Walk alone in the abyss

Daphne looked serious.

She must have been in a hurry when she came, or she had a lot of worries in her heart, and she didn't dress up very carefully. The black windbreaker didn't have a design that highlighted her figure.

In the prison's VIP room, as soon as the two met, several of Daphne's maids and assistants set up shielding devices and exited the room.

"call."

Daphne breathed a sigh of relief, and took off the windbreaker, revealing the slim and comfortable pink turtleneck sweater inside, then tied her long hair into a ponytail, and lowered her head to flip through a few pages of documents.

Without waiting for Yang Ming to find something to talk about, she spoke directly without raising her head:

"The matter is serious, Lord Hunton."

"what is the problem?"

"The internal purge of the Foreign Affairs Bureau," Daphne said quickly, "You may not realize how much impact this has had on the Empire, but I think an all-out war is inevitable."

Yang Ming was startled: "Why?"

"Because there are fewer people on that round table, one prince and one grand duke with alternate qualifications."

Daphne pursed her lips lightly, and when she looked up at Yang Ming, her eyes revealed her tiredness.

"The empire's war machine is about to go into full swing.

"Because this is an unacceptable loss to the core of the Sherman family, including Uncle Ino, and it is a direct and serious injury.

"If the new federation can't produce the military strength that will cause heavy losses to the empire, then they will be hit by the empire in all directions.

"The second expedition, and the form is no longer going straight to Minte City, but to advance steadily inward from the border, capture batch after batch of planets, and make the people on it become slaves or ordinary people of the empire , implementing population transfer and military control, allowing the empire to obtain a large amount of cheap labor to ease the economic pressure within the empire.

"The last expedition was more out of political and interstellar influence considerations, and the upcoming war is resource plunder and population plunder.

"The empire has never cared about the so-called infamy, and this time it will be even more so."

Daphne whispered:

"I still can't believe that the New Federation will touch this red line!

"Their previous strategy should have been to target the minor nobles, induce conflicts between the common people and the noble class, and then set off a so-called democratic revolution... The empire has experienced this kind of thing countless times, so my uncle and grandfather don't care.

"But now, one of them was killed directly, and their red line has no way to back down.

"I happened to see news that at this very moment, one hundred and fifty-two military shipyards inside and outside the Emperor Star Circle have restarted their production lines, and resources in various regions have begun to be rapidly mobilized.

"Supporting war with war is what the empire likes to do most. Every time a war of this nature occurs, half of the galaxy will be affected. It is estimated that at least one billion innocent civilians will die because of resisting the will of the empire... This is the most conservative estimate based on past history.

"I can read the real history of the empire that Uncle Ino gave me yesterday, and it's darker than any of you can imagine.

"The Empire is evil, as far as the current universal values ​​​​of the galaxy are concerned."

Yang Ming: ...

"So, you came to me because you were under too much pressure?"

Yang Ming leaned on the soft sofa and said with a smile:

"Did you suddenly realize that the position you have been seeking represents not only power, not just the dignity that others look at you, but also oppression, exploitation, mutilation, and the death and injury of a large number of innocent people?"

"Yes, this is one aspect," Daphne said, "This is only one aspect, I will get used to it soon."

Yang Ming asked directly: "What is your feeling now? As someone who has experienced it, I can give you some comfort. Only when you adjust your state can we proceed better with the following topic."

"That history book... I don't want to talk about it."

Daphne stared at Yang Ming:

"I need to reconstruct my self-awareness about life and human beings. I am not a kind person, and I am also intoxicated in the process of gaining superiority and power.

"I just don't know much about the behavior of some, some of my ancestors... I..."

"Daphne! Look at me!"

Yang Ming released the slightest mental shock, Daphne was stunned for a moment, and then smiled wryly.

Yang Ming said: "Tell me about your pressure, and I will help you relieve it."

"I can't tell you about this pressure... Do you know the core fleet of the empire? It is the part of the army that guards the inner part of the emperor's star circle and is not under the leadership of the imperial military department."

"Of course I know," Yang Ming said seriously, "I've heard a saying that the military strength there can be equal to the sum of all the fleets controlled by the Imperial Army."

"It's not evenly divided, it's to surpass all!"

Daphne said quickly:

"The empire developed a semi-permanent material tens of thousands of years ago, that is, a material that has no metal fatigue and can maintain its performance for hundreds of thousands of years without significant changes in chemical properties. The invincible fleet of the first generation of the empire came from tens of thousands of years The fleet of the former ancestor of Levi Sherman is stored in the star field near the emperor star.

"In the following tens of thousands of years, new ships will continue to fill in, and their technology will be slightly upgraded... Can you imagine? Many core technologies have not changed for tens of thousands of years, or the breakthrough is very small.

"That is the true military strength of the Empire.

"Now they have activated there, of course, only the battleships of the non-Levi Legion activated, but that is also terrifying.

"The most unacceptable thing for me is that there is no need for humans to control the interior of the core fleet of Levi's Legion. There are tens of billions of machines in it!

"Do you know why the Religion of the Empire's Development is a religion? Why does this religion believe in the Empire's total defense system?

"Because the empire's whole-territory defense system can use the computing power generated by the empire's unified network and the computing power network provided by the special positronic brain of these tens of billions of machines to control all fleets of the empire and the ancient battleships left by Levi's ancestors group!

"What is this? This shows that the establishment of the empire was based on an omnic crisis, and now, this crisis still exists. With her complete control, she can wipe out the entire emperor star circle in one galaxy day!"

Yang Ming raised his hand and rubbed his nose.

If the empire knows that Li is gradually getting out of control, will they directly destroy the infrastructure of the empire's network?

why is that?

Is it because the Faya civilization does not want to see such an unbalanced and powerful empire, so is it constantly interfering?

In the galaxy plot of "Abyss" that he experienced, the empire suffered a great internal decline because of the new federal bug burying plan, so it was restrained everywhere externally.

Now, he helped the empire survive the insect crisis, and then the Faya people started to directly detonate the largest mine in the empire?

Or, is this not Faya's interference, but the influence of Omnic Twilight?

legal influence?

Yang Ming doesn't believe in fate and destiny.

But he had to face up to the invasion and regulation of the Milky Way by high-dimensional civilizations.

"Sorry, I was a little excited just now."

Daphne breathed a sigh of relief, she had already organized the documents and placed them in two rows in front of her.

In fact, she also deliberately disclosed some information to Yang Ming to facilitate the next negotiation.

Daphne looked up at Yang Ming:

"The most important thing, Uncle Ino can give you the ancient god cell group now, there are two conditions.

"First, hand in your ancient technology ship information, they only need to do a scan. Second, we have a de facto marriage, which can not be announced to the public. You actually become the son-in-law of the Sherman family. This is Sherman Family rules of conduct.

"If you agree to these two conditions, we can continue to talk."

Yang Ming stared at Daphne: "I clearly rejected you last time."

"You rejected the emperor's marriage offer."

Daphne said:

"The so-called de facto marriage means that we must develop feelings... This is really naive in my opinion. The so-called feelings and bonds are the most useless, but this is the request of Uncle Ino.

"Also, we don't have to announce it to the public, so it won't affect your prestige among the people, and it won't make people think that you have become a loyal dog of the Sherman family.

"If you agree, I can allow you to have a mistress and agree to your previous harsh conditions. If you are still a gentleman, you'd better respect me and don't mention other women in front of me.

"I believe you won't either, because we don't have much time to be together in the future, you just need to accompany me to attend the periodic gatherings of the elites of the Sherman family."

Yang Ming raised his eyebrows slightly.

Periodic gatherings?

Is that... is it possible for him to directly kill a group of people on that round table?

With a bit of helplessness in Daphne's eyes, she said again: "Does this do you any harm? We can also have sexless marriages, it's just pure politics."

"Daphne, is this what you mean, or Director Ino's meaning?"

"Uncle's."

Daphne smiled wryly:

"He wanted me to tie you up at all costs, even my dignity, and that was the condition he took me to that meeting.

"Everything is condition and exchange, politics is an art of compromise, and I can only compromise with you at this moment.

"This is completely different from last time. It's our plea... I can't give you the title and resources directly. The Sherman family is afraid of the so-called experimental project on you, and they don't want you to participate in their core. project.

"What I can give you is to establish a cooperative relationship with the Sherman family and give you better prospects for development.

"What you can give me is to increase my value with my uncle."

Yang Ming closed his eyes and thought for more than ten seconds.

He nodded slowly: "I agree, the secret de facto marriage, and the submission of a scan of my ancient technological battleship."

"Thank you. I will pay attention to proportion and boundaries in the future, and try not to cause trouble to you," Daphne glanced at Yang Ming, "For me, marriage is just a decoration."

"What are we going to talk about next?"

"The next step is to cooperate in the actual sense."

Daphne handed over a few contracts.

Yang Ming looked down for a while, his brows were tightly wrinkled, and he couldn't help but fell into deep thought.

He already had a premonition.

He and Lu's carefully designed assassination operation really broke the sky of the Sherman Empire.

Every decision he makes now will have a huge impact on the dark star, Luofeng, the unlikely future of his home planet, and the hundreds of billions of civilians on Saka and the empire.

[White Ghost is nominally in command of the Sherman Empire Expeditionary Force. 】

Made!

No wonder Director Ino sacrificed Daphne's self-esteem!

The empire wants to use his appeal to the common people to exaggerate the justice of the new federation's all-out war, stabilize the domestic political situation, and export conflicts to the outside world.

This attack on the New Federation, the empire is going to plunder resources and population, it will definitely cause a large number of civilian deaths, and make a large number of New Federation people become slaves of the empire...

"Can you?" Daphne asked softly, "You have complete choice."

"Please leave me alone for a moment."

Yang Ming pursed his lips slightly, only the slight breathing of the two of them was left in the living room.

...

Daphne left the VIP room.

She folded her arms and stood behind the window of the prison corridor, watching the dozen or so aristocratic prisoners playing leisurely in the square below.

The Noble Prison has always had a reputation as a small resort. Nobles who have committed crimes can live happily here. Except that they can't call call girls and male models in or leave by themselves, there are no problems.

In the room, Yang Ming scratched his head with a slightly troubled expression.

He does have things he can't consider, but it doesn't matter, he has laws, and laws are also calculating and thinking about various possibilities at this moment.

"Boss, if you sign it, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages."

Ritsu's voice came out of the hidden earphones.

"What's the disadvantage?" Yang Ming asked immediately.

"The first is that you will definitely be criticized by the new federal public opinion machine, but they have spared no effort to hack you now, why should we care about the evaluation of the enemy?

"Secondly, it's not a good reputation for foreign wars and plundering of civilians, which will lower your historical evaluation. However, considering that you are only a name, and you have deep grievances with the new federal government, you will operate through me. The impact on your prestige will not be great, basically controllable.

"The third is that the military department is exclusive. If you suddenly airborne, even if you just occupy the top spot, you will be easily excluded. You need to spend energy to manage it."

Law softly groaned a few times:

"If you have to say the fourth thing, it is based on what I know about you, and you will feel guilty and uneasy in your heart."

Yang Ming sighed: "Actually, it's only the fourth one. I don't care about the first three. After completing the task of taking care of my mother planet, the rest are just my favorite things."

Law hehe smiled.

Yang Ming muttered: "The only thing I hesitate to do now is to use my name to massacre, so do I count as a part of the massacre?"

"It definitely counts," Lil whispered.

"Damn it, I'm playing political games in the interstellar world, am I a little devil?"

"Huh?" Law didn't know why.

Yang Ming briefly talked about the Anti-Japanese War in his hometown a hundred years ago.

Li smiled and said: "Boss, this is different. Your hometown was invaded by imperialism. This time, the conflict between the New Federation and the Sherman Empire is a stinky bite between two interstellar vicious dogs. "

Yang Ming's forehead was covered with several black lines.

He always felt that Lil was scolding him.

Law softly said: "Boss, I have always been curious why you have such a strong anti-war gene in your bones. War is actually the norm for human civilization."

"It has something to do with the education I have received since I was a child. My hometown has always pursued a peaceful rise."

"Peaceful rise? That's almost impossible," Lu laughed. "When civilization needs to expand, it must obtain more resources. On a planet, there is an upper limit on the reserve of rare resources, which will almost inevitably lead to war."

Yang Ming said: "It may be impossible in the long run, but from a short-term perspective, it is indeed achievable. The liberation of labor, the improvement of labor value, the improvement of laborers' self-quality, and the realization of happiness can all be achieved in a huge number of Population has basically been achieved, do you know how many people my hometown takes up 6.5% of the land surface area of ​​my mother planet?"

"How many?"

"One billion."

"ha?"

"It's also because the civilization level of my home planet is relatively low," Yang Ming sighed, "The individual people's demands for life are not that high."

Lawrence asked: "However, if we blindly pursue peace, we will always suffer losses in the confrontation between civilized regimes."

"Well, it is certain that we will suffer losses in this respect, but we must maintain sufficient deterrent power," Yang Ming said with a smile, "A gentleman wears a sword and does not use it. The sword must be sharp enough, and we all understand this."

"Well, I still don't quite understand it. It's almost impossible for low-level civilizations to live in peace."

"Let's put our problem here," Yang Ming knocked on the table, "Are there any other disadvantages? I can overcome my own senses."

"There are no disadvantages, Boss," Li said with a smile, "Your current interests are in Luofeng and Dark Star, as well as the influence within the empire. The New Federation has always regarded you as an enemy. Your human history books have told me more than once, What the conquerors of civilization can get is not necessarily historical infamy, and history books are actually very easy to tamper with."

"What else could it be?"

"Honorary father of conquered civilizations."

Yang Ming leaned back, his thoughts suddenly enlightened.

In that case, the title of Lord Father of the New Federation...is quite a good title.

"Daphne, you can come in now."

Yang Ming's voice sounded directly in Daphne's mind, ignoring the blocking device.