Chapter 1769 Subterranean Anomaly (Part 1)

When Inas returned to the underground world with the necklace Gu Chen had given her, she was immediately surrounded by a group of people.

"Your Majesty, the test launch of the artificial satellite was a complete success. What has been the reaction of the people on the ground?"

"Your Majesty, there is no time to lose. Let's launch more satellites as soon as possible. It won't be long before we can live on the ground."

"Your Majesty..."

As soon as these people surrounded her, they started talking all at once to Inas.

Inas was quite helpless about this, as these people were all elderly men, who were also the princes and ministers who were responsible for managing the country on a daily basis.

The first to speak were the princes and ministers who strongly advocated waging war against the surface humans in order to seize living space.

"Ministers, please hear me out first."

After waiting for a while and seeing that the group of princes and ministers had not quieted down, Inas had no choice but to speak.

As Inas's penetrating words spread in all directions, the surrounding princes and ministers all fell silent.

After all, Inas is their queen. Even if they can rely on their seniority, there are still some rules to follow if things don't break down completely.

"Your Majesty, please speak."

Finally, a minister bowed slightly to Inas and said with his hands clasped.

"I have decided to temporarily halt the launch of artificial satellites, specifically..."

Before Inas could finish her sentence, the group of princes and ministers could no longer remain silent.

"Your Majesty, this is absolutely not allowed!"

"Your Majesty, are you abandoning your 40 billion compatriots?"

"Your Majesty, you no longer need to concern yourself with this matter. Leave it to us. Please go back and rest in peace!"

As the group of princes and ministers talked, they stepped forward and surrounded them.

And judging from their words, it seems they want to put Inas under house arrest.

Although the queen is noble, the actual rulers of the country are these princes and ministers. So as long as Inas is under their control, they can do whatever they want.

The only obstacle comes from their political enemies.

Inas felt a chill run down her spine as she watched the princes and ministers closing in on her.

Although she had long realized that these princes and ministers did not trust her, she never expected that they, who had sworn allegiance to her, would turn against her.

Is it that they finally couldn't tolerate the hereditary system anymore and didn't want to have another nominal master above them?

Or is it because Inas has only recently taken over power in the country and hasn't had the opportunity to use her influence to win over these princes and ministers?

Or perhaps, these princes and ministers were influenced by negative energy?

"How dare you! What are you trying to do? Guards!"

Thinking of this, Ina immediately shouted and called for the guards to prepare to protect her.

"Your Majesty, please just listen to us. Once it's done, you'll know that everything we did was right."

However, to Inas's alarm, the guards around her did not act on her orders.

The guards she brought back had been knocked to the ground by other guards at some point, their fate unknown.

"Are you trying to rebel?!"

Inas admitted that she had underestimated these old guys.

No, or rather, these old guys in front of me are too good at disguising themselves.

Inas remembered clearly that several of the people in front of her were the moderates who had initially supported her.

Some of them even watched her grow up.

Inas had always believed that these people should be the most loyal princes and ministers to her, but now it seemed that the situation was not as she thought.

"Your Majesty is joking. How could we possibly rebel?"

"Yes, yes, we were just worried that Her Majesty the Queen was too young and inexperienced to handle such a matter of life and death for the country, so we had to take over."

"Your Majesty, please come to the palace and stop talking about stopping the satellite launch plan."

The princes and ministers approached Inas step by step, their faces bearing false smiles, but their voices growing colder and colder.

Inas was forced to retreat, and at this moment she was completely isolated and helpless.

It's not that there are absolutely no people in the country who support Inas, but rather that none of them are around and have no idea that she is now in danger.

Finally, when the nobles and royalty approached Inas to a certain distance, the portable negative energy detector that Inas was carrying suddenly sounded an urgent alarm.

Beep beep beep... beep beep beep... beep beep beep beep...

The sudden noise immediately silenced the surroundings. The smiles on the faces of the princes and ministers vanished, and their cold gazes fell on Inas.

They knew very well that Inas didn't possess anything that could make these strange sounds.

"Your Majesty, could you please explain the sound coming from your body?"

A prince or minister pointed at Inas and said in a cold voice.

Inas's gaze turned completely cold. The sound from the portable detector confirmed a fact: all the princes and ministers before her were affected by negative energy.

This made Inas feel a little better, since the situation was created under the influence of negative energy, rather than because they genuinely wanted to do it this way.

While this doesn't mean that these princes and ministers didn't harbor any ill intentions towards her, at least they didn't put their thoughts into practice before being influenced by negative energy.

Inas was no stranger to power and ambition; having grown up in the palace, she had heard her parents talk about these things many times, but experiencing them firsthand was a first for her.

"It seems Mr. Gu Chen is right. You have all been affected by negative energy. No wonder your words and opinions are more radical than before. I thought it was because my ascension to the throne stimulated you."

Inas's gaze swept over the princes and ministers before her, and she spoke in a cold voice.

"Mr. Gu Chen? Your Majesty, you've made contact with humans from the surface world?!"

"And you even sided with humanity on Earth, trying to stop the artificial satellite launch plan?!"

"Your Majesty, have you betrayed your country?!"

"Queen... no, Inas, you are not worthy to be our Queen!"

"Guards! Throw this criminal into jail!"

Upon hearing the unfamiliar name Gu Chen from Inas's mouth, the princes and ministers, as if they had seized a golden opportunity, immediately began to shout loudly and fiercely, giving Inas no chance to defend herself, and were about to seize Inas in one fell swoop.