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A city of dreams, four gates, each with a straight road leading to the center of the city, four avenues from all directions, converge in one place-

A three-story hall in the heart of the City of Dreams.

Although it has only three floors, this palace is more than two hundred meters high, and each floor is far and magnificent, like an ancient beast entrenched in the center of the Dream City.

The entire Dream City is illusory, and no matter how realistic it is, it still has a feeling that it is overly ornate and fake, after all, it is not a real world.

But this three-story hall in the center of the city is different.

It sits quietly, blending in with its surroundings, yet at the same time out of place, not the tallest building in the City of Dreams, but undeniably above the city.

Because...... It looks very real.

It's as if a building in the real world has been moved to this dream city. It has a name that fits it well: the Temple of Truth.

In the name of truth, it stands at the center of dreams.

The City of Dreams has the concept of time, but there is no alternation of day and night, and bright light seeps out of the void and illuminates this virtual world.

Caterina stood in front of the real hall at this time, looked at this hall for a long time, then took a deep breath, and walked up the stairs.

"Yo, Katarina, it's been a long time. ”

As soon as I entered the first floor of the main hall, someone said hello.

Caterina smiled and nodded.

There were many people on the first floor of the hall, although their appearances and gender temperaments were different, they all had a common feature, that is, the school officer badge on their military uniforms.

The first floor of the entire real hall is full of imperial school officials!

Some of them were resting alone, some were whispering something, some were deducing something around a sand table, and some of them arrived in a hurry, exchanged the information they needed, and then hurried away. Not many people greeted Caterina, because everyone had their own things to do, and the first floor of this real hall was the place for the Imperial Officers to communicate and communicate, and it was a meeting place for the Imperial Officers.

Caterina made her way to the corner of the first floor, where there was a spiraling staircase of light that led to the second floor of the Temple of Truth.

"Authentication. An old man sitting cross-legged at the top of the stairs opened his eyes and said calmly.

Caterina immediately handed over a special card, and the old man took it, swept it somewhere on the stairs beside him, then nodded, and said, "Confirm your identity, go up." ”

After a pause, the old man added: "Remember not to time out." ”

Caterina solemnly agreed, "Yes." ”

Then walk up again.

The real temple is not a place where you can stay for a long time, and if you stay here for too long, you will not be able to return to your body in the real world.

The officers on the first floor of the hall had to leave after spending a day here at most.

On the second floor of the hall is the office of the three generals of the empire. But as strong as an imperial general, he can't stay on the second floor for more than a week in a row.

As for an imperial major like Katarina, she can generally only take it for half a day and must leave.

Legend has it that the third floor of the Temple of Truth is the true core and center of the entire Dream City, and it is also the place where the Imperial Marshal and the no-adult known as the "Marshal's Shadow" can go. With Katerina's strength, the third layer can't stay for a moment, but if you can go up, you can get the qualification to stay in the real hall forever.

Caterina walked up to the second floor, where it was in a world of its own, and after a long walk through the corridors, Caterina finally stopped in front of a quaint wooden door and knocked softly.

"General. Caterina exclaimed softly.

There was silence for a while before an old voice came out: "Come in." ”

Open the door, here is a simple layout but can be seen from the details of the exquisite office, in front of the desk sat a rather tough old man, hair half black and half white, his temperament is a bit like Hemingway, kindness and majesty, but there is more innocence and playfulness in the eyes that rarely appear in the elderly.

"Is it going well?" asked the old man with a smile, very heartily, not at all with the deep solemnity of those who have been in high positions for a long time.

"It's all done. Caterina nodded.

"Caesar drew the man we wanted him to draw from?"

"Yes. ”

"Which of the three was drawn?"

"It was Zhuo Yi who was drawn. ”

"Aha!" the old man grinned and laughed happily, "Very good, starting with the people of the Forest Clan, this is indeed more in line with my ideas, well done!"

If Caesar were here, he would have been surprised to hear the conversation between Caterina and this old man, who was obviously one of the three great generals of the Empire.

He drew lots to draw Zhuo Yi, which turned out to be not just a coincidence, but a probability of choosing one of the three.

There will be at least one of his three opponents in the second round, either Aloman, Zhuoyi, or Wen Yuan. This is already set by the military department.

"But is that really good?" asked Caterina hesitantly, "using Caesar to target the tripartite alliance of the Twelve Roundtables, Earth Street, and the Forest Clan." ”

"What's wrong?" the old man stood up and stretched his waist, as if he had a matter on his mind, the whole person relaxed, and said even more casually, "These three forces have promised that they will never weaken the rights of the family, so they are so unscrupulous, how can they not rectify and rectify?"

After a pause, the old man's tone faintly revealed a hint of toughness: "Especially the Forest Clan." Forget about the Twelve Round Table and Earth Street, they are part of the empire, although they have gone too far this time, but it is finally the internal contradiction of the empire, and if there is a contradiction, it will be resolved, which is nothing. But what is the involvement of the Forest Clan? Her Royal Highness the Celestial Princess, this time she will inevitably stretch her hand too long!"

"So, give it a slap!"

The old man laughed again.

"If you stretch your hand too long, slap it, and be willing to retract it, that's fine. Isn't it very good that the military department is openly doing this, but it is just right that Caesar can kill their sharp spirit, and the military department can resolve the whole thing without really coming forward? ”

Caterina snorted, was silent for a moment, and said, "General, you know that this is not what I asked. ”

What Caterina asked was whether it was appropriate to use Caesar's alliance with the Twelve, Earth Street, and the Foresters.

The old man's answer was of course appropriate, because since someone challenged the authority of the military department, it was natural to give some color to see. The other party's current behavior is not stepping on the bottom line, so the military department can also be gentle, and let Caesar teach Zhuo Yi a lesson in the second round, which is enough.

However, what Caterina really asked was not whether to return the color, but whether it was really appropriate to use Caesar as a person.

In other words, what Caterina hesitates is not action, but the choice of the executor.

"What, what do you think Caesar is inappropriate?" the old man smiled, "I have read the report on his performance in the Dragon Road, the performance report on the Food Island, and I also personally watched his first round of assessment just now, this kid is a super genius, and it is impossible for that Zhuo Yi of the Forest Clan to beat him." ”

"General!" called Caterina.

"What?" the old man still smiled.

Caterina gritted her teeth and said, "Please don't deliberately pretend to be stupid! This Caesar was accepted as a student by the Blue Phoenix, so he is naturally already a member of our military department, but the Blue Phoenix is not from our side. Since the chief examiner of this unified examination is you, why do you want to use someone from General Lan's side?"

At this, Caterina could not continue, for she saw that the casual and gentle smile that had been on the old man's face had disappeared.

Caterina immediately lowered her head and said with some trepidation, "I'm sorry, I lost my words." ”

The old man was silent for a long time before he spoke slowly: "It's good to know that you have lost your words." In this case, don't say it again in the future, even if General Lan and I disagree on some national policy issues, we will definitely not be able to talk about 'this side' and 'that side'. Everybody's for the Empire, isn't it?"

Caterina bit her lip and whispered in response.

The three major generals of the empire, General Long, General Blue, and a female general. Female generals rarely pay attention to political affairs, and are known for their strong personal ability and receive the rank of general.

And General Long, that is, the old man in the room, and General Lan handle the affairs of the military department together, but on many key issues, they have completely opposite opinions.

Over time, naturally, the two generals split into factions and gave birth to a slight confrontation.

The distance and coldness that Caesar had felt from Caterina before came from this.

Because in Caterina's eyes, Caesar is a student of Blue Phoenix, and Blue Phoenix is a direct subordinate of General Blue, so Caesar is naturally a person from General Blue's side. Even though Caterina herself admired Caesar's performance, she would unconsciously keep her distance.

Seeing that Caterina was silent, General Long suddenly sighed and asked, "Little Carter, you're still not convinced, right?"

Caterina whispered, "Don't dare. ”

General Long seemed to smile, walked to the corner of the room, stared down at a map of the world from a hundred years ago placed in the corner, and said, "Lord Marshal and Lord Wu will stay for a hundred years when they enter the third floor of this real palace. For a hundred years, the people who have really been in charge of the empire are General Lan and me. I can disagree with him, but I must not really separate factions, which is very important, Carter, do you understand?"