The emperor still had a trump card. When he ascended the throne, the Shell System had automatically told him the true supreme command.
He had used that command to generate a stable Empire Module containing imperial authority, then used the module to exercise his power.
Anyone who had never been emperor would never know that the Empire Module in his hand was not important. It was merely a "copy."
Sending the character for "Inverted Tower," then communicating with the system by asking questions—that was the true supreme command.
As long as he knew this hidden method of control, he could create any number of modules exclusive to the emperor.
It was a safeguard against treacherous officials stealing the emperor's module.
Surely the emperor could not be left helpless just because he had lost his "scepter." This hidden method of control was the true proof of identity for every emperor in history.
"To think he betrayed me. I gave him that authority, and I can take it back... Cough, cough..."
The emperor's face darkened. Betrayal by the person he trusted most had upset him so badly that his "imperial person was unwell." He immediately ordered the system to revoke every imperial module. The one in Mosaic's hands should now be useless.
With that done, he had no time to deal with the traitor. He hesitated over the news spreading online, but ultimately chose not to delete what Qian Liu had posted.
It was too late. Many people had already seen it, and some had even made backups.
Deleting it now would only invite suspicion. Better to leave it up and declare that Qian Liu had fabricated the whole thing.
After all, faking video, audio, and projected images was not difficult these days.
Everything Qian Liu had posted was true, but if