Spring Mountain Empty Monument Without Words

The core of the story is not only "martyrdom", but also the "instrumentalization" and "purification" of ideals by power. The emperor needs their talents to cleanse the old order, and his death is needed to sacrifice for the new order, so as to complete the transition of the empire from chaos to "stability". ·The emperor's ultimate plan: 1. Scavenger: Use the protagonist group as the sharpest knife to eradicate the intricate family forces. This is their first stage value. 2. Scapegoat: After the aristocratic family is eliminated, society will inevitably go through a period of pain. The emperor needed to redirect all public grievances (unemployment, price instability, chaos during the power vacuum) onto a new, more specific target. The protagonist group with no background, radical methods, and great achievements is the perfect "new evil dragon". 3. Sacrifice: Through a grand and public trial and execution, the emperor declared to the world: "All the turmoil and misfortune are due to this group of madmen who have brought disaster to the country and the people. Now, I have acted for heaven and brought order to the chaos." Their deaths will become the emperor's final sacrifice to create his own image as a "saint king". ·A voice in the emperor's heart said: "I gave them a stage to display their talents and realize those unrealistic dreams. Now, it's time to wake up from the dream. Their value has been realized when they brought down the family; their last loyalty is to die happily and use their stigma to fulfill my eternal holy name."