Zongwu: Aspiring to be the mastermind behind the scenes

Chapter 155: Future Computers, the Emperor's Plan
The black cube floated in the portable space, looking like a small square black gem.

Strands of golden perfect energy floated in the space, emitting traces of energy.

Upon coming into contact with this energy, the black cube suddenly lit up with light and emitted a mechanical sound.

"Energy detected, automatically charging..."

"Starting up"

The black cube changed and turned into a black crystal figure.

Zhou Ming noticed this situation and immediately released a projection, appearing in front of the crystal man.

The crystal man's eyes shone with light.

"Scan completed, confirming the owner."

"The Shendi brand 4090 super quantum computer is at your service."

"computer?"

Zhou Ming was puzzled: "Who created you?"

"According to historical records, you created me."

"I?"

Zhou Ming understood something instantly and said, "Open the history record for me to check."

The crystal man suddenly turned into a screen, displaying data in front of Zhou Ming.

The so-called historical records are actually very few.

After this computer was manufactured, it was only turned on once and then entered standby mode.

There has been no record of its use since then.

However, there were several pieces of information about energy being extracted, some of which were just recently, and were obviously the work of the time assassin.

In other words, this time assassin had no idea that the black square was actually a man-made computer. He only thought it was a special treasure that contained an energy that could resist time.

Therefore, corresponding energy extraction devices were created and space shock weapons were added.

The purpose is naturally to complete this assassination.

The energy used by this computer... is none other than Zhou Ming's perfect energy!
As mentioned before, the operating principle of Perfect Qi is not actually to restore the efficacy of medicine, but to directly produce a time-related effect.

Therefore, it is natural that perfect energy, as a pure energy, can resist the blockade of the timeline.

It is obvious who created the computer since this power can be used as the energy to start up and run the computer.

So that time assassin was actually being used from the very beginning.

His only role is to travel thousands of years and deliver this computer to Zhou Ming to solve Zhou Ming's biggest problem.

There are too many marks and it’s a problem that I can’t handle!
Zhou Ming’s solution was to use the technique of conferring gods to create a large number of subordinate gods.

Although this kind of spell has certain requirements for subordinate gods, it is mainly to avoid conflicts between the power of the main god and the subordinate god, which would cause the subordinate god to be harmed by the power of the main god.

Zhou Ming's several abilities will not conflict with anyone, so his requirements for being a subordinate god are particularly low.

Just have a little brains.

Not to mention people, even cats and dogs can be directly conferred the title.

But Zhou Ming practiced this art of conferring gods in order to solve the problem of too many marks, so it was naturally impossible for him to really find some cats and dogs to confer gods.

So, this computer came across time and space and solved his problem.

The computer is made of a special material, probably the same material used for those legendary magical weapons, so it has secretly nurtured a spirit.

Next, just use the enlightenment technique to give birth to its wisdom, the deification technique to confer it as a subordinate god, and then share the power of the mark with it.

This computer can use its unmatched computing power in the future world to help Zhou Ming process the imprints that now number more than 200 million.

"Wait a minute, if we share the projection capability with it, then this computer can also handle communication issues between organization members?"

Zhou Ming suddenly thought of this.

The so-called remote information communication of the Tianji card he made was actually always handled by Zhou Ming himself.

This is also why he has requirements for formal members of the organization instead of expanding it.

Because too many Tianji cards were sent out, Zhou Ming was unable to handle the information exchange between them.

But if you leave it to this computer, there will be no problem at all!

Zhou Ming suddenly became very interested and began to study this computer from the future.

But he soon discovered that this broken thing had no functions and no software installed.

Computers in the past all came with Minesweeper and Spider Solitaire!

This computer from the future has nothing in it.

If he wants to play, he must first learn programming and then write his own software.

But the question is, how can he learn now?

"You have to do your best! Try to write more software for yourself and install it yourself!"

Zhou Ming cast a spell of enlightenment, gave the computer some earnest instructions, and then left.

Although the effects of spells are magical, the growth of wisdom takes time.

After all, Zhou Ming at the moment is just a descendant of the bloodline of God with some talent, not a real God.

How is it possible to turn a computer into a human with just one click?

August fourteenth.

in the afternoon.

Zhou Ming and Xiaolongnu are practicing the Jade Girl Pure Heart Sword Technique.

This is a sword technique created by Lin Chaoying, the founder of the Ancient Tomb School.

After Wang Chongyang founded Quanzhen, he also created the Quanzhen sword technique.

Because of the awkward relationship between Lin Chaoying and Wang Chongyang, Lin Chaoying was very dissatisfied and created the Jade Girl Sword Technique.

The greatest feature of this sword technique is that it can break every move and every style in the Quanzhen sword technique.

However, while maintaining this characteristic, if the Jade Maiden Sword Technique is performed together with the Quanzhen Sword Technique, it can also form a more wonderful coordination, which can produce an effect where one plus one is far greater than two.

This kind of coordinated sword technique is the Jade Girl Pure Heart Sword Technique!

Just from this sword technique, one can see Lin Chaoying's awkward feelings towards Wang Chongyang.

In the martial arts training ground.

Zhou Ming held the Changhong Sword and Xiaolongnu held the Bingpo Sword. The two sword lights, one red and one blue, separated and merged, reflecting each other, bursting out with sword energy, sweeping in all directions.

"Two swords combined!"

Zhou Ming suddenly spoke.

Xiaolongnu remained silent, but the momentum of the sword in her hand suddenly changed, and the small Bingpo Sword and Changhong Sword merged into one.

At this moment, the red and blue sword lights seemed to be fused together.

As the Changhong Sword was drawn, brilliant light emanated from the two swords at the same time, gathering into a ball and forming a red and blue sword light that shot straight out.

The hard bluestone floor of the martial arts training ground was torn apart like foam at this moment.

The red and blue sword lights intersected, leaving a sword mark more than ten meters long on the ground before dissipating.

"Great! What a great move with two swords!"

Zhou Ming looked over and saw two people standing in the corridor next to him.

One was his adoptive father Pei Ju.

The other was a young man with a noble air.

The words of praise at this moment were spoken by this young man.

The most important thing is that although they were in Pei Mansion, Pei Ju was standing half a step behind the young man.

Zhou Ming put away his sword, clasped his fists and said, "Your Majesty, I am honored to meet you." That's right, this young man is the current Emperor of Ming.

Although Zhou Ming did not want to participate in court affairs, because of Pei Ju, he still had the title bestowed by the previous emperor, so it was normal for him to pay homage to the emperor.

"Like father, like son! Although Changping is young, he has extraordinary martial arts skills and a magical weapon in his hands. I'm afraid that even ordinary masters are no match for him."

The emperor praised again.

Pei Ju smiled and said, "With such strength, Your Majesty, are you still assured?"

The emperor smiled and nodded: "He is indeed the best person to carry out the plan!"

plan?

Zhou Ming's heart moved, and he thought to himself: What happened while I was busy dealing with the Time Assassin and that computer?
It seems that the matter of deifying the computer cannot be delayed any longer.

It's not just about keeping track of hundreds of millions of impressions, but most importantly, computers can record and replay them. Even if you miss something, you can still replay it.

It is obviously impossible to obtain Zhou Ming's consent for the plan these two people mentioned.

After confirming that Zhou Ming was the person for the plan, the emperor left.

Zhou Ming was called to the study by Pei Ju to explain the situation.

"You know about the final battle between Ximen Chuxue and Ye Gucheng, right?"

"I know."

"Behind this matter, there is someone secretly pushing it, you know?"

"I know."

"Ye Gucheng has decided that the location for the final battle is the Forbidden City at the top of the Imperial Palace. Did you know that?"

"I know."

Pei Ju put down his pen: "How do you know everything?"

Zhou Ming waved his hand: "Are you kidding? Do you think I've been wasting the past year?"

Pei Ju was speechless: "What have you done? You stay in the mansion every day, and then go out to play all over the place. What have you accomplished?"

Zhou Mingdao: "At least I have managed to get the relevant information about this matter out."

"Then tell me, who is behind this?"

"Prince of Nanping, who else could it be?"

"You actually knew that?!"

Pei Ju was surprised and asked, "How did you know?"

"I've analyzed it. These things have been a big deal lately, and Ye Gucheng suddenly decided to set the location for the decisive battle in the Forbidden City. His target is obviously the Imperial Palace, or more accurately, the Emperor in the Palace!

Ye Gucheng obviously did this on purpose. He was a participant and even the creator of this plan, but he was not a member of the royal family and had nothing to do with the emperor.

He was born in the South Sea and is now the swordsmanship instructor of the Prince of Nanping. So who else could have allowed him to be involved in this and be connected to the royal family, and who else could be the real mastermind behind this, other than the Prince of Nanping?"

Pei Ju nodded with relief: "What else do you know?"

"Zhu Wusi was also involved. However, he probably just saw through the Prince of Nanping's plot and went along with it."

"Is this also something you analyzed?"

“First, he brought down Cao Zhengchun before this incident began.

Second, none of his four main spies are in the capital right now. Even the spy named Xuan, who was posing as the owner of the world's number one manor, left this morning."

"This morning? What a coincidence at this time!" Pei Ju had not received this information yet.

Mainly because the time is too short.

It was only last night that Ye Gucheng told Lu Xiaofeng the location.

But this location is too sensitive, and those who know it certainly dare not spread it casually, so for now, only the top figures in the capital know something about it.

But he had to attend the morning court early in the morning.

After the morning court session ended, he was pulled into the palace by the emperor to discuss matters, and then he took the emperor back to Pei Mansion.

There are too many things to do and no time to receive intelligence.

"So, this matter was secretly planned by Prince Nanping, and Zhu Wusi went along with it?"

"That's how it should be."

"Unfortunately, it's just your analysis, there's no evidence!"

Pei Ju said, "However, since you already know all this, there is no need for me to waste my words with you. This matter is obviously for Your Majesty, so the plan Your Majesty discussed with me is aimed at this matter."

The emperor already knew about it.

Even Cao Zhengchun's East Factory and Zhu Wusi's Hulong Villa concealed the news.

But the emperor's sources of intelligence were obviously not limited to these two.

"What do you mean, Your Majesty?"

"Your Majesty's intention is to use the enemy's tactics against them. It would be best if we could directly obtain irrefutable evidence!"

Zhou Ming nodded.

The emperor was indeed intelligent and was able to make the decision that best suited his own interests in this incident.

He couldn't stop this decisive battle.

Even if it is successfully prevented, the conspiracy of the mastermind behind the scenes will not be carried out, so it is naturally impossible to catch him.

Even if the emperor analyzed the mastermind behind the incident, how could he take action against a powerful prince without evidence?

The best way is to take advantage of the situation, let the other party's conspiracy unfold, and then seize the hard evidence and settle accounts.

The conspiracy was placed on the emperor, and the evidence was irrefutable. Even a powerful prince with a fiefdom would surely be killed!
But there is a problem here, and that is the emperor's safety.

"Why would you ask me for help with the Emperor's safety?"

Zhou Ming was puzzled: "There must be quite a few masters hidden in the palace. If there are no Grandmasters, there must be a few Second and Third Flower Grandmasters, right?"

"Indeed, there is. However, the issues involved are very complicated, and I'm afraid we have to start from the time of Zhu Yuanzhang."

"Zhu Yuanzhang?"

In the past, foreign races invaded the Central Plains and countless uprisings broke out in various places. Among them, the Mingjiao uprising was the most powerful.

Zhu Yuanzhang was originally a member of the Ming Cult, but as the Cult gradually grew in power, he felt the constraints of the Cult and intended to break away from it.

The Ming Cult noticed this, but Zhu Yuanzhang had already reached a deep cooperation with Zhang Sanfeng at that time.

Zhang Sanfeng slew the demon in Jiazi year and, with his master's body, defeated the great master Baisun Taoist, and his reputation spread throughout the world.

The Ming Cult has no grandmaster, so naturally they dare not provoke them.

After the establishment of the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Cult gradually retreated to the southeast.

Zhu Yuanzhang was born a beggar and had no so-called family background, so naturally he lacked loyal masters.

When he founded the country, most of the masters under his command were from the Ming Cult.

As a result, they ended up like this. Naturally, those masters did not want to continue to stay under Zhu Yuanzhang, and they said goodbye and left.

Therefore, it was not until after the founding of the country that Zhu Yuanzhang began to gradually cultivate loyal masters belonging to the Ming royal family.

However, after his death, Zhu Yunwen succeeded to the throne and Zhu Di launched the Jingnan Rebellion.

Because Emperor Zhu Yunwen did not do a very good job at that time, especially his forced reduction of the power of the princes, which killed several uncles in one year and forced Zhu Di to pretend to be crazy and hide in a pigpen and eat pig food to survive. The masters in the palace also disliked it.

This directly led to the masters being divided into three factions. One faction supported the emperor, one faction thought that Zhu Yunwen was not capable and that they should support Zhu Di, and another faction believed that it was an internal matter of the Zhu family and that they only needed to ensure that Zhu Yunwen was not assassinated by the masters and not to get involved in so many things.

After the debate, the third group gained the upper hand, so none of the masters in the palace participated in the incident.

And from then on, it became a rule that the imperial palace masters were not allowed to participate in the Zhu family's internal affairs!
"That's not right. Even so, the actions of Prince Nanping and Zhu Di are completely different. One led an attack openly, while the other was a conspiracy and persecution. How can they be compared?"

Zhou Ming asked back.

(End of this chapter)