Chapter 6 Falling Short
On Jinao Island, Gong Jin is operating machinery in the main control room. Since he ordered the bombardment of the capital, Gong Jin has rarely appeared in front of his subordinates, and most of the time he stays alone in the main control room, doing unknown work.
This situation is not unique, since the battle of Jerusalem, he has spent most of his time in the main control room, but with the evolution of the situation, it is becoming more and more difficult for him to come into contact with his subordinates, giving people a cold impression that he does not believe in anyone, and while his martial arts are getting higher and higher, he is also lonely and closed himself.
As for what Gong Jin is busy with in the main control room, what to do with those scientific and technological instruments that are far beyond modern technology, no one knows or cares, and it has become the least known point.
However, Gong Jin, who was in the main control room, was far less calm than his subordinates imagined, and even very different from the indifference he showed during this time, with beads of sweat on his forehead, looking at the dashboard with all his attention, watching the changes in the dozens of screens around him.
The function of Jinao Island is not just for warfare. Humans who want to become gods, even in ancient times, there are many places, the technology of the ancient demon path, help them to achieve this ideal, the various instruments on this scientific and technological island, record and transmit a lot of information on the continent of the wind, and then the central system calculates and predicts, as long as in this main control room, the operator can be almost like a god, omniscient and omnipotent.
At this moment, Gong Jin's whole mind was focused on the surrounding screens, trying to find a few information from these pictures that he was eager to know.
"Damn Shi Chong, where are you hiding?"
After the battle of Shangri-La, Shi Chong disappeared without a trace, and disappeared with Dolgon, as if he knew that Gong Jin would use Jinao Island to find him, he hid deeply, not wanting to become Gong Jin's target at this time.
The monitoring system of Jinao Island is almost omniscient, but it is still like looking for a needle in a haystack to find a person on this vast continent, although Gong Jin can easily find Shi Chong's troops, as well as those subordinates who are determined to follow Shi Chong, but Shi Chong has long left them behind and hid alone, leaving Gong Jin with no trace;
But despite this, Gong Jin's search for Shi Chong did not relax. In the past few days, as soon as he returned to the main control room, he operated the instruments and searched for Shi Chong's whereabouts, hoping to find this conspirator before the shelling plan was implemented.
β...... I will never give you a chance to make a profit, Shi Chong, don't try to be satisfied this time! I will definitely kill you first!"
Muttering that only he heard the voice, Gong Jin contacted the outside again to confirm, from the report made by Zhu Yan himself, he learned that there was no change in the middle capital, and several screens in front of him were also playing similar pictures, although the city was in chaos, but the square city gate did not move, and no one tried to escape.
"As long as you don't leave the middle capital, wait another day and a half......"
Looking at the familiar scenery in the middle capital, Gong Jin suddenly felt that the picture in front of him was a little blurry. At first, he thought it was because the screen was in bad condition, but when a feeling of dizziness followed, he realized that it was his own problem, and the exhaustion accumulated over the past few days suddenly came up, making him start to support his body with his hands, trying to get through the unpleasant dizziness.
Even if one has achieved peerless martial arts, one is still limited by the physical body. With Gong Jin's supreme cultivation, even if he doesn't drink, eat, or sleep for three consecutive months, there will be no problems, but when the restless mood and heavy pressure affect the body, no matter how good his martial arts are, he can't eliminate the discomfort that has surfaced again and again.
(There's still a lot of work left to be done before it's time to rest...... οΌ
Gong Jin took a deep breath and let a breath of true qi slowly flow through his body, suppressing those dizzy feelings, and at this time, one of the many screens made a screeching sound, making him immediately turn his head to look sideways.
It was a message he sent before he arrived in Zhongdu, and after coming to Zhongdu, he sent the same signal several times in a row, trying to get in touch, but every message seemed to sink into the sea, and he didn't get a response, which made him quite discouraged, thinking that there was no hope, but he finally got a reply today.
Without the slightest delay, Gong Jin immediately read the message he received, and with each line he looked, his expression became a little more solemn, especially when he saw the words "unconscious" and "critically ill", his fists clenched even more, knowing that his original plan had failed.
"It's hateful that the day is not a holiday, and it is actually ...... at such a time"
The plan he had tried had been shattered before he could carry it out, and Gong Jin felt that he had no choice but to revise the plan, but as he was lamenting at the latest setback, a warning made him realize that he had been overlooked.
"How did you get in? The security here should be much tighter than outside. β
"It's not close to my head. I know all the enchantments and seals you know, and I'm familiar with the spells you're not good at, so I just need to use them to level off your machines. β
Turning around and staring, Yan Ning was standing at the door of the main control room. Arrived silently, as if she had been there early in the morning, Gong Jin was not even sure how long she had been here, but even if she found out about her arrival, Gong Jin had no intention of making a move.
Although Yan Ning has the strength to threaten Gong Jin, but if you want to say that you can defeat Gong Jin alone, it is absolutely impossible, and although Gong Jin can suppress Yan Ning with her own strength, she is helpless against her treacherous Qimen Dunjia, especially when she combines some mysterious ancient demon world spells and martial arts with the martial arts of Bailu Cave, some unreasonable changes are often derived, so that Gong Jin cannot defend accurately, so she always has no way to take her.
There is no battle that can tell the winner or loser, and it doesn't matter if you don't fight, but Yan Ning's appearance like this shouldn't be for chatting, Gong Jin just waited quietly to see what Yan Ning wanted to say.
"Don't you ask me where the Reyns are hiding?"
"There is no need to ask. The Reyns people must be hiding in Zhongdu, if the speculation is correct, most of them are still within the relevant range of the Qinglou Alliance, but with your Qimen Dunjia cover, I can't search for them with Tianxin consciousness, Jinao Island scans back and forth four hundred and eighty times a second, and I can't find out where they are, so I don't have to search, anyway, when I bombard Zhongdu, they will all run out like ditch rats, and then I can deal with them one by one. β
"That's a big breath. So, you still regard the Reyns as sworn enemies?"
"On the battlefield, on the side that wants my life, I make a targeted hostile choice, isn't it strange?"
"What about your subordinates? You also regard them as enemies? I heard that you have recently used high-handed means to control your subordinates and force them to participate in your plan to bombard Zhongdu, don't you like to do everything by yourself? Why did you turn your life and pull others to do it with you this time?"
"There are some tasks that cannot be handled by one person, so it is natural that others need to cooperate. β
replied coldly, but Gong Jin was not without reaction, while talking to Yan Ning, he changed his eyes to the next few screens, confirmed the situation in the middle capital, and then scanned it again with the consciousness of Tianxin, and found that the commotion in the middle capital city was as usual, and the number of people had not changed, so he calmed down and faced the old man in front of him again.
"What are you looking at?Ha, yes, yes, as long as there is still a commotion in the middle capital, it means that people have not left, so not only have you not maintained law and order these days, but you have let the middle capital fall into chaos, Generalissimo Zhou's abacus is really loud, hahaha~~"
There is no need to explain, Gong Jin can also hear Yan Ning's mockery, he doesn't intend to defend anything, but there is a faint oppressive momentum on his body, which makes Yan Ning understand that he has no time to gossip.
"Impatient, okay, let's get down to business...... First of all, I want to clarify one thing, whether you believe it or not, but the Hibiscus Rebellion has nothing to do with me, and I don't even know why Kublai Khan raised the banner of rebellion at that time. β
"What?"
Gong Jin was stunned by this answer, because when he checked the contact records, Tan Ning and Kublai Khan did have frequent contact before and after the Hibiscus Rebellion, although there was no way to know the content of their conversation, but everyone was convinced that it was Tan Ning who instigated Kublai Khan to launch a rebellion, because Tan Ning had no good impression of the Eltino regime and the White Deer Cave forces, which coincided with the target of the Hibiscus Rebellion.
"Kublai Khan and I have no personal relationship, but ...... After his sister died, he couldn't find anyone to talk to, so he would occasionally talk to me about his old friends. β
Gong Jin was silent, in the period after Xiao Qiao's death, many people's hearts were not happy, they wanted to talk to someone, but there were too few people who really knew Xiao Qiao, and he had little contact with Kublai Khan in the Ghost Yi Rebellion, and he felt his loneliness and empathy.
"During the Hibiscus Rebellion, I asked him why he did something stupid, but he didn't answer me, so I don't know the reason for his rebellion. After a while, though...... It was probably at the time of the Tang State Incident that I received a secret letter from Wu Lian, which was sent to me by Kublai Khan. β
Gong Jin's eyes suddenly sharpened, a veteran like him who has been dealing with dark work for many years knows a fact very well, often the more secret and hidden things are, the more traces can be followed in the eyes of professional experts, and the result is that they find out confidential things in three clicks and two clicks, so if they are themselves, they will be like Kublai Khan, and the most secret things will be served in the most ordinary way.
For example, a letter that was sent after a full seventeen years of silence and the secrets of the entire Hibiscus Rebellion!
Gong Jin wanted to ask Yan Ning what was written in the letter, but his wisdom immediately deduced the facts, because with Kublai Khan's wisdom, since he used this technique, he would definitely not write the secret directly in the letter to prevent irreparable mistakes, and there must have been some simple secret words written in it that only Yan Ning knew.
"In Kublai Khan's letter, where do you want to find something?
After the Tang State incident, Yan Ning left the White Deer Cave and went to Wulian, at that time, everyone only thought that this was the evidence that she was involved in the Hibiscus Rebellion, but according to Yan Ning, she must have gone to Wulian to find the secret for the information in the letter.
"What secret did Kublai Khan hide?"
With Yan Ning's pride, since he will take the initiative to bring up this matter and defend himself, he will not hide the final result. However, Yan Ning's answer still surprised Gong Jin.
"I don't know. β
"What do you mean......"
"I just don't know. The thing is hidden under the Huaguo Mountain, when I went, it had already been discovered, the secret letter was destroyed along with the box, and I was ambushed, that person did not show his face and identity, but his martial arts were very high, and he made the power of the heavens, and I relied on Qimen Dunjia to escape by barely trying to escape, and I received your message. β
Gong Jin still remembers that he was ordered by Lu You to come to the ginkgo tree in Huaguo Mountain and make an appointment to meet Yan Ning, his heart was full of anxiety and eagerness, for fear that he would not be able to succeed in one blow, with the ability of Yan Ning, there will be a drama fight between the two sides, if she is allowed to escape, the next time Lu You will personally take action, she may not be able to save her life.
As a result, Yan Ning appeared at the top of the peak, panting, pale, obviously there was a problem, but he didn't pay attention to it in a hurry, but he just lured Yan Ning who didn't suspect him, and took advantage of the moment when her guard was loose, and slapped her on the back of the head!
With Yan Ning's martial arts, although that palm could hurt her, it would not be a big problem, it was just convenient to make people unconscious so that they could be sealed in the underground ice coffin, but if she was seriously injured at that time, that palm would ......
"You...... Are you alright?"
Even though he was wearing a mask, Gong Jin's tone revealed a trace of anxiety, and the anxiety was overflowing, showing a rare expression of emotion. Though...... He himself quickly understood that after many years, if something had happened, Yan Ning would not be standing here today.
"If there was something, I wouldn't be talking to you here today. At the beginning, you made a silent move, which gave me a headache for a long time, and I have always wanted to find you to settle this account...... However, listening to you say this today, I finally got better. β
Yan Ning said quietly: "It's been almost ten years, what should have been told to you ten years ago, because of your palm, you can't say it until now." Is my word credible? Who do you think will attack me?"
"I'm not sure, and there's no evidence, but intuitively, if it's not Shi Chong, it's an assassin he sent. β
Gong Jin's inference is not unfounded. Ten years ago, there were only a handful of masters who possessed the power of the heavenly position, and that person could use the power of the heavens to plot against Condensation, and he must be one of the few masters in the world today; the masters of the Reins series had no reason to sneak attack Condensation and get involved in the Hibiscus Rebellion, and the style of sneak attack was very similar to Shi Chong, not to mention that the person who was the deepest involved in the Hibiscus Rebellion, and even became the main cause of Kublai Khan's downfall, was Shi Chong himself, who forcibly seized Kublai Khan's secrets and plotted against Condensation, which is not surprising.
"Shi Chong? This inference is consistent with my guess, sooner or later I will go to him to settle the score, but let's settle the old account between us first! I have told you so many things tonight, do you have nothing to say to me?"
"What is there to say? Do you think I'm going to woo you?
"Hey, what a bad-mouthed shemale who doesn't understand the amorous feelings, but you're right, it's not that kind of thing that I'm trying to hear, it's ...... Similar to the loss of control of the energy of the four major vitality caves, it affects the release of heaven and earth vitality, causing all kinds of great changes in heaven and earth, and the situation continues to deteriorate, which will cause the problem of complete disintegration of this land. β
"Interesting, where did you hear this ridiculous rumor?"
"Rumors? You really don't admit it, do you think that there is no other place in the world to get information except for Golden Claw Island? As long as you are a celestial magician, you can directly connect with the leylines and listen to the voices in the leylines, and everything is clear about what is happening in this land. β
Yan Ning said slowly: "It's just that, even if you know, without your Golden Claw Island's electronic system, ordinary human brains can only perceive the situation, and they can't calculate the solution at all, because this is beyond the ability of human beings, no, as long as it is a living being, it is impossible to have that kind of computing power." So, with the Golden Claw Island system, have you figured out how to solve the problem? How can you make this continent, which is gradually collapsing, return to energy stability and stability again?"
Faced with what can be said to be the biggest secret on the Wind Continent today, Gong Jin was silent, but the eyes under the mask suddenly became deep, in order to hide the wavering of his heart.
Originally, he thought that Yan Ning was difficult to deal with, although he had won all battles against the enemy over the years, and everything was expected to be the enemy's first, but when he joined forces with Yan Ning in the past, no matter what he wanted to do, he almost never could hide from her; this has nothing to do with wisdom, but the tacit understanding cultivated by the two sides through long-term cooperation, they know each other too well, and it is much more difficult than Zhu Yan to hide anything from her.
However......
"Can you know that kind of thing without your abilities?"
"It's so uplifting to me. There are some things that I know without kissing, but there are some secrets that you can't dig out if you don't test people's hearts. For example, I can't quite understand why you use such a high-pressure control technique to force your few remaining subordinates, this is not your style, and the actual effect is ......."
The words that Yan Ning spoke, Gong Jin suddenly couldn't hear clearly, because his mind was scattered to other things. Just as Yan Ning knew him, he also knew Yan Ning's every move very well, and at this moment, in his opinion, Yan Ning's speech was a little unnatural, as if he was hiding something, or should I say it...... What to procrastinate!
In an instant, Gong Jin came to his senses all of a sudden, no longer paying attention to Yan Ning's words, turning his head to put his eyes on a few screens, concentrating on them, and after a while, he found something wrong from the picture.
If it was an ordinary person, it would be impossible to find out, but Gong Jin has hardly relaxed his surveillance of Zhongdu City in the past few days, so he immediately recognized it, and the picture currently being played is exactly the scene he had seen last night, in other words, he didn't know when he was looking at Zhongdu City last night.
What about the current middle capital? What's going on?
"Oh no!
Without staying here for a moment, Gong Jin flew away from the main control room in an instant, quickly opened the various gates along the way, and rushed to the top of Jinchou Island as fast as possible, looking at the Zhongdu City below with the actual naked eye.
In the process of flying away, Gong Jin scanned with the absolute Tianxin consciousness, and the information he got was still tens of millions of citizens staying in the city well, with no signs of movement, but he also roughly understood that this scanning result may not be correct, because before Yan Ning was able to evade his scanning, and was invisible under the search of Tianxin consciousness, if this skill could be extended, his Tianxin scan would no longer be credible.
The accuracy of the consciousness scanning of the Zhai Heavenly Position is unparalleled in the world, and according to common sense, it is impossible for any force to interfere with it, let alone cover such a large-scale interference as the entire city. However, when Gong Jin confirmed it with his own eyes, he couldn't help but believe this fact.
The fire is still burning fiercely, the city is still full of murderous atmosphere, looking down condescendingly, only to see the black shadows in the city, countless figures swaying in the streets, at first glance, almost think that it is the people of the central capital all walking on the streets, but when you look closely, you will find that those slow black shadows are not real people, but one by one straw people.
The paper-tied straw man, the same height as the real person, has a charm hidden inside, as a driving medium, introducing the energy of the underground magic circle in the middle capital, allowing the straw man to move, but it can only make very dull movements, and move in a small area within a few steps.
As long as the naked eye can see through the things, but when people don't see them in person, just rely on the heavenly consciousness and spiritual sense, they will be fooled by these things and mistakenly think they are true. In the Kyushu War, the predecessors of the White Deer Cave used this method to confuse the direction of the demon attack in the fog, and successfully sniped the prince of the demon clan by attacking from the side.
When Gong Jin witnessed this scene, he was only slightly stunned, and his mind immediately returned to consciousness, thinking about the current problem.
(What about the people? Where have the tens of millions of people in the entire central capital gone? Even if they can evade the Tianxin scan, it is impossible for them all to disappear in an instant.) Is it magic? It can't be, I can't be unaware of such a massive physical movement, even if someone could do it...... οΌ
The thoughts in his head came and went, and Gong Jin instantly grasped the facts, although he didn't know anything about the secret project carried out by Zhu Yan and HΓΌlegu, but after a little speculation, he knew what the problem was.
"Underground...... There are tunnels?"
Tianxin consciousness quickly scanned the underground, and under the influence of the huge energy of the underground magic circle, Gong Jin found nothing, but the inference in his heart was definitely true.
β...... It is impossible to get out of the city so quickly, and more than half of them must still be underground...... I can't take care of it, I have to blast them out now......"
Gong Jin's one-arm quickly raised his arm, opened the defense turret on Golden Claw Island, aimed at the periphery of the central capital, and prepared to shoot in a chain, but when he was about to give the final order, a strong palm slapped calmly and calmly, without warning in advance, so that he raised his arm to block the frame and stopped the command to fire the cannon.
"Hey, leave me alone, where do you want to go?"
"Yan Ning, you ......" A look flashed in Gong Jin's eyes, "Are you helping the Reins people delay me?"
"It's too late to find out now. β
In the long laughter of Yan Ning, a palm slapped over, and the majestic palm strength and unreserved strength of the Wuyue Divine Thunder made Gong Jin have to concentrate on the move, and he could not be distracted to manage the Golden Claw Island for the time being.
"Yan Ning, why did you do this? You reminded me of the problem of water, since I was doing the right thing, then why did you stop me at this time?"
"Whether it's right or not, it depends on how you define it, I don't have to believe in the same thing as you. β
Yan Ning and Gong Jin were closely entangled for a while, but Gong Jin noticed another serious problem. In the past, when he fought against Chires, he used to command Golden Claw Island while fighting, but at this time, he and Yan Ning started their hands, and they were distracted and gave many orders, but they couldn't get a response, which has only one explanation, that is, someone modified the system inside Golden Claw Island to compete with him, in other words......
(If it's you...... Zhu Yan. οΌ