Walk alone in the abyss

(PS: I moistened it again at the end of the last chapter, for a smoother finish.)

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"Major Yang Ming hasn't come back yet?"

Edwan, who was wearing a vintage robe, frowned and asked.

Through the thick gate, he had already heard the loud and loud cheers outside.

A projected calendar on the wall shows the calendar of the Sherman Empire.

Today is the second day of the first year of 728 in the new calendar, and it is also the day when Luofeng Empire is about to usher in a new emperor.

The ministers behind Edwan looked at each other, and finally bowed their heads in silence.

An intelligence officer reported forward: "Major Yang Ming sent a message saying that there is a problem with the landing point of the transport ship, and it will take half an hour to reach Ilando, and it will take at least an hour to land. Your Majesty, you should pay attention to the time of the national live broadcast..."

"Then wait a minute."

Edwan said in a deep voice, bowed his head and walked back to the seat in the middle of the hall, and said slowly:

"Everyone sit down and rest."

"But Your Majesty, I missed the time of the live broadcast..."

"Let the batting match be broadcast on TV first," Edwan said with a smile, "Major Yang Ming cannot be absent today."

"Yes, Your Majesty," a minister smiled pointedly, "Major Yang Ming's influence in the military is too great."

Edwan lowered his head with a smile, picked up his network access terminal, and looked at the latest Luofeng economic index.

Regarding the minister's speech, Edwan directly chose to ignore it.

Moreover, Edwang decided to delegate this minister to the second administrative star to be the governor of the district later, otherwise such remarks would reach Yang Ming's ears, which would easily make Yang Ming unhappy.

Don't these ministers understand at all, who is in charge of Luofeng now?

Although he is about to ascend the throne and become the new emperor of the Luofeng Empire;

However, Edwan always feels that he is more like a finance minister, focusing on the national economy and maintaining the international political environment that is falling.

This is just a small step towards his goal in life.

Edwan also knew why Yang Ming was late today.

In the past two years, the total time Yang Ming spent in Luofeng territory was less than four months.

This guy ran outside when he had nothing to do, and disappeared without a trace.

Edwan's old father 'died' a week ago. After the grand funeral, according to the imperial law, Edwan must directly ascend the throne as the new emperor.

When Yang Ming got the news, he was probably outside the Luofeng Empire, maybe he was doing bad things in some corner of the galaxy.

Thinking of this, Edwan sighed inwardly.

In the past two years, Yang Ming has made too many contributions to the country of Luofeng.

Yang Ming's support for Luofeng is comprehensive.

First of all, the military unified with little effort. The six major fleets were mixed into four major fleets, and Gudun Maha and General Leon each controlled two fleets.

In the following year, three small and medium-sized countries bordering Luofeng took the initiative to show their favor to Luofeng and invited the Luofeng military to conduct joint military exercises.

Yang Ming revealed to Edwang that he easily dealt with important military officials from three nearby countries.

That is to say, under Yang Ming's single-handed arrangement, Luofeng formed a regional military alliance with neighboring countries.

This greatly enhanced the safety of Luofeng Empire.

However, this is only the military aspect.

In the past two years, every three to five months, a group of new technology companies will emerge in Luofeng Empire, apply for a large number of international patents at the fastest speed, start production in a hurry, and open up the market regardless of cost.

These technology companies are involved in all walks of life, and now they have begun to show their respective value.

If Edwan's guess is correct, the patents of these technology companies were all stolen by Yang Ming from the New Federation, but he didn't know what method he used to transform and innovate.

Whatever Luofeng lacked, Yang Ming would steal from the New Federation.

In order to cover Yang Ming's behavior, Edwang directly launched a series of activities such as "National Scientific Research" and "High Salary Poaching Talents", advocating a scientific and technological development-based concept of planetary development.

At the beginning, Edwan really broke into a cold sweat.

What if the New Federation notices the abnormal development of Luofeng's technology and blocks Luofeng's multinational group?

But soon, Edwan discovered...

The New Federation has no time to talk to Luofeng now.

war.

Continuous war.

The brave nobles of the Sherman Empire continued to start local wars against the New Federation.

Of course, the intensity of these follow-up wars was far less than that of the Austrian Star Wars, but the two-year local wars caused the New Federation to directly lose the territory of six administrative stars.

The Sherman Empire has thoroughly tasted the sweetness of maintaining a state of war against the new Union.

Small nobles have a promotion channel, big nobles have the opportunity to reshape the family honor, the Sherman royal family has won the hearts of the people again, and the national economy is also improving rapidly due to the boost of the military industry.

The Sherman Empire, which was in decline, seems to have come back to life in the past two years.

Every time he thought of the economic and military benefits that the Luofeng Empire would gain from following Sherman, Edwan would laugh from ear to ear.

Edwan was extremely grateful to the white ghost.

It was this white ghost who exposed the new federation's insect-buying scheme, so that at such an appropriate time, the Luofeng Empire had a window of rapid development.

Even Edwan sometimes felt that Yang Ming and the white ghost should belong to the same organization.

They chose Luofeng, and wanted to build Luofeng into a new regional power, thus changing the situation in the galaxy.

Today, although the economic data of Luofeng Empire has not been restored to three years ago, the economic system has completed the initial reform.

Luofeng is no longer highly dependent on international trade in a single industry, and the industrial system has made great progress.

To give the simplest example, the original Luofeng shipbuilding industry could only support the assembly of 100-meter-class ships.

Today's Luofeng can already assemble kilometer-class commercial ships on the premise that key components are not stuck.

——The military industry wants to catch up, and it is not a task that can be completed in one or two years. At this stage, they still mainly purchase warships.

"His Majesty."

General Fremont took the message from the officer and said in a deep voice:

"Major Yang Ming's transport ship has entered the atmosphere, he wants you to perform the ceremony normally."

"Wait for him," Edwan said, "I hope he can stand behind me today."

"Yes, Your Majesty," Philemon said with a smile, "Then I'll prepare a uniform for Major Yang Ming."

Edwan raised his eyebrows, got up and made a chest expansion, and walked slowly to the window of the hall, looking down at the square below.

The square is crowded with people.

The huge floating stands are full of Luofeng people.

This shows Edwan's current 'popularity' among the people, and it is also the fruitful reward he has been working day and night for the country for the past three years.

Edwan stood still.

Ascension to the throne is his first step. Next, he will spend ten years to make Luofeng's economy more developed and raise the level of education of the people to a higher level.

Awaken the minds of the people and empower the people.

Reform the monarchy, establish a cabinet, transfer imperial power, and explore the system of regional voting and the coexistence of the monarch.

This is the plan he and Yang Ming made three years ago.

The sun was shining on his crown, and his back exuded a touch of majesty.

Sudden.

"Your Majesty, you don't have to wait for me."

A familiar voice appeared in the corner of the hall.

Edwan turned around and looked towards the corridor in the corner. Yang Ming, who was wearing a military uniform, was walking slowly, his tall and straight figure remained unchanged from when the two first met.

The ministers stood up immediately, and the guards bowed their heads in salute.

General Philemon motioned for the maid to put on the gown, but Yang Ming refused with a smile, and put on the hard-topped military cap in his arms.

"Don't keep your citizens waiting too long."

"Come here, stand behind me, and give me courage."

Edwan pursed his lips, and stepped to the front of the gate. Yang Ming walked behind Edwan, one body behind, and put his hands in black leather gloves behind his back.

The door was slowly pushed open by the guards.

Cheers came flooding in like a tide, and the warm sunlight made Yang Ming narrow his eyes.

...

When he got the news that Edwan was about to ascend the throne, Yang Ming was working on technology in the territory of the New Federation.

The old emperor was shut down by Princess Dana herself. Before shutting down, she received an order from the Foreign Affairs Bureau of the Sherman Empire and did not communicate with Yang Ming.

At that time, Yang Ming managed to sneak into a new federal technology company, and the progress of the company's database strategy was still far behind. In order not to waste the preparation work of the previous two months, he could only continue to wait.

Fortunately, I finally caught up with the enthronement ceremony.

Otherwise Edwan would have nagged him hundreds of times!

In the past two years, Yang Ming drove the Feinan, and 'killed' seven in and seven out of the new federal territory.

Stealing technology and engaging in patents are only part of Yang Ming's job content, and the White Ghost Organization has added a little record that is not worth mentioning.

Relying on the secret information collected by Law, the white ghost incarnated as the [Disciplinary Committee Member] of the New Federation, and successively announced [the office brawl between the minister and the female secretary], [the manor party between a certain presidential campaign team and the capitalist], [the New Federation's allies] Record of resource theft plan]... and more than a dozen scandals.

The white ghost has been listed as the number one reward object by the new federal CIA.

In order to prevent the white ghost from stealing secrets, the New Federation mobilized a large number of network security teams, and Li was almost caught by the other party several times.

For this reason, Boss Yang waved his hand and upgraded the hardware twice.

Feinan freed up one-fifth of the space to install the latest mastermind processor, which increased Lul's computing power by 400%.

To be on the safe side, the Feinan will not go to the hinterland of the New Federation at all, and Yang Ming will only pick those fringe areas where people are frightened, and let Li look for loopholes in the network defense of the New Federation area.

In contrast, the White Specter has gained a large number of fans within the Sherman Empire.

There was also an oolong incident for this reason.

There was a young noble from the Sherman Empire who kept hinting that he was a white ghost, and then his home was blown up by the new federal agents, and the whole family lost their lives.

When Yang Ming heard the news, he couldn't help but laugh, and even had the idea of ​​letting the white ghost retire.

However, the activeness of the white ghost actually has several other meanings.

Now, the New Federation has turned its attention away from Luofeng, and has characterized the white ghost as a "stubborn Sherman Empire royalist force".

The Feinan, transformed by those three high-level mechanical thinking bodies, even without a main gun, still exhibited a strength that caused headaches for the current galaxy powers.

This is the advantage of leading technology.

As the night deepened, the banquet held in the palace came to an end, Yang Ming greeted Edwan with a tired face and yawned, and boarded the small transport boat waiting outside the palace.

Yang Ming was really tired.

He also didn't understand why Edwan, a viscount, major, and acting captain of the battleship Wager Road, wanted to talk about things with a group of Luofeng nobles when he ascended the throne.

The transport boat drove steadily towards the outer space, while Yang Ming was snoring while sitting in the driver's seat.

Law's projection appeared and disappeared from time to time, as if he was waiting for Yang Ming to wake up and report some unimportant news to him.

It wasn't until the transport ship sailed into Yang Ming's current residence in Luofeng territory - a medium-sized transport ship belonging to the 012 Integrated Formation of the Fourth Fleet, that Lily woke up Yang Ming.

"Boss, you're home!"

"Um?"

Yang Ming opened his eyes: "How long have I been asleep, is there any news about my mother-in-law?"

"Not yet," Lu said softly, "We have deployed and controlled that airspace as much as possible, using mining ships to form a warning network. As long as Po Huan shows up, there is a high probability that we can find it."

"She should have recovered her strength."

Yang Ming rubbed the corners of his eyes and pulled himself together:

"Let the little guys of Dark Star get ready, raise soldiers for a thousand days and use them for a short time, and don't let me lose the chain at the critical moment."

"Okay boss, take a good rest first."

Yang Ming yawned, quickly left the outer compartment of the transport ship, and walked forward along the corridor.

Several maid robots encountered on the road bowed their heads to Yang Ming, and they housed mechanical thinking bodies from the dark star.

Opening the thick security door, passing by the elegantly decorated living and dining room with several floor-to-ceiling windows, Yang Ming went straight to his big bed, took a hasty shower and then fell asleep.

Apart from Yang Ming, there was only one human in this boat.

Soon, that thin figure poked his head at the entrance on the other side of the bedroom. After seeing Yang Ming, a little smile appeared on her expressionless face.

"Good night, sir."

Then she quietly closed the bedroom door, walked through the winding corridors, and rushed back to her laboratory.

In the laboratory, more than a dozen silver-white machines were moving around, and the dismembered body sample of a second-stage adult was fixed on the experimental table.

With the help of the mechanical guard, Hera put on the chemical protective suit, picked up a laser scalpel, and continued the operation that had just been interrupted.

...

"White ghost!"

boom!

Secret meeting of top agents of the new CIA.

A certain deputy director who had been in office for two and a half years was bombarding the desk with his fist to express his anger and dissatisfaction.

"It's all shit! Is your mind full of shit!

"What is this? Ladies and gentlemen? This is due to your lack of ability and being suppressed by the intelligence department of the Sherman Empire! It is normal for our country to be crushed by the Sherman Empire in terms of military strength. It has existed for tens of thousands of years. We There is a certain generation gap in military strength, but now!

"The intelligence system we are proud of has been beaten into shit by the other party! Made! Are they all trash!"

The dozen or so men and women who were video-linked remained silent.

In other words, the white ghost's troubles in the New Federation should have been the responsibility of the FBI, and the CIA only participated in a few coordinated operations.

This is not their scope of business.

In the corner of the video projection, a gray-haired woman raised her hand to signal.

"Deputy Director, if there is really no way, I will recommend you a talent. He has helped me in many things, and he has also revealed to me that he may have a way to deal with the white ghost."

"Talent?" The deputy director frowned tightly, "Who are you talking about? You'd better not play tricks on me at this time."

"Of course," the agent aunt quickly showed a series of information.

A photo of a middle-aged man in his forties appeared on the shared screen of the meeting, followed by a series of messages about him.

The youngest MP in nearly 30 years.

The rising star of the Liberal Party.

"Isn't this the new political star?" The deputy director muttered, frowning.

"We might as well listen to his approach," suggested the auntie. "He is very interested in working with us, and he is also a promising political star."

The deputy director thought for a few seconds: "Give me his contact information."