From cannon fodder to sweeping across thousands of stars

At this point, Amber felt that she had basically figured out the situation among the top leaders of the empire.

Overall it's a mess.

First of all, on the imperial royal family side, judging from the actions of the old Emperor Frederico and Princess Agnes, Amber felt that there was a high probability that a drama of "loving father and filial daughter" would be staged.

Although the old emperor openly announced that he would let Agnes succeed him, he secretly inherited the will of the royal ancestors of the Star Dragon Empire in the basement of the Grand Palace, intending to be Shinji Ikari and start "calling the dragon".

The 'quick-frozen star dragon' that has been hidden under the Grand Palace since the founding of the Star Dragon Empire shows that the imperial family has always been trying to regain control of this 'perfect cosmic creature'.

Judging from the timeline of the new calendar year 592 where Amber is located, the Royal Silencer snatched the "Eternal Cell" and the Star Dragon had already installed the "Insertion Plug", and this plan that has lasted for five hundred years seems to be about to be realized.

Although Amber cannot confirm now whether this is what Emperor Frederico meant, or whether he has been controlled by the archbishop or someone else and has become a tool.

But what is certain is that the emperor does not intend to pass the throne to Agnes honestly as he said, but is planning something.

Next up is the Imperial Princess Agnes.

In Amber's opinion, this guy is no pushover either.

Her goal is clear: to succeed to the throne, stabilize the empire, and establish stronger control over the empire than any previous monarch. This is one of the reasons why she is considering cooperating with the Atlas Group.

On the surface, the biggest enemy of this imperial princess is the regent's faction, and also the biggest obstacle to her successful ascension to the throne - because recently, whether it is Atlas's intelligence network or the princess's own intelligence network, all the intelligence obtained shows that the regent is likely to make a big move at the coronation ceremony.

But in fact, apart from the regent, the princess did not seem to trust her father, and this distrust deepened day by day after Frederico entered the basement of the Grand Palace and cut off contact with the outside world.

Amber had no doubt that the first thing the princess would do after successfully ascending to the throne would be to eliminate all of her father's followers and completely wipe out Frederico's influence within the empire.

She is truly a filial daughter.

Finally, there is the Regent, who Amber finds to be the most complicated character.

At first, Amber thought that this regent was just like the character in the game in her previous life, a tyrant who imitated the Decembrists and tried to launch an aristocratic bourgeois revolution, with the mission of overthrowing the royal family and delegating power to the people.

And judging from some of the information revealed by Perseus during the initial cooperation, the regent seemed to be moving in this direction.

But overnight, the regent suddenly became a different person and started to go crazy. Even his two most trusted aides did not know his true thoughts.

Then, like a tyrant, he launched a "purge" of the old-school nobles within the empire through various means. On the surface, it seemed that he was purifying the team, but in fact, such an approach had attracted many voices of opposition.

In just one year, the reputation of Norton II within the empire had plummeted, and he no longer had the reputation of being wise and generous.

What puzzled Amber the most was that the Regent took the initiative to cut off cooperation with the Atlas Group. Although according to what he said during the interview with the other party, the Regent did not want the Atlas Group, which had grown into a global giant, to interfere in the internal affairs of the empire.

But in fact, the other party's words, deeds and practices were all trying to push the Atlas Group to the princess's side in various ways, as if they were intentionally trying to promote a union between the two parties.

In other words, the internal situation of the Star Dragon Empire has now evolved from "Regent vs. Royal Family" to a three-way melee of "Regent vs. Princess vs. Emperor", mixed with other aristocratic forces within the empire, such as the so-called "Royalists", "Reformists", and "Youngsters".

Any of these three parties is thinking about destroying the other two, which means that in the end only one force will have the last laugh from this internal strife.

Sure enough, the essence of this universe is "eating chicken".

As for Amber and the Atlas Group, if they want to expand their influence like they did in the Federation, they must unite with one of the three parties and become the final winner.

Judging from the current situation, Amber estimated that the Atlas Group was tied to Agnes. After all, the Regent was already in a semi-hostile state, and the old emperor had never been in contact with her. At the same time, judging from the truth that Amber had discovered when she went deep into the underground facilities, this emperor was definitely not very reliable.

The most important thing is that Agnes's strength on paper is actually the weakest among the three parties. If she wins this bet, it will be the real "Following the Dragon's Merit". When it comes to dividing the cake, Amber will also have more say.

Because Agnes's base is the "Princess Party" around her, headed by Duke Hastings and Duke Artesia, and the main military strength of the entire camp is basically concentrated in the hands of these two dukes.

But what really makes Amber afraid is the giant star dragon in front of her.

'Perfect cosmic creature'. This comment was made by the forerunner civilization. This powerful civilization even planned to use the star dragon as a combat weapon, which is enough to illustrate the combat effectiveness of this creature.

Amber had no doubt that such a creature had the power to destroy an entire fleet on its own.

"How about I try to hide a little surprise now?"

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Looking at the frozen star dragon in front of her, this thought suddenly popped up in Amber's mind.

But he soon found that this idea was not realistic. At least with the equipment he had now, he could not have any effect on this thing. In addition, the method of directly controlling the dragon by inserting the plug also made conventional electronic virus attacks ineffective.

The only effective way may be to use brute force to blast open the ice layer, perhaps causing some direct damage to this giant star dragon?

But the problem is that not only is it uncertain what the effect will be, but more importantly, it will inevitably trigger an alarm, which directly goes against Amber's original intention of conducting a "secret infiltration."

So Amber finally gave up the idea. Anyway, she had obtained very important information and could start preparing in advance.

As for the 'eternal cells', since this thing has been used up by the emperor, Amber can only look for an opportunity later to try to discover something from this star dragon.

This also made him determined to get involved in this great chaos in the empire.