bayedsolid Chapter 444 is exciting and atmospheric.
Chapter 444 is exciting and atmospheric.
“This Gao Shenxue could never be a girl from a commoner background,” Karl said solemnly. “She definitely has a deep secret hidden within her.”
"Sir, do you perhaps believe..." the employee hesitated for a moment before asking, "that this young girl has demi-human blood?"
“Even if she’s not a demi-human, she definitely has some connection to demi-humans and the company,” Karl said expressionlessly, his tone very certain.
"Understood." The employee bowed. "I will investigate further."
“Hmm.” Karl said calmly, “However, investigating this girl’s identity is one thing, but there’s something else more important right now.”
"Oh?"
"We have been instructed from above to restore the disrupted order to its original state."
"Then, we should...?"
"To restore the disrupted order, we must first eliminate those who disrupted it."
Carl glanced at the photo of Night Song on the table.
Looking at Ye Ge's photo, the employee understood Karl's meaning and said worriedly, "This might not be so easy to handle... The Ye family is now incredibly powerful, with a lot of money, soldiers, advanced weaponry, and a strong army. Moreover, his relationship with the Human Empress seems quite ambiguous; people often see him entering and leaving the palace late at night, going to the Empress's bedchamber. They have the Qin Empire and Dark City as their backers... If the higher-ups don't intervene, it will be difficult for the company alone to eliminate them..."
“Using someone else to do the dirty work.” Karl slowly revealed a smile: “Demons, devils, evil spirits, fallen angels, vampires, werewolves, nightmares... these dark races have been coveting the Azure Dragon’s treasure for a long time.”
An employee said, "But the last time the Night Clan used the magic-explosive missile, it scared away these dark races."
Karls explained slowly: "The reason the Dark Race withdrew their troops at that time was because they were unsure of the Night Family's strength and had no information about the imperial mausoleum where the Azure Dragon's remains were buried. So, after weighing the pros and cons, they chose to withdraw their troops."
"But as long as they are given enough incentives and the leaders of these dark races see the light of their own destiny in ascending to demigod status, they will be more insane than anyone else."
The employee was bewildered: "Will this really work? These leaders of the dark races are all top-tier experts in the world who have reached the Soul Emperor realm. Will they be so easily manipulated by us?"
"A 50% profit margin is enough to drive people to take risks; a 300% profit margin will make people willing to risk being hanged and venture into the abyss."
Karl said with a playful expression, "And this time, I plan to involve the races of the Light faction among all the races."
Humans, dragons, fire races, beastmen, elves, winged races, demons, sea races... these races of the light faction, although ostensibly allies against the dark races, are in reality not entirely united, just like the dark races.
Once they learned the secret of the Azure Dragon Treasure, their so-called alliance turned out to be nothing more than a flimsy friendship...
Carl picked up an old-fashioned telephone from the desk, spun his finger around the dial a few times, and dialed a number.
"Hello, is this Mr. Tang Chen from the Eastern Dragon Clan?"
"Here's the thing, our company has received information about the remains of the ancient sacred beast, the Azure Dragon."
Karl smiled: "I think Your Dragon Emperor of the Eastern Dragon Clan would be very interested."
......
a few days later.
Late at night, at the Kyoto Imperial Palace.
Ye Ge appeared in Long Ying's palace again in the middle of the night.
This was his umpteenth nighttime visit to the palace, so he was now completely familiar with the place.
"Hello, Xiaoyingying, are you studying hard for the memorials again so late?"
Ye Ge smiled broadly: "You weren't waiting for me on purpose, were you?"
Long Ying was sitting quietly at her desk under the lamp in her room, reading a memorial. She looked up at Ye Ge, who had come to visit late at night, and blushed.
This guy... his way of addressing me is getting more and more audacious...
“You’ve come so many times, you know that, right?” Long Ying said calmly. “This is the time I spend reviewing memorials.”
"Really?" Ye Ge tilted her head and said innocently, "I thought you deliberately scheduled your review of memorials for this time because you saw that I always came at this time."
"..."
Long Ying lowered her head silently.
She didn't want Ye Ge to see the guilty look in her eyes.
Because that's really the case...
I never expected that he would see right through my thoughts so easily...
Was it a coincidence, or did he really see through it?
As the human empress, Long Ying originally reviewed memorials in the morning.
However, Ye Ge, this "rare monster," would always randomly spawn in her palace at this time. Long Ying didn't want to miss meeting Ye Ge because she was asleep at night, so she changed the time for reviewing memorials to late at night...
If Ye Ge hadn't appeared by the end of each evening after reviewing all the memorials, Long Ying knew he wouldn't be coming that night, and a feeling of disappointment and loneliness would well up inside her...
Long Ying didn't know why, but every night when she didn't get to see Ye Ge, she felt so disappointed.
If Ye Ge appeared, she would feel secretly delighted and happy.
It's like I'm poisoned by him!
When Long Ying first had this feeling, she was very distressed.
Damn it! Isn't this the kind of naive, love-struck female lead you only see in TV dramas?!
I am the dignified female emperor of the human race!
But she is a woman who will lead the human race to achieve great things!
How can you think about a man all the time?!
However, a few days later, Long Ying quickly accepted reality...
Because she discovered that she simply couldn't stop thinking about Ye Ge.
If she tries to block out the thought, Ye Ge's image will appear in her mind even more frequently.
So Long Ying simply chose to lie down and let Ye Ge's image run rampant in her mind, even using it as motivation to review memorials.
A man like Ye Ge would definitely prefer a woman who can help him.
As the Empress of the Human Race, as long as I work hard enough and become stronger, Yege will definitely need me more and more.
Then he won't be able to leave me, and he'll definitely appear in front of me more and more frequently!
Ye Ge looked at Long Ying strangely: "Why aren't you saying anything? Are you thinking about something weird?"
“…” Long Ying glanced at him, then immediately changed the subject, saying in an annoyed tone, “You… do you always have to come to my palace at night to talk about anything?”
Ye Ge thought for a moment: "Don't you think it's exciting and atmospheric to meet and talk business secretly at night when no one is around?"
Long Ying spat, "All you do is talk nonsense..."
She laid the memorial she was holding out on the table.
"Regarding your findings during your last mission."
Long Ying's expression turned serious: "I have already sent people to conduct a full census, and we have indeed discovered many people with suspicious identities. After the law enforcement officers began a full investigation, all of these people disappeared."
"They had already fully integrated into human society, possessing identities, jobs, and status for living in human society, but in the last few days, these people, who had obviously received advance notice, have all disappeared."
“I suspect these people may be vampires hiding within the Empire. They know the law enforcement officers are investigating them, so they have chosen to go into hiding for the time being.”
Ye Ge crossed his arms and smiled faintly: "These vampires are really quick to react."
Long Ying said, "When the vampires don't show their blood fangs, they look almost no different from us humans. If they go into the mountains, it will be difficult for us to find them all out of the empire in a short time."
"Then let them hide," Ye Ge said calmly. "As long as they are on guard, these people won't pose much of a threat."
"What I'm more worried about now is the gene company. Since the humans in Hundred Souls Town can be bought off and signed as their employees, then the same thing could happen to humans in other places."
"Moreover, even if these people become employees of the company, they are still human beings, and the Deep Blue system cannot detect them."
Long Ying nodded, also feeling that this matter was extremely troublesome.
"I will still send law enforcement officers to investigate as thoroughly as possible."
"Yes, thank you for your hard work." Ye Ge paused, then asked, "By the way, how's the construction of the Great Wall going?"
Long Ying said, "The first and second lines of defense have already been upgraded, but their defensive capabilities are still far inferior to the third line of defense in the interior. Several thousand new magic towers and watchtowers have been added, but due to a shortage of laborers, it may take another six months to complete..."
Long Ying went on and on about the situation of the Great Wall on the border.
Since she ascended to the throne as the Human Empress half a year ago, she has been directing the court's resources toward the Great Wall on the border, which is actually due to Ye Ge.
After listening, Ye Ge remained silent for a while, then said, "Try to speed up the progress as much as possible. At least we need to strengthen the Great Wall of the first and second lines of defense to the same level as the Great Wall of the third line of defense."
Long Ying paused for a moment, looked at Ye Ge, and asked suspiciously, "You seem to have always been very concerned about the upgrade of the Great Wall, why is that?"
Ye Ge narrowed her eyes slightly, her tone calm: "In order to prepare for a war that could break out at any time..."
Long Ying was taken aback again: "...Huh?"
war?
It feels like the world has been very peaceful lately, hasn't it?
After the Night Clan and Dark City collaborated to release the Deep Blue System, the status of the human race among all races rose sharply.
The human race, apart from the number of Saint-level transcendents, is now almost catching up to its peak during the reign of the late emperor.
Who would want to start a war with the human race at this time?
"Anyway, you should pay more attention to this." After Ye Ge finished speaking, she slowly turned around and waved her hand: "Alright, get some rest."
Long Ying's heart skipped a beat when she heard Ye Ge's words.
"You...are you leaving so soon?"
Looking at Ye Ge's retreating figure, Long Ying couldn't help but utter those words.
After she finished speaking, her cheeks instantly turned red.
What am I saying?!?
I am the dignified Empress of the Human Race! How could I utter such a plaintive, submissive tone?!
"Huh?" Ye Ge was also taken aback for a moment, turned around, and tilted his head to look at her: "Quick? We've been talking for almost two hours, haven't we?"
“…” Long Ying glanced at the time and realized that two hours had passed without them noticing as they were talking about the Great Wall…
How time flies!
“Since it’s already so late,” Long Ying said, forcing herself to speak, “why don’t we just wait until dawn before we leave?”
"?" Ye Ge asked, puzzled. "Then what am I supposed to do staying here?"
“Do…do…” Long Ying paused, then stammered, “It’s like this, I’ve been having some troubles lately with governing the empire, and I…I want to ask you for advice.”
Ye Ge laughed: "What's the use of you asking me for advice? I've never been an emperor."
Long Ying: "Who said that? Back in Teacher Lan Mi's illusion, when you defeated me, didn't you do a great job?"
"The focus at the time was only on the war, not on governing the country." Ye Ge shrugged. "Governing a country is inherently more difficult than waging war. You were defeated in less than three months, so I didn't have any time to learn how to govern a country."
Long Ying: "......."
Are there any other questions?
"No......"
"Oh, then I'm leaving."
"......Wait a moment!"
"what happened again?"
Ye Ge turned her head strangely.
This girl is behaving a bit strange today.
"I...I have a few other questions I'd like to ask you..."
Long Ying wanted to find another excuse to keep Ye Ge here.
She felt like her brain was overloaded.
I'm usually a pretty quick-witted person, so why am I acting like this today?
"What do you want to ask?" Ye Ge asked, puzzled.
"I'd like to ask you... about virtual combat!" Long Ying had already thought of a reason and said seriously, "Please accept my challenge again!"
"Another virtual battle..." Ye Ge yawned, looking uninterested. "Maybe next time. It's too late today, I'm sleepy." He waved his hand and continued walking out.
One foot had already stepped out of the palace gate.
"you......"
Long Ying grew anxious.
She suddenly unleashed her soul power, using a teleportation technique to instantly block Ye Ge's path!
"Snapped!"
She slammed the bedroom door shut, making a loud, loud noise.
Then Long Ying gave Ye Ge a hard push, pushing her against the wall.
A small hand pressed against his chest.
His other hand was pressed against the wall next to his head.
Ye Ge was pinned against the wall and pushed hard into the corner of the room.
At the same time, Long Ying's body pressed forward again.
The two of them suddenly got very close...
Longying: (o‵-′)ノ”
Night Song: (⊙?0?6⊙)