Chapter 13 Taiyi Palace in Andu

Taiyi Palace, Andu.

The Jiuyi, the military, and the General Administration of Security of the Yi Kingdom are the three major institutions that constitute the foundation of military power for the most powerful empire on Earth and Moon.

Above these three major institutions lies the domain of the royal family.

The royal family resides in Taiyi Palace, and the total number of members is not as large as many people imagine.

The entire royal family of the Yi Kingdom consists of no more than ten people.

For thousands of years, the royal family has not been changed since before the founding of the nation.

No one has ever truly seen the face of the current Emperor, Zhou Shi.

He seems to forever sit upon the imperial throne, wearing a full set of enormous golden dragon-winged imperial armor, forever in a straight and upright posture.

His three-meter-tall body, through the enclosed golden helmet, seems to look down upon all the sentient beings outside Taiyi Palace.

The people of the three departments uniformly address him as: the Da Yi Ming Ling Zhao Wu Sheng Xin Emperor.

Taiyi Palace floats above Andu, like a giant whale, completely invisible, supported by eight invisible force field pillars rising from Andu.

Inside the magnificent golden palace.

Dozens of scarlet mechanical dragons, each a hundred meters long, slowly swim and shuttle outside the windows, like real dragons.

These are dragon-shaped guardians, also part of the highest security system here.

Each of these blood-colored dragons has a large force field shield, with a speed comparable to a flying Yi, and an overall strength comparable to a sixth-level powerhouse.

The key is that they are all made of self-repairing metal. As long as they are within a five-kilometer radius of Taiyi Palace, any damage the dragons sustain will automatically recover.

The Solidarity Society, which once broke out on Earth and Moon, along with foreign forces, once fought their way here.

More than a hundred years ago, the Solidarity Society was completely repelled by the blood-colored dragons here, suffering heavy losses.

Immortality is the most terrifying aspect of these dragons.

Inside Taiyi Palace, wisps of cloud qi drift about, making the entire magnificent palace appear hazy and indistinct.

On both sides of the palace stand sculptures of national heroes who have emerged from the Yi Kingdom throughout history.

The golden sculptures, more than ten meters high, are like giants, or sentries, guarding this vast imperial palace.

The Zhao Wu Sheng Xin Emperor sat on the throne, looking at the several old ministers of the empire who had just entered the palace.

"The Shadow Eater operation failed… and now a Garden of Fate has emerged?" Zhou Shi sighed with a headache.

"Clearly, the previous Mandate of Heaven was doing well, so why did something go wrong so quickly?" He couldn't understand.

"Your Majesty, the problem now is not to investigate why the problem occurred, but to solve the problem as soon as possible. The country is in a time of crisis, and such actions by the Mandate of Heaven are disregarding the overall situation and undermining internal unity. I implore Your Majesty to issue an edict to arrest them and bring them to justice."

Several ministers below, all wearing metal grimace helmets and black cloaks, the one standing at the front spoke at this time.

"How to arrest them?" Another minister sneered. "By talking?"

"If it really doesn't work, how about transforming them into another camp?" A minister on the side said calmly.

"That's something to consider," Zhou Shi said thoughtfully. "What's the Zhao family's attitude?"

"Black Phoenix Family Head is furious and has applied for a special Jiuyi operation permit," one person replied.

A special operation permit is a pass that allows ninth-level powerhouses to mobilize flying Yis and force fields.

"The Myriad Worlds Commerce Guild is no small character. Why not just let the Mandate of Heaven suffer a setback and then, at a critical moment, we can step in to ease the situation. That would be even better."

Several ministers continued to offer new suggestions.

"That works too, so let's prepare like that for now." Zhou Shi waved his hand with a headache.

It's difficult for ninth-level powerhouses to act, and eighth-level is the limit, but in the current situation, the trouble of the Myriad Worlds Commerce Guild, could it be that the experts of his royal family have to help appease it?

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Myriad Worlds Commerce Guild headquarters, the Myriad Worlds Building.

This three-hundred-story Chaoyu skyscraper is located in the opposite area of the martial arts stadium.

At this time, hundreds of modified humans and flying Yi masters have gathered densely around the building.

Most of these flying Yi masters are high-level, floating in the air, waiting in the air with their flying Yis and their own force fields.

In the core area of all the flying Yi masters, Zhao Lingzhi and Zhao Lingguang, the last two eighth-level powerhouses of the Zhao family, are flying.

The two men hid under the force field with unsightly expressions, looking at the approaching Mandate of Heaven target.

"Has the Family Head not arrived yet?" Zhao Lingzhi had just flown back from Fengnan Province at full speed, and immediately contacted all his flying Yi master friends.

As a direct descendant of the Zhao family, he has a large number of flying Yi master friends.

Even eighth-level powerhouses, there are several.

But when they heard that they were going to deal with the Mandate of Heaven, a group of eighth-level powerhouses all 'had something to do temporarily', and then blocked him.

Similarly, although most experts did not want to be dragged onto the Zhao family's chariot at this time, there were still some who were not afraid of death and wanted to invest at a critical moment, promising to come to support.

Many flying Yi masters who were not well-informed were therefore invited by the Zhao family and gathered here.

"My brothers will join forces, plus a dozen or so friends around us, as well as military missile lock…" Zhao Lingzhi said coldly, "I don't believe that the Mandate of Heaven is invulnerable."

"The military's missile lock is gone. The Yan family and the Li family's camps are interfering, and since this is the urban area, it was canceled by the higher-ups." Zhao Lingguang said coldly.

Compared to Zhao Lingzhi, he is more rational and knows more about the Mandate of Heaven's record.

"Being able to kill the three great experts who besieged him in a very short time, and even Yan Zhen didn't cause him much damage. The strength of the Mandate of Heaven should be much stronger than previously estimated. So, be sure not to underestimate the enemy."

"If the missiles are canceled, what about the death ray cannon? The space warships controlled by my Zhao family should have locked on, right?" Zhao Lingzhi said quickly.

"The death ray is naturally prepared, as well as the fortress orbital cannon and the high-particle cutting cannon. If necessary, we can also forcibly launch it once. But there is only one chance. The royal family and other Jiuyi families will not allow us to use these space strategic weapons at will." Zhao Lingguang replied in a deep voice.

Ninth-level powerhouses are indeed the top pillars of the Yi Kingdom, but that does not mean that the Yi Kingdom only has ninth-level powerhouses.

The main reason why they are pillars is because the mobility of flying Yi masters is too strong, and strategic weapons cannot stop them at all.

On the battlefield, they are absolute weapons of mass destruction.

But in comparison, the Mandate of Heaven, who does not rely on speed to win, cannot avoid most strategic weapons like a flying Yi master.

"Watch… even if the Family Head doesn't act, this time we can make the Mandate of Heaven have no way back!" Zhao Lingzhi suppressed his voice.

As a top eighth-level powerhouse, he hasn't felt this kind of tension for a long time.

When he strangled the Minister of the Ideal Township, he just completed the task easily.

There is no such tense atmosphere as now.

"Here it comes!" Suddenly, the high-altitude sentry issued a warning.

Everyone's spirits tightened, and the two eighth-level powerhouses and more than a dozen seventh-level and sixth-level powerhouses were scattered on both wings.

There are also many lower-level military-grade flying Yi masters waiting in heavy armored vehicles on the ground.

The flying speed of everyone on the field is not less than three times the speed of sound.

This is the critical value summarized after analyzing Li Cheng Yi's various speeds.

Those who are below this speed are just here to die.

For this reason, the Zhao family mobilized a total of nearly two hundred flying Yi master troops, all of whom were direct descendants cultivated in various departments, in order to guard the Zhao family's facade of the Myriad Worlds Commerce Guild.

When they reach this point, face is more important than many things.

Once the outside forces think they are weak, countless enemies they have offended will pounce on them like hungry wolves and devour the huge Zhao family.

No matter how strong Black Phoenix Zhao Chengxi is, ninth-level powerhouses also need a lot of energy and logistical support.

Without the Myriad Worlds Commerce Guild, whether Zhao Chengxi's flying Yi and force field system can be fully powered up at that time is a question.

The Myriad Worlds Commerce Guild represents the Zhao family's continuous resource support.

It must not be lost!

In this era.

Resources are strength.

Outside the huge Myriad Worlds Building, five kilometers away.

On the gray-white road, a large number of security officers from the General Administration of Security are cooperating with automatic machinery to evacuate the crowd.

Shops closed one after another.

The protective force fields of the surrounding buildings were activated.

This time, Li Cheng Yi gave them enough reaction time in order to reduce accidental injuries and clearly allow the Zhao family and other national forces to have time to buffer and discuss.

In the sky, the vast Milky Way is constantly swirling and flowing, and countless flying vehicles are moving away.

One floating defense platform after another began to build isolation force fields around it to prevent the battle below from affecting the operation of the Milky Way Port.

One silver-white flying vehicle after another rose into the air, looking at this side from a distance in the nearby sky. Obviously, many experts came to watch the show.

At the top of the Atomic Building near the Myriad Worlds Building.

The direct descendants of the Zhao family gathered in the suspended restaurant here, looking down from the silver semi-transparent crystal windows.

Zhao Xianrou was also among them.

Her beautiful eyes stared at the bottom, and the streams of traffic were like variegated tentacles, flying and flowing towards the surroundings.

With the evacuation point as the center, all the areas within a dozen kilometers around were dispersed, and all important buildings were covered and activated large force fields.

Densely packed military flying vehicles, flying Yis, and modified floating platforms like flying ant colonies were scattered around. These were all those who came to watch the battle.

"Mandate of Heaven… What an arrogant name. There are still people in this world who dare to call themselves the Mandate of Heaven. They really don't know how to live or die." Her cousin Zhao Mengshuang said coldly.

"Xianrou, I heard that you had contact with this Li Cheng Yi? And you even refused his offer to take you as a disciple?" The cousin's question instantly made Zhao Xianrou the focus of attention among this group of Zhao family's direct descendants.

Zhao Xianrou has outstanding talent. Even among the direct descendants, she is a key training target of the family. If it hadn't been for the Chaoyu terrorist attack last time, she would have been implicated and attacked by other direct descendants.

Now she should be even more favored.

"The Mandate of Heaven is indeed very strong, but it is meaningless." Zhao Xianrou said calmly.

"There have been too many rising forces like him who have challenged our Zhao family for hundreds of years. Among so many forces and so many talented people, how many can stand at the end?"

"Well said. Xianrou has the highest awareness among us direct descendants. No wonder the elders all like you."

Zhao Enshi, who had contact with Li Cheng Yi, has now recovered from his injuries. At this time, he walked out from behind, stood in front of the window, and looked into the distance.

"Brother Enshi." Zhao Xianrou and a group of direct descendants quickly greeted him.

Although Zhao Enshi is of the same generation as them, he has now entered the family system and begun to take power.

He is far from being as naive as them.

"Watch, the core of Mingyuan Group is the Mandate of Heaven Li Cheng Yi. And this time, we will defeat the Mandate of Heaven, which is to defeat Mingyuan! Anyone who provokes our Zhao family will be crushed to pieces!"

"Actually…" Zhao Xianrou looked at a golden humanoid figure gradually approaching in the distance, and a trace of inexplicable meaning flashed in her eyes.

She had a lot to say, but at this moment, everyone around her was no longer paying attention to her.

Although she is the little princess of the Zhao family's direct line. But at this time, everyone's eyes briefly moved away and all focused on the approaching Mandate of Heaven.

Zhao Xianrou suddenly recalled what Li Cheng Yi had said to her.

'In this era, good people are always criticized, misunderstood, and misinterpreted. Therefore, the more you do good, the more power you need.'

'Power that belongs only to oneself...'

Zhao Xianrou looked at Li Cheng Yi from afar, and suddenly felt that the other party was approaching slowly and calmly, as if he was proving something to her.

'Prove it to me… Good people don't lie.'

(End of this chapter)