"Captain, you're back! What should we do?"
Li Youde entered the bridge sweating profusely. He first took the water glass in Jessica's hand and took a sip, then said breathlessly: "It's really tiring to drive in a gravity environment... Call everyone who is on vacation in Kathmandu to come back. This ship enters Martial law!"
Jessica asked uneasily: "Is Elizabeth back? Are these HER battleships coming for her?"
Li Youde shook his head: "I don't know. Elizabeth said she and Lin Ao would come back later, but it's already been an hour."
When Cao Cao and Cao Cao arrived, Lin Ao's phone called. Li Youde picked up the phone and asked, "Hey! Elizabeth is with you, right? Why aren't you back yet! We are going to impose martial law!"
Lin Ao said on the other end of the phone: "I'm sorry that something happened, but she is fine. We have found the car and are back."
At this time Elizabeth answered the phone: "Captain Li Youde, I have a request."
"Let's talk about it when you get back."
"I have to say now that I have brought eight HER soldiers back. Don't worry, they are my guards and they will definitely obey my orders. I need you to accept them on the ship and give them rooms and meals. Of course, I will also Allowing you to spy on them."
"This... HER's fleet is parked next to the Osiris. If HER's soldiers are allowed to board the ship, I'm afraid the crew will have objections."
"Well, I've asked them to evacuate."
"Evacuate? What do you mean?"
Li Youde didn't wait for Elizabeth's answer when he heard the sound of the battleship's engine. The 10 HER battleships had just docked and were now taking off.
"I asked them to leave Nepal."
"Really...you are the princess of HER after all." Li Youde said while looking at the departing battleship.
"Can I let my guards board the ship now?"
"Okay, but I'm going to confiscate their weapons, and the people watching them will be armed."
"no problem."
…
There has been no news from the Chang'an Cooperation Organization. After what happened before, Li Youde has not lifted the martial law. Only certain people can go out to purchase necessities for the ship every day, and the rest can only stay on the ship.
Three days passed. Elizabeth used this time to do ideological work for the eight HER spies, convincing them to support her from the perspective of justice and personal interests. The rest of the time, she either spent time in the library or stayed in her room, with Lin Ao always by her side.
In Elizabeth's room at the moment, she was dressing up in front of the dressing table in a silk pajamas, while Lin Ao was lying on the bed with his legs crossed, looking at the ceiling in a daze, and suddenly he asked:
"So...your brother encouraged you to start a rebellion, and he promised to support you in becoming the Queen of the Holy Roman Empire of the universe, right?"
Elizabeth looked back at Lin Ao and said, "That's right."
"And what you think is that as long as you become the queen, you can pull the big ship HER back from the ocean of war."
"Well, I have to do this. Standing on the same stand as other forces can prevent the empire from being liquidated too miserably after the war. Sins must be compensated, but if the people bear too much burden, the seeds of contradiction will be buried again. Next, war will break out."
"It's almost the same as what you said when you were in New Rome..."
Elizabeth turned around, went to lie down next to Lin Ao, and faced Lin Ao. She held his face and said, "But I won't do what my cousin said."
"What are you going to do?"
"In Mycenae, Captain Shepard talked to me. He didn't object to me establishing a new empire. After all, it would be a good thing for the major forces to weaken my father's strength. But he wanted me to think about it. Consider that I don't want to Encourage the people to use violent means to fight for peace, but call on the people of HER to throw away their weapons and give up aggression."
"It means asking the imperial soldiers who agree with your ideas to surrender directly, instead of rallying around you to start a new war. This is very difficult, what do you think."
"After these few months of travel, I think he is right... Although this call may not yield much, and no one will even respond at the first time. But with the reunification of the major forces, there will always be an empire People feel the pressure and seriously consider giving up the war, and my speech and follow-up work will give them a step forward. I still want to be the queen of the empire. I love my country, but I hope to achieve peace and end this war. A war.”
"Elizabeth, you are amazing. It is a miracle that I can meet you in my life..."
Lin Ao stroked Elizabeth's hair lovingly. She blushed and seemed to have a thousand words she wanted to say, but she couldn't. Seeing her like this, Lin Ao took the initiative to kiss her.
"Speaking of which, we are husband and wife. Wait a minute while I play some music."
…
Five days after landing in Kathmandu, Li Youde finally saw the submarine "Zheng He" belonging to Colonel Chen Ma of the Chang'an Cooperation Organization.
"Long time no see! Colonel Chen Ma, is there any news?"
"There's news! I'm here to take you to the real location of the parliament."
"The real meeting place? Isn't it Lhasa?"
"No, that's just a cover to cover up intelligence. I only know the real location. Please set sail and come with me. I'll lead the way!"
"Where to go."
"I'm sorry, I can't say it in case I'm being monitored, but it's not far."
"Okay, I'll set sail now. I'm just worried that the previous HER fleet will follow. Although they left Nepal, they have been on standby at the border between India and Nepal."
"Don't worry! I have brought 5 warships this time. I can hold them back even if I can't defeat them!"
…
The Osiris left Kathmandu and followed the Zheng He towards the Himalayas. Li Youde has been thinking in his heart, if it were not Lhasa, where would he go? Urumqi? Taklimakan? Or maybe the meeting place is New Chang'an?
He was thinking wildly when he heard Chen Ma say: "Captain Li Youde, we are almost there. Please turn off the radio and just follow me."
"ah?"
Li Youde strangely obeyed, but in front of him there were only snow-capped mountains and plateaus. He asked Jessica: "Jessica, where are we now?"
"Within China."
"No, I mean the specific location."
"Um, the Himalayas."
"How specific?"
"We are heading towards Shishapangma."
Shishapangma, with an observation height of 8,014 meters in RX2200, is the only mountain above 8,000 meters in China and the 14th highest peak in the world.
Shishapangma Peak is like a piece of white crystal, inlaid in the vast emerald-colored grassland. There is a beautiful lake close to the peak. The lake surface is like the surface of sapphire, crystal clear, smooth, and inviting. Jade, white crystal, and sapphire together constitute the fairyland-like landscape of this magnificent mountain.
Just when Li Youde and other crewmen of the Osiris were shocked and speechless by the scenery in front of them. Far away on the border between Nepal and India, Zhuge Daozi was waving his fan and sipping black tea presented by a local Indian military officer. He suddenly asked the adjutant beside him: "Is the Red Knight coming soon?"
"Hurry, he's on his way here."
"Has the Osiris arrived at Shishapangma?"
The adjutant looked at his watch: "Look at the time, it should have just arrived."
Zhuge Daozi shook his fan with satisfaction and continued to ask: "Where are the delegations from other forces?"
"According to intelligence, the Star Alliance, the New European Union, the New Principality of Moscow, the African Brotherhood, the New Republic of Gran Colombia, and the North American Rescue Alliance have all sent fleets. Although the itinerary is confidential, their target is undoubtedly the Himalayas."
"Finally, finally it's almost here."
Zhuge Daozi poured a cup of black tea himself and raised it towards the north.
"Sister, I toast you this cup, please don't let me down."
