Abyss Solo

The segment of the Sherman family conference video given by Lyu is quite interesting.

Professor Hua Moli had woken up, and Yang Ming, under the pretext of fetching some breakfast for Hua Moli, left the suite to find a safe passage where no one was around and then played the video.

The audio automatically transferred to his hidden earphones.

This is a partial segment of the Sherman family round table meeting.

So Lyu has been monitoring these old folks all along?

Yang Ming felt a bit alert, and a few thoughts emerged in his mind, which he suppressed after careful consideration.

Just as he told Lyu, Lyu proactively sought cooperation with them, they had no reason to refuse at the moment, but it never hurts to have multiple plans ready.

For instance, Yang Ming is always prepared to flee or confront Lyu head-on.

First, watch the video content.

At the beginning of the footage, several slightly younger Sherman family [elites], of the same generation as Director Eno, were intensely debating.

Daphne sat with her head down beside Director Eno, and further away was a figure quite familiar to Yang Ming.

The Old Emperor was listening in.

"We must carry out a large-scale crackdown! Only by displaying force can we suppress the populace!"

"If you show force again, the populace will directly revolt!"

"Revolt? Do they have warships? Ion cannons? Energy-gathering Bombs? The Empire's military strength is sufficient to suppress any rebellion!"

"But the people executing our orders are also from the populace, your viewpoints are too extreme, this country is a collective, and even though we sit at the top, we can't ignore the will of this collective!"

"The populace has no ability to judge, they stubbornly think we're the ones who killed the White Ghost."

"First, the White Ghost isn't dead at all! He is still alive! Second, the populace's anger towards the Empire is essentially discontent with the system; the White Ghost simply provided a channel for venting!"

"Then what do you propose? Not use force and let them cause havoc?"

"Actually, there's an even more troublesome issue... If the White Ghost suspects it was us who attacked him, then one or two years later, when he regains his strength..."

The round table meeting immediately fell silent.

They were afraid.

The White Ghost himself sensed these old folks' fear towards him, and thus contentedly picked his nose.

"On the ultimate deterrent power of a single soldier."

Director Eno asked in a low voice, "Was it really not our command?"

The group of elders looked at each other, only able to assure that it wasn't their order, unable to ascertain whether it wasn't someone else.

"Yes, we planted an Energy-gathering Bomb."

One of the Four Elders of the Military Department spoke slowly:

"But this Energy-gathering Bomb was placed in the White Ghost's chamber, based on the data we collected, just a few milliseconds before the explosion countdown, the explosion's energy initially appeared from the direction of the engine room, and the energy released this time far exceeded that of the Energy-gathering Bomb we planted."

"I know some of you won't believe it, but the fact is, we didn't take out the White Ghost... his body wasn't taken out by us."

Director Eno nodded slowly, "Meaning, there's a fourth force... Daphne, do you have anything to say?"

"Yes, great-uncle."

Daphne slowly raised her head, revealing her beautiful face and the pair of eyes determined to a point that even intimidated Boss Yang ever so slightly.

She seemed somewhat different from before.

Daphne said:

"Hanton is my fiancé, so, I am also technically half a victim. I will make some appeals and criticisms here to everyone… if any of the elders feel that I'm speaking incorrectly, please understand my current mood."

"You previously said, Hanton's motives were impure, and his purpose extremely targeted, aimed at destroying the Empire's current political ecology."

"But I want to ask, what benefit does this bring him?"

"The elders are most adept at assessing others with their own hearts; from your perspective, what does such an act allow Hanton to gain? Power? Wealth? Once he obtains these, how will they satisfy his desires? Hanton isn't a degenerate noble; he hasn't much pursuit for power, and I can inform you all why he's always been secretly at odds with our family."

"Because he deems the Empire has a shadow cabinet composed of the emperor's relatives, which is abnormal, putting his beliefs on the brink of collapse."

"Yes, you can even consider it, Hanton intentionally got himself blown up, causing large-scale turmoil within the Empire, and his subsequent deliberate disappearance is to let the public sentiment continue to rise."

"However, I want to ask all of you one question... Did he plant the bomb? From the Empire's collective standpoint, did he do anything wrong before the bombing incident? What crimes exactly did he commit that breached which law of the Empire? Why must you eradicate him? Is it because he threatens your rule?"

"The populace's anger is not only because their hero suffered such treatment, but also at your endless manipulation of power and arrogant high-handedness!"

"Is it really that difficult to adhere to the rules you set? Standing outside the law, outside the national body, behaving arbitrarily, this is the root cause of the current turmoil!"

"Enough, Daphne!"

An elder stated coldly, "This is not your place to speak, step back!"

Director Eno spoke softly, "The only possible way to stop the White Ghost from retaliating against us, is her."