Chapter 81 Chapter 81
Xuanyin actually only paid attention to the acquaintance party for a moment.
After all, everyone has their own spaceship. The people from the Federation are on their own spaceships, and Jin Kechi and the other Imperial people also have their own spaceships. Generally, they don’t visit each other’s spaceships.
Therefore, Xuanyin would not easily run into those acquaintances.
The fleet advanced all the way, and after half a month, it finally arrived at the Imperial Capital Star, also known as Haoyuan Star.
As soon as she set foot on Haoyuan Star, Xuanyin felt a majestic and mysterious force sweeping over her. She was startled, this was the power of the Imperial Divine Tower.
There is only one divine tower on Haoyuan Star now. It is said that it is a super divine tower formed by absorbing the other 26 divine towers: Haoyuan Tower.
My senior brother was imprisoned in the Haoyuan Tower.
She guessed that the reason why Haoyuan Tower had to continue to evolve and become stronger was because only in this way could it trap her senior brother.
Xuanyin lowered her eyes. She was wearing a disguise provided by the Federal Divine Tower, so she didn't have to worry about being exposed for the time being.
As soon as she got off the spaceship, she was summoned by the emperor of the empire. She immediately transferred to a flying vehicle and was taken to the palace. As for the federal delegation, there was naturally a special reception team, and that was not her job.
She walked in the imperial palace, which was majestic and full of the atmosphere of history. She compared these with He Zhen's memories one by one, without a trace of strangeness or unfamiliarity in her eyes, as if she was He Zhen himself.
Then she saw the emperor.
She raised her head and looked at the other person sitting on the high throne. The sunlight slanted in from outside, making it impossible to see the other person's face. She could only feel the sharp eagle-like gaze falling on her.
In the tall and majestic palace, he was like a statue worshipped devoutly, with imperial majesty. Anyone in front of him would tremble with fear and be on high alert.
This has nothing to do with courage, but rather a tremor that comes from biological instinct, as if facing a sacred existence that transcends carbon-based organisms.
Xuanyin should have trembled, but her mental strength was strong enough and her body was large enough. Although the opponent's momentum was extraordinary, it was difficult to shake her spiritual sea.
Xuanyin even had the leisure to observe the other person, and during this observation, she keenly smelled a hint of decay.
In He Zhen's memory, the emperor was very young, probably in his thirties, and even quite handsome.
But she felt that the other person only looked like he was in his prime, and the aging and vicissitudes of life that almost showed through his body could not be hidden from her at all.
In the early years, His Majesty the Emperor liked to be close to his ministers. When he met with his ministers, he would either invite them to eat together or ask them to plant flowers and fish together. He was very approachable. But since when, he started to sit on the throne, looking distant and unreachable.
Others might think that this was a manifestation of the emperor's growing majesty, but Xuanyin felt that the other party was deliberately keeping distance.
Yes, this person is already about 170 or 180 years old. Even if he has longevity medicine, he can only live to about 200 years old at most. So, this person has already half stepped into the earth.
Even his hands and feet may not be as flexible as before, and his facial expressions may not be natural because of too much medical treatment. If he does not keep a distance from his ministers, how can he conceal these signs of aging?
The emperor on the throne had no idea what this fake minister was secretly thinking. He spoke, his voice penetrating and full of inexplicable power: "Thank you for your hard work, Mr. He. What have you gained?"
Xuan Yin was calm on the inside, but outwardly she bowed, displaying the proper respect due to He Zhen. She replied respectfully, "I suspect the Golden Spear's Anus Explosion may be related to the person in the Divine Pagoda."
She felt the man's breath seemed to stagnate, and then she asked slowly, "Oh, what's so special about Jinge's anus explosion that makes you make such a judgment?"
Xuanyin: "Jin Ge Bao Ju has a piece of Monkey King's divine robe, which is specially designed to restrain that... secret medicine."
He Zhen's memory told her that the longevity medicine was called a secret medicine within the empire and was never mentioned explicitly, which seemed to be a bit of a taboo.
She mimicked He Zhen's tone and said, "Wang Weihai likely died under this divine robe. Furthermore, during my interactions with Cheng Xuanyin, she mentioned that she was quite interested in the secret of the imperial monarch's longevity. Furthermore, the imagery and allusions of the divine robe designed by Jin Ge Baoju are completely unheard of, seemingly from another civilization, and the person involved is also from another world. How could such a coincidence exist?"
"That's all?"
Xuanyin seemed to hesitate for a moment. "I also discovered that Cheng Xuanyin's mental fluctuations are very strange, as if different from those of ordinary people, and her powerful outbursts seem to have been guided by a master. I have simulated her mental fluctuations and would like to ask Your Majesty to allow me to meet that person in person and verify her reaction with these mental fluctuations to determine whether she truly knows Jin Ge's anus explosion."
The emperor remained silent.
Xuan Yin continued to persuade: "The importance of that person to our empire is self-evident. If Jin Ge's anus explosion is related to that person, then the importance and danger of Jin Ge's anus explosion must be raised to the highest level."
Either concentrate all resources to win over the other side, or use the whole country's strength to destroy the other side.
This may even affect the next national policy, so we have to be cautious.
Xuanyin was pretending to be He Zhen, with a look of worry and loyalty on her face, and her acting was as real as it could be.
The Emperor stared at her for a moment before slowly saying, "You've worked hard, He Qing. Go back and have a good rest for a few days."
Xuanyin was a little disappointed that he didn't agree immediately, but she also knew that it wasn't easy to meet her senior brother, so she didn't get discouraged and still agreed respectfully.
After coming out of the palace, Xuanyin thought about it for a while, made sure that she had not revealed any flaws, and let out a sigh of relief.
This emperor is indeed something. His gaze is almost as bright as rays, as if he can see through people's hearts. If anyone in the world were to act in front of him, they probably wouldn't be able to escape. Fortunately, his mental defense is strong enough.
Then she thought again, a person who has lived for so long and has been at the pinnacle of power for a long time, he must have seen through everything, felt that he had experienced everything, and no longer cared about life or death.
Or it is because they know that being alive is good, so they are more obsessed with immortality and more afraid of death.
This emperor is obviously the latter.
In addition, he was almost dying, so he must be very eager to get the method of immortality from his senior brother.
It's good that he is anxious, because anxiety will lead to action, and action will allow him to find loopholes to exploit.
Xuanyin returned to He Zhen's house to rest.
After returning, he met He Zhen's old wife and children, and then some colleagues came to ask him about the mission to the Federation. After dealing with them all, Xuanyin sent them all away, returned to her room alone, and relaxed a little.
It is indeed difficult to play another person, especially when you return to an environment where you are surrounded by people who are familiar with each other.
She endured the humiliation and only heard from others when she woke up the next day that the emperor of the empire had gone to Haoyuan Tower last night.
She sat up suddenly and couldn't help but curse in her heart.
She said so much to the other party yesterday, hoping that he would give her a chance to go to Haoyuan Tower, but this guy didn't let her go, but went there himself.
Don't you trust her?
She felt a bit disgusted with He Zhen. Where was the emperor's confidant? This confidant didn't seem to be very trustworthy either!
She could only wait patiently for a few more days, until an eunuch from the emperor's side came and asked her to simulate "Cheng Xuanyin's mental fluctuations" and record them into a special instrument.
Xuanyin glanced at the instrument. The instrument was specially used to record mental fluctuations, and each person's mental fluctuations were like fingerprints, each one unique.
But she was not afraid. Since she dared to impersonate He Zhen, she could simulate his mental ripples one to one.
But she couldn't be sure whether she was simply asked to record it, or whether the emperor of the empire suspected that she was not He Zhen herself and wanted to record her mental fluctuations for identification.
Although she believed that she had not revealed any flaws, what if the emperor was really good at judging people?
She asked calmly, "Your Majesty, are you going to use this wave to gauge someone's reaction?"
The eunuch smiled and said, "We will do as your Majesty commands. As for other matters, it is not our place as ministers to ask."
Xuanyin immediately confessed her crime, and then carefully recorded the mental fluctuations of "imitating Cheng Xuanyin", and also entered the information she wanted to convey in this fluctuation.
If the person in Haoyuan Tower is really the senior brother, if the senior brother still remembers her and the past, he will definitely be able to interpret this information.
The eunuch took the recorded instrument and announced another order from the emperor, which was to restore her to her previous position.
What did He Zhen do before? He led a space fleet to protect the safety of Haoyuan Star.
She accepted the order respectfully and took up her post immediately. An hour later, she arrived in space outside Haoyuan Star. Her departure was so quick and efficient.
The eunuch returned to report and played the instrument. The emperor felt the mental fluctuations coming from it, which were indeed somewhat different from those of ordinary people. He leaned on the table beside him, supported his forehead with his fingers, gently pressed his eyebrows, and asked, "Where is He Qing?"
The eunuch bowed and replied, "General He has already taken up his post and is now on board the fleet."
"Has anything unusual happened these past few days?"
"General He has been staying in his own residence. Compared to the past, he has been less sociable."
He had just returned from a diplomatic mission and was still on standby. It was normal for him not to socialize or interact with others. This could not be considered abnormal.
The emperor nodded slightly. After all, He Zhen had been to the Federation and had come into contact with people related to Jin Ge's anus explosion. Although it was no different from before, he could not help but feel a little suspicious of people who had not been under his nose for a while.
The emperor is always suspicious, especially when he is weaker. Now that he is aging step by step, he is undoubtedly the most suspicious.
Feeling his body growing weaker day by day, his eyes darkened and he took the instrument to Haoyuan Tower that night.
The outside of Haoyuan Tower is heavily guarded. Not to mention outsiders, even an ant cannot get close.
The emperor stepped into the Haoyuan Tower and instantly arrived in another space.
The damp and dark prison seemed to be deep underground. It was filled with oppression and terrifying silence. Only the faint sound of dripping water could be heard regularly. The air was filled with a strong smell of iron filings, which seemed to have marinated the entire space.
The air was covered with spider silk, with thin white threads hanging down, spreading out from the center to form a huge web.
In the center of this net is a man, a man who almost merges with the darkness. He has very long hair that spreads around his body. Around him is a surging black tide, and it is these black tides that trap him here.
And those white spider-silk-like threads also came out of his body. If you look closely, these threads, which are thinner than a hair, are hollow, as if they have life, constantly drawing blood from his body.
The red liquid was transported along the thin line and gathered at the end of the line. After a while, it condensed into a drop of blood, which dripped into the container below.
There was a container like this in each of the eight directions. The dripping sound came from this container, and the strong smell of iron filings came from the blood.
The emperor looked at the container that was only slightly filled with blood. His throat felt a little itchy, and a sense of desire and fear surged from the depths of his heart.
It was this blood that had ensured the longevity of his grandfather, father, and himself for hundreds of years, and had become the best shackle for them to reward and control their confidants.
But this blood is also like a deadly poison, it can make people addicted, inseparable from it, and unable to quit. The more you get, the more you can feel the horror of it.
In the last few years of their lives, his grandfather and father became moody and crazy, like wild beasts, perhaps because of excessive addiction or fear of physical aging. They had to drink this pure blood to find brief calmness.
But the more the pureblood drinks, the crazier he becomes, and the shorter his time of sobriety becomes, to the point where he almost becomes a slave to the person in front of him, kneeling down in submission to him.
And now, he has reached the point where he desires pure blood. Sometimes, when the addiction comes, he even feels that he has become abnormal.
Because he actually wanted to give everything he had to the other person, crawl at the other person's feet, and only ask the other person to give him eternal life, so that he could be freed from this tormenting state of always lacking something and never being satisfied.
He put aside these distracting thoughts, gathered his mind, and a majestic voice rang out in this extremely quiet space: "Your blood is the most poisonous in the world. Once it comes into contact with you, you will be addicted. Given enough time, you will become your puppet without knowing it."
The man in the center of the black tide didn't react at all, like a stone statue that couldn't move at all.
The emperor said calmly, "But you will not succeed. My grandfather and father would rather commit suicide than be controlled by you. You are destined to be a blood slave of my royal family forever, imprisoned here for eternity, and passed down by generations of emperors!"
The man still didn't respond.
The emperor felt a little frustrated, as if he was performing a solo act.
When he first came here as a child, the other party was like this, completely disdainful of paying attention to him. After so many years, it is still the same, without any change.
No matter how great an emperor he became, no matter how he could call the wind and rain and decide life and death in the outside world, when he came here, he would always feel powerless and aggrieved.
His father told him that if he could truly subdue this person one day, he might be able to obtain the true method of immortality.
Neither my grandfather nor my father got it, so after a glorious life, they could only die in decay like madmen without dignity.
He didn't want to be like them. He didn't want to commit suicide, and he didn't want to be killed by others. He wanted to live, and live as an emperor.
Therefore, he must make the other party surrender.
He picked up the small instrument and said, "I told you before that someone appeared in the Federation who might be from the same world as you."
The man still didn't respond.
The emperor didn't care and continued, "Since she might be from the same hometown as you, I must bring her to you. Can you guess where she is now?"
As he spoke, he pressed the play button, and a wave of mental power flowed out.
The long-haired man in the center of the black tide finally reacted. His eyelashes trembled suddenly, and he opened his eyes, which had not been opened for a long time.
These were a pair of extremely beautiful eyes. Even in such a dim place, they still shone with amazing light, as if ice and frost had melted, revealing the shimmering water color again.
The stone statue came to life.
The emperor was stunned for a moment, then overjoyed. This mental fluctuation was indeed useful. The man who had the golden spear and anus explosion was indeed from the same place as this person.
As long as this person has a soft spot and is no longer as solid as a rock and invulnerable, there is a possibility of taming him.
But he didn't know that there was a piece of information hidden in that mental fluctuation.
[Brother, I am Xuanyin. I have come to this planet... I am here to save you!]
Xuanyin...
The bloodless lips moved, silently reciting the name that had not been mentioned for hundreds of years. All kinds of past events surged up from the depths of memory.
A spaceship, a long voyage, searching for a new home, encountering an unknown fleet, overwhelming artillery fire... and finally freezing on a pretty and tender face.
Sound…
How come that kid is here?
He wanted to stand up, but the black tide around him suddenly surged up like a group of vengeful spirits, screaming and roaring, drowning him.
At the same time, Xuanyin was on the spaceship, leading the entire fleet to circle around Haoyuan Star for daily patrols.
No one knew that it was because of this job that she was able to provide great convenience to the system, which invaded the fleet's control system and tampered with the radar.
As a result, the fleet's radar had blind spots without anyone noticing. In these blind spots, a Federation Star Destroyer coated with stealth paint was making various arrangements in space with several of its smaller ships.
Two days later, the system brought good news to Xuanyin.
"The Haoyuan Star positioning and navigation system has been fully networked. From this moment on, the entire Haoyuan Star is under my control. With just one command from you, I can completely paralyze the planet's original navigation system, rendering all spaceships, aircraft, other transportation vehicles, and all electronic equipment completely blind!"
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