Upon hearing Sequence Number 1’s words, Wen Yu slowly furrowed his brows.
To say he felt at ease would certainly be a lie. Anyone nearly killed by a conspiracy wouldn’t feel at ease. Even if he had killed a few people, it wouldn’t make his world all sunshine and rainbows.
What’s more, even Kuangliu and Claire were rely pawns...
The real players were in Yanjing and Washington!
And Wen Yu, due to the promise he had made to the Night Daemon Smilodon, couldn’t cause trouble for them anyti soon!
"I wouldn’t exactly say I’m at ease, but what is the ’important matter’ you ntioned?"
Sequence Number 1, rummaging through his space ring, said, "That’s a question you have to take up with the person in charge."
After saying this, Sequence Number 1 took out an impressively futuristic tablet from his space ring, tapped it a couple of tis, and then an image appeared on the screen—Lin Haifeng, the supre leader of the Earth Community.
On the screen, Lin Haifeng first inspected the two corpses on the ground. The corner of his eye twitched slightly, a clear sign he wasn’t calm. Then, Lin Haifeng gently took a sip of tea, composed himself sowhat, and turned to Wen Yu, saying, "Nice to see you again, Wen Yu. I wonder, will the lives of my son and the strongest of the Arican military be enough to ease your anger a bit?"
Wen Yu remained silent for a while, then suddenly burst out laughing.
The laughter grew louder and more intense, until tears almost stread from Wen Yu’s eyes. Only then did the laughter slowly subside. However, anyone could hear the biting sarcasm in his laughter.
After a mont, Wen Yu cald down. He looked at Lin Haifeng on the screen and said softly, "What’s this? Your way of settling things with ? Honestly, I genuinely feel it wasn’t worth it for Kuangliu. It’s always the son who screws over the father; I never expected to witness a drama where the father screws over the son."
Lin Haifeng remained expressionless, simply replying calmly, "Yes, their lives are part of my explanation to you."
...
When Lin Haifeng said this, the final piece of the conspiracy puzzle was revealed.
In actuality, Kuangliu and Claire played minor roles in this conspiracy. Claire could at least serve a supervisory role, but Kuangliu? What was he doing staying in Las Vegas?
Was he supposed to collect the Night Daemon Smilodon after the plan succeeded? Anyone could do that job.
When Wen Yu was under control, withdrawing was actually the smartest choice for Kuangliu and Claire. However, for so reason, the two didn’t leave...
This puzzled Wen Yu. If Kuangliu and Claire had fled to Washington, or even so unknown place abroad, how could he find them?
Lin Haifeng on the screen looked at Wen Yu, who was floating in mid-air, and continued in a calm voice, "Actually, this plan was initiated by . Its original purpose was to control you and use your combat power for myself."
"However, this plan was not guaranteed to be one hundred percent successful. In fact, no conspiracy can ever guarantee a one hundred percent success rate."
"In my estimation, this plan had an over eighty percent chance of success. That figure was enough for to take a bit of a risk."
Wen Yu snorted coldly, then pointed to Kuangliu and Claire on the ground.
"This risk, in your eyes, is rely ’a bit’?"
Lin Haifeng nodded decisively. "Putting aside my blood relation with Kuangliu, this is a risk I can bear."
Wen Yu was montarily speechless.
...
"I understand your anger is imnse, and you probably want to kill . But you also know you can’t kill , because I will not leave the Yanjing Assembly Site."
Wen Yu snorted heavily.
He was well aware of the Yanjing Assembly Site’s strength. Coupled with the fact that Sequence Number 1, for so unknown reason, was now allied with Lin Haifeng, Lin Haifeng had beco exceedingly difficult to kill.
Lin Haifeng continued, "I understand why you’re so resentful. After all, we were the ones who used sches to plot against you first. I admit this."
"However, we can look at this matter from a different perspective."
"For instance, instead of seeing this as a conspiracy to fra you, what if we consider it a gamble?"
...
"We two, as parties to this gamble, both wagered on this round. Your chip was your own freedom. My chips were the lives of Sequence Number 3 and Sequence Number 5, as well as so other minor things. Fair, isn’t it?"
"BULLSHIT!!!"
Wen Yu spat out the word forcefully.
From an outsider’s perspective, if this could be considered a gamble, then the stakes on both sides did indeed seem fair.
However!
In Wen Yu’s own mind, his life was priceless!
Wen Yu said nothing, rely staring coldly at Lin Haifeng.
Lin Haifeng continued, "I know what you’re thinking. You believe this gamble isn’t fair from your perspective, perhaps because the odds of winning weren’t equal. But you can’t deny that I also paid a hefty price. So..."
Lin Haifeng finished speaking and gestured to Sequence Number 1 beside him.
Sequence Number 1 directly took out a space ring and tossed it to Wen Yu.
Wen Yu looked down.
It was rely the lowest grade, an F-Class space ring. There wasn’t much inside, just a single scroll.
Skill Upgrade Scroll (SS-Class item): Upon use, can upgrade an S-class skill to SS-Class!
A valuable and handy item indeed.
Then, Lin Haifeng smiled at Wen Yu and said, "This, plus the lives of my son and Claire, is my explanation to you. What do you think?"
...
Wen Yu looked around. Kuangliu’s severed head lay with its eyes wide open, a look of lingering panic and confusion frozen on his face.
As for Claire, she had long since been turned into minced at, a heap on the ground, her features indistinguishable.
Adding the skill upgrade scroll in his hand to the equation...
Wen Yu pondered for a long ti. He then slowly lifted his head, gave Lin Haifeng a deep look, and turned to leave.
Staying here would be completely aningless.And just as Lin Haifeng had said, as long as Lin Haifeng remained in Yanjing and didn’t co out, he had no good way to deal with him.
As far as he knew, apart from Kuangliu, the military still had three other War Gods. This ant Cathay’s military possessed three more individuals on par with Kuangliu’s strength. Adding to that Sequence Number 1, who was now with Lin Haifeng for so reason, and all the trump cards Lin Haifeng held in Yanjing...
Wen Yu, though furious, was no fool. He wasn’t about to blindly charge back to Cathay to try and stab Lin Haifeng, knowing the probability of success was slim.
Attempting such a thing, rather than resulting in Lin Haifeng’s death, would more likely lead to his own defeat in Yanjing.
So, this matter was considered closed... at least for now.
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