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2. Carlos
The system was silent for a while and said: [I didn't expect this situation. γ
Ji Ling: [He shouldn't be here at all. Now that the plot has changed so much, you didn't expect it? γ
The system is at a loss: [In this way, I will check what's going on, you should stabilize him first. γ
Ji Ling: [β¦]
Ji Ling knew that the system was unreliable, so he could only adapt accordingly. He pretended to naturally pull his hand back from Carlos's, and quietly put his back behind him, showing an uneasy expression, and said anxiously, "Uncle Carlos, The gift is too expensive for me to accept."
Ji Ting also recovered from the shock just now, and said solemnly: "I have accepted your kindness on behalf of the dog, but please take it back."
Carlos' deep brown pupils had a faint smile, his tone was soothing but with unquestionable persistence, he said indifferently: "Today is Xiaoling's birthday ceremony, I am also his elder, and giving him a mere planet counts. what?"
Is this a mere planet? Not those junk stars that don't even have names.
Ji Ting frowned slightly. After a moment of silence, he slowly said: "There are some juniors here, why don't we go in and talk?"
Ji Ting wasn't sure about Carlos's intentions. He didn't understand why he suddenly made a big splash to Ji Ling. Did he want to bribe him? Carlos insisted like this, but it was not good for him to continue to refuse in the public, so as not to let people see a joke, it would be bad if it caused some unnecessary rumors, so he intentionally invited Carlos to speak alone.
Carlos smiled and nodded, and 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 a thin layer of sweat was coming out of his vest. The appearance of Carlos just now caught him off guard.
Speaking of the main characters in the book, he is most vigilant about Carlos. Don't look at this man's every move is elegant and courteous, he seems to be a flawless nobleman, but he is the most wicked of all. A typical smile hides a knife and is cold-blooded.
As the emperor of the empire, the male protagonist Jing Sui has a arrogant and indifferent personality, but at most he just ignores and disdains himself. No matter how he jumps up and down, he has no murderous intention, and he is too lazy to care about himself.
Although the protagonist Shou Ning Yu was made difficult and humiliated by himself several times, he is a noble and self-improving white lotus character, a straightforward and upright gentleman. Ji Ling is not worried that he will retaliate against him, and he feels sorry for bullying him.
The villain's second marshal, Brandon, is Jing Sui's friend and like-minded companion. He is an upright and iron-blooded soldier. No matter how much he hates and despises himself, he will never play the tricks of the wicked behind his back.
Strictly speaking, Brandon can't be said to be the villain. He is only a little bit antagonistic to Jing Sui in the emotional drama, because he has a secret crush on Ning Yu, and is a proper and affectionate male second. Sui turned his face.
The villain's third speaker, Wen Yan, is just an ordinary member of parliament at the moment, and will be Ning Yu's friend later in the book. This person is deeply thoughtful and both righteous and evil, making people a little unpredictable. Although he also betrayed himself for Ning Yu later, that incident fell within his expectations.
Only the villain, Grand Duke Carlos, on the surface is a smiling old fox, but in fact he will do anything to achieve his goals. In his eyes, anyone is just a pawn, and if he gets along with him, he will die without knowing how. In the last life, he didn't provoke him at all, and he used it inexplicably once, and almost lost his life.
don't know why ran over to give such a heavy gift this time. It didn't happen last time.
Ji Ling worriedly pondered what went wrong, which led to a deviation in the plot. 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. γ
System: [Why? γ
Ji Ling: [Because at that time it was estimated that I had already been killed and recovered :)]
system:γβ¦β¦γ
Ji Ling: [So, have you found out what went wrong? γ
The system is a little guilty: [Sorry, because the world collapsed once and the database failed, the cause of Carlos' abnormality cannot be determined for the time being. γ
He thought about it and added: [It is possible that after the collapse of the world, some unexpected changes occurred that we did not expect, so that a butterfly effect occurred. But it doesn't matter, your mission remains the same, as long as you can complete the mission, you can go back. γ
Yeah, 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 didn't know the reason, and Ji Ling had no choice. He could only hope that the plot didn't change much. Fortunately, he was familiar with Carlos, so he wasn't completely defenseless.
Carlos and Jing Sui Zheng disagreed, and he has always been ambitious to replace Jing Sui's position. Everything he does has a purpose, and it is impossible for him to come to his own coming-of-age ceremony. Today, 80% of the time it is aimed at his father. Ji Ting is here.
The Ji family is an old-fashioned aristocrat with a strong foundation, and has a considerable voice in 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 is left to his father Ji Ting to deal with.
It's better to focus on completing the task yourself.
As long as Jing Sui can be with Ning Yu, he will be able to go home!
Ji Ling stayed in the banquet hall for a while, and was a little tired of dealing with it, so he made an excuse to go out to breathe.
Because Ji Ling has already done a mission, Ji Ling is as familiar with this place as his own home. The garden behind the banquet hall is very beautiful. Ji Ling slipped out and climbed up a tree, lying comfortably on the trunk, looking up at the The night sky is surrounded by the shining stars of Emperor Star, and the nine stars exude colorful and beautiful luster, like colorful gems hanging in the sky.
Those are the nine major 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 sky and the earth, enough to resist any attack and turn all enemies into for dust. It is an important deterrent to protect the safety of the capital Emperor Star and maintain the imperial rule.
Ji Ling looked at the sky absentmindedly. The conflict between Carlos and Jing Sui has a long history, and the specifics have to start from the setting of this book.
The worldview setting of this book is very huge. It is said that after the sixth scientific and technological revolution, human beings on earth have 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 overlords of the universe. Intelligent beings headed by humans have built a huge national regime, commanding 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 stand firm and have today's status is inseparable from a great invention.
That is - the genetic evolution agent.
In the face of the vast universe, human beings are not reconciled that they are always so small. Although they can use 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 appear unbearable in front of other species. hit.
Therefore, human beings have never given up developing their own potential.
After countless experiments and sacrifices, human beings finally discovered a special substance in the universe thousands of years ago. The gene evolution agent synthesized by using this substance can be universally applied to more than 99.99% of human beings, and has completely opened up human beings since then. The door to evolution.
Through continuous, generational evolution, reproduction, and fusion, today's human beings are no longer what they used to be.
Although the appearance is not much different from before, its powerful physique and super mental power are completely different from before... Compared with the time on earth, it is almost a completely new species.
But has a high degree of civilization and evolution eliminated the contradictions and inequalities among humans? No.
On the contrary, this evolution has made the class gap and contradiction between human beings larger and larger.
The first generation of genetic evolution agent, because it is difficult to make and expensive, although it is generally applicable to all humans, its scarce output can only supply a very small number of people. These humans have acquired stronger strength through evolution, and the greater strength brought It is a higher status, and the children born from their intermarriage are born with stronger physiques than ordinary humans... Gradually, a higher evolutionary class was born, which is also the prototype of today's imperial aristocracy.
The first-generation evolutionaries gradually realized the huge benefits, and began to control the manufacture and use of genetic evolution agents, and firmly controlled the top science and technology, and controlled the fate of mankind step by step.
The strong get stronger and the weak get weaker.
Through thousands of years of development, the evolutionary class has gradually built up a brand-new higher race with a steady stream of cosmic resources, which is completely separate from ordinary humans, which is today's 'imperial nobles'.
Today, 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 evolution agents, ordinary civilians need to pay sky-high fees to do so. Purchased, as for high-level evolution agents, it is completely prohibited to sell to civilians.
The nobles are constantly evolving themselves, and only intermarry between the same class. Although the more powerful evolutionary human beings are more difficult to give birth to offspring, they are not willing to intermarry with commoners, believing that this will taint the genes of their offspring.
Discrimination and inequality that were once hidden under hypocrisy and fairness have gradually revealed their cruel and cruel side.
In Ji Ling's view, the nobles living in the emperor star today are almost equivalent to the immortals living in the fairyland. According to this development, after thousands of years or ten thousand years, they should not be called imperial nobles, but Imperial Protoss!
Ji Ling felt that he could write a dissertation called "On the Birth of the Cosmic Protoss".
In the current empire, it is difficult for ordinary civilians to achieve evolution. If they didn't get rich overnight, it is probably only God's will that can change their fate.
Under the peace, the undercurrent is turbulent. The monopoly of the elites on the genetic evolution agent and their privileges have gradually aroused the dissatisfaction of the people. Some people are unwilling to submit to the increasingly corrupt aristocrats, and even have rebels to challenge the rule of the empire. It's just that under the strong military repression 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 have a peaceful and comfortable life. Even if there is some inequality in the society, no one is willing to give up their lives to fight against the powerful empire. Throughout history, revolutions have all been driven to a desperate situation to rise up and resist. For the people of the empire today, it is far from reaching this point. Even in Ji Ling's society, wealth is also monopolized by a few people. In the hands, it's just that 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 today's resistance army seems weak, the birth of the resistance army shows the spark. If it is not controlled, it will eventually become a prairie prairie.
Imperial dignitaries have too much power, and excessive power that is not checked and balanced will inevitably bring corruption and degeneration. They ignore human life and stand above the ground, and even ordinary people are low-level races in their eyes. The bright and bright 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 the fermentation goes on like this, a 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 rotten people. noble? How many higher civilizations have fallen?
No one can last forever.
In order to change this situation, Jing Sui advocated lowering the price of genetic evolutionary agents, further improving the rights of the commoners, and gradually weakening the gap between the nobles and commoners, hoping to build a more united and powerful empire by increasing the per capita strength of the entire country . He believes that the strength of a country cannot be achieved by relying only on a few people, and ordinary civilians, who account for the vast majority, are a force to be reckoned with.
But Jing Sui's behavior violated the interests of most powerful people. They were unwilling to give up their rights, so that those pariahs had the opportunity to be equal to them, or even step on their heads.
The dignitaries who opposed Jing Sui followed the lead of Grand Duke Carlos and opposed Jing Sui everywhere in their political views.
Carlos believes that there is no need to change the status quo, all of which are the result of the survival of the fittest in nature, and lower human beings do not deserve to be equal to them.
In their eyes, those ordinary people are like ants on the ground. They have already given them alms to live a peaceful and prosperous life to protect them from being invaded by foreigners, but they are still dissatisfied and clamoring for more without gratitude. This is human beings. The uncontrollable greed in nature should not be condoned.
Carlos advocated a bloody suppression of the rebels in order to maintain the absolute dominance of the empire, without the need to compromise with some insatiable ants.
The two sides fought a book about it.
Ji Ling felt that this matter was not something he could be involved with as a dummy, not to mention that he didn't have such a deep sense of immersion in this world. He only cared 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, 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, which seemed to be the original owner's playful friends.
I've been out for a long time, and it's almost time to go back.
Ji Ling sat up, propped up his hands, and jumped down from the tree with agile movements.
As soon as he landed, he looked up and saw an elegant and handsome middle-aged man standing under the tree - in the shadow, staring at him with a smile. The result happened to crash into the man's arms.
Carlos looked at the boy who was "throwing his arms and hugs", reached out to gently support his shoulder, and said in a low voice with a smile: "Be careful."
Ji Ling thought to himself that it wasn't you who scared him! He told himself to keep calm and not panic! Then he raised his eyes from Carlos' arms, showing an innocent and unexpected look, and said, "Uncle Carlos, why are you here?"
Carlos stared at the boy's blue eyes, his eyes fell on his vivid face, and there seemed to be some kind of complicated nostalgia in his eyes. After a while, he said, "I just finished talking with your father, and I saw it when I passed by here. youβ¦β¦"
He paused for a while, the corners of his lips raised a playful arc, and said in a loving tone, "I just want to see a certain little guy, how long is he 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. He looked at Carlos's gentle and indulgent expression, and only felt an inexplicable sense of horror rising from the bottom of his feet, and his body could not help but stiffen slightly.
Carlos noticed Ji Ling's unease and said apologetically, "Sorry, did I scare you?"
Ji Ling bit his lower lip and shook his head, saying more and more mistakes in front of this old fox, let's just keep the same.
However, he saw that Carlos's eyes suddenly darkened, as if he was deeply suppressing and restraining something, and the hand on his shoulder was also slightly harder.
Ji Ling couldn't understand Carlos' eyes, but he was inexplicably uneasy, as if he was being targeted. He blinked his eyes uneasy and said, "My friend is calling me..."
Carlos' expression did not change.
Just when Ji Ling was a little uneasy, Carlos slowly let go of his hand, took a step back gracefully, the flash of darkness in his eyes just now disappeared, revealing a gentle smile: "Go, don't. Keep them waiting."
Ji Ling was amnesty, nodded and said, "Then I'll go first, see you Uncle Carlos."
Saying that, he turned and left quickly, not daring to look back all the way.
He always felt that if he turned his head, he might meet that person's gaze...
It didn't take long for Ji Ling to see Rhodes' slightly round face, and asked him with a smile where he went, surrounded by the familiar noise, Ji Ling finally got rid of the suffocating environment just now, the first think this guy with oily and powdery noodles looks a little cute!
At least Rhodes can cope much better than Carlos.
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Carlos glanced at Ji Ling's leaving back, turned and left the manor.
His housekeeper Anderson had already been waiting outside, and bowed respectfully to open the door of the hover car for him. Anderson hesitated for a moment, but couldn't help but be curious, and asked, "I have already prepared the congratulatory gift in advance as instructed and sent it here, Why do you want to come here in person?"
No one knew about Duke Carlos' behavior today, which surprised Anderson and didn't understand his intentions... And before someone wanted to buy a blue starfish from Duke Carlos, Duke Carlos ignored it. Today But it was unexpectedly given to Ji Ling, which made Anderson even more puzzled.
Carlos looked back at him and said lightly, "I have my own arrangements."
Anderson's heart froze at the sight, and he quickly lowered his head and said, "I'm sorry, I'm 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 respectfully closed the car door 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 when the boy jumped from the tree and fell into his arms, like an elf falling into the mortal world... In those clear water blue eyes, reflected His face seemed to be able to look to the end at a glance.
He's alive and will call him Uncle Carlos.
No one knew what ripples swayed 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-weakness Lying in Jing Sui's arms, his blood-stained arms were weakly lowered, and he gradually lost his last breath, becoming a cold and dead corpse.
Carlos slowly opened his eyes, and the brown pupils were icy cold.
In the last life, he fought with Jing Sui all his life, but he fell short in the end because of his carelessness. But at that moment, he realized that the thing he regretted the most was not his failure... but regret for involving an innocent boy in his struggle with Jing Sui. I regret letting Ning Yu run away because of my carelessness, and I regret that I didn't recognize the young man and killed him with my own hands.
The young man resolutely stood in front of Jing Sui, and the scene where he slowly fell down was like a sharp thorn, easily piercing his emotions that abandoned all cowardice, kindness, gentleness and other inferior racesβ An indestructible icy heart.
For the first time, he knew what it was like to lose.
This naive, innocent boy who relied on him, this boy 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 just because believe, care.
But he once turned a blind eye to this trust, and even used this trust as a bargaining chip. In order to achieve his goal, he pushed him out at will, making him a victim of his struggle with Jing Sui... He thought he would not regret it, Because stupid and weak people should be abandoned and used, and he has always done so.
But on that cold night, the moment the young man appeared in front of him regardless of his past suspicions, he suddenly realized... Did he really disdain the young man's trust? no.
He just hadn't seen anything beautiful enough to impress him before.
After seeing it, realized how precious it is.
But when he finally understood this, he lost him.
Missed him and killed him.
Carlos pursed his thin lips tightly, his whole body was chilling and cold, 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.
That man is more ruthless than you think. He doesn't care about anyone, and he doesn't love you. You don't understand this until you die. Even if your heart is violated like that, you are willing to sacrifice your life for him.
That man doesn't deserve your love at all!
But he is 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 always unfold to him like this, that he could trust him and rely on him again without any scruples.
When he saw Ji Ling again, he no longer hesitated.
Rebirth is to give him a chance to make up for his regrets.
The expression in Carlos' eyes gradually deepened.
You are so beautiful and flawless, countless times brighter than the unique blue starfish.
You will be my most beautiful treasure.