Yes, Madam Prime Minister

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Outside the pass, apart from the actual border areas, there are scattered small military outposts, each with a dozen or so superhumans below the rank of Zhengwei, leading dozens of musketeers, plus more than a hundred barbarian soldiers of indeterminate ethnicity. They are not used for fighting, but for suppressing riots.

Of course, if some powerful superhumans from the Northeast were to arrive, they would have no choice but to call for outside help.

At this very moment, inside the Protectorate General's Office.

Ronan and his entourage took their seats, ready to begin the meeting.

Ronan sat in the first seat on the left, and the other seat next to him was empty.

On the left side of the long table, the first one is Hiss, Hiss from another timeline, a fifth-order being. He is the third in command. Although his strength is not that great, he is very important as the technical expert of the team.

The second from the left is Lao Qi, a purple-haired youth from the Pingding Army, a sixth-rank soldier. Although he has purple hair, he is actually a Seresian. He only had the opportunity to rise to prominence because of the appearance of "Ronan". Otherwise, he should have died young. He was someone who met early but joined late.

He may seem to only know how to use a large broadsword for basic attacks, but he actually practices the Six Harmonies Technique, which is extremely comprehensive.

Zuo San Lao Jiu, Wu Jiuxiao, is someone "Ronan" met after he messed up the superhuman power system.

The fourth one on the left, Kaman, is a noblewoman from Villa, a fifth-tier woman. She is not very strong, but she has a great deal of expertise in the research of magical items.

The four people on the left, plus "Ronan," are all human.

Aside from them, there were dozens of people with relatively weaker strength, all of whom were at the third or fourth tier.

On the right, the fourth one, Ji, has a short beard, his hair is casually tied up, his eyebrows are slightly droopy, his eyelids are droopy, and he wears an embroidered robe. He looks like a man who frequents brothels and indulges in debauchery. In his normal state, he is at the sixth level. If it weren't for "Ronan", he would be the strongest among the celestial demons.

In the team, he is the strategist besides Cairo Nan.

The second from the right, the fifth one, is a tall, fat, and fair-skinned man with a simple and honest appearance. In his normal state, he is only at the fifth rank. He said that his father's surname is Wang, and that he should just be called Little Wang. However, as everyone knows, celestial demons do not have fathers.

The third man on the right, known as Ghost Buddha, is tall and thin with long arms and legs, resembling a stick insect. He wears a string of skull and bone beads around his neck and holds a giant crescent shovel. He is a sixth-rank being responsible for managing and leading the demon spirits.

The fourth one on the right, the eighth one, is Huanmeng, but now he should be called Liu Chongyu. It's hard to say whether he is a demon or a human.

The leader arrived late, and the two ribs of the huge skull exoskeleton armor split open, black steam suddenly poured out, and two slender, fair hands further pried open the skeleton, and a woman with long golden hair, azure eyes, and beauty that was almost unreal stepped out.

She was originally only of medium level with low intelligence, often acting on instinct and without even a name. But because of "Ronan," she became the strongest being among the celestial demons in another dimension and was given a name: Candice.

The boss has arrived, and the meeting has officially begun.

Although she is the boss, Ronan is actually the one in charge.

“The enemy won’t be foolish enough to wait for us to develop slowly, nor will they send a large number of people. Their strategy will definitely be to concentrate their strongest people, with the goal of killing me and Candice, and then attacking little by little until they completely annihilate us.”

"Retreat is of course impossible; we are here not only for our own survival."

"I have already chosen the battlefield, which is in Siberia further north. I believe they are willing to fight with us there."

"Candice and I are enough to handle the battle. Fourth and Seventh, deal with any troublemakers or opportunists. The rest of you keep an eye on the base, and don't overlook the possibility that some of the enemy might try to break the rules and cause trouble."

At this moment, the fourth brother yawned, his lazy, droopy eyelids opened, and his shrewd eyes revealed themselves. "So, are the people who came to pick up the scraps really just small fry?"

"Fourth Brother is right, Second Brother. The one trying to take advantage of this is probably another version of you," said the seventh brother, the purple-haired youth, Pingdingjun, with a smile.

With his chin resting on his hands, interlaced, Ronan looked straight ahead and replied confidently, "At that time, they couldn't come, and they might never come."

The fourth brother's eyelids returned to their usual droopy state. Clearly, "Ronan" still had pieces they didn't know about, and had already made a very targeted move. As for who the pieces were and what the move was, he had some guesses, but there was no need to say them. As someone who had surrendered, there was no need for him to show too much.

The seventh brother whistled, "That's good. Although the other second brother isn't very strong, that woman is much stronger than others of the same generation. She might even be stronger now. Besides, their combined attack is really troublesome."

Actually, describing it as troublesome is already an understatement. Strictly speaking, when Ronandinia combines with his brother and the Demon Lord, everyone else can only barely withstand a few blows or not be able to withstand a single attack at all. As for the result, it's the same for all of them: death.

The fifth brother, Xiao Wang, sighed, "If you ask me, we should have chosen India back then. That place has a large population, but the number of top-tier experts is far less than that of Seris."

No one responded to what the fifth brother said.

Because what he said was nonsense.

For a spacetime teleportation array to be maintained for a long time, there must be people on both sides. However, even the Celestial Realm can no longer use supernatural powers to teleport back to the other spacetime, and they might not be able to return. Therefore, they cannot send so many people and demons back to India to cause trouble.

"Alright, everyone, get ready. I expect a fierce battle to begin after the New Year in Seris."

"Ronan" said.

He was confident of winning, but not entirely certain.

He had never fought against top experts like Seris, and only knew some information about them. However, this information was far from enough to depict their true strength. Moreover, Seris's cultivation method must contain strange and unpredictable spells, which would be quite troublesome when encountering rule-based spells.

Even if you win, you will inevitably pay a price.

Therefore, it is necessary to prevent another version of yourself and Dinia from taking advantage of the situation.

"Meeting adjourned," Candice said.

After everyone left, Ronan looked at Candice and said, "Let's go see the snow."

"Okay." She replied with a smile, like a child who was about to celebrate the New Year, innocent and joyful.

Chapter 826 Aftermath and Private Reflections: A judgment has been made, but no one is 100% certain.

Within the independent space created by Ambrina's magic.

Ronan and Ambrina had been entangled for half an hour, and in this space, it was already the final stage.

Ambrina wore a pair of very thin, skin-colored pantyhose, with white silk stockings adorned with small lace bows at the top. Her legs were tightly wrapped around Ronan's waist, squeezing the flesh of her calves to the sides. Within the tight confines of the white stockings, her slightly fleshy calves appeared chubby. Her insteps were arched, and her toes curled inward. Under the sunlight in the room, a layer of translucent silky sheen appeared, much like ice cream.

After a low growl, Ronan kissed Ambrina, and then a powerful jet of thick, white fluid shot out, washing over the uterine walls. After ejaculating, Ronan did not stop immediately, but continued to kiss her deeply while occasionally thrusting in and out with a couple of deep thrusts to squeeze out and inject the remaining fluid.

After a minute or two, Ronan raised his head and stopped moving, but he was still pressing down on Ambrina.

“Anli, if anything unexpected happens, leave with everyone into the space, then transfer, and then have Kate take you away in the spaceship to Lavigne’s alternate dimension for safety. If Didi and I don’t return on time, do the same, leave immediately.”

Ambrina frowned, paused for a moment, and then asked, "Is there something wrong with that man named Kang, Seris?"

"Yes, he's suspicious. I'm not sure if he's with the other me. He's more likely betting on both sides, but in any case, there's definitely a trap on this trip," Ronan said with absolute certainty. Only in this space could he speak with complete peace of mind.

"Are you still going?" Ambrina asked with some concern.

"After I merged with Didi, all the usual traps became meaningless. His strength was no match for ours, and my other self couldn't possibly get here in time. So, the trap is basically confirmed: it's meant to transport us to another dimension. For them, the ideal outcome would be that Didi and I could never come back."

"Ah?" A look of panic appeared on Ambrina's face, but she quickly looked relieved. Now that Ronan already knew, he definitely wouldn't fall for it.

Ronan gently stroked Ambrina's face. "Anli, you're mistaken. Didi and I will be affected."

"What?" Ambrina thought she had misheard.

Ronan held up a finger and explained, "First, whether he's betting on both sides or directly targeting the other, you have to give before you can take. He can only take advantage of the moment when he raises my magic limit to trick me and Didi together. Second, as Seris said, 'Know yourself and know your enemy, and you will never be defeated.' I still know too little about the other 'me,' so if we just go through with it like this, the odds of winning aren't high."

"Of course, I can't guarantee 100% that I'll be back in time."

This sentence struck Ambrina like a heavy blow to the heart.

Ambrina gripped Ronan's arm tightly, her fingers digging into his firm, hard muscles. "Can't you..." She didn't finish her sentence. She wasn't naive. She understood that if Ronan didn't deal with the other person now, the other person would take care of Ronan once they had a free hand.

There can only be one Ronan in the world, just as there can only be one sun in the sky.

"Don't worry, I have an advantage that he doesn't have," Ronan said confidently.

Ambrina was confused. Advantage?

In terms of individual strength, Ronan is far weaker than the other version of himself.

In terms of teamwork, according to Lu Jianling's account, even excluding Dinya, their team is no match.

“I have more friends and more experience,” Ronan said with a smile.

“How can you be sure?” Ambrina asked.

Ronan confidently replied, "He certainly doesn't know Kate or Lavigne, and his understanding of this world is not as good as mine. His relationship with the 'positive figures' from the West is probably quite bad as well."

“But if things are going well on his end, why would he go to all this trouble to come here? I’m afraid things are going very badly there. Maybe the system he left in the Celestial Realm has already malfunctioned,” Ambrina said.

Her reasoning was very sound, and Ronan agreed with it; there must have been a big problem on his side.

Ronan's confidence waned slightly. "That's why I said I can't guarantee I'll be back in time." In fact, it's even possible he won't be able to return at all.

Ambrina took a deep breath. "I believe in you. There's nothing in this world that you can't solve."

“That’s right, that’s my Anri.” Ronan couldn’t help but smile.

The time was almost up, and Ambrina lifted the spell, allowing the two to return to the real world.

Afterwards, we took a shower together and then had a wonderful sleep.

The next morning, after breakfast, Ronan, Dinia, and Kang Guizong set off together.

Dinia parasitized Ronan's body directly.

Ronan wore a straw hat, hadn't shaved for many days, and had grown a full beard. He was dressed in Seris attire, possessed a concealment technique, and spoke with a northern accent. Most people would assume he was a barbarian from the northwest.

Kang Guizong, a Seresian, has no need to conceal his appearance.

The three's destination was Chang'an. According to Kang Guizong, another alternate dimension of Seris was located there. Once they arrived, Wen Jin would naturally come to find them. Wen Jin had a way to raise Ronan's magic power limit to the seventh level.

The three of them did not take the official roads or the waterways, but instead flew through the uninhabited mountainous areas to reach Chang'an as quickly as possible.

Two days later, the three entered Shaanxi territory. After flying for a while, they found it inconvenient to continue flying to avoid attracting unnecessary attention.

Although they could no longer fly, they still traveled at an extremely fast pace, and on the third day, the three of them had already arrived in Chang'an.

Although this world did not experience the same devastation as Chang'an at the end of the Tang Dynasty, the end of the previous dynasty was not much different from the end of the Tang Dynasty. That era was the first time that the quantity and quality of superhumans reached a peak. At the same time, firearms and cannons were still a thing of the past. In the West, it was the era with the most lords and the most prosperous church. In the East, it was also the era when superhumans who had mastered military power were the most rampant.

So, Chang'an was still destroyed.

For a long time afterward, there was little progress in the previous dynasty.

It wasn't until this dynasty, with the expansion of both land and sea routes and the reopening of trade routes, that things finally started to improve.

However, these were not things Ronan needed to worry about; what he cared about was where the entrance to the alternate dimension was.

"We need to dig underground."

Kang Guizong replied.

"Dig? So, you've never been?" Ronan asked again.

“Of course I’ve never been there, I just know the location,” Kang Guizong replied. “The entrance to the passage was built more than 1,800 years ago, when Seris was still under the Han Dynasty. Think about how many times Chang’an has been rebuilt, the entrance must have been buried underground long ago, right?”

Suddenly, Ronan asked, seemingly casually, "You know so much, yet you don't know anything about the other me?"

In an instant, the atmosphere suddenly became tense. Outside the main gate of Chang'an City, the pedestrians and carriages coming and going seemed to become a blurred, out-of-focus black and white background. Only Ronan, Dinia, and Kang Guizong were in focus, in color, and fixed there, motionless.

Chapter 827 A Clash of Titans: The Entrance is Underwater, Just Who is Ronan?

After a long while, Kang Guizong suddenly moved and laughed out loud, "I only know what I know."

"Then tell me, in your other world, do you know more or less?" Ronan seemed unwilling to let the matter drop and asked again.

His words still carried a hidden meaning.

Kang Guizong still smiled. "That's hard to say. I can't see another version of myself, can I?"

The same veiled meaning was conveyed in the words.

Ronan simply smiled and did not reply.

Sometimes, the confrontation between men isn't about glaring at each other, but rather about subtle, almost imperceptible smiles.

Sometimes, as long as you don't think the other person is a fool, there are unspoken understandings.

Dinia stood there watching the two of them, her first thought being pity for Lavigne. She felt it was all so foolish; the man she had cared about until her death, was this all he was? This foolish behavior? But then she realized Ronan was foolish too, and she loved Ronan. So, was she a fool too?

Forget it, I'm tired.

Ronan broke free from his restraints and walked towards the city gate, asking as he did so, "By the way, you've never been here before, how did you know Wen Jin would definitely come?"

Kang Guizong continued forward, “I learned from Lavini that after Wenjin gets tired of something, she will sleep for a hundred years, come out to be active for fifty years, and then sleep again.”

“One hundred and fifty years, an interesting number,” Ronan said.

The limit for extraordinary individuals is roughly this number. If Wen Jin is active for fifty years and then sleeps for another hundred years, by the time she wakes up, almost everyone she knew during her travels in the world will be dead.

As they spoke, the three of them joined the queue to enter the city. They didn't wait long, and after paying a few coins for the entrance fee, they entered the city.

Unlike Ronan's timeline, Seris didn't have the same kind of afforestation of the Western Regions during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. Of course, there was some greenery here, but not as much. Instead, there were many Buddhists who didn't practice vegetarianism. At the end of the previous dynasty, the world was in chaos, and the Western Regions were out of control. Although it wasn't as bad as at the end of the Tang Dynasty, the Han people still became weaker here, and the Western Regions became the domain of the Hu people, who generally believed in Buddhism.

Firstly, religion is indeed something that can enhance cohesion. Secondly, in this extraordinary world, Buddhism not only functions as an inn, post station, pawnshop, and money exchange, but also as an educational institution.

Seris's Threefold Cultivation Method requires reading the classics. Whether you annotate the scriptures or the scriptures annotate you, you really can't learn it if you don't study hard and are uneducated.

Buddhism, on the other hand, teaches everything, primarily "divine vow magic," followed by "elemental magic," and also includes "summoning magic." Of course, the word "demon" doesn't appear in their teachings. As for Buddhist scriptures, you can recite them or not, it's up to you.

Under Kang Guizong's guidance, Ronan and his two companions quickly found a shop that was neither green nor Buddhist, but a well-run and distinctive shop.

As soon as he entered, Ronan pointed to the wooden menu hanging on the wall, "This one, this one, this one, and this one, get the large portions of all of them."

Dinia frowned and asked in a low voice, "What is a donkey whip?"

After years of studying, Dinya has learned quite a few Chinese characters.