"What is going on?"
Qin Yu looked around. Instead of seeing soldiers slaughtering the commoners, he saw five hundred thousand soldiers kneeling on the ground, kowtowing to the crowd of civilians.
His face was filled with utter bewilderment.
He still did not understand what had just happened.
In just a brief moment, things had completely exceeded his expectations.
Qin Yu's smile froze on his face, and he felt an overwhelming sense of absurdity in his heart!
He instinctively looked up at Qin Xiao. The moment their eyes met, he saw the disdain and contempt in Qin Xiao's gaze.
It was as if he had been nothing but a leaping clown from the very beginning.
The joy of victory shattered inch by inch!
Replacing it was a surging, furious rage!
"What on earth are they doing!"
"So what if they saw their parents? A soldier's bounden duty is to obey orders. This prince commands them to kill their parents, so why aren't they killing them!"
"A bunch of traitors! A pack of rebellious thieves!"
"Lieutenant, this prince orders you to take command of the army again and lead the men to slaughter all these commoners!"
Qin Yu roared at the group of lieutenants behind him. His body trembled continuously from anger, and the sword in his hand was nearly resting on a lieutenant's neck.
"Whoever refuses to charge, kill them! Keep killing until they charge into the enemy lines!"
"I am the highest authority here! I am the heavens! You all must obey my commands!"
The lieutenants remained expressionless. Their faces were cold, and the looks they gave Qin Yu were filled with murderous intent!
One of the lieutenants flicked Qin Yu's sword away with a thrust of his spear.
"Prince Qi, are you ordering us to murder our own parents?"
His voice was laced with fury.
For a son to murder his parents was the ultimate treason against the natural order!
Let alone a lieutenant, even an ordinary commoner could never do something so utterly devoid of conscience!
Especially when they heard Qin Yu's outrageous remarks, the veins on their foreheads bulged with anger.
Qin Yu remained completely oblivious, still firmly clinging to his twisted logic.
"My official rank is higher than yours, so you should obey my orders. On what grounds do you disobey? You are committing treason!"
"Believe it or not, I will sentence you all to death!"
Seeing the change in the lieutenants' attitudes towards him, he continued to boast of his authority.
The lieutenants were so angry that they laughed.
"You absolute idiot! Who do you think you are!"
"Without us, you are nothing!"
"We followed you in rebellion for the sake of our futures, to earn the merit of establishing a new emperor!"
"But look at you! You told us you wanted Emperor Qinwu to ascend the throne again! Then what exactly does it mean for our border army to follow you in rebellion?"
"And now you want us to murder our own birth parents!"
"Qin Yu! You stupid fool!"
...
The lieutenants could no longer hold back, their faces twisting into savage scowls as they roared.
This was a female-oriented romance world, but there were still normal people in it.
They had endured time and time again, thinking that since they had reached the final step and were about to attack the capital, they would just put up with it.
But hearing Qin Yu say they should raise their butchers' knives against their own parents made them completely snap!
Being insulted by so many people, Qin Yu's anger rushed to his head. He raised his fist and swung it at a nearby lieutenant.
"How dare you disobey this prince's orders? Then I will use you as an example to warn the others!"
"Get lost!"
A burly lieutenant was infuriated. He swung his long staff and smashed it down hard onto Qin Yu!
Qin Yu was beaten black and blue, blood spraying wildly from his mouth.
And it did not end there. One lieutenant after another stepped forward to gang up on Qin Yu!
Fists rained down upon him like a torrential downpour.
"Ah!"
"Stop it, you bastards! I am Prince Qi! Stop it right now!"
Qin Yu hugged his head and wailed on the ground.
Punch after punch landed on his body, causing him a burning, agonizing pain.
His internal organs felt as if they had been shifted out of place.
Blood splattered across the ground as if it cost nothing.
"I beg you, stop hitting me. I was wrong, please stop..."
Qin Yu's voice grew weak as he begged for mercy, bursting into tears.
The lieutenants looked at one another and all let out a sigh.
They knew that Qin Yu's momentum was entirely gone.
And the true master of this situation was only one person...
More than a dozen lieutenants walked forward a dozen paces and looked up at Qin Xiao on the city wall.
Their hearts were filled with melancholy, defeat, and a pale sense of powerlessness.
But mostly, it was a deep, profound despair!
Qin Xiao had done absolutely nothing. He had merely looked down upon the entire battlefield from the very beginning, yet he easily suppressed this army of five hundred thousand.
He did not use martial force, but rather the deepest human morals, family ties, and affection.
"Perhaps our Great Qin truly can unite all nations under His Majesty's rule!"
"Yes, His Majesty is too terrifying. We are simply no match for him."
"I thought this war would be an overwhelming victory. I never expected... His Majesty did not deploy a single soldier, yet we are the ones who suffered a crushing defeat!"
Their words were full of deep emotion.
The crowd arrived at the base of the city wall and, without another word, knelt to the ground in unison.
"We guilty generals kowtow to His Majesty!"
"Long live the Emperor! Long live! Long, long live!"
With the generals who commanded the five-hundred-thousand-strong army taking the lead, the entire army of five hundred thousand also dropped to one knee.
"Long live the Emperor! Long live! Long, long live!"
The sound shook the clouds and echoed through the heavens!
The civil and military officials were all dumbfounded at this moment.
The officials who followed Qin Xiao trembled with excitement.
"We won! His Majesty won!"
"With just a single move, he suppressed an army of five hundred thousand and turned defeat into victory! His Majesty is truly a god among men!"
The looks they gave Qin Xiao were filled with endless fanaticism and worship!
Meanwhile, the officials who had followed Emperor Qinwu were all deathly pale, their bodies trembling uncontrollably.
The fear in their hearts was like a massive shadow, swallowing them whole!
Thud.
One official's legs gave out, and he knelt on the ground.
The rest of the officials quickly followed suit, dropping to their knees.
"Spare our lives, Your Majesty!"
"We were wrong, please forgive us!"
"It was Emperor Qinwu who forced us to side with him! Our bodies were in his camp, but our loyalties remained with you!"
"Your Majesty, we are all officials of the Great Qin. We beg you to spare our lives. If we die, who will govern the Great Qin? Please give us a chance!"
"If you want to kill someone, kill Emperor Qinwu! He is the greatest menace!"
"Yes! Emperor Qinwu forced us to do all those terrible things!"
...
Seeing that Emperor Qinwu's cause was lost, a group of opportunistic officials did not hesitate to kneel and declare their loyalty.
Emperor Qinwu's face was as black as the bottom of a pot. His eyes were wide open, staring in sheer disbelief at the subjects groveling at his feet.
Once, these people had been his trusted confidants!
Now, just to survive, they did not hesitate to surrender to Qin Xiao.
How utterly absurd and laughable!
"You... you bunch of traitors! I trusted you so much, and now you pin all the blame on me! Have you no shame facing me?"
Emperor Qinwu was so furious that smoke practically blew out of his ears, his beard twitching awry.
He never could have imagined that the trusted aides he had carefully cultivated were all traitors!
Instead, he became the ultimate scapegoat.
Qin Xiao looked down at the civil and military officials at his feet, the corners of his mouth curling up into a mocking smile.
"Without you lot, the Great Qin would cease to function?"
Those officials thought Qin Xiao was actually relenting and nodded hastily.
"Yes, yes, yes, Your Majesty. If the Great Qin loses us officials, who will govern the country?"
"Your Majesty, we all know we were wrong. You cannot kill us."
Hearing such words, Qin Xiao immediately laughed.
"Hahaha! Are you threatening your Emperor?"
The laughter dripped with biting mockery!
The crowd remained dead silent, not even daring to draw a heavy breath.
When the laughter finally ceased, Qin Xiao's gaze turned abruptly frigid as he looked down at the officials assembled before him.
"Every single one of you was born into noble and wealthy clans. You became officials for no reason other than to line your pockets more conveniently! To oppress the common folk! Have you ever made a single contribution to the foundation and future of our Great Qin!"
"Without you parasites, our Great Qin will only grow ever more powerful!"
ap a wealthy young lady? Or else I'll be eliminated by the system? Ye Feng, who awakened the Kidnapper System, originally wanted to live a peaceful life but never imagined he would become a kidnapper of young women. However, after some time, he discovered that all the girls the system ordered him to kidnap were far from ordinary. "Big brother Ye Feng~ You've kidnapped my heart, and now you're not allowed to leave me ever again~" "Ye Feng~ You kidnapped me back then, now it's my turn to capture you♡" "Little Feng, you're mine! You can only be mine!" "Ye Feng, none of them deserve you. Only I love you the most♡" ... This is madness, they've all gone mad! Wait, what? Why are all the girls I kidnapped yanderes?!
young master of the Shen family—a figure of immense power and wealth beyond measure—and awakened the "Destined Ultimate Villain System"! His starting scenario? Running into his icy fiancée who shows up with a mountain-descending divine doctor to break off their engagement. The divine doctor arrogantly taunts: "What does your Shen family have besides a bit of stinking money? You're not even worthy of tying Qingxue's shoelaces!" Shen Fei just smiled. He completely defied the usual script: "Fine, I agree to break off the engagement. Also, notify the finance department to withdraw all investments from the Su family." Minutes later, with its capital chain severed, the Su Group teetered on the brink of bankruptcy! The once aloof and proud ice queen CEO was thrown into utter panic. That very night, she went to Shen Fei's villa, casting aside all dignity to beg and plead desperately... From then on, in this world teeming with Sons of Destiny, Shen Fei embarked on a path of extreme dimensional suppression! A mountain-descending divine doctor? Peerless medical skills? Shen Fei: "Reporting you for practicing medicine without a license! I'll gladly take your ancient medicinal cauldron and twin sister assassins." The Crooked-Smiling Dragon King? Commanding a hundred thousand soldiers with a single order? Shen Fei: "Illegal assembly and suspected treason! Let a fleet of attack helicopters sanitize the area and teach you what the state apparatus really means!" A reborn tycoon? Knows all the golden opportunities of the next decade? Shen Fei: "A trillion in capital to reverse and pump the stock market, making you blow your margin and jump on the very first day of your rebirth!" What Chosen Ones? What bearers of Heavenly Fortune? In Shen Fei's eyes, they're all just chives (i.e., suckers/marks) waiting to be harvested! Shen Fei: "Sorry, but as the Destined Ultimate Villain, I don't play by the rules of honor. I only play the game of dimensional suppression."
iemie, male, Race: Moon. Hobby: Collecting anomalies. At first, he thought he possessed two systems: the Crimson Rainbow Moon and the Clear Cold Frost Moon. One day, he discovered that he himself could also become a system for others, holding the chessboard of fate. The Eighth Epoch, also known as the Eternal Moon Epoch. Humans, witches, elves, bloodline descendants, specters, demons, and spirits together compose a new history. Walking the path on behalf of the moon, before he knew it, Chen Miemie's footsteps were followed by all manner of strange and wondrous anomalies. As time passed, many titles circulated about him—The King in Yellow, Lord of Anomalies, Heart of the Eternal Moon, and more. "Me? I'm just a traveler who enjoys collecting interesting creatures," Chen Miemie said.
saw a female celebrity tied up and stuffed in the trunk! Little did he know, countless cameras were aimed at him at this moment - this was a new type of reality show. The first randomly selected passerby was caught in less than an hour. But when Xu Moru was selected, things started to take an unexpected turn. "Damn, this isn't how the script goes. This Xu Moru is too bold, he's not following the rules at all." "Crap, is this guy taking it seriously?" "The female celebrity has been scared to tears!"
