Chapter 1334: Is he back?
This moment.
Wherever this scene was being witnessed, a brief silence seemed to fall.
Some were shocked, some were terrified, some were overjoyed, and some even wept with joy.
Almost all the crew members on the various starships of the Dragon Legion saw this video.
They had naturally heard the rumors about the emperor's death.
But deep down they were unwilling to believe it.
However, as time went on and the rumors spread, my unease gradually increased.
Now, that unease has finally dissipated.
Many crew members and petty officers embraced each other and wept.
Where there is joy, there is also fear.
"Quick! Quick! Quick! Order a halt to all operations!" the ruler of a large family shouted almost frantically.
But the subordinate, sweating profusely, said, "Sir... our first wave of attacks began ten minutes ago."
Upon hearing this, the ruler of the powerful family felt as if the sky had fallen.
It's over, it's over
...
Meanwhile, in another important place.
Angelic War: Angel King Rebel Flagship
The King of War Angels stared unfazed at the man in the image opposite him.
Meanwhile, the angel officers on the bridge all looked nervously at the King of War Angels.
Awaiting further orders.
"Can you confirm that it is Zhao Chen himself?" the King of War Angels asked his adjutant beside him.
After the adjutant performed some operations, he nodded and said, "All the information has been scanned."
Furthermore... according to information relayed by our personnel planted inside the JF-17 Thunder.
It can be confirmed that this is Zhao Chen himself.
He... is still alive.
The King of War Angels laughed, shaking his head self-deprecatingly: "You always manage to show up at the crucial moment."
"Sir... what do we do now?" the adjutant asked cautiously.
"what to do?
"Let me think about it." The King of War Angels said, standing up and slowly walking towards the small house next to the bridge.
As the adjutant watched the King of War Angels' retreating figure, he felt, for some reason, that the King of War Angels seemed to have changed a lot all of a sudden.
All the energy and spirit in the person had vanished.
The King of War Angels walked into the captain's temporary rest room next to the bridge and closed the door.
The next second, many people on the bridge started talking about it.
"What do we do now? Zhao Chen is still alive!"
"Yes, if we were to fight against the Dragon Empire, would we even have a chance of winning..."
"After all, Zhao Chen used to lead his Dragon Legion to victory in every battle!"
Listening to the conversations inside the bridge.
The adjutant frowned and immediately shouted, "Shut up, all of you!"
Upon hearing the reprimand, everyone shut their mouths.
boom
Sudden!
A loud bang came from the captain's lounge where the King of War Angels had just entered.
The explosion blasted through the walls, and the shockwave threw the entire bridge into chaos.
Smoke and dust filled the entire bridge area, accompanied by some sparks.
'WARNING! Explosion and fire detected inside the cabin. Initiate fire suppression procedures.'
The fire suppression procedure was initiated, and the already small fire was quickly brought under control.
The adjutant looked incredulously at the small house where the explosion had occurred.
The officers and soldiers on the bridge, who had come to their senses, also looked towards the explosion ruins.
It's clear that the bomb detonated from the inside, so it wasn't very powerful.
It can destroy the things in that small room, but it won't have a significant impact on the bridge.
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No one expected that this sudden imperial rebellion would end in such a dramatic way.
The Angel race announced that Wells, the former King of War Angels, had betrayed the Angel race.
The angelic rebels who followed the former King of War, Wells, in launching the rebellion are being dealt with.
Angelia, the Holy Angel Queen, who was imprisoned by the former War Angel King Wells, has been rescued.
Meanwhile, rebels in various places either surrendered or directly betrayed their comrades, claiming that they were coerced, etc.
An hour after the Emperor's national address.
Inside a holographic remote conference room.
Almost simultaneously, figures appeared at each of the seats.
Charlotte, Lilith, Akame, Su Lan, Chu Xuan, Shen Bing, Xue Xiaoxiao...
The first thing they did upon arriving was look at the empty seat in the main area.
Or rather, it's a position that has been vacant for six months.
Finally, the long-awaited pillar of light appeared.
A familiar man in military uniform appeared before the crowd.
"Gentlemen, it's been a long time." The man looked at everyone and said with a slight smile.
The female generals displayed a variety of emotions on their faces.
Charlotte rose first, bowed, and said, "Greetings, Your Majesty."
The other generals all rose and said, "Greetings, Your Majesty!"
Zhao Chen nodded slightly, gesturing for everyone to sit down, and then said seriously, "I know you must have a lot of things you're curious about right now."
But right now, our priority is to deal with the current troubles facing the Dragon Empire.
"We'll talk about other things after we've dealt with these matters."
After speaking, Zhao Chen looked at everyone.
No one spoke.
Although they had many questions about the emperor's disappearance for half a year.
But in their hearts, no matter what, as long as the emperor can stand here, that is enough!
"Lilith, you should already have a plan on your end, right?" Zhao Chen looked at Lilith.
A familiar voice rang out.
Lilith's heart skipped a beat.
It's that familiar feeling, that long-lost feeling.
Over the past six months, Lilith has been able to complete any task perfectly and issue any orders.
However, she always felt a sense of emptiness inside.
But things are different now.
The empty space was filled in again.
After a brief moment of distraction, Lilith immediately said, "Regarding the current internal strife in the Dragon Empire."
Huge changes have already occurred.
I have a few options and suggestions..."
Then, Lilith began to speak eloquently.
I will report some of my opinions.
Throughout the conference room.
It was as if the six months the emperor had been missing had never happened; everyone was still exactly the same as before.
Lilith quickly finished explaining everything.
Zhao Chen was very satisfied after listening. He looked at Lilith and nodded: "Lilith's idea is very good."
There are basically no major problems.
Our first step is to eliminate all the blatant rebels as soon as possible, and we will not accept their surrender.
And this part was used to spread propaganda throughout the empire.
It's a case of making an example of someone.
The second step involves dealing with some of the families or lords who have declared rebellion or independence.
If it did not cause any serious consequences.
All property was confiscated, and all family members were expelled from their original star system.
Anyone who violates this rule will be dealt with according to the method described in step one.
The third step involves those who haven't explicitly declared their betrayal or independence, but whose cases have been documented by the Imperial Guards...
Zhao Chen's lips curled up slightly, revealing a sinister smile: "Write all that evidence down into little black notebooks."
It was delivered to those people.
As for how to deal with these people afterwards.
It depends on their own attitude.
Because this part involves too much, if we were to move everything...
Too many implications could also affect the already underdeveloped Xiaolong Empire.
Therefore, Zhao Chen plans to gradually digest this third part of the power.
But at least for this third group of powerful families, if they hadn't offered Zhao Chen a T7 technology, their families probably wouldn't have been able to advance any further.
“Then let’s handle it this way.” Lilith noted this down.
"What about the angels?" Charlotte asked a crucial question.
Other interstellar powers are actually easy to deal with.
However, the Angel race is the most difficult to deal with.
In what Lilith just explained, the Angel race was excluded and treated as a special case.
Zhao Chen said quietly, "I will handle the Angel race personally."
Although Zhao Chen is now very confident that he can crush the Angel race's power.
However, for Zhao Chen at this moment, he cannot make a clean break.
Moreover, according to Lilith...
The past six months.
Many elite talents of the Angel race were also recruited into the Dragon Empire, and because of the Angel warriors' outstanding talents, they were often able to undertake more combat missions.
Not only is he a talented fighter, but he also possesses remarkable abilities in many other areas.
He can be described as an all-around genius.
No wonder they became one of the most powerful races in the universe.
The Angel race is a double-edged sword; it all depends on how Zhao Chen uses it.
"There's one more thing."
The Imperial Guards reported this to me.
"During this rebellion, they made records of some spies planted inside our Xiaolong from the outside." Zhao Chen squinted.
Zhao Chen has a special ability: he can detect other people's murderous intent towards him.
This was originally a capability of the system.
But now it has become one of Zhao Chen's own abilities.
Even with this ability, Zhao Chen couldn't possibly have seen every single crew member inside the JF-17.
Therefore, it's inevitable that some people will infiltrate the lower and middle classes.
Zhao Chen was well aware of this.
He wouldn't bother with these people unless they caused something major.
But this time, they crossed the line.
"Understood, I will handle this matter." Charlotte said coldly, her eyes filled with murderous intent.
Compared to the enemy, she actually hated these hidden enemies even more.
"Okay."
You should deal with the immediate issues first.
You have one week.
"I want to see the Dragon Empire still the same as it was six months ago." Zhao Chen smiled as he looked at everyone.
"Yes!" everyone answered in unison.
The meeting was very brief.
But after a short time, a bloody storm swept through the Xiaolong Empire.
Those guys who jumped out like clowns before have all been wiped out one by one.
What was once a large family was destroyed in the blink of an eye by a fleet of JF-17 fighter jets.
Even though they have their own armed fleet, they are no match for the JF-17 fleet; they merely add a few dazzling fireworks to the process.
I doubt anyone would have expected that.
This rebellion has surprisingly ended so poorly.
...
"Are these our children?" Zhao Chen looked at the two babies in the crib next to Charlotte.
His heart started racing.
Two little babies, a boy and a girl, were blinking their big, watery eyes and looking curiously at the strange man in front of them.
"right.
The eldest daughter, Zhao Bai'er.
The youngest son, Zhao Hu.
"You took it." Charlotte looked at the two children in the crib, then at Zhao Chen across from her.
At this moment, she felt incredibly happy.
Zhao Chen couldn't help but reach out to the two children.
But he stopped halfway through reaching out his hand.
He grinned foolishly and said, "I'm a dad! I'm a dad!"
Charlotte couldn't help but chuckle at Zhao Chen's childlike expression.
It's unbelievable that an emperor of an empire would show such an expression in front of two children.
"Wait until I've finished dealing with what I'm doing."
I'll come find you.
"Go and take a good look at our child, and hug him." Zhao Chen looked at the child with affection, then at Charlotte.
Charlotte smiled and said, "We've waited for the past six months, so there's no rush."
The affairs of the empire are more important right now.
And... Lilith needs you too.
Zhao Chen's heart skipped a beat upon hearing Charlotte's words.
He knew that during the six months he had been away...
I owe these two women so much.
Although he left behind a lot.
But if it weren't for their perseverance here, even the largest empire would one day collapse.
"Don't worry, these troublesome things are nothing."
"It will all be resolved soon," Zhao Chen said.
Then, Zhao Chen's light and shadow dissipated in the room.
The two children watched the light and shadows disappear before their eyes.
He seemed to be stunned for a moment.
The boy then burst into tears.
"Waaaaaah..."
But the girl blinked her big, watery eyes and tilted her head, as if she was wondering about something.
Then he pointed to the spot where Zhao Chen had just been, and looked at Charlotte.
Charlotte sat on the edge of the bed and picked up the two children.
"That was your father just now."
Your dad will be coming to see you soon.
"Your father is the most powerful, bravest, and most amazing father in the universe." Charlotte looked at her two children.
His eyes were filled with boundless love.
It was as if he were a completely different person from the Imperial Marshal who could decisively issue massacre orders on the battlefield.
...
After finishing his holographic encounter with Charlotte, Zhao Chen went to see Lilith.
Lilith mainly discussed work-related matters, as well as some important developments in the Dragon Empire over the past six months.
Even when Zhao Chen tried to show concern, Lilith simply replied gently that there was no need to worry about her.
The most important thing now is the affairs of the Empire.
Zhao Chen opened his eyes.
Zhao Chen felt a surge of warmth in his heart.
Although he no longer has the system.
But no matter what threats he faces, he will protect everything here and his family.
Zhao Chen stood up.
"Your Majesty." The secretary beside him immediately followed.
"Prepare a shuttle for me," Zhao Chen said.
Where are you going?
Should we arrange for escort?
"This is in our Xiaolong star system, there's no need for escort."
I'm going to the industrial area.