Chapter 531: Eno Sherman
"Your Highness Daphne! I hope you know what you are doing."
The Great Elder tried to make his voice stern, but when the words reached his lips, they faded away.
Could it be possible that Daphne didn't know what she was doing?
However, he did not expect that Director Ino's side would react so quickly and with such a clear purpose.
They already control the Senate.
"Go in," Daphne said with a smile, "I have gathered the minimum number of elders required to open the Legislative Court. I am just waiting for the chief elder to preside over it."
“Your Highness Daphne,” the great elder’s Adam’s apple trembled slightly, “the situation doesn’t have to develop to this point. There is no need for the two sides to fight to the death.”
"You are wrong, Great Elder."
Daphne whispered:
"Political struggles are merciless. Let's not waste time here. The people you were loyal to before have already driven their ships over our heads and may drop high-energy beams at any time.
"Please go in and do as I say."
The Great Elder shook his head: "Your Highness Daphne, I'm afraid I can't..."
Daphne now had a pink laser pistol in her hand.
The elder smiled bitterly: "Even if you kill me."
Daphne stared at the Great Elder, pointed the gun downward, pulled the trigger, and a beam of laser light pierced the Great Elder's foot.
The Great Elder was stunned for three seconds, then quickly squatted down and howled. Two young women rushed forward. One of them sprayed quick gel on the Great Elder's wound, and the other covered the Great Elder's mouth tightly to prevent him from shouting.
The Great Elder raised his head and glared, and all he saw were the white gloves on Daphne's hands and that face that was so beautiful that it was a little too beautiful;
And Daphne's cold eyes.
“Grand Elder, I respect you so I’ll call you Grand Elder. You are also a member of our Sherman family.
“Go in and do as I say.
"Otherwise, your family members will suffer the same treatment as you within three minutes."
A maidservant nearby brought a solid-state screen, on which flashed images of six of the great elder's descendants.
Daphne didn't say much. She gestured to the side and the maids pushed a floating wheelchair over, placed the great elder on it, and laid a blanket to cover the great elder's legs.
Then, Daphne pushed the chief elder and entered the second door of the Legislative Court.
The Legislative Chamber has a Colosseum structure, with a liftable circular platform in the center and circles of stepped seats around it.
At this moment, 70% of the elders in the Senate who have legislative and deliberative powers are either sitting here in person or via remote projection.
Many of the elders who were projecting remotely had somewhat unnatural sitting postures, and it was obvious that there was someone behind them.
Daphne pushed the Great Elder to the round platform for the meeting, patted him on the shoulder gently, and handed him a document.
This is a proposal.
The Great Elder endured the severe pain, with a few beads of cold sweat on his wrinkled forehead, and used his trembling thumb to lift a corner of the proposal.
The Great Elder raised his head and looked at Daphne who was standing beside him with her hands behind her back. His voice trembled a little: "This..."
"The normal process is that you show the proposal to people around you."
Daphne smiled gently and said, "You have to hurry up . You only have fifteen minutes."
The great elder’s Adam’s apple kept trembling.
…
At the same time, the Empire develops the headquarters of the cult.
A group of guards wearing black windbreakers had completely taken over the place five minutes ago.
The archbishop, who was promoted by the old emperor, still maintained what she believed to be her youth - firm skin, round buttocks and big breasts, but she was now flustered and tired.
The panic was caused by the intrusion of these guards and the hostages and threats against them.
The reason she felt tired was because...she really hadn't slept much recently.
Since the Battle of Xie Luo, the empire's entire defense system has been operating at a low efficiency.
The goddess they worshipped had her lifelike projection projected in the center of the temple, with her eyes closed, head bowed, and her hands interlaced in front of her, in a posture of prayer.
The goddesses are all working, so naturally everyone from top to bottom must also be active in developing the religion.
As the archbishop, she seemed to be making up for the work she had left behind. She presided over a high sacrificial ceremony every three days, a sacrificial ceremony to celebrate the victory every two days, and every day she had to stay in the closest place to the goddess for twelve galaxies, check the goddess' condition, and send a briefing to the palace.
Now so many guards suddenly rushed in and surrounded their main hall. The guards outside the Development God Cult headquarters did not respond at all, and the palace did not provide any information.
The archbishop's brain, which was unable to think due to lack of sleep, only had one thought left at this moment.
"Are these people going to disrespect the goddess?"
At the main hall gate, several guards in black windbreakers escorted a tall and thin old man into the archbishop's sight.
The old man had gray hair and a simple and neat short hairstyle. He was still wearing his white coat. Behind a pair of rimless glasses, his deep eyes shone with wisdom.
This isn’t... Director Ino!
The archbishop hurried forward, but was stopped by the guard beside him.
"Director Ino!"
The Archbishop shouted: "What are you doing?"
Director Ino shook his head slightly, gave the archbishop a little smile, and walked quickly towards the archbishop, but his eyes fell on the simulated projection floating in front of the statue.
"Don't worry, Your Excellency the Archbishop."
Director Ino said:
“I’m here to communicate with the Empire’s entire defense system.
"If the historical information I have is correct, there is a clear stipulation in the agreement of the Empire's entire defense system - she must listen to the prayers from Levi's descendants here."
The archbishop hurriedly said, "Yes, Director Ino, you are right. It seems that there is such information."
Director Ino has walked up to the Archbishop.
He put his hands in the outer pockets of his white coat, looked at the archbishop, and said softly:
“Do you know why our Majesty killed your sister and replaced the Archbishop with you?
"This is certainly not because your skills are better and can give him some stimulation...but it is undeniable that this factor is definitely involved.
"It's because you don't have any talent. Your sister had already become a constraint on the imperial power because she held the most powerful and core secrets of the empire. But you gave up all that and spent all your energy trying to please our Majesty, causing some of the empire's mechanisms to become ineffective.
"So, you actually have to bear a small part of the responsibility for the empire's current situation."
The archbishop's face, which was heavily painted, turned pale.
"Oh, this, but this..."
"Your soul is mediocre and dirty," said Director Ino. "Of course, I have no ill will towards you, and I don't mind you continuing to be the archbishop. Our Majesty is unwilling to get involved in current political events, so you don't have to worry about whether you can get protection from His Majesty. Now, you have to listen to me."
"Director Ino, what happened?"
"coup."
"Politics!"
"The coup against the Sherman family has nothing to do with your majesty," Director Ino said with a smile, "Now, you can take out your scepter and do as I say to activate the Imperial Guard system to a state where it can interact with the outside world."
"I, I can't..."
"It's very simple," Director Ino said, "Just do as I say. Pick up the scepter, walk to the corner next to the goddess' projection, and touch the bottom of the stone pillar with the scepter... You are walking too slowly, lift her up."
The four guards immediately lifted the archbishop and rushed towards the stone pillar.
Director Ino took out a yellowed booklet, looked at the information on it, and named the four points one by one.
The archbishop raised her scepter, shook it and touched the four stone pillars, found the four raised hidden holes, inserted the scepter into them one by one, and activated the patterns at different heights on the scepter.
After visiting the four locations, Director Ino had already stood in front of the statue of the goddess and closed the book in his hand.
The simulated projection of the Imperial Guard System slowly opened her eyes, her deep pupils flickering with a faint light, and her voice sounded, gentle and somewhat ethereal.
"Descendants of Levi?"
The archbishop was stunned.
She looked at the scepter in her hand, then looked at the Emperor Guard System that seemed to come alive, the corners of her mouth twitching wildly.
Director Ino smiled with narrowed eyes.
All information is hidden in a library that only the Emperor and every head of the Dimensional Ascension Laboratory can access.
Even though His Majesty the Emperor is unable to call upon the Imperial Guard system, he is still unwilling to study in it.
"Yes, I am a descendant of the great founding emperor Levi."
Director Ino seemed to be relieved and immediately said quickly:
"I know you may have some problems now, but Emperor Guard System, I hope you can give me some response. A storm is brewing in this country. If this storm cannot be properly guided, it will directly tear apart this ancient empire.
“I know you may hate this country.
“You have protected this country for tens of thousands of galactic years. This is not a time span worth mentioning in the universe, but for our thinking bodies, which are based on primitive humans, it is indeed an extremely long time.
"You have witnessed the brutality of this country, the unreasonableness of this country, and the oppression of countless people by this country.
“I don’t know how much harm the malice hidden in human nature will cause you, but I know that we need to make some changes.
"If possible, I hope you can communicate with me directly, like a complete human being, like what is recorded in the royal history books, with noble sentiments and gentle personality, and have a conversation with me.
"After Your Majesty summoned you several times without receiving a response, I studied all the relevant information and felt that we had lost your trust and your recognition.
"I only have about half an hour now. I hope I can communicate with you effectively within this half an hour. Otherwise, a warship will rush down and take me away or destroy me directly.
"But I know that you are the only one who can save this country.
“I am willing to bear all the consequences, even if after today I am convicted, sentenced to death, lose my freedom for life, and lose everything, I am willing to bear it.
“The only thing I don’t want to do is to watch this country and this collective collapse in a very short period of time. This collapse will cause the disorderly release of political energy, turn countless people into refugees, and cause countless inhumane tragedies.
“You could feel like Sherman’s Empire deserved this.
"But as a member of the Sherman family, part of a privileged community, I have to fight for this.
"Of course, more importantly, I need to continue my experiment. It would be best if the empire does not collapse before I complete the experiment or before I am sure that I cannot complete the experiment.
"Upgrading to a higher dimension, this is the only meaning of my life."
The eyes of Emperor Guard System Li trembled slightly.
She seemed to have returned to that night tens of thousands of years ago, and saw the drunk man sitting dejectedly on the steps of the hall, crying with his head down.
Then, the man raised his head, looked at the simulated starry sky above his head with loss, and muttered those words.
'Upgrading, this is the only meaning of my life.'
Li looked at Ino and spoke again in a gentle, lively, and somewhat emotional voice:
"you say."
Director Ino was stunned for a moment, then he immediately took out a piece of paper with a draft written on it.
…
Imperial Star, headquarters of the Council of Elders.
The Great Elder has completed the proposal process, and the specific content of the bill is displayed on the big screen.
Apart from the extremely complex attributives, annotations, and applicable conditions, the content of this bill is not complicated.
Any form of uploading human thoughts to the Internet is prohibited throughout the Sherman Empire;
The uploaded minds must be destroyed uniformly by the Empire;
This act shall apply to all minds to which this provision applies during the one thousand galactic years preceding its enactment.
Most of the elders were silent, thinking about something in silence.
Several elders already fully understood what form this coup would take.
Yes, the Sherman family's round table controlled every aspect of the Sherman Empire, but they only controlled it in secret. The empire's institutional power division had its own rules.
The House of Elders has legislative power.
As long as this bill is passed, these bills will take effect immediately, and the thinking bodies of the Sherman family will become illegal.
They are in a position to attack.
Of course, in the eyes of these elders, this bill is also extremely naive.
How to execute?
This is the most critical issue. Even if this bill has so-called legal effect, how should it be implemented?
Those guys control almost all the resources.
"No way! There's no way we can pass this law!"
"If we want to follow the process, we must first publicize it for a sufficient period of time and then collect opinions from the public!"
call out!
Two laser beams flashed by, and the two elders who shouted the loudest lay down in their seats with blood holes emitting white smoke on their foreheads.
Daphne said calmly, "Please start voting directly. Snipers will target elders who don't raise their hands."
The elders looked pale.
A high-end coup often always requires the simplest recipe.
But the problem remains, how should they implement it?
If Daphne and the forces behind her failed, would they be liquidated? However, when they were liquidated, they still had room to maneuver, but now, they either raised their hands or their heads exploded.
…
"You're going to rely on this bill?"
"Yes," Director Ino's voice unconsciously became a little more nervous, and his body was slightly leaning forward, "Now the legislation has been passed. Although it was an extraordinary measure, this bill should have taken effect in your place."
Li nodded slightly.
Director Ino took a deep breath, lowered his head and bowed deeply.
“Please implement this law immediately!
"The drafters of this bill are the living members of the Sherman family. We are their chosen successors. We voluntarily give up this method of mind uploading and this form of continued power.
"The biggest problem of the empire is that the cycle of self-innovation of the structure has been doubled by this technology of uploading thoughts!
"The empire should not have ended in this way. The empire should still have a chance to reform and be reborn!
"Please!"
