The Wheel of Chronos

The dilemma faced by the empress was finally confirmed on the night Tian Yang and Xue Lun visited Fox Mansion.According to reports from the surveillance personnel arranged by the old Fox in Zhaoming Palace, the leader of the Conservative Party, Robert Schneider, was urgently sent to Zhaoming Palace for a night talk by the gendarmerie.

At present, the military and political power has not been left aside, but the empress's control over the military and government has been disturbed.Although the conservatives tried their best to cut off the empress's control over the military and political power, but the imperial family was the foundation of the empire, and the empress had operated the political foundation for more than 20 years, and it was impossible to say that it would be overturned.The reason why the conservatives were able to gain the upper hand before was actually the result of the concessions made by the empress.Empresses have many issues to consider, not just the simple matter of suppressing political dissidents, what they hope is to maintain the balance of the domestic status quo, and try not to hurt their vitality due to internal struggles, so that external enemies can take advantage of it.

But this time the conservatives jumped the wall in a hurry, and what they did had already touched the bottom line of the empress. They had no choice but to use coercive means and sent the gendarmerie.

The gendarmerie is a special force to defend the royal family, directly subordinate to the military council, and the transfer of troops is also completely arranged by the military council.On weekdays, the task of this army is to change the defense of Zhaoming Palace, the outfield security and guard of honor when the royal family travels. Although it is not a regular combat force, the soldiers selected to join the gendarmerie have received good military education, and they all have a tenacious style and Agile combat capability.The royal family’s personal guards have always been in charge of the special services of the National Security Bureau, and the royal family’s attendance at official events has always been jointly completed by the special services of the National Security Bureau and the gendarmerie. The gendarmerie is often responsible for the security of the royal family when they attend important occasions.When the lives of members of the royal family are threatened, the gendarmerie is given the power to kill or arrest suspects. As for whether to kill or arrest, it depends on the situation at the time to judge.

The situation this time is quite special. The royal family played side-by-side. Using Queen Lani's authority in the military committee, Robert Schneider was charged with planning an assassination operation and threatening the lives of members of the royal family, and directly ordered the gendarmerie to arrest him. Robert went to Zhaoming Palace for questioning.This is actually not in line with the procedure. Even if the gendarmerie can arrest Robert Schneider, the place where he should be sent is not the Zhaoming Palace, but the military court detention center of the Military Commission.

The royal family did not arrest Robert in a military prison, and Robert did not resist the arrest. Obviously, both parties were willing to sit down and have a good talk.This is probably what Robert most wanted to achieve after doing so many things. He needed to force the royal family to make concessions.

This negotiation lasted for more than ten hours until the next day, that is, at 1 o'clock in the morning on January 9, the people from the old Fox sent back a message that Robert Schneider came out, looking expressionless on the outside, no Know how the negotiations turned out.

However, not long after, the royal family sent people to Old Fox, saying that they had received an order from the royal family to bring Princess Tianyang, Xue Lun, Xue Lun's family members, and Miranda to Zhaoming Palace for a talk.

Both Xue Lun and Tian Yang were a little unexpected by this situation, but since it was summoned by the empress, they still cooperated.But before they went, they expected that the empress might have already made a decision on Miranda's disposal.

When the car that picked them up drove into Zhaoming Palace, Xue Lun could clearly feel the tense atmosphere in Zhaoming Palace. The military police had five steps, one person ten steps and one post, and teams of ten people were patrolling back and forth with guns on their shoulders. The unseen scene, the gendarmerie has entered a state of first-level alert.

The meeting place was arranged in the spacious reception living room on the first floor of Beiyuan. When a group of people waited to enter the living room, Mu Li and Lan Ni were sitting side by side on the sofa, holding bowls in their hands, and were eating something.Seeing everyone coming, Mu Li raised his hand to greet him, pointed to the opposite sofa and said:

"Sit down." Then he ordered the waitress beside him, "Shuangpi Nai, serve them all too."

"Mother? Mom?" Tianyang asked with question marks all over her face. She rushed over worried, only to see mothers eating... desserts?

Not only her, but Sharon and the others also seemed hesitant and confused.

"Don't worry about it, everything is settled." Lanny smiled, "Sit down and talk slowly."

Then everyone sat down as promised, and the waitress brought double skin milk and distributed it to everyone.Mu Li was the first to speak, and the first person to greet was Miranda who was so tense that she was sweating coldly.

"Little girl, is your name Miranda Walker?"

"Yes." Miranda replied timidly. This was the first time for her to have close contact with His Majesty the Emperor and His Highness the Empress. In addition to being nervous, there was also an indescribable sense of shame, which made her unable to lift her head at all.

"Don't be nervous, I'm just asking about your situation." Mu Li said kindly, "Your physical condition is special now, do you feel uncomfortable?"

"It's just... Nausea, I feel like throwing up when I eat..."

Mu Li nodded, and said, "That's really special. Generally, morning sickness will not appear until after 5 weeks."

How did the mother know so much about pregnancy?Tianyang on the side was surprised.

"Miranda, do your parents know about your situation?"

"Mom knows...but Dad, I don't know if he knows now..." Miranda looked like she was about to cry when her parents were mentioned.

"Don't worry, we will contact your parents. It is best to let your father know about this matter. We will arrange a special hospital for you, provide you with a full range of midwifery and protection services, and will Keep the matter of your pregnancy strictly confidential, and will not let the outside world know until you give birth to the baby safely."

She paused, then said:

"I want to ask what you mean, this child, do you want it?"

"I..." Miranda hesitated, not knowing how to answer.She never thought about whether she wanted this child or not. She was simply panicked by this matter, and thought that she was hopeless, as if she had a terminal illness and might not live until tomorrow.

"Yeah, since you're the first woman to conceive on your own since human sterilization, it's only natural that you'd panic. But Miranda, you know, a hundred years ago, almost all adult women could Pregnancy and giving birth to a child are not terrible things, and they will not kill you. Conceiving a new life is a very miraculous process. If you can give birth to this child smoothly, the meaning is extraordinary , may usher in a new era for mankind.

However, pregnancy is not an easy task. Every mother who has experienced this in person is great.Raising a child is a matter of great responsibility, not just giving birth to him, you also need to raise him to grow up.From the fertilized egg to 14 days later, the child is a life and deserves to be respected.We hope you can think carefully, no matter what decision you make, we will choose to respect your wishes. "

14 days, counting, until today, Miranda is almost 12 days pregnant, and in two days, the child in her womb will become a life in the legal sense.Mu Li's words obviously shocked this young and frightened mother spiritually, and also gave her unprecedented strength.She couldn't help raising her hand to touch her lower abdomen, the sense of shame disappeared, and a warm current surged from the bottom of her heart, making her fall in love with the child in her belly at that very moment.Although the origin of this child made her painful and ashamed, those were not important. This was her child, so what's wrong with the child?

"I, I want this baby," Miranda said.

"Have you really thought it through?" Lanny confirmed.

"Yeah." Miranda nodded.

"Okay, don't worry, we will arrange for you to be hospitalized today first, and then we will sign a pregnancy care agreement and a non-disclosure agreement with you, and it will not be too late for you to make a decision." Mu Li smiled, then looked at the waitress beside him, He said, "Arrange for Miss Miranda to rest first, and the car will pick her up later and take her to the hospital."

"Yes, Your Majesty." The waitress said.

Miranda left the living room, everyone had almost finished their desserts, Mu Li got serious and said:

"Okay, now it's time to talk about the current situation and the next step. Tianyang, I'm going to criticize you first. I didn't report to your mother and me in time, which caused delays in information transmission. Do you know that you and I How much effort did Mom go through to figure out the current situation between you and Sharon? As a professional soldier, a general, he doesn’t have any intelligence awareness at all, he’s too immature.”

Tianyang had a speechless expression on her face. She didn't pass on information to the mothers, was it because these two had always been at odds with Xue Lun, and now she had no intelligence awareness.Forget it, since her mother criticized her, she should listen. Facts have proved that mothers are still thinking of her, and she did do something wrong.

"Then can I report the latest information now?" Tian Yang raised his hand.

Mu Li glared at her, and said, "Go ahead."

"The night before yesterday, we were tracked and attacked by predators in a residential area in the eastern suburbs of London. We suspected that someone raised and released Miranda." Tian Yang said.

Mu Li and Lan Ni met each other, and they both showed such expressions, not surprised at all.Lanny said:

"We know, you listen to us first."

Mu Li continued: "The chase near the Deer Hunter pub, the attempted shooting of Bishop Charles, and the predator attack you encountered last night were all done by the Conservative Party. Just a few hours ago, Robert Schneider has admitted it himself."

Hearing what Mu Li said, Xue Lun added something in her heart: There is also Tianyang's assassination case, but it is only on the b world line, this incident did not happen.

"Robert Schneider raised a group of professional killers. They are a group of very weird characters. They are all aged, at least four or fifty years old, wild adventurers. They like to venture into the wild to pan for gold to hunt predators and Zerg , Selling the organs of Zerg and predators for a living. Since the arrival of Lemuria, the number of Zerg and predators has dropped sharply. Their livelihood is not easy to do. In order to survive, they can only return to the city walls where humans live Looking for a new job internally. However, they have been licking blood for too long, and ordinary jobs cannot satisfy their bloodthirsty desires, so they started working as professional killers. At that time, in order to satisfy their own interests, the Conservative Party began to A killer organization looking for long-term cooperation, so they took a fancy to this group of people. They not only have superb killing skills, but also have a unique tracking method. It is 50 times stronger than dogs, but it can track accurately if there is a little bit of smell, and the prey can't escape their pursuit. Most hunting can even be done by sending predators, and it can also forge beasts The false appearance of the attack confuses the police's investigation direction. Therefore, they succeed repeatedly."

"A killer with a knife?" Sharon interrupted suddenly and asked.

Mu Li stared at her, nodded after a while, and said, "Naturally, most outdoor adventurers who hunt and kill Zerg and predators must use knives. In the wild, unless there are sufficient ammunition supplies, using thermal weapons is a Very deadly, cold weapons are king."

It seems that it is almost certain who the murderer who assassinated Tianyang on line a-2 is, Xue Lun secretly thought.

Lanny went on to say: "We have reached a preliminary agreement with Robert. He will hand over this group of killers to us and accept our surveillance. He will no longer hire any killers or do anything that will threaten the royal family members. In exchange , we will temporarily suspend our plans to launch a war against the Lemurian continent.”

"We don't have an advantage in this exchange, right? It's not even a reciprocal exchange. In fact, as long as we take tough measures against Robert's party, they can't threaten us at all?" Tianyang asked strangely.

"No, you have to know that Robert has a very bad piece of information. Now he is like holding a trigger grenade with the fuse pulled out, and he is handcuffed to us. Once he releases this piece of information, it will be quite Yu let go of the grenade, the handle flicked away, the firing pin hit the ignition, 'boom', we are all going to die together." Lanny used a very vivid military-style metaphor.

"What information?" Sharon asked, and everyone's hearts were raised.

Mu Li and Lan Ni's eyes fell on Tianyang together, Lan Ni seemed a little bit reluctant to speak, and finally Mu Li said:

"Tianyang, the power of faith of the people of the entire empire is concentrated in you and me. This is a kind of spiritual power that is nihilistic but can be detected by the Lemurians. As we grow older, we The power of faith in your body is gradually weakening, but yours is gradually strengthening. Whenever you go to the battlefield, it is the time when the power of faith reaches its peak. And this power of faith is the key to defeating us for the Lemurians. Because of the people's firm belief in the royal family, their spiritual attacks have been ineffective for a long time. They have been trying every means to destroy the power of faith in us. Now, the opportunity has come, with the first time since human beings were sterilized A self-pregnant woman appears, and the birth of a new human will likely break the current state of the spiritual community of all mankind. Because all human beings are artificially reproduced. Among them, human beings over the age of 22 reproduce in life At the beginning of the gestation in the Institute, the brain was connected with the Nine Gods system and was deeply influenced by the Nine Gods system. Later, the spiritual aggregation function of the Nine Gods system was transferred to me, and I gained the power of faith, and Tianyang you Inherited this power from me. The artificially bred human beings under the age of 22 also retain the conditions for the emergence of a spiritual community because the artificial cultivation environment itself relies on the life support system transformed from the Jiushen system. Coupled with long-term survival In such a society with a spiritual community, it will naturally be affected and produce the power of faith. However, a child who is conceived independently and born naturally is different. He has escaped the influence of such a spiritual environment and has become an independent individual. He It will become a breakthrough within the entire spiritual community."

A gust of cold air rose from Xue Lun's tailbone and rushed straight to the sky.

Mu Li crossed his fingers, propped his chin, and said in a low voice: "And if the information about Miranda's birth of a newborn is exposed to the Lemurian Continent or the New World Continent, the empire will collapse immediately, disintegrate quickly, and completely Captured by the Lemurians. We are undoubtedly in a war of the beasts."

The author has something to say: The following statement involves spoilers for "The Knife of Le Byron", please read as appropriate:

The Nine Gods System is the ultimate boss in "Blade of Libyron". This huge digital network system that controls people's thoughts has gradually developed into a huge thought that connects all human spirits into a network in the process of combining with human thoughts for many years. body, and was used by Rudolph as a tool in his vain attempt to live forever.Mu Li itself is an existence that breaks free from the shackles of the Jiushen system, like a latent network virus.During the Libyron Revolution, she used her own virus attributes to connect to the Nine Gods System, destroying the operation of the Nine Gods System and the spiritual body of Rudolph who was reincarnated in it. In the process, the spiritual network of all mankind was completely Connected with her, making her the only knot knot in the human spiritual community.Therefore, she has the ability to affect the mental state of all human beings, but this powerful power weakens rapidly after losing the powerful launch function of Babel Babel, and it decreases year by year with the passage of time. One in ten thousand.Even so, she is still an object of spiritual belief for all mankind and has a lofty prestige.And this special ability even changed Mu Li's genes and passed it on to Tian Yang.Tianyang has become the second knot of the human spiritual community, and also the second object of belief for all mankind.