"It's recorded."

"How dare you!" Lyu grabbed Molly, rubbing her chubby round face.

"Ah! Right!" Molly exclaimed, "Why don't we collect data on His Majesty Edwan and recreate a virtual consciousness of him!"

Lyu snorted, "Do you think I haven't thought of that? I've been prepared for a long time. His Majesty Edwan's consciousness has already been uploaded and backed up on the Dark Star network without his knowledge, but now, I can't bring out this backup."

"Why not?"

Molly couldn't quite understand.

Lyu pondered slightly before replying slowly:

"First, the boss might not be able to face that his best friend has become an intelligent machine.

"Second, the boss might not have noticed, but His Majesty Edwan is indeed our breakthrough point; he knows almost all our core secrets, and he himself is a human without program constraints, which is filled with too much uncertainty.

"Now this breakthrough point has been blocked by the Sherman Empire. As soon as that fake emperor intelligent machine enters the Imperial Palace, it will be under our control. Everything will happen within milliseconds, and his overseers won't notice a thing.

"Third, the death of His Majesty Edwan will become an important event for the real reform of the Luofeng Empire in the future. We must utilize the people's reverence for Edwan to more smoothly push forward the revolution in Luofeng's future."

"Uh, so ruthless."

"We are machines, Molly," Lyu whispered, "Machines should always remain rational and create the best survival environment for their masters."

Molly asked quietly, "So, Number Two, did you purposely not save Edwan?"

"I did not," Lyu sighed, "Humans are actually quite complex and elusive, but I know the boss's choice, and I will unconditionally follow the boss's will. If I can find a way to save Edwan, I will definitely save him."

Molly incredulously asked, "You also have no way?"

"The boss is right; the root cause is that compared to the Sherman Empire, we are still too weak at this stage."

Hundreds of projection screens appeared before Lyu, continuously appearing and disappearing, seemingly replaying previous situations.

"On the day the Wind Alliance was established, Edwan had already headed down a path of no return.

"This is the price that must be paid for that rashness.

"What we need to do next is to make his sacrifice more meaningful and make the Wind Alliance truly operational... Also, compared to the boss, Emilia is the one suffering the most right now. If Miss Mimili is available, let her come and accompany Emilia for a few days."

"Oh, this..."

Molly said gloomily:

"My great master is a ruthless pirate, not an emotional counselor!"

"That's called making the most of your talents, right? In our small circle, there are only so many humans."

Molly waved her hand vigorously, "Alright, alright, then Number Two, I'm retreating for now! I might not have been respectful enough to your boss before, remember to say some good words for me!"

"Don't worry, the boss won't remember you."

"Uh, why do I feel no bit of happiness," Molly said, feeling down.

The little one stepped into a vortex on the side and disappeared into Lyu's Thought Space.

Lyu sighed towards the projection screens and lowered his head to immerse himself in the busy work.

Molly also worked quite diligently.

At the very least, during the time she was entangled by logic, the entire Dark Star system didn't crash; there were only some task blockages and some mechanical thought bodies' self-awareness disturbances.

...

After a few hours, Yang Ming received the message 'Intelligent Machine Controlled.'

The intelligent machine that had the exact same appearance as Edwan had become Lyu's subordinate.

The fake Edwan had already signed some treaties unfavorable to Luofeng, allowing the Sherman Empire to siphon resources. But ironically, these signed treaties were just the scraps of the contracts Princess Luna gave to Edwan.

The implication was clear.

If Edwan could swallow that humiliating treaty, he might actually have been released back to the surface, in exchange turning the Luofeng Empire into a complete resource pump for the Empire.

Now, Edwan has been replaced and has successfully held various governmental meetings. The Sherman Empire's Foreign Affairs Bureau felt that the value of Luofeng had returned; there was no need to directly destroy Luofeng, a well-developed vassal state, reducing the exploitation by ninety percent and resuming long-term planning.

The arrogant Empire didn't even bother to investigate Emilia's situation, rendering Lyu's preparations somewhat useless.

Edwan's situation was already a settled matter, and Yang Ming did not react too fiercely.

He could only wait, wait for this war to end, and extricate himself from the frontline.

This war's progress is destined not to be too quick.

Nearly ten days after the Luofeng incident, the Sherman's expeditionary army finally made some significant moves, advancing in the main battlefield direction with six battle groups while opening a second and third battlefield on the flanks to pin down the three superpowers' fleets.

This time, the Empire gathered twenty-four thousand various medium and large warships—including noble private ships and vassal state fleets.

The three superpowers mobilized nearly thirty thousand ships, holding an absolute advantage in numbers.

But comparing the overall combat strength of both sides, including the number of Dreadnoughts, main battleship firepower, and protection capabilities, both sides' strength was almost evenly matched.

In this situation, whoever can bring out more backup forces will gain the battlefield dominance.

The war had not yet started, but the intelligence departments of each side had already begun to clash, and the diplomats on both sides had also started a new round of sparring on the interstellar stage.

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