Chapter 1,253 Maybe We Can Start Over

The "stranger" who came from God knows where and no one knows how he disappeared has not been found yet, but Avalon has entered a state of semi-martial law, and the normal order in Avalon has not been affected, but the path to that space The portals now have two additional monitoring points. Whether entering or leaving Avalon, you need to re-verify your identity. At the same time, the space barrier of Avalon Space is also undergoing a large-scale test. Although there is no evidence, some people suspect that Avalon Space has grown too fast, causing its space barrier to have weak points, and "invaders" may bypass the teleportation coordinates, opening a gap directly from the space barrier. This conjecture is obviously serious, and such loopholes should not appear in important areas of the empire's capital. But in any case, Shandora's current meaning is that she would rather imagine the worst than be careless. Let's assume Avalon for now. There are loopholes in our defense and security system. Moreover, it has been several years since Avalon space was created. This space model is a new model that combines world fragments with shadow space that the old empire has not tried. Many of its parameters will need to be checked sooner or later anyway, so it is better to take this opportunity to do it together. .

The only thing that makes us feel at ease now is that there is no movement from Miss Lin. The Prophet still maintains the good habit of turning on the passive radar 24 hours a day and actively detecting it for half an hour after meals every day. She said that she has not seen anything that will cause harm. Stable things have appeared in the empire, including the order of Avalon, which will continue to be normal, which makes us feel at ease.

Speaking of Lin Xue's monitoring, she is actually a strategic treasure beside me now. Her "passive radar" monitors the entire empire area, and even part of the macro world is included in her sight. If any world In the event of a major disaster, early warning can be obtained before anything happens. At the same time, she will also use active prophecies to cover the capital world, providing higher-precision predictions and more advanced warnings for the shadow space. The intensity of her prophecies for various regions of the empire basically matches the alert levels of various parts of the country, so that I can think that the empire now has two sets of national defense information networks, one is controlled by the military, and the other is supported by Lin Xue alone. What else can it be if it is not a strategic treasure?

Although this strategic treasure is more of a living treasure more of the time...

Just when Avalon had just entered a state of semi-martial law, another thing happened to be coming to an end: the trials and sentencing of all Merova people, whether radical or conservative, had ended. It’s time to accept execution.

Everything is considered to be not much different from my previous judgment. Especially the group of radicals. According to the judgment of the court host, the vast majority of radical officers have exceeded the crime limit of the Imperial Code. They are subject to the fourth district penalty. The time each person needs to serve in the fourth district ranges from hundreds of years. After thousands of years, Barian got the punishment he deserved: he was sentenced to repent in the core furnace of Area 4. He will be tied to the heart of the furnace and smelted for 6,400 years, dying and resurrecting every second. In reincarnation, as for the time of this punishment, it depends on the number of races he exterminated in those thirteen worlds - how vast a universe is. The number of intelligent life that may exist in the endless sea of ​​stars is huge. The extinction of 6,400 intelligent races is not something unimaginable in terms of quantity. The Merova people adhered to the policy of random extermination when they colonized. According to Mood, based on rolling dice or building plans, they regard local intelligent species as ant nests they encounter on the way forward. If they feel unhappy, they will trample them. In the end, Barian paid the price for the extermination bills he signed. .

This verdict was arrived at after precise calculations by the court host. It is therefore guaranteed to be in full compliance with Imperial law, although some believe that such a sentence is still too light: such as Lilina. The archbishop with a bad personality rarely felt jealous, because she herself said that she was actually an even bigger lunatic. But in the face of the atrocities of the Merova people, this crazy curiosity-seeking loli was also filled with righteous indignation: This was mainly because of their wanton crimes against life, which made Lilina, the spokesperson of the goddess of life, feel a kind of anger welling up from her soul. . Now she is still talking about how Barian must be tied up in a furnace and burned for ten thousand years. She thinks that a punishment of six thousand four hundred years is not enough to wash away her sins, but in any case, the verdict was made by the imperial court, and Lilina did not Judicial right, so there is no objection to this result. And in my opinion. Staying in a place like District 4 for thousands of years... Actually, this sentence is not light at all, okay?

There are also a very small number of so-called "light criminals" among the radicals. After all, the situation in reality is always complicated. It is rare for a camp to be full of villains who deserve death from beginning to end, and it is also rare for a camp to be full of villains from beginning to end. There are saints from top to bottom. There are also war criminals with relatively minor crimes among the radicals. They may still have the same philosophy as Barian, and they may also support the belief that the Merovans are supreme and that all other races are ants. However, these officers still have a bottom line. They once opposed it. They have lived through extreme tyranny and done some humane things in their position. Now they have been rewarded for this little kindness: a quick death sentence without having to suffer any more.

No one entered a plea.

The conservative Merovas were also tried, also in the imperial court, and they also accepted the logical sentencing that was efficient and exempted from human emotions. The results of the trial basically did not exceed my expectations - their crimes were indeed more serious. light.

According to the judgment of the court host, the conservative Merova people are non-subjective factual treason. They had no motive for treason 70,000 years ago, but they still did not stop their radical compatriots and defected with the radicals. This is illegal. Subjective factual treason, punishable by death, was the only crime the conservatives were guilty of: beyond that, they did nothing more that violated imperial law. On this basis, the Imperial Court took into account the series of actions of the conservatives after the arrival of the Imperial Expeditionary Force, as well as their confrontation with the radicals over the past 70,000 years, plus the tolerant attitude of the person who was betrayed, that is, the sister. , the court accurately reduced their sentences. It should be noted here that in the legal concept of Apostle Xiling, the only factor that can commute the death penalty, apart from the emperor's order, is military merit. Only military merit is an act of atonement that is universal across the empire and can be recognized by the Xiling apostles, and Merova conservatives should be grateful for this: their support actions after the arrival of the imperial expeditionary force and their confrontation with the radicals are all It can be counted as military merit (the latter is equivalent to limiting the actions of the traitors and retaining a large number of slave rebels for us in the later period. In the view of the court host, this is a military preparatory act that is beneficial to the empire). After accurate calculation , a court host quashed the death sentence against the conservative Merova man. Changed to first level exile.

First-level exile is a relatively special punishment among imperial punishments. Specifically targeted at groups rather than individuals, accepting first-level exile means that the Empire believes that you are worthy of reforming, although it may take hundreds or even thousands of years for this reform to be recognized.

Conservatives also expressed no protest. In fact, they were overjoyed by the verdict.

The day before the conservatives embarked on the road to exile, the leader Bee Ola personally brought a special "guest" to his home:

Turazo, leader of the conservative Merovans.

My sister has said before that she wants to meet this very special "traitor". As the emperor of the Fifteen Days District, my sister can no longer remember what happened back then. Therefore, her hostility towards the Merova people is limited to the crimes committed by the latter on the slave race and the damage they caused to the capital of the Fifteen Days District. . As for her betrayal, which was the most important thing for the Imperial Court, she didn't feel much about it. Therefore, she did not have much hatred for the conservative Merova people, and after hearing about Turazzo, she was quite interested, so after the court trial process, she had Turazzo taken away Come here: This is really an extremely special invitation. The once-betrayed Emperor of the Empire invites one of the leaders of the rebels to come to his home.

The emperor even cooked two dishes himself... Okay, let's ignore the last one.

It was just past noon. The whole family was quite serious, and I didn’t feel anything at all, but looking at the faces of Sandora and Pandora. It seems that they attach great importance to Turazzo's special "visit". Even the five-person group of protoss sat aside with solemn expressions. They are the third-party witnesses of this incident. At the critical moment, these gods are still very conscious. And the children in the family are not stupid either. Although they don't understand many things, they also know that they can't mess around at this time, so they sit quietly at a distance, looking at the adults curiously, and occasionally muttering for a while. Turazzo was "escorted" by Aura through the space door. What he saw was a scene where all the current leaders of the empire were sitting in a circle in front of him. The old man was obviously a little dazed for a moment, and he stood there blankly. He didn't react until Aura pushed him from behind, and then reacted like a conditioned reflex. He suddenly stood up straight and faced his elder sister with a military salute: "Your Majesty! Merova's Second Army... Second Army..."

He got stuck in the middle of what he said and couldn't follow up, and then he put down his hand dejectedly. My sister sighed softly: "You don't have to give us a military salute anymore, do you?"

"Ah, yes..." Turazzo's lips trembled, and finally he breathed out. I felt that the atmosphere was a bit awkward, so I temporarily turned my attention away and focused on Aura: the leader, the Queen Bee, rarely came to the house. Although she was a former friend of Sandora, due to her personality, she was rarely there. She appeared in front of us outside of the mission. I looked at her silver-white visor and asked casually: "Have you eaten?"

Aura lowered her head respectfully, and when her eyes were focused, I heard a burst of electronic noise: "Not yet."

"How about some food here?"

"Yes, Your Majesty."

How do you think she completed these conversations calmly? If others would have nowloaded by now, right?

Bingtis glanced at me silently not far away, and said in the spiritual connection: "Chen, can you stop talking at this time?"

I:"……"

Turazzo only knew a few of us at the scene, namely my sister and the others, but he should also know the identities of the others at the scene, including the five protoss gang members. I saw that he was quite embarrassed now, so I planned to speak to break the silence, but my sister was one step faster than me. She nodded and motioned Turazzo to sit down: "Relax, sit down. Forget about those things for today, just treat it as an ordinary guest." .”

"Your Majesty, you..." Turazzo hesitated, as if it was difficult for him to understand the situation before him - of course, according to the "customs" of the old empire, the situation before him was indeed difficult for him to understand. He only said half of what he said, but I knew he wanted to ask his sister what she wanted to do by calling him here: His impression still remained on the iron-blooded emperor back then, with a soft expression in front of him. It was hard for him to imagine that "His Majesty the Emperor" was like an ordinary housewife.

"It's nothing. I told you before. I just want you to be a guest. I'm a little curious about you. That's all." My sister looked at Turazzo, "I told you to sit down."

"Oh, oh." The old man seemed to accept the order. Instinctively straighten your body first. Then he sat down in front of us. I looked at him curiously: "By the way, what did Ola tell you before you came here? Oh, Ola is the one next to me."

"Summoned by His Majesty the Emperor," Turazzo sat upright as if making a military report. Finally, he added, "Well, those are the six words."

I glanced at Aura silently, and the other person's expression was a mirror of total reflection...

"Hmm," Sandora suddenly said. She looked at Turazzo, "I also know the result of your sentence. In the end, the death penalty was revoked and changed to first-degree exile."

"Yes," Turazzo said with a somewhat relieved expression, "It's a bit surprising. We didn't expect that we could avoid the death penalty even if we committed treason. If it was the old empire..."

"The old empire will have the same result. After all, you used your military exploits to make up for the sins of the past. Even when it comes to treason, you can only be regarded as an accessory," Sandora said lightly. "And to be honest, first-level exile is not an easy result. You should know the contents of first-level exile."

Hearing this, Turazo nodded slowly.

"According to the regulations of first-level exile, you will be exiled to a barbaric world far away from developed areas. You will be deprived of all technology and industrial foundations and will not have any survival tools. You will have to atone for your sins on a primitive planet. From the Stone Age At the beginning, the entire civilization starts from scratch. The Exiled Universe has undergone strict assessment to ensure that your existing knowledge and scientific common sense cannot be effective in the new world. During the years of exile, you and your people will have to learn everything from scratch, including how to obtain Food and smelting metal, you must re-understand all materials in the world to create primitive tools. The only thing that can be guaranteed in the exile world is that it is "suitable for life to survive."

"This will be a difficult period of exile," Sandora finally added. "The exile will last until the day you can step out of your own universe again. Only then will the empire remove the sinner brand of your race. And in this In the process, many people will die of old age on the road to exile. You have a long lifespan, but I am afraid that your generation will not even live to leave the planet. A civilization develops from the beginning of ignorance to the time it leaves its home planet. It is a road of narrow escape, and 90% of intelligent races will fall before that. Although you set out to the starting point with an enlightened mind, the world you choose for first-level exile will not allow you any shortcuts. . Historically, first-degree exile can almost be seen as another slow death penalty. You should know this."

"You have said, at least allow us to have an enlightened mind," Turazzo said with a calm expression on his face, "This is already a great gift, it will allow us to survive. The Merova people have wasted it. It was a pass to become a civilized race, now... it might not be bad to start over again."

"That's the best thing you can think of," Sandora nodded, "I hope you can really start over - personally, I still hope to see your descendants reappear in front of me in a few years. .”

Looking at the scene in front of me, I still feel that it is simply too strange: on one side is the ruler of the empire, and on the other side are prisoners who are about to embark on the road to exile for treason, and will spend their entire lives on a barbaric primitive planet. They faced each other like this, talking calmly about the long punishment that was about to begin. Turazzo's face showed no trace of loss or worry about his future arduous life in exile, as if he was just going on a trip, while on Sandora's face, it was so plain that it was almost completely expressionless.

Bingtis, Monina and other protoss sat aside. They did not express any opinions on these events. They just acted as a group of witnesses who happened to be present and silently watched how things started and how they ended. Qianqian seemed to have no feelings about the current environment. She was combing the fluff on the tail of the second-rate fox: the latter was another guy at the scene who had no feelings about the environment. However, Qian Qian would occasionally look up at Turazzo and sigh softly. It seems that this girl is not completely heartless.

I glanced at Turazzo and felt that I would never be able to understand the thoughts of a person with tons of dark history. My sister should be similar to me: her mentality is not much more complicated than mine, so she coughed twice, attracting everyone's attention: "Let's not talk about it anymore, Tu... Lazo, is it? Before setting off, let's have a meal Let’s have a casual meal.”

The old man opposite was stunned.

"Your Majesty...you don't want to ask me about my past..."

"I can't remember what happened back then, and I know that other people have already dealt with everything that happened back then," my sister said calmly, "Don't mention it again. I came to you today because I just wanted to see you. I’m just curious about what kind of person you are. Besides, it’s better to say goodbye. After all, I was also your monarch tens of thousands of years ago.”

Turazzo would not have thought that he would meet his emperor again and hear such words, but just like tens of thousands of years ago, he did not question or pursue the emperor's words. He nodded silently and accepted everything calmly. .

The next day, the conservatives went into exile.

Also on the same day, Barian and his followers entered the Fourth District. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian to vote for recommendations and monthly votes. Your support is my biggest motivation.)