The system was silent for a while, and said: [I didn't expect this situation.]
Ji Ling: [He shouldn't be here at all. Now that the plot has changed so much, why didn't you expect it?]
The system is at a loss: [Well, I'll check to see what's going on, you need to stabilize him first.]
Ji Ling: […]
Ji Ling knew that the system was unreliable, so he could only adapt to the situation now. He pretended to withdraw his hand from Carlos's hand, quietly put his hand behind his back, showing a disturbed expression, and said anxiously: "Uncle Carlos, this The gift is too expensive for me to accept."
Ji Ting also recovered from the shock just now, and said in a deep voice: "I appreciate your kindness on behalf of the dog, but please take back the gift."
Carlos's deep brown pupils had a faint smile, and his tone of voice was soothing but with unquestionable persistence, he said calmly: "Today is Xiao Ling's coming-of-age ceremony, and I can be considered his elder, so what's the point of giving him a mere planet? "
This is a mere planet? It's not those garbage stars who don't even have names.
Ji Ting frowned slightly, and after a moment of silence, he slowly said: "There are only juniors here, why don't we go in and talk?"
Ji Ting was not sure about Carlos's intentions. He didn't understand why he suddenly showed his favor to Ji Ling in a big way. Could it be that he wanted to bribe him? Carlos insisted so much, it was not good for him to continue to refuse in public, lest people would see a joke, and it would be bad if it caused unnecessary rumors, so he deliberately invited Carlos in to talk alone.
Carlos smiled and nodded. After taking a deep look at Ji Ling, he turned around and went in with Ji Ting.
When Ji Ling saw him leave, he realized that his vest was covered with a thin layer of sweat. Carlos' appearance just now caught him by surprise.
Speaking of the main characters in the book, Carlos is the one he is most wary of. Don't look at this man's elegant and polite behavior. He seems to be a flawless nobleman, but he is the most ruthless of all. Typical cold-blooded and black-bellied.
The male lead, Jing Sui, is the emperor of the empire. Although he has an arrogant and indifferent personality, he only treats him with indifference and disdain. No matter how he jumps up and down, he has never had any murderous intentions, and he doesn't bother to care about himself.
Although the protagonist Shou Ning Yu has been made difficult and humiliated by him several times, he is a noble and self-improving white lotus character, a frank and honest gentleman. Ji Ling is not worried at all that he will retaliate against him, and he feels sorry for bullying him.
The second villain, Marshal Brandon, is Jing Sui's friend and like-minded companion. He is an upright iron-blooded soldier. No matter how much he hates and despises himself, he will never play tricks behind his back.
Strictly speaking, Brandon cannot be said to be a villain, he just had some opposition to Jing Sui in the emotional scene, because he has a crush on Ning Yu, and he is a proper and affectionate male second, but even if he was robbed of his love later, he did not have a relationship with Jing Sui. Sui turned his face.
The villain No. 3 speaker, Wen Yan, is just an ordinary congressman at the moment, and will be Ning Yu's friend later in the book. This person has a deep mind and is both good and evil, which makes people a little unpredictable. Although he later betrayed himself for Ning Yu, that incident fell within his expectations.
Only the villain number one, Grand Duke Carlos, is a smiling old fox on the surface. In fact, he will do whatever it takes to achieve his goals. In his eyes, everyone is just a pawn. If he gets along with him accidentally, he will die without knowing how. In the last life, I didn't provoke him at all, but he used it once inexplicably, and almost lost my life.
I don't know what kind of wind came here to give such a heavy gift this time, but nothing like this happened last time.
Ji Ling was worried about what went wrong, which caused the plot to deviate. At this time, the long-lost system finally arrived late.
Ji Ling said quietly: [If you come back later, you don't have to come back.]
System: [Why?]
Ji Ling: [Because at that time I was probably killed and returned to the resurrection point:)]
system:[…]
Ji Ling: [So, have you found out what went wrong?]
The system is rarely guilty: [Sorry, because the world crashed once and the database failed, the reason for Carlos' abnormality cannot be determined for the time being.]
He thought for a while, and added: [It is possible that after the world collapsed, there were some unexpected changes that caused a butterfly effect. But it doesn't matter, your mission remains the same, as long as you can complete the mission, you can go back.]
Really, why do I think this answer is perfunctory? Who knows how much the plot has changed? Can I still complete the task
But even the system doesn't know the reason, and Ji Ling has nothing to do. He can only hope that the plot will not change much. Fortunately, he is familiar with Carlos, and he is not completely defenseless.
Carlos and Jing Sui have different political views, and he has always been ambitious to replace Jing Sui. Everything he does has a purpose. It is impossible for him to come to his coming-of-age ceremony. Today, it is probably aimed at his father. Ji Ting is here.
The Ji family is a veteran aristocrat with a strong foundation, and has a lot of voice among the imperial aristocracy, and belongs to the representative of the neutral faction. It is understandable that Carlos wants to win over the Ji family. In short, this kind of complicated power struggle should be left to his father Ji Ting to deal with it.
It's better to focus on completing the task yourself.
As long as Jing Sui can have sex with Ning Yu properly, he can go home by himself!
Ji Ling stayed in the banquet hall for a while, a little tired of coping, so he found an excuse to go out to get some air.
Because Ji Ling has already done a mission, Ji Ling is as familiar with this place as he is with his own home. The garden behind the banquet hall has a beautiful view. After slipping out, Ji Ling climbed a tree, lay comfortably on the trunk, and looked up. The night sky is surrounded by the shining stars of Dixing, and the nine stars exude colorful and beautiful luster, like colorful gems hanging in the sky.
Those are the nine artificial satellites of Emperor Star, each of which is the size of a small planet. Although it looks so beautiful and harmless from here, it is actually a weapon of war that can destroy the world. It is enough to resist any attack and turn all enemies for dust. It is an important deterrent force to protect the safety of the capital Emperor Star and maintain the rule of the empire.
Ji Ling looked at the sky in a daze. The conflict between Carlos and Jing Sui had been going on for a long time, and the details had to start with the setting of this book.
The worldview setting of this book is very large. It is said that after the sixth technological revolution, humans on earth officially set foot in the space field and entered a stage of comprehensive evolution. After thousands of years of development and expansion, they have now completely become the overlord of the universe. The intelligent beings headed by human beings have created a huge national regime and commanded countless star fields, which is today's empire.
In the face of all kinds of intelligent life and powerful species in the universe, the reason why human beings can gain a firm foothold and have their current status is inseparable from a great invention.
That is - gene evolution agent.
Facing the vast universe, human beings are not reconciled to being so small all the time. Although they can rely on external forces, their own fragility still makes it difficult for them to survive in the universe, unable to cope with various harsh living environments, and they are also unbearable in front of other species. hit.
Therefore, human beings have never given up on developing their own potential.
After countless experiments and sacrifices, humans finally discovered a special substance in the universe thousands of years ago. Using this substance, the gene evolution agent finally synthesized can be generally applied to more than 99.99% of human beings, and it has completely opened up human beings ever since. The door to evolution.
Through continuous, generation-by-generation evolution, reproduction, and fusion, human beings today are no longer what they used to be.
Although the appearance does not look much different from before, its strong physique and super mental power are completely different from before... Compared with when it was on earth, it is almost a different new species.
But has a high degree of civilization and evolution eliminated the contradictions and inequalities among human beings? No.
On the contrary, this evolution has made the class gap and contradiction between human beings more and more wide.
The first generation of gene evolution agent, because it is difficult to produce and the price is high, although it is generally applicable to all human beings, its rare output can only supply a very small number of people. These human beings have gained stronger strength through evolution, and the stronger strength brings It is a higher status, and the children born from intermarriage between them are naturally stronger than ordinary humans... Gradually, a higher evolutionary class was born, which is also the embryonic form of the imperial nobility.
The first-generation evolutionists gradually realized the huge benefits, began to control the production and use of genetic evolution agents, and firmly controlled the top science and technology, gradually controlling the fate of mankind.
The strong get stronger and the weak get weaker.
Through thousands of years of development, the evolutionary class has gradually piled up a brand-new higher race with continuous cosmic resources, which is completely different from ordinary humans, which is today's "imperial aristocracy".
Now there is no existence in the universe that can threaten the empire. In order to maintain their absolute dominance, the nobles have completely monopolized the development and use of genetic evolution agents. Even for the lowest level of evolution agents, ordinary civilians have to pay astronomical fees. As for the high-grade evolution agent, it is completely forbidden to sell it to civilians.
The nobles continued to evolve themselves and only intermarried among the same class. Although the more powerful evolved human beings had more difficulty in giving birth to offspring, they were unwilling to intermarry with commoners, thinking that this would pollute the genes of their offspring.
The discrimination and inequality that were once hidden under the hypocrisy and fairness have gradually revealed their ferocious and cruel side.
In Ji Ling's view, the nobles living in Emperor Star today are almost equivalent to the immortals living in the fairy world. According to this development, thousands or even ten thousand years later, they should not be called imperial nobles, but Imperial Protoss!
Ji Ling felt that he could write a thesis, which was called "On the Birth of the Protoss in the Universe".
In the current empire, it is difficult for ordinary civilians to achieve evolution. If they don't get rich overnight, the only thing that can change their fate is God's will.
Under the peace, there is a dark undercurrent. The monopoly of the gene evolution agent and the privileges possessed by the powerful have gradually aroused dissatisfaction among the people. Some people are unwilling to submit to the increasingly corrupt and depraved nobles, and even produced rebels to challenge the rule of the empire. It's just that under the powerful suppression of the empire and the control of public opinion, the number of rebels is not large.
Ji Ling can also understand that for most people in the empire, they live a peaceful and comfortable life. Even if there is some inequality in society, no one is willing to give up their lives to fight against the powerful empire. Throughout history, revolutions are all driven to a desperate situation to rise up and resist. For the people of the current empire, it is far from reaching this point. Even in the society where Ji Ling lives, wealth is also monopolized by a few people. hands, but the inequality is not so obvious.
However, as the emperor of the empire, Jing Sui saw not only the prosperous surface of the empire today, but also the huge hidden dangers in it. Although the rebel army seems weak today, the birth of the rebel army indicates a spark. If not controlled, it will eventually become a prairie fire.
The imperial dignitaries have too much power, and the excessive power that is not checked and balanced will inevitably lead to corruption and degeneration. They ignore human life and are superior, and even ordinary people are inferior races in their eyes. The glamorous coat, the dark and ugly truth inside, will blindly suppress any existence that dares to disobey them.
Wanton suppression will inevitably lead to resistance.
Once this fermentation continues, revolution will break out sooner or later, and Jing Sui does not want to see this day happen, and does not want to see the foundation of the country shaken... Even gods will fall one day, let alone a group of corrupt nobles ? How many advanced civilizations have fallen
No one can last forever.
In order to change this situation, Jing Sui advocated lowering the price of genetic evolution agents, further improving the rights of civilians, and gradually weakening the gap between nobles and civilians, hoping to build a more united and powerful empire by increasing the per capita strength of the entire country . He believes that it is not feasible for a country to be strong only by relying on a few people, and ordinary civilians, who account for the vast majority, are a force that cannot be underestimated.
But Jing Sui's behavior violated the interests of most of the powerful, they were unwilling to give up their rights, and let those untouchables have the opportunity to sit on an equal footing with them, or even step on their heads.
The dignitaries who opposed Jing Sui followed the example of Grand Duke Carlos, and opposed Jing Sui in every aspect of political opinion.
Carlos believes that there is no need to change the status quo. All of this is the result of the survival of the fittest in nature, and low-level humans are not worthy of being equal to them.
In their eyes, those ordinary people are like ants on the ground. They have given them a peaceful and prosperous life and protected them from being invaded by foreign races, but they are still clamoring for more without a heart of gratitude. This is human beings. The irrepressible greed in nature should not be condoned.
Carlos advocated the bloody suppression of the rebels in order to maintain the absolute dominance of the empire, and there is no need to compromise with some greedy ants.
The two sides fought openly and secretly for a book.
Ji Ling thinks that this matter is not something that he, a dandy, can get involved in, not to mention that he doesn't have such a deep sense of substitution for this world. He only cares about how to play his role well, complete the task and go home.
No matter how huge and real this world is, it is not his original world, and it is not the place he wants to stay.
Thinking of this, he let out a rare sigh, put his hands behind his head and stared at the starry sky in a daze, suddenly his ears moved, and he heard someone calling his name in the distance, it seemed to be the original owner's little friends.
I have been out for a long time, and it is almost time to go back.
Ji Ling sat up, supported his hands, and jumped down from the tree with agility.
As soon as he landed, he looked up and saw an elegant and handsome middle-aged man standing in the shadow under the tree, watching him with a smile, he was so frightened that he couldn't stand still and almost fell to the ground! It just happened to crash into the man's arms.
Carlos looked at the boy who was 'throwing himself into his arms', stretched out his hand to gently support his shoulder, and said with a low voice and a smile, "Be careful."
Ji Ling thought in his heart that it wasn't because you were scared! He told himself to calm down, don't panic! Then he raised his eyes from Carlos' arms, showing a naive and surprised look, and said, "Uncle Carlos, why are you here?"
Carlos stared at the boy's blue eyes, and his eyes fell on his vivid face. There seemed to be some kind of complex nostalgia in his eyes. After a long while, he said, "I just finished talking with your father. I passed by here and saw you… "
He paused in the middle of speaking, the corners of his lips slightly raised a joking arc, and he said dotingly: "I just want to see how long a certain little guy is going to stay in the tree."
Ji Ling: "..." So you've been watching it for a long time
Fortunately, he didn't have the bad habit of talking to himself alone. Looking at Carlos' gentle and loving expression, he felt an inexplicable sense of horror rising from the soles of his feet, and his body couldn't help but stiffen slightly.
Carlos noticed Ji Ling's uneasiness, and said apologetically, "Sorry, did I scare you?"
Ji Ling bit her lower lip and shook her head, how many mistakes she said in front of this old fox, it's better to stay the same for all changes.
However, he saw that Carlos' eyes suddenly darkened, as if he was deeply suppressing something, and the hand pressing his shoulder was also slightly exerted.
Ji Ling couldn't understand Carlos' eyes, but he was inexplicably uneasy, as if he was being targeted, he blinked anxiously, and said, "My friend is calling me..."
Carlos' expression remained unchanged.
Just when Ji Ling was feeling a little apprehensive, Carlos let go of his hand slowly, and took a step back gracefully, the gloomy look that flashed in his eyes just now disappeared, showing a gentle smile: "Go, don't Keep them waiting."
Ji Ling seemed to be pardoned, nodded and said, "Then I'll go first, see you, Uncle Carlos."
As he spoke, he turned and left quickly, not daring to look back along the way.
He always felt that if he turned around, he might meet that person's eyes...
It didn't take long for Ji Ling to see Ross's slightly round face, and asked him where he went with a smile. Surrounded by familiar noises, Ji Ling finally got rid of the suffocating environment just now. For the first time, I think this greasy-faced guy looks a little cute!
At least Ross is much easier to deal with than Carlos.
... ... ...
Carlos glanced at Ji Ling's back, turned and left the manor.
His butler, Anderson, had already been waiting outside, bent down respectfully and opened the door of the suspension car for him. Anderson hesitated for a moment, but still couldn't help being curious, and asked, "I have already prepared the congratulatory gift in advance as ordered, and brought it here. Why did you come here yourself?"
No one knew about Duke Carlos' behavior today, which surprised Anderson, and he didn't understand his intentions... Besides, there were people who wanted to buy blue starfish from Duke Carlos with a lot of money before, and Duke Carlos ignored them all. The sudden gift to Ji Ling made Anderson even more puzzled.
Carlos looked back at him, and said lightly: "I have my own arrangements."
Anderson was shocked by this look, and quickly lowered his head and said, "I'm sorry, it's me who is busy."
His Excellency the Duke must have his reasons for doing this. Since he didn't say that he shouldn't ask, Anderson suppressed his curiosity and closed the car door respectfully for Carlos.
Carlos sat in the car, clasped his hands, and tapped his index finger on the top of the silver cane.
Closing his eyes, what appeared in front of his eyes was the panicked scene of the young man jumping down from the tree and falling into his arms, like an elf falling into the mortal world... In those clear water-blue eyes, he was reflected His face, as if one could see the end at a glance.
He was still alive and would call him Uncle Carlos.
No one knows what kind of ripples he felt in his heart at that moment when he said "Uncle Carlos".
The first thing he did after he was reborn was to come here, just to see him with his own eyes, to see if he was still here, living carefree and unrestrained, not the last scene he saw in his last life—weak Lying in Jing Sui's arms, with his blood-stained arms hanging down feebly, he gradually lost his last breath and became a cold and dead corpse.
Carlos slowly opened his eyes, the brown pupils were cold and dark.
In his previous life, he had fought with Jing Sui all his life, but he fell short in the end because of carelessness. But at that moment, he found that what he regretted the most was not his own failure... but regret for involving an innocent young man in his struggle with Jing Sui, regret Because of his carelessness, Ning Yu escaped, regretting that he didn't recognize the boy, and even killed him with his own hands.
The young man resolutely stood in front of Jing Sui, and the scene where he fell slowly was like a sharp thorn, piercing easily into his indestructible body that had abandoned all emotions unique to lower races such as cowardice, kindness, and tenderness. cold heart.
It was the first time he knew what it was like to lose.
This innocent young man who relied on him, this young man who knew that he had betrayed and abandoned him, but still chose to trust him, and looked at him with those innocent eyes...
Is it too simple and stupid
No, maybe it's just because I believe and care.
But he once turned a blind eye to this trust, even used this trust as a bargaining chip, and pushed him out at will in order to achieve his own goals, making him a victim of his struggle with Jing Sui... He thought he would not regret it, because Stupid weak people should be abandoned and used, and he has always done so.
But on that cold night, the moment the boy appeared in front of him regardless of previous suspicions, he suddenly realized... did he really disdain the boy's trust? no.
He just hadn't seen anything beautiful enough to impress him before.
Only after seeing it did I realize how precious it is.
But when he finally understood this, he lost him.
Killed him by mistake.
Carlos pursed his thin lips tightly, his whole body was full of coldness and coldness, and his hands slowly tightened.
If it wasn't for Jing Sui, you wouldn't make mistakes again and again, and even lose your life for him in the end.
That man is more ruthless than you imagined, he won't care about anyone, let alone love you, but you didn't understand this until you died, even if your heart was trampled like that, you are willing to give your life for him.
That man is not worthy of your love at all!
But he's back now.
This time, what he wanted was not only the empire, but also the boy who would simply look at him and call him Uncle Carlos with a smile.
This time, he hoped that those flawless eyes would never be covered with dust, that the young man's smile could unfold to him like this forever, and that he could trust him and rely on him again without any scruples.
The moment he saw Ji Ling again, he didn't hesitate at all.
Rebirth is to give him a chance to make up for his regrets.
The expression in Carlos' eyes slowly deepened.
You are so beautiful and flawless, countless times more dazzling than the unique blue starfish.
You will be my most beautiful treasure.