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Chapter 375 Working Overtime
The stone statue slowly broke into pieces, and the members of the Tu family who were clinging to the statue were like being struck by lightning, and completely melted away amid screams.

Tu Wangjuan also melted. She lay on her back on the deck, looking at the full moon in the sky, her eyes filled with half regret and half relief.

Although she didn't survive as she wished, at least she died as a human being, not as a follower of the evil god.

I've seen so many dark futures, let me take a break
Tu Wangjuan's eyes slowly closed, and then.
"How can you sleep? Can you sleep at your age and stage? You have no future."

The scolding woke Tu Wangjuan up directly.
Li Sheng moved quickly, first inserting the victory flag gun into the deck, opening the gain field to ensure that Tu Wangjuan would not die. Then he peeled off her body to melt the flesh, removed the brittle skull, plugged the brain inside with optical fiber, and installed it in a simple robot.

There are many shops on the street where [Star Forging Anvil] is located, most of which are run by small and medium-sized guilds.

In line with the principle of establishing good relations with neighbors, these shops gave away some small specialty gifts one after another when [Star Casting Anvil] first opened.

Including but not limited to guns and ammunition, talisman crosses, evil spirit dolls, milk dragon specimens, etc.

One of the stores, called "King of War," mainly deals in war machinery. The flagship products they promoted at the beginning were combat robots, robot dogs, and drone swarms.

Unexpectedly, the maid and butler robots that were used as a gimmick became unexpectedly popular, with sales volume catching up with that of war robots.

It can be seen that among the killing field players, there are indeed quite a number of otakus who want to fall in love but are afraid of social troubles and don’t want to go out.

Anyway, that [Lord of War] gave me a blank template humanoid machine as a gift, which is just right for use here.

Li Sheng didn't care about the expressions of Lu Hu and others who had seen a ghost. He quickly resurrected Tu Wangjuan and shouted at her, "Do you know how to land this ship?"

With the death of the Frog God, the intensity of the gravity field continued to decrease.

The huge bronze ship, along with the surrounding floating rubble and half of the Red Island, were all falling towards the ground.

Tu Wangjuan was forced to wake up, and a shocked emoticon appeared on the LCD screen above her head.

Σ(д)
After being stunned for two or three seconds, she finally reacted, took clumsy steps, rushed to the lower deck, and fiddled with the complicated machinery for a while.

The predictive ability of the fourth branch of the Tu family originated from the Frog God. Now that the Frog God is dead, the predictive ability has naturally declined significantly.

Fortunately, she didn't need to drive the boat well at this moment.

After a lot of trouble and manipulation of a lot of mechanisms, the gravity field finally recovered a little, and the bronze ship and the Red Island landed with difficulty.

After the continuous roar, everything became quiet and the drizzle stopped.

The ridgeline was redrawn, and the cracked land was covered with disorderly trees. Among the treetops, some rodents fled in all directions. For them, it was a miracle of life to survive by chance after going up to the sky and into the ground.

“This time.”

Lu Hu took a deep breath and wanted to say something, but when the words came to his lips, they turned into a sigh.

King Cang Ze's dream of ascending to heaven was ultimately shattered, the Frog God's three thousand years of planning failed, and Emperor Yong'an's long-cherished wish for immortality was also not realized.

After going around in circles, there is no winner in this game of chess.

But the thousand or so people who died on the island were undoubtedly losers.

"Immortal,"

Zhang Fuluan bowed solemnly. Ever since he saw Li Sheng stuffing a human brain into a machine, he had never considered Li Sheng a human being. "The immortal slew the evil gods and stopped the tsunami. His virtues benefited all people and his grace was immense. I shall erect a stone tablet to commemorate his achievements and forever honor him."

"I said stop."

Li Sheng waved his hand to stop Zhang Fuluan's flattery. He was not a transcendent who believed in deification, so ordinary people would not be able to receive incense even if they built a shrine for him.

"If you really want to thank me, just give me two martial arts secret manuals."

No matter how small a fly's leg is, it's still meat. There are many martial arts schools in the slum street, which buy martial arts secrets from different worlds at high prices in order to learn from others and expand their thinking.

"Uh"

Zhang Fuluan looked embarrassed and took out a book on Dragon and Tiger Sword from his arms. The others followed suit and handed the secret books they carried with them to Li Sheng.

"Okay, the water around this frog statue is very deep, you can't hold it. I'll take it away first.

I will take this boat too. When the time comes, collect the bodies on the island and remember to burn them with fire so that they don’t drift onto land.”

Li Sheng called Hui Yu to dismantle the huge bronze ship into sections and load them all into the three-dimensional warehouse.

Even without considering the ship's own technology for controlling gravity, the copper alone could fetch 18 million in cash.

Just as the remaining survivors were at a loss whether to laugh or cry, a rustling sound was heard in the bushes in the distance.

Dense footsteps came closer and closer, and the light of torches illuminated the night.

".His Majesty?!"

Sikong Lan and Lu Hu were extremely surprised. The person who walked out of the woods was Emperor Yong'an, who was wearing heavy armor and was surrounded and protected by the Embroidered Uniform Guards.

Unlike the high spirits when Lu Hu and others mentioned him, the real Emperor Yong'an was just an ordinary middle-aged man with fatigue in his eyes and eyebrows. His temples were gray and his eyes were slightly cloudy.

It is too difficult to govern a huge empire with a population of nearly 200 million and to make it eliminate its long-standing problems, move forward slowly, and achieve revival and prosperity in an era of great strife among the nations of the world.

Even a wise and profound person like Emperor Yongan could not avoid exhaustion, aging and fatigue. "You have done a great job."

Emperor Yong'an first nodded to Lu Hu and Sikong Lan, then walked straight to Li Sheng and bowed respectfully.

The surrounding Jinyiwei looked nervous. They had just used telescopes to barely see the battle in the sky from the ship on the sea. Li Sheng looked more like a demon in human skin than a human.

Emperor Yongan stood up, turned his head, and said calmly: "Everyone, step back. I have something to say to the Immortal."

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After much hesitation, the guards retreated into the forest with torches in hand.

Unrelated people such as Su Konghu also wisely followed the Jinyiwei and walked away.

Only the Kuyu monk had a solemn expression and insisted on standing where he was. Lu Hu and Zhang Fuluan were afraid that he would say something inappropriate, so they persuaded them to carry him away.

At the edge of the deep pit, the only ones left were Hui Yu, who was happily dismantling the huge bronze ship, and Li Sheng and Emperor Yong'an, who were standing face to face.

There were no outsiders present. Emperor Yong'an knelt down without hesitation, buried his head deeply in the mud and sand, and said respectfully in a hoarse voice, "I beg the Immortal to grant me immortality."

Li Sheng grinned. He guessed this conversation the first second he saw Emperor Yongan appear.

No one asked "why"
Instead, he asked, "Why?"

Emperor Yongan took a deep breath, still without looking up, "I don't have enough time. The Ming Dynasty doesn't have enough time."

"I have been on the throne for more than 40 years. I have fought against treacherous officials, controlled the upright, pacified the barbarians, reduced the power of the vassal kings, lifted the ban on sea trade, published newspapers, and enlightened the people. The people love me as a wise ruler, and the officials praise me as a sage both inside and outside. Even the gentry and nobles whose interests were damaged by the new policy did not dare to criticize loudly. They only dared to write a few dark articles to secretly scold me."

"The river is clear and the sea is peaceful, the times are peaceful and the harvest is good. But only I know that the Ming Dynasty will not last long."

"One hundred years ago, the French astronaut Magellan completed his circumnavigation of the world. The world is not just made up of two capitals and thirteen provinces. The Ming Dynasty cannot always be the center of the world."

Emperor Yong'an paused for a moment, his calmness tinged with determination.
"The Ming Dynasty has fallen behind. Western countries are exploring colonization and grabbing land everywhere. New technologies, new ideas, and new schools of thought are emerging one after another. Even the most enlightened and progressive people in the Ming Dynasty, once they pass the imperial examinations or have money, the first thing they think of is to go back to their hometown to buy land."

"Once I die, my regime will cease to exist. The suppressed forces, the Donglin Party, the Fushe Party, the eunuch party, the Zhejiang Party, and the Shanxi Party will surely make a comeback and drag the Ming Dynasty into the abyss of land annexation again. Everyone will fall into the cycle of digging for food in the soil again.

If we are lucky, the Ming Dynasty can hold out for another two hundred years behind closed doors. If we are unlucky, in fifty years, perhaps the Central Plains will be in turmoil, the land of China will sink, and the barbarians will foul the land of the Han people forever.”

"I can not be reconciled!"

Emperor Yongan's eyes were bloodshot and he gripped the soil tightly between his fingers.

"None of my successors is capable of great use, and none of my officials have the wisdom, perseverance, and courage to carry on my legacy. All of my officials are just trying to make a fortune for themselves by lying on the flesh and blood of the Ming Dynasty."

"There are too few Zhang Juzheng, Hai Rui, and Qi Jiguang, and too many Yan Song, Xu Jie, and Zhang Siwei."

"I ask the immortal to grant me longevity, not for my own life, but for the 180 million people of Ming Dynasty."

"I can rebuild the Ming Dynasty."

silence.

The moonlight is bright and the wind is howling.

Li Sheng's lips curled up gradually, and his voice was ethereal, "How strong is your will? Even if you can never rest, always be exhausted, always alone, even if you are not understood, feared, hated, and cursed, you still stick to your original intention?"

Emperor Yong'an finally raised his head and looked directly at Li Sheng calmly, "Those who work for the public good are not afraid of wind and frost."

"it is good."

Li Sheng pulled up the emperor, removed his internal organs, and implanted mechanical organs. He also connected the emperor's brain to a laptop computer with a data cable.

While typing rapidly on the keyboard, he said: “Aging is affected by multiple factors including epigenetic changes, telomere length, and telomerase activity.

Theoretically, myocardial cells can function for 120 years, and brain nerve cells can function for 200 years.

I replaced your internal organs with machines, some of your nerve cells with memory bars and CPUs, and your digestive system with solar panels.

In this way, your theoretical lifespan reaches more than 300 years.

The whole operation is not free. I have implanted a series of preset instructions in your brain to give you a life span quota based on the country's operating conditions every decade.

Gross domestic product, the proportion of clean government, the degree of legal perfection, scientific and technological breakthroughs, residents' consumption, housing, education, social security, etc. are all assessment indicators.

It will also make intelligent floating adjustments, forcing you to work overtime day after day and lead your people to stand tall among the nations of the world.

And she is the wall-facer who monitors you."

Li Sheng pointed to Tu Wangjuan not far away, not knowing whether to feel happy for her new life or sad for her transformation into a non-human. The LCD screen above her head showed a melancholy expression.

( TдT)
"Prison will accompany you everywhere. This life-sustaining organ is your new cell."

Li Sheng patted Emperor Yong'an on the shoulder and said lightly, "Perhaps in two or three hundred years, you will be able to reach the moon on your own strength.

Then, this life-sustaining organ will no longer have any secrets.
And you will also have the right to retire from get off work.”

(End of this chapter)