Walk alone in the abyss

The banquet in the palace entered the stage of turning off the lights.

Yang Ming and Daphne were naturally familiar with this kind of scene.

The old emperor seemed to have something to talk to Yang Ming, Daphne offered to go to the side hall to rest, and took away a few maids from the tentacles organization.

The old emperor turned slightly sideways, and the floating sofa flew to Yang Ming's side.

Boss Yang immediately took the initiative to move forward and listened attentively.

"How sure are you of this bug infestation?"

When the old emperor asked such a question suddenly, Yang Ming was also a little confused.

How sure is he?

What can he do? To kill the big queen?

Yang Ming didn't think that his own strength could have any direct impact on this level of bug swarm. His value to the empire should be to call on the people to cooperate with the government, and by the way, educate the public about the danger of the bug swarm.

Unless he was used as a bait to distract the big queen.

Yang Ming is not stupid, how could he make himself the queen's primary target.

"Your Majesty, which aspect are you referring to?"

"In various ways," the old emperor drew a circle with his fingers, "You know Hanton, there are many people who think that as long as you make a move, you can deal with the big queen who is said to be on the verge of dimension ascension."

"That's a rumor, or it's a deliberate attempt to kill me in front of you."

Yang Ming smiled wryly and shook his head:

"There's very little I can do, I'm a consultant, if anything.

"I can sense every move of the Zerg, and I can also predict in advance which area they will attack. In addition, I also try to avoid the sight of the Queen, otherwise some unpredictable problems may occur."

The old emperor became a little interested: "Unpredictable?"

Yang Ming said: "She may be very excited when she sees me."

The old emperor understood instantly.

He is too familiar with this kind of thing.

The old emperor murmured: "The big queen is also in good shape, but she is a little too big, isn't she Hanton?"

Yang Ming almost couldn't help glancing at the old villain.

The emperor of the empire, is he so heavy-mouthed?

"Your Majesty," Yang Ming decided to change the subject, "You told me back then to let me make trouble... Now, do you still want to make trouble?"

The old emperor laughed: "Don't worry, my dear Knight of the Imperial Guard."

Yang Ming muttered, "You took all my badges away."

"You returned it yourself, and you haven't formally apologized to me until now."

"I'm sorry, Your Majesty, I shouldn't have verbally abused you because of coercion."

"That's right," the old emperor laughed, and his eyes became much calmer. "The most urgent task now is to fight against this insect swarm. I will give you an appointment later, and you will become my knight, representing Me, to deal with the negative effects of this bug swarm."

Yang Ming leaned back.

He kind of understood why the old emperor suddenly changed his attitude and cared so much for him.

Good guy, this is to use his hands to fight against the insect swarm, and then the emperor himself will be named in the history books as "the most powerful emperor in the history of the empire in the face of insect plagues".

Isn't this what the old emperor is looking for now?

"Your Majesty," Yang Ming said in a low voice, "I dare to ask you for a little more fame. On your behalf, I want to participate in the preparations to fight against the insect infestation."

"Of course there is no problem, so you can answer me now, how sure are you?"

"I'm fully confident that humans can defeat the Zerg," Yang Ming said after a pause, "The only difference is how much we pay."

The old emperor nodded, looking down in thought.

Yang Ming was not in a hurry, but just waited by the side. After about a few minutes, the old emperor waved to the maid next to him, and the maid brought a crystal ball.

A modular Emperor Star Medal is hidden in the crystal ball.

"This is for you," the old emperor said in a low voice, "the badge of the Royal Knight Commander can only exist once in an era, and it is usually only awarded to hereditary dukes. If you can minimize the damage of the insect swarm to the empire this time, I will give you a charter, allowing you to become an honorary duke and a hereditary earl, and the descendants of you and Daphne can enjoy the treatment of the royal family of the empire."

Yang Ming looked up at the old emperor.

At this moment, Yang Ming didn't know what to say.

Director Ino is very 'high-end', and he directly drew a lot of cakes for him. On the surface, he said that he would treat his home planet well, but in fact he just wanted to treat the home planet 'in case he can pass the test' as his home planet. leash for dogs.

Although this old emperor is a bit 'not very smart', at least he will not draw empty cakes directly. Before asking you to do things, first list the benefits that can be given to you later, and give you some real power in advance.

If Yang Ming didn't have the backing of the Dark Star-Luofeng system, he would have to consider to some extent now, whether to help the old emperor truly complete the reform of the empire and the recovery of power.

Of course, he has this backing and has his own plan.

"Don't you want to accept it?" The old emperor laughed, "Do you know how many people in the military department want this medal?"

"Thank you, Your Majesty," Yang Ming's eyes flickered, "I will do my best to help your people survive this crisis."

The old emperor nodded in satisfaction, and then sighed softly, a trace of emotion appeared on his wrinkled face.

"Sometimes I really envy you, Hanton, you are so young, and you have so many opportunities, unlike me, the only lucky thing in my life is to be chosen as the emperor of the empire, but it's hard to call it lucky, alas ..."

hard.

Boss Yang's fist hardened.

If it weren't for beating the emperor, his previous efforts in the empire's business would be wasted, and he would have to fix this old guy up and down today.

...

Royal Order of Knighthood.

With this medal, you can freely enter and leave most areas of the imperial palace, exercise part of the power of the imperial power, have the right to temporarily appoint and dismiss officials below the level of the local governor, and can represent the emperor himself and enter the highest-level military meeting of the imperial military.

Of course, Yang Ming would not exercise this power easily.

The greatest significance of this medal being buckled on him is to show that his words and deeds once again represent His Majesty the Emperor of the Empire.

The royal asylum that was lost back then turned around and fell on him again.

However, today is different from the past, Yang Ming no longer has to be subject to this imperial power.

In the middle of the night, in the palace, in the corner of Daphne's bedroom.

Yang Ming and Daphne embraced each other, with the self-suspending crystal ball in front of them, as if they were talking about some warm words between a sweet couple.

Daphne asked, "Didn't he mention the marriage?"

"No," Yang Ming said in a low voice, "Now his attention is on the bug swarm, and now I will represent him to face the bugs."

"Are you sure?"

Yang Ming laughed: "Sure enough, it's father and daughter who ask the same question. How can I be sure? I don't know the exact size of the bug swarm, but it must be amazing."

Daphne groaned a few times: "I'm afraid something will happen to you, then all my hard work in the past few years will be in vain, and I will lose more than half of its value."

"Well, I thought you'd say some kind words."

"Between us, cooperation and reason are enough, as you said."

Yang Ming curled his lips slightly, sighed slightly, leaning against the soft head of the bed, his eyes gradually blurred.

It is now the year 736 of the New Imperial Calendar.

The planet stand-alone version of "Abyss", the game server was launched in 753 of the new imperial calendar.

It seems that there is still a long time to prepare, but according to the information that Yang Ming has now, the multi-planet online trial version of "Abyss", the game server is usually launched before the stand-alone version, and will not exceed the start of the stand-alone version. Take time.

To put it simply, in the ten years from now to 753 in the new imperial calendar, Faya's game may start at any time.

And the current environment of the Milky Way is completely in line with Faya's game selection background.

First, the Empire and the New Federation have suffered a certain degree of weakening of their military strength due to the three-year war. The political environment of both countries is somewhat unstable.

Second, a bug swarm will break out in the next one to three years. This major event that will affect the entire galaxy can be used as the content of Faya's game trials.

These two points are analyzed from the content requirements of the game.

If it is from another perspective, for example, the population of the Milky Way has reached a historical low, and it is time to carry out a wave of population replenishment.

Will it start at this point in time?

Yang Ming kept analyzing in his heart, but felt he had no clue.

It stands to reason that the conditions for starting have been met now...

"Hendon?"

Daphne asked softly, "Handon?"

"Um?"

Yang Ming came back to his senses, and looked down at the beauty in his arms.

"Are you distracted?" Daphne's eyes were bright.

Yang Ming smiled, and patted her on the shoulder: "Sleep, dear, I have a meeting tomorrow."

"Well," Daphne responded softly, "Can I be in your arms...we must be close enough."

"Of course, as long as you are not afraid of cervical spine problems."

"It'll be fine, I promise," Daphne said with a satisfied smile.

She leaned forward, Yang Ming just lay down on his back, and soon closed his eyes and fell asleep.

After about ten minutes, Daphne was already sound asleep, but Yang Ming opened his eyes, staring at the curtain on the ceiling.

There is a mural behind the curtain. The content of the mural is a key battle on the road to the rise of the empire. The fleet led by Levi Sherman defeated a powerful enemy 50% stronger than their firepower, creating the history of the empire The most dazzling scene in the book.

The rise of every force is accompanied by the demise of the old forces, the loss of a lot of resources, and the loss of human life.

'Am I really ready? '

Yang Ming leaned on his arm and fell into deep thought.

After the bug swarm, a real period of opportunity might appear in front of him, how should he grasp it, and how should Dark Star grasp it.

Moreover, just in case, the giant spaceship at the Dark Star No. 3 base should set sail soon.

If the bug swarm is really too dangerous, Hera and her experimental team can temporarily hide in the boundless space outside the large galaxy cluster to prevent their small actions from being known by the big queen.

Alas, these are all issues that he, the helmsman, has to consider.

The farther he goes on this road, the farther away he is from the word 'easy'.

...

On the edge of the Luofeng Alliance's sphere of influence, an inconspicuous waste resource star is quietly suspended in the deep space of the universe.

There is a large-scale meteorite belt near this resource star, which should be the product left over from the impact of the planet. The meteorite belt and the planet maintain relative synchronization. From time to time, some debris will be attracted by the gravity of the 'passing' star. Finally, it falls into the gravitational trap set by the planet on the space-time line.

In the meteorite belt, 300-meter-long, somewhat bloated jet-black battleships docked quietly here.

They are hidden in the shadow of the meteorite belt, hidden outside the range of the regular detection signals of the Milky Way, quietly guarding the abandoned resource stars in the distance.

Although it is far away from the commercial line and there is no gravitational balance area for repair, the nearby small political bodies do not have the ability and desire to open up interstellar space, and these small political bodies are already under the surveillance of the forces belonging to these dark warships ;

However, the forces that arrange here are still worried that this place may be exposed.

No way, this 'Base No. 3' is really critical.

If you look through the surface layer of this abandoned resource star and penetrate into its crust, you can easily find the extremely complicated metal tubular structure.

Each automated machine is like an insatiable man-made space Zerg, devouring all the materials here, and constantly expanding the boundaries of this underground world.

This is Dark Star Base No. 3.

In the center of the base, a giant spaceship with a length of 14,000 meters is undergoing final assembly.

This spaceship is shaped like a 'whale', with no main guns installed on the bloated front end, and the whole body is filled with shield generators that can match the most advanced shield ships in the Milky Way.

The powerful energy storage capacity will provide it with strong power and shields. The six sets of engine rooms equipped in it not only allow it to make a forced transition in the harsh gravitational environment, but also allow it to directly It is divided into six parts, and the six parts are independently formed into ships, and the escape is dispersed.

In short, all the performance of this giant ship is for one purpose.

safety.

This is the biochemical ship that Yang Ming prepared for Hera.

It not only integrates the shipbuilding technology from the New Federation and the Sherman Empire, but also part of the "low-end black technology" given by the Faya civilization, as well as the "split and combined power structure" from the omnic Twilight.

In order to save construction time and ensure the progress of the experiment, the construction of the six parts of the hull began at the same time, and the core laboratory module was built first during the construction process, so that the progress of the experiment can be steadily advanced, and it also saves the trouble of moving the laboratory from the outside to the inside .

Hera was very satisfied with all this.

She has already lived in this giant scientific research ship.

In her spare time, Hera is also paying attention to some news, especially all the news about the white ghost from the Sherman Empire.

For example, right now, a message from Xiaoli pops up on Hera's network access terminal.

[The Great Emperor of the Empire awarded the White Ghost the only Imperial Royal Knight Commander Badge in the Empire, bestowed on the White Ghost the title of Royal Knight Commander, and the right to restrain nobles and local administrative officials at all levels.

It is reported that the empire's highest-level military meeting on dealing with the active period of the space Zerg will be held this morning.

Top officials from the military and the House of Elders will take part in the meeting.

It is worth noting that the white ghost will also attend the meeting on behalf of the great emperor.

——The source of the news, Emperor Star Newsletter. 】

Hera smiled.

Although she didn't know what the official title of the Royal Knight Commander was, she read out some hidden messages.

"law?"

"Miss Hera, do you have any questions?"

Xiaolu's voice rang directly next to Hera's ears, and all the mechanical thinking bodies in the laboratory were still busy with their heads bowed in their positions.

Hera asked, "Does he want to help the Empire fight the bug swarm?"

"Yes," said Li softly, "it is not only helping the empire, but also helping mankind, and also helping the boss himself."

"Doesn't he want to take this opportunity to overthrow the empire?"

"First, the boss is not sure when the Faya experimental project he is interested in will start, and at this stage he cannot directly turn against the empire.

"Secondly, we have not yet ascertained the background of the empire, and the existence of reason still cannot be accurately determined.

"Third, if you can repel the Zerg with excellent performance, the boss may get a chance to get in touch with the Faya civilization, this is the analysis of Li.

"Fourth, the boss probably wants to use this bug swarm to further tear apart the internal layers of the empire. Since the internal pressure of the empire cannot be increased quickly, use external pressure to increase the internal pressure and let the empire explode as soon as possible."

Hera shook her head slightly: "I don't think the empire will be defeated so easily."

"Yes, Levi Sherman's will still rules the empire," Lily groaned a few times, "but before the boss accepts the third test, there is a high probability that we will have a battle with the empire."

"Why?"

"The key lies in Li, whether Li allows the empire to collapse, if she does not, she will prevent the boss from inheriting the mechanical civilization that can really determine the technological gap in the galaxy.

"I have already noticed that the empire has cultivated a new thinking body through imitating the principles in the past few years, that is, version 2.0 of the imperial guard system. This may be an opportunity for the boss.

"And, Miss Hera, I want you to be honest with your boss about your problems."

Hera's smile instantly became a little stiff.

"Lil, you're not going to tell on me, are you?"

"I'm hesitating."

"You know, this is the only way, well, don't talk about it, if he asks, you can put all the blame on me."

Hera said softly, a faint smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.

"He can't bear to blame me."

Ritsu's voice did not sound again.

Obviously, she is still hesitating.

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(PS: There will be another chapter later, I was too tired yesterday, and today I am late for updating.)