"As expected, it really reached 40%..."
Just one day after the announcent was issued, Li Yu glanced at the [Tarkin Doctrine Compendium]. The fourth chapter had already been unlocked.
【Affiliation—Return Star
Ruler—Empress Klein
Approval Rating—41%
Unlocked Chapter 1—...
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Unlocked Chapter 4—
【Nullification Cannon: It operates by launching an energy explosion. The radiation energy field can paralyze enemy technological equipnt.】
【Vibration Drum: Generates intense ultrasonic vibrations that beco increasingly powerful over ti, causing large-scale earthquakes and destruction, and even destabilizing the planetary core to the point of splitting it.】
【Planetary Prison: Pressurizes the upper atmosphere of a planet with ion pulses, turning the entire atmosphere into a giant ion cannon. Any spaceship attempting to enter the atmosphere, whether leaving or attempting to land, will imdiately be paralyzed.】
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Li Yu nodded in satisfaction. In this way, he could add a few weapons, allowing those Transforrs who hadn't received weapon buffs to gain enhancents.
The truth of this diation was simply unknown to ordinary Citizens. Only so interstellar organizations that were sowhat presentable understood a little bit of the truth.
It was just that under the deterrence of the Star Glory Empire, even at the level of Interstellar Public Opinion, not many opposing tunes appeared.
According to the latest data released by a few polling organizations in Return Star, within the few months since Klein ascended to the throne, her approval rating basically trended upwards in waves.
It had already reached 45%. Very obviously, their polling surveys were not accurate.
However, even so, looking at the entire history of regi changes in Return Star, such a situation was extrely rare.
Let alone a newly appointed ruler completely taking control of Return Star within a few months, even spending several years might not necessarily achieve it.
There were so more miserable ones who spent decades fighting against rebels after ascending to the throne.
Yet Klein had done it within just a few short months.
So organizations made careful analyses based on the nodes of the approval rating fluctuations.
They discovered that they were respectively: the ascension ceremony, reprimanding the Morton Civilization rebellion, rapidly suppressing the Southern Territory rebellion, and the negotiations with The Council.
And in the eyes of a portion of insiders, all of this couldn't be separated from one person, and that was—
Li Yu!
Public Opinion was buzzing. Klein's approval rating had already reached a certain level, and it was basically unlikely to quickly increase further next.
The rest were so old geezers with relatively stubborn thoughts, or people who were indifferent to politics.
"My Genetic Structure should be pretty much stabilized, it's ti to use the Gene Optimization Device to strengthen a wave."
Li Yu took out the Gene Optimization Device and lay flat inside it. He was already very familiar with this thing.
Accompanied by the operation of the machine, a wave of pain swept over him. However, compared to the pain produced during the Gene Chain Fusion, this bit of feeling was nothing to Li Yu.
The Gene Optimization process quickly ended. He could feel an obvious increase in power, it was just that it was far less than the increase he had expected.
"Is this because there aren't many flaws left in the Celestial God Gene Chain?" Li Yu guessed in a low voice. At the sa ti, he turned on the gene detection device and found that the developnt progress had reached around 3%.
"It seems, it seems the developnt difficulty of this Gene Chain far exceeds my expectations." Li Yu shook his head and put the Gene Optimization Device away again.
………
At the sa ti, Star Glory Empire—in a Secret Conference Room, the eight people who controlled the operation of the Star Glory Empire gathered together once again.
"The item has finally been delivered into The Council's hands. Although it went through so twists and turns, the result is good after all," Talarama smiled, her glamorous appearance already surpassing the conventional aesthetic scope.
"Hard to say, we were too anxious, it will probably make The Council vigilant." Morgan shook his head. The Star Glory Empire's Impatient diation had already caused many factions to have suspicious thoughts.
Even if they used the excuse of not wanting the "war to expand," it wasn't enough to dispel their speculations.
"It doesn't matter. That is a Replica we painstakingly created. It's impossible for them to see any problems, and it can perfectly integrate with the Round Table..." Mozambique said softly:
"Even if they can hold back temporarily, as ti passes, they will incorporate it into the Round Table sooner or later."
"That's right, we didn't mix in any destructive thods, we rely designated a master for it in advance," another old man echoed.
Everyone's expressions looked quite relaxed. With a delicious cake placed there, one could endure for a mont, but not for a lifeti.
"It's just that I originally wanted to use this opportunity to exchange those captives from the Loren Family out. I didn't expect Return Star to completely give no opportunity." Morgan's tone was inexplicable, seeming to be regretful, yet also seeming to be gloating.
Talarama supplented: "They probably sensed so anomalies, it's just that this matter has absolutely no disadvantages for them, they didn't mind cooperating, and we also earned a reputation."
"If we wanted to use this matter to fish for more benefits, it was obviously a bit whimsical."
Loren, who had been silent all along, finally spoke: "No need for everyone to worry. For the people of my family, I will think of a way myself."
"Alright..." The Emperor sitting at the head spoke: "Notify [ ], activate the power hidden in The Council. It's ti for the thirteenth Councilor to appear."
"Understood..." The seven people's expressions turned slightly stern, and they successively responded.
Subsequently, The Emperor looked at Morgan: "How is the research on that Dark Star going? How did he burst forth with a strike comparable to a Super Lifeform?"
ntioning this topic, Morgan's expression was also very interesting: "We studied him carefully. To tell the truth, he is just a lifeform with relatively more ideas."
"We didn't find any peculiar power inside his body. Furthermore, about a year ago, he spent a massive price to carve defense and control asures into his Spiritual Body, making it impossible for us to use mind control thods on him."
"Why?"
"According to what he said, it was to deal with Li Yu."
"Are there no other speculations?"
The Emperor said impatiently. He didn't want to hear these stories, he only wanted to know the result.
Morgan pondered for a mont and said: "There is one. According to what that junior of mine said, Dark Star once told him that he can only burst forth with such powerful strength when dealing with Li Yu."
"However, we mobilized Information State detection equipnt, and didn't detect any entangled Information State around the vicinity of his body. There shouldn't be anything at the Titan Artifact level influencing him."
"Continue to investigate..." The Emperor gave the instruction, and Morgan nodded.
"How is the investigation on the Other-Dinsional Camp?" he inquired.
"Besides matters related to Li Yu, no other news can be found about the rest," Loren responded. He was in charge of matters regarding Li Yu and the Other-Dinsional Camp.
There wasn't much good news, which made The Emperor very displeased. "Investigate clearly. A powerful organization is about to surface, I need to understand everything about it!"
"Especially under the circumstances that the other party might be an enemy!"
"Yes!" Loren nodded.
The Emperor looked around, his voice low: "The exploration of the fourteenth Sacred Temple is at a critical juncture. I do not wish for any unexpected situations!"
……
And while the Star Glory Empire was discussing God's Throne, The Council also rarely welcod the gathering of the twelve Councilors.
In the resplendent Palace, the twelve Councilors, exhibiting various forms, sat upright in their own Seats, their gazes converging on the Throne in the center.
"The Thirteenth Throne of Gods, so this is the reason for your mysterious attack on Return Star..." The Divine Forging Master was the first to speak, his tone carrying too much uncertainty:
"I have never heard of a Thirteenth Throne of Gods before."
A dead silence fell over the Palace; no one responded to his words.
The Divine Forging Master also didn't mind, looking around and saying:
"The Round Table did react to it, so here cos the question. Everyone, should we accept it?"
The so-called Round Table wasn't a physical table, but an Energy Field jointly ford by the twelve Thrones of God.
Within this Energy Field, the twelve Councilors could exert all the power of their Thrones of God.
"Accept!" The Nightmare Knight spat out two words, and then closely followed up: "The Thirteenth Throne of Gods can allow the power of the Round Table to expand once again, and our sphere of influence can also be extended."
"No!" Soone refused. This was a deep male voice. He looked like a gigantic interstellar human, with ferocious muscles. From the murderous aura behind him, the sounds of battlefield slaughter could occasionally be heard.
"We still cannot determine the authenticity of the Thirteenth Throne of Gods. If we blindly accept it, it might bring about bad consequences."
Another Councilor echoed: "That's right, you few act so mysteriously, not even telling us about discovering such a major thing as the Thirteenth Throne of Gods. Before we have a clear understanding, it's impossible to accept the Thirteenth Throne."
The Sun remained silent. Their original intention was not to let the others know about this matter, but in the end, the matter blew up so big.
Coupled with the Star Glory Empire deliberately spreading the news, it resulted in the other Councilors gradually finding out as well.
Even if they wanted to keep it hidden, it was impossible.
"Destiny, what do you say?" The Divine Forging Master didn't express his opinion, but instead looked at another Seat.
There was only a mass of dense nebula there, unpredictable and constantly changing.
"My suggestion is to shelve it for now..." An ethereal voice ca from within it: "Recently, the threads of destiny have been fluctuating abnormally. According to model analysis, this is the precursor to the opening of a Divine War."
"Since everyone's opinions cannot reach a consensus, then let's wait. Perhaps a few of you will step down from your Seats, and at that ti, so different opinions will naturally be born."
As soon as these words were spoken, the atmosphere in the Palace instantly beca odd.
Divine War, this was a taboo topic within The Council.
Everyone present had risen through a Divine War, but they also feared the Divine War.
"Everyone, I hope to still see you after this Divine War." The God of War stood up. He didn't seem worried. His Divine Portfolio was war.
The danger of a Divine War wasn't too great for him.
"It's not like a Councilor grasping the authority of war hasn't fallen before," the Nightmare Knight glanced at him, his tone faint.
"Then let's fight!" The God of War was High-Spirited and didn't care at all.
He was a newly ascended Divine Spirit from the last Divine War, deeply understanding just how imnse the buff from war was for him.
"Sigh, this old geezer has to hide again." The Divine Forging Master shook his head and left, sighing heavily.
The nurous Councilors disappeared one by one, and the spacious grand hall once again beca dead silent.
Only the Thirteenth Throne of Gods stood quietly here.
………
And not long after the announcent was issued, Li Yu welcod a guest.
"Ambassador, long ti no see." Li Yu's attitude was mild, neither cold nor hot. The one who ca to visit him was exactly the Ambassador of the Star Glory Empire.
"Lord Duke..." The Ambassador's attitude was far more eager than Li Yu's, and the smile on his face wasn't even too procedural.
"My main purpose in coming this ti is to discuss the issue of exchanging captives."
Li Yu nodded. This purpose didn't exceed his expectations.
This Ambassador continued: "I want to ask you, why did you refuse to exchange captives?"
Yes, not long ago, the Star Glory Empire had initiated the captive exchange process, but Return Star encountered trouble on Li Yu's side, because Li Yu refused to exchange captives, causing the negotiation process to be unable to start.
"We can give you a very suitable price..."
"Say no more, I won't exchange captives for the ti being." Li Yu directly refused, which made the Ambassador put away his smile, yet he still patiently asked: "Could you tell the specific reason?"
Li Yu said casually: "I am particularly curious about the nobles of the Star Glory Empire. Now that I have experintal subjects, I definitely have to research them properly. Whenever I finish researching, I'll send them over to you."
This sentence directly made the Ambassador's face darken. Researching captives, is this sothing that can be said so directly?
The reason why Li Yu was unwilling to exchange captives was naturally not just this reason.
He also wanted to use those two guys from the Loren Family to deal with the worst-case scenario, which was Mo Duo and his relationship being discovered, and then her being caught.
Could two high-level lifeforms of the Loren Family not even be exchanged for Mo Duo alone?
The Star Glory Empire couldn't possibly miscalculate this account, right?
"You should know, this kind of behavior is basically impossible." The Ambassador advised: "We can offer a generous price."
"A generous price?" Li Yu looked this Ambassador up and down: "How about a Titan Artifact?"
The Ambassador's expression instantly stiffened, and he snorted: "Lord Duke, the genes of nobles all carry specially made gene locks. You are just wasting your effort in vain!"
"Then there's no need to trouble Your Excellency Ambassador." Li Yu responded lazily.
"If you want to exchange for sothing, you can just say it directly." From among the guards behind the Ambassador, a person walked out, took off his Helt, and revealed a cold face, only his eyes having a bit of agility.
"Oh?"
Li Yu's eyes slightly narrowed, curiously sizing up the person in front of him. He didn't look like anything special, just that his ntal Fluctuations made Li Yu feel sowhat peculiar.
"Your Excellency is?"
"I used to have a na, but now I don't. You can call —Loren."
Hearing this, Li Yu's expression underwent a slight change. He was no longer that reckless youngster from the beginning.
He also had so understanding of the Star Glory Empire's nobles.
The Controllers of the Seven Great Noble Clans represented the nobles themselves.
After becoming a family Controller, their nas would be automatically erased, replaced by the noble na.
Loren, was precisely the current Controller of the Loren Family.
Subconsciously, Li Yu wanted to call people to quickly grab this big fat fish first before anything else.
However, he imdiately thought that this guy wouldn't be stupid enough to descend with his true body. He should also be utilizing so kind of special ability to remotely control the Corporeal Form of the person in front of him.
(End of Chapter)
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