Chapter 161: Establishing the Prince's Authority
Thousands of private soldiers, many of whom were a mob of people who were forcibly recruited, surrounded the palace gates.
He was dressed in shiny but ill-fitting armor, brandishing his sword and roaring like a trapped beast at the towering palace walls:
"Nangong Yu! A tyrant ruler! He favors his evil concubine and persecutes his brothers! Today, I will purge his entourage and restore order! I will uphold justice for all!"
The voice was hoarse and filled with the madness of desperation.
On the palace wall, the emperor, empress, crown prince, and Prince Yong and his wife stood side by side, like gods looking down on ants.
Nangong Huaijin, who was being held like a chicken by two iron-towered guards and pressed against the parapet, saw his uncle's army below. The mad flame that was about to die in his eyes suddenly flared up again, and he roared desperately, his voice piercing and piercing:
"Uncle! Kill! Kill them! Kill these thieves who have usurped the throne! The throne is ours! Charge!"
"Noisy! Like a fly!"
Dongfang Yuning wrinkled her nose in disgust, not even bothering to glance at the clown.
Her gaze was like a precise guidance system, locking onto the shouting Prince De below and the army of action figures behind him that looked intimidating but were actually chaotic.
She gracefully raised her right hand, and her slender index finger gently stroked the seemingly plain silver ring.
【Zero, are you online? 】
The thoughts are transmitted, with a hint of excitement in the calmness.
The cold, emotionless electronic synthesizer sound responded instantly, like the most sophisticated instrument:
Commander, Zero is online. Weaponry status: 100% ready. Please indicate target parameters.
[The group of noisy villains below who are trying to demolish the palace. Only organic life forms (that is, humans) will be eliminated. Zero damage to buildings, floor tiles, flowers, plants, and other real estate and the environment is required!
If it breaks, you'll have to spend money to repair it, which will not only affect the cityscape, but will also make my sister and brother-in-law feel bad! Just get me the most environmentally friendly, quietest, and most...adorable one!]
Dongfang Yuning's heart was filled with eager anticipation.
Let them see what Dongfang Yuning's "Cuteest Little Cutie" is!
AI Zero: [Command received. Parameters confirmed: Precision strike on organic lifeforms, zero collateral environmental damage. Searching weapons inventory… Match successful.]
Weapon of choice: Ultra-micro bioenergetic decomposition field generator (codename: The cutest little cutie, purified version).
This weapon uses directional bio-energy resonance decomposition technology and is only effective against designated carbon-based life forms. The range of action is precisely controllable (radius 50 meters), there is no shock wave, no radiation residue, and the decomposition efficiency is 99.999%. The decomposition products are harmless basic particles and water molecules.
Calculating trajectory...Target area (centered on Dewang, 50-meter radius) locked...Energy charging...Ready to fire. Warning: Visual effects may cause discomfort to some untrained individuals.
On the city wall, everyone who could hear this heartfelt conversation:
Nangong Yu's mouth twitched slightly, Nangong Chengqian's eyes were burning, Nangong Ye's eyes were doting, Dongfang Qiwu was worried and curious, and several trusted ministers pinched their thighs frantically to keep calm -
At the same time, alarm bells rang in my heart:
[Here it comes! It's that recipe! It's that taste! Princess Fuxing's "Physical Salvation - Eco-Friendly Edition" is here, though late! It's both nostalgic and makes my scalp tingle!]
Dongfang Yuning flipped her hand, and a "small glutinous rice dumpling" the size of a baby's fist, pink and white, round and smooth like a piece of top-grade mutton-fat jade, appeared out of thin air in her palm.
It lay quietly, emitting a soft glow, and was extremely harmless to humans and animals.
She turned around and solemnly stuffed the "pink and white little dumpling" into the hands of Prince Nangong Chengqian.
Her eyes were clear and bright, carrying the expectations of an elder and the encouragement to go for it:
"Godson, take this! I give you permission from my aunt! Use this to show me your authority as the Crown Prince of Dayan!"
Let these ignorant traitors use their existence to remind us who is destined to be the ruler! Blast them!"
Nangong Chengqian only felt that the small ball in his palm was warm and slightly cool, but as heavy as Mount Tai!
He instantly understood the profound meaning of his aunt's words - this was a thundering blow that would establish his supreme authority!
It is a foundation-laying ceremony to clear away obstacles and lay down iron laws for the empire he is about to rule!
The pent-up frustration, suppressed anger, and great ambition for the future all burst out at this moment!
He took a step forward and stood at the highest point of the city wall. His black python robe rustled in the morning breeze. There was no warmth left on his young face, only the coldness and majesty that looked down upon the world!
The sound was like the roar of a dragon from the sky, rolling down, shaking the hearts of all the rebels in front of the palace gate.
"Prince De, Nangong Yi! You gathered people to plot rebellion, murdered the emperor and the crown prince. Your crimes are heinous and unforgivable. Heaven and earth will not tolerate them! You who coerced and assisted the tyrant in his cruelty are all traitors!
"I, Nangong Chengqian, the crown prince of Dayan, by the grace of Heaven, grant you one last chance! Lay down your weapons, kneel and surrender! You may still leave your body intact, and your family may be forgiven! If you persist in your wrongdoings—"
He paused, his eyes sweeping down like a sharp blade of ice. He raised the cute pink and white ball in his hand, and spoke every word like thunder:
"—Under this thing, you will all be reduced to dust! Both your body and soul will be destroyed!"
"You little brat! You're just bluffing! I'm the king by destiny! You're the traitors who stole our country! My sons!
Don't listen to his evil words! Follow me into the palace! Behead the tyrant emperor and the evil concubine! Glory and wealth are before your eyes! Kill!
King De's eyes were red, he was completely crazy, he waved his sword forward, and tried to use roar to dispel the huge uneasiness that inexplicably rose in his heart.
Nangong Huaijin, who was pressed against the wall, was like a chicken with blood injected into it, screaming with tears streaming down his face:
"Uncle! Kill them! Kill them! The throne is ours! Quick! Charge! They don't dare...ah!"
His scream was interrupted by Nangong Chengqian's cold and decisive action!
The young prince no longer hesitated. Following the fool-proof instructions that Dongfang Yuning had instantly transmitted, he placed his thumb precisely on a barely perceptible silver bump on the pink-white ball and gave it a powerful twist.
“Crack.”
There was an extremely slight, crisp sound, like the sound of a precision mechanism unlocking.
The next second, Nangong Chengqian drew an arc full of power with his arm, and threw the "pink and white cutie" carrying supreme power towards the core area where King De was, like throwing a javelin!
The ball drew an almost perfect parabola in the air. It was not fast, but it carried a suffocating rhythm of death.
Time seems to be infinitely stretched at this moment.
AI Zero's cold commentary was like a voiceover, echoing in the minds of Dongfang Yuning and the listeners simultaneously:
[Weapon activation confirmed. Decomposition field generating... Energy field stabilizing... Target area coverage complete (50-meter radius spherical space). Bioenergetic resonance frequency matching... Decomposition commencing...]
puff--
There was no loud bang, no vibration. Just a sound as soft as a soap bubble bursting, or like a gentle breeze blowing across water.
In the area where King De and hundreds of his core loyalists and elite private soldiers were, a ball of light suddenly lit up without any warning!
It was not a dazzling light, but a soft, holy, almost dreamy pink-white color!
It expanded instantly, forming an enormous, glittering "soap bubble", completely enveloping King De and the densely packed rebels around him!
[Decomposition in progress… Target locked: Carbon-based lifeform (human). Decomposition level: Molecular. Decomposition efficiency: 99.999%. Estimated completion time: 1.5 seconds. Environmental monitoring: No abnormalities.]
AI Zero's report was as calm as a weather report.
Within the light barrier, time seemed to freeze. The ferocious grin on Prince De's face, the bloodthirsty fervor in the soldiers' eyes, the raised swords and guns, even the fluttering sleeves of their clothes...
Everything was frozen at this moment into an absurd and terrifying static picture.
Then, under the gaze of countless pairs of eyes that were almost bursting with fear, all living things within the light shield began a soul-freezing melting!
Hair, skin, flesh, bones, armor, cloth... all the substances that make up the human body are like being thrown into an invisible, most intense decomposition fluid, and begin to disintegrate from the smallest molecular level!
There was no burning, no explosion, no screaming. Only the silent, visible liquefaction and vaporization!
Prince De's body, like a wax figure under the scorching sun, quickly melted starting from the head. The madness on his face was still solidified, but his eyes had turned into boundless fear and confusion, and then along with that expression, it turned into a pool of rapidly evaporating pink and white mist!
The elite cavalry around him, both men and horses, collapsed like a collapsing sand castle, silently collapsing, flowing, and finally disappearing!
1.5 seconds!
AI zero:
[Decomposition complete. Elimination rate of organic life forms in the target area: 100%. Environmental damage: 0%. Decomposition products: Harmless elementary particles and trace amounts of water vapor. Energy recovery rate: 87.5%. Mission complete.]
The light vanished as suddenly as it had appeared.
The original place was empty.
The smooth and bright bluestone floor tiles reflect a cool and clean luster under the rising sun.
It was as if the thousands of aggressive rebel core members, the arrogant King De, and those neighing war horses had never existed.
Only a few extremely thin wisps of pink-white mist with a faint, strange and sweet fragrance rose in the cool air of the early morning and quickly dissipated into nothingness.
Deathly silence!
Absolute, vacuum-like silence! Even the sound of the wind disappeared.
On and under the palace walls, everyone, whether it was the emperor, empress, prince, rebel soldiers, or even the guards who were escorting Nangong Huaijin—
They were all as if cast under a petrification spell, their eyeballs almost popped out of their sockets, and their mouths opened unconsciously, but no sound came out.
My mind was blank, and only the horrific scene of silent annihilation in the dream bubble was playing in an endless loop!
The ecstasy and roar on Nangong Huaijin's face completely froze, and then turned into an extreme fear that penetrated deep into the bone marrow and was enough to destroy all reason!
He watched with his own eyes as his uncle and those powerful private soldiers evaporated like water vapor!
A stream of boiling hot liquid with a strong smell of foul smell instantly broke through the restraint of his crotch, surging down his trouser legs and quickly spreading a large dark, disgusting mark on the gold bricks under him.
[Ding! Detected that the target, Nangong Huaijin, has severe incontinence! Psychological breakdown index: MAX!]
System 118's electronic voice carried a hint of disdain.
[Tsk tsk, with this kind of mental state, you're still trying to imitate others in rebellion? I suggest you just give them a lifetime VIP package at the mental hospital!]
Nangong Chengqian slowly retracted his throwing arm and stood with his hands behind his back.
The golden light of the morning sun fell on his young face, which already had the outline of an emperor, and coated it with a layer of cold, sacred and inviolable gold.
He looked down at the remaining rebels below, who were completely terrified, their souls drained out, their weapons clanking and falling to the ground. He opened his thin lips slightly, and his voice was not loud, but it was like the final judgment from the Nine Nether Frost Prison, clearly transmitted into the ears, hearts, and souls of every rebel:
"Who else?"
These three words, like three invisible hammers, smashed the last vestiges of resistance among the rebels!
Plop!
Plop!
Plop!
Like cut wheat, the remaining rebels collapsed instantly!
They cried for their parents, threw away their armor and weapons, and rushed to their knees, kowtowed like crazy, and their screams of begging for mercy merged into a sea of despair:
"Prince, please spare me! Please spare me!"
"We surrender! Surrender!"
"It was Prince De who forced us to do this! We were all forced!"
"Your Highness, have mercy! Have mercy!"
The Marquis of Zhenguo, Dongfang Liezheng, had a blank expression on his face. Like the most sophisticated war machine, he swung his hand violently!
"Dragon Guards! Take the prisoners! Anyone who resists will be killed without mercy!"
The elite Dragon Guards, who had been waiting for battle and full of murderous intent inside the palace gate, suddenly rushed out of the palace gate like a black steel torrent!
With swift movements and harmonious coordination, they silently and efficiently controlled prisoners, collected weapons, and cleared the battlefield.
Throughout the entire process, there was nothing but the cries of the defeated rebels and the sound of weapons falling to the ground. That silent cleansing had completely crushed everyone's rebellious heart.
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