Destroyer: Building a Dimensional Universe from Scratch

When the huge ship, the Ten Thousand Years Snowstorm, slowly landed over the imperial capital, the city had been shattered beyond all recognition. The once magnificent aristocratic residential area was no longer prosperous, and was almost in ruins, with traces of destruction left by the heroes using treasures to fight. The imperial palace was even more severely damaged, as if it had been split in two by a huge force.

In the square in front of the palace, dozens of well-dressed nobles, with their hands and feet tightly bound, knelt neatly there. Gudako acted quickly and efficiently. After Sister Li reminded him, he immediately led his troops into the palace and captured Ernest and his followers in one fell swoop.

At this moment, the ministers watched in horror as a huge spaceship landed not far above their heads. The Wannian Fengxue was hanging low above the buildings of the imperial capital. Its hull was ten kilometers long, almost blocking out the sunlight of the entire city. The civilians looked up and could only see the dark gray metal shell and dense turrets at the bottom of the spaceship. Frightened, they hid in their houses and only dared to peek at this behemoth through the cracks in the windows.

As the starship stabilized, the bow hatch opened. Lu Chen and several of his companions walked out of the cabin and walked to the front, facing the rows of imperial ministers and Si clan members who bowed their heads respectfully.

"Ernest!" Chi Tong recognized the culprit who caused the corruption of the empire at a glance. She could hardly suppress the urge to take action. She put one hand on the hilt of the sword and her whole body trembled slightly.

Ernest and the nobles looked up and couldn't help spitting. Fear, shock and confusion were intertwined on their faces.

To the surprise of the ministers, this ruler was not the strange-looking alien or monster they had imagined, but a handsome young man surrounded by several beautiful women. However, when their eyes fell on the person next to Lu Chen—a woman in a white military uniform and long ice-blue hair, they could not help but roar: "Esdeath!!"

The empire's much-anticipated general, Esdeath, was standing obediently beside Lu Chen, and the intimacy between the two was obvious. She noticed Ernest below, snorted softly, and did not respond.

"Esdeath! How could you betray the empire?!" Ernest's eyes widened, filled with anger.

In an instant, he understood the situation. "Why? Is it because the reward from the Empire is not enough, or your position as a general is not high enough? Why did you betray us?!"

Seeing that their life-saving straw was actually on the enemy camp, many people's hearts sank to the bottom.

"Betrayal? I don't think that's betrayal." Esdeath replied. "The strong prey on the weak, isn't that normal? I've found someone who can control me now."

As a former general of the Empire, the reason why Esdeath suppressed one side was not to maintain the rule of the Empire, but to satisfy her own desire to fight. She knew the character of those ministers very well, and she only wanted to satisfy her desire to fight, and she didn't care about their intrigues. Both sides took what they needed and did not infringe on each other.

And now, with an existence powerful enough for her to follow in the battle of the stars and the sea, those powerful officials naturally became thorns in their eyes.

"Lover? You actually fell in love with an alien?!" Ernest never expected that the always rational Esdeath would make such a choice.

He roared, screaming almost desperately: "Kill him! Kill them! I command you! I will give you anything you want!"

Anger and the desire to survive made the regent who once ruled the empire forget about etiquette and image, and he hysterically questioned Lu Chen and Esdeath.

"It's really ugly, Ernest." Esdeath shook her head and said contemptuously, "You are just maggots nourishing in the mud, eroding this country only because of your own dirty desires. It's short-sighted and pitiful."

Ever since meeting Lu Chen, Esdeath has felt more and more that all men in the world are inferior to him. She likes him more and more, and finds other people more and more annoying. She thinks they are all a bunch of cowards who should be eliminated.

"you--!"

Before Ernest could finish his words, Esdeath had already thrown an ice spike that pierced his body. Just as she had promised Lu Chen before, she would show no mercy to her enemies, even the ministers of the empire were no exception.

Seeing this, the other nobles began to beg for surrender: "Surrender! We surrender! You can have whatever you want! We will give it to you!"

They kowtowed to the starship like crazy chickens. Lu Chen watched all this indifferently. He believed that these nobles would only regret it when they were threatened with death. Keeping them alive was nothing more than a bunch of parasites.

"Esdeath, Gudako, Night Raid, you are responsible for taking care of them." For the people of the empire, this day is a day worth celebrating.

At Lu Chen's order, all the nobles were taken to the Imperial Square for public execution, including Ernest. After being restored to life through medical means, he was tied in the center of the square for public display.

For these evil people, being killed by Esdeath herself was a mercy. The people hated them so much that they wished they could tear them apart with their own hands.

As a result, Esdeath became the undisputed hero of the empire. She already had a high reputation among the people and was regarded as the patron saint of ordinary people. Now, her act of executing corrupt nobles has earned her the worship of the people and she is regarded as a sacred and inviolable existence.

As for those aliens who threatened to conquer the earth? According to General Esdeath, they were advanced civilizations from another world, helping humans to develop and progress, which was certainly not wrong.

The execution of Ernest and the imperial nobles was undoubtedly a just act for the people. They did not mind changing the rulers, and even had a better impression of these aliens. Especially when Lu Chen sent the almighty angels to the ground to maintain order and assist in rebuilding the city, the girls with wings caused a sensation among the crowd.

"Angel! It's really an angel!"

The omnipotent angels can fly, are beautiful, and possess high technology that the natives of the feudal era cannot understand. To the people with low cultural level, they are like gods descended to the earth.

"It looks like our rule over this world will be very smooth." Lu Chen listened to his subordinates' reports with satisfaction. The natives of the feudal era were easier to fool than the earthlings of the pre-space age.

Their original living standard remained in the Middle Ages, and they only needed a little bit of modern instant noodles and bread to make them grateful. In addition, some myths and legends were woven to confuse them, and such a rule was as solid as a rock.

"Yes." Gudako nodded in agreement.

"Now, in the mouths of the latest bards, the commander has changed from an alien ruler to the new god of the empire - the machine god."

"It is said that whenever the empire is in danger and treacherous ministers are in power, as long as seven pieces of spaceship parts wrapped in oil paper are found in the sewer of the imperial palace, a dragon - ahem, it should be a god - can be summoned."

"The commander will fly a starship with the sickle and hammer logo, descend from the sky like lightning, rescue the people of the empire from suffering, and lead them back to their former glory."

Lu Chen slapped Gudazi fiercely. “Hey kid, where did you hear this nonsense legend? Huh?!”

after a few days.

capital.

The sky was just beginning to turn pale that day, accompanied by a few clear crows of roosters.

The entire capital began to gradually recover and regain vitality.

After washing, the residents changed their clothes, walked out of their homes, and gathered in the central square of the city from all directions.

There was a look of anticipation and curiosity on everyone's face because they knew that "something big" was going to happen today.

Regardless of gender, age or status, they were all in a hurry.

This square was once the place where emperors of successive dynasties ascended the throne and held celebrations. Its spacious space can accommodate tens of thousands of people.

The floor tiles of the square are paved with Japanese-colored marble with gold edges and are surrounded by decorative columns carved from white jade, making it look extremely luxurious.

In the past, whenever the emperor or Minister Ernest traveled, the Royal Guards would lead the way, keeping the ragged lower-class people out of the sight of the nobles.

The lower class people were not even qualified to set foot on the palace square.

However, Lu Chen did not care about this at all, because he had almost wiped out all the nobles of the empire, and the Royal Guards, Imperial Equipment Users and Guards had also been almost completely wiped out by the Heroic Spirits.

Therefore, at this moment, there were only about a few hundred battle angels left to defend the square.

They stood on both sides of the square, holding a lightsaber in one hand and an ion shield in the other.

These omnipotent angels usually have no expression on their faces and do not show any sign of fatigue.

In the eyes of the citizens, they are like the incarnation of gods.

Just one glance at their pure white wings is enough to shock people with low cultural level, so much so that they dare not approach these Valkyrie-like girls. Even if they are given enough space to observe, they still choose to stand far away on the periphery.

Sometimes, out of curiosity, a child would try to touch the wings of a battle angel, but would be immediately grabbed by his parents, who would slap him hard on the head and say, "That's a messenger from God! Don't touch it!"

very quickly,

When there were almost no pedestrians on the streets of the capital, curious crowds surrounded the square.

click-

An 870-meter-long gangway was lowered from an aerial starship, and Lu Chen and his fellow ship girls walked down slowly.

Following closely behind were several members of the Night Raid Team.

Ordinary citizens turned their eyes to the slightly mysterious man.

The ruler of the empire, this is what the people call him.

He led a huge fleet of starships, descended here with thundering force, and immediately announced the declaration of conquering the world.

At first, many people were wary of them and wondered what the purpose of these visitors from the sky was.

However, in just a few days, Minister Ernest and the corrupt imperial nobility were completely defeated.

Some of the dozen or so surrounding countries were destroyed, while others surrendered.

Even Esdeath, the most powerful general in the empire, joined them.

Esdeath waved to the civilians, drawing cheers and applause.

Her popularity among the people is astonishingly high.

Seeing this scene, Akagi and others around them couldn't help but frown slightly. They could not connect the Esdeath in front of them with the sadistic fighting maniac in their memory.

If anyone dared to say anything bad about Esdeath in front of the crowd, they would probably be immediately drowned in the spit of her fanatical followers.

After Lu Chen walked down the gangway, another figure had been waiting in the square for a long time.

He was dressed in a royal purple coat, a blue cloak, a crown on his head, and held a scepter made of pure gold.

He was accompanied by two people who looked like butlers on the left and right.

He is the little emperor of the empire.

Although he had no real power, he was undoubtedly the nominal ruler of the empire.

As a ruler, you must face the cruel reality of war failure.

As the announcement sounded, "The surrender ceremony begins," the magnificent music of the Star Alliance began to play.

People were slightly surprised and watched everything in the scene with bated breath.

The young emperor relied on the instructions and suggestions of Minister Ernest to carry out political operations, but in fact he was just a puppet and stamping tool of the ministers.

He walked towards Lu Chen tremblingly, looked up at the man in military uniform, and felt the other's strength and majesty, as if he was more like a real ruler.

"The Empire should surrender to the Star Alliance."

He slowly knelt on the ground, raised his hands above his head, and presented a handwritten surrender edict:

"I... announce my abdication and the abolition of all royal and noble privileges and identities.

From today on, the Empire will become a vassal state of the Star Alliance, accepting its management and instructions, and all administrative affairs will be decided by the suzerain state.

I am truly an unqualified ruler."

His voice trembled with nervousness.

The crowd was in an uproar in an instant. Hearing the emperor announce his surrender and become a vassal of another civilization was undoubtedly a great shock.

In particular, terms such as abdication, abolition of royal status, and handing over all affairs to the suzerain state meant almost handing over the entire country to someone else.

"Very well, I accept the surrender."

Lu Chen took the imperial edict from the little emperor, which included some seals and decorations that symbolized royal status.

Then, he tapped the little emperor's head gently with his scepter and said in a deep voice:

"I forgive your crime. From now on, you will live here as an ordinary person."

Lu Chen did not have much disgust towards this young emperor who had ascended the throne at the age of four. After all, he was just a chess piece manipulated by Ernest, a poor child who did not need to be sent to the guillotine as in the original plot.

"Thank you."

The little emperor kowtowed deeply.

After learning the truth, he understood how he was deceived by Ernest and other nobles and became a tool to rule the empire. He also knew their tragic end - being tortured to death by angry people.

Even if he could not become an ideal ruler, being able to spend the rest of his life as an ordinary person would be a blessing in disguise for him.