Chapter 558: Boss Yang cheers up
[From today on, the Empire's entire defense system will no longer protect the Sherman Empire. ]
Why?
With the sound of hurried footsteps, Daphne rushed into the deepest hall of the palace module with a large number of guards.
The entire hall has begun preparations for descent.
The pale old emperor sat on the throne, surrounded by a group of princes and princesses, as well as some princes, great nobles, and elders of the Senate.
They are preparing for total war.
The maids brought in boxes of supplies, and the entire hall's ecological self-sustaining system had begun maintenance. Even if war broke out on the Imperial Star later, this place could be sunk into a safe house 300 kilometers inside the Imperial Star and enjoy the protection of the Imperial Star's huge mecha.
This is one of the Sherman family's means of survival.
Now, it is obvious that it was the Empire's Imperial Guard system that declared war on the entire human civilization in the galaxy without authorization, but some of the so-called high-ranking officials of the Empire still chose to protect themselves.
"Daphne! Daphne you're here!"
A prince shouted, "Your Majesty! Her Highness Daphne is coming!"
"Quick, let my daughter come to me!"
The old emperor greeted with some excitement.
excited?
Daphne looked at her father's condition, lowered her head, walked quickly through the crowd in front, and bowed her head in front of the old emperor.
Daphne was wearing a black long coat similar to a military coat, with her long hair tied up. At this moment, she was not only beautiful, but also capable.
"Daphne!"
The old emperor pointed to the seat next to him and said, "Come and sit. This is the seat reserved for you. It will be the end of the world, or at least a global war. You can guarantee your safety here."
"Father," Daphne frowned, "the people need you now."
"Daphne, the Empire's network is no longer usable," the old emperor said. "Now, all the administrative stars of the Empire have become isolated islands. The great Imperial Guard system has betrayed the Empire, or in other words, abandoned the Empire."
An old prince at the side said with emotion: "We were still too slow to act. However, our Imperial Guard 2.0 system is still usable now, but it is completely suppressed by the real Imperial Guard system. We can still let Imperial Guard 2.0 stand out later."
"But father, the Imperial Guard System won't harm us, right?"
Daphne said:
“I just came from the Development Cult. The Imperial Guard System did not refuse to respond to me. It allowed us to appease the people of the empire.
"The Imperial Guard System will not harm the citizens of the Empire. It is just venting the dissatisfaction accumulated over tens of thousands of years outside the Empire."
"So," the old emperor sighed, "we now need to be prepared for counterattacks from other political systems. Do you think the Imperial Guard system can fight against the entire galaxy and all mankind? Don't be silly, my daughter. Although our empire is powerful, we simply don't have that many troops. In this war, the Imperial Guard system is bound to fail. She is just extremely irresponsible and released the empire's military power. The counterattacks from other countries later will make us extremely passive. We are lucky to be able to keep the Imperial Star Circle."
"Father, don't you know that there are tens of billions of mechanical guards in the empire?"
The old emperor's expression suddenly froze.
Daphne said quickly, "Father, you may not fully understand the plan of the Imperial Guard System."
The prince and elders on the side said:
"Daphne, this is an extremely critical moment. Although I don't want to say this, but... the White Ghost has killed our Levi ancestor under the instructions of the higher-dimensional civilization."
"Everything White Ghost did was for this assassination, this assassination from Gao Wei."
"Now, White Ghost has issued a warning to the entire galaxy's human civilization, calling on all political entities to gather at the border of the Empire within three galactic days. A one-on-many war will break out in the Imperial Guard system later."
"All of our warships, all of the old and sealed warships, have been pulled out by the Imperial Guard system, as well as an astonishing number of civilian ships."
"Daphne, you are not the only one who is smart. In this critical moment of life and death, we must be fully prepared. The Emperor Guard system is going to destroy. After destroying the human civilization in the Milky Way, what will it do?"
"Right now, the entire galaxy is unsafe. Only here, on the great Imperial Star, inside this giant mecha, is the safest place."
"We just need to wait here quietly until the outside world is burned out by the flames of war, and then we will stand up to clean up the mess, and cut off ties with the Imperial Guard System and Levi Ancestor if necessary... In this way, the empire can continue to exist."
Daphne frowned at the old men.
"So, what about the people of the empire?"
Daphne said:
"If the Imperial Guard system is attacked by a higher-dimensional civilization or by the fleets of all human political systems in the galaxy, the hundreds of billions of people in the empire will lose the protection of military power, and the consequences will be terrible."
The old emperor said: "But Daphne, there is nothing we can do now."
Daphne frowned and said:
“We still have some ships that can be used!
“We can make a plan now, and then use space jump technology to jump to various administrative planets in the empire, try to preserve the remaining military forces on each administrative planet, avoid large-scale public security chaos, and tell the people that we are still protecting them.
“We can communicate with the Imperial Guard System, and we can try to persuade her not to do such evil deeds that would destroy humanity.
"Father, shouldn't the head of a political system stand up at this time and demonstrate his responsibility and commitment? Otherwise, why would the people follow us and believe in us?
"If we just hide and do nothing..."
"Okay Daphne!"
The old emperor, Myron Sherman, was named by the White Ghost, and there was a hint of disappointment in his eyes:
“Then you do it, I’ll give you authority, I’ll give you all the authority.
"You don't have to come back here, back to the arms of your white ghost. Don't you just want to say that your family has become corrupt and your family no longer has any brilliant ideas?
"Daphne, you have to understand that the White Ghost is the enemy! He killed Levi's ancestors!"
Daphne bowed her head and knelt down.
She didn't say anything else. After kneeling for more than ten seconds, she slowly stood up under the gazes of everyone around her.
"Father, I can't give up yet... I will do my best to gather the remaining military forces of the empire and continue to protect this country."
"There's a stellar cannon here!"
The old emperor growled, "This is the safest place. Where else are you going?"
“Go to the people.”
Daphne turned and walked towards the palace door.
The old emperor frowned and looked at Daphne. He suddenly raised his right hand, and hundreds of guards on both sides of the hall raised their laser guns at the same time.
Daphne didn't look back.
The guards she brought with her rushed in, and amid the sound of metal clashing, they raised their respective guns and light weapons.
The old emperor's hands were shaking.
He stared at Daphne's tall and slender back, and her expression seemed to have aged a few years.
"Let her go! Let her go! Damn ghost!"
Ding ding!
Daphne walked out of the hall, lowered her head and picked up her watch, on which a message appeared.
【Skywrath Fortress.】
Daphne was stunned.
What does this mean? Who sent this message? Who else can control the internal and external networks of the Imperial Star?
Imperial Guard System.
…
"Boss, there's a loophole!"
Yang Ming, who had just slept for a few hours, arrived at the bridge of the Dongfeng ship when Lu quickly reported:
"I just received a message from Captain Gris half an hour ago. It was sent using our fan club's exclusive communicator, and it didn't go through the Imperial network, so it took two galactic hours to transmit the message.
“The secret forces of the Skywrath Fortress, the fleet directly under it, and the fortress itself have not been mobilized by the Imperial Guard System.
"But the soldiers at Skywrath Fortress are now in self-doubt, and they don't know what to do.
"Right now, the entire Skywrath Fortress and its Thousand Fleet Group are in a state of confusion. Gris can temporarily stabilize the situation. I have already dispatched our former Mollymis Mining Group's mining ships to the Skywrath Fortress. We will be able to get in touch with them in about half an hour."
Boss Yang was full of energy and his brain became much more agile.
"Li didn't touch the Skywrath Fortress?"
Yang Ming murmured, "I thought she would use this big guy to kill the New Federation's Mint Star... This should be the protective force that Li left for the Empire. Where is Daphne?"
"On the Imperial Star," Lu said quickly, "I have placed seven deep space satellites near the Imperial Star. If necessary, you can try to send a message to Daphne."
"Let her leave the Imperial Star," Yang Ming said, "and send a letter , telling her that it was not my intention to kill Levi. The hundreds of billions of people in the empire need someone to stand up and protect them. Otherwise, various political systems may counterattack the empire and massacre civilians. What we can do now is to prevent the death of fewer people in this disaster!"
Lu blinked gently: "Boss, you're not going to give up?"
"When did I give up?"
"Before going to bed."
"That's because I'm under too much pressure. I'll be fine after a good night's sleep!"
Yang Ming sat in his captain's chair with his feet resting on the edge of the operating table in front of him.
He looked at the star map in front of him, which showed the latest movements of Levi's fleet.
"Now, we must call on all of humanity in the galaxy to unite.
"If the Faya people don't try to stop it, then I, the White Ghost, will try to stop it.
“Call Po Su and Mi Mi Li to the meeting, and find a way to contact Labdu and Ling Xin. Now, we need help to fight against Li in the cyber world!
"Dark Star has entered a state of full alert. If necessary, our Dark Star's mind body will also step up and take charge."
"Good boss, justice will prevail!"
"There is no such thing as justice or injustice," Yang Ming's eyes flickered. "Those who play power games are dirty. Justice only belongs to idealism."
Lu's projection directly appeared three clones, which began to execute Yang Ming's orders synchronously.
The Dongfeng is now parked on Saka. The surface network of Saka remains unobstructed. Lu has already released a speech by Yang Ming, and the people here are not too worried about anything.
What made Boss Yang somewhat dissatisfied was his private army on Sakaar...most of the ships were taken away by Li!
This made Yang Ming speechless, because that was the hard-earned money of the people of Saka!
Yang Ming couldn't see how the empire would develop next.
On the star map ahead, thousands of small ship logos were flashing at the same time.
Boss Yang cheered up.
The Levi Fleet has begun to mobilize!
"Boss, Catherine sent a communication request!"
"Come in, I just happened to be looking for her."
The light and shadow in front of Yang Ming's eyes trembled slightly, and Catherine, wearing a silver-gray exoskeleton mecha, appeared in front of him.
"Are we not going to do anything now?"
"What?" Yang Ming smiled and said, "This is a senior helping us clear the obstacles. What should we do?"
Catherine deliberately turned sideways, revealing the thousands of soldiers behind her.
They are in an underground base at the moment. They can see rock layers that have been leveled by machines at the edge of the screen, and several thousand soldiers arranged in square formations. Each of them is well-equipped and has murderous eyes. Further away are mechas and small transport ships.
——The resistance organization led by Catherine now has thousands of similar bases distributed throughout the borders of the empire. This is only part of the combat power in one base.
Seeing so many people here, Yang Ming lowered his long legs from the edge of the operating table, cleared his throat, and showed a serious expression.
"Hey! Don't spread what you just said. That was just one of our perspectives on the current incident. It's a rather tricky perspective and has no reference value."
Yang Ming changed the subject:
“It’s not that we are doing nothing now, but that we can’t do anything.
“Now, the Imperial Guard System has completely lost control. She broke free from Levi’s restraints. Because I killed Levi, now the Imperial Guard System wants revenge on humans.
"The only ones who can stop this third natural disaster are higher-dimensional civilizations, but their attitude is somewhat ambiguous. They say this is a test that the human civilization in the Milky Way must go through. In other words, the death of hundreds of billions of humans is no problem for them."
There might even be benefits.
Of course, this half sentence must never be said.
Yang Ming said:
“Perhaps this is the difference between higher-dimensional civilizations and us. What we see is human life, but what they see is civilization.
"I was actually just looking for you, Katherine."
"Yeah," Catherine said with a slight smile.
Because Yang Ming said that he just wanted to find her, it means that she has not been completely marginalized in Yang Ming's current power system.
Yang Ming said seriously:
"Catherine, and everyone present here, you can imagine how this war will unfold.
"The original intention of the Imperial Guard system is to destroy. It will release the military power of the empire. While destroying the enemy, it will also drain the empire's military power. Then the empire's self-preservation will become a big problem. The remaining military strength of the empire will give priority to protecting the Imperial Star Circle and the Pan-Imperial Star Circle economic belt, which have the largest population, the largest economic scale, and a complete interstellar industrial system.
"Half of the Empire's planets will be abandoned.
“When the Imperial Guard System unleashes the Empire’s military might, it will be impossible for the human civilization in the Milky Way to be completely wiped out . Judging from the size of the civilization, the ultimate winner will inevitably be the human civilization outside the Empire.
“These political entities will launch a frenzied counterattack, one to avenge the sacrifices made by the people, the other to plunder the resources of the empire to restore themselves.
“I don’t sympathize with this empire, but in a war like this, the people who suffer the most casualties are ordinary people. They are innocent.
“I will immediately start contacting all human political systems. Right now, I am the only one who can barely fight against the Imperial Guard system. I will call on them to unite and choose the battlefield in the starry sky to avoid civilian casualties.
“The question now is, when this war is over, what will happen to these planets outside the empire?
“There is only one path now, and that is the path that depends on you to execute.
“You must declare an uprising on these planets outside the empire before the Imperial Guard system is defeated and before the military strength of the Imperial Guard system is exhausted.
"We have stored up so much strength in order to rebel against the central empire in the future, but everyone, the situation has changed now. We must use the uprising to protect the lives of the 60 billion people outside the empire, and then take the opportunity to spread the flame of revolution and the flame of freedom to more areas of the empire.
"Everyone, we are facing history and are about to become history. This ancient empire does not deserve any sympathy, but the people of the empire need someone to stand up.
"Katherine."
"I am here!"
Catherine's eyes sparkled.
"Do you understand what I mean?"
"Understood! Revolt in the later stages of the war! Declare independence through revolt and confront the Empire and the Imperial Guard system to protect the people outside the Empire!"
Yang Ming nodded seriously, and before cutting off the call, he said:
"I believe in you, Catherine, and I believe that all the soldiers can do it."
The projection screen flickered and disappeared.
Yang Ming raised his eyebrows and turned to look at Lu who had been waiting for a while.
"how's it going?"
"I have sent a message to Her Highness Daphne! Her Highness Daphne is on the transport ship leaving the Imperial Star. The message was sent very quickly. Boss, Forerunners No. 2, No. 3, and No. 4 sent communication requests at the same time."
"Let's create a group chat with them."
Yang Ming smiled and said, "I still have to meet with the heads of various political systems, so I can't chat with them for too long."
law:……
Expansive boss.
at the same time.
Daphne was sitting in the rest cabin of the transport ship, looking at the avatar that popped up on the communicator and the brief message. She was slightly stunned, her eyes inexplicably moist, and a smile appeared at the corners of her mouth.
She looked out the porthole.
"Hanton...I will protect them..."
