After landing on the ground, Din Meng discovered that the capital of the Steelmane Empire was actually quite large. This largeness was not reflected in the area, but in terms of size.
Because all the buildings are built in the form of "building blocks", some places are stacked very high, and some places only have one or two floors. This is a bit similar to a large starship, like a steel fortress in space, but it is
Somewhat like an undulating mountain range, the streets run between the major "building blocks", extending in all directions and interweaving horizontally, vertically and diagonally in various ways. It can be said to be a three-dimensional street.
And looking at the top of the fortress in the distance, there is a temple building. The temples are not black, but seven colors. That is the imperial city of the Steel Mane Empire. The destination for Din Meng and his party is the imperial city.
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There are royal guards waiting on the tarmac. These steel-maned soldiers are wrapped in various shiny and thick metal battle suits. Only their heads are left outside. The clothes they wear are obviously qualitatively different from those of ordinary people.
The weapons are mostly made of exquisite knives and swords, unlike ordinary steel-maned people who like to use those silly, big, black and thick things. From this point, it can be seen that these royal guards are much better than ordinary people in martial arts.
Ding Meng scanned it and found that Zhan Feng's hair was actually close to dark blue, which meant that he was between the elders and the governor, while the other guards were pure sky blue.
The elders of the Steel Mane Empire are equivalent to warrior-level energy users. There are twenty guards in this group, and together they are a force that cannot be ignored. Of course, this force is already very powerful in the Steel Mane Capital.
Zhan Feng prepared a black fabric robe for Xiaobai for no other purpose. Xiaobai's skin color was too weird. In order to avoid the surprised looks of other people on the street, he tried to cover it up as much as possible.
"Brother Feng, you finally came back successfully!" The leading guard came up to greet him. This man looked quite young, but he was very enthusiastic towards Zhan Feng. He was obviously a very trusted subordinate of Zhan Feng.
"Xiao Luo, thank you for your hard work!" Zhan Feng nodded with satisfaction.
"It's not hard, it should be!" Xiao Luo bowed slightly to Xiao Bai, "Your Highness, we are going to the Imperial City Funeral Palace now. Everyone is waiting for you to come back and hold the farewell ceremony for the body."
The Steelmane tribe treats the dead with great respect, because the population of the Steelmane Empire is smaller than that of other countries. Once someone dies, as long as conditions permit, a farewell ceremony will be held. If it is a member of the royal family, the ceremony will be more grand.
There are also pastors who will pray.
The imperial city didn't look like much from a distance, but once they reached the top, Ding Meng realized that the temple was just a cover. What should I say?
This is clearly the structure of a large starship. The temple is just the reconnaissance cabin at the top, the palace is the command hall, the treasury is the storage cabin, and the connection cabin is the city gate... It is completely a large starship embedded inside the building.
, it can only be said that the material of this starship is much better than that of starships from other countries.
The funeral palace feels like a restaurant. There are many seats arranged here, and the altar is in the center. As soon as Ding Meng and others entered, they attracted the attention of dozens of people present.
These people are obviously important members of the royal family, as can be seen from their gorgeous clothes, but everyone's focus is on Xiaobai's body. Xiaobai's skin color is a heresy in the empire, and many people have already
The whispers could be heard clearly with Ding Meng’s perception:
"Is that the fourth son of Mr. and Mrs. Mingli?"
"Look at his white hair. Could it be that he was contaminated and mutated?"
"I heard that the fourth son is an illegitimate son, do you want to share the inheritance?"
"Shh, keep your voice down, don't talk nonsense in this situation..."
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Ding Meng secretly thought that Xiaobai was an illegitimate child, no wonder he was abandoned at birth.
There was a large steel bed placed on the altar, with two people lying side by side on it with their eyes closed. These were Xiaobai's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Mingli.
In Ding Meng's eyes, although most of the Steel-maned people's looks were the same, this couple was obviously different from ordinary people. Their clothes were similar to the costumes of the ancient palace. They were square, graceful, luxurious, and covered with all kinds of things.
The jewelry pendants are all made of metal, followed by their hair and skin color. Their skin is purple and they are typical of the royal family.
Ming Li and his wife lay quietly among a pile of colorful metal funeral utensils, their expressions calm and peaceful.
Xiaobai had no impression of his parents at all. He just walked up and bowed three times to worship according to custom as a sign of filial piety.
Then Xiao Bai returned to the seat in the first row of the audience, and Ding Meng stood behind him. The other Steel Mane royal family had no objection to this, because Zhan Feng had already explained: This is the entourage of His Highness the Fourth.
It wasn't until Xiaobai finished paying homage that an old man with a steel-mane with purple-to-black hair came onto the stage. This was a priest of the royal family, specializing in presiding over farewell ceremonies. This kind of person was very respected in the empire.
After the pastor came to the stage, he glanced around the audience and then spoke slowly: "Dear relatives and friends of the Mingli couple, thank you for taking the time out of your busy schedule to see these two highly respected adults on their last journey. Now we will begin.
Perform a prayer ceremony.”
The thirty or forty people present immediately stood up and looked down at the ground in silence. The priest faced the corpse and muttered words. This time, even Din Meng could not understand the words of the steel mane. It felt like a Sanskrit scripture.
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Ding Meng's mental vision was secretly observing everyone, especially Xiaobai's two brothers and sister.
Zhan Feng had told him the basic situation on the way here. There were three steel-maned men standing on Xiaobai's left hand side, starting from the left was the eldest brother.
This steel-maned man has an average build and wears an ordinary general's uniform, but he has a pair of piercing eyes, a deep gaze, and a calm demeanor. You can tell at a glance that he is the kind of person who has a deep city. His eldest brother is called Mingyuan, and he serves in the empire.
The Operations Department Oversight Committee, this organization is equivalent to the cruise fleet commander in the human world, and it has great power.
However, the power structure of the Steel Mane Empire is a bit complicated. First of all, it does not have the positions of head of state, president, king, or queen. The highest power center is composed of the Council of Elders, and all major decisions are made by the Council of Elders.
There are seven elders in total, who are the legendary steel-maned overlords. However, the elders are scattered across the major planets in the Byron Star Territory, each in charge of their own affairs. No one is convinced by any of them, so it is difficult to form a unified opinion. This point
Even Din Meng has heard that the top management of the Steel Mane Empire is not united, which is the fundamental reason why they cannot defeat the Frogmen and the Nox Empire.
Next to Mingyuan stood a man with a steel mane about 3.5 meters tall. This man's whole body was muscular and powerful. He had a pair of huge eyes. He felt like a tiger that was ready to pounce at any time. The whole man was majestic.
Full of murderous intent, this is Xiaobai's second brother, named Mingjian, who belongs to the Grand Warrior Pavilion of the imperial family.
This organization is equivalent to the military secret service department, security bureau, elite group and other similar departments of the Nuoxing Empire. To put it simply, it is a place where experts gather, and it also holds the power of life and death.
Standing next to Xiaobai is his third sister Mingxue. This female steel-maned person is short in stature. She looks like the kind of playboy who doesn't do anything serious. How can I put it? She doesn't look like Steel.
Mane people, and like a human woman, the first thing is to dress up, that is the interstellar of the Federation Empire
Fashion, colorful, flying ribbons, bracelets, rings, necklaces and earrings are everywhere. She also dyed the hair on her head into colorful waves and gave her a killer hairstyle. If you didn’t look at her front, you might think
This is a human race. If you really look at it from the front, it is indescribably awkward and weird.
According to Zhan Feng and Xiao Luo's previous descriptions, Ming Xue was the kind of person who dressed up all day long and went to taverns in the city to have fun.
Ding Meng sighed slightly: "Xiaobai, your family members all have Ming surnames, so should your name be clear?"
Xiaobai wondered: "Do you understand? But I don't quite understand."
Ding Meng couldn't help but smile.
The small murmur between them was immediately noticed by the pastor on the stage.
A sharp warning glance swept down, and Xiaobai suddenly didn't dare to say a word.
Ding Meng didn't care. In his opinion, the priest was just that, but the priest looked at him meaningfully and continued to recite the curse.
Fortunately, the prayer ceremony did not last too long. The priest slowly spread his hands and pulled out a fiery red flame.
This source flame was also controlled very precisely, slowly melting the deceased into ashes and storing them in a box. This box was not used for burial, but was taken to the temple on the top floor by the royal guards and scattered in the air.
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This is the sky burial understood by the Steel Mane people. They believe that the deceased has been liberated and can travel freely with the wind in the future, integrating with the universe and all things.
As soon as the ceremony ended, everyone could sit down. The priest said solemnly: "I would like to invite Mr. Lu Sen to announce to the four highnesses the last wishes of the Ming Li couple and the aftermath."
Another old man with a steel mane came on stage in the crowd, and Ding Meng took this man a little more seriously, because his hair was almost black, which was purple to the extreme. He thought he was about to break through to a overlord-level powerhouse. At the same time, this man's hair was almost black.
His status is also quite high, he
He is the general under the Infantry Army, a member of the Elder Council. The Infantry Army controls the periphery of the Byron Star Territory. Its main responsibility is to mobilize starships for transportation. Mingli and his wife are also ministers, so Lu Sen came to the stage to read the will, which not only represented the Senate
Paying attention to and showing respect for the deceased.
After Lu Sen came to power, he didn't waste any time. He turned on an old-fashioned optical computer, generated a light screen, entered a specific password, and then said: "First, Mr. and Mrs. Mingli have been certified and agreed by the Council of Elders, and their lifetime property is 1 billion.
All 50 million star coins will be donated to the empire and used for the empire’s transportation, technology research and development, and external procurement!”
As soon as these words came out, the audience burst into applause, obviously admiring the couple's loyalty and generosity to the empire.
Only the three Mingyuan brothers and sisters didn't look very good-looking, and they didn't receive any of this inheritance.
Xiaobai looked confused. He had no concept or pursuit of money.
Ding Meng sighed secretly, this Steelmane Kingdom is really poor. The important ministers of the empire are not as good as the second- and third-rate small families in the human world. Let’s not talk about the top big conglomerates. I will only talk about the Chu family’s Haitian.
