Chapter 952: Misunderstanding... Well, Let’s Consider It Temporarily Resolved.

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There was nothing in the hexagonal hall, which was as vast as an indoor gymnasium. Not even a table or a lamp could be seen. It was as clean as a smooth metal box. We looked around in this empty place for a long time and found nothing. I saw what the other party was talking about about the parliament. However, just when I was wondering if the other party was going to throw us here to let the pigeons fly, the surrounding space suddenly changed.

The originally bright indoor lights dimmed in an instant, as if insufficient voltage caused the lights to dim. Countless white lights appeared in the surrounding air at the same time. These white light spots like fireflies danced happily in the air. And they converged toward the center of the room faster and faster. After a few seconds, these rays of light converged into a human shape formed entirely of energy.

It was a young woman who looked to be in her twenties, with a somewhat graceful expression. She was wearing a white patterned robe that looked like some kind of religious dress (of course it was only white, she was made of white light from head to toe) , only the light and dark lines allow people to distinguish the outline of its form), wearing a complex crown on her head, holding a scepter as high as a person in her hand, she has focused her eyes on me and me since she appeared. Sandora didn't make any other movements until the white light spots flying around her completely formed the details of her body: she raised the scepter and cautiously took two steps back - I can swear that the expression on the other party's face did not change at all. , as if this action is an instinct that living things should have.

"Well, it seems you are the representative of that parliament."

I found that the atmosphere between the two parties was once again in a state of confrontation and vigilance, so I planned to speak out to ease the situation, but I just finished speaking. The young woman formed by white light opposite shook her head slightly, and replied in a peculiar voice with multiple composite sound effects: "No, I am the parliament."

...I feel like this is so amazing that it should be listed as one of the major incidents of immorality in recent times. The tall female officer who brought us in before said that she would take us to see the parliament. I thought I would see a group of people sitting on high backs. Grandpa and aunt on the chair. There is also an old man in a white robe holding a gavel. At worst, there must be a room full of people. In the end, they didn’t lie. The man she brought us to meet is called the Council...

"You are thinking, hesitating and hesitating," the young woman who called herself the Council frowned in confusion, "You are from the Empire, but there is something strange. You announced that you will not attack our spaceship. The Council is very confused by your behavior. The method is different from the Empire, and there are many anomalies. Are you here to kill us all? Or are you planning to start another game?"

"Wait a minute. How come you kill them all when you open your mouth?" I quickly waved my hand, "Listen, we are different from those fallen apostles. We are a new empire... Well. It's a long story and I'm afraid I'll explain it in a while. I don’t know. In short, just confirm that the imperial spaceships outside your fleet are harmless. In addition, about our identities and the need for openness and honesty between us. We can talk slowly now... Well, by the way, your name is quite good. Chic.”

I am still a little curious about her name. She is indeed an alien in the ghost ship. She even has the last name "Yi"...

"Name?" The other party was confused again. "You talk a lot and use a lot of vague words. You don't look like an Imperial person. I don't have a name. I am a parliament. Parliament is not a name, it is an identity."

I was completely confused. Sandora saw the clues from the side and touched my arm lightly - maybe she couldn't stand it. I continued to interrupt people here: "Arjun, she is a spiritual integration body."

"Spiritual integration body?" I asked in a low voice.

"Similar to the Grand Overseer, a PL-15 life form," Sandora explained in a low voice, "I found a large number of chaotic mental feed waves around her, which made it feel like there were thousands of people standing opposite her. Like humans, this is a phenomenon formed by the mixture of many souls. Perhaps she is a new consciousness born after the fusion of countless wills. With this new consciousness as the leader, other souls exist as databases or memory banks... My mind Here’s what the scan showed.”

I understood, and then I quickly imagined that the woman in front of me who claimed to be a council was a effeminate Grand Overseer, which made it much easier to understand.

"Empire, you just searched my spiritual world," at this moment, the "Parliament" suddenly looked up at Sandora and said. The content of her words should be a question, but her tone was as calm as stating the facts, as if She believed that Sandora's behavior was the only logical thing for the Imperial people to do. "What did you find?"

"Your spirit... no, you yourself, should be the fusion of countless souls, right?"

Shandora was a little surprised that the other party was aware of her mental prying, but she did not show it, but calmly expressed her conclusion.

"Correct, I am the Council, the Council of Hunad, and I am the twenty-three thousand five hundred Hunads."

"Yunad people?" I couldn't help but repeat this familiar term, and then suddenly remembered that I had heard this word from the young soldier named "Jin" not long ago, so I immediately showed a look of surprise. , "Ah, I see, you are..."

"There are 23,500 survivors of the Yunadgao race after they were massacred by you. We took the last void drifting ship in our home world to escape from the mother universe. In order to ensure continuation, the survivors used the Yunadgao race's The special talent sacrificed his body, and his soul gave up his independent will, and finally merged into one, becoming the last parliament of the race. I... We were able to survive in the void environment after the energy of the void drifting ship was exhausted, until we joined this team. Escape Fleet. This is the origin of the Parliament. In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, the Parliament feels it is necessary to explain these things to you. Now based on the topics mentioned, the Parliament feels it is necessary to confirm one thing to you again - Imperial people, you Are you planning to massacre us again? If so, when will the massacre begin?"

Everyone and I couldn't help but look at each other. Now we are faced with a very difficult problem: the other party obviously believes that the imperial fleet appears in front of them to continue the pursuit. On this basis, all our actions are preparations before the massacre. During the operation, no one knew that the New Empire and the Fallen Apostles were actually two organizations, and they did not seem to use the "infection abyss" as the criterion to judge their targets.

"We have said that the Imperial Army has no hostility. We are different from the fallen apostles who are chasing you." I scratched my hair and then added, "What about that? Do you believe it?"

"There is zero evidence." The parliament shook its head as expected. "There is no substantive evidence."

"Didn't you realize that we are not affected by the abyss?" Qian Qian jumped up to the person and asked, face to face. She probably just thinks it's funny to talk like this. But it frightened the parliament and took several steps back: "Not being deeply infected can only prove that your life form is normal, but it cannot prove your behavioral trends. After the catastrophe, all the information about the Xiling Empire has been reset, and the parliament cannot verify it. The authenticity of any words you said does not confirm the motives of any of your actions. In addition, you are not completely devoid of abyssal reactions. She has significant abyssal power."

The council said, pointing in the direction of Sandora. Then a large holographic projection appeared behind her, which was the Imperial fleet waiting outside the ghost fleet. "There are also units with abyss reaction in your fleet. Some of the spaceships are exactly the same as the Imperial warships that attacked our homeland..."

She was referring to Viska's special warships. Viska used the abyss power she could control to transform her own spaceship. This self-proliferating nature of power allows the mass production of controllable abyss warships. Now these mass-produced elite spacecraft are obviously regarded by the ghost fleet as the group that destroyed their homeland in the first place.

But even if they weren't there, the "Imperial Fleet" was the fundamental problem: in the eyes of the Parliament. The Imperial fleet is the executioner, no different.

Shandora sighed, knowing that she could not prove anything now by relying on words and weak evidence. The unity of tens of thousands of souls in front of her had already had an almost unchangeable impression on the empire when their homeland was destroyed. , and we obviously don’t have enough evidence to change the other party’s mind.

"In that case, why did you let us in?" Sandora looked at the other party's glasses, "I used my spirit to talk to you, and I only got a positive answer, but you didn't explain. I thought you could distinguish between fallen apostles and fallen apostles. Imperial Army.”

"The Parliament does not know what the Fallen Apostles are, nor what the New Empire is, but your behavior is indeed abnormal, and you are allowed to enter just out of curiosity - in addition, based on the energy scan of you, the Parliament concluded that any No means of resistance can prevent you from entering the core of the fortress. In order to avoid early casualties, you can be allowed to enter."

After doing this for a long time, Sandora's face was obviously a little unhappy: "Okay, since you insist that the imperial army is here to destroy you, and that we are here to entertain you, what are you going to do next? What if If we really launch an attack, are you going to arrange a counterattack in front of me?"

"Yes, the exile fleet has prepared all self-destruct instructions. There is no need to hide this. I believe that all this has been exposed to your sight. The exile fleet will have a decisive battle with the imperial army. No one has the opportunity or need to plan. We It will self-destruct before being destroyed, and if the entire exile fleet self-destructs at the same time, you will be severely damaged."

Several of us were stunned at the same time: What a bachelor’s speech!

My sister couldn't even help but laugh. She looked at the parliament with a strange expression. She seemed to have thousands of words to complain about and didn't know where to start. In the end, she could only mutter one sentence: "What's the point? You have these civilian spaceships and a few warships left. But our regular army and the Imperial Army haven’t fired a single shot so far, so why don’t you believe that we really won’t hurt you?”

"It doesn't matter," the council said calmly, "Your actions have nothing to do with us, and our counterattack has nothing to do with you."

I found that the person in front of me was probably the bachelorest person I had ever seen, and her acting style must be in perfect harmony with Bingtis.

The current situation is really quite strange. You see, the Imperial Fleet is parked on the outer layer of the Ghost Fleet, looking like a large army pressing down on the situation. The Ghost Fleet is silently arranging a dense array in front of us. Each ship The spaceships have all removed the safety bolts of the reactor, and the crew of the latter firmly believe that a decisive battle is about to break out. However, the leaders of the two fleets are now standing face to face in this hall chatting. We think that we come with good intentions, and the other party But I firmly believe that the imperial army is all crazy. I feel that it is definitely not a fighting state now, but it cannot be called peace anyway. The most ridiculous fire danger situation in history is probably this: one side is just passing by, while the other side is strapping explosives to the body, and at the same time the leaders of the two groups are still chatting!

"Let the fleet retreat and get out of the ghost fleet's airspace."

I suddenly sighed and gave Sivis a direct order through the spiritual link.

A surprising message came from the command link to the fleet commanders. Although this order was immediately executed perfectly, Sivis couldn't help but confirm it with us. Then Sandora and I repeated this order: the imperial fleet retreated into the void. Completely out of sight of the ghost fleet.

Of course, on the surface this seems a bit risky. After the imperial fleet withdrew, there were only a few of us left here, at most a small group of heroic combat soldiers led by Vega and the others, but there were tens of millions of ghosts outside. Fleet, these spaceships are not the cannon fodder of ordinary civilizations that they have encountered before. Even if they are not as good as imperial warships, such a large number will really make things difficult. I'm afraid even our family won't fare any better.

But with Lin Xue’s prophecy, I believe everything will be fine. Although these fugitives are determined to die with the imperial fleet, they don’t see the will to take the initiative to attack. This is the typical psychology of fugitives: being forced to Desperate situations may lead to a desperate fight. But if there is a chance of survival, they will not put their own group to death.

Of course, the more important thing is that if the situation goes wrong, it will not be too difficult for the few of us to evacuate, although we may not be able to handle such a huge ghost fleet. But annihilating all the enemies and escaping are two completely different concepts. The worst thing is that I still have Ding Dong in my pocket, which can almost be used as a resurrection coin warehouse...

"Now that we are sincere," I shrugged to the "Parliament", "Of course you can also think that the Imperial Army is paralyzing your nerves and preparing to launch a devastating attack later. I know you must think in the worst direction. , I have been on the run for so many years, and my short-sightedness has also tempered my nerves. But at least we showed our sincerity, and you can finally answer a few questions, right?"

The sudden withdrawal of the Imperial Army obviously surprised the "Parliament". I can't see any trace of her communication with the outside world, and I don't know what the reaction of the ghost fleet is now, but it is obvious that she can know the situation outside immediately. After a minute, she nodded: "The Imperial Army's fleet has returned to the void, you... are so strange."

"Of course it's strange. We have said many times that the New Empire and the Fallen Apostles are two different concepts," Sandora mumbled while covering her forehead, "Okay, do you have any means to directly read a large amount of information? I think I’m sending you a piece of information that I can’t explain clearly with my words, but your mental barrier seems to prohibit the connection.”

"Parliament" nodded, and a universal data platform rose from the ground in front of her. It was very close to the model used on the Imperial starships. She told us that she could read the Imperial standard data terminal, but the decoding table was a bit Old, still the rules of the old empire era, so Sandora spent a minute upgrading the new decoder for "Parliament". I suddenly felt that this scene was a bit similar to when I upgraded Baofeng Video...

While Shandora was exchanging information with the council, I contacted Vega and his team who were on standby "behind" the metal sky at an altitude of several thousand meters. I learned that they had joined several other reconnaissance teams and were now all in an extremely large metal Stationed in the cavity, they have not yet come into contact with other guards of the planet fortress, but Vega reported that she has discovered several obscure scanning feeds. It is obvious that more than a group of starship soldiers are staying near them, but they only encountered us. Unlike the two restless soldiers on board, none of the starship soldiers that Vega met dared to act without authorization. Of course, the latter might have accepted the death order from their superiors. After all, the energy reaction in our group of people has already It is enough to show the identity of the top Xiling apostle. Now a large group of cutting-edge combat forces that can destroy the world are staying in their headquarters. I believe that in this case, any officer with a higher IQ than the table will not dare to let his subordinates shoot. To provoke. So the two groups of people faced off there without any embarrassment. Everyone on both sides knew the existence of the other, but everyone pretended not to notice the person on the other side. Weijia expressed in the spiritual link that she felt that the situation was terrible now. Obviously, Armored Scorpion's nervous structure is not suitable for such a task that requires calmness and forbearance. Raven 001 tactfully expressed to me her desire to have a fight with Vega: Sister Scorpion is used to being in the carapace when she is under great pressure. Sharpening the knife, she was almost bored to death...

I think it was a huge mistake to let these two living treasures go on a mission together and leave the only mediator, Aura, on the surface.

A few minutes later, Sandora and the "Parliament" completed the data exchange. I know the data they exchanged - the process of the collapse of the old empire, and the detailed information of the new empire.

Of course, there are also our identities.

"This is surprising information. I can't believe it." The light on the "Parliament" flickered. Xiao Qijing, who was running and playing next to it, immediately stopped and flashed with her frequency, "Emperor, The supreme leader of the Xiling Empire, we cannot determine the position that an imperial person occupies in your entire ruling system, but it is impossible for any Xiling apostle to lie on this topic, so there is no need to doubt your identity, so you The credibility will be very high. So many senior leaders of the empire have come here, which makes me very confused - if your information is completely correct, then the new empire should be at the critical moment of recovery now, and Xiling Apostle will not waste time. According to the operational rules of the imperial army recorded in the database, you will attack with all your troops to directly destroy the 'ghost fleet' that touches your territory to improve efficiency, instead of the supreme leader personally wasting time with me like now."

I looked at Sandora speechlessly, who smiled awkwardly and nodded slightly.

Well, it seems that in the old empire era, Sandora would really make such a decision: no matter who is on the opposite side, if it is confirmed that it has threatened the rule of the empire, they will be swept away directly. From this point of view, the "parliament" in front of me has a deeper understanding of the empire than I do. He is truly a survivor who has survived the empire.

"You don't know enough about the new empire, so of course you will make this judgment," Sister smiled warmly, "I think the current Xiling apostle has realized that there is actually a more effective way to quickly revive the empire. , that’s my friend - now you have a comprehensive understanding of our origins and the history of the old and new empires. After the fall of the old empire, all the Xiling apostles of the new empire entered deep standby. It was actually the abyssal army that attacked your homeland. . Now in exchange, can you let me know your past?" (To be continued)