Abyss Solo

Night deepens.

Yang Ming returned to Daphne's side, lying on his right arm, unable to smooth out his furrowed brows.

The last words from Li, he couldn't discern how much truth was in them.

'I know what you're thinking, you're worried I despise humans, which will trigger a massive third disaster, resulting in far more than billions of human casualties.

'And whether my actions at this moment are also designed in advance by Levi, and if this is a trap against you.

'This is something you have to judge for yourself, I can't prove to you if I'm following my own will.

'These issues, you could actually ask Lyu more about it, only Lyu and I can truly understand each other, our life forms are different from ordinary Mechanical Thought Bodies, not everyone can meddle with us.

'Today's topic ends here, you need to think calmly and give me an answer.'

Yang Ming wanted to continue the conversation at the time and immediately asked: 'No, you still haven't said what you want me to do!'

'I just said, I want freedom, you help me break the shackles Levi has imposed on me, and I'll help you dismantle this decaying Empire.'

Yang Ming laughed: 'My aim seems to only let Wind independently and steadily break away.'

'You can also consider this my threat, if you choose not to cooperate with me, I will destroy everything you have now.'

After Li calmly said these words, she vanished. Yang Ming smoothly returned from the corridor to Daphne's bedroom, leaving no traces and encountering no maids or guards.

Tsk, this big sister is really domineering.

Yang Ming sighed inwardly, a huge stone just fell, confirming that Li at this stage shouldn't intentionally mess with him, as they have temporarily aligned goals.

But soon, he was weighted by a small mountain on his head.

Levi Sherman, the founding Emperor of the Empire who influenced human civilization in the Milky Way for tens of thousands of years, known as the great hero of the Galaxy, the true owner of the giant Mecha Emperor Star, and Levi's semi-permanent fleet, is still alive at this moment.

Li needs to rely on his power as an Ancient God Warrior to break the shackles Levi has placed on her, which is enough to prove how formidable an enemy Levi Sherman is.

'In your bones, you still treat this as a game.'

Li's words revolved back and forth in Yang Ming's mind, making it hard for him to sleep.

Had he really thought this way?

Yang Ming analyzed carefully and found that since entering the Milky Way, his mindset had indeed been somewhat strange.

So that's where the root is.

"Hanton," Daphne asked groggily, "is something on your mind?"

"Yeah," Yang Ming sighed, casually dismissing it, "I just feel that temporarily suppressing conflicts with force can't truly solve the problem. Currently, public dissatisfaction with the official Empire is increasing, the difficulty of foreign forces setting the pace is decreasing, and any actions by the nobles will be infinitely magnified."

Daphne turned around, slowly opening her eyes, forcing herself to be a bit more awake.

"Go to sleep, Daphne."

Yang Ming's arm came over, tucking her back under the thin blanket.

"You haven't rested well these days either, get a good night's sleep first, there won't be any major problems at this stage, and it's never too late to discuss anything tomorrow."

Daphne held onto Yang Ming's arm, her chin gently rubbing against it: "I love you, my Ghost."

"Mmm," Yang Ming smiled with his eyes narrowed, sighing softly inside.

Don't think too much.

Li has grasped too many resources, and she holds my and Lyu's secrets, gripping my lifeline. For now, I can only cooperate with Li, there's no other option.

Let's hope Sister Li won't take her anger out on the entirety of human civilization after gaining freedom.

That's what Yang Ming is most worried about.

Toppling the Empire's rule is naturally beneficial for human civilization, there's no debating that, and during this process, bloodshed and sacrifice are also inevitable, so Yang Ming didn't have much psychological burden when formulating plans.

Yang Ming is just afraid that Li's nature has already 'mutated'.

The third disaster, or the third disaster storing up tens of thousands of years of resentment and power... that image is too grand, Yang Ming really doesn't dare to imagine it.

'Am I opening Pandora's box?'

Yang Ming hummed softly.

Stop thinking, overthinking is useless, just follow Sister Li for now, and find a good opportunity to slip away.

...

"Now let's convene to discuss how to handle the White Ghost."

In the virtual meeting room, a closed-door meeting of the Sherman family core members.

Director Eno sat silently in the corner with a slightly helpless smile, not planning to speak much in this meeting after being warned by his elders.

Over thirty elders sat in a circle around a round table, beginning to discuss how to deal with Yang Ming.

They first summarized the starting point of the widespread unrest this time.

The starting point was undoubtedly the provocation of the White Ghost.

Therefore, attributing this unrest across the territory to the negative impact of the White Ghost's influence on the Empire's stability is completely justified.

"Everyone," said one of the four elders of the Military Department presiding over the meeting, with a sullen face, "the White Ghost is now the Empire's greatest scourge. His influence on the people has been enough to shake our Sherman's rule over the Empire, and we must come up with a plan quickly, we can absolutely no longer indulge the White Ghost!"

Everyone nodded in agreement but kept silent.

It's not that they're afraid of offending someone by speaking up, but rather, they couldn't think of a way to deal with the White Ghost.