Sorry for dropping off, y'all, I moved back with my mom for spring break, and with the coronavirus, it's been hectic đ
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First thing the next morning, the two alphas Klaire sent escorted Xi Wei to planet Nami. However, just when they were halfway there, Uncle Berg gave him an urgent video call. âXi Wei, donât come to planet Nami, turn back immediately!â
Confused, Xi Wei said, âWhatâs going on?â
âThat madman Auguste actually prepared an interstellar nuclear missile. Heâs aimed it at planet Nami, and heâs going to blow it to pieces!â Berg said angrily.
Xi Wei was stunned. Humans had managed to develop up to the present for a reason. In order to avoid the harmful effects of nuclear weapons on the universal environment, as early as the founding of the Empire, the first emperor had banned the research and development of nuclear weapons. He hadnât expected that for the sake of wiping out resistance, Auguste was actually crazy enough to use an interstellar nuclear missile.
This kind of guided missile was intensely lethal. Its advanced, high-grade positioning system could accurately reach the appointed coordinates through a hyperleap. Once successfully launched, it could straight out blow up a small planet, not to mention planet Nami, which was used purely for natural resources and didnât have strong military defenses.
Right now, the Glory Corps, the Cobra Corps and Klaire were all on planet Nami!
If Augusteâs nuclear weapon successfully started up, it would wipe out absolutely everythingâblowing everyone who was a threat to him into pieces!
Xi Wei felt a chill down his spine. He couldnât help but ask worriedly, âUncle, howâs your situation over there? Have you all evacuated?â
âYes.â Berg nodded and said, âItâs a good thing we realized what Auguste was plotting ahead of time. Right now, all of the troops on planet Nami have already withdrawn to Hilter, a no manâs land. After we finish reorganizing, weâll go to the Lyra galaxy to join you.â
Xi Wei finally let out a sigh of relief. âThatâs good, then Sia and I will return to the Lyra galaxy to wait for you.â
âThatâs right, after you return, immediately contact the Lyra galaxyâs television stations. The television stations on the capital planet are all under Augusteâs control. We need to make a media announcement of the reestablishment of the royal family as soon as possible.â Berg said seriously.
Xi Wei nodded immediately and said, âDonât worry, Uncle, leave this to me!â
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After they returned to the Lyra galaxy, Xi Wei had his little sister go home to wait for news. He personally went to Lyraâs central television station and informed the station director of his purpose in coming.
The elderly director looked at him awkwardly. âPrince, if you make a public announcement on a Lyra TV station, itâll be like weâre openly opposing President AugusteâŠâ
âPresident?â Xi Wei said coldly, âHow many people have acknowledged him as president?â
âUh...thisâŠâ
Xi Wei walked up a step and looked calmly at him. He said word by word, âThe Glory Corps, the Cobra Corps and the Morningstar Corps are all standing on the side of the royal family. You can weigh exactly what that traitor Augusteâs odds of success are! Whatâs more, the âmarshalâs last wishâ he spoke of is just a baseless fabrication, the marshal isn't dead at all!â
âBut...Your Royal Highness, I canât just rely on your side of the story to open the TV station. The Empire has expressly stipulated that in order to make a public statement on TV, you have to pass through three stages of investigationâŠâ
âWhat investigation!â Seeing the station director still using all sorts of excuses, Xi Wei was at the end of his patience. He shouted, âEgret, tie him up for me!â
âYes, owner!â Following Xi Weiâs command, Egret bound the old station director to a chair with magnetic handcuffs.
The indoor alarm started to beep in warning, and the TV station security guards swarmed in. The jet-black muzzles of ion guns aimed accurately at Xi Wei.
Xi Wei looked back, and his cold gaze swept over them. âWho dares to fire?â
The guards looked at each other in dismay, wondering what to do for a moment.
The old director said, shocked, âP-Prince, you canât act like this, you're breaking the law by holding the TV station director hostageâŠâ
âShut up!â Xi Wei didnât feel like wasting words on him, and stuffed a napkin straight into his mouth.
âPut your guns down.â Xi Wei looked back at the crowd of alpha guards and frowned. âOr you can try and see if your guns are faster than an S-class mecha!â
Just as he spoke, Egret followed his ownerâs desires and suddenly transformed, turning into a huge, snow-white magnetic blade. Xi Wei took it by the handle and swept it across the crowd of alphas. With a few loud bangs, all of the metal ion guns in the alphasâ hands were attracted to Egret!
Xi Weiâs movements were simply too fast. Before the group of alphas could react, the prince took away their weapons. They looked at their empty hands and were immediately dumbstruck.
Xi Wei threw the heap of ion guns in the corner. He looked back at the team of alpha guards whose jaws had collectively dropped, and calmly said, âAs alphas of the Empire, your guns should be left to deal with the Federation, and shouldnât be pointed at the Imperial prince! Let me through!â
â...â
The group of people looked at Xi Wei with embarrassment. Xi Wei walked over quickly, and they conscientiously parted and stood on either side to make way for him. At that moment, the alphas whoâd never seen the eldest prince Xi Wei in person before finally understood that he wasnât called the big beast for nothing! Xi Wei was simply too fierce!
âDesperate times called for desperate measures. Since they werenât willing to cooperate, Xi Wei didnât mind using force.
By the time Caesar, Berg and the others arrived at the Lyra galaxy, Xi Wei had already successfully occupied the TV station. Heâd tied up the station director, and the group of alpha guards stayed awkwardly in the office, not daring to resist. The eldest prince was too terrifying; no one could beat him at hand-to-hand, not to mention he also brought an S-class mecha with him!
Berg was very pleased with this situation. He smiled and patted Xi Weiâs shoulder. âGood job!â
Xi Wei asked anxiously, âUncle, how are Father and Mother right now?â
Berg said, âDonât worry, I had Little Yuan fly the SS-class mecha back to the capital planet to rescue them. Right now theyâre hiding at the capital planet Underground Alliance headquarters, in the Locke Castle underground city. Theyâre very safe.â
After going round in circles, he hadnât expected that the SS-class mecha the Underground Alliance had been developing for many years had finally found an ownerâthe omega Caesar liked, Lin Yuan. Xi Wei had once taught him many techniques for piloting mechas. That this mecha would acknowledge him as his owner was well-deserved!
When he heard this, Xi Wei finally felt a little relief. He looked them over and found that Klaire wasnât there.
Berg saw him looking back and forth and immediately understood who he was looking for. He couldnât resist smiling slightly, and said, âDonât worry, Klaireâs fine too. While we were evacuating planet Nami, we discovered a small unit of Federal troops sneaking around near the Iswell galaxy. Klaire led the Morningstar Corps to clear them up.â
Xi Wei nodded. He walked up to Caesar and said, âCaesar, have you prepared the public statement about reviving the royal family that Uncle wanted you to announce?â
Caesar looked at his big brother and nodded seriously. âIâve done it.â
Xi Wei smiled slightly, reached out and held his little brotherâs hand tight.
His Majesty Trand was trapped on the capital planet, but he still had two sons. Xi Wei wanted to let everyone know that the Empire still had two princes, Caesar and him, an alpha and an omega. The royal family absolutely wouldnât let anyone bully and humiliate them!
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On the morning of July 10, 799 of the universal calendar, the head of the Glory Corps, Rosen Bessemer, who had returned from the battlefield; Drew Bech, the head of the Cobra Corps; and Major General Ling Yu, the head of the Night Corps, whoâd been missing for many years, made a public appearance live on TV at the same time, to announce the establishment of the Imperial Alliance, in support of Prince Caesarâs restoration of the royal family.
That morning, the Lyra galaxy TV stations gave a live broadcast of the two princes making a public announcement to the imperial people.
The eighteen-year-old Prince Caesar, heir to the imperial throne, stood calmly in front of the media, facing the camera with a steady equilibrium that transcended his age. He said to the imperial people, âMy father once proposed a motion that was unanimously overruled by the military. Standing here today, representing the royal family, I once again put forth this motion that truly stands for freedom and democracyââ
âFirst, to establish a new congress. As the highest authority in the Empire, the congressâs members will be publicly elected from the citizens of the major galaxies, including representatives from all walks of life, alpha, beta and omega, distributed according to demographic proportion. In the future, every major decision in the Empire will be decided by vote among the members of the congress.â
âSecond, to approve the regulation of omega pheromone suppressants, and let omegas enjoy the same freedoms as alphas and betas. Before turning eighteen, all omegas can choose the school of their choice, and after turning eighteen, they can marry as they chooseâŠâ
âThird, when evaluating employees for promotion in every profession, remove the influence of gender. Whether alpha, beta or omega, their promotion should be determined entirely on the basis of their own capabilitiesâŠâ
âAs an alpha, Iâve always believed that heaven bestowed us with strong physiques and excellent genes not to oppress and control others, but to protect the people we want to protect!â
âAs a prince, Iâve also always believed that the Lacey Empire isnât the empire of our royal family, nor the empire of the privileged military class, but the empire of all of the people!â
Caesarâs speech immediately brought deafening applause and cheers from the audience. The enthusiastic applause almost brought the roof down. Many beta reporters had hot tears in their eyes. For betas and omegas, the proposal of this motion was like the bright dawn of a new era breaking across the horizon in the pitch-black night!
It wasnât just the reporters on the scene who were stirred up. The people in front of the TV, watching the live broadcast, were also so astonished they couldnât speak for a long time.
âOmegas could have freedom? They could choose the school they liked? Could choose their marriage for themselves?
âBetas would no longer have to worry that theyâd never be able to be promoted because of their identity, that theyâd be mediocre all their life and accomplish nothing?
âThe members of Congress would be distributed according to the proportion of the three genders, ABO? In other words, omegas would also have a chance to enter Congress? In the future betas, who had the greatest numbers, would occupy more than half of Congress and have the right to speak?!
âThis was simply unbelievable!
An astonishing reform like this could be said to have completely broken through the traditional imperial rules that had lasted for hundreds of years. This wasnât just repairing the original house, but straight out demolishing its foundations, and building a brand-new palace on top.
After implementing this reform, the Empire would look completely new.
Xi Wei listened to his brother say this word by word, and the rims of his eyes felt a bit hot.
Ever since he was reborn in this world, he had always hoped that one day, omegas would be able to break away from the difficulties of gender, and truly stand on an equal footing with betas and alphas. Now, that day had finally arrived!
Xi Wei faced the camera, and with an attitude that was similarly neither servile nor overbearing, he smiled and said, âAs an omega prince, I believe there are many omegas who long for freedom and equality like I do, and arenât willing to be reduced to childbearing machines. If your child is an omega, do you have the heart to send them to Ellen Academy in the distant Andromeda galaxy when theyâre only fourteen years old, and not have them come home again for four whole years; to marry them off to an alpha the system matched them with when theyâre eighteen years old, who theyâve never seen before; and to part from then on, and never see each other again?
Xi Wei paused, looked calmly at the camera, and said, âI donât want the next generation to suffer this kind of treatment. If my child is an omega, I hope that theyâll be able to obtain the things they desire, and live freely and happily!â
After the conference, Uncle Berg personally announced the establishment of an organization made up completely of omegas to the reporters, named, âThe Underground Alliance.â Berg was the chief, and Xi Wei was the deputy chief and the successor to his position. This organization would completely replace the functions of the Omega Protection Association, and its number one guiding principle was equality and independence. Only this could be called truly protecting omegas.
Far away in the Iswell galaxy, Klaire saw this scene through Bluestarâs live broadcast, and he couldnât help the corners of his lips rising slightly into a smile.
âXi Wei, the new age you were looking forward to is on the eve of its arrival.
âAnd I, as the alpha who loves you, will definitely respect your wishes and give you the freedom you want.
âYou donât have to worry about the troubles and disturbances that your omega identity will bring you anymore. In the future, we can stand side by side without anything in our way, never to part.
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4 hours and 22 minutes for 2,394 words, or 10.9 minutes for every 100 words. A decrease in rate by 1.9 minutes. I have a feeling that if I was translating this say, four months ago, itâd be very painful. Luckily Iâve improved since then...
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