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"It's not that bad."

Xiu Zenai spoke calmly, with a perpetually kind smile on his face, saying, "Since Father Emperor does not agree to take action, we, as officials, will naturally not take action either. But the EU's actions have set an example for us. There are many merchants within Britannia, and they can certainly create more obstacles for the Chinese Empire."

"If we can really get the local forces to make a comeback and swallow up the capital of the Chinese Empire, then we will have made a huge profit."

Cornelia frowned upon hearing this and said, "I don't like doing this kind of thing, nor am I good at it. Since you're so good at it, why don't you do it?"

"No, no, I won't do it either. But don't worry, there will definitely be people in Britannia who will do it, just like the people in the EU are already doing it."

Odysseus nodded and said, "Is that settled then? Anyway, the matter of conquering the world is left to you, my younger brother and sister. I know absolutely nothing about such things!"

Faced with Odysseus's nonchalant attitude, Cornelia was both amused and exasperated, while only Xiuzenair remained smiling, saying, "Brother, we've come today not just for the situation in the Chinese Empire. We're very curious about what exactly is happening in the Chinese Empire right now, and what kind of person this so-called Qilin Talent is?"

"Let's have a casual chat, brother. Please don't be so formal. Just tell us about your experiences in Luoyang, shall we?"

Hearing this, Odysseus's eyes lit up slightly, and the weariness on his face lessened considerably. He said, "In that case, I really do have many stories to tell you. This Qilin talent, Mo Mo, is truly a remarkable person..."

And so, the three siblings, who hadn't seen each other for a long time, began to chat. Cornelia was genuinely interested in the people and things of the Chinese Empire, while Xiuzenail would occasionally glance at the neural connection device on Odysseus's neck, seemingly lost in thought.

Author's Note:

Second update, one more to come shortly.

129 The Battle Song of September

Compared to the harmonious chatter between Odysseus and his two siblings, Charles's gaze was now much more serious.

Having already made a deal with Momo, he naturally knew that Momo now possessed the strange power of trading. Momo gave him a reason he couldn't refuse: in exchange for not interfering with any of the divine relics, Momo promised to suppress Britannia's internal affairs within a year and prevent Britannia from interfering in the affairs of the Chinese Empire.

At the very least, the official stance must remain one of no hostility or suppression towards the Chinese Federation for the deal to be considered complete. Having already entered into a deal with Momo, he naturally couldn't violate the rules of the transaction.

At first, Charles naturally thought it was no big deal, just a year.

He had spent decades on his plan to kill the god and create the world he envisioned, so a year was nothing to him.

Moreover, conquering all the relics of the gods and creating the Sword of Akasha system is not an easy task; it requires technological advancements and the accumulation of time.

In this process, Charles will certainly not allow anyone to damage the relics of God in any way, or even threaten them.

Faced with the mysterious power of Momo, Charles, who has not yet fully grasped the world situation, will certainly not allow Momo to have the opportunity to destroy the relics of the gods and disrupt his plans.

However, Charles only realized after the deal that his idea was good, but reality was harsh.

Despite the lack of any evidence, Charles believed that the current global pandemic chaos was entirely the work of Momo. The defeat of 300,000 troops in the Battle of Luoyang in the Chinese Empire was not simply a matter of the Luoyang Military Region seizing an opportunity; rather, it was a case of 300,000 troops falling completely into Momo's trap.

From beginning to end, the 300,000 troops followed the plan laid out by Momo without any room for resistance.

This made Charles deeply wary of Momer. If he was wary of Momer before because he didn't know his abilities, now that he knew some of Momer's abilities and witnessed his talent in governing the country and leading the army, Charles began to be wary of Momer in every way.

Unfortunately, despite knowing that Momo possessed unique abilities, he was bound by his trading powers and unable to tell his brother VV about it or reveal Momo's abilities.

Looking at VV's eyes beside him, Charles knew he had miscalculated.

He couldn't violate his trading rights, nor could he reveal any of this to anyone. Right now, he couldn't say anything to VV, even though VV already knew what had happened to his brother Charles.

"Well, if you really can't say, that's okay too."

VV said it casually, but what he really thought was anyone's guess.

Brothers who have fought together for decades suddenly have an unspeakable secret because of Mo Mo. What will VV think about this?

The last person to do this was Marianna, but Marianna is now dead, killed by VV, or at least in VV's eyes, she is dead.

"Brother, I'm sorry, I can't go into the details. But if possible, we'd better get rid of this Mo Mo, this so-called Qilin."

VV frowned and said, "I won't ask for your reasons, but Charles, is he really that much of a threat? You know, our order has no influence within the Chinese Empire. How easy is it for a bunch of Westerners like us to go to the Chinese Empire and kill a key figure of the Chinese Empire?"

"There are always opportunities, aren't there? Although we don't have much need for the Chinese Empire, a powerful Chinese Empire will inevitably be an obstacle to our achieving our ideals. Moreover, according to Odysseus's description, CC seems to be clinging to Momo's side and doesn't want to leave. If something really happens between them and they develop feelings for each other, it will probably be even more troublesome."

VV nodded and said, "Indeed, if CC stays by his side and refuses to leave, we'll have to take action against him sooner or later, just because of CC. I understand this, and I'll do my best to do it, but it's not an easy task. After all, he's too mysterious, and the people around him are not simple either. Can you wait patiently?"

"Okay, brother, I'll be very patient. I'm so glad you trust me!"

"Of course I trust you, Charles. We're brothers, I'm your older brother."

……

Three months have passed since the Battle of Luoyang, and the global situation, which has far-reaching consequences, has begun to reel off again due to the chaos in the Chinese Empire.

With the successive independence of countries in Central and South Asia, the original tripartite balance of power between the three superpowers seemed to become precarious, and it appeared that the Chinese Federation, one of the three powers, was about to collapse.

Moreover, the subsequent situation seemed to further confirm this.

After a month of lengthy discussions, the EU parliament still couldn't reach a decision on whether or not to use force against the Chinese Federation. However, they did pass a resolution to increase the number of EU troops stationed in Siberia, given the chaotic situation in the Chinese Federation and in order to protect EU interests there.

It's obvious to anyone with eyes to see that this is an attempt to put pressure on the Chinese Federation, and they may even be planning to launch a direct military attack on the Chinese Empire if the opportunity arises, and then move south.

The subsequent events further proved that increasing troop deployments was merely a pretext for the EU to wage war.

The Liaodong Military Region, which had suffered heavy losses, suddenly sprang to life again. This time, it redeployed all the troops stationed to defend the border between the Chinese Empire and the EU and organized a large army again, claiming that it would once again march south to attack Luoyang and avenge General Cao Yuanming, who died for the country.

This action demonstrates that the Cao family has completely abandoned any defense against the EU. This can only mean two things: either the entire Cao family has gone mad, or the Cao family has sided with the EU and is involved in some shady deal with them.

Clearly, the latter point is more reliable than the former. The Cao family, having suffered heavy losses, believed they were absolutely unable to withstand the future southward advance of EU forces. At the same time, they had no reason to continue defending the north for the Chinese Empire. Therefore, they decided to secretly surrender to the EU and become collaborators with EU support.

The military regions along the Yangtze River and south of the Yangtze River immediately responded to the Cao family's actions. They did not send troops directly, but they temporarily put aside their hostility and prejudices and mobilized the troops that were used for mutual defense to the northern front to press the central government, showing that they were ready to send troops north at any time.

Although they could all see that the Cao family had likely sided with the EU, they would never give up their wealth and business in the face of the aggressive central government that was practically confiscating their property and taking their lives. Compared to that, changing the emperor, changing the master, or even changing the master to a Western white man, did not seem so unacceptable.

It wasn't just them who took action; even the newly independent Central and South Asian countries hastily organized their armies, pressing their troops against the borders of the Chinese Empire, seemingly with the intention of directly invading China.

By getting so many countries and regions to act in unison, one could say to the outside world that the Chinese empire was brutal and inhumane, that its imperial system was unpopular, and that the world would inevitably become democratic and liberal.

But in reality, everyone knows that the EU is undoubtedly the mastermind behind all of this.

The EU's strategy is gradually becoming clearer. Rather than directly taking action and letting their own pampered white people sacrifice themselves to attack the Chinese Empire, it is better to let the Chinese Empire fall into internal strife and let the former underlings of the Chinese Empire turn around and fight against the Chinese Empire.

In order to achieve this goal, doesn't the EU just need to pay money?

EU, rich!

Money is no problem!

After three months of stabilization, the central government seems to be facing crises again. Everyone is wondering if the central government will win this time in the upcoming full-scale civil war of the Chinese Empire.

Or perhaps it's a place backed by the EU?

Almost no one was optimistic about the central government of the Chinese Empire, not even the high-ranking officials of Britannia. Although they knew that Odysseus's report was mostly unreliable, they could still see from it that the central government's victory in the Battle of Luoyang was not due to overwhelming strength, but rather to a great deal of strategic maneuvering.

Strategy can win a war, but in a major war between nations, hard power is what matters.

At least, the world's military strategists still hold this mindset, and this mindset doesn't seem to be wrong.

Just when everyone was pessimistic about the central government of the Chinese Empire and troops from all over the country were moving in droves, the news that came from the Chinese Empire next instantly proved everyone wrong.

Faced with the seemingly precarious situation of the central government, in early September, several military regions that had previously remained silent—the Loulan Military Region, the Western Regions Military Region, the Tubo Military Region, the Inner Tatar Military Region, and the Outer Tatar Military Region—these five relatively weak military regions, with a large minority population, surprisingly expressed their firm support for the central government on the same day!

Moreover, troops from several military regions have begun to be mobilized, creating a situation where they are pressing their troops along the border to confront the armies of other countries, and pressing their troops along the border with other military regions to threaten those regions.

Such remarks and performance instantly astonished the world and left the EU bigwigs, who were secretly delighted, speechless.

Are these people brain-dead?

The central government wants to strip them of their rights, confiscate their wealth, and punish them for their crimes. Faced with such punishment, it is already hard enough that the Kong family of the Qilu Military Region is acting crazy. At this moment, so many military regions fully support the central government. What's wrong with their brains?

Those with inside information said they knew the reason: during the quiet month of August, the brilliant strategist Mo Mo secretly visited several military regions with a high proportion of ethnic minorities.

After that, the leaders of these military regions, who were originally negotiating with the representatives of the EU forces, suddenly changed their attitude and expelled all the representatives from the country.

Conversely, Momo, who came from the central government, was treated with great courtesy.

Now, all these military regions have suddenly come to support the central government. This must be thanks to Mo Mo, but no one can figure out what Mo Mo did.

However, they soon found out the answer.

On September 18, 2010, the leaders of these military regions gathered at the central government to attend a grand press conference.

And the battle anthem of the Central Army began to play at this press conference.

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130. Ethnic regional autonomy

At this time, the three military regions of the Central Military Region had basically resumed their external communications. It was one thing for local forces to prevent their people from seeing the central government's movements, but it was another matter entirely for the leaders of various forces to be so eager to pay attention to the Central Army, and for people all over the world to be paying attention to the Central Army.

September 18th, a day of great significance to China in Mo Mo's previous life, was, in this world, seemingly coincidentally chosen as the day for the Chinese Empire's central government to announce its next moves.

The only difference is that the former is a humiliating day that will be remembered in history, while here, today's day is destined to shock the world and make the local area tremble.

The central government's renewed statement naturally garnered worldwide attention. This time, the central government's press conference was open to the world, without any hesitation, and even welcomed journalists from all over the world to attend and cover the event.

Unfortunately, apart from Britannia sending a group of reporters at Odysseus's behest, no one else dared to go.

This is not surprising; a little thought will make it clear.

Don't forget, right now, apart from Britannia, the only other forces in the world opposing the Chinese Empire are those backed by the EU's encouragement and support.

They have already taken action in secret, and they dare not openly visit the Chinese Empire, otherwise they would be captured and killed as a sacrifice to appease the Chinese Empire, which would be a very unjust death.

Fortunately, the warriors of Britannia came to the backward, dictatorial, bloody, and terrifying central government of the Chinese Empire, bringing the world on-site reports of the Chinese people being deeply exploited and oppressed. This was enough to arouse the world's resistance against this evil regime of the Chinese Empire—these are the thoughts of many chuunibyou (delusional) youths in the EU.

Unfortunately, the Britannian press corps faced no restrictions upon arriving in the Chinese Empire. Aside from being restricted to controlled military and industrial zones, they were free to move about in Luoyang.

With Odysseus as their protector, the bold Britannian journalists began to photograph everything in Luoyang.

Several months have passed since the Battle of Luoyang. Naturally, Luoyang could not have changed much in such a short time. For example, the buildings were still the same style and number, and the roads were still in good condition. However, the group of reporters who had some prior knowledge of Luoyang felt that they had come to a completely different place, not Luoyang.

The reporter, who had been puzzled for a long time, suddenly realized why these people felt something different when he saw the smiles on their faces.

It is spirit.

A difference in mental outlook!

Everyone had a faint smile on their face, and you could feel their vitality. It was as if the people they had imagined, who were starving and freezing in a war zone and living in fear every day, did not exist at all. The people of Luoyang now were all rich people who were full of energy and had no worries about food and clothing.

In fact, having done their homework, they knew very well that although Luoyang was the capital of the Chinese Empire, apart from the nobles, the common people of Luoyang had no connection whatsoever with the so-called rich.

They interviewed countless ordinary people in Luoyang, including workers, white-collar workers, elderly people with children, and children being cared for by the elderly. After that, the reporters were finally able to describe the current state of Luoyang and the reasons behind it in their own words.

This is a place brimming with vitality and hope. Everyone has a job and is needed. They have clear and definite paths and opportunities for advancement, and everyone can be rewarded as long as they work hard. At the same time, they are protected by a powerful army like the Central Army, which can easily defeat ten opponents with one strength each, so they have nothing to worry about.