Heh heh… …" Rivas spotted Clarice at a glance, and coupled with the conversation he had just overheard outside… …His conviction deepened. He had just heard the Supreme One teaching his daughter negotiation skills… …"As expected, Her Highness Clarice went to negotiate… …Looks like you really are going to betray me… …"
"… …No… …" Nova wanted to say that she hadn't betrayed him, but she couldn't get the words out… …Because Rivas had already stunned her with a shot… …
Now that things had come to this, Rivas had no turning back… …He could only go all the way. It didn't matter whether Nova intended to betray him or not… …
"Ah————! ! Rivas, what are you doing?" Seeing her mother being stunned on the ground by Rivas in the video, Clarice couldn't help but scream. "Are you rebelling? Rivas?"
"Heh heh… …Princess, no, not a princess anymore soon." Rivas said smugly, "Soon, the Nova Empire will usher in earth-shaking changes. The empire will become a republic… …There will no longer be the position of Nova Supreme, so… …Princess, this is the last time I call you Princess… …Your negotiations are in vain, no one can betray me."
With that, Rivas snapped off the video, and ordered the soldiers he brought, "Take our Emperor down and keep a close watch… …What awaits her will be a grand public trial, which will be the rebirth of the Nova Empire."
"Yes, Commander." Two soldiers saluted and directly carried the unconscious Nova Prime towards the outside of the house.
— — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — I am the dividing line of the camera switch — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
"No… …Rivas, what are you going to do to my mother?" Clarice hadn't finished speaking when the video screen in front of her went black… …She stamped her foot anxiously, stood up and directly ordered, "Set sail immediately and return to Xandar… …"
"Your Highness, this is the most unwise choice." A female official standing behind her stopped Clarice's order.
"But… …Mother is like this now… …I want to go back and save her." Clarice said anxiously.
"May I ask, what are you going to use to save her?" The female official said unhurriedly, "Rivas has the Dark Star Legion, what about you? Only this old mothership, oh, I almost forgot to say, many of the weapon systems on this mothership have been dismantled. Except for the necessary self-defense weapons, there is no attack capability at all, and there are not even a few fighters… …"
"I… …I… …Wuwu… …What do you want me to do… …" Clarice was about to cry with anxiety. She knew that what the female official said was true, but how could she not go back to her mother?
"Rebecca, help me… …What should I do… …" Clarice could only ask her female official for advice. This female official was no ordinary female official. She was sent by Nova to assist Clarice in this negotiation.
Simply put, it was the brain trust sent by Nova Prime to assist her daughter in the negotiations.
"Your Highness, there is only one way in front of you… …" Rebecca still said in her unhurried tone, "If you want to return to Xandar to save your mother, you can only borrow troops from other countries… …"
"Why?" Clarice asked, "Can't we go back and directly mobilize the Kree front legions?"
"… …Heh heh… …" Rebecca rolled her eyes, speechless at Clarice's naivety. "Can you mobilize the front fleet? Besides, they are already working very hard to resist the Kree's invasion, how can there be extra troops for you? Moreover, it takes four days to return to Xandar from the Kree front. Anything can happen in four days."
"… … …"
Hearing Rebecca's analysis, Clarice fell silent. After a while, she asked, "Then… …who should we borrow troops from?"
"… … …" Rebecca didn't speak, but nodded her head in the direction of Zhou Ye's mothership, the meaning… …you understand.
"… …No, I would rather die than borrow troops from that scumbag… …" Clarice shook her head like a rattle drum. She didn't want to go to Zhou Ye. Zhou Ye dared to ask her to be one of the conditions just for signing a ceasefire agreement. If she borrowed troops from Zhou Ye, who knows what she would become? Maybe she will become like the High Priestess Ayesha of the Sovereign, becoming his female slave?
"Heh heh… …I've given you the solution." Rebecca said as she walked outside, "It's up to you to listen or not. To be honest, it doesn't affect me who is in charge of this country… …You should think about it yourself, Your Highness."
Clarice watched Rebecca leave the room, and the whole person collapsed on the chair. She knew that Rebecca was right… …But she really didn't want to bow her head to Zhou Ye… …
Staring blankly at the already black screen in front of her, Clarice remembered the conversation she had with her mother when she was a child. At that time, her mother was busy with the empire's affairs, so she rarely had the opportunity to accompany her… …
Once, she finally lost her temper at her mother and said, "Is the empire important or am I important?"
"Of course you are important, baby." Nova answered her at the time.
"Then why don't you accompany me? Mom." Little Clarice felt very wronged.
"Because… …Mom wants to leave the best empire to you, baby." Nova hugged the eight-year-old little Clarice and sat her in her arms, and smiled: "This is my empire, and it is your empire, and it is even more
"Our home. Mom wants to leave the best home to her darling, so her darling can live happily in this home... That's why Mom is so busy now... Do you understand, darling...?"
"But, you don't have time to be with me anymore..."
"People always have to sacrifice something for their home. For the sake of you, my darling, being able to live happily in the future, Mom sacrificing this little bit of time is nothing... Although Mom also really wants to play with you..."
"Mom... I will definitely protect our home..." Cloris murmured, standing up firmly. She returned to her cabin... and took out the rarely used cosmetics... "Someone always has to sacrifice something for this home, this time... it's my turn. Mom."
Chapter 509
Emperor-class Mothership — — — — — —
Zhou Ye had just settled his infatuated and clingy High Priest little slave, and was lying on a beach chair with her, enjoying the sun. The women were all wearing cool bikinis, playing beach volleyball on the beach—
His cabin occupied an entire level of the mothership, and it also used space folding technology, making the space inside many times larger than it appeared...
If the mothership designers of other interstellar empires saw Zhou Ye, this spendthrift, so lavishly using such precious space on the mothership to build such a luxurious captain's quarters, they would probably curse him to death.
You must know that those designers were almost pulling out the few remaining hairs on their heads in order to save the maximum space on the mothership to load more fighters... But Zhou Ye built his captain's quarters for enjoyment, which is really... too extravagant.
However, Zhou Ye didn't care. For a person like him who enjoys life, it was absolutely impossible for him to squeeze into a small cabin like a doghouse. Besides... he alone is worth countless fleets, so is there a need to care so much about the number of fighters?
Just as Zhou Ye was leisurely basking in the artificial sun, Milliya, the main brain of the Emperor-class Mothership, wearing a bikini, came over and whispered in his ear: "Master, that Nova Empire's Princess has arrived."
Zhou Ye was not surprised at all by this news. For this guy who often cheats with the Time Stone, nothing in the future is new to him.
Zhou Ye stretched lazily and asked casually. "How many people came?"
"Just her alone..." Milliya said, adding, "It seems she's wearing makeup..."
"...Hehe..." Zhou Ye revealed an understanding smile on his face, looking at the Valkyries playing on the beach: "Ladies, who will go and greet our Nova Empire's Princess...?"
"...Oh, that proud princess is here?" A Valkyrie squad leader asked in surprise.
The Valkyries generally didn't have a good impression of this Nova Empire's princess. To them, being intimate with their master was something they couldn't ask for, but this princess actually rejected the master. In their opinion, this Princess Cloris really didn't know what was good for her...
Lucia was the squad leader among the Valkyrie attendants. She directly volunteered to her master: "Let me go, Master."
"Okay, go ahead..." Zhou Ye didn't care, nodding. To him, anyone was fine... "Hurry back."
"Yes, Master." Lucia nodded happily and walked outside. She was carrying the instructions of her sisters, and she wanted to give this proud princess a surprise...
Lucia directly took the high-speed elevator and walked towards the landing entrance of the mothership— — — —
The high-speed elevator is not something ordinary people can ride. You must know that extremely strong inertia will be generated during high-speed movement, and the high-speed elevator does not always travel in a straight line. When making high-speed turns, g-forces will be generated, just like when fighter pilots make high-speed turns, they will feel very uncomfortable, and even when it is too strong, the pilot will directly black out.
Although the high-speed elevator is not as exaggerated as a fighter jet turning, it will also make ordinary people extremely uncomfortable. But this is a piece of cake for the gene-enhanced Valkyries. Their super-strong bodies can completely adapt to this speed.
To put it bluntly, the high-speed elevator on the Emperor-class was not designed for ordinary people at all, but for the Valkyries, in order to allow them to move out quickly and save every second...
That's a long way off— — — — Let's turn the camera and take a look at the current Princess Cloris.
When Princess Cloris came to the Emperor-class Mothership with the spirit of self-sacrifice, she was shocked by the giant mothership in front of her...
To be honest, she had seen many motherships of the Nova Empire, but she had never seen one so big... You must know that for every meter the mothership gets bigger, the required power doubles geometrically...
But now is not the time to sigh about these things, she has no choice...
Thinking of this, Princess Cloris suppressed her violently beating heart and walked towards the Umbrella Hell Paratroopers on duty at the entrance of the mothership.
"Please stay outside the cordon, otherwise we will take necessary measures." The Hell Paratroopers didn't recognize her. They didn't have a share in participating in the meeting. They were only responsible for guarding the surroundings. They didn't recognize the princess of the Nova Empire...
"I am Princess Cloris of the Nova Empire, the representative responsible for this negotiation. I want to see Lord Zhou Ye." Cloris looked at the Hell Paratroopers' hideous skull masks, and said loudly, suppressing her timidity.
Please wait a moment." The Hell Paratroopers knew the purpose of the mothership coming to this planet, and they didn't dare to delay. They directly used the communicator to report to the upper echelons of the mothership—
Before long, a woman wearing the Valkyrie's signature white combat uniform walked out. Seeing the shield emblem on her shoulder, the Hell Paratroopers knew that this was a squad leader among the attendants close to the Overlord...
"Commander, this woman claims she is a princess of the Nova Empire and wants to see the Overlord." The Hell Paratrooper didn't dare to neglect her duty, giving Lucia a military salute and reporting.
"The Overlord already knows, so he sent me down to take her up." Lucia returned a military salute to the Hell Paratrooper on duty, then looked at Cloris and said, "Your Highness, the Overlord has sent me to pick you up. Please follow me."
"Thank you." Cloris nodded her thanks, then followed Lucia towards the interior of the Emperor.
As Lucia led Cloris towards Zhou Ye's captain's quarters, she introduced her to the pride of Umbrella, "This mothership of the Overlord has more than six thousand fighters and can complete the launch of all fighters in three minutes... If possible, we only need this one mothership to easily occupy the entire planet of Xandar."
Lucia said these things entirely to shock the princess, meaning, what are you so arrogant about? To attack your capital star, I only need this one mothership...
After all, besides boasting about the mothership to the princess, she had nothing else to boast about. Could she boast that her Overlord crushed a planet with one foot? Not to mention whether the Overlord would blame her for being nosy, saying things she shouldn't say. No normal person would believe it, right? Although it's the truth...
But to her disappointment, upon hearing her veiled threat, the Nova Empire's princess didn't show the slightest fear or dissatisfaction. If she had to say there was an emotion... Lucia discovered that when she said she could easily occupy Xandar, Cloris's eyes actually revealed a hint of joy...
What the hell is going on? Could this be the start of a legendary palace drama? Was this princess stripped of her right to inherit, so she came to seek help from her own Overlord?
It had to be said that Lucia's brain was big enough. Although she didn't guess correctly, she wasn't too far off...
But obviously, Lucia, who failed to intimidate Princess Cloris, felt that she had let down her sisters' entrustment... Just then, she suddenly saw the high-speed elevator door at the entrance of the hangar, her eyes rolled, and a plan came to mind.
"Your Highness, it is estimated that it will take us a day to walk to the Overlord's cabin. Why don't we take the elevator up?"
Princess Cloris had been focusing all her attention on Lucia's introduction and hadn't noticed the passage of time at all. After listening to Lucia's introduction, she was even more certain of her determination. To save her mother, she could only ask Zhou Ye.
But hearing Lucia say that it would take a day to walk, Cloris didn't want to. She was now anxious, wishing she could fly back immediately to save her mother. Naturally, she agreed with Lucia's suggestion to take the elevator. "Okay, I also want to see Lord Zhou Ye as soon as possible."
Soon, Cloris regretted this decision—
"Ahhhhhh—What kind of elevator is this? Why is it so fast...?"
Chapter 510
"Pfft—Princess Cloris, what's wrong with you?" Zhou Ye looked at Princess Cloris, who was brought before him, and almost spat out the juice in his mouth...
Damn, it was a little too eye-catching.
Cloris's hair was messed up... Her little face was pale, with an expression of wanting to cry but having no tears. She looked like she had been taken advantage of by a group of strong men... It was really... too unexpected.
"I... I'm fine..." Cloris endured the churning in her stomach and said, "Can... can we talk about the negotiations now...? Lord Zhou Ye."
"...You should rest for a while." Zhou Ye sighed, asked the Phil sisters, who were moonlighting as maids, to pour her a glass of water, and then secretly glared at his close attendant captain, Lucia, meaning, little one, you're causing trouble again, aren't you? Be careful I deal with you...
Lucia was not afraid of Zhou Ye glaring at her at all. As long as she didn't commit principled mistakes such as betrayal or harming the mistress, the Overlord wouldn't do anything to her. At most, she would be given a Zhou-style family law. Lucia said that such family law was the more the better, she couldn't ask for more...
"Sigh, you're all spoiled..." Zhou Ye looked at Lucia, who was provocatively showing off her ample bosom, and sighed helplessly.
Of course, he was just saying it casually. Zhou Ye was reluctant to punish these Valkyries who were loyal to him and risked their lives for him. He didn't mind occasional pranks...
"Overlord, I'll go down first..." Lucia still had to report to her sisters. How could she not tell her sisters about embarrassing this arrogant princess...? What's the point of being happy alone?
"Go, I'll punish you next time if you do this again." Zhou Ye said lightly.
"I am willing to be punished by the Overlord." Hearing Zhou Ye's words, Lucia's eyes lit up, and she immediately confessed, "Overlord, I know I was wrong. I shouldn't have let Princess Cloris take the high-speed elevator to save time. Please punish me, Overlord."
"No, it's not her fault, I agreed." Cloris hurriedly pleaded for Lucia.
"Cough cough..." Zhou Ye was also a little embarrassed. He knew that Lucia was doing that on purpose, but since the words had been said, he could only say, "Thank Princess."
"Thank you, Your Highness." Lucia was disappointed, this meddlesome princess, she couldn't help but sigh softly... then turned and left the room.
"...Is it my illusion, why do I feel like Captain Lucia seems very angry...?" Cloris didn't quite understand where she went wrong?
You ruined her benefits… Of course, Zhou Ye couldn't say that. He could only smile and say, "That's your illusion, Princess. I wonder why the Princess is looking for me so urgently this time?"
Hearing Zhou Ye's question, Klauth immediately thought of her imprisoned mother and hurriedly said, "Lord Zhou Ye… I agree to your conditions… As long as you…"
Before she could finish speaking, Zhou Ye interrupted her, "As long as I go to Xandar to save your mother, right?"
"…Yes… Yes." Klauth asked confusedly, "How… How did you know something happened on Xandar?"
"…You wouldn't believe me if I said I guessed…" Zhou Ye smiled. His future has no secrets. The future can be changed for him… But there's no need to tell Klauth these things. After all, she's not his woman yet. "There's something called instant messaging, and there are people called merchants, and there are many merchants on Xandar. They have inextricable connections with Cygnus X-1, and merchants are precisely the most unscrupulous group of people. For profit, they can even sell their souls…"
"…" Although Klauth felt that what Zhou Ye said was a bit wrong, she didn't have the mood to play guessing games with Zhou Ye at this time. She directly nodded in agreement. "Yes, Rivas, the legion commander of the Dark Star Legion, has rebelled. He has captured my mother… Please, help me save my mother. I agree to your second condition…"
"Hehe…" Zhou Ye smiled, "Do you remember what I said, Princess?"
"Wh-what… What did you say?" Klauth felt her heart beating extremely fast, not with excitement, but with fear… Fear of the worst possible outcome… Zhou Ye refusing to help her.
"I said at that time, [It doesn't matter if you don't agree now. You will agree in the future, but the conditions may change.] I wonder, does the Princess still remember what I said?" Zhou Ye wasn't in a hurry at all…
"…No problem, I agree to any conditions you have!" Klauth said directly. She couldn't care about anything else. Even if Zhou Ye wanted to take the entire Nova Empire, she wouldn't mind, as long as she could protect her mother. Her family must have her mother. Where there is a mother, there is her home…
"Uh—" Zhou Ye felt like he didn't have any sense of accomplishment at all? This girl is so decisive… It doesn't give him any pleasure in bullying a girl… This is too tangled.
Just when Zhou Ye was tangled… Klauth stood up directly and started taking off her clothes. "Are you still a man? I've already said that, what are you hesitating about…"
…Damn it, being said like this by a seemingly weak girl, Zhou Ye absolutely couldn't bear it. "I'll let you see if I'm a man or not…" Saying that, Zhou Ye started helping Klauth disarm…
Three hours later—Klauth began to beg for mercy. At this time, Lucia led her guard sisters to rush in to save Klauth… But, as for whether it was to save Klauth or to enjoy their own benefits, who knows…
Chapter 512
Nova Empire Capital Star, Xandar—
Today, the people of Xandar felt very panicked.
Because in this morning's video news, the former War God of the Nova Empire, General Stuart, who had been low-key for a long time… and basically in a semi-secluded state, actually appeared in public again, and publicly declared his opposition to the Nova Prime's military action against Cygnus X-1.
Cygnus X-1
He claimed that the Nova Empire being besieged by three countries due to this incident was precisely because the Prime's power was too strong and unchecked, leading to a dictatorial transformation. He even called on the governors of other colonial planets of the Nova Empire to unite… to put pressure on the Nova Prime, demanding the implementation of a joint council system for governors, adding a powerful shackle to the Prime's royal power…
For a time—the entire Nova Empire was in an uproar… Since the founding of the Nova Empire, there had never been such a precedent. Some were secretly watching the situation, some wanted to stand out and were jumping up and down… and some were lamenting the deterioration of people's hearts… The political arena of the Nova Empire at this time was simply a microcosm of human life, with all kinds of people.
Regardless of how noisy it was outside, everyone's eyes were focused on the Nova Prime's residence. They were looking forward to seeing the Nova Prime's reaction, but to their disappointment, the Nova Prime seemed to not have seen the situation at all, still holed up in her residence, as if the stormy waves outside couldn't cause a ripple in her—
In fact, the current Nova Prime, Nova, was almost dying of anger… But there was no way. She was controlled by her former confidant, the head of the secret police whom she had personally promoted…
In a secret room, Nova was angrily looking at Rivas, who was speaking to her across a railing, and said resentfully, "I will not sign this statement. Give up on that idea…"
"Your Majesty, why do you have to be like this? By signing this statement, you will still be the Prime, just with one more organization under your command…" Rivas held a statement in his hand, looking like he was earnestly advising, which made Nova feel disgusted.
She couldn't understand how she had initially thought this guy was a loyal person and promoted him to the position of legion commander? She was really blind.
Nova gritted her teeth and said, "Are you treating me like an idiot? Don't I understand what kind of statement this is? Is there any difference between me signing it and handing over the Nova Empire to you traitors?"
In reality, this declaration was essentially a [New Star Supreme's Address to the Entire Nation.] However, some of the content was excessive. To put it bluntly, signing this declaration would be equivalent to transforming the New Star Empire from an autocratic state into a constitutional monarchy. From then on, the Supreme would not enjoy any special privileges or rights, and would only be left with the role of a mascot to be cute.
How could Nova possibly sign such a declaration? Without power in her hands, she believed that once these guys stabilized their regime, the first thing they would do would be to eliminate her… and then support a puppet to take the stage. She absolutely could not sign this declaration.
"That's not up to you… Your Majesty." Rivas's expression changed. He gestured to the soldiers behind him. These were men he had specifically transferred from the prison to his side…
You need to know, what is the darkest place? It is definitely the prison. These guys who serve in the prison, when they have nothing to do, they will use the prisoners as practice. They all have a few tricks to make people wish they were dead…
Looking at the soldiers pressing towards her, Nova didn't care at all. She just sneered at the traitor in front of her. She knew that the more lively this guy was now, the more miserable his end would be in the future. Don't look at him as a core figure of the new faction now, that's because he has military power in his hands. Once Stuart stabilizes the political situation of the New Star Empire, this guy will definitely be kicked away.
The New Star Empire needs a scapegoat to make peace with Cygnus X-1 and the Sovereign, and this guy happens to be the best scapegoat. Stuart has no reason to protect this guy who got on board halfway. This guy is just a tragedy in the end.
However, Nova didn't intend to tell Rivas these words. Saying these things now would only force him to jump over the wall in desperation. Maybe he would really dare to declare Xandar's independence? Nova hadn't reached the most desperate moment. She firmly believed that her daughter would definitely come back to save her…
Just as Nova was looking at the two soldiers holding various torture instruments and pressing towards her, sneering coldly, she noticed that these two soldiers were actually looking behind her, stunned…
Nova couldn't help but look behind her. She didn't care if this was the other party's trick. You need to know, she is now under house arrest. To Rivas, she is already meat on the chopping board… They don't need to use such inferior tricks against her.
"This… what is this?" Nova was stunned when she saw the scene behind her.
She saw a rotating circular portal emitting golden sparks appearing behind her… For her who had never seen a portal before, this was simply unimaginable, an existence that completely violated the laws of physics.
Just as she was in a daze, a familiar slender figure rushed out of the circle and hugged her. "Mom…"
"Cloraise? My baby, why are you back?" At this moment, Nova was both surprised and delighted. She was happy to see her daughter, but surprised… How did her daughter appear here? "Did you come back alone?"
"I, I, I came back with my man." Cloraise lowered her head shyly. Although she was willing to admit that Zhou Ye was her man, but… after all, she had never even had a boyfriend before, and directly skipped the boyfriend stage to say 'man'. For her, it was still a bit too exciting…
"…You, your man?" Nova couldn't help but lift her daughter's face when she heard her words, her brow furrowed… Obviously… they had already done that…
Nova asked angrily at that time: "Who is your man?"
"It's me." A voice came from behind Cloraise. Nova looked up and saw a handsome young man wearing a black military uniform slowly walking through the portal and coming to her. "Hello, New Star Supreme."
"…So it was you who abducted my daughter?" Nova questioned unceremoniously. She had completely forgotten that she was still in a situation surrounded by wolves, and there was a traitor coveting her outside…
"Mom, can we let darling handle the affairs here first?" Seeing that her mother was about to conflict with her own man, Cloraise hurriedly smoothed things over and said, "I'll tell you about me and darling in detail later, Mom."
Cloraise, who had already been conquered by Zhou Ye, didn't want her own man to confront her mother at all. That would be a disaster for her.
"Okay… you have to give me an explanation later, baby." Nova finally realized that now was not a good time to talk, and gave up the idea of tearing the guy who abducted her daughter into pieces here.
"Fire, kill that man, and capture Princess Cloraise." Rivas ordered directly when he saw Princess Cloraise and Zhou Ye walking out of that strange portal.
He still had a small calculation in his heart. He planned… to forcibly marry the princess and become the next man of the New Star Supreme. It's just that, how could Zhou Ye let this guy go?
When he planned to attack his woman's manor, he should have died… It was only because he was kept alive to cause trouble for the New Star Empire… Now, he has no value anymore.
"Say goodbye to this world." Zhou Ye smiled slightly at the guards who were shooting at him. Then, golden magic formulas appeared directly under their feet. Instantly, golden pillars of light spewed out from the magic formulas… In just the blink of an eye, those guards, including Rivas… completely disappeared from this universe… without leaving any traces.
Chapter 512
This farce of the New Star Empire came quickly and went even faster…
Just when some people started to stir, the New Star Supreme spoke. She directly appealed to her citizens on video, not to listen to the extreme remarks of certain traitors. They were just trying to kidnap public opinion for their own selfish desires.
Especially after the Speaker of Cygnus X-1 and the High Priest of the Sovereign race simultaneously issued statements, condemning Old Stuart's attempt to split his country as an act of betrayal and immorality. To show their support for the Nova Supreme, they also announced the suspension of military retaliation against the Nova Empire...
That's right, they didn't call this military strike a war, they said... it was military retaliation. However, the occupied resource stars would definitely not be returned to the Nova Empire...
Not everyone in the Dark Star Legion was loyal to Rivas; only a small number of his confidants were his staunch supporters.
After Nova gained her freedom, she naturally issued a statement and then directly seized military power of the Dark Star Legion. After all, the majority of the army were still royalists, which played a crucial role in her control of the Dark Star Legion.
After Nova effortlessly seized military power, the first target to strike was naturally that old guy Stuart. However, this old guy was too cunning and ran away early when he saw that the situation was not good... leaving the Dark Star Legion that went to arrest him empty-handed.
However, this did not delay Nova's attack on Stuart's remnants. She unceremoniously removed the governors of several colonial stars who had been the most active during her secret imprisonment, and secretly purged Stuart's remaining forces in the army.
The entire operation can be said to have been exceptionally smooth because her daughter borrowed several review officers from her own man's mothership... In the face of these review officers' powerful mental abilities, no one could hide the thoughts in their minds... Therefore, it could be guaranteed that there would be no wrongful convictions in this purge...
"Alright... dispose of all these documents." Nova said, handing the signed arrest warrants to the female officials waiting beside her. She rubbed her forehead... She had been driven crazy these past few days.
She had signed no less than a hundred arrest warrants. You must know that not all arrest warrants would pass through her hands; only those of a certain level would be personally signed by her.
It was truly shocking to see what was going on.
The entire Nova Empire was almost rotten to the core... She knew about the small actions of the people below, but as the saying goes, 'too much water has no fish.' Usually, she turned a blind eye to these people, but now that something had happened, a large number of these people jumped out... She also took the opportunity to deal with these guys and make room for those who came later...
After thinking for a while about the Nova Empire's government affairs gradually returning to normal, Nova couldn't help but think of Zhou Ye. If Zhou Ye hadn't come to save her this time, her best outcome would have been to become a puppet.
Then, thinking about her daughter's happy look, Nova couldn't help but sigh. Forget it, let her be. As long as her daughter is happy... Thinking of this, she picked up the two amnesty orders that her daughter had placed here for a long time...
These were amnesty orders for Ingrid and Zhou Ye. Zhou Ye was charged with espionage... Ingrid was charged with treason...
Nova had originally been suppressing these two amnesty orders because she was dissatisfied that Zhou Ye had abducted her daughter and had not signed them... Now that she had figured it out, she might as well sign them...
Thinking of this, Nova picked up a pen and signed her name on the two amnesty orders.
"Someone, send out these two amnesty orders and broadcast them on the video network..."
"Yes, Your Majesty." A female official walked over, took the amnesty orders from Nova's hand, and walked outside.
"Wait, where is Clarice now?" Nova asked casually.
"Your Highness Clarice... hasn't... hasn't gotten up yet..." the female official said with a somewhat flushed face.
"Why is she still sleeping in this time?" Nova looked at the sun outside the window. It was almost noon at this time... Could it be that she was too obsessed with that something, so she didn't get up? "I'll go see her..."
Nova, who was a little worried, said, stood up, and walked directly towards her daughter's house...
When Nova stepped into her daughter's independent villa, she found that she was overthinking... Clarice was in the living room, nestled in Zhou Ye's arms, playing Nova Empire video games with him.
"Yo, good morning, Supreme." Zhou Ye was the first to hear Nova's footsteps, looked up, and greeted her.
"Mom, good morning." Clarice realized that her mother had arrived after hearing her man's words.
"It's not early, it's almost lunchtime..." Nova said, while saying to her daughter: "Honey, I'm a little thirsty, can you pour me a glass of water?"
"Okay, Mom." Clarice didn't expect that her mother wanted to send her away to talk to her man alone. She obediently agreed, jumped directly from Zhou Ye's arms, and walked towards the kitchen inside the house...
"I think we should have a good talk." Nova said, sitting down in front of Zhou Ye.
"Okay." Zhou Ye sat up straight and asked with a smile: "What does the Supreme want to talk to me about?"
"The future... my daughter's future, and your future." Nova said solemnly: "My daughter will be the next Nova Supreme. The entire empire in the future will be hers... What do you plan to do with her? In the future, do you plan to settle in Xandar or Earth?"
"It doesn't make any difference to me?" Zhou Ye said, gently tapping in front of him. A golden portal directly opened in front of the Supreme. On the other side of the portal was a scene of a prosperous city. A Statue of Liberty stood there... Obviously, the other side of the portal was New York in the United States.
"...Okay, I forgot that distance is not a problem for you at all." Nova said speechlessly: "Then, when do you plan to marry my daughter? You must know that the wedding of the future Supreme of the Nova Empire must be prepared at least half a year in advance..."
Just do what you think is best. Any time is fine for me," Zhou Ye knew that his cheap mother-in-law was coming to force the marriage.
"That's great, let's set it for six months from now then." Nova's impression of Zhou Ye improved when she heard that he didn't try to evade her with vague answers. At least, in her eyes, a responsible man was worth entrusting…
It wasn't that Nova wanted to force the marriage, but Zhou Ye simply gave her too little sense of security… You know, handsome men are practically synonymous with being a playboy in women's eyes… Although she knew that Zhou Ye was maintaining relationships with several women at the same time, including the High Priestess of the Sovereign, but… as long as he was willing to marry her daughter, none of that would be a problem.
As for how she knew about Zhou Ye and Ayesha's affair? That was because Klaue complained to her mother after the negotiations, blurting out all the information she had gathered. Nova couldn't pretend not to know even if she wanted to.
Chapter 513
"Huh—where's Mom?" When Klaue walked out with a glass of water, she couldn't see her mother's figure anymore.
"The Supreme said she was busy and left first," Zhou Ye said casually. He knew that this old woman had come to force the marriage… However, Zhou Ye would give his woman a perfect wedding. Although he couldn't give all of his affection, Zhou Ye could still find a way to give her a grand wedding.
After all, for a woman, perhaps the most important moment in her life is the moment she puts on her wedding dress. Now that someone is willing to help him take care of all the wedding arrangements, it's exactly what he wants.
"Mom is really something, doesn't she know to take a break?" Klaue said, snuggling into Zhou Ye's arms again.
Hearing Klaue's words, Zhou Ye really wanted to roll his eyes, thinking, 'If you think your mother is working hard, then go help her…'
"I really want to help Mom…" Klaue said, hugging Zhou Ye tightly, feeling a bit reluctant. This was the time when she was most clingy. "I know… you're going back to Earth in a few days, so I didn't go to help Mom with political affairs, because I'm afraid that once you leave this time, it will be months…"
"It's okay, I'll build a permanent portal for you here tomorrow. When you miss me, just come find me," Zhou Ye said, comforting Klaue, while thinking that the room in his Long Island villa that was specially used to place permanent portals needed to be expanded…
New York—Kathmandu portal, this is exclusively for Master Gu Yi.
New York—Zurich Hydra headquarters portal, this is exclusively for Madame Hydra, Ophelia.
New York—Inhumans' Attilan portal, this is shared by Queen Medusa and Crystal.
New York—Washington villa portal, this is shared by Peggy and Natasha…
New York—Sovereign homeworld portal, this is shared by Ayesha and her sisters… uh, about to start building.
New York—Cygnus X-1 star portal, needless to say, it's exclusively for Carina Tivan, also preparing to build.
New York—Xandar portal, naturally for the future Nova Prime, of course, it hasn't started building yet either.
Counting like this, Zhou Ye felt that his portal room really needed to be expanded… This is almost not enough space. Moreover, he still had to delay for a few more days before he could return to Earth… Just the portals that needed to be built were three, this is… If Zhou Ye couldn't control time, these three portals would be enough for him to build for three years.
"Honey? What are you thinking about?" Seeing Zhou Ye's absent-minded look, Klaue asked curiously.
"Of course, I'm calculating how many portals to build…" Zhou Ye said, counting on his fingers, "You need one here, Cygnus X-1 star needs one, Sovereign homeworld needs one…"
Before Zhou Ye could finish speaking, Klaue blocked his mouth fiercely. Of course, Klaue said that in order not to take advantage of you, I also use my own mouth as a tool to block your mouth…
Although she knew that Zhou Ye had many women, when they were alone, he was still thinking about building portals for those women, which was simply too stimulative for Klaue… No matter how much she defaulted to Zhou Ye's attitude, even being able to become a comrade with many people to fight against Zhou Ye, when she was alone with her own man, she still wanted her own man to only have her in his eyes. This was a small luxury for her.
Just when the two were about to cross the line…
"Zhou Ye, what do you think about eight months later…" Nova's voice came, and then, like a duck caught by the neck, she went silent.
Nova was really embarrassed to death at this moment. After she had just agreed with Zhou Ye on the intention of her daughter's wedding with him, she happily went back to list the wedding plans… Although there were special female officials responsible for this matter.
But, after all, this was a mother marrying her precious daughter… How could she not think more about it? If possible, she couldn't wait to invite all the heads of state in the galaxy to Xandar on the day of her daughter's wedding, to hold a wedding that would make all the women in the galaxy envious to death…
However, this was obviously unrealistic. Not to mention the distant ones, just the millennia-old enemies of the Nova Empire, the Kree, would not appear… If the Kree King was really sent an invitation, maybe that guy would come with a fleet…
Just as Nova's thoughts became more divergent, she suddenly thought of a brilliant idea, but the time might be a bit tight, so she came again to discuss with Zhou Ye to postpone the wedding by two months…
But she never expected that the moment she walked in, she would witness such a scandalous scene… Have to admit, her future son-in-law's physique is really quite impressive…Pah, now is not the time to be thinking about such things. Nova hastily said to her daughter, who was stunned upon seeing her enter, "Honey, you guys continue, I'll come back later…"
With that, Nova turned and fled…
"Come back… later?" Clarice couldn't help but moan. "Heavens… Mom, how many more times do you want this to happen?"
"Never mind her… let's continue…" Zhou Ye didn't care so much and pulled Clarice back down again…
Nova, who hadn't gone far, leaned against the wall, her hand pressed tightly against her heart, which was beating wildly…
After all, she was only in her early forties. On this planet with extremely advanced biotechnology, a woman's appearance can easily be maintained at its most beautiful for a very long time, until she reaches her fifties, when cell aging causes her to rapidly age.
If Nova walked with Clarice on Earth, people would only think they were sisters, never imagining that they were mother and daughter…
"…What, what's wrong with me?" Nova muttered, touching her burning cheeks.
Nova, who used to be as calm as still water, actually felt a little restless today… "He's my future son-in-law… How can I be like this? How shameless…"
Nova muttered to herself, pinched her thighs hard a couple of times, and finally stopped her frantic heartbeat. She composed herself and walked towards her office… She needed to approve some documents to calm her nerves.
Chapter 514
Recently, Zhou Ye had noticed something very strange.
It seemed that ever since she accidentally stumbled upon his good times with Clarice, Nova had been avoiding him? But Zhou Ye didn't think too much about it… Perhaps it was because of the embarrassment.
After all, seeing her daughter's good times with her future son-in-law… Although they hadn't really done the deed at the time, they were almost at the point of no return. How could she not be embarrassed in that situation?
Thinking of this, Zhou Ye felt relieved. He had almost finished the ultra-long-range portal dedicated to Clarice, from Earth to Xandar. Next, he planned to go to Cygnus X-1 and build a portal there as well, specifically for Karina.
Today was his last day on Xandar.
After completing the final touches, Zhou Ye left the room dedicated to housing the portal.
Walking into the living room, Zhou Ye immediately saw Clarice happily chatting with her mother via video call. He smiled and walked behind Clarice, put his arms around her, and greeted Nova in the video call. "Supreme One, hello."
"Y-you, hello, Ye," Nova saw Zhou Ye, and a hint of embarrassment flashed across her face. She forced a smile and greeted her future son-in-law before directly saying to her daughter, "Honey, it's getting late, get some rest early."
"Okay, goodnight, Mom." Clarice had just said goodnight to her mother when she saw her mother quickly end the video call. She looked at her man with some confusion and said, "Honey, did you offend my mother again?"
"No way…" Zhou Ye cried out, feeling wronged. "I've been busy building a permanent portal for you lately, I haven't even seen your mother, how could I have offended her?"
"Then why was she constantly asking about you when she was chatting with me just now?" Clarice said strangely. "She even asked me when you were leaving Xandar tomorrow, but after I told her the time, she said she didn't have time and probably couldn't see you off…"
"Who knows… Maybe she's really busy, or maybe she's embarrassed to see me…" Zhou Ye shrugged and said helplessly, "On this last night alone together, are you going to talk about your mother until dawn?"
"Impossible…" How could Clarice let go of this last night alone together? You have to know how much she paid to bring Zhou Ye back to Xandar alone… Not to mention how many positions she unlocked to convince Zhou Ye, just in front of Karina and those women, how many benefits she promised and how much she paid… How could she let the last moments of solitude pass by in vain?
"Kiss me… darling." Clarice decided to enjoy this time that belonged only to her, and Zhou Ye naturally obeyed…
The figures of the two gradually merged together—
On the other side—Nova, who had closed the video call, slumped in her chair with a lost look on her face. She didn't know what was wrong with herself these days. She frantically wanted to see Zhou Ye, but she didn't dare to see him.
She had some awareness of her heart, but this kind of emotion was absolutely not recognized by the world. She tried desperately to extinguish the little flame in her heart and be a good mother…
But what's that saying? The more you want to discard something, the more you find you can't give it up…
Nova was now in this state. The more she wanted to drive Zhou Ye's shadow out of her heart, the more she found that Zhou Ye's shadow had taken root in her heart…
Even, last night in her dream, she dreamed of Zhou Ye, dreamed of the scene where Zhou Ye and her daughter were doing that, but her daughter, for some reason, turned into her own image… After waking up in the morning, she found that she had to change the sheets…
Time slowly passed in Nova's entanglement, and unknowingly, she fell asleep…
When she opened her eyes again, the sun was already shining brightly outside… Nova hurriedly looked at the time, it was almost ten o'clock in the morning.
She rushed into the bathroom in a hurry, washing up quickly.
She didn't know why she was in such a hurry. Hadn't she already decided not to see Zhou Ye off? Why was she washing up so anxiously now? At this moment, an invisible sense of urgency was forcing her to act quickly…
When she tidied up her appearance and walked quickly to her daughter's residence, she saw from a distance a medium-sized luxury spaceship quietly parked on the circular apron outside her daughter's house. Her daughter, Klaue Reese, was saying her final farewell to Zhou Ye.
For some reason, instinctively, Nova flashed behind the wall. She quietly watched her daughter and Zhou Ye hug. After they talked for a while, Zhou Ye turned and walked towards the spaceship that came to pick him up…
It was just as if inadvertently, Zhou Ye glanced at the location where Nova was, giving her a smile.
Nova's heart beat faster because of Zhou Ye's smile, and a blush appeared on her cheeks. She couldn't help but mutter in a low voice: "This bastard…"
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Klaue Reese watched the medium-sized spaceship that Zhou Ye was riding in cut through the sky and fly towards the outer space of Xandar. She knew that Zhou Ye's mothership, the Emperor, was waiting for its master to return there… Moreover, she also knew Zhou Ye's next itinerary, which was to go to Cygnus X-1 to help Karina build the portal…
She really wanted to go with Zhou Ye, but for this alone time, she had already discussed it with Karina and Ayesha, each on their own planet, and the women of other planets would not go… Because that was their own world, and it was also their rare alone time with Zhou Ye.
Just as Klaue Reese was staring blankly at the contrail in the sky, Nova's voice came from behind her. "Baby…"
"Mom…" Klaue Reese turned her head in surprise, looked at Nova and said, "Didn't you say you might not have time to come?"
"I rushed over as soon as I finished my work, but it's a pity… I still didn't catch up with sending that guy off." Nova lied in a serious manner… She didn't want her daughter to know that she had any thoughts about her man.
"…That's really a pity." Klaue Reese didn't see anything unusual about her mother at all, and said with some regret: "Honey feels regret because he didn't get to see you one last time."
"Really… Uh, no, I mean, that's really a pity." Nova forcibly changed the words in her mouth. When her daughter said that Zhou Ye felt regret because he didn't see her, her heart was jumping for joy.
"But it doesn't matter…" Klaue Reese felt that her mother's words seemed a little strange, but she didn't think much about it. She said directly: "When Honey returns to Earth and builds the portal at home, we can see him often…"
"That's really good…" Nova whispered in her heart.
"Mom? What's wrong with you?" Klaue Reese looked at her dazed mother strangely and asked.
"It's okay, baby." Nova directly grabbed her daughter's hand and said, "Now that the external interference is gone, we should also sort out our country… Come and help me, baby."
Nova felt that her daughter should slowly learn to govern this country, and Klaue Reese had long wanted to help her mother. Faced with Nova's request, she naturally agreed without hesitation. "Okay, Mother."
The two women walked towards the Political Affairs Hall hand in hand. Whether viewed from the front or the back, the two didn't look like mother and daughter, but more like sisters…
Chapter 515
Cygnus X-1, Tivon Group Headquarters Building.
Karina was busy reorganizing the group's affairs. She separated from Zhou Ye on Bohart Star.
Zhou Ye went directly to Xandar, while Karina returned to her ancestral star… She wanted to give her man a surprise by incorporating the Tivon Group into the Umbrella Group.
For this reason, she also brought back a team of auditors from Zhou Ye's mothership.
The purpose was to eliminate all hidden dangers in the group… to clear obstacles for her reorganization of the group.
Just as she was busy signing documents and interviewing the auditors, transferring personnel who she felt would hinder the group's reorganization, a noisy sound came from outside the door…
"Sir, you can't go in…"
"Why can't I come into my own group?" A familiar voice came. Karina frowned, put down the pen in her hand, and directly ordered through the external communicator: "Let him in."
"Yes… Miss." The maid outside responded and stopped blocking him.
Soon, the door of the room opened, and a man walked in, it was the Collector, Tanelia Tivon.
"Long time no see, my daughter, you are getting more and more beautiful." When Tivon saw Karina, he immediately showed a big smile, stretched out his hands and wanted to hug his daughter, but unfortunately, he was directly avoided by Karina.
"What are you back for? Aren't you going to continue your collection journey in your collection spaceship?" Karina didn't even bother to call him father.
Between her and Tivon, it can be said that there is nothing to say.
Although Karina was wholeheartedly following Zhou Ye, it didn't mean she had forgiven Tivan for leaving her in solitude for ten thousand years... These were two separate matters...
"..." Tivan awkwardly lowered his arm and sat down on the sofa, saying, "If I didn't come back to take a look, the entire Tivan Group would be renamed..."
Speaking of this, Tivan straightened his back and looked at his daughter with a serious expression, asking, "Is the group order you issued the day before yesterday real? Is the Tivan Group really going to be renamed the Umbrella Corporation?"
"That's right," Karina directly nodded in acknowledgement.
"Why? Why do you want to do this? Could it be that you've also been seduced by that pretty boy?" Tivan asked angrily.
During this period, the disputes between several countries in the galaxy were raging. How could Tivan not know? Especially after seeing the Sovereign race actually send troops to Cygnus X-1 to besiege the Nova Empire, how could he not guess that his daughter was probably...
"Zhou Ye is my man, not some pretty boy..." Karina roared back.
"I don't care who Zhou Ye is... I absolutely will not allow the Tivan Group to be reorganized," Tivan also stood up unyieldingly, glaring at his daughter... "Who has the final say in this group anyway..."
"Of course it's me," Karina said with a matter-of-fact expression. "You've been away from the group for too long. Apart from the few people you planted, you can't command anyone... So, give up. The reorganization of the Tivan Group is absolutely not allowed to change."
"..." Tivan was truly helpless. He knew that what his daughter said was true. He could no longer command the people of the Tivan Group, and the few people he had planted had also been transferred by his daughter from important positions, which was essentially equivalent to a disguised exile... They couldn't give him any help either.
"I will never allow the group I created to fall into the hands of outsiders... Even if I have to destroy it myself..." Tivan said, standing up angrily and walking outside.
"Alas..." Karina sighed. "Father, why do you have to do this? You won't be shortchanged on the money you're due... Why do you care so much about what the group is called?"
"..." Tivan would never say that he just didn't like Zhou Ye, especially after he had seized his personal piggy bank, Knowhere, and then gotten his daughter. As a father, how could Tivan like Zhou Ye?
"It seems I can only add a little protection for you..." Karina said, gently pressing a button under the table. A transparent hemispherical sphere dropped directly from above Tivan's head, directly enveloping Tivan inside.
"Karina... What are you doing?" Tivan asked in shock and anger, scolding his daughter.
"It's nothing, Father," Karina said, standing up and walking to the hemispherical sphere that trapped her father, smiling, "Someone told me that when a person builds a prison, they like to put themselves in the role of the prisoner to test whether the prison is safe... Obviously, you are the same, Father... This hemispherical sphere is made of the material of your favorite display cabinet for collectibles. It seems you can't do anything about this thing either."
"..." Tivan was speechless. He admitted that what his daughter said was right... He really couldn't do anything about this thing. Because he also couldn't break this thing from the inside...
"From now on, you can continue your journey of collecting, Father," Karina said. "You should worry less about the affairs of the group... Moreover, in order to prevent you from having accidents, I have also prepared some assistants for you. They will help you continue your collecting journey, but you have to do it under their supervision..."
As she spoke, Karina waved her hand, and a team of twelve autonomous robots walked in. They were improved robots from Umbrella based on the Sentinel project... It could be said without exaggeration that this team of autonomous robots could absolutely guarantee Tivan's safety. Of course, they were also Tivan's jailers...
For Tivan, Karina's mood was very complicated. On the one hand, he was her close relative, and on the other hand, the relationship between them had dropped to freezing point.
Especially the attack on her manor... How could it be such a coincidence? Zhou Ye had just arrived, and the people from the Nova Empire came? Are there such coincidences in the world? If there was no one tipping them off, it was absolutely impossible...
After learning about the situation on Zhou Ye's mothership, Karina first ruled out the possibility of there being an internal spy around her man. Then, besides himself, the only other person who knew Zhou Ye's whereabouts was her old man... Then the answer was obvious... Obviously, her man also knew about this, but he hadn't said anything all along for her sake.
However, not saying it didn't mean he didn't know. Karina knew that if her old man did something stupid again sometime and completely angered her man... The consequences would be unimaginable.
This time, pushing for the reorganization of the Tivan Group was not without the idea of luring out her elusive old man. Karina had dug the pit early, waiting for her old man to jump in himself... She believed that this was a kind of protection for her old man.
Thinking of this, Karinna waved her hand and ordered the autonomous robots to move the transparent container imprisoning Tivan onto a transport ship, taking Tivan directly to his collection mothership parked in outer space... As Tivan's daughter, Karinna naturally had access to the spaceship. After entering the mothership using her permissions, she wandered around her old man's ship, which was loaded with countless collectibles, and completely lost interest. She directly said to her old man's maid, Savanna: "You've taken care of my father for so many years, you must be very tired..."
"...No, not tired at all, it's all I should do," Savanna said cautiously.
Savanna certainly recognized Karinna, she often acted as a messenger between the two. However, this time it seemed like things were a bit serious. Her master, Tivan, angrily ran back to Cygnus X-1, but before long, he was escorted back to the mothership by his own daughter. Especially since her master was actually locked in the same display case he used to imprison collectibles, this was a bit too explosive...
Chapter 516
"Where's my father? That person is a bit old-fashioned and very difficult to serve... He must have often reprimanded you on weekdays." Karinna sat in the position that once belonged to Tivan, looking at the cautious maid in front of her and said, "But that won't happen again."
"...Are you going to fire me?" Savanna asked, looking up in surprise and joy. You have to know, to put it nicely, she was a maid, but to put it bluntly, she was a slave...
"Of course not..." Karinna was about to speak when suddenly, an alarm sounded from the spaceship, indicating that unidentified ships were approaching. Karinna glanced at the image on the monitor, which showed a dozen cargo ships. She directly turned off the alarm and granted the dozen cargo ships permission to dock.
Soon, hundreds of people boarded Tivan's collection spaceship.
"Miss, shall we start now?" the leading man asked Karinna respectfully.
"Yes, begin. Don't move the other locations. This time, we're only modifying my father's living quarters... You all understand my requirements, don't make any mistakes..." Karinna said.
"Please rest assured, we are the most professional... The Phineas Space Prison, once known as the Galactic Despair, was built by us. No prisoner has ever been able to escape that prison to this day," the man patted his chest and guaranteed.
"Then, show me what you can do, gentlemen. I only want the best results, money is not a problem," Karinna said.
"Guys, let's get to work..." Hearing Karinna say that money wasn't a problem, the man happily shouted to his fellow workers behind him. Immediately, the construction of Tivan's living quarters began in full swing.
"Miss... they... what are they doing?" Savanna could hardly believe what she was hearing.
"It's nothing..." Karinna said casually, "Recently, I feel that my father has some dangerous tendencies. In order to prevent bad things from happening, I plan to add some insurance to his journey of collection."
"Then... what about me, Miss?" Savanna really wanted to hear from Karinna that she would never have to serve the old Tivan on the spaceship again, but Karinna disappointed her.
"You will naturally still be here to take care of my father's life..." Karinna said with a slight smile, "Of course, my imprisoned father will no longer be harsh on you in the future. You can just think of yourself as a jailer taking care of his life."
"..." Savanna was a little at a loss.
"However, you better not think about retaliating for what he did to you in the past..." Karinna said, gesturing to the autonomous robots guarding Tivan behind Savanna, "These guys are responsible for protecting you, and they are also responsible for supervising you... Don't let me hear any bad news... You have to know, no matter what, he is still my father, I don't want to see him being abused, you know?"
"...Miss, I wouldn't dare..." Savanna quickly lowered her head.
"Alright, I'm going back... There are so many things to do with the group's reorganization. When you set sail again, I will come to see you off," Karinna said, walking directly towards the small cargo ship parked in the mothership's hangar.
She still had to continue to be busy reorganizing the Tivan Group, uh—no, it should now be called the Umbrella Corporation... Actually, it's only these days that are a bit busy. Karinna very much liked Zhou Ye's method of controlling Umbrella. She felt that the reorganized group should follow Umbrella's example. As for whether the loyal people would become Zhou Ye's instead of hers? She didn't care at all...
In her mind, Zhou Ye was far more important than herself... This was Zhou Ye's way of treating the sequelae of her Lalla syndrome... It was really a bit too much of a discipline...
Three days later—
Tivan's collection mothership had been completely renovated. The living room on Tivan's mothership had been completely transformed into a prison. It could be said that he could do whatever he wanted in his bedroom, but he just couldn't leave the bedroom...
"Good daughter... how can you treat me like this..." Tivan looked at Karinna standing outside and pleaded, "Have you forgotten the times when I took you everywhere to play when you were a child?"
"Of course I remember..." Karinna said with a smile, "But I remember even more how you deceived me... I also remember how you tricked the Nova Corps into invading my manor..."
"...No, daughter, that was an accident... I was just trying to cause some trouble for that pretty boy..." Tivan explained.
"Yes, of course.
"I know." Karina smiled and said, "It's just that, back then, the gigolo you spoke of became my only man, my eternal lover... So, Father, to prevent you from doing anything stupid again... I've decided to exile you for a hundred years..."
"...No, Karina... You can't do this..." Tevan pleaded, "A hundred years... confined to this small space... Heavens, it's practically hell."
"Anyway, for someone who barely leaves their own spaceship, anywhere is the same." Karina said unmoved, "Besides, you can continue your collection journey here. How do you like the helpers I've prepared for you?"
Tevan looked at the thirty or so autonomous robots in front of him, and despaired... He had seen these robots in action before, the result of construction workers curiously provoking them... The result was appalling. The guy who provoked them permanently lost his arm. If he hadn't been unarmed, he probably would have lost his life.
If it were the past, Tevan would definitely have his collecting addiction flare up and ask his daughter if these robots were for sale... He wanted to collect them.
But now... having lost his freedom, he had no interest at all.
Karina ignored her father's despairing face and turned to leave the mothership... She had only come to see him off. This collection mothership would continue Tevan's collection journey, only this time he would be sitting in a cage continuing his collection journey.
Watching Tevan's collection mothership accelerate and turn into a streak of light disappearing into the vast universe, Karina stretched lazily... For her, dealing with her father was really too much trouble.
She didn't want her father to hurt her man, nor did she want her man to hurt her father. Caught in the middle, Karina could only come up with this less-than-ideal solution.
To prevent her father from continuing his death-seeking journey, she could only put a tangible shackle on him...
Just as Karina was about to pilot her fighter back, she suddenly saw a flash in the distant stargate—a giant mothership that was so familiar to her appeared before her.
"Darling..." Karina cheered and directly piloted her fighter towards the Emperor...
Chapter 517
Half a month later—
Earth—United States, New York—Long Island Manor.
Zhou Ye had finished all his work three days ago and returned to Earth.
As soon as they arrived on Earth, Ingrid and her daughter went on a spree of travel. For them, who had been accompanying Zhou Ye on his travels in the universe, the beauty of various places on Earth was obviously more attractive. In fact, they also had the idea of making room for the sisters on Earth, after all, Zhou Ye had been away from Earth for almost half a year...
Nina went straight back to her home studio to work, and once again began her secluded cultivation of Mark Whatever Number.
This trip to the universe with Zhou Ye allowed Nina to see the characteristics of various races' technologies. Her inspiration had already exploded, but the laboratory on Zhou Ye's mothership could hardly meet her needs, so she had been Endure her creative desire. Now that she had finally returned to Earth, she naturally wanted to turn her inspiration into reality as soon as possible.
Although, as soon as he returned to Earth, the girls around him ran off, Zhou Ye was not short of company. The first day was a grand welcome party. Except for the young-faced Gu Yi who didn't come, everyone else came. The scene was lively. Zhou Ye naturally made up for all the homework he had missed while away from Earth, doubling it...
The women directly exclaimed that it was too much...
As a result, the next day, a group of girls couldn't get up...
In view of their man's increasingly perverted abilities in that area, they decided that they could no longer swarm him all at once. This way, everyone would not have time to rest, so they spontaneously arranged various programs for Zhou Ye.
For example, last night was spy night. Spies, naturally, were Peggy, Natasha, and Dottie, along with Ada Wong... Of course, relying on just a few of them was not enough to resist the invasion of the great demon Zhou Ye, so Natasha's classmates came to help without hesitation...
When the first ray of dawn shone into the room, Zhou Ye woke up... He opened his eyes and looked at the girls sprawled around him, and a smug smile couldn't help but appear at the corner of his mouth.
Although, he had secretly eaten all of Natasha's classmates one by one a long time ago, but... this was the first time everyone had gathered so completely, after all, they also had work to do... Especially since Ada and they could even be called teacher-student relationships. The feeling of putting teachers and students together was really amazing.
In particular, Zhou Ye expressed his approval of Ada's inclusion of jujutsu training in her spy training program. It was simply... unspeakable, it would be too harmonious to say more...
When should I have an athlete's night? Or a female student's night? Or a mother-daughter flower night? Zhou Ye thought about these messy things with relish, while gently climbing up from the side of these girls.
Just as he got up, a maid in a black and white lace maid outfit appeared before him, looking at him with a smile, and said softly, "Master... I'm here to serve you with washing up..."
"Hmm—!" Zhou Ye hadn't been served in a long time. On the Emperor, those Valkyries made specifically for combat were far inferior to the maids in terms of serving people...
He went straight into the washroom, stood in front of the mirror, and left everything to his maid.
An hour later—
Zhou Ye walked downstairs refreshed. As for serving his maid? Uh—she was a little too tired, so she went to rest first. After all, serving people is also physical work.
Zhou Ye had just sat down at the dining table when a maid came over with breakfast, "Master, your breakfast."
"Mm." Zhou Ye ate breakfast while thinking about his own affairs.
He's been back for three days, comforted everyone he needed to comfort, and finished all the homework he needed to hand in. Next, he needs to start working on the permanent teleportation gate. Once he's done with these things, he'll be free again…
Thinking of this, Zhou Ye scarfed down his breakfast in a few bites, then stood up and walked towards the room upstairs where he specifically placed the teleportation gate.
Entering the room, Zhou Ye began to busy himself. Building three teleportation gates at once was no small task… But, he had to keep his word, of course, this only applied to his women… As for others… Hehe.
Time passed by, and Zhou Ye transformed into a golden stream of light, working quickly. Three permanent directional teleportation gates were slowly taking shape…
He didn't know how long it had been, maybe a moment, maybe ten minutes, maybe years. Time had long lost its meaning for Zhou Ye. The three teleportation gates were finally completed…
"Phew—I'm exhausted." Zhou Ye let out a long breath. He wiped the non-existent sweat from his forehead, and a relaxed smile appeared on his face as he looked at the completed teleportation gates.
His fatigue wasn't physical, but mental…
There was no way around it. Teleportation gates couldn't tolerate even the slightest mistake. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that a tiny error could lead to a huge deviation… But for the smiles on his women's faces, Zhou Ye had to do these things that he usually hated the most.
"Alright, just one last step, activate the teleportation gates, and then, test them…" Zhou Ye said, gently touching a rune next to one of the teleportation gates.
A golden light flowed rapidly through the magic runes around the teleportation gate, and soon, a golden directional teleportation gate was activated…
Zhou Ye didn't activate the other two teleportation gates. Instead, he stepped into the newly activated golden teleportation gate. After all, he needed to test them one by one, and he was testing the Xandar gate first because he thought he had discovered something interesting when he left last time… He wanted to verify it himself.
Stepping into the teleportation gate, Zhou Ye felt a darkness before his eyes, and then… it didn't brighten—it was still pitch black.
"Where the hell is this?" Zhou Ye was dumbfounded as he looked at the dim, desolate landscape in front of him. This was definitely not Xandar… Could there be something wrong with his teleportation gate?
Chapter 517
Here, the sun in the sky was dim and lifeless, there were no traces of any living creatures on the ground, and there were various skeletons everywhere… The whole world was filled with death…
"Damn, I came to this ghostly place just to test the teleportation gate…" Zhou Ye vaguely guessed where he was, but since he had never seen it in the movies, he wasn't entirely sure…
Looking around, there were bone spurs piercing the sky everywhere… Souls wandered across the land… Zhou Ye became more certain of his guess.
Just then, a playful female voice sounded in Zhou Ye's ear.
"Ah, how interesting… A living person has appeared in this land of death… This is so interesting."
Zhou Ye looked towards the voice and saw a green glowing teleportation gate appear in front of him. A black-haired woman wearing a black, off-the-shoulder, skin-tight suit appeared before him.
"…You are?" Although Zhou Ye recognized the woman, he pretended to be confused.
"Me?" The black-clothed woman smiled, walking slowly and gracefully towards Zhou Ye. "I am Hela, Odin's daughter, Asgard's darling… The one destined to inherit Odin's position and become the King of the Gods, and now…"
Hela walked up to Zhou Ye and said with a smile, "Kneel before your Queen."
"…" Zhou Ye took a long breath. It seemed he had guessed correctly, but now, he had to face this woman who was obsessed with power.
How could Zhou Ye kneel before a woman? He said with a slightly teasing tone, "I only kneel in one situation…"
"What…?" Perhaps because she had been lonely for too long, Hela didn't immediately turn hostile and start fighting Zhou Ye. Instead, she looked at the handsome young man in front of her with interest and asked, "Under what circumstances would you kneel? Tell me, maybe… I can create a situation where you will kneel?"
"I only kneel… when a woman is crawling in front of me…" Zhou Ye said, twisting his waist and making a suggestive gesture…
"Bold! ! ! !" Although she didn't know what Zhou Ye meant, Zhou Ye's gesture made Hela understand that she had been played… Two black swords instantly appeared in her hands, and she swung them towards Zhou Ye.
"…I appreciate this personality of attacking at the slightest disagreement." Zhou Ye's figure disappeared directly in front of Hela. No, not disappeared, but his speed was so fast that Hela couldn't see him at all…
"You cowardly weakling, only knowing how to dodge! Is that all you're capable of? Are you even a man? If you are, pick up your weapon and fight me!" Hela, wielding her twin swords, couldn't catch Zhou Ye's trail, so she resorted to the oldest method of provocation to enrage him. In her opinion, speed didn't necessarily equate to strength... She believed she could win.
"Whether I'm a man or not... you'll soon find out, Hela," Zhou Ye's voice echoed directly in Hela's ear.
However, when Hela swung her longsword behind her without turning her head, she didn't hit anything. Yet, Zhou Ye's voice still lingered in her ear, like the whispers of a lover.
"Moreover, I will soon fulfill your desire, to kneel... Of course, in exchange, you must first satisfy my prerequisite," Zhou Ye said, extending his hands and seizing Hela's sword-wielding arms. His hands were like cast steel, rendering Hela unable to move her arms even slightly.
"Give up struggling... Hela, your resistance is laughable in my eyes..." Zhou Ye unconsciously began playing the role of a villainous boss. A villain abusing a villain, this scene felt quite interesting.
But clearly, Hela didn't realize Zhou Ye was playing a game. Her pride, her strength, couldn't move even an inch... Moreover, Zhou Ye's sinister words sent a shiver down her spine...
This feeling was as if she had become a weak woman at anyone's mercy... This was something she deeply resented. During those years leading Asgard's armies in countless battles, she had witnessed too many scenes of weak women being bullied...
Hela absolutely didn't want to become that kind of existence, the kind she used to despise as ants...
"You... are celebrating too early."
As Hela spoke, her twin swords transformed into two black vines, binding Zhou Ye like a dumpling.
And, as she wished, Zhou Ye's hands released their grip...
"Now... I've changed my mind," Hela said, leisurely walking in front of the black dumpling-like Zhou Ye, adopting a victor's pose. "I want you to become my subordinate... Help me reclaim everything I deserve..."
"Who gave you the confidence... that these trashy things can trap me?" Zhou Ye had been cooperating with Hela's acting, of course, Hela, as one of the actors, didn't know... But now, Zhou Ye felt that this woman was seriously ill and needed deep treatment... As for how to treat her? Please refer to Zhou Ye's treatment method for Lala Syndrome.
"This is impossible..." Hela stared dumbfounded as Zhou Ye effortlessly tore the vines that bound him to pieces... This greatly exceeded Hela's expectations. No one had ever been able to break free from her Nightsky Sword...
"Now, it's my turn... Hela, my little darling," Zhou Ye said with a smile, embracing Hela. He had to admit, this woman certainly had the capital to wear tight clothes... This figure... the places that should have meat had meat, and the places that should be thin were definitely thin...
"Don't think I'll submit..." Hela said, her whole person collapsing as if she had lost her soul...
Hela couldn't help it. Her body was tightly held by Zhou Ye. How could she possibly break free from Zhou Ye's strength? Moreover, she had witnessed too many scenes of alien women being played with by her subordinates during battles... As a woman, it had left her with trauma, so she had been single for thousands of years... Hela stubbornly believed that women and men were in a war, but as a woman, she was at a disadvantage in terms of strength, which was why she was conquered by those men.
Hela had once thought that she would never have such a day, but... today, Zhou Ye had let her taste the feeling of those weak women who had struggled in pain under her soldiers... She refused to submit, she would never submit to Zhou Ye. (In her opinion, being ooxxed by Zhou Ye was a sign of submitting to him.)
"..." Zhou Ye looked at Hela's body, which had already lost consciousness in his arms, and was speechless. This woman was truly ruthless, ruthless to others, and even more ruthless to herself... In order to avoid being that way by him, she actually played astral projection at this time... Wasn't she afraid that he would take advantage of the situation?
However, was Zhou Ye the kind of person who would take advantage of the situation? Obviously not...
Faced with astral projection, others might not have a solution... But, Zhou Ye also held the professional attribute of a Great Archmage.
Chapter 518
Zhou Ye gently placed Hela's body on the ground and directly used astral projection.
Leaving his own body, Zhou Ye saw Hela again. Only this time, Hela's long hair, which had originally been scattered behind her shoulders, was gone, replaced by a hat that looked like spider legs... quite punk-styled.
"Your current image isn't very good, to be honest, I still prefer you with your long hair hanging down," Zhou Ye said, looking at Hela standing in front of him, complaining.
"Man, you really surprised me..." Hela looked at Zhou Ye with a complicated expression. She didn't expect that all her methods would be ineffective against this man... Perhaps another woman would have submitted to this handsome young man long ago... But that would definitely not be her.
Thinking of this, Hela said loudly: "Your power is so strong that even I, the daughter of the God King, cannot resist, but... you shouldn't have used astral projection with me..."
"Oh? Why?" Zhou Ye wasn't in a hurry. The delicious meal was right in front of him, how could he let Hela go? He didn't mind having a little pre-dinner exercise to build up his appetite.
Besides... this is also fate. The portal had a problem and didn't go anywhere else, but directly to Asgard's Land of the Dead. What else could this be but fate? Heaven wants him to take Hela; defying Heaven will bring down lightning... Zhou Ye justified himself in his heart while looking at Hela with interest, waiting for her explanation.
"Have you forgotten my divine duty?" Hela asked back.
"Goddess of Death, Hela?" Zhou Ye acted as if he hadn't understood the situation yet.
"Now that you know that death is my divine duty, why do you think you can defeat me in my soul state?" Hela said, raising the Nightsky Sword in her hand, and said: "My warriors, wake up and defeat this enemy for me."
Following Hela's call, a series of dense cracking sounds of bones colliding rang out. Skeletons wearing Asgardian armor crawled up from the ground, their eyes glowing with a faint green light. They knelt down before their queen.
Zhou Ye noticed that in just a moment, densely packed skeletons had crawled out of the ground, each ferocious and terrifying, looking like they wanted to devour people...
"Ha... a Scourge of the Undead..." Zhou Ye smiled slightly, "However, I've never been afraid of having more small soldiers than anyone else... Come out, my Valkyries..."
"Valkyries? Are you from Asgard?" Hearing Zhou Ye's words, Hela's expression changed, and she became solemn. She carefully watched Zhou Ye's movements...
A scarlet streak appeared directly above Zhou Ye's head, like a blood-colored vertical eye opening in the sky. As this blood-colored crack opened... a rich, bloody aura came over.
To be honest, Hela, who had fought for many years, had never smelled such a strong bloody smell... This... how many people had to be slaughtered to have such a bloody smell?
However, Hela soon had no time to think about these questions. As the blood-colored vertical eye slowly opened, two red streamers shot directly towards Zhou Ye, dragging long tails. When they got close to Zhou Ye, their momentum slowed down, and they turned into two red long knives, flying around Zhou Ye, looking like clingy puppies.
Hela felt a strong sense of threat from those two blood-colored streamers. Her intuition was screaming desperately, telling her to run quickly... She would die, she would really die...
But these two streamers were just appetizers. Following the two blood-colored streamers, countless red-clothed Valkyries riding blood-colored pegasus spurted out... These Valkyries were filled with the desire for killing and destruction. Only when they saw Zhou Ye would their whole person instantly reveal a respectful and fearful expression...
"Phew... Fortunately, they are not Asgardian Valkyries..." Seeing these Valkyries, Hela breathed a sigh of relief. What she feared most now was not anything else, but that her father, the God King Odin, knew that she was not long for this world and directly sent someone to kill her...
Although her power is not small in this Land of the Dead, as Asgard's darling, her power is strongest only in Asgard... In other words, her power comes from Asgard.
It was not until this time that Hela noticed one thing... She was so attracted by Zhou Ye's words about Valkyries that she didn't take advantage of having superior forces to destroy Zhou Ye. This was simply a disgrace...
Somewhat annoyed, Hela waved her Nightsky Sword forcefully and ordered: "My warriors, kill these enemies."
Following her order, those skeleton soldiers, like a tide, rushed towards Zhou Ye without fear...
"Kill those unsightly skeletons..." Zhou Ye snapped his fingers and ordered.
The Valkyries directly spurred their pegasus under their crotches and launched a counter-charge against the sea of skeletons. One was an heroic spirit that would not die, and the other was resurrected from the dead, even more fearless of death... There was nothing to see in this battle...
Zhou Ye looked down. The red Valkyries and the white sea of skeletons entered a desperate battle as soon as they came into contact... In terms of quality, Zhou Ye's Valkyries were much stronger, but in terms of quantity... Obviously, Hela's sea of skeletons had the advantage.
"Master, do you want us to take action?" Pingping and Tingting asked Zhou Ye directly.
"It would be boring if you took action." Zhou Ye directly forbade his two War God Blades from taking action. If it was really a life-and-death struggle, Zhou Ye himself could clear these sea of skeletons in minutes...
But obviously, Zhou Ye didn't regard this battle as a life-and-death struggle, but as a game for him to tease girls... There was no need to make the girl lose so thoroughly. What if Hela cried from losing?
"Then master... we'll help you hold down her hands and feet..." Pingping, who became the older sister because she was born a few seconds earlier, had the vision and saw at a glance what her master's intention was.
"That's not good..." Zhou Ye looked at Hela, who was looking at the battle seriously, and pretended: "Your master, I, am not that kind of person..."
"… …" Tingting had always been straightforward, directly exposing her master's true colors. "Then we'll hold her down, and you stay away… …"
As she spoke, Tingting exchanged a glance with her sister, and the two women transformed into two streaks of blood-colored light, crossing over a hundred meters of battlefield and appearing before Hela.
Before Hela could react, one pinned her hands down, and the other pressed her feet, firmly controlling Hela… …
When the skeleton soldiers around Hela wanted to rescue her, they couldn't get close to the two women… … The two women emitted a radiant golden light, and this golden light suppressed the skeleton soldiers, preventing them from moving.
"What do you want to do… …" Hela finally began to panic at this moment. She couldn't break free from the control of the two women and could only watch as Zhou Ye staggered towards her.
"What to do? Of course, to do… love things… …" Zhou Ye stopped pretending to be a good person. Pretending to be a good person really didn't suit him.
While thinking, he tore a small opening in Hela's tight-fitting suit… … Hmm, as for where the opening was, can you guess?
"Um, with so many people, I'm still a little unaccustomed… …" Zhou Ye looked at the surrounding skeleton soldiers, waved his hand, and a golden circular magic array lit up.
Soon, a golden semicircular shield rose up… … completely covering Zhou Ye and the three women… …
"Give up, we are all in a soul state… …"
"Who told you that you can't do such things in a soul state?" Zhou Ye's voice was filled with unspeakable lewdness. He had spent a lot of time with Gu Yi researching how to do… love things in an astral projection state… … Of course, hard work pays off, he succeeded, and beautifully called it [Spiritual Intercourse]
"… … Ah… … How… … How is it possible… …" Obviously, Zhou Ye did something inside that made Hela panic. Hela's voice carried a trace of weakness for the first time.
Soon… … Hela's singing came from inside the shield… … the song of the Goddess of Death… … How should I put it?
Hearing it once, you'd feel that dying would be worth it… … That's roughly the situation… …
Chapter 520
Zhou Ye's war with the Death Goddess Hela was earth-shattering, and the sun and moon lost their light… … Uh, although the world of death originally had no light.
The two fought from soul state to physical state, and then from physical state to soul state.
In fact, Hela had already reached her limit, but how could someone as proud as her be willing to submit to Zhou Ye so easily?
Therefore, she kept gritting her teeth and persevering… … relying entirely on a fierce determination.
As for Zhou Ye? Perhaps because he had never encountered such an opponent before, his stubbornness also rose up.
He abandoned his cheating methods and only used his usual state in a genuine manner, vowing to completely conquer this stubborn woman… …
While the battle between the two was still continuing… … a day and a night had passed on Earth.
The maids in the Long Island Manor were already going crazy.
I am the dividing line of the camera switching — — — — — — — — — — — —
In the hall on the first floor of Long Island Manor, all the maids stood solemnly, waiting for the head maids to question them.
"Qiu, you speak, after you served the master to wash up, did he mention where he would go after breakfast?" Head Maid Dongfang Feng'er said with a frosty expression.
"Master didn't say where he would go at the time… …" Qiu knew that Head Maid Feng'er was not dissatisfied with her, but was anxious because the master had unexpectedly disappeared, so she spoke so stiffly.
All the maids were equally anxious about Zhou Ye's disappearance, so Qiu didn't mind the tone of the head maid, but honestly answered Feng'er's question.
At this moment, a maid stepped out of the line and reported: "Head Maid, I just learned through inquiry that the master is not with Miss Ophelia… …"
Another maid also stepped forward and said: "I just contacted Washington, and the master is not with Miss Peggy!"
"The master is not with Master Gu Yi either… …" another maid reported.
"I just contacted Miss Nina, and Anna said that the master didn't go to Miss Nina's place."
"I just… …"
The reports made Shangguan Feng'er's heart more and more uneasy.
As Zhou Ye's first maid, Feng'er knew her master too well. If he wanted to go anywhere, he would definitely tell his maids or women, and he would never leave silently like this… …
Where did the master go? While Feng'er was considering where Zhou Ye would go, the entire manor became lively again… … Because the maids contacted Zhou Ye's women to inquire about Zhou Ye's whereabouts, now, all the women knew that their man had disappeared inexplicably… …
Suddenly, the women were in an uproar… …
One by one, either using a directional teleportation gate, or taking the fastest means of transportation at hand… … one by one, they left everything at hand and quickly came to Long Island Manor… … They had no mood to do anything until they saw their man safe and sound.
The first to arrive was naturally Master Gu Yi. Even if others had a directional teleportation gate, they had to go to the room where the teleportation gate was placed first, but what about Gu Yi?
She directly opened an arbitrary door and instantly appeared in Long Island Manor.