Walk alone in the abyss

[White Ghost's parents were kidnapped, and the Imperial Defense Force urgently pursued them. 】

[A strangling against the white ghost, the parents of the imperial hero became hostages. 】

[Abnormal public opinion, warship kidnapping, who did the white ghost offend. 】

【Burst! The foreign fleet raided the administrative star on the edge of the empire and took away the parents of the white ghost! 】

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The imperial palace, the main hall of government affairs.

Dozens of powerful officials from the military department, the Elder's House, the Developmental God Sect, various government departments, and the empire stood in front of the old emperor, all bowing their heads in silence.

This matter is very small, just the kidnapping of two imperial civilians. Considering the size of the empire, this matter is not worth discussing at the highest-level government affairs meeting.

Unfortunately, this matter is huge.

The formation of twelve warships organized a surprise attack, the intelligence system of the Military Intelligence Bureau was completely breached, and a false order was issued. The two imperial civilians who were taken away were the biological parents of White Ghost, the most popular political star in the empire. The entire network of the empire paid attention, and the local propaganda department couldn't suppress the enthusiasm...

People admire heroes.

But people prefer to spy on the hero's personal privacy to satisfy the huge desire for voyeurism.

Three hours had passed since Hanton's parents were taken away, and the interception by the Empire's local defense forces had already been declared a failure. The performance of the opponent's warships was far higher than those of the old ships of the local defense forces, especially the stealth performance.

The old emperor's expression showed no joy or anger. He just sat there quietly at the moment, with a faint smile on the corner of his mouth.

"Where's Hanton?"

The supreme commander of the military department immediately stood up: "Your Majesty, Hanton is waiting in the spaceport. He wants to borrow a warship that can jump to meet his ancient technological warship."

"Let him come here," the old emperor frowned, "Can he find those kidnappers? Are you not afraid that it is a trap set by the New Federation against him? Let him come here, prepare for the live broadcast of the whole territory, and let him make a public appearance to say a few words Let’s calm the public opinion first.”

"yes!"

The Supreme Commander turned his head to look at the two old men behind him. The one on the right seemed to have good legs and feet, and immediately turned and walked towards the gate.

"Run a few steps!"

The old emperor suddenly bluffed:

"Hundreds of billions of people in the empire are watching your military excitement! The Military Intelligence Bureau has been infiltrated into a sieve! The tens of thousands of ships of the local defense forces have not confronted the robbers in the end!"

The old general ran quickly, his body trembling a little.

The acting chief of the House of Elders reported forward: "Your Majesty, this is definitely a premeditated and organized kidnapping plan. We analyzed the twelve warships and found a lot of key information."

The old emperor waved his hand, and the acting chief immediately unfolded the projection screen and posted twelve photos.

"Please look, Your Majesty, the twelve warships are all 600-meter-class star cruisers. The hull shape and manufacturing process are the same at first glance. They seem to be the products of the same assembly line, but they are different in details. .

"The nine warships forming the sniper array photographed by the defense fleet are all of the same model, with nine dispersed energy-transmitting main guns, which can instantly output energy comparable to the traditional main guns of a 1,300-meter-class medium-sized battleship. This is a relatively advanced main gun technology.

"According to our preliminary investigation, this technology has only been installed in a small number of powerful countries, which can be said to be a comprehensive suppression of the emergency fleet of the local defense forces.

"In addition, their hull layout, power system, and somewhat exaggerated transition efficiency... There is no doubt that these are advanced ships.

"More details are about entering the atmosphere. The three ships involved in the raid, look, Your Majesty...they don't have frontal main guns."

The old emperor frowned: "What's the matter?"

"Of these three ships, one is an integrated supply command ship, one is a special ship for ground suppression, and one is an information jamming ship."

The acting chief elder sighed:

"Their hull structures are the same as those of the nine main warships, and their overall performance is also very similar, but it is obvious that the production yards of these ships have achieved modular assembly.

"This requires an extremely high level of ship design. The opponent can develop a basic ship into a multi-functional model at the same time, which can only explain one problem!

"They themselves have a very high industrial standard.

"There are no more than ten countries or forces in the Milky Way that can achieve this level of technology."

The old emperor said indifferently: "You have said so much, you just want to say that this kidnapping case was done by the New Federation?"

"It's very likely, that's the only way to explain it."

"Is there any difference between this and our previous opinion?" The old emperor suddenly became angry, "Isn't the style of this ship the same as that of the New Federation?"

Outside the main hall, a middle-aged man lowered his head and entered, and shouted from a distance:

"Great Your Majesty! The Foreign Affairs Bureau has just received a diplomatic letter from the New Federation. They expressed their high concern about the vicious kidnapping cases in the empire, and said that the ships appearing in the empire are by no means their military ships. Please exercise rational restraint in the empire." , handle the issue more professionally!"

"Let them go!"

The emperor suddenly roared:

"Today's matter can't be over, let them hand over all the ship information! Otherwise, start the second expedition!"

The middle-aged man quickly bowed his head to accept the order, turned around and ran out, and began to think about how to consider diplomatic rhetoric.

Generally speaking, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of each country is a very important department, but the empire is an exception. Even if their foreign affairs bureau is of sufficient level, most of the time they will not be directly summoned by His Majesty.

There is no way, the empire's diplomacy is handed over to the army.

The emperor summoned the maid on the side, and casually glanced at the public opinion of the empire, his expression getting worse and worse.

"As I remember, the degree of discussion about the new emperor's ascension to the throne is nothing more than that."

The old emperor put his hand on his forehead:

"You know, what worries me the most?

"It's your military. You have completely disgraced the military! They came to the hinterland of our empire and captured two living people under your strict guard!

"The army is the foundation of my country, Sherman! You are shaking the foundation of the country!"

The two old generals could only lower their heads.

They could feel that the old emperor's anger should have come from other places, but it was vented to the military department, which had been working hard and walking on thin ice.

The local defense force ships are aging, the response mechanism is incomplete, and the maintenance cost of the near-earth spaceport is relatively high, so the far-space spaceport is chosen... In the final analysis, isn’t it caused by insufficient military expenditure?

Of course, no one dares to refute His Majesty the Emperor now.

"Has the Archbishop activated the Total Defense System?"

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty," a slightly younger bishop of the God of Development bowed his head, "I have tried to activate it three times, but the response I got was that a kidnapping case really couldn't wake up the Imperial Guard system. Although the public opinion on the Internet is fierce, but Most of them are waiting for the follow-up, and only a very few are anti-imperial remarks, which are all in a controllable stage."

"Controllable?"

The old emperor sneered.

"Then wait for Hanton to come back! There is no one in the whole country who is incompetent!"

The ministers could only bow their heads and hold their breath, for fear that the emperor would suddenly name them.

As for Princess Daphne...

Nobody cares about white ghost gossip these days.

...

When Yang Ming arrived at the palace hall, the kidnapping had already happened for four hours.

Several government departments of the empire cooperated to prepare an official emergency broadcast, and Yang Ming also got the script book given by the tentacles in advance.

The official attitude of the empire is to ask him to calm the public opinion in the empire first, and then consider his family's problems.

The content of the script book is actually not too much, and Yang Ming only needs to express one message clearly - he believes that the imperial military and the local security system can solve the problem in a timely manner and protect the personal safety of every citizen of the empire.

For the rest, how to scold the robbers, Yang Ming can do it himself.

According to the emperor's request, when Yang Ming broadcasts, he needs to be in the palace, and the emperor himself needs to appear in the background to express the emperor's importance to the heroes of the empire.

"His Majesty!"

Yang Ming went straight to the middle of the ministers and gave a limp imperial military salute.

He whispered: "I didn't expect that the kidnapping of my family would alarm Your Majesty and all the ministers."

The old emperor snorted: "What? Are you saying that we are free and have nothing to do, are you being too lenient?"

Yang Ming quickly lowered his head: "I absolutely didn't mean that. Your Majesty, you care about my family. I'm very touched. I just feel that this incident has already wasted too many resources of the empire."

"Public opinion, now the whole territory is boiling with public opinion!"

The old emperor waved his hand, and the acting chief elder beside him immediately understood.

The acting chief explained earnestly: "Earl Hanton, I know you must be very worried about your parents now, but you are the earl of the empire, what you have to do now is not to drive the boat to chase those robbers, but to calm down the robbers first." These opinions."

"I understand and accept it."

Yang Ming immediately said:

"This incident was caused by me after all, and I will do my best to calm public opinion...

"But can I ask, has the empire found out who did this? The new federation? The great nobles I offended? Or is there any power with unknown goals?"

The acting chief sighed: "We currently infer that it should be done by the New Federation, but we can't attack the New Federation until we find substantial evidence for this matter."

An old general of the military department added: "We have organized hundreds of warships to track down those twelve warships, Hanton, please don't worry, as long as there is a chance, we will bring your parents back to safety." return."

The old emperor said: "Your parents will live in Emperor Star after they are rescued! I will reward them with a title and manor!"

"At this time, I can't thank you, Your Majesty, I just hope that they will be safe and sound."

Yang Ming immediately said: "I can broadcast now."

Immediately, an official turned his head and shouted: "The photo ball! Let the photo ball fly!"

Many officials have tidied up their manners.

At the side, a maid rushed over holding the hem of her skirt. She was almost twisted by her high-heeled shoes on the way, and walked directly behind the seat of His Majesty the Emperor, and whispered a few words in her ear.

The old emperor's face darkened visibly with the naked eye.

"Is the Imperial Guard system still not activated?"

The maid hurriedly said: "Yes, Your Majesty, the archbishop has inserted the scepter more than ten times, but the Imperial Guard system did not detect the crisis in the empire and refused to activate it."

The old emperor closed his eyes and took a deep breath, raised his hand to signal the maid to step back, sat on the throne and thought for a few seconds, and said:

"Don't be too busy. The robbers have started the live broadcast one step ahead of you. They are already outside the empire and request to communicate with Hanton."

All the ministers in the hall were silent.

Yang Ming asked: "Your Majesty, what do you mean?"

"What do I mean? What I mean is definitely to protect your parents and everyone in the empire," the old emperor said indifferently, "negotiate with them, right here, Hanton, I want to see what they want to do What."

"Your Majesty, this might be a bit inappropriate," an elder said in a deep voice, "You are the supreme will of the empire, and directly intervening in a kidnapping case is inconsistent with the procedure."

The old emperor uttered a word lightly: "Get lost."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

A maid came running barefoot and moved a long table with a panoramic projection system on it, and a projection screen with scrolling codes appeared in front of his eyes.

——The imperial palace naturally has a system that directly links to the entire network of the empire.

The projection screen trembled slightly, and a picture of the ship's cabin appeared.

Hanton's parents sat in two suspended chairs, both in a state of deep sleep, and two hourglasses were placed next to the chairs.

Antimatter Bomb!

There is an old, electronically processed voice that resounds throughout the palace hall.

"Hasn't the white ghost arrived yet? Our Earl of Handon, doesn't he even have the heart to save his parents?"

"Now let me see the number of live streamers. Oh, yes, the live stream has been restricted. It's less than a few million now. Wow, this is the method of the empire."

"You can cut off this live broadcast, yes, you can cut it off completely, and then I will choose one of Hanton's father or mother and throw it out of this ship."

"We have spent so much effort to capture the two of them, please don't doubt our determination to kill the two of them, of course, you can say that the two of them died for the country, and give them some beautiful posthumous titles, but think about it , your hero, the little ghost of the empire, is sitting alone, helpless, and in pain on the sofa in the living room of his hometown, weeping bitterly at the projected photos on the wall, curled up and trembling, he hates himself Incompetent, hating myself for not being able to teleport back and forth between the galaxies, so that his parents would not be killed directly. Haha, haha! He is an orphan! Oh oh~ a powerful orphan, an orphan of the empire!"

The corners of Yang Ming's mouth were twitching constantly, and his expression became extremely gloomy.

The emperor made a gesture, and the maid pointed the camera ball at Yang Ming, and initiated Lianmai.

Yang Ming took a breath, raised his chest and looked forward.

"Wow! The ghost is here!"

The noisy voice sounded again.

A robot guard with a silver-white skeleton walked into the screen, muttering something, raised his hand and pressed a few buttons.

The screen was divided into two, Yang Ming's figure and half of the palace hall appeared in the screen.

"Don't hurt them."

Yang Ming said in a deep voice: "If you want to target me, you can target me directly."

"White ghost? Handsome white ghost."

The mechanical guard let out a rattling laugh:

"Let me see... are you in the Emperor Star? Yes, you who are so powerful and can convict all the nobles at will, you should be in the Emperor Star right now.

"There are five people and six guys behind you, are they the ministers of the empire?"

"what you up to?"

Yang Ming didn't answer: "Tell me your purpose, don't play tricks here, you should know that if you hurt my parents, I will tear you and the people behind you to pieces."

"Then you come, White Ghost, come to the dance gang that you are best at."

The mechanical guard sneered:

"It's just a product of the empire's biochemical experiments. It accidentally created some achievements, and was praised by the empire as the biggest traffic star.

"Are you still human?

"Are those women on the Emperor Star beautiful? Huh? Earl of Hanton, when will you become Duke of Hanton and Prince of Hanton?

"Being the emperor's dog must taste very good."

Yang Ming said angrily, "Shut up!"

"Look, you are irritated by me. What else do you have to praise except for that little force? Come, let me show you. Look outside, outside the ship."

The picture changed, and a meteorite belt appeared on the side of the robber.

Accompanied by a beam of bright light, a hot photosphere appeared in the meteorite belt.

"see it?"

The mechanical guard smiled and said:

"My antimatter bomb is real, I can decompose your parents into elementary particles with a bang at any time, and you couldn't even collect their corpses at that time.

"By the way, I also made a simple timing device, look here."

While the screen was shaking, he approached the two hourglasses and saw the small timer under the hourglasses.

The mechanical guard turned on the timer casually, and the countdown began to beat.

Only thirty minutes.

Yang Ming could only spray a few words: "You bastard! What the hell are you trying to do!"

The mechanical guard smiled: "It's very simple, three things, as long as you satisfy me, I will give you the coordinates of this transport ship and stop the timing."

"speak!"

"The first thing is to find the emperor. You only have about twenty minutes, but I think it should be very simple for you to ask to see the emperor."

Yang Ming frowned tightly, pursed his lips and remained silent.

"Why, you want to sacrifice your parents?"

Yang Ming said firmly: "If my parents died at your hands, they would be sacrificed to a crime and have nothing to do with anyone in the empire!"

"Anyone can say beautiful words, the choice is yours."

The mechanical guard brushed Hanton's father's cheek with his fingers, and pressed down hard. Hanton's father's body was shaking constantly.

Yang Ming was so furious that his whole body was trembling slightly.

The voice of the old emperor suddenly came from behind him: "Turn the camera over, Hanton, don't be afraid of darkness and evil. If it's to protect the citizens of our country, so what if I, the emperor, show up?"

Yang Ming turned his head and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, they may plot evil..."

"It's okay, this is Emperor Star."

The old emperor waved his hand, and the maids had already started to operate.

Yang Ming walked around behind the long table, behind him were the emperor and more than a dozen most powerful ministers in the empire.

The traffic in the live broadcast room suddenly began to skyrocket, and thousands of live streams appeared in the online world.

It seemed that they were stunned by the emperor, and the speech of the mechanical guards became much more restrained.

"It turns out that you are in the palace, that's great...the white ghost of the empire, the second thing, you have to repent."

"Say, how to repent."

"For the crimes you have committed, and to gain power for yourself, you did not hesitate to raise the butcher knife. How many people have you killed now, do you still remember?"

Yang Ming raised his head slightly: "If you are talking about the empire's war, as a soldier of the empire, I annihilate the enemy army to protect the country. If you are talking about rectifying the corrupt nobles, I can tell you that some nobles are the vampires of the empire. They are blood-sucking insects lying on the hundreds of millions of people in the empire! I kill them to eliminate harm for the people!"

The mechanical guard smiled and said, "What did Prince Vinos say? Don't you think that other people don't know that the emperor asked you to do this? Hahaha, don't be so righteous, you are a hypocrite , Despicable villain! Are you still a white ghost charging towards the queen alone? You are not anymore, you are just the emperor’s butcher knife now, you are just the deterrent force of the imperial power! You also kill harm for the people, only procedural justice It is to eliminate harm for the people, abuse of lynching is just the catharsis of one's own desires! This is the content of the imperial code, you don't even know this, do you?"

Yang Ming clenched his fists.

"Hurry up, repent, you can just say one sentence, I repent for the sins I have committed."

"I... I repent of the sins I have committed."

"Very well, the third thing, this thing may be a bit difficult for you, because if you do it, you will lose the power and fame you have earned so hard, but your parents will live because of it."

The mechanical guard grinned:

"Look at the emperor and repeat to him three times: Myron Sherman, just, yes, one, big, stupid, fuck."

Yang Ming stared at the projection screen in front of him, a little commotion immediately appeared in the hall, but the commotion disappeared immediately.

Myron Sherman is the emperor's real name, a taboo of the empire, and will not be mentioned easily.

The emperor frowned and looked at the projection screen below, his eyes narrowed slightly.

"Hurry up, White Ghost, what are you waiting for?"

The mechanical guard picked up the hourglass with a smile, and nimbly poked it a few times with his silver-white fingers. The countdown suddenly became only three minutes.

"Since you have found the Emperor, thirty minutes is too much for you.

"You only have three minutes.

"Quick, turn your head and look at the emperor, what are you looking at me for? You don't believe in its power?"

The mechanical guard picked up an antimatter bomb, then walked to the window and handed it to a robot.

The robot immediately entered the conversion cabin, rushed into space with the bomb in its arms, accelerated to fly for about ten seconds, and then pressed the button on the hourglass.

The explosion at close range shocked the picture, and the protective cover on the outer layer of the transport ship barely resisted the power of the explosion.

"White ghost, what are you waiting for, look at the emperor, call him a big idiot, remember to bring your name, Myron Sherman, the largest dictator in the galaxy, the oppressor of hundreds of billions of people in the empire, quickly Speak! Speak!"

"Hendon."

The voice of the old emperor suddenly came, still calm, stable, and even without any emotion:

"If this can save the lives of two innocent people in the empire, just do what he said, just a few insults. It is the emperor's duty to protect every citizen."

"His Majesty!"

Immediately below, an elder shouted:

"This is an insult to the state system! It cannot be compensated by the lives of two people!"

"Your Majesty, please consider carefully! This matter must not be carried out lightly!"

"Your Majesty, how could the Earl of Hanton make such a disobedient move! Where did you put the Earl of Hanton, Your Majesty!"

"Your Majesty, please take it back!"

"Please Your Majesty! Take it back!"

Yang Ming turned his head and looked behind him, looking at the high platform, the emperor nodded with a serious face.

"Come on, Hanton, don't worry, I won't have any dissatisfaction with you because of this."

"His Majesty!"

Yang Ming turned around suddenly, knelt down on one knee towards the emperor, took two deep breaths, and shouted loudly:

"I voluntarily give up all the honor and official positions of the empire, and will continue to fight against the swarms and foreign enemies for the empire in the future! Please, Your Majesty... Your forgiveness!"

The emperor said indifferently: "There is no need to do this, I will not allow it, you are the hero of the empire, and the hero of the empire should be praised and honored! Just scold, this is to save my people!"

"Myron Sherman is... big ass..."

The emperor closed his eyes and took a deep breath, as if he felt a strange state of mind.

The mechanical guard grabbed Hanton's mother's neck: "Speak up! White ghost! Give me a louder voice!"

"You bastard!"

Yang Ming turned his head and roared, then lowered his head and shouted:

"Myron Sherman is a big ass."

"Hahahaha!" The mechanical guard laughed wildly, "One more time!"

"Myron Sherman is a big ass!"

"Perfect! Please allow me to call an early curtain call, Your Majesty the Great Emperor."

call out!

The live broadcast was cut off immediately, and a line of deep space coordinates was sent to the screen. Immediately, a maid ran with her head down, and the old general of the military also bowed her head and began to contact her subordinates.

In the main hall, the old emperor smiled and said slowly:

"The so-called robbers obviously misunderstood our empire.

"I am the emperor, yes, but I am only a restrainer and a regulator. I am in the framework of the restrainer empire and supervise the nobles of the empire.

"If the people of the empire encounter any injustice, they can get real justice from me.

"It's just a few insults, how can I not have this tolerance? Please rest assured that the heroes of the empire will not be treated unfairly. I cherish him because he really used his power on the people. so……"

"Your Majesty," a maid reminded in a low voice, "The other party is the one who opened the live broadcast, and the current live broadcast has been completely cut off."

The emperor's words stopped, his face darkened at a speed visible to the naked eye, and he suddenly kicked over the low table in front of him.

"You three old bastards! My Invincible Fleet was turned into a bunch of useless by you! It was played around by a few robbers! Go back to your hometown immediately! If you can't do it, don't do it!"

The three old generals bowed their heads and knelt down, without any refutation, they just lowered their heads and sighed.

The problem of the local defense force is really because the military expenditure has been shortfall...

"His Majesty!"

Yang Ming lowered his head and sighed, "Please surrender!"

"Get out! Get out of here!"

The old emperor cursed loudly, and a group of ministers hurriedly took orders, bowed their heads and retreated.

"Hendon you!"

The old emperor pointed at Yang Ming and cursed: "Aren't you brainless! If your parents are killed by them, they will be the heroes of the empire and will be praised by the world. I can erect a big monument for them! Of course, now I have gained a certain amount of popular support, and I have shown my love for the people like a son, which is great, and I can take this opportunity to market once...you go down."

"But Your Majesty."

"Get off!"

"yes!"

Yang Ming got up immediately, turned around and left in a hurry.

More than ten minutes later, Yang Ming heard the news that the three top commanders of the Imperial Army had collectively resigned.

...

In a dark room in the Luofeng Empire, the operator of the mechanical guards, a retired pirate, and the first mate of the Dongfeng, Kolev, took off his helmet and exhaled softly.

Law made this book...

"It's exciting."

...

In the depths of Emperor Star, the dark space where the black box floats.

The girl in the black box trembled her eyelids slightly, and a chain around her leg disappeared quietly.