There are less than two Galaxy Time units left until Yang Ming's meeting with the Prince.

In the lord's mansion on Saka Star, a few more well-dressed elders have appeared, including Prince Kinov who had already been there, all showing up within the past few hours.

They either came as persuaders or as representatives of someone else.

Everyone lowered their stance, requesting Yang Ming to step forward and resolve this matter, to quell the public opinion storm.

Hidden threats were present.

For example, cutting off the resource supply to Saka Star and forcibly raising the cost of living on Saka Star.

There were also clear offers of inducement—giving Yang Ming the large amounts of resources he wanted, offering Saka Star various favorable policies, equipping Saka Star with the most abundant resources, merging residents from other planets that also suffered insect disasters but survived with difficulty into Saka Star, to rapidly increase the population of Yang Ming's territory.

Whether they were threats or benefits, Yang Ming only nodded with a smile.

He neither spoke nor agreed, then went on with normal activities like sleeping, washing, and changing clothes, completely like a bystander enjoying the show.

Ever since Prince Ghali left Emperor Star, an increasing number of Empire bigwigs have been using projection technology to negotiate with Yang Ming.

But the two people Yang Ming most wanted to see, and least wanted to see, did not show up.

These two were the Emperor of the Empire and Director Eno.

Toward these two, if they opened their mouths to request Yang Ming to quell the public opinion, Yang Ming would have neither a reason to refuse nor need to refuse.

This would signify that either the overt power of the Empire or the elites secretly controlling the Empire from the Sherman family were bowing down and being conciliatory to someone as minor as an Earl.

Though by doing so, Yang Ming would not get the immediate tangible benefits that are within reach, he could greatly enhance his political influence within the Empire.

Yang Ming was also gambling.

He gambled that the old Emperor's nature was arrogant, with a deep-seated contempt for the common people and would not bow down for such a public opinion assault.

He also gambled that the elites of the Sherman family who controlled the Empire were deeply arrogant and used to solving problems in their own way.

If a prince had a problem, then just abandon that prince.

Indeed, Yang Ming speculated that the elites of the Sherman family, led by Director Eno, had likely already calculated all the consequences that his every reaction could lead to and prepared contingency plans.

To be honest, Yang Ming felt somewhat intimidated by this mysterious Sherman family that wielded such enormous power.

He currently had no Dreadnought!

Intimidated as he was, Yang Ming still had to persist in doing what needed to be done.

This turmoil about the attack, with external forces providing firepower assistance, offered Yang Ming a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Without a development window for Wind and Dark Star, what to do?

Then he would carve one out.

Yang Ming glanced at the time on his watch; in an hour and a half, that Prince would arrive here.

Beside him, 026, together with Han Yin and Han Xiang, had set up the panoramic live broadcast tools, and two maid robots started cleaning and tidying up the living room.

This live broadcast was suddenly announced by Yang Ming to the outside world, and the nobles, officials, and generals present were not too surprised, since White Ghost had originally risen to prominence through live broadcasts.

They were more personally interested in how White Ghost would make this live broadcast widely disseminated within the Empire.

The biggest mystery surrounding White Ghost was actually his almost omnipotent 'network capability'.

Lyu had made all the necessary preparations.

The New Federation CIA and intelligence organizations from various countries 'freely' provided the traffic interface.

White Ghost's fan sites crashed repeatedly and were repeatedly repaired, the computing power and storage capacity of the original server groups were inadequate, and Lyu had no choice but to invade the Empire's official servers, taking on the risk of being expelled at any moment by Li.

Speaking of Li, Yang Ming was also quite curious.

She had not stepped forward to quell this storm.

If Li took action, with crushing computing power and resources, even ten CIAs could not stir up the slightest ripple in the Empire's network world.

'Is it true that Li can think autonomously?'

'The examiner said Li is gradually unsealing, the abnormal alternation of top-level power in the Empire, events in the Elder Court and Military Department had also happened...'

'Is Li helping me? Why would she help me? Because of Lyu's existence? Or because I came up with Dark Star and she felt I was one of her own?'

Yang Ming's heart was filled with one question mark after another.

"Hanton," Daphne's voice sounded beside him.

Yang Ming looked up to see this Princess had already returned to normal, whispering to Yang Ming, "Can we talk?"

"Is there still a need to talk?"

Yang Ming replied with a smile.

Daphne slightly bit her lip and played her trump card—looking pitiful.

Yang Ming, however, chose to ignore it.

Numerous eyes gathered from inside and outside the door, Daphne lowered her head and walked away, then sat in a corner seat, her mental state noticeably sagged.

She hadn't rested for quite a long time.

In the hum, Yang Ming opened his watch and saw it was a text message from Catherine, asking if there was any problem on his side. Yang Ming replied with a laughing emoji.

Even though the situation was not clear, Yang Ming was still walking on thin ice, but in front of his girlfriend, he had to appear optimistic enough to prevent her from worrying.

Yang Ming found a match-three game to pass this waste of time.

Half an hour later, Daphne approached again.

"Are you sure you don't want to talk?"

"Mm-hmm," Yang Ming smiled, glanced around to ensure no one was nearby, and said softly, "Sometimes it's not that we lack the motivation to resist, but we lack the awareness to resist. If completely controlled, you can never become their kind; only an uncontrollable existence has the qualification to become their partner."

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