bookrandom Chapter 697: Keep a line in life
Chapter 697: Keep a line in life
283 days after birth.
After a night of celebration, a new day began.
The inexplicable demise of Ao Hong indicates the presence of an unknown being near Shanghai whose combat power is definitely at or above the fifth-tier peak, or even higher.
Therefore, the reinforcements from the capital city did not leave immediately after celebrating the escape of the Shanghai survivor base from the shadow of the two Dragon Palaces' siege.
The unknown force that killed Ao Hong is still unknown whether it is friend or foe.
In uncertain situations, it's natural to prepare for the worst-case scenario.
The reinforcements from the capital city were prepared to stay here for a period of time to ensure the safety of the people of Shanghai.
After that, the capital city will send a team to Shanghai to conduct comprehensive political, military, and other liaison work.
The Shanghai leadership had anticipated this when they learned that Beijing was coming to their aid, so it wasn't surprising.
Moreover, the capital city possesses absolute dominance in strength, coupled with the righteous cause of saving all survivors in the Demon City from dire straits, and has slaughtered more than half of the evolved creatures of the East Sea Dragon Palace and the Yellow Sea Dragon Palace, with the chief villains Ao Hong and Ao Ba all brought to justice...
Under these circumstances, the negotiations between the two parties proceeded extremely smoothly.
Indeed, in the eyes of most Shanghai residents, Ao Hong was killed by reinforcements from the capital.
There's no need for everyone in Shanghai to know about the even greater hidden dangers.
For high-ranking officials in Shanghai like Lu Xun, it's enough to be aware of this.
Otherwise, the people of Shanghai, who are already on the verge of nervous breakdown, might completely collapse.
Because those who came to participate in the rescue mission were all highly capable combatants, the specific details would need to be handled by a professional team sent from the capital.
Involving Shanghai, the largest economic city in the Dragon Kingdom before the spiritual energy revival, even after being ravaged by the two Dragon Palaces, it still has a super-large survivor base with more than 15 million people.
Therefore, the leader of this negotiating team must have sufficient influence.
However, to Cang Nian's surprise, the leader of this team that came from the capital was none other than Ye Dingjiang, the former chief of the Dragon Kingdom!
Cang Nian's eyes widened as he watched Luo Yu, one of the strongest space-type evolutionists in the capital, bring Ye Dingjiang to Shanghai.
"Don't you need to stay in the capital?"
Cang Nian stared intently at Ye Dingjiang for a moment, then asked in confusion.
"There are no problems in the capital. I've also asked Professor Shen's colleagues to help you guard the ark."
No one could cause any trouble if they came, so why would I need to take charge?
I came to Shanghai partly to make some contacts with people here.
On the other hand, the Imperial Seal needs to establish contact with the survivors in Shanghai.
Despite being stared at by Cang Nian, Ye Dingjiang showed no unusual expression and spoke frankly without hiding anything.
"You mean... the Imperial Seal of the State has not yet established contact with Shanghai?"
"Since you're so far from the capital, how can you still obtain power from there?"
Cang Nian narrowed his eyes, then tentatively asked.
Asking this question is quite bold.
This is crucial to whether Ye Dingjiang can suppress Cangnian at this moment.
However, Cang Nian was only asking the question and did not expect Ye Dingjiang to answer truthfully.
His question was not unfounded.
In fact, the farther away he was from the main force of the Northeast Allied Army of the Dragon Kingdom, which was the majority of the members on the Ark, the weaker he felt the blessing of the incense power.
However, since the high-end combat forces of the Northeast Allied Army of the Dragon Kingdom, who had reached the fifth rank, were all nearby, the blessing of the incense offerings on him did not completely disappear.
However, the so-called power of the Imperial Seal of the State should actually be attributed to the power of incense offerings.
Could the two be related?
If you are too far from the source of the incense offerings, you will not be able to receive the blessings from the source of the incense offerings.
"Yes, the Imperial Seal of the State has not yet established contact with Shanghai."
The Imperial Seal is indeed not as powerful now as it was when it was in the capital.
However, the large force from the capital supporting Shanghai still has some power here.
"Your share from the Northeast Allied Army of the Dragon Kingdom is also being used to bless the Imperial Seal."
However, to Cang Nian's surprise, Ye Dingjiang did not hide anything and answered very readily.
Upon hearing this, Cang Nian's eyes narrowed slightly, his mind filled with countless thoughts.
What does Ye Dingjiang mean by this?
Did they perceive the unusual strength of the Northeast Allied Army of the Dragon Kingdom through the strength of the Imperial Seal?
He also said that the Imperial Seal of the State was not as powerful as it was in the capital, which seemed like a provocation to make him take action, making it seem extremely ambiguous...
Could it be that he sensed his sudden increase in strength and was provoking him to attack, while in reality the Imperial Seal hadn't weakened and intended to suppress and kill him here?
Cang Nian was somewhat confused and quite agitated.
When it comes to playing mind games, I have a good advantage against brainless evolved creatures.
But compared to Ye Dingjiang, the most cunning old fox in the entire Dragon Kingdom, they were nothing.
"Aren't you afraid I'll take advantage of your vulnerability by saying all this?"
Unable to figure it out, Cang Nian could only be direct and asked.
After speaking, he carefully observed Ye Dingjiang's expression, even using his free attribute skill to enhance his mental attribute, as if trying to see something out of Ye Dingjiang's face.
"You're not that kind of person, oh no, you're not that kind of tiger."
You have a higher moral standard than Qu Yinmei.
I left you a way out in my actions, and no matter what happens in the future, you will leave me a way out too.
Ye Dingjiang chuckled softly, shook his head, and looked completely confident.
"Hmph! That all-knowing look on your face is just annoying!"
Old man, you're too confident in your eyesight. You'll definitely suffer a great loss because of this in the future!
I have things to do, so I won't keep you company with this chat!
Seeing Ye Dingjiang's confident demeanor, Cang Nian felt as if he had been seen through, and felt uneasy all over. He paused for a moment, then sneered.
After saying that, Cangnian waved his paws and turned away.
Ye Dingjiang's words were vague, but Cang Nian still understood them.
Ye Dingjiang meant that during the previous battle at the Forbidden City, he was suppressed by the Imperial Seal of the State, but Ye Dingjiang did not take the opportunity to kill Cangnian or even purge the entire Northeast Allied Army of the Dragon Kingdom.
This is because he leaves himself an out.
In his view, Cang Nian has a bottom line. Regardless of whether Cang Nian has the strength or the opportunity to kill him, Cang Nian's own principles would not allow him to do so.
This is why the old man would leave him a way out.
Although he wanted to refute it, Cang Nian asked himself honestly, and he really thought so.
There was no direct conflict between him and Ye Dingjiang. Ye Dingjiang taking sides wouldn't necessarily lead to a life-or-death feud.
But he could have killed me, yet he didn't; that's a grace of not killing me.
Cang Nian doesn't want to owe anyone a favor, so he will definitely have to repay it in the future.
Therefore, even if there were a real opportunity to kill Ye Dingjiang now, Cang Nian's conscience would not allow him to do so.
"What are you going to do?"
Looking at Cang Nian, who was leading the Northeast Allied Army of the Dragon Kingdom away, Ye Dingjiang asked loudly.
"Without you guarding the capital, I'll go back right now and kill Qu Yinmei!"
Cang Nian turned around and grinned.