From cannon fodder to sweeping across thousands of stars.

Chapter 696 Time travel, start!
Soon, Viscount Jindoshi announced to everyone that he would continue to hold the cocktail party, and Amber would also attend and stay at the mansion tonight.

The people in the banquet hall first started to play music, and then a warm atmosphere of "continue playing music and continue dancing" was created.

As everyone finished their meal, the mansion's service team quickly began to rearrange the banquet hall, adjusting it to the most popular "violet style" for aristocratic cocktail parties in the imperial capital.

The news that Viscount Jindoshi was going to hold a cocktail party and Amber from the Atlas Group would also attend spread quickly throughout the core circle of the imperial capital.

On one side is a family of architectural masters that has a long-standing reputation in the empire, and on the other side is the most sought-after princess guest in the imperial capital recently.

"What kind of dream linkage is this? Ah! I'm dead."

For a moment, all the nobles in the core circle were in an uproar.

Some nobles in the imperial capital who were familiar with Viscount Jindoshi and had always wanted to see Amber in person heard the news, bathed, changed their clothes as quickly as possible, and put on their most luxurious dresses, and then came to the Jindoshi family mansion.

Soon, a large number of nobles wanted to join the cocktail party before it was full, and the entrance to the mansion became crowded with people, even causing a traffic jam - this was an extremely rare situation in the area near the Grand Palace.

Agnes naturally received the news as well, but apart from sighing, "Mr. Amber always comes up with something new for me," she did not make any other instructions, nor did she set out. She only asked the elite team left behind by the Royal Guard to strengthen surveillance and protection of the area near the Jindoshi family residence.

In the banquet hall of the Jindoshi family, Isabel looked at the increasing number of imperial nobles and cast a puzzled look at Amber, who said "be patient".

Just like all the imperial noble cocktail parties that Amber attended in recent days, all the nobles who joined this party raised their glasses and drank together in the lively atmosphere, and hearty laughter could be heard from a certain area from time to time.

As the focus of tonight's cocktail party, Amber and Viscount Jindoshi were surrounded by nobles who came to make friends with them. Everyone tried to get some benefits from this "upstart of the imperial capital", and Amber, as always, used various rhetoric to play "Tai Chi".

The lively cocktail party lasted until midnight. As the nobles left, either satisfied or with some regret, the Jindoshi family's mansion gradually returned to peace.

Amber did not waste any more time. After saying hello to Viscount Jindoshi and others, she took Isabel, Osana and others back to the room arranged by the Viscount.

This is the largest guest room in the entire mansion. Both its area and interior decoration are comparable to the master bedroom of Viscount Jindoshi. It also has rooms for followers and guards to rest, but it is never open for use on weekdays.

After everyone walked into the room and closed the door, Osana immediately started the inspection with the other two cat girls. At the same time, they took out a set of shielding equipment from several suitcases they carried. Amber also used her psychic power to inspect the room. Although Viscount Jindosh seemed to be a "friendly NPC" at the moment, it was better to be safe than sorry.

The final inspection results were just as Amber expected. The room was very clean and there was no tampering. It occupied almost an entire floor of the west building of the mansion and there were no adjacent rooms. It could be said that it was extremely private.

After Osana and the others had confirmed everything, Amber and Isabel put on their full infiltration equipment and re-entered the virtual conference room through Lilith's encrypted line. Salih and Alenita, who had received the message, were already waiting there.

Amber wasted no time, explaining the current situation as quickly as possible and directly stating her conclusion and decision.

"All the information currently points to one conclusion. The Jindoshi family's mansion is the key to my operation this time, so I decided to act here tonight. It's close to the Grand Palace, so I have a whole night to spare. The terrain and house structure also remain the same as they were back then."

Alanita: "Maintaining the same appearance as before? Amber, you mean that this mansion has existed for hundreds of years?"

"That's right!"

Amber nodded and continued:
"According to the current Viscount Jindoshi, it was originally the residence of another great nobleman and was one of the first noble residences built together with the Grand Palace. Later, because the nobleman committed a crime and was executed, the mansion was taken back by the royal family and auctioned again. However, the price was too high and the previous owner's dark history meant that no one took it over.
It was not until the first head of the family, Qilin Jindoshi, became rich that he spent a lot of money to buy this mansion, to the surprise of others. At that time, many people said that the new Viscount Jindoshi might have done this to quickly integrate into the aristocratic circle of the imperial capital. While retaining the original structure, Qilin Jindoshi renovated the mansion and strictly ordered the descendants of the family not to make any changes to the structure of the mansion, which also means that the structure of the mansion is exactly the same as when it was first built."

Saleh: "When was this mansion built?"

"The year 75 of the new calendar was also the year when the Star Dragon Empire established its capital in Saint-Saunière."

"Just before the 82nd year of the new calendar. How could it be such a coincidence?"

The Jeram man frowned slightly, and the soft foot-like tentacles behind his head began to twist rhythmically, as if he was thinking.

"So, Salih, what do you think?" Feeling that 'Old Frozen' seemed to have some ideas, Amber asked.

Saleh: "Amber, if you are sure you want to travel through time tonight, when you arrive at the target time, no matter what happens, you must trust your intuition."

"Trust my own instincts?"

"Yes, trust your intuition." Saleh nodded, and then continued, "There is another sentence you must remember. Time travel is essentially a circular process. There is a cause and an effect, and there is an effect and a cause."
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As the night deepened and the world fell silent, the prosperous capital of the Star Dragon Empire gradually fell into a brief slumber.

Several teams of the Princess' Royal Guards continued to secretly guard and monitor the Jindoshi family's residence after changing shifts. With the coverage of a large number of reconnaissance equipment, the team commander was certain that no one would be missed entering or leaving the residence.

At the same time, in the main guest room of the west building of the mansion, Amber and others made final preparations.

He was already wearing the 'biological exoskeleton' sponsored by Alanita, which had been quantum-state recorded by Saleh. Its shape and function were somewhat similar to the nano combat suit in Amber's memory, but it was lighter and more fitted, and even allowed Amber to put on another coat.

In fact, Amber did need to consider the disguise. Otherwise, in a crowded place, if he wore such a "tight suit", he would probably be regarded as a pervert in the next second, and then the Imperial Guards would be summoned - the Imperial Guards in the 82nd year of the new calendar.

Fortunately, the new calendar year 82, May 5, when he was about to travel back in time, was the time when autumn and winter were changing in Saint-Saunière, so it would not be too out of place for him to put on a thick coat.

However, Amber can only wait until she travels back in time to find a chance to get this coat. The 'Tactical Time Travel Device MK1' can only record a limited number of quantum state equipment, so this portion cannot be wasted on the coat.

Besides, Amber and the others couldn't find any clothes that matched the "imperial fashion" of hundreds of years ago.
"Be sure to be safe, Amber." Isabel, Osana and others stood at the edge of the room, looking nervously at Amber who was preparing to shuttle through the center of the room.

"Don't worry, I will pay attention. You guys stay here and wait for me to come back."

Amber said, and pressed the thumb of her other hand on the authentication groove on the edge of the dial. As a slight electric pulse pierced her skin, the device emitted an almost inaudible low hum.

The holographic interface of the dial floated up, and countless complex golden Jerram characters fell like raindrops in reverse, eventually converging into a line of warnings:
“当前锚点已锁定：人类-星龙帝国-帝都圣索尼埃核心区，新历592年1月11日02:15:45，请输入目标时间点.”

“设置时间偏差-510年，目标时间点——新历82年5月22日20:00:00”

(End of this chapter)