Chapter 39

Chapter 39

It was already past the agreed time, but the person he was waiting for never showed up.

Until a familiar voice came from behind him - "It seems that you are indeed loyal to me!" He turned his head and saw the figure of the visitor, and immediately kneeled down on one knee to salute in a reflexive manner: "Earl "My lord!" "Get up."

Kuruteu looked at his old subordinate, nodded slightly, and his expression became kinder.

He had just used the power of the "mysterious man" to confirm again that there were no ambush troops around. It seemed that as he said, his old subordinate was indeed loyal.

"Sir, I have found out that the fake person in the Earl's Mansion has given orders to Gnaku to shoot and kill any suspicious person immediately. Moreover, I have also made it clear that there may be someone pretending to be the Earl and trying to sneak in. Among them... it's too dangerous for you to go there now!" It seems that this "most trusted subordinate" of Kuruteu is not a loser. He does have some tricks, and he also guessed Zazbarum. The spies would arrange an ambush on the armored cavalry side and indeed investigate the clues.

"It doesn't matter, I didn't plan to go there in person!" Kuruteu shook his head. This was what he used to test this subordinate. His real back-up plan was not here.

"Yes... then, sir, what do you want to do next?" "Humph, since they don't want me to get close to [Tharsis], then let [Tharsis] come to me directly!" Ku Luteuo took out a data storage device from his arms and handed it to the other party, and then said: "I remember that you have the permission to have close contact with [Tarsis], right? Input the contents in it into [Tarsis] Si]'s system, you don't have to worry about it anymore!" ... A few hours ago - "So, this is your real back-up plan?" The mysterious man's voice came from the earphones, and the other party's question made Ku The corner of Luteou's mouth curled up.

It seems that this mysterious man with great powers doesn’t know everything! Here is an underground secret room hidden in an ordinary house. After Kuruteu contacted his loyal subordinate, he came here with the little princess.

The secret room is filled with a musty smell caused by being sealed for a long time, but what really attracts attention is the furnishings in the secret room - this is a set of polygonal square arrays based on the core of Aldnoah, which are somewhat similar to Super The structure of the space door.

But Fang Yuan recognized that this was a hyperspace communication device used within the Weiser Empire for interstellar communication.

It is probably similar to the "audience room" that Slayin secretly broke into in the anime plot. It can transmit optical projection and sound signals to the other side of the starry sky without time lag and loss.

However, this should be a very old model. At least compared with the similar equipment that Fang Yuan saw on the moon, many places appear to be very imperfect. It should be an early version of this kind of overtime communication device.

However, until Kuruteu officially activated the Aldnoah core of this device, Fang Yuan, or [Ether] to be precise, did not discover any information about this device at all.

Obviously, this set of equipment has probably never been started since it was built, so there is no relevant record of it in the hyperspace information network constructed by Aldnoah technology-related equipment.

Of course, after Kuruteu officially activated it, [Ether], which is invincible in the information network, immediately locked onto this place and took complete control of the entire set of equipment in just a few seconds. As a The master's Kurteo was still unaware of it.

"Who do you plan to contact with this machine?" Fang Yuan did not think that this hypertime communication device could be called a "backup". The young earl probably had other plans.

Sure enough, the next moment, Kuruteu gave his answer: "It's not about contacting anyone, but using it to directly control my [Tharsis] remotely!" "Oh? Remote control? Your [Tower] Does [Elsis] have this function?" The voice in the earphones sounded suspicious.

After all, Fang Yuan can be said to be one of the people in the world who knows the most about the weapons and equipment of the Martian Empire. As long as it uses Aldnoah technology and is connected to the super-time and space information network, it is equivalent to Fang Yuan who has [Ether]. It opened the door, allowing him to understand everything from the inside out, and he could seize control at any time for remote control.

He knew clearly that although the armored cavalry named [Tharsis] had the ability to "predict the future" in a short period of time, it did not have the function of remote control.

"[Tharsis] really does not have this function, so I need a trustworthy person to help me install this function!" Kuruteu obviously already has his plan.

... Time returns to the present.

I don’t know what method Kuruteu’s subordinate used, but he did complete the task assigned to him by his lord.

When Kuruteo, who was far away in the underground secret room, saw the words "Remote control system has been activated" displayed on the instrument, he understood that the time to fight back had come! The young earl stood in the center of the hyperspace communication device, pressing one hand toward the cube-shaped information projection core.

When his hand touched the surface of the cube, his spirit instantly crossed through time and space and appeared directly inside [Tharsis]! At this moment, he seemed to have completely transformed into [Tharsis]. With the posture of a steel giant, he pulled open the support pipes on the body and slowly stood up.

... "Attention, there is movement in the hangar!" The soldiers stationed outside the armored cavalry maintenance center immediately discovered the huge movement coming from the building.

Boom-boom-boom-... The vibration like a dull thunder sounded from the hangar, gradually moving towards the main gate. All the soldiers stationed outside couldn't help but get nervous and immediately pointed their guns in the direction of the main gate.

However, the next moment, the scorching flames instantly engulfed them - although he knew that the people outside might just be following the orders of another "self", Kurutuo did not hesitate at all, and directly fired at the main gate with the machine gun on [Tharsis]'s double-arm shield. The flames and fragments produced by the explosion of the high-explosive warhead instantly killed all the soldiers blocking the gate.

"This is... the armored cavalry actually started?!"　　Far away, the soldiers who were not engulfed by the artillery fire because of the distance were stunned at the scene in front of them.

They didn't understand why the armored cavalry belonging to their lord would fire at them - no, more importantly, why would the armored cavalry that should have been unmanned start? ! ! 　　However, the silent steel giant did not mean to answer their questions.

[Tharsis] strode out of the gate of the hangar, ignored the miscellaneous soldiers around him, and ran directly along the main road all the way to the distance.

——Because they are underground, the height of the space is very limited. The armored cavalry cannot fly freely like on the ground or in outer space, so they can only run on their feet like now.

It seems that sometimes, the feet of humanoid robots are really not for show...')147'\u003eChapter 146 The Unavoidable Civil War

The rumbling vibration sound came from far away, making the little princess, who was already a little uneasy because of being in the underground secret room, even more scared. But now the only uncle Kurutuo who can rely on has "fallen asleep" again, making the little girl so anxious that she almost cried.

However, soon, Kurutuo, who was entrusted with the important task of "Emperor", woke up from the remote mental control, turned around and saw the princess with a tearful face. He immediately understood what happened as he had taken care of the child.

"I'm sorry, princess, did you scare you?" He half-knelt down, with a kind smile, whispered to comfort the little girl who seemed to be frightened, and then took her hand and walked out of the underground secret room and came outside.

What came into view was the armored cavalry [Tharsis] that had just rushed through the main traffic artery and caused a lot of chaos.

The young earl finally breathed a sigh of relief after taking the princess into the cockpit - until now, he and the princess were truly safe.

... It was not difficult for Kurutuo, who had already sat on the armored cavalry, to quell the chaos in the territory.

Facing the earl who appeared in the [Tharsis], his subordinates and soldiers in the territory all understood which earl was real and which earl was fake.

And the spy who was carefully trained to replace Kurutuo did not do much after seeing that the situation was over. Instead, he walked out of the earl's mansion very calmly, removed the optical camouflage on his body, appeared in front of people with his true face, and finally resolutely bit the poison sac in his teeth and died generously.

However, although this spy died so heroically, Kurutuo did not intend to let him go.

Although he had asked the servants in his house, it seemed that the faker had not slept with his wife in the past few days, but a feeling of being dyed green still lingered in the earl's heart.

Unsatisfied, he directly ordered that the body of the damn spy be chopped into meat paste, thrown into the incinerator and burned into ashes, and finally scattered on the surface of Mars outside the residential area, which was considered to be a thorough destruction of the bones and ashes.

Well, as for whether there will be any problems in the relationship between the earl and the countess after this incident, Fang Yuan, who is far away on Earth, is very interested.

But unfortunately, the earl would never talk about this issue when talking to Fang Yuan. Even if Fang Yuan took the initiative to mention it, the other party would just pretend that he didn't hear it at all and directly talk about something else.

... Well, this kind of bloody eight o'clock drama plot is just a little adjustment for Fang Yuan in his busy work. For him now, the most important thing is to provoke a civil war in the Martian Empire as soon as possible.

But in fact, he has done everything he should do in this regard.

After rescuing Count Kurutou and letting him take away the eldest princess, the only heir to the empire, and finally helping him regain his identity and territory, the civil strife and division of the entire Weiser Empire was inevitable.

Sure enough, just a few days later, Kurutou, who had cleared out all the traitors and spies in his territory, finally issued a public statement, directly claiming that the "emperor" sitting on the throne now was an imposter and a means of usurping the throne by Zazbarum's coup, and he brought up the princess of the empire as evidence, calling on all the noble knights of the empire to rise up together to serve the king.

Zazbarum, who had already known about the changes in Kurut'o's territory, was also unwilling to be outdone. He directly let the fake emperor denounce Kurut'o as a traitor, claiming that he was a traitor who kidnapped the princess of the empire from the palace, and attempted to force the emperor to abdicate with absurd lies.

The fake emperor directly issued orders to all nobles, requiring them to immediately send troops to suppress the rebellious Kurut'o. As "loyal ministers", Zazbarum and Wolein responded immediately and immediately led their troops to attack Kurut'o's territory.

Kurut'o naturally could not sit idly by and watch his territory being attacked, and also led his troops to launch a resolute counterattack.

At the same time, after a brief wait and see, most of the nobles responded to the call of both sides of the war. Some joined Kurutou's army to support the king, while others joined Zazbarum to suppress the so-called "rebels". Only a small number of nobles continued to wait and see, not joining any side, but just hiding aside to watch the show.

For a time, the smoke of war filled the homeland of the Martian Empire. The Weiser Empire was in chaos! 　　... 　　Seeing that the Martian Empire had fallen into a civil war as it wished, Fang Yuan finally breathed a sigh of relief.

It was worth his hard work in searching for intelligence and clearing obstacles for the Earl day and night these days! 　　What? Shouldn't it be [Ether] who worked hard? 　　No, no, no, in the final analysis, the power of [Ether] is Fang Yuan's power. Although Fang Yuan only gave a few orders to [Ether] throughout the whole process, and then said a few words with the microphone, he did put in a lot of effort! (Serious face) As for how the situation on Mars will develop next, and who will be the winner in the end, Fang Yuan actually doesn't care much.

Whether it is the Count Kulutoo with green hair who successfully defends the emperor and overthrows the pseudo-emperor regime controlled by Zazbarum, or Zazbarum and a group of rebellious ministers who are in cahoots with him eliminate the last resistance and successfully control the entire empire, it makes no difference to Fang Yuan and the Earth Union.

Anyway, by the end of this civil war, even if the entire Martian Empire has not completely collapsed, it will at least be half-wasted.

During this precious time, the Earth Union is still continuing to strengthen and prepare for war. In the end, when the victory or defeat on Mars is decided, the Earthlings will probably be almost ready, and then there will be another Earth-Mars war... Hehehe! 　　 However, it is too early to talk about these things now. Fang Yuan's current task is to improve the strength of the Earth side first-at least he has to turn back the group of idiots in the military who are obsessed with making giant humanoid robots! ……　　"Is the news accurate?"　　"Our spies took great risks to send back the news directly, it must be correct!"　　"Good! Very good! That group of Martians has also had this day!"　　"Yes, I didn't expect that the feudal country that controls the lifeline of the country with Aldnoah technology would actually have civil unrest... It's really gratifying!"　　In the high-level meeting of the Earth Union, similar conversations were heard constantly. Everyone talked about the tragedy that happened on another planet with a smile. That scene can be said to be full of gloating.

')148'\u003eChapter 147 Moon Attack Plan

Of course, the Earth Union also received news of the civil war in the Weisser Empire.

After all, sending spies is not the patent of the Weisser Empire. Although the Earthlings have a natural disadvantage in this regard, after so many years of hard work, they have at least developed some insiders in the native Mars.

Especially in recent years, the technological level of the Earth has advanced by leaps and bounds, and it has become easier for their intelligence departments to develop offline lines among the Martians.

Especially among the many disabled soldiers from Mars, because of the temptation of bionic prostheses and artificial organs produced by Anaheim, some seriously disabled Martian soldiers are willing to become spies for Earthlings and pass on some not particularly confidential information.

As for how to send this information back to Earth, it is actually not a difficult task.

After all, the distance between Earth and Mars is not particularly far, 56 million kilometers at the closest and 320 million kilometers at the farthest.

In other words, it only takes less than 18 minutes for electromagnetic wave signals to be transmitted from Mars to Earth, and to send radio waves that can reach Earth, all you need is an antenna with low power. For spies who really have means and connections, this is not something difficult to get.

And this Mars civil war can be said to be the third largest event in the Weiser Empire in recent years-the first two were the war with Earth and the assassination of the second emperor of the empire. Such a major event naturally had spies send the information back to Earth as soon as possible.

The result of this news reaching Earth was exactly the scene described in the last few paragraphs of the previous chapter - all the high-ranking officials on Earth were gloating over the disaster.

In fact, if Earth's space fleet had not been completed yet, they would have wanted to send troops directly to take back the moon.

In fact, the plan to attack the moon is indeed being formulated. We are waiting for the civil war on Mars to reach a fever pitch, until the war situation there develops to the point where even if it is attacked by the Earthlings, it will not be able to stop for a while. The people on earth will immediately send troops to recapture the moon, this vital satellite! After all, the people on earth were really aggrieved before. The satellite that was theirs was taken away by the Martians. As a result, there was always a Sword of Damocles hanging above the people on earth. Everything that happened was exposed under the eyes of the Martians, and if they wanted to send things into space, they had to worry about whether they would be shot down directly by the other side... In the past, the Martians were so powerful that they had no choice but to tolerate this kind of thing. .

But now, the situation has changed. The people on the earth are getting stronger and stronger, and the Martians have begun to chaos and even started internal strife. If they don’t take back the moon now, how long will it take? "However, I have to remind you, be careful of Martians jumping over the wall and detonating the hyperspace gate!" As a special adviser to the Earth Alliance, Fang Yuan also participated in the meeting to formulate the battle plan for the moon via video conference.

And in the meeting, this was the first thing he brought up.

After all, unlike other people in this world, he has no understanding of the fact that the hyperspace gate is actually a super bomb. He has read the plot and knows that if the thing really explodes, he will have to pay half of the money. Earth's population.

He flapped his butterfly wings so vigorously and changed so many things, not just to see the plot develop and go back to the old path! "Detonate the hyperspace gate? Can that thing still be detonated?" A military boss asked with a frown.

"Yes, based on our Anaheim research on Aldnoah's core and the observation of gravity waves in the direction of the moon, it has been determined that the hyperspace gate is actually a device that realizes time and space transfer by connecting other dimensions.

And once the hyperspace gate is overloaded and out of control in some way, the strongly distorted space can even generate a large number of quantum black holes in a short period of time, and the violent gravity fluctuations caused by it may even directly tear the moon apart - think about it yourself. The consequences! "Fang Yuan's words are not alarmist at all, but the result of his actual study of the structure of the hyperspace gate.

Coupled with some information that Fang Yuan obtained from the Martian Empire's database, he also roughly understood how the so-called Hea_ven's fall in the plot happened.

Probably the second-generation emperor who died early didn't know that something was wrong in his head, and felt that the hyperspace gate's transport capacity was not enough, so he planned to use their Martian two-knife skills to expand the capacity of this alien ruin. Allowing him to transport troops from Mars faster - it's strange that nothing will happen if he does this! In fact, many Martian scientists strongly opposed this plan at the beginning, but they were all suppressed by the second-generation emperor at the time.

Although this plan was forced to abort due to the death of the Emperor himself, the risk of the hyperspace gate losing control was always there.

If the Earthlings knock on the door and the Martians stationed on the moon see that the situation is bad and plan to completely destroy the hyperspace door, it is really possible that they accidentally hit it and cause the hyperspace door to overload and lose control, causing a Hea_ven's fall. ! "So, Advisor Fang, do you have any suggestions?" The military boss continued to ask.

In his opinion, since the mysterious Mr. Fang raised this point, it must be his idea.

"Suggestions, I do have one!" Fang Yuan nodded, saying that he did have some useful information here: "Didn't you form a group of super soldiers with full-body prosthetics? Send them to me, and I will give them to you. They have strengthened themselves so that they can truly deserve the status of 'super soldiers'.

When the war officially begins, we will first use the small stealth troop carrier produced by our company to send them to the moon, conduct special operations, and completely seize control of the hyperspace gate before the Martians can react! "...I don't think the current super soldiers need any reinforcement..." The military boss originally wanted to refute the existence of the so-called "full-body prosthetics", but he immediately realized that the man in front of him Consultant Fang is not an ordinary civilian, he is also a big boss in all seriousness, so it is impossible not to know this information.

Therefore, he directly refuted Fang Yuan's intention to tamper with these "military properties".

"Oh, don't you need it?" Fang Yuan sneered, and finally said: "Well, since you don't want to, I won't force it. I originally wanted to equip them with the latest individual power armor... "Fang Yuan said this, while holding out his hand as a gesture to turn off the video call and leave directly, but the military boss over there immediately changed his expression after hearing what he said clearly, and immediately asked to stay: "Wait... wait! Sir, don’t leave yet! We should be able to talk about this again..."')149'\u003eChapter 148 The Empire of Pills (3000 words)

Carl is an ordinary third-class citizen in the Weiser Empire.

Yes, very ordinary, just like everyone around him, with an ordinary background, ordinary education, ordinary abilities, ordinary appearance... In short, you can't find him in a crowd. The kind that comes out.

If there was anything that really made him feel that he was a little unusual, it was the fact that he became a soldier under Count Zazbarum.

Of course, actually becoming a soldier of a certain noble is not that special in itself. There are many people who serve as soldiers in the Martian Empire - after all, in the past ten years, the entire Mars has basically been They were rushing all the way down the road of militarism, especially after a war with the people on Earth. The ratio of military to civilians in the entire Martian empire reached almost one fifth, and almost no healthy adult men were not soldiers.

What really makes him different is the master he is loyal to, Count Zazbarum, who is now the highest-ranking person in the "Legitimate Empire" besides His Majesty the Emperor.

Well, the "Legitimate Empire" is what the people of the Visser Empire call Zazbarum, Woleyin, and a group of other military groups who gathered around the false emperor to suppress the rebellion but actually to be a real rebellion.

Correspondingly, the "rebel party" headed by Kuruteu and gathered around Her Royal Highness the Imperial Princess is called the "Princess Alliance" by the people.

However, no matter which title is used, it is not recognized in formal official documents. Both sides claim to be the orthodoxy of the empire and refute the other side as treason. These two titles can only be used among civilians and middle- and lower-class soldiers. spread.

Let's not mention these boring topics. Today, as an ordinary soldier under Count Zazbarum's command, Karl is about to follow his troops on a support mission to the friendly forces of the "Legitimate Empire".

The request for support was from another army belonging to a noble family that also had the title of earl. It was said that they were unfortunately trapped in a trap during the battle with the "Princess Alliance". Now most of the army is surrounded by a mining site. It is facing a fierce siege by the enemy.

Karl and his troops have performed this kind of support mission more than once or twice.

However, this time, Karl discovered that the team that was supposed to set off an hour ago has been dragging its feet until now. The superior commander has not issued any instructions at all, as if he does not care about the casualties of the friendly forces on the other side. what is going on? He wanted to ask his superiors, but the strict hierarchy in the Martian army prevented Carl from making such an arrogant move - as a top soldier, he only needed to obey orders, execute orders, and fight with his life for the lord and the empire. No personal thoughts are required until the last moment.

Therefore, he could only seek advice from his comrades around him. Although we are all low-class citizens, different people have different channels for information. Maybe someone can know? "What's the point? This is all a problem between the big guys above. Maybe they want to consume the strength of their allies, or maybe they are using them as bait? Who knows!" This is a soldier who joined the army several years earlier than him. , the answer given by the old-timer who unexpectedly returned alive from the battlefield on earth.

"It is said that the gentleman who requested us for support this time has some disagreements with Count Zazbarum. Maybe...you know!" This is what another veteran who is said to be very well-informed gave. For this news, Karl also bought a pack of cigarettes made of pure natural tobacco. He was heartbroken.

However, for Karl, apart from the heartache over the pack of cigarettes, he felt more shocked.

He didn't expect that the struggle among the big shots at the top would be so fierce - this was still in the war, weren't we afraid that the front would collapse due to internal fighting? It's a pity that he is just a small soldier, not even an officer. His worries alone are meaningless - as long as the big shots above think it is okay to do so, then he can only execute the order.

Karl sighed in his heart, since when did this empire become like this? Infighting, civil strife, civil war, intrigues between friendly forces... Gone are the scenes of unity and unity when our parents and grandparents were developing the Mars colony. In just a few decades, this country has become like this—— Does the Visser Empire still have a future? … ==================== "The Weshe Empire, there is no future!" Fang Yuan, far away from the earth, made an assertion.

Three months have passed since the day of the coup.

As Fang Yuan expected, the civil war in the Martian Empire entered a fierce stage.

In fact, by this time, both sides had become clear about the truth of the matter, whether it was the side that supported Kuruteu in raising troops to serve the king, or the side that worked with Zazbarum and others to suppress the "rebellion."

Especially the many nobles who joined Zazbarum's side basically understood at this time that the old emperor sitting in the palace was not the real thing.

After all, a fake is still a fake after all. Although the performance can be lifelike at first, various flaws will naturally be exposed as time goes by.

However, when the war progressed to this extent, it no longer mattered whether the person sitting on the throne was the real emperor or not.

Yes, especially for those nobles who had almost openly confronted the old emperor, a fake puppet emperor sitting on the throne was more to their liking - in this way, as long as they could defeat the royal loyalists of Kurut'o and control the royal bloodline, the entire empire would belong to them! 　　Not to mention, the nominal "loyal ministers" and actual rebels headed by Zazbarum have begun to secretly study how to crack the permission restriction of the activation factor.

In any case, the highest authority holder of Aldnoah Technology is always the old emperor. Although he is now restricted in personal freedom and cannot arbitrarily deprive anyone of the activation authority, this is still very unsafe. After all, who knows how far the authority controlled by the old emperor can reach? 　　Besides, although these nobles have obtained the activation factor from the old emperor, they do not have the ability to grant the activation factor to others.

All their current status and power actually come from the activation authority of Aldnoah technology. When they want to pass on their titles to their heirs, it is inevitable that the emperor or the royal family will grant the activation factor.

For these ambitious nobles, only by truly obtaining their own, inalienable authority can they truly master the power of this empire.

Unfortunately, although the Martians have super technology that has surpassed the Earthlings for countless generations, their technology tree basically points to Aldnoah-related energy, space, materials, etc., and their understanding of biological disciplines may not even be comparable to that of the Earthlings at this time, let alone compared with Fang Yuan.

They have just taken the first step and have only preliminarily confirmed that the activation factor should be some kind of artificial microorganism that coexists with the human body, but they have been studying DNA and RNA sequences all the way, and are getting further and further away from the truth.

The real activation factor is actually a nanorobot composed purely of proteins. Who else can think of this except Fang Yuan, who can directly observe the internal activities of cells? In addition, the fact that the power of the initiator can be inherited along with the royal gene has made most scientists regard these special proteins detected in the blood as byproducts of the initiator, and they are intent on finding the true body in DNA and RNA that does not exist at all.

They still have a long way to go to truly understand the nature of the initiator, and even further crack the power restrictions! 　　Back to the point, in short, Zazbarum and his allies are now determined to rebel. Except for not saying it out loud because of the concern for the morale of the middle and lower-level soldiers, for those slightly higher-level officers, they basically know that what they are doing is actually the work of rebellion! 　　However, since it is a rebellion, the question of who will hold power after the rebellion is successful is quietly placed in front of all the rebels.

No matter whether it is a young man like Zazbarum who has great ambitions and intends to expand the empire and defeat the earthlings, or a corrupt aristocrat who is obsessed with power and endlessly greedy, they all believe that only they are qualified to control the future of the Martian Empire, and only they who are "wise and brave" and "have unique vision" can lead the Martian Empire to a higher peak.