Chapter 90
"At this moment, above the Imperial Star, Apollo is facing the Ice City and has turned on its maximum power. Its switch is connected to my heartbeat. If I die, the attack will be launched immediately, and the time difference will never exceed 0.1 second."
"I know you are asking those two little guys to cancel the attack order, but it's useless. As early as when I learned that Alphonsus, the father of Bluegrass, had tried to betray the organization, I thought that maybe one day, the backup plan he left behind would make Bluegrass lose control. So I made some preparations, and Apollo was one of them ."
Princess Tanada spoke softly. Although her face was not looking good because her plan had failed, she was still very calm, not even the hair on her temples was messed up, and she intentionally or unintentionally turned her body to the side, showing her most beautiful side to Rong Yuan.
"Two intelligent computers, huh, they are indeed very powerful. But if they want to break into Apollo's system, they have to connect the signal first, right? When the Bluegrass's operating program suddenly changed, Apollo had already activated the early warning program. Now all its external signals have been disconnected. The only one still running is the oldest giant computer. Although this kind of computer is bulky and has a small computing capacity, its defense against an opponent like an intelligent computer is unexpectedly high!"
"Perhaps you want to contact the ground of the Imperial Capital and ask them to attack Apollo, but please don't do this. Because although Apollo's current system is poor, it can still determine the crisis. I guarantee that no matter what form of attack, Apollo will be able to destroy Ice City before it is destroyed."
"Don't try to stun me or control me in any other way. If I don't transmit the pre-set signal sequence for more than two minutes, the attack will be launched immediately. So, if you want to save their lives, you'd better not do anything."
Princess Tanada slowly rejected the possible measures that the other party might take. Many years ago, she had repeatedly deduced today's situation in her mind, including every possible development of the situation after the plan failed. Before thinking about victory, think about failure first. Because of this character, Princess Tanada always prepares for everything in advance and will take action only after making preparations in all aspects. She once ascended to the position of princess of the Landia Empire because of this, but also missed many opportunities because of it. It is hard to say whether this is her advantage or disadvantage.
At this time, Princess Tanada no longer wanted to seize the royal power of Landia. Years of preparations were in vain. Such an opportunity would never come again. She was now using the safety of everyone in Ice City, including her daughter, to threaten Rong Yuan. Her purpose was just to buy some time to recover. It would only take half a day for her to leave Landia with her people and start over in the star field outside the empire.
Many years ago, she also started from nothing and worked her way up to a position just one step away from the top of Landia. Starting all over again, this time she has subordinates, money, and experience that are incomparable to the past, and the process of rising again will only be easier.
It must be said that few people can compare to Princess Tanada's strong psychological quality. Many people who have smoothly climbed to high positions will be devastated after failure, and in more serious cases, they may even commit suicide in despair. But after Princess Tanada experienced a huge gap that ordinary people could hardly imagine, she did not even need time to adjust, and immediately started a new plan in her mind.
She even thought that although she failed this time, it created an opportunity for her to get to know this man with unfathomable strength. Next, she could take the initiative to give in and propose that the condition for lifting Apollo's attack order was to let her leave Landia safely. Then, perhaps she could let Rong Yuan go with her in the name of escort or supervision. If she could take down this man during this period, then... it's really hard to say what the future will be like! Even if it's Landia, she may not have no chance to return again...
As Princess Tanada narrated, Leopold was shocked, angry, and anxious, but Princess Tanada turned a deaf ear to his shouts or rebukes. She stared at Rong Yuan intently, as if there was only this person in her eyes and heart, and this was her whole world.
Rong Yuan didn't speak for a long time, as if he had been helpless by the coercion of Princess Tanada. He was wearing an invisible earphone the size of a grain of rice in his left ear, and at this time, Alpha's voice came from afar: "Master, what she said is true. We checked with Landia's detection satellite and found that Apollo's external signal has disappeared, the attack muzzle is facing the Ice City, and a high energy response is detected. Lancao simulated Apollo's attack and confirmed that this level of attack will destroy all objects within a radius of 500,000 kilometers centered on the Ice Palace. It is contacting Serinda, but if the attack really happens, no more than 200 people in the Ice City will be spared."
Rong Yuan looked at Princess Tanada and asked directly, "Besides Apollo from Ice City, will there be any other attacks?"
The princess was stunned for a moment, then she smiled and said, "Of course there is. But... why should I explain everything to you? Of course, I lost this round. As long as you don't do anything extreme, I can cancel Apollo's attack order later. My request is actually very simple, let me leave the Landia Empire, and then..."
"No." Alpha said, "We have intercepted all the signals sent by Princess Star. Lancao is digging deep into her hidden power over the years. The movement tracks, communication records, account transactions, etc. of all relevant personnel are being searched and compared, and no other major threats have been found. At present, only Apollo's attack cannot be lifted."
"That's good." Rong Yuan said.
His words obviously confused Princess Tanada, who had not yet finished her words, but then she seemed to realize something and took a step back involuntarily, reaching her hand to her waist, as if she wanted to take something. However, she saw Rong Yuan's figure in front of her quickly swaying as if it had become a phantom, and he had already come directly in front of her from a few meters away, and stretched out a hand that seemed slow but was actually fast.
Princess Tanada's beautiful eyes suddenly widened, her mind went blank, she couldn't think of anything, she couldn't feel any emotions, all she could see were those slender white fingers.
There was clearly no sound, but Leopold felt as if he heard a "puff".
The hand penetrated into Princess Tanada's chest.
Then, when he withdrew his hand, there was a still beating heart on it. Near the heart, there were three green balls the size of rice grains. They were instruments injected into the body and connected to Apollo's attack command.
The handsome man looked down at the heart in his hand, blood dripping down between his fingers. His actions were so bloody and cruel, but this scene did not make people feel fear, but only a kind of absolutely otherworldly coldness.
"Why..." The princess was not dead yet. She stared blankly at the heart that had been taken out of her chest. She knew what had just happened, but she could not understand it all. She did not have much fear or resentment, but was just confused, and a little bit of inexplicable grievance. She said intermittently: "I did not lie... I have given up... I just want to leave..."
"I understand what you mean, but people always have to pay the price for what they have done." Rong Yuan said. His eyes were looking at the princess, but it didn't seem like he was looking at her. His voice and tone did not contain any intense emotions, and even still made people feel gentle, but it was a gentleness without any heat.
"Power, victory, loss, interests, gains and losses, you have been thinking about these things, but have you ever paid even a little attention to those who died under your orders?"
The princess had done so many things that she could not redeem herself even if she died a hundred times. But Rong Yuan had not expected that even at this moment, all she was thinking about was still fighting for power. She used Rong Yuan as a knife to protect Serinda's power, but she had never repented for her actions, and did not feel that she needed to pay any price for those tragedies.
Or maybe, most of those things the princess just gave an order, or even just acquiesced. Because she was not directly involved, those sacrifices and deaths were just a statistic to her, and she didn't have any real feelings. However, even so, it was enough to prove that this person had no mercy at all. A clean and quick death without torture was the last mercy Rong Yuan gave her.
After all, she is Serinda's biological mother. It is not appropriate to hand her over to the judicial department of the empire for questioning, or to let Serinda decide how to execute her. This woman is very scheming. Even if she can live one more second, there may be more accidents. In order to prevent any more accidents in the future, it is best to let her die here. As for Leopold and the soldiers on this planet at this time, they will have to live in the empire in the future. If their hands are stained with the blood of the emperor's biological mother, it will never be a good thing.
Therefore, Rong Yuan did not even allow Mu Xiaohu to land on the Princess Star because he did not want him to get involved in this matter.
It would be most appropriate for Rong Yuan to take action.
The princess' body had already fallen limply to the ground, and it was unknown whether she had heard Rong Yuan's last words. Her long hair was loose, her skirt was flowing, and she even had a smile on her lips, with relief, sadness, grievance, fear, and a hint of cunning and pride. Such complex emotions were condensed in her slightly frowned brows and the curve of her lips, beautiful as a colorful oil painting.
But neither of the two men around her paid attention to her, because the green ball attached to the heart flashed a few times, then suddenly turned red, and then after a "beep", the faint light suddenly went out.
At this moment, Rong Yuan and Leopold both understood that Apollo's attack was about to fall on the Ice City!
Rong Yuan left behind the still beating heart. He had understood that the so-called connection between the command and the heartbeat was just a lie. The real connection was actually the brain waves of Princess Tanada. At the moment of death, her brain emitted a strong brain wave, stimulating the attack command.
Leopold frowned. He knocked out Duke Dumont, who was struggling to avenge Princess Tanada, with one punch. He looked at Rong Yuan and asked, "Have you notified Bingcheng to evacuate urgently?"
Although he was very dissatisfied with Rong Yuan's decision to kill Princess Tanada, Leopold did not show this emotion, and did not even question or blame him. On the one hand, it was because the situation was tense, and on the other hand, it was just his personality - when problems arise, they need to be solved. Complaining or shirking responsibility is useless. If he has that time, he might as well think about how to recover more losses.
Rong Yuan didn't look up at him. He wiped the blood off his hands and said only two words: "Don't worry."
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Ice city.
Countless people who were walking, talking, studying, working, and driving at this moment suddenly seemed to have sensed something, and at the same time, regardless of order, they raised their heads and looked at the sky.
A huge column of blazing white light that almost covered one-third of the ice city fell from the sky!
Time seemed to stand still at this moment.
