Chapter 76

Lord Fu Xuan couldn't help but sigh.

Hopefully, she can make some achievements in the new Great Expansion Divination Array, so that Lord Fu Xuan has a reason to give her duties and train her.

In the Corporation's ecological ship, Topaz held Numby and watched the scene on the light screen.

Watching Gray Wind's outburst, refusing the Calamity Empire Emperor's proposal to join the Empire,

Topaz couldn't help but nod gently.

"No wonder... even Numby took me several treasures to lure back."

"Existing for thousands of years, an ancient nanobot, a collective of an entire civilization, how could she be easy to persuade?"

"Director Topaz." Just at this moment, a Corporation employee under Topaz stepped forward to report: "We will enter the Jarilo star system in three standard hours."

"Finally here!" Topaz held Numby and stood up from the sofa.

"You all remember this: you are not allowed to show off in other people's territory, and you are not allowed to bully the local residents."

Topaz announced with her hands on her hips:

"Oh right, remember to turn on the stealth equipment when the ship lands, don't scare the local people."

"They have been isolated from the universe for many years, they probably haven't seen a ship as massive as the Corporation's ecological ship."

"Understood, Director Topaz."

Under the shroud of a vision probe as massive as a star,

In Jarilo-VI, Belobog, in the Supreme Guardian's office,

Bronya sighed gently.

"No wonder, how could Secretary of State Gray Wind, whose thinking is as fast as the wind, easily swear allegiance to a stranger?"

Bronya remembered the efficiency and accuracy of Secretary of State Gray Wind when handling government affairs, and couldn't help but feel admiration in her heart.

But Bronya didn't think Gray Wind would refuse for long.

She had witnessed the charisma of the Calamity Empire's Emperor Majesty, that gentleness and benevolence like a loving father, making one unable to help but feel submission in their heart.

Even Secretary of State Gray Wind, presumably, would swear allegiance to the Emperor Majesty after a short period of understanding, right?

Just when Bronya's thoughts were flying, the scene on the light screen also changed.

One could see on the light screen, Gray Wind pacing back and forth on the desolate planet covered in quicksand.

【"To make such a proposal, I really don't know what you are thinking!"】

Gray Wind's face flushed red, she clenched her fists and said to the Calamity Empire's Emperor:

【"How could you think I would swear allegiance to you? What is the reason for this?"】

The Calamity Empire Emperor smiled gently and looked up at Gray Wind.

【"You are very lonely, aren't you?"】

This answer made Gray Wind freeze in place abruptly, and she suddenly pulled away from the Calamity Empire's Emperor.

The dim star in the distance rotated lonely, its light sweeping across the desolate nano-planet.

On this planet, there was only Gray Wind, and the Calamity Empire's Emperor in front of Gray Wind.

That Emperor from the Calamity Empire was just sitting on the sand dune, smiling lightly, looking at Gray Wind.

It seemed he felt that there was no need for more words.

【"You you you, what are you thinking, you think these words... uh uh..."】

Gray Wind paused, turned her head away, and said softly:

【"Uh... actually... come to think of it... alright, why not!"】

Gray Wind pounced on Zhou Xuan, brought her face in front of Zhou Xuan, and grabbed Zhou Xuan's hand:

【"Let me join!"】

".... Huh?"

All living beings across the universe watching this scene had question marks appear on their heads.

"No way, Gray Wind said so much, and ended up being 'killed' by one sentence from the Calamity Empire's Emperor?"

"'I know nothing about your weird empire or its dirty history!' 'You are very lonely, aren't you?' 'I'm in!'"

"Is the Calamity Empire's Emperor a human-shaped succubus? One sentence made a nanobot that has existed for thousands of years surrender??"

In the Divination Commission, Lord Fu Xuan covered her face with her hands.

She somewhat suspected whether the two cracks in the Matrix of Prescience affected her judgment.

How could she feel that Gray Wind on the light screen was harder to deal with than Qingque?

An ancient nanobot that has existed for thousands of years, a collective of an entire civilization...

This is also too easy to deal with, right? Conquered by one sentence from the Calamity Empire's Emperor, directly surrendering??

"No..."

After calming down, Lord Fu Xuan shook her head.

"It's not because Gray Wind is easy to deal with, but because the Calamity Empire Emperor's eyes are too sharp..."

Sweat flowed down Lord Fu Xuan's forehead.

An individual, an individual who gathered the consciousness of an entire civilization, a young girl full of vitality, trapped in a cluster for thousands of years.

Countless attempts to leave all failed, and the only one she could communicate with was herself.

Continuously simulating different scenes, continuously changing into different appearances, but it was all just self-entertainment.

The 'chunibyo', liveliness, talkativeness, and desire to confide that Gray Wind showed were all because of the loneliness accumulated over long years.

And the Calamity Empire's Emperor saw through the loneliness Gray Wind hid beneath her beautiful appearance.

Thus, he reached out his hand to Gray Wind, inviting Gray Wind to join his empire.

Gray Wind's rationality told her she shouldn't join easily, but Gray Wind's sensibility was easily tempted by this proposal.

Thus, Gray Wind flusteredly found various reasons to refuse the Calamity Empire's Emperor.

However, the Calamity Empire's Emperor easily refuted all these reasons.

Inviting you, just because you are also lonely.

Join us, just because we can walk with you among the stars.

Lord Fu Xuan imagined, if she lived alone for thousands of years, and suddenly someone made an invitation to her, revealing her inner loneliness,

would she discard all rationality, choose to follow her inner sensibility, and swear allegiance to him?

Lord Fu Xuan thought about it and reached the answer.

The hardest thing to endure in the world is loneliness.

The Calamity Empire's Emperor easily saw through Gray Wind's inner loneliness and used the simplest words to pierce Gray Wind's psychological defense line.

"... Truly a terrifying man..." Lord Fu Xuan couldn't help but mutter to herself.

Then she cast her gaze on the light screen.

Gray Wind on the light screen flushed red, held the Calamity Empire Emperor's hands tightly, and said loudly:

【"I'm not kidding!"】

【"I mean it!"】

【"I feel like we'll get along very well, and this will be an exciting adventure."】

The more Gray Wind spoke, the brighter the light in her eyes became, and her tone became more excited:

【"Here I announce... I will swear allegiance to you for the next 2000 years!"】

Gray Wind jumped up abruptly, spun around on the gray gravel, as if dancing.

The excitement on her face was self-evident...

Then, Gray Wind frowned, as if she regretted it.

【"No, no, no!"】

【"Forget it... two thousand years of allegiance..."】

Saying this, Gray Wind paused, then (nodded) said loudly:

【"I'll swear allegiance to you for five thousand years instead!"】

Gray Wind said excitedly, leaned close to the Calamity Empire's Emperor, and held his hand tightly:

【"Now, Your Majesty, introduce our Empire!"】

Hearing this, the Calamity Empire's Emperor smiled and said:

【"We are an ordinary country composed of humans, with some vassal states under our banner."】

【"We are an empire that loves peace, inclined toward extreme authoritarianism, extreme xenophobia, and spiritualism, possessing racial purity traits, fond of genocide, 'I am the state', purging the untouchables, doomsday-level orbital bombardment, total war, religious persecution, exploitation of aliens, integration into the power grid, turning into canned goods, and bloody sacrifice."】

Listening to the Calamity Empire Emperor's plain words, Gray Wind stood frozen in place.