficult for foreign forces to lead the pace. Any behavior of the nobles will be infinitely magnified."
Daphne turned around, slowly opened her eyes, and forced herself to be more awake.
"Go to sleep, Daphne."
Yang Ming put his arm over her and pushed her back into the thin blanket.
"You haven't had a good rest these past few days. Get some sleep first. There won't be any big problems at this stage. It won't be too late to discuss anything tomorrow."
Daphne hugged Yang Ming's arm and rubbed her chin gently: "Love you, my ghost."
"Yeah," Yang Ming smiled with his eyes narrowed and sighed slightly in his heart.
Don't think too much about it.
This guy Li controls too many resources, and knows both himself and Lu's background, which holds his lifeblood in his hands. Now he can only cooperate with Li, and there is no other option.
I hope Sister Li won’t vent her anger on the entire human civilization after escaping the predicament.
This is what Yang Ming is most worried about.
Overthrowing the rule of the empire is naturally extremely good for human civilization, there is no need to debate this. Bloodshed and sacrifice in the process are also inevitable, so Yang Ming did not have much psychological burden when formulating various plans.
Yang Ming was afraid that the essence of reason had become "deteriorated".
The third natural disaster, the third natural disaster that had accumulated resentment and strength for tens of thousands of years... The scene was so beautiful that Yang Ming really couldn't imagine it.
'Am I opening Pandora's box?'
Yang Ming hummed softly a few times.
Don’t think about it anymore. There’s no point in thinking too much. Just follow Sister Li for now, and when you get the chance, you can slip away at any time.
…
"Now hold a meeting on how to deal with the White Ghost."
In the virtual conference room, the core members of the Sherman family held a closed-door meeting.
Director Ino sat quietly in the corner with a helpless smile on his face. Having just been warned by his elders, he did not intend to say much in this meeting.
More than thirty elderly people sat around a round table and began to discuss how to deal with Yang Ming.
They first summarized the starting point of the nationwide riots .
The starting point is undoubtedly the provocation of the White Ghost.
Therefore, there is absolutely no problem in attributing the nationwide unrest to the negative impact of the White Ghost's influence on the stability of the empire.
"Everyone," said one of the four elders of the military who presided over the meeting with a gloomy face, "White Ghost is now the biggest disaster of the empire. His influence on the people is enough to shake my Sherman family's rule over the empire. We must come up with a charter as soon as possible and never indulge White Ghost again!"
Everyone nodded, but remained silent.
It’s not that they were afraid of offending anyone, but they couldn’t think of a way to deal with the white ghost.
"Don't we have any leverage over him?"
"His weakness is his missing home planet," said an old man, "and now that he has reached this point, does he really care about his home planet that much?"
"He is ambitious, we can be sure of that. He seems to want to train Daphne to be the empress of the empire."
"And then? He replaces us and becomes the actual controller of the empire?"
"If he continues on his current path, this may become a reality. Most importantly, he is unwilling to give up his influence among the people and the grassroots of the army, and he wants to retain the political foundation to guide the uprising and revolution. Although he wants a revolution, his appeal at the moment is far from enough. However, if the class struggle in the empire continues to worsen, his chances will become greater and greater."
"Haven't you figured it out yet? He is intentionally causing conflicts within the empire."
"Damn it! Why did we believe the White Ghost's harmlessness before!"
"It's not that we believe his harmlessness theory, but he has too many amulets. The biggest amulet comes from the Faya civilization. The high-dimensional civilization chose him to become an insect repellent warrior, which is why he has the trouble that cannot be solved now."
Virtual meeting rooms are dull again.
An old man suddenly asked, "Have you all changed your seats?"
"Changed."
"It is said that the Faya people gave him some coordinates."
"Yes, I got the same news. The emperor talked to him. The information was that the Fayya people were dissatisfied with the empire and wanted to dismember the huge empire."
“They are wishful thinking!”
"If the civilization of the higher-dimensional world wants to destroy us, all it needs to do is trigger a gamma-ray burst. How can this be considered wishful thinking?"
"We can be arrogant, but we can't be arrogant. In particular, we should not underestimate any creature in the higher-dimensional world."
The old men fell silent again.
They were all thinking, thinking about how to deal with Yang Ming.
The ancient god life form with reserved cell clusters that can be reborn infinitely actually no longer belongs to the current dimension. In particular, Yang Ming and Posa have joined forces to prove that they possess powerful biological energy that can confront the queen on the edge of the ascending dimension head-on.
These are not those ancient gods whose bodies are as large as gas planets, but human-shaped ancient gods who can integrate into human society, can drill into various gaps, and are good at mental control.
It can be said that they are going to do assassination work, and most of the people here are in danger.
No threat;
It cannot be eliminated;
Can't defeat.
Such an enemy made the old men, who were used to sending out fleets at the slightest disagreement, feel a little desperate.
"Where are Hanton's parents?"
"Outside the palace," an old man reminded, "the main consciousness of the white ghost is a pioneer from the greenhouse civilization. He doesn't have much affection for Hanton's parents."
"Why don't you ask the Imperial Guard System? Doesn't the Imperial Guard System think that the White Ghost has become an enemy of the Empire?"
"The Emperor has tried, and the Imperial Guard system does not believe that the current unrest in the empire is a rebellion that will threaten the Sherman family's rule."
A slightly younger old man said, "In fact, there are people or things that can threaten the White Ghost... Catherine, the captain of the Super Modifier, is very popular with the White Ghost. If we can catch her, we may be able to control the White Ghost."
"How do you catch it?"
"Catherine is now hiding at the border of the empire and has become a complete rebel."
"Emotions are just something that ambitious people use to embellish their own image. I don't think White Ghost would sacrifice his own interests for a woman he has already abandoned."
Director Ino couldn't help but say, "Why can't we wait and see? Wait until the White Ghost's home planet passes the test and arrives. According to my research on historical materials, this civilization trial will only last five or six years. Can the White Ghost mess up the empire in five or six years? Impossible. We hold too many cards in our hands. As long as we give the people real benefits, the people will increase their tolerance limit."
"In fact, what Ino said is right," an old man said, "This riot is actually an opportunity to suppress those nobles who have once again become powerful local forces, especially those nobles with a large number of private armies, such as Revel's family. It is also a good choice to suppress the nobles, open up the promotion channel for slaves, and enter a period of benevolent rule."
"Let's have a benevolent policy cycle. Let's appease the people first."
"Then we should just show our goodwill to the White Ghost?"
"Everyone, is it more profitable to win over the White Ghost or to fight him to the death?"
"Humph! We can't just let this matter go! If we give in to the White Ghost today, a vassal state will dare to declare independence tomorrow!"
"But the problem now is that you can't kill him, and it will only make him retaliate against us like crazy."
"He's about to give a speech to the troops, and this is a chance to show some good will to him."
"Do you really want to win him over?"
Several elderly people were furious.
"Where has the honor of the Sherman family gone?"
"Are we still the most powerful empire in the galaxy? We are now forced to admit our mistakes to a lieutenant general and a duke that we trained?"
"This is impossible!"
Director Ino said slowly, "But we have already tried to exert extreme pressure. The dreadnought has already locked onto him, but you all don't have the courage to fire. Is this farce going to happen again?"
"Ino, this is the dreadnought you transferred to."
"Yes, I have admitted that I made a strategic misjudgment," Director Ino sighed, "I suggest that we hold a family referendum."
The virtual conference room fell silent again.
"Once the results of the family referendum are confirmed, we must change our views on things, suppress our personal feelings, and put family honor first."
"I support a family referendum."
"Then let's hold a family referendum and get everyone together."
“What is the referendum about?”
"Whether you support temporarily winning over White Ghost and waiting for his home planet to descend into the Milky Way, and then using his home planet as a threat to control White Ghost, and whether the Empire will enter a benevolent governance cycle, these two things are actually one and the same."
"We now need White Ghost to step up and stabilize the situation. If he wants fame, we can give him fame."
"Asshole! Absolutely asshole! Indulgence of the enemy will only lead to great disasters sooner or later!"
"Then what are you going to do? Publicly arrest White Ghost? Enrage White Ghost and let him turn into an assassin to destroy our old bones? His Majesty the Emperor's ambition is growing, and he is no longer willing to become one of us after abdication!"
"snort!"
"Stop arguing, notify everyone else to gather and hold a family referendum."
Director Ino narrowed his eyes slightly and couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
Half an hour later, the forty-nine elderly people voted, and the ratio of support to opposition was fixed at twenty-nine to twenty. Several elderly people directly withdrew from the virtual meeting, but they said they would follow the decision of the family meeting.
The Sherman family will adjust their attitude towards White Ghost and arrange for the four elders of the military to apologize to White Ghost, hoping that White Ghost can continue to be the patron saint of the empire.
However, the family meeting had just ended.
In the palace module, in the old emperor's bedroom, the old emperor frowned and looked at the middle-aged woman who kept reporting to him.
"Teacher," the old emperor wondered, "are they really giving in?"
"According to the information we have, some hardliners who supported White Ghost voted in favor. They were frightened by the last time White Ghost revealed the location of their bodies and the information you revealed. They are afraid of retaliation from White Ghost, so... you released too much information."
"Hehe, I just overestimated their resilience."
The old emperor smiled with his eyes narrowed, thinking about what to do next.
"Hanton can't be killed by explosions, right?"
"Yes, Your Majesty. White Ghost is an ancient warrior. He can use the cell clusters reserved in advance to revive and be reborn, just like the Valkyrie."
"What an alluring ability! It would be great if I could have a body like this."
The old emperor sighed softly, but did not indulge in such fantasies any more. He said:
“Teacher, arranging a bomb attack on my good son-in-law, they want to ease the relationship, this is not a good thing.
“Remember to look for good opportunities and try to make things as big as possible.
"My son-in-law should be able to withstand some powerful bombs."
"Yes, Your Majesty, I understand."
The middle-aged woman nodded her head and turned to leave, but was stopped by the old emperor.
"It is appropriate to cause more civilian casualties."
"Yes, sir."
Underground of the Imperial Star, in the black box space.
Li frowned slightly, and then slowly relaxed.
Her fingers kept clicking, as if she was calculating or modifying something. Everything was silent and incredibly fast.
