Throne of Radiance

"Has anyone caught it yet?"

Morning Star Empire, on the tenth floor of the Yindu Center Building, a special meeting is being held. The people involved in this meeting involve the royal family, the cabinet, and the parliament. Chandler, the director of his new department "Special Affairs Administration".

In the silence, Dr. Wells, who has never been able to read the air, hastily said: "It's been three days, why hasn't anyone caught it yet? This experimental subject is very important. He is the only experimental subject who has successfully surpassed the plan so far." , He must not be allowed to wander abroad or fall into the hands of other countries."

"Don't worry, the inside story of this incident has been covered up by us with terrorist attacks. Even the people below only think that they are arresting terrorists. Intelligence agents from other countries will not know the truth so quickly. Unless one of us betrays the empire." The speaker looked around and tapped his fingers on the table, "I don't think there will be such a fool."

The so-called "Beyond Project" started more than ten years ago.The main purpose is to promote the genetic evolution of human beings, break through the shackles of the original lifespan, and cultivate so-called super soldiers.

But in the past few years, the progress of this research has not been great.

Even the high-ranking officials of the empire who advocated investing in the "Beyond Project" at the beginning have become more and more indifferent to it as time goes by. In the past two years, research funds have become pitifully scarce. Dr. Ernes still refused to give up, and this project may have been stopped long ago.

Until the spiritual energy recovered, "Project Beyond" finally ushered in a turning point.

Dr. Wells, who has been working like a madman for more than ten years on this project, has actually made a name for himself, at least giving hope to the top management of the empire.

In addition, the promotion of martial arts in Yao Kingdom is in full swing, and the Morning Star Empire can't sit idly by. Therefore, the transcendence plan that is more in line with the Morning Star Empire's route has become their choice.

Still, not everyone is on the same page.Among the top management, supporters, opponents, and neutrals all occupy a considerable share.

The reason for the opposition is very good-martial arts, as an extraordinary system that has been developed for at least several hundred years, has been perfected by countless people and is already very mature.The Transcendent Project is a completely new project, and now they are equivalent to the forerunners on this road. No one knows whether this road will be successful, and even if it is successful, how far it can go.To open up a completely unknown path instead of copying the existing one would be throwing the fate of the Morning Star Empire on the gambling table!

Therefore, the resistance faced by the "Beyond Project" is not small.Even if this Dr. Wells is now being praised in the sky, in fact, it was just deliberately pushed to the front by the high-level.

Once the "Transcendence Plan" fails and the empty promises made to the people of the empire cannot be fulfilled, this talented scientist who has been promoted may be the first to be launched to sacrifice the flag.

As for the martial arts system, although the Morning Star Empire seems to be dismissive, the empire has been secretly cultivating martial arts practitioners for a long time.They just don't want the extraordinary power to be lost among the people.

——This can be regarded as the two-handed preparation of the Morning Star Empire.According to the opposition, just in case, if the "Transcendence Plan" does not work, the martial arts practitioners they secretly cultivated will not be crushed by other countries in the extraordinary era.

Until the appearance of the successful experimental subject Rhine!

——His appearance proves that the "Beyond Project" is not a castle in the air, but a real project that can be realized.

Compared with the martial art created by Eastern culture, which is completely uncontrollable once the practice is spread, "Project Transcendence" is not only closer to the technological civilization and consciousness of the Morning Star Empire, but more importantly, its source is in the hands of the empire's top leaders. Whoever wants to become a transcendent can become a transcendent.

——This is undoubtedly the best choice for them!

This meeting lasted for a full two hours. The royal family, the cabinet, the parliament, the opposition, the supporters, and the neutrals, all parties were spitting, and they came and went for their own interests, dragging for a long time, but in any case, in In the matter of surpassing the plan, a very small number of people who objected to the invalidity were ignored, and most of the remaining people finally reached a consensus——

That is to fully support the development of the "Beyond Project".

Including, capturing the only successful experiment subject that escaped.

——Scientific research is accidental, and it is not a successful case that can be replicated in large quantities.At least, they haven't been able to replicate a successful second case yet.Therefore, it is necessary to capture the occasional successful case first, and then to study the necessary factors for the success of the experiment through the other party.

"His Royal Highness, what's the result?"

Breaking away from the dull atmosphere in the meeting, the youngest daughter of Emperor Andre II, the Eleventh Princess of the Morningstar Empire, Fina Andre, let out a faint sigh.

The attendant who came up to her naturally took the document in her hand, and opened his mouth in a low voice in an unobtrusive voice.

"It didn't go well." The princess, the only one of her sisters who was qualified to participate in politics, shook her head, "Not only did it fail to stop the cruel human experiments, but it also allowed the Transcendence Project to successfully obtain the support of the royal family, the cabinet and the parliament. I think there will be more experimental resources for this project in the future.”

Having said that, her tone sank: "That kind of anti-human experiment shouldn't exist at all—"

There seemed to be people passing by around, and Her Royal Highness was reminded by the attendant to stop her voice in a timely manner. After a second thought, she came up with an idea: "Although the progress of the transcendence plan cannot be prevented, as long as the successful experimental subject does not fall into Wells In the hands, at least it can be delayed for a while. Maybe this success is just an accident, and if there is no progress after a long time, maybe the father and the others will choose to give up. "

She ordered in a low voice: "...Let our people 'do some work' in catching terrorists, so as not to attract attention."

As for whether it is forward or reverse...

"Yes." The attendant responded in a low voice.

"That person...is his name Rhine..."

·

Rhine didn't know that his name had already been listed on the table of the high-level empire, and he was working hard to join an underground organization.

"You want to join us?"

"That's right." Rhine looked at the doctor in front of him seriously, and said calmly, "That Mr. K will save me, at least it means that I still have some use value for you, right?"

The other party did not admit or deny, but said with a smile: "You may have misunderstood, the reason why K saved people was because he wanted to save people. Just like if he chose to stand on the other side and kill you, I would also Not surprised."

Rhine was taken aback.

Just when he thought he was being rejected, the unknown doctor suddenly changed his tone:

"Of course, you are right. There are no people in this world who are useless. It only depends on the value."

Having said that, he stretched out an index finger and shook it.

"——If the value is enough, let alone accept you into the organization, even if it is to help you avenge, there is no problem."

Through shaking his fingers, Rhine saw that there seemed to be faint shadows in those dark brown eyes: "So, the question now is, what price are you willing to pay?"

·

It was already the third day after waking up when Rhine regained her ability to move, even though the recovery speed was already abnormal enough.

It wasn't until he limped to the window of the clinic with a cane and saw the deep and winding alley outside that he vaguely recognized where he was: "... King's District?"

"Didn't you say that this is the territory of the "scavenger"? "

——Even as an ordinary person like him, he has vaguely heard the rumors that the gangs in the King's District were fighting and the "scavenger" became the final winner.

"Of course it's because "Scavenger" has long been a member of the Shadow Council. ' another voice answered him.

Rhine was taken aback, and subconsciously turned around vigilantly.

He saw a tall and burly man, even though he was wearing a suit, he looked like a brown bear wrapped in a suit.

"Just call me Josiah, buddy." The man lit a cigarette and sat down on the chair beside the bed. "Don't be so nervous, everything is under the control of the shadow."

Rhine seemed relieved: "It turned out to be you, the doctor mentioned your name, and I will trouble you for a while." After joining this mysterious underground organization, he already knew the name of this organization is The Shadow Council seems to have a large number of extraordinary members.

And the clinic he was in, according to the doctor who disappeared after seeing him on the first day, was under the sphere of influence of a member named Josiah.That is to say...

"You are the leader of the Scavenger? "

"It's me." Josiah readily admitted. He looked at Rhine in a special way, but it was not malicious, but rather friendly. "Are you a newcomer introduced by the doctor to the organization?"

"Probably..."

In fact, he didn't know what happened to the doctor.I always felt that after that conversation, the other party returned to the original state, as if they had changed into a different person.

Under the condition that both of them were willing to make friends, soon, the two chatted passionately.Rhine took the opportunity to learn a lot of basic knowledge about the Shadow Council and the inner world from this senior.

As the topic deepened, Rhine said casually: "By the way, can you tell us about our mysterious president? I don't know what kind of person the president is."

"President?" Josiah was taken aback when asked.

He shook his head: "I don't know."

"You don't know?" Rhine was a little surprised.No matter how mysterious the leader of the Shadow Council is, he should be targeting outsiders, right?It's impossible to be confused even by the members of your own family.

"Aren't you worried about me going to inform you?" He raised his bandaged left hand and joked, "We are in the same group now. As a member of the shadow, I can neither drag It is impossible to inform the empire if I escaped with a bandaged leg. What's more, if I ran to inform in my identity, I would be the first to be arrested!"

Josiah laughed and said, "I believe it. If you go to inform, you would rather sacrifice yourself than serve the empire. It is definitely worthy of the violet medal issued by the empire—I have to vote for you!"

The Violet Medal he was talking about was the special medal of honor of the Morning Star Empire, and only those who had made significant contributions to the empire and had a significant impact on the empire were eligible to receive it.

After joking, Josiah changed the subject: "However, I really don't know the answer you want." He spread his hands helplessly, "Actually, maybe you don't believe it, but our mysterious president, to me Said that it only exists in legends, I only saw him from a distance not long ago in an incomparably miraculous way, and I didn't even see clearly how old he was or what he looked like."

What he was talking about was the time when the puppeteer card manifested and pulled many members of the Shadow Council into the shadow realm.

——It was that incomparably miraculous experience that made every member of the Shadow Council full of confidence in the Shadow Council, because their president possesses mysterious power beyond imagination, and they are not comparable to those ordinary underground organizations. of.

Knowing that what Josiah said was the truth, Rhine stopped asking.He really doesn't have any other thoughts, he just desperately wants to climb up in the Shadow Council and master the power of revenge.

He didn't ask any more, but sighed regretfully: "I'm really curious, to be able to establish such an unfathomable and extraordinary organization as the Shadow Council, to hide it from the eyes and ears of the empire, and even Mr. K, the Skywalker, surrendered to him. His subordinates..."

"Surrender? This joke is not funny."

A voice interrupted Rhine's emotion.

Rhine turned his head to follow the sound, and saw a familiar figure pushing the door in, and Josiah, who was sitting next to him just now, had quickly stood up, bowed his head respectfully, and said in an unprecedented soft voice: "Good afternoon, Mr. K. After Rhine was sent over, we arranged for surgery immediately. Based on his recovery speed, he will recover in about a week."

Rhine even sensed a bit of fear from him, as if he was afraid of the man in front of him from the bottom of his heart.

However, his attitude is not surprising.

Rhine's surprised eyes fell on the man, from his dark long windbreaker, to the light golden half-long hair hanging down to his shoulders, to those deep blue eyes as gentle as lake water.

Who would have imagined that such an elegant man, reminiscent of a painter and a pianist at a glance, would be an internationally wanted criminal who killed people like hemp and was wanted by both countries?In front of such a vicious figure, who can not maintain respect and fear from the bottom of his heart?

Even Josiah, the leader of the once famous gang "Scavenger" in the King's District, is no exception.

In the face of murderers like K, the leader of the mere scavengers is as vulnerable as a wild duck meeting a vulture.

"This has nothing to do with me." K looked at Rhine as if he was looking at some novelty toy, but his tone was gentle and elegant, "Now, he is the person appointed by the president."

For some reason, Rhine always felt that he heard a bit of yin and yang, but he also felt that it should be his own illusion.

"Handpicked by the president?" Rhine looked confused.

"Yeah, haven't you already seen it? The president you miss and admire so much." There was a strange color in K's eyes. The guy who will show up on who."

"—He also chose you, and seems to think that you are likely to be one of the four pillars."

The figure of "doctor" flashed across Rhine's mind instantly, and he remembered the inconsistent temperament, words and deeds of the other party.

but……

"What are the four pillars?"

...Why are the doubts piling up?

"This is not common sense that newcomers need to know for the time being." K didn't mean to answer his doubts. He seemed to have achieved his goal after seeing Rhine, and he got up and left as if he had come, "I'm just curious about what qualities you have to be selected. Yes. May I ask, how did you join this organization?"

He himself did not know this question.Rhine had many thoughts flashing through his mind, and finally he spoke truthfully:

"The doctor asked me what price I was willing to pay for joining the organization and even revenge, and I just answered him—"

"I can give my all, including life and loyalty."

K smiled slightly: "Interesting. The courage of the common man, is it a mad dog that you are looking for? It is also appropriate."

There seemed to be waves of light in his dark blue eyes.

"—In that case, if you want revenge, maybe I can give you a little advice."