He grew frantic and launched a psychic attack, but it was ineffective against the chunks of tal. However, as a deity, He wasn't so easily at his wit's end. With a cold sneer, He glared forcefully from several kiloters away.
"AARGH!"
The personnel remotely controlling the robots suddenly felt a buzzing in their heads. Their limbs went numb, and half of their bodies beca paralyzed. As they collapsed, the robots stopped moving. The Lord of Gluttony smashed and hamred them repeatedly, scrapping them all in a matter of monts.
Although scrapping the robots didn't cause any loss of life, manufacturing these things burned through an imnse amount of money.
"Quick, retreat!"
No longer concerned about the financial loss, the personnel scrambled to escape. They never imagined that even from such a distance, they couldn't block a single glare from the deity's incarnation.
When the deity's true body descends, will a re sweep of his gaze annihilate the entire city in an instant?
"Why are we humans so vulnerable!"
"At this rate, what will we have to resist the invasion of deities in the future?"
The shadow of despair lood over their heads, impossible to dispel.
They had also successfully gathered a key piece of intelligence: the Lord of Gluttony accompanying Lin Tang wasn't weak at all. Instantly, the group that was about to forcibly capture Shen Youling wisely retreated as well.
As for Xiao Xuanye, he still wasn't released. It seed they were determined to deal with him for good.
"Think this will make give up? Naive!" Lin Tang's expression turned cold as he discerned their intentions. "Little Gluttony, since they're so interested in you, why don't you go and have so fun with them?"
"Sure thing, I'll go eat—"
"Hm?"
"Oh, no, no, no! I misspoke! I never eat people, hehe. Rest assured, I'll only eat their money and make them feel the sting for a lifeti!"
"Good, you're sensible. I'll give you an hour. I hope you don't forget the way back and get yourself lost."
"Haha, how could I?" the Lord of Gluttony said with an obsequious look.
I'll take this chance to slip away and never co back! But then, he tensed internally. The strange thods of Cultivators are endlessly varied, no less formidable than those of us Evil Gods. They might even be stronger and more diverse. Who knows which ones Lin Tang has mastered? Or if he's secretly used one on already... I've endured so much humiliation just to preserve this incarnation. I can't let it all be for nothing by trying to escape now.
And so, He soared into the sky, rocketing toward a certain area. He had already decided he would definitely return later and obey Lin Tang's commands.
"This is terrible! Terrible! Lin Tang has lost his mind, unleashing a deity on people! How dare he!"
"Since the deity has left him, he's without protection. Why not send a few more robots to wipe him out?"
"We can't! Although we don't know how he's doing it, he's the only one who can control this deity's incarnation right now. If we rashly kill him, who knows what an uncontrolled deity might do."
"Sigh, call Lin Tang and negotiate a truce! And clarify that the robots that attacked him weren't ours, but from foreign powers..."
When a call from Yan Qinghe ca through to Lin Tang's phone, Lin Tang was about to reject it. Unexpectedly, his phone was remotely forced to answer automatically.
"...This piece of junk is completely insecure. Looks like I'll have to research how to refine a phone for myself later," Lin Tang muttered.
Of course, he could have simply crushed the phone to physically sever the connection. But why should he? He was not about to destroy his own property. Besides, it held many photos and videos of him and Lee Encai, which he took out from ti to ti to reminisce.
"Lin Tang, let's talk. First, on behalf of the governnt, I apologize. Our negligence montarily allowed foreign powers to take advantage..."
"Foreign powers? Do you take for an idiot? You think I'd believe that bullshit?"
"It's true. You're still at the scene, right? You can check the engine numbers on those robots. Plus, we have other evidence..."
"If you're just going to keep spouting this kind of nonsense, then don't bother saying anything at all."
"...All right." The person on the other end then launched into an impassioned plea, even playing the sympathy card. He spoke of how Lin Tang's father, Lin Jianyi, had developed many precious technologies for the country during his lifeti. Even the very robots that were now in official use were only possible because of Lin Jianyi's crucial contributions back in the day.
"So you use the robots my father helped create to co after . How ironic," Lin Tang sneered. "Speaking of which, my father invented so many patented technologies. You've all been using them for years, yet I haven't received a single cent. Don't you think that's going too far?"
"Well, that's because you were missing for several years. We can compensate you now. All the fees, plus interest and late penalties, are no problem."
"What if I demand to have the patents back and forbid you from using them anymore?"
"But..." Yan Qinghe was dumbfounded.
Many of Lin Jianyi's patents were foundational to critical sectors. Losing them would be a major disaster for the entire technology field. A great deal of in-depth research and developnt would be paralyzed, and it would even affect all aspects of life in Central Earth.
"Lin Tang, you know that's not realistic..."
"So what you're saying is, even if I wanted to retract them, you'd just shalessly keep using them anyway?"
Lin Tang sighed. "If my father's spirit in heaven could see how you're treating his son, he would be heartbroken."
Yan Qinghe fell silent, hanging his head in sha. Whether it was real sha or an act, who could say.
After a mont, seeing that Lin Tang was about to hang up, Yan Qinghe said earnestly, "Believe it or not, when the Lin Family had their incident, we truly had no involvent whatsoever. Kid, we would always welco your return..."
"On the condition that I hand over the so-called great secret of the Lin Family? No matter how many tis I say I don't know it, you still won't believe ."
Lin Tang sneered coldly. "If I were still an ordinary person with no power to rely on, your 'welco' would just be an invitation to rot in jail on trumped-up charges. Spare the hypocrisy!"
And so, no matter how Yan Qinghe tried to persuade him, Lin Tang showed no intention of recalling the Lord of Gluttony.
As the Lord of Gluttony's rampage spread, the damage mounted. Yan Qinghe and the others felt their hearts bleed at the cost, and their desperation grew.
"Son of a bitch! That little bastard Lin Tang really doesn't give a damn about the bigger picture!"
"We were just testing him, and he's ready to flip the whole table?"
"If he pisses us off enough, we should just launch the nukes! Worst case, a bunch of people will go down with him!"
"Alright, stop with the angry talk. We need to think of another idea."
"I've got it! Doesn't Long Tianji have zero tolerance for deities? And he's about to beco our State Preceptor for Central Earth. What are we waiting for? Let's imdiately draft a joint petition, imploring the Supre Leader to order Long Tianji to annihilate this Lord of Gluttony, and then... humanely eliminate Lin Tang!"
"Good, let's do that!"
"But Long Tianji is so defiant. What if he disobeys the order?"
"I doubt it. Last ti, the Supre Leader passed a ssage to the head of Jiangbei, just a few lines of classical text, and Long Tianji beca very compliant. Those classical texts must be so kind of specific code. It proves that Long Tianji still has things he's wary of; he can't truly be a hundred percent indifferent to everything."
"Regardless, let's start by appealing to his sense of reason and duty..."
And so, just as the Lord of Gluttony was preparing to head back of his own accord...
「Heavenly chanism Martial Alliance」
At the place where his manifested body was stationed, a ssage arrived from Wei Zichu. It said that officials were requesting an audience.
"Hm? They want to kill... myself? Hahaha, interesting. Truly interesting!"
Lin Tang laughed. He laughed again, a loud, booming laugh, but his heart felt as cold as ice.
"Little Gluttony!!"
"Present! What are your orders?"
"Go find Yan Qinghe and settle the final score! Anyone who dares to interfere is to be killed without rcy!!"
"For real? Oh, that's wonderful! I finally, finally get to kill people!!!"
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