Chapter 642: Cooperation
In fact, it is basically impossible to completely control Lloyd.
Judging from Lloyd's performance when facing the Third Pioneer, he is quite resistant to coercion.
It's not just because of the education I received, and the sense of mission and honor.
Moreover, he knew that the demands made by the forerunners must be extremely excessive.
There are many people watching him inside the Star Empire. If he follows the arrangements of the Forerunners, he will definitely be discovered.
Even when the Forerunners think that his value is not as great as the benefits they have gained from the Star Empire, they will abandon him without hesitation.
So whether subjectively or objectively, it is impossible for Lloyd to agree to the forerunner.
But Li Yu is different. The alien camp and the Star Empire do not have a hatred that has lasted for hundreds of thousands of years.
Li Yu also knew clearly that it was basically impossible to get Lloyd to betray the Star Empire.
So he proposed a more compromising idea - cooperation.
This so-called cooperation sounds very ambiguous, because no matter how it is concealed, Li Yu is definitely in a dominant position.
It's impossible for Lloyd to really be conservative and cover her skirt tightly. She must lift it up occasionally.
But Lloyd is not a rigid thinker. As long as he holds on to the last step and lets the other party take advantage, it won't be a big deal.
Perhaps, we can also take this opportunity to eliminate dissidents.
The worst result would be the loss of inheritance rights if the other party really made demands that were difficult for him to accept, such as assassinating the emperor.
He could have refused.
More importantly, as long as he can ascend to the throne of Emperor, everything can be wiped out.
Li Yu's plan is fundamentally different from that of the forerunners.
The things that the Forerunner asked Lloyd to do must be some big things, such as confidential information about the Titan Temple, the storage location of Titan artifacts, etc.
But Li Yu would never make such a request, because it doesn't mean much to him.
There is no such huge pioneer behind him.
It is even more impossible for him to go deep into the Star Empire to steal something.
Cooperation - although a bit ambiguous, it is also Li Yu’s real thought now.
"I can cooperate with you." Lloyd thought for a long time and said no more nonsense.
He had already analyzed the pros and cons of this matter in his mind.
If Li Yu really intends to "cooperate", then this may not be a bad thing for him.
"You won't regret this decision today." Li Yu smiled brightly and stretched out his hand.
Lloyd looked at Li Yu's palm, and under the frightened eyes of Nicas and the bodyguards around him, he shook it tightly.
Oh my god!
The first heir of the Xingyao Empire was coerced by Li Yu! ?
We won’t be silenced afterwards, right?
"I'll leave my bodyguards to your management for the time being." Lloyd looked at his men and said indifferently.
"No problem, you will be well taken care of until you ascend the throne of Emperor." Li Yu nodded.
Nicas' throat moved. Even for him, this matter was a bit too big.
"Uh... I didn't actually hear anything. You guys go ahead and talk first." Nicas regretted secretly, but cursed in his heart.
The two guys spoke so fast that they didn't give him any room to react.
If he had known they were discussing such a serious subject, he would have simply withdrawn.
"What about him?" Lloyd asked.
"Don't worry, he won't leak the news. What's more, even if it is leaked, someone has to believe it." Li Yu was not worried.
Lloyd frowned slightly, but didn't say much.
Li Yu then asked: "What preparations has the Star Empire made for the opening of the Titan Temple this time?"
Lloyd's eyes were deep, and he said, "You passed. I won't reveal this to you."
"Haha..." Li Yu smiled inexplicably: "The Titan Temple is going to open early, so you lured me here, right?"
"You know!?" Lloyd was shocked. He didn't expect that Li Yu also knew this news.
After calming down for a while, he said, "The Ark of Salvation was leaked to you? They shouldn't be so stupid as to find you and then cooperate with us."
"The Ark of Salvation is cooperating with you?" Li Yu was a little surprised. "Will your senior executives agree to this? Don't you think the Ark of Salvation is a pig to be slaughtered?"
"They seem to have provided some special information, but only the top eight people know what it is." Lloyd shook his head.
"The top eight? The seven nobles and the emperor?" This conclusion is easy to guess.
"That's right. The eight of them dominate the direction of the Star Empire. There are a lot of information that only they know." Lloyd nodded.
"Including the action plan of the Titan Temple?" Li Yu changed the subject back.
Lloyd hesitated for a moment, looked at the metal building in the distance, and said, "No, this action plan includes a lot of people, and I know that."
"Are you interested in leaking it?" Li Yu looked at Lloyd with a smile on his face. "Anyway, you have no part in this operation. Even if something goes wrong, it won't involve you."
"This time, it should be the Morgan family's turn to take charge of the Titan Temple. They do have some conflicts with me." Lloyd said after thinking for a moment.
"Rotation?" Li Yu had a lot of questions. This was the first time he truly understood the action mode at the highest level of the Star Empire.
"On the surface, the Star Empire is ruled by the Emperor, but in reality, it is ruled jointly by the Emperor and the seven nobles." Lloyd gave a brief summary.
Due to some reasons that Lloyd claimed he himself did not know, the once numerous nobles of the Star Empire withered away, leaving only seven major nobles who respected the Emperor.
The imperial nobility can crush any of the seven noble groups, but if the seven noble groups unite, it will be difficult for the emperor to deal with them.
Many agreements were reached between them, and the Titan Temple's rotation exploration agreement was one of them.
They were arranged in an order based on some unknown rule, and every time a Titan Temple appeared, there would be a noble serving as the main force of exploration.
If nothing goes wrong, you will get at least one Titan artifact component, or even the entire thing.
This time, it is the Morgan family's turn to serve as the main exploration force.
"So that's how it is?" Li Yu's eyes lit up: "It looks like we have a common enemy. The Mogan family doesn't seem to like me."
"The Morgan family supports my brother, the third heir." Lloyd said, "I received news not long ago that he will lead the Morgan family as the commander-in-chief."
"Oh, a noble supports an heir?" Li Yu stroked his chin, "Then who supports you?"
Lloyd grinned and chuckled: "As the first heir, my greatest support is the imperial nobility, so no other nobles support me."
This is the difference between providing timely assistance and adding icing on the cake.
In the history of the Star Empire, the probability of the first heir successfully inheriting the throne is about seventy percent.
It seems high, but it is actually an extremely low probability.
Among interstellar civilizations that practice bloodline inheritance, the probability of being the first heir to the Star Empire is the lowest.
There is no way around it. No matter who it is, everyone will want to grab such a supreme position.
"It seems that you are deliberately taking the bait and not sending out more people to deal with the Third Forerunner because your people are preparing to attack the Titan Temple." Lloyd said firmly.
"You can also understand it this way. Anyway, we are destined to attack the Titan Temple. It doesn't matter whether you have the inside information or not. If you tell us, it will only save us some effort." Li Yu acted indifferent, but then added:
"But if you don't tell us, what if something happens and our plan fails? It's your brother with cerebral palsy who succeeds."
"Tsk tsk, even with the sudden intervention of the alien camp, he still won the war. His reputation will probably skyrocket."
"And you, Your Highness, failed in your plan to induce the alien camp to fight the Forerunners. The contrast between the two is not a good look."
Lloyd narrowed his eyes slightly. The most important secret - the early materialization of the Titan Temple - had been known by the other party .
If the alien camp didn't know this news, he would definitely not reveal it.
But the other party already knew that forced intervention was a foregone conclusion and this matter had little to do with him.
In this way, it is not impossible to reveal some information to the other party.
Lloyd's mind flickered, and various thoughts emerged, but he suppressed them one by one and said indifferently: "Due to the inducement plan, the Empire has not made any action plans against you..."
Lloyd began to reveal the specific battle plan, and Li Yu listened attentively.
This is a head-on war with the Star Empire. Even he is not sure of winning, so he needs to be fully prepared.
…
On the other side, in Morton Civilization, Gosling stood in front of the French window with a tense look on his face.
I haven't had a rest for several days since Li Yu and others left.
We were paying close attention to the enemy's movements all the time. Fortunately, the unknown fleet that should have entered the Morton civilization a day ago according to intelligence estimates did not appear for some reason.
This made him breathe a sigh of relief and his tense nerves relaxed a lot.
"...Gosling, do you really want to give them the cloak?" Someone behind him whispered, "That's our last card."
"Civilization is about to be destroyed, what's the point of that thing?" Gosling seemed a little tired, and his tone was melancholy:
"First there was the civil strife, then the resistance army, and now there is the Bardos civilization. We have endured too much."
"Even you can't hold on any longer?" The man behind him was startled.
"No, as long as I am alive, I will work hard for this civilization." Gosling shook his head and said, "But there is no point in lingering on like this. We also need external forces."
"What do you mean? The alien dimension camp or... the Star Empire?" the person behind him asked puzzledly.
Gosling clenched his fists. "That's right. As long as I am given some time and Bardos doesn't press me so hard, I have the confidence to... help Morton recover!"
"At the end of a civilization, a great leader will emerge. Which sociologist said this? It does make sense."
An abrupt voice interrupted their conversation, and Gosling turned around abruptly, looking alert.
They didn't know when, but someone had already sat on the sofa behind them, and due to the angle of light, the other person's face was blocked.
All I could see was the other person holding a delicate glass and tasting a strangely colored drink.
"That's..." He looked towards the corner of the room and saw that the wine cabinet had indeed been opened, with a cup and a bottle missing.
"Nice to meet you again, President Gosling." Li Yu stood up and said with a smile.
"Is it you, Li...Longzun?" Ge Silin secretly raised his alert, not knowing the other party's purpose for the time being.
"Excuse me, what is this?" he asked.
"Come to receive the award..." Li Yu casually threw out a silver-white mechanical device, which quickly unfolded into a miniature projection device.
A magnificent battlefield scene was projected in the fluorescent light.
It was the scene of the siege of the Third Pioneer. The picture was fast-forwarded a lot and some things were cut out.
However, the general situation could still be seen clearly. The projection was reflected in Gosling's pupils and his saliva was flowing.
Although the picture progressed very quickly, he could still see that those appearing in it were all elite warriors.
However, there were large-scale deaths, which made him feel very sad.
Li Yu casually explained: "The enemy's fleet has been completely destroyed, and it was a ruthless destruction. Now the enemy has set their sights on us and is definitely not interested in you."
"So your danger is over. Where's the cloak?"
"By the way, the video supports detection and is definitely not synthetic."
Gosling shook his head, "Of course I believe in Your Excellency Long Zun."
"What can a video alone prove? What if after I give you the cloak, the other party comes back again?" The figure behind Gosling suddenly spoke.
Li Yu's eyes moved slightly, and he said lightly: "Then it has nothing to do with me. I have helped you solve this crisis. As for the next time, for whatever reason, it has nothing to do with me."
"This crisis was caused by you. If it weren't for you..." The man behind Gosling didn't finish his words when Gosling shouted, "Shut up and get out!"
The man's face was full of anger and his expression changed. Finally, he lowered his head and walked out.
"I'm sorry, he..." Gosling said apologetically.
"It's okay. I'm just here to claim the prize. I don't care what the staff members think." Li Yu shook his head and looked at Gosling with a gloomy look in his eyes. "As long as I get my big prize, there's no problem."
