Deposed Crown Prince: After three years of service on the frontier, the entire court knelt and begge

Han Da was furious, as if he wanted to blow the roof off the conference room: "How are the Prince and Princess?"

Yin Weiyong said to Han Da, "Marshal Han Da, as they say, concern leads to confusion. Think about it, if something were to happen, would I still have the time to hold a meeting with you all?"

Upon hearing Yin Weiyong's expression, Han Da's face immediately softened considerably...

Yin Weiyong then briefly recounted what had just happened.

He then said, "The fact that His Highness and His Highness are unharmed is a blessing for the nation! But the blood of the fallen guards cannot be shed in vain! This is not merely an attack; it is a contempt for the highest authority of the Xiao Kingdom! It is a declaration of war against His Highness! And it is a challenge to the entire East Asian Alliance order!"

Yin Weiyong's voice was resolute and filled with unquestionable authority: "The situation is practically an open secret! The enemy is lurking right beside us! Right under the shadow of this capital! If we can ambush the Prince today, we can overthrow the regime tomorrow! Everyone knows that when the Prince returned, he was extremely careful, avoiding most people..."

"Even you all only just found out... but those people have already started organizing a suicide attack... It's terrifying... The country will never have peace until these demons are completely eradicated! Moreover, this time it seems more like a test... Clearly, they've now confirmed..."

"The next attack... I'm afraid it won't be so simple..."

Everyone's faces turned ugly after hearing Yin Weiyong's words.

"Mr. President! This humble general requests permission!"

Han Da was the first to stand up, his tiger-like eyes wide open: "Give me an elite force, and I will immediately seal off the four gates of Longdu! I will dig three feet into the ground and drag these scum out! To avenge our fallen brothers! To vent the anger of the Prince!"

The marshal's anger was almost bursting out.

Yin Weiyong smiled helplessly at the current situation, then said, "Marshal Han, I already said that concern leads to confusion..."

Before Yin Weiyong and Han Da could speak, Night Cat's cold voice interrupted, "Marshal Han, don't rush... The enemy chose a suicide attack and was poorly equipped, so they are obviously suicide soldiers or fanatical believers."

Conventional military blockades and checks are of limited effectiveness and will only alert the enemy. They must have a tight organization, hidden hideouts, and brainwashing techniques. Therefore, what's needed are the eyes and ears of the secret agents, precise location tracking, and a fatal strike.

Yin Weiyong nodded, his sharp gaze sweeping over Night Owl, Xu Zhiyuan, and Xing Shoulu. "Mr. Night Owl, you're right. And they've already started their first test."

Now that they have received a positive answer, they will inevitably launch another attack. As long as they dare to make a move, there will be weaknesses.

All bodyguards, enter Shadow Mode! I grant you highest authority to mobilize all covert agents in and around Kyoto! Objective: Investigate all related organizations, gatherings, unusual financial flows, and weapon sources!

We are focusing our screening on individuals in Kyoto who have recently exhibited unusual behavior, suddenly disappeared, or reappeared! Especially in areas where homeless people congregate... These homeless people are those who are unwilling to cooperate with the reforms... I need to know who is manipulating these lunatics behind the scenes!

"As ordered!"

A cold glint flashed in Night Cat's eyes. "Shadow Hunter" was the highest-level code name for secret operations by the Dark Guards, meaning that they would stop at nothing to achieve their goal, even at the cost of their lives.

"Xu Zhiyuan! Strictly abide by the law!" Yin Weiyong turned to the two department heads.

The two directors looked at Yin Weiyong with serious expressions.

Yin Weiyong continued, "Raise your internal investigation to the highest priority! Expand the scope to all departments and individuals who have come into contact with information about the Prince's itinerary! This includes the Presidential Palace's internal affairs, the deployment of the guards, local garrisons along the route, and post stations! I need to know if there was any possibility of the Prince's itinerary and timing being leaked, and who leaked it. Any suspicious individuals must be immediately isolated and investigated! Better to innocuous than to let the guilty go free!"

Yin Weiyong's tone was filled with chilling murderous intent...

"Yes!" Xu Zhiyuan and Xing Shoulu solemnly accepted the order, knowing that this matter concerned the foundation of the nation and could not be taken lightly.

He spoke of upholding the law, as if he had something to say.

He looked at Xing Shoulu with a hesitant expression, as if he wanted to say something but couldn't.

Yin Weiyong said to Xing Shoulu, "Chief Justice, what is it that you have to say...?"

Xing Shoulu said to Yin Weiyong, "Actually, the Prince's whereabouts this time were extremely secretive... In fact, I don't think there's much of a leak on our end... On the contrary..."

Xing Shoulu stopped talking after saying that.

Seeing this, Yin Weiyong had already guessed what was going on. He looked at Xing Shoulu...

"Are you by the prince's side?"

Xing Shoulu nodded: "That's right, of course, I'm not making excuses... I just feel that we can't let the Prince relax... We still need to tell him this suspicion..."

After listening to Xing Shoulu's words, Yin Weiyong nodded and then said, "That's right, what you said makes perfect sense... I will go and inform the Prince..."

Yin Weiyong then looked at Xin Xiaoci, the Director of the Bureau of Rites: "Closely monitor public opinion in the capital and throughout the country! Suppress the ambush incident for now and strictly prohibit its dissemination. Anyone who violates this rule will be punished as a traitor! At the same time, be alert for any rumors, doomsday prophecies, or inflammatory remarks that may be related to this incident, especially those that use words like 'true God' or 'divine punishment' to mislead people. Report the source immediately! Prepare contingency plans. If the news is inadvertently leaked, we must immediately guide public opinion, stabilize public sentiment, and direct our attention towards the extremists who are disrupting peace!"

"Your subject understands! I will do my utmost to stabilize public opinion!" Xin Xiaoci solemnly promised.

As Yin Weiyong spoke, he looked around and then said to Lin Feng, "Dean Lin Zhong isn't here. Please convey my message later... have the Tianji Academy analyze the composition of those explosives and the origin of those outdated weapons. After all, we have extremely strict control over advanced weapons, and their weapons are clearly made using rudimentary methods. Perhaps we can break through that..."

After hearing Yin Weiyong's words, Lin Feng nodded in agreement...

"Yes, Your Excellency..."

After speaking for a while, Yin Weiyong finally turned his attention back to Han Da.

He then said, “Your army is the last line of defense. The Kyoto garrison is on high alert, outwardly relaxed but inwardly tense! Before the secret agents lock onto the target, your army should not move, but be ready to strike with lightning speed at any time! Once the target is clear, I want you to crush it completely with overwhelming force! Leave no one alive!”

Han Da's eyes burned with fighting spirit as he nodded, "Yes, Your Excellency..."

...

Inside the submarine in Panshi Port at this moment.

Several hours have passed...

From inside the pod where the lifelike human was being built, came the humming of equipment...

Director Mi, Mi Long, and Mi Hu remained fully focused on operating the equipment.

Inside the life support pod, the soldier with a pierced chest floated silently in pale blue gel, the light on his nerve bundles flashing steadily and continuously.

On the control terminal, the consciousness field signal, which was on the verge of dissipating and almost a straight line, miraculously showed a very weak but persistent fluctuation under the powerful guidance of the energy field resonance and the "call" of the processor's simulated neural network!

At this moment, Xiao Ce looked at the scene before him and discussed it with Ling Xu.

Lingxu offered a solution that might be feasible.

So Xiao Ce knocked on one of the doors.

The head of the contemplative department noticed Xiao Ce's actions and quickly came out respectfully, saying to Xiao Ce, "Your Highness, did you look for me?"

Xiao Ce said to Director Mi, "That's right, Director Mi, do we need more time?"

Director Mi nodded: "That's right, because those people are all dead. We've only managed to awaken their consciousness, but their consciousness is very fragile, which is why the progress is so slow... Your Highness, aren't those seriously injured people outside getting impatient?"

Xiao Ce said to Director Zhao Mi, "Good...then you guys do this first, break it down into smaller parts. First, translate their consciousness and then store it, then retrieve it and input it back in..."

Upon hearing Xiao Ce's words, Director Mi's eyes widened, and he said, "Your Highness, is it even possible to do it this way? But when the technicians trained us, they said we couldn't do it...it would be very risky..."

Xiao Ce said to Director Zhao Mi, "The method they suggested is the safest, but I..."

Xiao Ce wanted to say that Ling Xu had calculated it meticulously, but he stopped himself from saying it...

Although this machine belongs to their creation base, Xiao Ce has more faith in Lingxu.

Because once the Lingxu method can be implemented, it will not only improve efficiency, but also store the translated consciousness.

In other words, those who might die can have their consciousness translated in advance, stored, and then queued up for the creation of humanoid simulators.

Those who are seriously ill can have their consciousness transferred in advance, so they don't have to worry about not being able to 'reborn' after death...

Seeing Xiao Ce's firm stance, Director Mi nodded and said, "Your Highness, as you command..."

Xiao Ce nodded and said, "Go do it... They're already dead, so let's do our best to save as many people as possible..."

After listening to Xiao Ce's words, Director Mi nodded.

He suppressed the warning in his mind about the "inseparable operation" during the training at the creation base.

Xiao Ce's words naturally led him to choose unconditional trust.

After he went in, he told Mi Long and Mi Hu about Xiao Ce's suggestion.

Before the two of them could even voice their doubts...

Director Mi interrupted them before they could speak: "This is the Prince's order!"

A simple sentence made them choose to believe!

After listening to Director Mi's words, the two nodded and then said, "Okay, Director, what do we need to do?"

Director Mi didn't linger: "Mi Long, you're responsible for stabilizing the residual biological activity of the soldier who just died from a bullet wound to the chest in Source Carrier No. 1, maintaining the minimum threshold of the consciousness field, and do not attempt to connect to the body simulation! Mi Hu, you simultaneously activate the independent consciousness storage unit of the processor core, prepare it to maximum capacity! I will guide the energy field resonance to carry out pure consciousness transcription!"

"understand!"

Mi Long and Mi Hu responded in unison, their fingers flashing across the virtual keyboard, instantly changing the operation flow.

Milong reduced the energy output of the neural bundle connector to its lowest level, maintaining only the faint bioelectrical signal of the brain on the verge of complete cessation within the life support pod. The massive computing power originally intended to simulate the body's neural network was forcibly severed...

The stripping process has started...

"The energy field resonance frequency has locked onto the characteristic wave of the consciousness field...intensity increased to 120%!"

Director Mi's voice unconsciously tightened.

The energy field resonance module in front of him emitted a deep hum, and a more condensed, dark blue light enveloped the source carrier life support capsule.

The faint light on the nerve bundle no longer guides the flow to the body interface, but instead transforms into a reverse suction force, forcibly "extracting" the chaotic and disordered consciousness energy in the brain that is about to dissipate!

This process is extremely dangerous. The moment the consciousness field separates from the biological brain, it is like a fragile soap bubble exposed to a storm, and it is very easy to collapse completely.

On the control panel screen, the curve representing the integrity of the consciousness field fluctuated violently, falling into the red alert zone several times and emitting a sharp alarm.

"Hold on! Milong, increase bioactivity by another 0.5 basis points! Mihu, strengthen the gravitational field of the storage unit!"

Director Mi's forehead was covered in fine beads of sweat, and his voice was hurried.

Just as Director Mi was feeling nervous, a familiar voice suddenly rang in his ear.

"Director Mi! Resonance frequency down by 7.3%, phase shift by 0.15 radians! Gravitational field correction for storage unit: vector coordinates X -0.02, Y +0.05, Z-axis stable, gravitational coefficient increased to 1.8 times!"

Upon hearing this sound, Director Mi subconsciously glanced to his side.

Xiao Ce didn't know when he came in.

In fact, while they were operating, Xiao Ce had Ling Xu observe them simultaneously.

In fact, Xiao Ce didn't understand at all that what he had just said was actually said by Ling Xu.

Xiao Ce was merely responsible for relaying the information...

Director Mi suddenly looked up at Xiao Ce, a look of disbelief flashing in his eyes...

These parameters were extremely subtle and specialized, far exceeding the scope of his previous operations; some even seemed to contradict the fundamental theories of the creation base...

But now the arrow is already on the bowstring!

Moreover, the person speaking to him was none other than Xiao Ce.

After a moment of stunned silence, he chose to trust the prince's sudden and precise instruction.

He then quickly typed in the commands on the machine...

Hum...!

The device emitted a clearer, distinct hum than before.

The deep blue light seemed to have found a harmonious rhythm, becoming more stable.

The faint ball of consciousness that had been forcibly stripped away and was struggling violently inside the life support pod was guided by the corrected energy field, as if it were being held up by an invisible and gentle hand. The chaotic fluctuations subsided almost completely, and it slowly and steadily drifted toward the processor core.