blogombal Chapter 89 You have truly caused me great suffering!
Chapter 89 You have truly caused me great suffering!
Chapter 90 You have truly caused me great suffering!
"You have truly caused me great suffering!"
The coronation ceremony had just ended when Liu Bei and Sun Qian arrived at the strategic command room of the Great Tyrant, their expressions filled with bitterness.
"It's not that I, Sun Qian, wanted to harm you, brother, it's this chaotic world that has ruined you."
Despite saying this, Sun Qian wore a satisfied smile as he watched the coronation process recorded on the projector.
Although the dragon robe and crown that were expected were not prepared, and there wasn't even enough time for Liu Bei to redo his attire, the entire process was clearly recorded nonetheless.
The approval of the living saint Euphrates Chylo;
The testimony of Robert Guilliman, the Primarch of the Genetics;
The oath of loyalty offered by 100,000 Astartes;
Of course, there is also the most important step—
A lineage verification device, and...
Trade license.
Although it is only an image, the Mechanicus should not have difficulty judging the authenticity of the device's operation. After all, every noble bloodline authentication device is a relic of the Dark Ages, and it is impossible to tamper with or forge it without leaving flaws.
The same applies to trade licenses.
Even if it appears to be just ordinary paper in terms of material, and even if it uses one of the few precious natural forests in the solar system as its material, its essence remains unchanged.
But even through the image, one could sense a faint psychic energy fluctuation from the drop of blood belonging to the Lord of Humanity.
That's absolutely impossible to fake.
All of these combined formed the cornerstone of the Second Empire.
"Alright, the editing is now complete."
Qi Le, who was sitting next to the control panel, yawned and stretched.
She has completely lost the sacred aura she possessed during the ceremony just over ten minutes ago, and at least in terms of personality, she has reverted to Qi Le as a narrator.
But Sun Qian knew that her essence had not changed, which was why she had to do the final editing herself no matter what.
To some extent, this can reduce the risk of images being distorted or altered by certain subspace entities during transmission.
"Very good. Broadcast this image using a broadcast array, and encrypt one copy and transmit it separately to Sousa, so that they can make it public to the entire universe through the Pharos Lighthouse."
Only now did Sun Qian finally breathe a sigh of relief.
For Liu Bei, all of this happened in the short time after he woke up, but all signs indicate that Sun Qian had been planning and preparing for this for a long time.
"You've worked hard, Ms. Qi Le. Please go and rest. I have some matters to discuss with Gong You."
Upon hearing Liu Bei's words, Qi Le blinked playfully, then stood up, placed her hands at her sides, and gave a slight bow.
"Since it is His Majesty's order, then I shall take my leave to warm the table for Lord Sun Qian..."
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"Stop fooling around, go back now."
Sun Qian said irritably, "It seems that Qi Le, as the narrator, has done quite a bit of research on the history of ancient Terra."
Qi Le playfully stuck out her tongue, and after she left the strategic command room, Sun Qian casually locked the door.
Now that things have come to this, he can and has the responsibility to answer Liu Bei's questions.
Liu Bei stared at Sun Qian for a moment, then asked his first question.
"How did you get your hands on it?"
Although Liu Bei did not explicitly say so, Sun Qian immediately knew what "it" referred to.
"You believe I found it?"
Liu Bei simply stared at Sun Qian seriously and nodded slightly at his seemingly joking reply.
"If Gongyou insists on saying this, then I will naturally believe this statement, but I hope to hear the truth about where it was found."
As the saying goes, sincerity is the ultimate weapon.
Faced with Liu Bei's trust in him, Sun Qian pondered for a moment and then slowly spoke.
"Dagonnet is a key world in the political and economic structure of the Tebia sector of the Limitless Starfield. As a crucial node in the trade routes, whether it is occupied by Horus or Peturabo, it will cause a domino effect, causing the entire trade route to fall... After the Great Tyrant jumped out of the warp, we received a distress call from this planet. They were attacked by the Sons of Horus' fleet, so we immediately set the Great Tyrant as our destination."
Liu Bei's expression was solemn; it seemed he didn't need to consult any information to determine the truthfulness of what Sun Qian said.
"But that was a lie."
"What?!"
"It was I who ordered the Tyrant to head towards Dagunnet, and in the process we even clashed with the Planetary Defense Force."
Sun Qian said it casually.
"But the good news is that we had 100,000 Astartes on board, and within hours of beginning our landing operations, we had captured the planet by force, minimizing casualties."
It's not hard to imagine that this number of Space Marines would be a devastating blow to the combat power of an entire star sector, let alone a planet.
Upon hearing this, Liu Bei frowned slightly.
"But this still resulted in bloodshed. It's regrettable that we had to do it this way. Don't forget we're piloting rebel ships, and all the Astartes are warriors of the traitorous legion. We don't have time for slow negotiations, as Peturabo's arrival has amply demonstrated... I can assure you that if we hadn't done this, their fate would have been far worse."
These were not Sun Qian's excuses; he knew that in the original timeline, that planet was indeed destroyed by Horus with an extinction order.
Liu Bei pursed his lips but didn't say anything more, only gesturing with his eyes for Sun Qian to continue.
"After capturing Dagunnet, we stumbled upon a secret underground complex where many nobles were conducting illegal activities that definitively proved to be violations of imperial law."
Of course, this was not a coincidence; rather, it was Sun Qian's true purpose in choosing to conquer this planet.
"They worshipped the emperor as a god."
Liu Bei first frowned in confusion, but then his eyes widened in sudden realization.
"That's a cult called the Divine Lineage, older than Qile's Imperial Prophecy Sect, and many of its high-ranking members are even planetary nobles. As mentioned earlier, this planet is quite prosperous as a hub for trade routes, to the point that some of its nobles are wealthy enough to literally buy a star to acquire a sacred object as an object of worship for their faith."
At this point, Sun Qian stood up and walked to the end of the room, where the object that Qi Le had held during the ceremony was placed.
A paper book floats in the center of a small static force field.
On that open page, the drop of blood seemed to still retain the warmth of the Lord of Humanity.
"But to everyone's surprise, they actually succeeded. A spendthrift merchant who was struggling financially actually deposited the trade license personally granted by the Emperor in Dagunnet as collateral and received offerings from Theocracy followers."
"What I didn't expect was a '7'"
Sun Qian turned around and looked intently at Liu Bei.
"Big brother, you're actually the heir to the Yutalos family—no, I should say..."
"You're actually the progenitor of this family! The first Yutalos, who personally received the Emperor's authorization to expand the territory!"