Chapter 32 Chapter 32

After returning to the bedroom, Rong Heng did not really rest as he said.

He sat on the balcony, quietly looking at the night, clearing his mind.

The night in Sikkim is completely different from that of B3024.

The reason why Sikkim is Sikkim, the capital planet of the empire, is because it is very similar to its former mother planet.

It slowly orbits a star and also has natural satellites orbiting around it.

One revolution around the sun is one year, and one rotation around the sun is one day.

The four seasons change, and the day and night are distinct.

On a planet like this, you can see the starry sky.

Above the curtain, the stars are shining brightly.

Star B3024 is far away from the star and has an extremely harsh climate. It was the colonial army sent by the Empire that forcibly transformed it into its current appearance.

Jinwu-1 and Taiyin-1 have achieved the alternation of day and night on the planet; although a year is divided into four seasons, the climate of the entire planet is controlled by humans, and the cold and warm days and nights, wind and rain are all allocated according to demand.

On a planet like this, you can't see the starry sky.

It is a desolate planet that never changes and has no romance at all.

But now, Rong Heng sat under the night sky of Sikkim, looking up at the stars in the sky, and began to wonder whether among the countless starlight traveling in the universe, there might be a beam that was emitted from the star B3024, traveled through millions of light years, and finally reached his eyes.

Although according to the galactic calendar, he was only away for three days.

But the truth is, he has begun to miss the unchanging yet peaceful life there.

He followed Ruan Shiqing's example, put on soft and comfortable pajamas, bathed in the night breeze, trying to find a little inner peace, but found it was in vain.

With a self-deprecating smile, Rong Heng picked up the smart computer placed aside and went into the house.

The communication request on the computer has been flashing for a long time.

Rong Heng changed into a neat military uniform before answering the call.

A virtual image appears in the bedroom.

The old man with white hair and beard bowed to him and said, "Congratulations, Your Highness, on your safe return."

"Lucien, how did you know I arrived in Sikkim?"

Rong Heng sat down proudly, with his long legs crossed, his elbows resting on the armrests, and his hands forming a tower.

The stiff military uniform only made his grim features stand out more.

"The White Robe Elders are loyal to Her Majesty the Queen and have their own way of confirming your whereabouts." Lucien bowed slightly and said, "Your Highness, don't worry about your whereabouts being leaked. I am the only one who knows that you have arrived in Sikkim."

The White Council is a secret organization established during the reign of Queen Farah.

There are only thirteen people in the organization, all of whom are elites in their respective fields. They only obey the orders of the Queen and are independent of the Imperial Parliament.

As far as he knew, his mother's founding of the White Robe Council was the first step in changing the empire.

Unfortunately, a sudden insect tide broke out in the Yanjis region. Under the fierce attack of the insects, the front-line troops were exhausted and the defense line was about to be breached. In order to stabilize the morale of the army, the mother had to return to the battlefield to fight against the insects, but she was ambushed on the battlefield and seriously injured and sacrificed.

He was only a little over ten years old at the time, still a weak cub.

His mother passed away suddenly, and was unable to fully transfer the power and influence in her hands to him, including the White Robe Council.

Later, Si Yan took over the government as the king's husband and acted as the empire's agent. After entering the growth period, he went to Yangis to fight against the Zerg.

Lucien had been in touch with him on and off, but just as Lucien didn't trust him, he didn't trust Lucien either.

The White Council may have been loyal to Queen Farah once, but they may not be loyal to him now.

"I don't like people spying on my whereabouts, Lucien." Rong Heng leaned forward slightly, deliberately emphasizing his tone, with a cold look in his dark golden eyes.

"I didn't mean to offend Your Highness, but the situation is urgent." Lucien bent down further. He was already very old, and his health did not look very good. He coughed hard twice, cleared his throat, and continued, "The coronation ceremony will be held in three days. The Elders' Council hopes that Your Highness will not show up and wait and see what happens."

"reason."

The idea of ​​the Elders' Council coincided with his. Rong Heng relaxed his brows and nodded his thumbs together.

"Something is not right in Sikkim," Lucien said. "According to the information I received, the four great tycoons and the Regent will make a deal on the day of the coronation ceremony. The details are unknown, but our people have discovered that there seem to be 'death squads' in the Parka Palace."

Death soldier, the product of human experiment.

The ancient human body was transformed into a semi-mechanical one, which was immortal and indestructible, with amazing fighting power, but had no self-awareness and only obeyed the control chip.

It is a prohibited product expressly stipulated by imperial law.

Let's not talk about how these "death soldiers" came about. At such a sensitive time when the four great tycoons gathered together, the presence of "death soldiers" in the Parka Palace was enough to show that something was wrong.

It may not be a good thing to mix it in at this time.

Rong Heng’s brows darkened, Si Yan’s trump card turned out to be the “death squad”.

As early as when he saw the report in Sikkim Daily, he felt something was wrong. The four great tycoons controlled the economic lifeline of the empire. Although they had never participated in politics, their positions of power were very transcendent. His mother was able to suppress them back then by relying on her strong power and iron-blooded means.

Then what does Si Yan rely on?

He didn't think that Si Yan's new father-in-law, Bart from the Naxi Group, would be able to gather the other three together for him.

There must be something unknown to the outside world.

That's why he felt that the whole thing was full of weirdness.

I just didn't expect that it would involve the "death squad".

As early as more than a hundred years ago, the "death soldiers" appeared once. The reason why the number of ancient humans has dropped sharply now is that many lower-level ancient humans were persecuted and became sacrifices in the laboratory.

Later, the laboratory was exposed and all the "death soldiers" were destroyed. The empire issued a decree, explicitly prohibiting human experiments.

This is also why his mother devoted her life to promoting the Racial Equality Act, because the files that were sealed at that time were so horrific.

According to his mother, his grandmother was a victim of the "death soldier" plan, and his grandfather, a powerful Jew, died young because of it.

Rong Heng took a deep breath, lowered his eyes, and looked uncertain.

"What does the Council of Elders want?"

Lucien shook his head and said in a deep voice, "It's not what the Council of Elders wants, but what do you want, Your Highness?"

He said slowly but clearly: "Back then, we followed Queen Farah for a common ideal. But later, the Queen died, and Your Highness was not yet grown up. The Council of Elders was once on the verge of collapse. It has persisted until today, but I would like to ask Your Highness, are you willing to inherit the Queen's will and lead us to realize our unfinished ideals?"

Rong Heng sneered: "I have always kept my mother's last wishes in mind, but I don't know what the ideals of the Presbyterian Church are."

Facing his cold words, Lucien's expression did not change. Instead of answering, he asked, "Your Highness, do you know why Her Majesty the Queen did not give you the last name 'Jewil', but instead gave you the last name 'Rong', your mother's last name?"

Rong Heng was silent.

He really didn't know. He always thought that he took his grandmother's surname because his mother wanted to set an example and promote racial equality.

But this reason is both plausible and unreasonable, because his father was also an ancient human, and if his mother just wanted to set an example, she could have let him take his father's surname.

Seeing that he couldn't answer, Lucien said, "That's because the surname 'Jewil' represents the royal family. And the queen didn't intend to let you inherit the throne from the beginning."

"I am the only son of my mother. Who else can inherit the throne besides me?" Rong Heng sneered.

"Why does someone have to inherit the throne?" Lucien asked.

At this time, his old eyes shone with wisdom as he stared at Rong Heng: "How many years is the history of the entire universe? How many years is the history of the Galaxy Empire? The empire did not exist from the beginning. It has only been established for more than 2,000 years, but it has become so corrupt. What is the need to inherit it?"

Lucien coughed twice because he was too excited. He continued to speak fiercely: "Isn't Her Majesty wise enough? But she still couldn't save the increasingly corrupt empire. Instead, she sacrificed herself in the darkness before dawn!"

"This country doesn't need a great emperor, but a great revolution!"

What is revolution?

If you want the happiness of civilization, you must go through the pain of civilization.

This pain is revolution.

"The empire will eventually decay, but the Milky Way will last forever." Lucien knelt on one knee, bowed his head, and pledged his allegiance: "The time has come. Only by removing the rotten flesh and scraping the bones to heal the wounds can this country be saved. This is the common ideal of Her Majesty the Queen and the Council of Elders."

The white-haired old man bowed his head, and spoke with tears in his eyes.

Rong Heng's expression was moved.

It turns out that this is my mother's unspoken ideal.

She left too early, and he still didn't have the time to really understand her.

"What do you want to do?" Rong Heng stood up and put away his nonchalant look.

"Sitting back and watching tigers fight, a mantis stalks a cicada." Lucien said, "The situation in Xijin is getting tense. Your Highness' sudden appearance will do nothing but let them unite to deal with you. It is better to conserve your energy, unite all the forces that can be united, and wait for the moment of counterattack."

Rong Heng agreed with this point. Even if Lucien didn't mention it, he would still think so.

There are undercurrents between Tibet and Jin. It is better to stay in the dark and watch them fight.

"I agreed."

Seeing that he did not question, Lucien breathed a sigh of relief, and then hesitantly said, "There is another matter that requires your help."

?

You want to order him around just after we've reached a cooperation agreement?

Rong Heng frowned: "What do you want to say first?"

"After the ceremony, Brigadier General Hector will be secretly sent to Star Sijialan to be executed. If possible, I hope Your Highness can lend a hand."

"Hector? Didn't he die on the Ota front?"

If I remember correctly, his followers even held a grand memorial service for him on the HoloNet.

"That's just fake news." Lucien said, "Brigadier General Hector seems to have known some secrets of the Sigaran Planet, and the Sigaran side wanted to kill him to silence him, so Ota died in battle. In fact, he was ambushed and is now being held in a secret prison somewhere. After the coronation ceremony is over, he will be taken to the Sigaran Planet."

"No one from the Dragon Clan knows about this?"

Hector is a dragon. The four ancient clans dislike each other. Even if there is serious infighting among the dragon clan, they will not watch Sijia Lanxing bully their own dragons like this.

Lucien coughed, a little embarrassed: "Your Highness may not know that Brigadier General Hector was expelled from the Dragon Clan more than a hundred years ago. He and the current chief of the Dragon Clan are mortal enemies, and their relationship is very tense."

To say that relations were tense was an understatement.

In fact, the two men were ready to fight each other when they met. If it weren't for Sikkim's prohibition of vicious fighting, the two would have fought to the death. It was only after Hector went to the Ota front that the conflict was eased.

I heard that on the day of Hector's funeral, the dragon clan leader attended for the first time ever.

"Send me the route and ship information. I'll go after the coronation ceremony."

Hector was quite strong, and it would be harmless for him to pull him over, so Rong Heng agreed without much thought.

After cutting off the communication, Rong Heng rubbed his brows tiredly and prepared to rest.

Before lying down, he thought about it and changed into his pajamas again.

The soft clothes always reminded him of the tranquility of planet B3024.

***

Several days passed, but there was still no news from Xueqiu.

Ruan Shiqing's only remaining hope was shattered, and he couldn't help feeling a little disappointed.

The cubs noticed his low mood and became more cautious. They no longer played leisurely in the yard, and even their occasional affectionate behavior was overly cautious.

That day, when Ruan Shiqing came out of the workshop, he saw a red tail tip flash by.

Nota?

He was puzzled and walked into the yard, where he saw three cubs playing by the pool. The little mermaid was floating on the water to bask in the sun, and the little dragon was crawling on the edge of the pool and spraying water at the little fox. The angry little fox rushed over and pushed him into the water...

Everything seemed no different from usual, but when Ruan Shiqing thought of the shadow that just flashed by, he suddenly realized something.

With a frown on his face, he turned around deliberately and pretended to go back to the studio.

In fact, he quietly hid by the window and looked out.

The little cubs who were playing happily suddenly fell silent. The little dragon climbed out of the water and lay on the edge of the pool. The little mermaid also lay beside him. The little fox lay on the armrest of the rattan chair. The three cubs looked at each other with sad faces.

Those play scenes were actually staged for him to see.

The little dragon cub said, "When will Dad get better? Can't Herry take Snowball's place?"

"You are you and Snowball is Snowball. They are different." The little fox saw it very clearly.

The little mermaid uttered a soft "ah" to show her agreement, shook her head, and touched the listless little dragon cub.

The three kids couldn't think of a good solution and all looked depressed.

Ruan Shiqing recalled that during these few days, the kids had indeed become much more sensible than before. Even the youngest, He Li, had become less reckless.

He was too absorbed in his own emotions and ignored the changes in the cubs.

Ruan Shiqing felt upset.

In the eyes of outsiders, Snowball is just a pet. But in his heart, Snowball is the same as the three cubs. And Snowball is even more special. When he first came to B3024, it was Snowball who accompanied him and made him feel a sense of belonging on this strange planet.

Snowball was lost, so he would definitely find a way to get it back. But he shouldn't ignore the other cubs because of this.

Ruan Shiqing walked out again, and this time he deliberately slowed down his steps. The three listless cubs did not notice his presence.

By the time they noticed, it was too late to disguise.

"Dad wants to talk to you." Ruan Shiqing picked up the little fox, pulled the rattan chair closer to the pool, sat down, and looked like he wanted to have a long chat with the cubs.

The little dragon cub that was lying listlessly on the ground flipped up and sat up straight, with its little wings perking up. The little mermaid raised its tail and "stood" beside him, its ear fins opening involuntarily. The little fox also jumped to the edge of the pool and squatted between them.

The three little cubs look very well-behaved and sensible.

Ruan Shiqing couldn't help but rub their heads one by one.

"Dad was wrong these days because I was too worried about Snowball and ignored your feelings." Ruan Shiqing said gently, "Dad will correct it in the future. Snowball will be found, but you guys should still be the same as before, okay?"

The childhood of the cubs should be happy and not overshadowed.

Nota tilted his head and said hesitantly, "Then Dad isn't sad?"

The little dragon and the little mermaid also looked at him eagerly.

"Well, I'm not sad anymore." Ruan Shiqing said, "Because we will definitely find Snowball, it's just a matter of time. Before that, Dad will take good care of you first."

He leaned over and embraced the three cubs.

The little cubs cuddled in his arms affectionately.

The little dragon cub regained his energy and murmured, "Herri, take care of daddy too!"

"Yeah." Ruan Shiqing responded with a smile.

After the conversation, Ruan Shiqing went to the shopping mall in the inner city and spent a large amount of star coins to order a lot of fresh ingredients.

After the ingredients were delivered, Ruan Shiqing went into the kitchen himself and prepared a sumptuous meal for the cubs.

In the interstellar age, fresh ingredients are delicacies that only the rich can enjoy, and most people just eat nutritional supplements as they did before.

With the intention of compensating the kids, Ruan Shiqing took some time to prepare this meal.

The kids ate food made by their dad for the first time, and they didn’t even lift their heads.

Even the little mermaid, who always paid the most attention to his appearance, had a circle of oil stains on his mouth. When Ruan Shiqing wiped his mouth, he saw his confused look and couldn't help curling his lips.

The little mermaid looked at the oil stain on the white handkerchief, and reacted belatedly. Her pale cheeks turned red, and her slightly open ear fins closed shyly.

There is a circle of oil on the mouth, which is really not elegant.

But his father wiped his mouth and couldn't help feeling happy.

The little mermaid shook her tail and narrowed her eyes.

The little dragon boy next to him saw this and immediately raised his head and shouted, "Dad, I want to wipe it too!"

When the little fox saw the little mermaid's actions, she realized that her actions were really unladylike. She was embarrassed, but when she heard the little dragon's voice, she subconsciously followed and said, "Nota has to be wiped too!"

The two little cubs looked up with grease stains on their mouths.

Ruan Shiqing wiped the mouths of the two boys one by one.

The food on the table was divided up neatly by the kids.

The little dragon collapsed on the cushion, its four paws spread out, its belly bulging, and it burped with satisfaction.

The little mermaid lay on the edge of the bucket, his tail swinging back and forth under the water - he had eaten a lot, and could only move his tail to digest the food.

Nota looked at this and that, and finally chose to lie on the mat with the little dragon.

Anyway, it doesn’t matter if you’re not that ladylike at home.

And Dad will like her no matter what.

Thanks to Tomalin, the cubs’ ID cards were quickly processed.

Ruan Shiqing took a stack of design drafts and went to Fita Manor in person, one to get an ID card, and the other to negotiate another business deal with Ma Lin.

Whenever Mori saw him recently, he couldn't help but think of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and then he couldn't help feeling guilty, so he treated him more enthusiastically.

By now, Ruan Shiqing had already adapted to his extraordinary enthusiasm. After putting away the ID card, he opened the password box and showed him the draft inside.

Mori thought it was some new type of weapon, but after looking at it for a while, he was surprised and said, "Is this... an anti-detection device?"

"Yeah." Ruan Shiqing took a sip of tea and said, "It's still in the draft stage. It will take some time to refine it, but I think you will be able to use it."

With the improvement of the production line, the first batch of blasters has been put into production. After the finished products are out, they will be transported to other planets for sale. It may be okay to start with a small-scale operation, but once it becomes big, it will definitely attract the attention of several oligarchs who monopolize the production of weapons.

The remote B3024 will also come into the public eye.

But they can't stand any blow now. Ruan Shiqing searched for relevant information on the holographic network - now all the military airships, robots, and weapons manufacturing of the empire are in the hands of the two giants, the Naxi Group and the Jiuke Shipyard.

The core energy and transportation channels are controlled by Planck energy and Schwarzschild transport respectively.

These four large groups also have countless subsidiaries, from military to civilian, all of which have a monopoly position. Other small companies that have emerged have either been acquired by them or forced into bankruptcy by various means.

Now they do not have the power to compete with these four oligarchs, so they can only keep a low profile and hide their whereabouts for the time being.

"According to my current conception, this anti-reconnaissance device can be loaded on a transport ship or on B3024's satellite as the first line of defense for B3024. It can crack 90 percent of stealth devices.

Invisibility device, more professionally speaking, is also called sensor jammer.

In the space age, various high-tech vehicles have emerged, ranging from spaceships to landcrafts. Due to their large size or high speed, they no longer rely on the naked eye to survey and judge the environment. Instead, they collect external data through sensors and scanners, analyze them, and then present them.

Especially in space warfare, the enemy's location, number and other information are confirmed by electronic identification features collected by sensors and scanners.

Therefore, "cloaking devices" came into being. They deceive "sensors and scanners" by changing or hiding their own electronic identification characteristics, making it impossible for electronic detection systems to detect their own existence.

In this way, even if the enemy is right in front of you, the electronic detection system will tell you: "No enemy."

Previously, the monitoring system of the B3024 satellite failed to detect the departing aircraft, which makes it very likely that the opponent's aircraft was equipped with a "cloaking device."

He originally designed this anti-reconnaissance device because he thought that if the other party returned to B3024 one day, he would be able to detect him immediately.

Of course, this was just a little selfish of his, so there was no need to tell Marin.

As for equipping the B3024 satellite system with anti-reconnaissance equipment, Marin needs to talk to the inner city.