"You mean Mephisto?"
The emperor was so surprised that he stopped for half a beat. He coughed for a while, put down his palms, and raised his head, without concealing his surprise:
"You know him? You remember it?"
When Wu Heng was single-handedly promoted to the position of commander-in-chief of the empire, the emperor knew everything about him. If he hadn't known that he lost his past memory and was a blank person, and the emperor would not continue to use him, he might have returned him to Mephisto long ago.
But now it seems that he has already remembered everything? Then? I will be counted against in turn, so I can only admit that I am unlucky. I ignored this possibility.
Yuan Buwei shook his head: "That's not true. It's just that there are never eternal secrets in this world, and it's not that only by picking up memories can we know the so-called truth."
His calm expression and tone revealed an unfathomable aura. It seemed that he was not in a hurry to know anything from the emperor. It seemed that he had already understood all the secrets. Know nothing but the title of Mephisto
This performance fooled the emperor well.
He restrained the gaffe just now, exhaled helplessly, leaned back against the wall, and laughed self-deprecatingly: "So you already? What? Know? Ha, so it seems , everything I did before is probably the worst performance in your eyes, right?"
After all, the emperor is just an ordinary person. He has always been as firm as iron, calm and rational. After suffering a series of major blows from being deprived of power and reduced to a prisoner, his mood will inevitably fluctuate and it is difficult to maintain The posture of the sky falling calmly, on the contrary, was a bit broken.
He stared at Yuan Buwei's face, his eyes revealing a bit of trance and memory: "... If my son can live? Now, he probably looks like you. He was tested as an S-level talent when he was born. At that time The whole empire is happy for him. There are hidden worries at the same time. Everyone knows that the genetic collapse that may erupt at any time is a chronic disease of the empire for three hundred years. Anytime, anywhere, casually? Anyone may be hit ?The invasion of genetic collapse. Whether he is a genius or a mediocre. I have been worrying about this since the birth of my son."
"—Until Mephisto gave me a solution." He babbled, not looking like an emperor, but more like an ordinary father, "Cultivate clones in advance, and in the event of an accident , you can try to use genetically homologous clones as his medicine... "
Heard? Here, Yuan Buwei couldn't help but interrupt him: "Using clones as medicine? Could it be that the u gene of the clone is replaced when the u gene of the body has problems?"
Although he has studied the genetic technology system of this world for a period of time, he did not reach the level of sophistication. At that time, his main purpose was to transform the evolution of immortality into the system of this world. Repairing is not very good for him? In the field involved, I asked a very layman.
Fortunately, the emperor was also a layman, so he didn't understand if there was anything in what he said? Common sense was wrong, so he just paused, then nodded and said, "Probably so? Actually, I don't know much about it, but I do know that. It's a very feasible solution—I've seen a successful precedent. Mephisto himself."
Yuan didn't realize? What?, raised his brows in surprise: "You mean..."
"As you guessed it. Mephisto is a genetic collapse patient, or the most serious kind - he was born disabled, with no bones in his limbs. But after he got? His parents and brothers, he unexpectedly and Almost able-bodied people—I don't know how he did it, and he told me there was a certain element of luck in it. But the fact is that he did it. In this case, compared to blood relatives, Using fully replicated clones as medicine should have a higher success rate, right?"
It was originally just a precautionary move, but unexpectedly? It was really going to come in handy when the First Prince was six years old.
"...Unfortunately, it failed in the end. My son died, but many clones survived. I thought they were all destroyed by Mephisto, but I didn't know until I saw you ten years ago. Know that he lied to me."
Speaking of this, the emperor's tone is very complicated.
He looked at Yuan Buwei standing in front of him, and seeing the aura exuded by the young man's gestures, a sense of remorse and unwillingness that he had never felt before swept his heart.
"If I had known? If I had known today's result, I would never have agreed to that plan. Ha! Who would have thought? Mephisto convinced me, and one mistake of mine created another who would take everything away from me many years later. enemy. Destiny is really elusive."
The emperor let out a sarcastic laugh from his nose.
—In a sense, he created the birth of this young man, but the other party became the terminator who brought him destruction. If it wasn't so greedy back then, wouldn't everything happen now
Yuan Buwei shook his head slowly, looked straight at the emperor, and said, "Everything today is your own choice, and fate will not take the blame. Fate is also wronged! Don't say that your starting point is only for the eldest prince." —When he was just born, he started to think about the possible genetic collapse in the future? If you really have such a fatherly love, the third prince Xiwen would not be squatting on the exile star. I think the first prince is just incidental, and you have more thoughts Is it for yourself? When Mephisto used blood relatives as medicine to heal himself, you were really not tempted?"
His half-smiling eyes seemed to have penetrated the emperor's heart, causing the other party's eyes to flicker slightly.
But Yuan Wuwei didn’t give it at all? He got the chance to get rid of it, and went further and said sharply: “It may not be possible to directly sacrifice your own son? But a few clones are nothing? It’s not easy to start with? You should be So? Thinking."
The emperor's face became a little embarrassed.
If the original body Wu Heng was here, maybe he would feel very angry, even full of resentment.
But it wasn't because he wasn't the real owner of this body, and he couldn't even talk about hatred for the emperor, so he showed a calmness and sobriety that surprised the emperor.
He frowned slightly, and said lightly like an outsider:
"Actually, you and I both know what kind of person you are. Now that you've reached this point, you shouldn't still be holding on to unnecessary hopes, right? There's no need to set up a loving father anymore, and push everything away. ? On the late eldest prince, it's meaningless to use the last resort to package what you did. Even if it's all unavoidable, do I look like this kind of understanding person who repays evil with kindness?"
When he said this, his tone was quite proud, as if it was a great compliment to himself.
"You and I should be more aware that the reason why I am here is not to listen to your last resort, nor to forgive you, but to see how much you are willing to throw for your own fate? After all, even if it is Death, euthanasia is different from being hanged. This is your last chance to choose freely."
At this moment, in the emperor's eyes, the extremely faint curvature of Yuan Buwei's lips looked like a ferocious smile of a devil.
Since Yuan Buwei began to speak, the emperor's head drooped unconsciously? Hearing what he said? Here, the emperor exhaled deeply, and let out another deep breath. He raised his hands and rubbed his face, and finally raised his head, with a tone of exhaustion that could not be concealed.
"… you win."
"What do you want to know? I'll tell you everything. I'm also willing to hand over the power of the Royal Secret Forces. The premise is that you must ensure my safety in front of the entire empire, and give me a place? Go to retirement, if you still want to hold on to this position—it's hard, but I know you can do it."
What he meant was obvious. Pure guarantees are not trustworthy. When the time comes? Yuan will not be behind the scenes. If others are gone, everything will be meaningless. It must be able to contact the emperor. Once something happened to him, Yuan Buwei would face the pressure of public opinion in the entire empire and be directly kicked out of power by the imperial succession law.
Yuan didn't even think about it: "Okay."
"...?" Now it's his turn? The emperor was surprised, and he looked at Yuan Buwei with suspicion in his eyes.
... So? Simply agree? ? ? Here? There won't be anything? Questions? ?
But after thinking about it, the plan that Yuan Buwei proposed must be approved by himself. It is impossible for him to see any loopholes in it with his keenness, so there is really no need to worry too much.
From this point of view, it seems that this person sincerely wants to let him go? Is there really such a magnanimous person in this world
Thinking that this young man who had been the commander of the empire for several years seemed to be such a person, the emperor felt relieved. What about Wu Heng's character? He took a reassurance.
I didn't expect it to be so? The emperor had so many considerations.
Anyway, he didn't care about the throne of the empire, nor what? The laws of the empire, let alone the thoughts of the citizens of the empire, so he agreed.
Even if he doesn't abide by the agreement and kills the emperor and is deprived of the throne, at worst he will force himself to be the emperor again. What's more, is the imperial throne worth cherishing
If the emperor knew that Daoyuan didn't think so, he might vomit blood immediately.
Regrettably, he didn't know about this. After the two signed an agreement under the witness of the imperial constitution and filed it, in order to express his sincerity, the emperor first said everything he knew.
Three hundred years ago, when the gene blending experiment was just born, it brought supreme glory to the empire.
Countless ordinary people dream of becoming new human beings through gene blending experiments, with longer life spans, stronger bodies, and more vigorous vitality.
But success is also Xiao He, and failure is also Xiao He.
When the defect in the gene deployment experiment broke out, all the new humans fell into panic.
Such emotions dominated their will, making them irrationally attribute everything to Dr. Owen and others, exile all researchers to exile planets, and taboo gene deployment experiments.
—Even if there are still reasonable people who know that, in order to solve the problem of genetic collapse, the scientists in the entire empire are inferior to the group of Dr. Owen. Logically speaking, they should be allowed to atone for their crimes.
It's a pity that the tragedies that have happened in the entire empire have caused everyone to be dominated by anger, and they are impatient with the sinners who caused all this. It is impossible for Dr. Owen and others to develop a cure plan in a short time. Under the impetus of public opinion, even the emperor of the empire had to be forced to abdicate, and this group of the most talented scientists at that time could only be reduced to exile stars in the end.
Some of them died due to genetic collapse, some couldn't bear the crime of killing so many people, and they committed suicide or died of illness due to too much psychological pressure. He passed away soon after, and the entire research team was quickly blown away by the rain and the wind. In the end, only the many experimental materials and notes secretly left by them because of unwillingness were hidden in the exile star.
In the following three hundred years, since the new human beings with severe genetic collapse had already died out immediately, the surviving new human beings are actually relatively stable u genes, so they have been passed down from generation to generation, and there is no such thing as a new human being. It's the beginning of such a large-scale tragedy, but from time to time someone will be unlucky. Gene deployment experiments have become taboo, and the empire has been trying other ways to solve the problem.
Until? Sixty? years ago, the previous emperor accidentally obtained the experimental data secretly left behind by Dr. Owen and others, and secretly established a research institute on the exile star, trying to retry the perfect genetic deployment.
However, although the members of these research institutes are all top scientific workers, compared to their predecessors, their talents are still only mediocre. Therefore, until the death of the last emperor, the Institute still got nothing.
When the emperor came to power, why did he spend so much time on his father? He didn't have the idea of continuing to invest money in a research institute that hadn't been established yet? The research institute was about to arrive? on the verge of dissolution.
Just then, Mephisto appeared.
To be precise, since thirty? years ago, he has occupied the research institute and became the master of the research institute.
At that time, he was born with no bones and limbs due to the collapse of his genes. He was a complete useless person, but he became a military advisor in the well-known "Blood Moon" star bandit group.
This star bandit group is famous for not keeping prisoners, killing people and robbing goods, which makes people change their faces, but those daring murderers are willing to believe in his planning and command.
The female leader of "Blood Moon" is even more open to those who are more talented than him, but she just likes this man who has a bright mind despite his physical deformity.
In an accident, the female leader of the "Blood Moon" star thief group died due to a genetic collapse. The star thief group suppressed by her? Some people are ready to move and want to be the leader. Mephisto instigated the entire star bandit group to kill each other, and was later picked up by the imperial army who "just happened" to pass by.
So the remaining Star Thief Group was captured by the imperial army and exiled to Exile Star, including Mephisto.
Then, somehow, Mephisto found the extremely secretive and heavily guarded research institute, and even seized the control of the research institute by relying on the members of the Star Thieves who had been completely under his control, and put all the research institutes People's lives are in their own hands.
"... It took me a lot of effort to find out these things later? At that time, after he secretly took control of the institute, even my father didn't find out, thinking that the institute was still operating according to the original arrangement. I was even asked for a large amount of investment by the research institute several times, but it was actually for Mephisto to do experiments. And my father didn't know about it until he abdicated."
"—Until I was about to abolish this useless research institute, he suddenly contacted me and took the initiative to expose it to me. To be honest, I was shocked by the truth at the time. Who would have thought? Xiajiu occupied the magpie's nest for three full years and the empire didn't know about it? This is too crazy, too bold!"
In the emperor's narration, this is obviously an extremely cunning guy. The first meeting left a deep impression on him, even if it was only through the Star Network communication.
"... In order to gain the support of the Empire and achieve his goals, he made a bet to me. Four lives were involved, including his own."
And the content of the bet is—
The empire entrusted the three of them to the exile star secretly, and he would show the emperor a miracle in the near future—the miracle that the genetic collapse might be cured.
If he fails to do so, he will pay for his own life.
That sounds like a good deal for the Emperor, with nothing to lose on the Empire's side, save for the lives of three insignificant characters. And once Mephisto is successful, then? It will be a huge profit. The young emperor who had just succeeded to the throne was more curious than he is now. He was successfully aroused and agreed to this extremely unequal bet.
"...It turned out that Mephisto succeeded, of course."
"He went from a deformed child with no bones to a healthy person who was alive and kicking."
"As for the three people I sent? I have never seen them again. I investigated, and it was once? Abandoned his parents and his twin brother. Mephisto's original words are: Thank them for making a new life What happened to him? What happened? I don’t care, the important thing is that he succeeded! It’s still unbelievable when I think about it, this man who calls himself a devil himself has a talent like a god, it’s a bit ridiculous.”
Although Mephisto later claimed that this experiment was difficult to promote, the success rate was extremely low, and public opinion had to be taken into account because it involved violating human relations, but it still cannot conceal that this is the first time in three hundred years that the empire has artificially defeated the genetic collapse. Everyone understands what this means.
Even if it can't be clearly extended to the entire empire, if the emperor himself or others have a genetic collapse someday, can't they imitate him in private? Think about it, if any nobleman is rescued, the emperor will gain the favor and loyalty of the entire family.
Out of such considerations, the emperor's attitude towards Mephisto suddenly changed, and he reached a complete cooperation with him? He began to do his best to support the research institute, even though? That successful experiment was difficult to replicate, but Mephisto has?proved?his incomparable talent.
No matter how stupid the emperor is, he would know that such a top talent should not be let go. Because besides the cure of genetic collapse, he can obviously create more other achievements. What's more, the former is irreplaceable.
The two agreed on this.
Mephisto attempted to further explore the genes and obtain the sublimation of a more perfect life. The emperor gave him support, and there are countless experimental products on the exile star, and there are supplements every once in a while, which can be called a steady stream.
And he also has to come up with some other achievements in return after a period of time, so that the emperor can gain something.
Over the years, there have been a lot of experimental results in the empire from Mephisto, but they have been given another name. When these results are extended to the entire empire, they will undoubtedly bring reputation bonuses and benefits to the emperor. Big profits.
Twenty-six years ago, when the eldest prince with outstanding talent was born, the emperor first thought of the experiment of Mephisto, but he was not so insane after all, and had a little affection for his own son. On Te's suggestion, the forbidden cloning experiment was started.
Fortunately, the emperor himself is in excellent health, and has never shown any signs of genetic collapse, so there is no need for clones. Regrettably, the eldest prince had a genetic collapse, but the experiment failed. After wasting three clones, the eldest prince also died.
From that day on, a rift appeared in the relationship between the Emperor and Mephisto. He was not sure whether the so-called experimental failure was true or false, and his inner suspicion always made him doubt the other party? Was it because he deliberately didn't want to save his son, or concealed the key content of the real success of the experiment.
But at this time, Mephisto's general trend has been established, and the entire exile star has been completely brought under his control. He can be called the uncrowned king of the exile star.
If the emperor really wants to deal with him, unless the army besieges the exile star, this is tantamount to announcing what he has done these years to the whole empire.
- This is obviously unwise behavior. Where is there such deep hatred between the two? It's not worth it.
So the two didn't tear their faces apart, and continued to cooperate with each other while maintaining a plastic relationship. It's just that they became more defensive and jealous of each other. The emperor gradually became unclear about the specific situation at the research institute, and the exile star no longer even communicated with the imperial star network, and Mephisto would only communicate with the emperor one-way on fixed days.
One pays for experimental products, and the other for results.
Hearing what the emperor said here, a flash of light flashed in Yuan Buwei's mind: "Ten or twelve years ago, was the attack by the "Red Sea" star bandit really just an accident? "
Xi Wei had told him about this at the beginning. It is said that the brother-in-law of the Red Sea Star Pirates was captured and exiled to Exile Star. No one knew that he still had that kind of relationship with the Red Sea Star Pirates. So when the leader of the star thief group was hit by the pillow wind and hit the exile star, the empire was caught off guard. The two sides? fought a tough battle, after which the Red Sea Star Pirates were completely wiped out?, and the exile star was almost reduced to ruins.
As for Wu Heng, according to memory, it seems that they escaped during that war.
I always thought it was an accident before, but now it doesn't seem to be the case.
Sure enough, after the emperor was silent for a while, he told the truth: "It wasn't an accident, it was my deliberate plan. I want to use the Red Sea to test the details of Exile Star."
Yuan Buwei shook his head slightly, with a dazed look on his face.
… Knew it. The heart of playing politics is dirty. Where in this world are there so many accidents and coincidences!
The emperor who understood his eyes was a little speechless.
... By the way, who is the one with the dirtiest heart? Can some people be a little hard on themselves
As the biggest victim, the emperor had ten thousand words of MMP to say.