Chapter 170: The Supreme Agreement and the Backstab (Two in One)

Alai, a coastal city located between Ravenhawk, the capital of Westminster, and the exclusive area of ​​the Ains family.

It has always been ranked among the top three resorts on Westminster with its developed entertainment services, excellent seaside leisure experience and magnificent sea views.

Even members of the Ains family, after having a family beach that has accumulated hundreds of kilometers, occasionally go to Alai to relax.

In their words, it is to "feel the popularity".

Right now, at the end of the 588th year of the new calendar, the Star Dragon Empire has its own national calendar.

But as humans, they still use the new calendar like the Federation and celebrate various festivals according to the new calendar.

At the end of each year, when preparing to welcome the arrival of the New Year, it is also the peak period for the imperial citizens who have been busy for a year to travel.

Of course, the imperial citizens here refer to those "middle-level citizens" who do not have aristocratic status but have their own industries or capital to support their annual interstellar travel.

They are either executives of some large companies, or have certain industries on the planet where they live, or work under some great nobles.

In short, compared to those "lower-class citizens" who have never left the planet where they were born, have never even left the atmosphere, and just guard their own small piece of land all day long, these people's lives are already luxurious enough.

The gap between the rich and the poor in the Star Dragon Empire is actually much larger than that in the Federation.

Due to the existence of the aristocracy and class system, the top-down exploitation is more simple and crude than the "silent" approach of the Federation.

Amber previously used Robert IV to refute Isabel's statement that the oxcart and horse carriage were not a joke.

On some underdeveloped agricultural planets, the Imperial Golden Dragons allocated from the treasury to provide vehicle subsidies to residents were unscrupulously deducted by those who handled them.

Finally, when it came to these lower-class citizens, the originally planned pure electric means of transportation eventually became a more "environmentally friendly" oxcart

The expensive new space battleships of the Empire were flying on the track, but people on the ground were using traditional "biopowered means of transportation".

Such cosmic wonders have always been "talked about" by players in the game.

At this moment, in the most prosperous area of ​​Yalai City.

A family of middle-class citizens who came to Yalai across several star systems and spent a huge amount of money to book a seaside villa to spend the New Year here are strolling on the streets of Yalai, feeling the cultural atmosphere that is full of differences from the planet they live in.

The male owner of this family is also holding a small video recording terminal, recording the happy life of his family in all directions.

But such a warm scene was broken in the next moment.

With a loud bang, a huge steel machine suddenly rushed out from the street with tall buildings.

This large machine, which looks like a giant in the eyes of ordinary people, avoided pedestrians and several hovercrafts on the street with the help of the pilot's delicate operation, the back propulsion array and the nozzles all over the body.

Then it fell heavily to the ground and stepped on several footprints on the road surface at the intersection.

"People around, leave quickly!"

A processed voice came from the loudspeaker of the mechanical giant, which sounded a little weird.

But except for the pedestrians and vehicles around who were affected, they fled with shrill screams.

The first thing more tourists around did was not to run away, but to raise the video recording terminal in their hands to record this rare scene.

Many of them have recognized that this is a military HCP, and from the appearance it is a Zealot.

Although the paint of this Zealot is different from what they usually see in the news, they still can't mistake the shape.

"What's going on? Is this a movie?"

"Wow, this is the first time I see a Zealot so close! But this paint looks different from the military?"

"Are you stupid? This must have been changed for the movie!"

"Then aren't we all acting in groups?"

Amid the discussions of the surrounding tourists, the Zealot didn't say anything else.

Instead, with a sound of sliding of the mechanical structure, it took off the shield originally mounted on the left shoulder armor and held it on the mechanical arm.

Then, the body of the Zealot sank slightly, and the position of the mechanical foot also 'bang bang! ' Several spikes popped out and pierced into the road.

Just as the tourists were puzzled, their personal terminals rang almost at the same time.

An emergency evacuation notice from the Yalai Municipal Center popped up on it.

"Dear citizens and tourists, there is a high-risk emergency in Yalai City. For the safety of your life and property, please go to the nearest emergency shelter as soon as possible."

As soon as this message popped up, many people knew that things were not good.

The tall steel giant in front of them was not a prop for filming a movie, but a real HCP.

The man who was shopping and taking pictures with his family just now suddenly panicked. He hurriedly turned around and pulled his family, intending to run away.

With his actions, the crowd who had stopped to watch the excitement was like a few drops of water dripping into an oil pan, and the pot exploded instantly.

People screamed and scattered around in panic.

It's a pity that they didn't pay attention to the warning issued by the HCP's loudspeaker, and it was still a step too late to run now.

While the crowd was moving, a blue-white beam of light swept across the street in the direction from which the fanatic rushed out.

Just like Odin's Gungnir in mythology, this beam finally hit an invisible shield composed of countless blue arcs.

The deflected heavy metal ion jet is quickly cooled in the air and turns orange-red. Finally, it falls towards the ground under the action of gravity potential energy, forming a 'rain of death'.

Not only the various vehicles and machinery on the street, but also the buildings on both sides had a lot of marks like sand holes.

Those tourists and citizens who did not escape fell like wheat after being affected by the flying heavy metal ion jets.

The man with his family kept looking back while escaping, but failed to notice a couple in front of him who were also dressed as tourists.

When he realized something was wrong, it was too late to stop, and he ran straight towards the male of the couple.

However, just when the two sides were about to come into contact, the couple suddenly ducked to the side to avoid the collision that was about to occur.

When the two sides passed each other, the man only saw the two lovers whose faces could not be seen clearly in their peaked caps, and nodded towards him.

"The reaction is so fast! Is this genetically modified?"

The man was a little surprised, but he didn't stop.

"You are traveling at such a young age. Could you be a descendant of some noble family?"

Although some are curious about the identity of this couple, in the man's heart, his family is more important.

Behind, the Zealot that was under attack also raised its electromagnetic rifle and fired towards the other side of the street.

Not long after its figure gradually disappeared at the intersection, an HCP painted by the Irons family rushed through the street dragging a plasma heavy sword.

He didn't take any care of the unlucky pedestrians who had no time to dodge the plasma sword and were turned to life in the high temperature.

Looking at this scene, Amber and Isabel, who had separated from the machine and disguised themselves as tourists, couldn't help but sigh.

"Do these people from the Imperial Ministry of Internal Affairs really not regard civilians as human beings? They fired heavy particle cannons in the street, and they rushed in like this, dragging heavy swords."

"Yes, they are becoming more and more lawless now. Let alone civilians, even if there are nobles among the people affected, in the words of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, they are 'unlucky for themselves.'"

"Does the regent not care at all? A careerist like him is not afraid of losing the support of the people?"

Amber pulled Isabel and ran towards the predetermined location, looking back from time to time.

"I heard that the regent issued an order asking these violent organizations not to harm civilians during their operations. But even if he is the regent, when such an order is implemented at the grassroots level, it is really just a sentence."

Isabel raised her hand, lowered her peaked cap a little further, and then continued to ask:

"Amber, is this 'combat program' you set up so powerful? Is it no different from unmanned combat driving?"

"It's quite powerful, but it's not easy to use and the combat intelligence is not high."

Amber made a few random remarks while bearing Lilith's dissatisfaction with the evaluation of 'low combat intelligence' in her mind.

To Isabel, this was just a cover-up.

It's just that it may involve Amber's secret, so it's not convenient to tell it.

Although Isabel is a bit of a spy, she is still a smart woman.

She knew there were things she shouldn't know and it was best not to even ask.

After all, Amber has too many secrets. It would not be a good thing for her to remain curious, and it would not be conducive to the development of the relationship between the two.

Even if two people exchange secrets with each other, it will not bring about an increase in intimacy, it will only make the relationship between the two gradually become estranged.

Anyway, she loves Amber, and Amber should like her too?

And he is in his prime and has good physical strength.

This is enough.

Couples like her and Amber, whose identities are not simple, are destined to be unable to fall in love like ordinary people.

And she also knew that people like Amber were not destined to have just one partner.

If you really want to stay by his side, don't think about touching some red lines.

Seeing that Isabel didn't ask any more questions, Amber, who was holding her hand, also breathed a sigh of relief.

I couldn't help but sigh in my heart: "This woman is awesome!"

After all, Lilith is one of his biggest secrets and trump cards, and he doesn't want others to know about it yet.

Moreover, Lilith's current performance made him feel more and more that his decision to risk his life and bring out this strong artificial intelligence was the right decision.

After the driving fanatic rushed into the city, Amber quickly found a deserted corner to put herself and Isabel down, and put on the casual clothes that had been prepared in the cockpit.

After Amber and the others left, Lilith within the fanatics directly began to implement the 'Supreme Agreement'.

This is something written in the Lilith Meta-Directives.

The content is also very simple, that is, do everything possible to ensure Amber's life safety.

In fact, Amber's PUA or earnest teaching and guidance to Lilith on weekdays not only prevented Lilith from going down the wrong path like in her previous life.

And Amber's position in this strong artificial intelligence 'heart' has far surpassed her creator, Dr. Mephisto.

So even if there is no Supreme Protocol, based on Lilith's own ideas, she will do her best to protect Amber.

And this time Lilith's approach is also very rough. Anyway, she can control the HCP for basic operations, and the pursuers will never think that the HCP can be unmanned.

So she directly kept a mind clone in the HCP, and then let her operate the HCP to 'show off' in the downtown area, successfully leading away the pursuers.

At present, more and more enemy reinforcements and smaller and smaller encirclements let Lilith and Amber know that the other party may want to capture them alive.

After all, whether it is the Imperial Ministry of Internal Affairs or Bill Water, or even the Imperial Finance Minister, they are very curious about Amber who made a big fuss in the manor.

They really want to know which force made such a heaven-defying move.

But unfortunately, Amber and Lilith will not let them get what they want.

Because the fanatics will eventually rush to the sea surface and perform the core melt operation after pulling away enough distance.

When the sound of fighting in the city gradually faded away towards the sea, Amber brought Isabel to the edge of the city again.

They mixed in the crowds of tourists and residents who wanted to leave the city for refuge, and successfully left the temporary blockade formed by the private soldiers and police of the Ains family.

Amber was worried that Isabel would be recognized by the private soldiers of the family.

In the end, with the help of Lilith, she easily got through.

"Why don't the private soldiers of your family recognize you? Are you sure you are the daughter of the patriarch of the Ains family?"

Because the clearance was too smooth, Amber was still a little uncomfortable for a while.

"Noble women don't show up in public that often, right~"

Isabel glared at Amber in displeasure and continued:

"And since I joined the Naval Intelligence Department, all my information has been kept secret. Many people don't even know that my father has a daughter like me."

"I see."

Amber nodded and was about to say something when she heard Isabel ask again:

"Amber, what are you going to do now? With such a big commotion, I guess you won't be able to leave this planet for a while."

"Who said I'm leaving?"

"Ah?"

Looking at Isabel's puzzled expression, Amber smiled and added.

"Dear, do you know that in ancient times on the Blue Star, there was an ancient spear technique called 'returning gun'?"