200: Chapter 200 Cangyang's Suicide, Hidden Dangers

Great Emperor Cangyang sat in his seat, his face looking somewhat weary.

"I appoint the First Prince, Cangming, as the Crown Prince!"

"Effective immediately, activate the Imperial Continuation Plan!"

"The Crown Prince shall lead the Royal Guard Fleet to escape Canglan and rendezvous with the twenty thousand spaceships stationed outside."

"Take the main bodies of the Androids within those twenty thousand ships as well. The Imperial Central Mainframe and a vast amount of precious resources will be taken away together this time!"

"You will follow the Crown Prince. Contact your families now," Great Emperor Cangyang said with exhaustion.

"Great Emperor!" the remaining officials in the hall cried out in sorrow.

"I won't be leaving. I have no face to meet my ancestors," Great Emperor Cangyang smiled bitterly, his face full of self-mockery.

"Go, all of you, go!"

Cangming, the Crown Prince of the Canglan Empire, took one thousand class-c spaceships of the Royal Guard Fleet, carrying a large number of elite imperial talents and precious resources, and left the Imperial Star, heading toward the northwest of the empire.

Panic gripped the entire Imperial Star. Their information was relatively well-informed, but because of the limited number of tickets, they could only sit at home and wait for judgment!

It truly confirmed an old saying: In prosperity, the common people suffer; in ruin, the common people suffer!

Inside the Imperial Star Great Hall.

"Father, spare me! I am your own son!" The Second Prince knelt on the ground, trembling, attempting to use family ties to awaken Great Emperor Cangyang.

Unfortunately, Great Emperor Cangyang's eyes were blood-red at this moment; he had already gone mad with killing!

"Cangyue, it's not that your Father is cruel. For your eldest brother's position, and to ensure you don't become captives who threaten the Canglan Empire's future path, you must die, and I must die too!" Great Emperor Cangyang's voice was hoarse.

"Father, why don't Old Seventh and the others have to die! Why!" the Third Prince roared.

"Because Old Seventh and his group have no power and do not fight for the throne. You were all once powerful contenders for the crown!" Great Emperor Cangyang said in a low, eerie tone.

There were thirty-three princes in the hall, all of whom had once been ambitious for the throne.

Great Emperor Cangyang had sixty-two children in total. Excluding the princesses, almost all the princes were present in the hall.

"Unfair, unfair! Hahahaha!" the Fourth Prince laughed maniacally.

"Father, you're still thinking of restoring the empire? Stop dreaming!" the Fifth Prince said mockingly. After speaking, he looked at his mother.

"Cangyang, do you really have the heart to kill us too? We are your women!" the Fifth Prince's mother said with a face full of tears, her beautiful face looking at Great Emperor Cangyang with sorrow, appearing so pitiful.

"Great Emperor, spare us. We have served you for so many years, do you have the heart?" the Second Prince's mother, who had a voluptuous figure, was currently prostrate at Great Emperor Cangyang's feet, looking up at him in despair.

"Cangyang, we grew up together. Please take pity on us, mother and son. For the sake of our past feelings, give us a way to live!" the Third Prince's mother held the Third Prince, her face full of pleading.

"Are you... unwilling to die with me?" Great Emperor Cangyang asked with full mockery.

"Great Emperor... we..." All the concubines shut their mouths.

The past vows of eternal love, the promises to share in both fortune and woe, were nothing but a mirage that shattered at a single touch when a true crisis arrived!

Great Emperor Cangyang could not let these people go. The First Prince was now the Crown Prince, at a time when the empire was crumbling and its power was being destroyed. If he did not eliminate the other factions and instead let them go with the First Prince, it would only lead to internal strife, which would be detrimental to the restoration of the empire and the First Prince's rule!

Therefore, no matter how reluctant he was, as an emperor, Cangyang could only harden his heart and strike.

At this moment, his heart was bleeding, to the point where he had to let himself go mad!

"Hehe! I am willing to die with you! Hahahaha!" Great Emperor Cangyang laughed maniacally.

"Someone, come!"

"Bring me my sword!"

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The Xia Country spaceship formation arrived at the Canglan Imperial Star three days later.

The reason it was three days instead of two was that they had to clear out many planetary fortresses along the way, which wasted some time.

Inside Su Fan's spaceship.

"What a huge planet!" Xia Feifei said in surprise.

"The Canglan Imperial Star is indeed very large. Among the habitable planets we've discovered, it's considered one of the best," Su Fan said with a smile.

Just as Su Fan was speaking, the system's voice suddenly appeared!

"Discovered high-level cosmic rarities!"

Su Fan was slightly stunned, then overjoyed. Since the last discovery of the dark energy crystal core, high-level cosmic rarities had only been found twice, and in very small quantities.

He hadn't expected that upon arriving at the Canglan Imperial Star, while still far out in space, he would already discover high-level cosmic rarities.

"System, where are the high-level cosmic rarities located?" Su Fan asked inwardly.

"Below 100 kilometers underground across the entire planet, it's all high-level cosmic rarities!" the system said calmly.

Hearing this, Su Fan was stunned.

This was a staggering fortune!

At that moment, the Red Queen's voice rang out.

"The defense systems of the Canglan Imperial Star have all been shut down. Great Emperor Cangyang of the Canglan Empire has sent a communication request."

"Connect it!" Su Fan discussed it with the Great Elder and decided to connect. After all, the other party was once the supreme ruler of the Milky Way and should be accorded some politeness.

Great Emperor Cangyang's weathered face appeared in the video communication. Since it was a video call, both sides could see each other.

"Are you the civilization that invaded my Canglan Empire?" Great Emperor Cangyang said in a hoarse voice.

"Hello, Great Emperor Cangyang," Su Fan smiled.

"Can you tell me where you come from? I want to die knowing!" Cangyang's eyes were fixed intently on Su Fan and the others.

"I'm sorry, that is not possible," Su Fan smiled and shook his head.

"By now, you should understand the situation of your Canglan Empire. Will you take your own life, or become a captive?"

Great Emperor Cangyang laughed—a laugh of anger, of sorrow, and of helplessness.

Becoming a captive was something he had never considered!

"I see you look much like the people of my Canglan Empire. I hope you treat my clansmen well. I, Cangyang, am used to being an emperor and am not used to being a captive!"

After speaking, Great Emperor Cangyang drew his sword and committed suicide by slitting his throat!

The former ruler of the Milky Way, the Great Emperor of a generation, Cangyang, was dead!

Su Fan sighed with emotion; this Cangyang was quite the fiery character.

"Great Elder, what should we do with the canglan people on this Imperial Star?"

"We can't just kill them all!" Su Fan said somewhat helplessly.

"I haven't thought it through yet, sigh—" the Great Elder sighed.

The biggest problem facing them now was these canglan people.

They were so numerous that Su Fan didn't even want to bother counting them.

If they were to kill them all, planet by planet, who knew how long it would take.

Because the entire region within the Third Ring of the Milky Way was primarily inhabited by canglan people!

"Let's take over the Imperial Star first. I suspect many of the high-ranking officials of the Canglan Empire have surely escaped," the Great Elder said with a smile.

"Since Great Emperor Cangyang died so readily, I estimate the Crown Prince of the Canglan Empire has already fled, and they will definitely have taken a vast amount of resources."

"Then we should move a bit faster. Once the escaped high-ranking officials of the Canglan Empire rendezvous with those twenty thousand ships outside, we'll have trouble," Su Fan said, frowning.

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