On the returning East Wind.

Yang Ming listened to Princess Daphne's new album, browsing through the accumulated information of the past few months on his own.

He was in quite a good mood at the moment.

Lyu had upgraded again, already possessing the 'soft power' fully matched with that senior Mechanical Thought Body. Now, what's missing is a bit of hard power—computational capability.

Lyu was currently organizing the massive information they brought back. For safety reasons, Lyu was only using the server cluster on Dark Star, which made the processing speed a bit slower.

Yang Ming had to sift through this information by himself.

As for the examiner, Yang Ming had used some tricks for a while and actually gained a bit of benefit.

He obtained the core technology for sub-light speed travel that can be used on small and medium-sized ships!

In other words, if Lyu digests the massive technology granted by Intelligent Mechanic Dusk, they could likely mass-produce the Feinan!

Of course, for Dark Star, whose technical craftsmanship is not yet mature, the cost of this type of ship would likely be extremely expensive and could only be used as a special ship, unable to be produced in large quantities.

That old man, ahem, these three teachers of Intelligent Mechanic Dusk, were actually quite easy to talk to.

A certain Intelligent Mechanic Dusk examiner who was almost driven to modify the peace treaty found himself quietly seeking out other resonators in the Milky Way.

"No war going on."

Yang Ming muttered, turning a page of the projected document, the smile on his lips slowly retracting, his expression gradually serious.

During his absence in the past few months, although Wind, Dark Star, and Saka Star maintained a veneer of calm, there were some minor issues within them.

Dark Star was the most stable of the three forces, with only a Thought Body uprising occurring in Dark City.

The essence of this uprising was quite simple, as Thought Bodies who perceived the world to be fictional conducted a protest and demonstration.

They wanted to understand the truth of the world rather than be 'cheaply enslaved' by Dark City's government.

Quite admirable, the Thought Bodies maintained their high spirits, which made him, as the 'father,' quite gratified.

Thus, Yang Ming issued a directive:

[Let them face reality; if they collapse, they'll be remade.]

That's how he had always decided things before.

Compared to the minor uprising in Dark Star, the troubles encountered by Saka Star were relatively trickier.

The Empire's noble class, having been idle for too long, after over a year of recuperation, started quietly causing trouble again.

This time, it wasn't the same batch of nobles as the last time.

——The noble faction led by Prince Kinov was eager to get as far away from Saka Star as possible.

Ultimately, the nobles attempting to provoke on Saka Star were either incited by being egged on or had hints from the Imperial Elder Council.

The Elder Council had never given up on aiming for the Heart of White Ghost.

Currently, Yang Ming's high-craft duplicate remained sequestered on Saka Star, with various day-to-day affairs being managed by Godoy Saka, Han Yin, and Han Xiang, with Revelle's assistance outside Saka Star. Overall, the situation was mostly under control, not yet reaching the point where he had to appear in person.

Since he had been released by Intelligent Mechanic Dusk, naturally, there wouldn't be any big problems afterward.

At worst, he could use the same trick again and jump to interact with these nobles.

But the situation of Wind made Yang Ming completely unhappy.

Many things had started to deteriorate within his expected range.

The aftermath of the Old Emperor's handwritten order lingered, and while the Sherman Empire's Foreign Affairs Bureau and Military Department hadn't directly acted against Wind, the Foreign Affairs Bureau had even issued a commendation letter, creating a façade of harmony.

However, covertly, several political departments of the Empire had begun cooperating with the actions of the Foreign Affairs Bureau.

Wind's multinational enterprises within the Sherman Empire started to frequently encounter trouble. In just a few months, two large multinational companies had gone bankrupt.

At the same time, the commercial domain of the Wind royal family began being frantically plundered by its original competitors, and interest groups that originally had commercial associations with the various group companies under the Wind royal family were now rapidly distancing themselves from enterprises related to the Wind royal family.

The orchestrators behind all this were naturally the political departments of the Empire.

Having not yet recovered from the ripple effects of war, the New Federation now faced new burdens.

"The Old Emperor is really unreliable after all."

Yang Ming clicked his tongue.

He determined that the current targeting of Wind was still led by the Sherman family elites heading the Foreign Affairs Bureau.

These were resources that the Foreign Affairs Bureau could reasonably mobilize.

If it were the Old Emperor wanting to deal with Wind, there would be no overt and covert measures—most likely, the Old Emperor would directly deploy one or more battle groups to form a convoy for Edwan, 'escorting' Edwan to Emperor Star for some 'leisure time.'

Edwan must be quite anxious right now.

Yang Ming quietly pondered.

Edwan wasn't well-versed in military matters, but his sensitivity to economic changes was unmatched—he would often work late into the night if Wind's economic indices dipped slightly.

Over the past few months, both the private and royal capital of Wind had faced setbacks, which would cause a domino effect directly affecting the lives and livelihood of Wind's citizens and industries.

Thus, Yang Ming glanced at the analysis progress provided by Lyu, finding only thirty percent completion, and decided not to disturb Lyu. He personally dialed a communication using the equipment on the East Wind and the information relay station at Dark Star's second base, connecting with Edwan.

The two's half-body images appeared before one another.

Edwan, sporting dark circles under his eyes, took a couple of bites of his meal and tossed the beautifully crafted lunchbox to the side.

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