After Defeat, the Empress’s Negotiating Chip Turns Out to Be Me

Chapter 54

54~ Caught in the Trap~

This series of equipment simply couldn't be made by one person. Even using magic to carve the circuits and such things bit by bit would require an enormous workload, not to mention the design issues for all the hardware.

The transmigrators that existed in Scarlet Radiance Nation were probably not just one or two. At least dozens of people would be needed to complete the entire workflow from computer design to development to assembly!

Just based on the precision and complexity of computers, it was simply impossible to manufacture them without a large team.

After careful inspection, she discovered that the entire computer couldn't be used due to aging. Even some of the supports inside had carbonized. It was within expectations, but it still left her somewhat disappointed.

If this computer could still be used, they might be able to obtain a large amount of information, or even directly meet that transmigrator.

The wireless radio was also broken. All the electronic equipment was broken. Not a single one could be used. However, there were still some books preserved on the bookshelf. She didn't know if the contents inside had rotted away due to time.

The little Princess pulled out a book and discovered that the pages, aside from being slightly yellowed, were almost completely intact. That meant there was important information inside!!!

She became excited and immediately began flipping through it.

This was a notebook recording part of Scarlet Radiance Nation's history...

"Public Calendar Year 489, Scarlet Radiance Nation's seventh Emperor, [Pei], passed away. His eldest son [Yu] succeeded the throne to become Scarlet Radiance Nation's eighth..."

"Public Calendar Year 493, the five nations of the Western Region formed an alliance to carry out a conquest plan for the Eastern Region. The five nations assembled an expeditionary army of several hundred thousand to march east to the Eastern Region. After arriving at the Eastern Region, they headed south to attack Scarlet Radiance Nation."

"Public Calendar Year 494, the Western Region five nations' expeditionary army was completely defeated. Scarlet Radiance Nation initiated the Western Expedition plan, assembling military forces of 50,000."

"Public Calendar Year 496, the capital of the Western Region five nations alliance fell. The Western Region five nations alliance surrendered."

"Public Calendar Year 497, Scarlet Radiance Nation became famous across the continent."

"———■■■"

After briefly browsing the content, she discovered it was about the five great nations of the Western Region attacking Scarlet Radiance Nation, only to be beaten all the way back to their homes and pressed down on the table to sign a surrender document...

The final signature was blacked out. It was completely impossible to tell who had written this book...

Mm... it wasn't that the five great nations were weak, but rather at that time Scarlet Radiance Nation probably couldn't be defeated by anyone at all. Modernized equipment and modern communication facilities, not only the advantage in military strength, but also the ability to process information was completely on a different level. This was simply a crushing victory!

She wondered if the five great nations of the Western Region ever regretted going on an expedition to the Eastern Region to attack Scarlet Radiance Nation... They probably regretted it to the point their intestines turned green, right?

"This..."

The Empress's brows furrowed. She took the notebook from the little Princess's hands, her face filled with disbelief.

How was this possible? That meant Scarlet Radiance Nation used only four years to beat the five great nations of the Western Region into complete submission?

That wasn't all. Calculating carefully, expeditioning from the Eastern Region to the five great nations of the Western Region would take at least two months, because the Misty Great Forest occupied the center of the continent, so the expeditionary army needed to take a detour, and the time spent would naturally exceed two months.

Excluding the time for assembling troops and marching, as well as the return journey time, that meant the Scarlet Radiance Nation of that time conquered five great nations in just over two years, and won all the battles???

This was a bit absurd. Most of the history books that had been passed down to today were incomplete, so the history books circulated in various countries also had certain differences. Sure enough, in Scarlet Phoenix Nation's records, Scarlet Radiance Nation used several decades to fight back. On Glaze Nation's side, it was recorded as eight years, while the notes here recorded it as just over two years...

"Actually, I think even writing two years might be too much..."

When she read history books before, she had always thought Scarlet Radiance Nation was a powerful native country of this other world. But this result... directly a torrent of steel plus the information age???

The five great nations of the Western Region didn't lose unfairly. Under such a crushing situation, to still be able to persist for two years before being wiped out was really quite remarkable.

"Mo knows a lot."

"Yes, I know a lot."

"..."

It's over. She seemed to have fallen into a trap...

"Um... would you believe me if I said this was a coincidence?"

"Of course I believe you."

The Empress smiled.

Your face is clearly written all over with suspicion!!!

The little Princess felt a bit of regret. When she saw these things, couldn't she have stayed calm and pretended not to recognize them? Why did she have to go up and show off? Now it was good. After going back, she probably wouldn't be able to avoid a round of interrogation!

As the Princess of Glaze Nation, she of course knew that at that time, Glaze Nation did not belong to Scarlet Radiance Nation's territory, so naturally it would be impossible for her to know about this equipment here. But she had recognized it, and even looked very familiar with it. This was very intriguing.

She couldn't possibly say that Glaze Nation's royal family was also formed by Scarlet Radiance Nation's fleeing royalty, right? Glaze Nation had already existed before Scarlet Radiance Nation's decline and fragmentation. This matter was simply impossible.

Then how should she explain why the little Princess was so familiar with everything here? She didn't know. She was very curious. So she wanted to dig deeper.

But there was no rush right now.

"There's still a room inside. Let's go take a look."

The Empress pointed to a door inside the room.

Stepping into the room, several machines were just placed there, along with some power generation devices...

Wait, although these machine tools couldn't be used, it shouldn't be too difficult to have top craftsmen create replicas based on the finished products, right? The little Princess thought.

If they could really replicate these machines, the boost to productivity wouldn't be just a little bit!

The idea was very perfect, but after she slightly disassembled one machine, she instantly chose to give up. The circuit boards inside couldn't be replicated...

However, fortunately there were also some things that didn't need circuit boards. For example, that spinning machine in the corner was human-powered. Although it was slightly damaged in some places, it was basically intact. Replicating it shouldn't be too difficult.

"Mm..."

Looking around again, the little Princess quickly locked onto those things that didn't require too high technology to manufacture, putting them one by one into the magic space tool she had borrowed from Ling...

The Magic Space Ring definitely couldn't hold these things. At most it could only store some small items.

After loading everything up, the little Princess was carried by the Empress as they left this place, preparing to first return to the bedchamber.

"Regarding the things down here, I hope Mo can properly answer my questions..."

Such as why she was so familiar with the things Scarlet Radiance Nation once researched, and even looked very skilled with them.

"This..."

"Mo is not allowed to refuse."

As she spoke, she also forcefully squeezed the little Princess's bottom, as if warning her not to refuse.

"Okay..."

No matter what, right now she could only temporarily agree. Otherwise, if she accidentally made this hentai Empress unhappy, there was no telling what consequences she'd face.

Sigh... why was this so difficult? She was clearly a meritorious official. She helped Scarlet Phoenix Nation fight a victorious battle and even helped the Empress connect with Glaze Nation's equipment supply chain.

Uh... although she admitted she wanted Glaze Nation to earn a little money, at least this was also helping Scarlet Phoenix Nation fight Northern Radiance Nation...

She could only hope that after going back, the Empress wouldn't use the Pet Contract to dig out anything unspeakable from her... like her identity as a transmigrator...