Daiyu had made up her mind, so Zheng Ya said no more and promptly began the selection process.
During this period, Zheng Ya taught Daiyu about aerospace knowledge, manufactured aerospace supplies such as magic weapons and spacesuits, and selected astronauts from the supernatural ability team.
Those with superpowers act as astronauts, using their abilities to protect themselves and stay in space for short periods.
As one's supernatural abilities improve, it is not uncommon for one to be able to walk freely in the void.
It is said that the void is filled with spiritual energy.
It can be understood as a negative-value gas, a kind of ethereal gas similar to a vacuum.
This is an objective reality that Zheng Ya learned about during the time he assisted Xie Ming in building his foundation, having touched upon Xie Ming's memories to some extent.
I cannot understand or utilize the ethereal energy at this time.
However, Zheng Ya's spiritual energy is the energy source that gives birth to the starry sky, just like the gaps between human cells, containing human functions.
Once you understand it this way, you can accept it.
So Zheng Ya and Daiyu recruited people for spaceflight, piloting interstellar spaceships to select people everywhere, keeping them very busy.
The existence of Wu Wei was unknowingly overlooked.
Wu Wei was furious. She hung the Emperor Emeritus upside down and whipped him, yelling, "It was all your stupid idea! It was completely useless! Die!"
"Ahhh!" The retired emperor screamed weakly, his body covered in blood, looking like a blood-soaked corpse with his skin torn and flesh ripped open.
Wu Wei, wielding a whip, targeted only superficial wounds, tormenting the retired emperor: "You old bastard, speak! If you don't give me a satisfactory explanation, I'll whip you to death..."
"Ah, don't hit him, don't hit him! Zheng Ya won't fall for the trap. You can concentrate on conquering the world!" The retired emperor, who had been living a life of luxury for many years, could not withstand torture and succumbed to Wu Wei's tyranny, coming up with a wicked idea.
Wu Wei was taken aback, put away the whip, flicked it casually, shaking off a spray of blood, and coldly snorted, "Continue?"
"Alright, I'll tell you, don't get agitated. Let's analyze the situation first, and then devise a plan to kill Zheng Ya, okay?" The Emperor Emeritus dared not offer any rash suggestions, lest he provoke Wu Wei into a deadly attack, which could result in death.
The key issue is the inability to die, which is incredibly agonizing.
Wu Wei sat down in the rattan chair, picked up the teacup from the rattan-woven coffee table, took a sip of tea thoughtfully, and then said, "Think it through before you speak."
After all, you have already exhausted my patience.
"If I still cannot gain anything from you, I will make you wish you were dead!"
"Cough cough, I understand." The Emperor Emeritus was so angry that he almost vomited blood, but he had to suppress his rage and continue, coughing up blood: "First of all, Zheng Ya's abduction of Xie Ming means that the two of them control the Dragon Palace Secret Realm."
If it were me, I would never have chosen to open the Dragon Palace Secret Realm without authorization while you were guiding cultivators across the world to search for Zheng Ya and his companion, as well as the Dragon Palace Secret Realm.
Furthermore, Zheng Ya and Xie Ming are more like enemies than friends, and they may not have cooperated yet, so it is impossible for them to reach an agreement to open the Dragon Palace Secret Realm.
Therefore, if you lead all the cultivators in the world to hunt down the two of them, it will definitely be a fruitless effort.
Only by chasing the two for a period of time, pretending to abandon the pursuit, and giving them the opportunity to open the Dragon Palace Secret Realm, can you then seize the opportunity to make your move and surely reap the rewards.
Secondly, the Eastern Lin Army proceeded steadily and cautiously, seemingly in harmony with Prince Rong, ensuring their own safety. They steadily developed the autonomous region's mineral resources and used small detachments to travel and collect resources from all over the world. All of this was aimed at consolidating their foundation and strengthening their resources, not for war, but for raising funds.
The true intention of Prince Rong and the high-ranking officials of the Donglin Army is to raise funds for spiritual cultivation in order to achieve immortality.
This shows that they did not want to continue the war.
I think you know better than I do why this is the case.
I'm afraid this world is not far from destruction. If they don't pool their resources to cultivate and ascend, they will all die on the way to the world's destruction.
Therefore, resources are the most urgent priority.
In that case, you should concentrate your forces to break through their defenses, seize their resources, and use war to sustain war, thus consuming their territory and resources.
Their impending doom will inevitably expose their core secrets, which are exactly what you covet and plot to seize. Why not take advantage of it?
Finally, Emperor Chengping, my unfilial son, may still be hoping that Xie Ming will take him to the upper realm for immortality.
As long as Xie Ming doesn't die or show up, Emperor Chengping might keep waiting.
After all, the emperor's decisions cannot fail; he cannot afford to lose.
Then you should unite with Emperor Chengping, even if it's just a nominal father-daughter relationship. As long as you unite to defeat Prince Rong and the Donglin Army, and plunder resources from all over the world, even if Zheng Ya and Xie Ming don't show up, you will win in terms of resources and be invincible.
In conclusion, your only option is to unite with Emperor Chengping to conquer the world.
"It would be best to seize power before Zheng Ya and Xie Ming join forces, then targeting them would be a piece of cake..."
"Are you just making empty promises to me?" Wu Wei put down his teacup and snorted coldly. Although he was tempted by what he said, he couldn't completely agree with it.
After all, the Emperor Emeritus's words exposed the clues he had been hiding.
How did the retired emperor know about things like the destruction of the world?
Barbie kowtowed, and only then did the Emperor Emeritus realize he had let something slip. He coughed up blood and hurriedly added, "I understand that you doubt what I said."
After all, the remnant soul of the Immortal King within the seal issued warnings intermittently.
It gave me some clues, more or less.
Furthermore, the world's spiritual energy is becoming increasingly scarce, cultivation has reached a bottleneck, and the power of spells is weakening—all these signs indicate that the world is heading towards destruction…
"Enough, I don't want to hear your nonsense. What you need to do now is persuade Emperor Chengping to submit to me, otherwise..." Wu Wei stood up and waved his hand, unleashing a supernatural blade aura that severed the ropes hanging the Emperor Emeritus.
"Thump, ugh, ah!" The retired emperor fell to the ground screaming in pain, coughing up three liters of blood, his injuries worsening, but not fatal.
With his skin torn and flesh ripped open, he fell onto the sharp, rocky ground, nearly dying from the pain. Some sharp stones had even pierced his flesh, leaving him covered in blood.
Torture, warnings, this is killing me!
The Emperor Emeritus wept in pain, his tears mingling with blood as he painfully agreed: "Cough cough, I... I promise you, I will do my utmost to persuade my unfilial son to submit to you..."
"Hmph, too much nonsense, hurry up." Wu Wei said and left.
The retired emperor, enduring the pain, got up, wrote a letter in blood, and then handed it to Wu Wei to pass on to Emperor Chengping, and announced it to the world.
Emperor Chengping received a letter written in blood while having lunch, as well as intelligence reports that were causing a stir among the people. Enraged, he overturned the table: "Damn it, why doesn't that old geezer just die?"
"Your Majesty, please calm down, be careful of your health..." A group of eunuchs and palace maids knelt on the ground, their hearts pounding with fear.
When an emperor is angry, people can die.
Enraged, Emperor Chengping kicked over the broken tables, chairs, and dishes on the ground, and only after the flying objects killed seven or eight eunuchs did he feel relieved: "Damn old man, what right does he have to represent me and proclaim to the world that he has submitted to Wu Zetian?"
"Your Majesty, it's abdication..." the chief eunuch reminded him, but there was no other way.
The retired emperor is not dead, but is now under the control of Wu Zetian, who holds the emperor hostage to command the feudal lords. Emperor Chengping has no choice but to obey.
Even Emperor Chengping couldn't bear the stigma of being extremely unfilial!
In this period of turmoil, unrest, and endless war, if Emperor Chengping were to have his crimes of patricide and mistreatment of his father exposed by the retired emperor, he would lose the hearts of the people and be half-defeated.
In the end, they might only be able to eke out a living in Kyoto?
Emperor Chengping laughed in anger: "No, I still have a way out. Immediately contact Zheng Ya..."
"Your Majesty, you mustn't..." The chief eunuch was terrified. Was this a suicide mission?
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