100: Chapter 100 Imperial Ancestral Temple Sacrifices

The fact that the Imperial Noble Consort was pregnant could not be hidden. Cheng Yu had previously released fake news just to scare the people below him as a matter of routine.

Perhaps one of those troublemakers would slip up, allowing him to catch them in the act—it was simply a case of casting a wide net.

There was another, more important matter. Cheng Yu had his clones work through the night to complete a wonder: the Imperial Ancestral Temple.

He could not have his children ask in the future where their family came from, only for Cheng Yu to tell them, "Your father just popped out of a crack in a rock."

Besides completing this wonder, Cheng Yu also posthumously conferred the title of Emperor upon his ancestors of four generations, copying the method from Old Zhu.

His father, Emperor Renzu, and mother, Empress Xiaocichun.

His grandfather, Emperor Xizu, and grandmother, Empress Xiaociyu.

His great-grandfather, Emperor Yizu, and great-grandmother, Empress Xiaociheng.

His great-great-grandfather, Emperor Dezu, and great-great-grandmother, Empress Xiaocixuan.

At the same time, he also conferred titles upon his foolish cousin from his previous life, Duke of Hundu, and his foolish cousin, Marquis of Chonghun.

He was not insinuating anything against anyone; his cousin in his previous life really was a street thug, and his foolish cousin really had been dealt with by the relevant authorities for bigamy.

This way, Cheng Yu could finally feel at ease. Considering he was an immortal, his descendants would eventually need a place to kowtow and pay their respects to their ancestors, so he would just have them worship these wooden tablets.

By the afternoon of that day, the Slaanesh Court sent an envoy to express their dissatisfaction with Cheng Yu for guarding his palace so strictly and setting up a miniature Geller field. Who was he guarding against?

"Are you not aware of the Musk incident?"

Cheng Yu regretted asking this the moment it left his lips; it seemed he had forgotten to write the Musk incident into his "Imperial Truth."

The envoy of Slaanesh was also bewildered. After thinking for a long time, they could not figure out what kind of allusion this was. Fearing that admitting ignorance would make them appear uncultured, they continued:

"My Lord is wise, decisive, and magnanimous, and will not lower Himself to bicker with the ruler of a small state like you. Once your eldest son comes of age, he must be sent to my Lord as a hostage."

"Oh? You already know it's the eldest son? The divine power of the Lord of Pleasure is truly remarkable."

Cheng Yu did not get angry. Politics was all about making outrageous demands and then negotiating. Just because you say send a hostage, I have to send one? Hypocritical bastards.

"My country is small and weak, and I dare not defy the demands of the Lord of Pleasure. However, as our nation is currently in a period of development, we are short on all kinds of manpower. Even for my own prince, there is no leisure time to go to the Slaanesh Court to enjoy a life of ease. Can this matter be delayed and discussed later?"

"A delay is acceptable, but for the next Paradise World your country conquers, you must cede a portion to us to serve as a transit point in the material universe. Otherwise, it is truly inconvenient to always jump through Warp rift in your territory."

Cheng Yu looked displeased. Paradise Worlds were extremely rare. Not to mention the resources and time it took to conquer one, why should he have to cede a piece of a precious Paradise World—conquered with such difficulty—just to let you hypocrites wreak havoc?

Isn't the red-light district in the capital enough for you to build your embassy?

"Then please, honorable envoy, draft a proposal. My cabinet will implement this matter."

Cheng Yu flicked his sleeves and departed, leaving the envoy of Slaanesh in the warm chamber, fuming with indignation.

'Cooperating with a Chaos God from Warp is truly like asking a tiger for its hide!'

Cheng Yu was extremely annoyed. Since Slaanesh had made him unhappy for a moment, he was determined to make her unhappy for a lifetime.

A secret order was transmitted through the shared consciousness, and countless clones began to work according to the will of Cheng Yu...

...

Wild Dog Cheng Yu... the very same Cheng Yu who had been exiled for running a gambling den, had just finished his military service. Just as he was preparing to return his weapon and head back to his place of exile, he and his group of prisoners were suddenly intercepted by a priest of the State Church.

The priest announced that they had been granted amnesty and no longer needed to serve their life sentences of hard labor. However, this amnesty came with conditions: there was a secret matter requiring a large number of participants that they needed to complete.

This matter was entirely voluntary, but once they downloaded the data packet via the shared consciousness and learned the details of the mission, they could no longer refuse.

The person who understood Cheng Yu best would always be himself. When the clones heard the priest say this, they could guess that this matter would inevitably be a headache.

In the end, nearly half of them chose to continue their sentences; only a small group, including Wild Dog Cheng Yu, chose to take the gamble.

However, they had underestimated Main Body this time, or rather, they had underestimated his suspicious nature.

Main Body had divided a massive task into many, many steps and project teams, with each person only responsible for completing a tiny fraction of the project.

There were specialized team members responsible for separating the steps, and many completely meaningless tasks were added. Unless authorized by Main Body, even the highest-level clones would not know the full picture of the project.

The task assigned to Wild Dog Cheng Yu was to return to his former residence and continue his original business of running an illegal gambling den.

He would still be raided by the Security Forces, arrested, and thrown into prison, but this time he would not be exiled. He would only be caught in a constant cycle of being arrested, bailed out, and then arrested again.

The only difference from before was that after each arrest, he needed to meet another clone in the Hive City detention center using a specific code, and this clone would hand him something.

He did not need to care what this object was; he only needed to hand it over to another clone in the casino at a specific time, using another set of codes to meet this second clone.

If an unexpected situation arose and a fourth person discovered the flow of materials on this line, even if Wild Dog Cheng Yu only suspected that a fourth person had noticed, he had to immediately destroy the object in his hand and then wait to be arrested, returning to the detention center step to start over.

"What is all this about?" Wild Dog Cheng Yu did not understand, but he accepted the conditions.