Chapter VIII
A depression filled with silt slowly bulged a few pieces, and a loud bang was heard, and several "humanoid" objects covered in black mud jumped out and lay on the ground desperately panting.
"Oh my god, is this heaven or hell?" Zhuo Lingyu groaned in pain, spit out the stinky mud in his mouth, and then picked his nostrils and ears.
"The devil knows." The person on his left wiped his face, revealing an ugly big flower face, but it was Tianyue. Looking at the rancid mud in his hand for a long time, Tianyue immediately vomited.
Facts proved that Zhuo Lingyu's judgment was correct, they lay in the depression and successfully survived the sweep of the huge waves. In addition to being covered in sludge, it was more uncomfortable, and several people were not injured at all.
"Give." A clean hand towel was handed to Zhuo Lingyu.
"Thank you, thank you." Zhuo Lingyu thanked him repeatedly, took it and began to wipe his face.
Rubbing and rubbing, he suddenly reacted, who would be so kind? Looking up strangely, Zhuo Lingyu was immediately stunned. In front of him, Zhang Lie was looking at him with a smile.
"Zhang, Zhang, Zhang Lie..."Zhuo Lingyu began to stutter.
The rest of the people noticed Zhang Lie's existence, and they didn't care that he was still covered in black mud, and immediately put on guard. It's a pity that they are all big faces, and their appearance is not much better than that of beggars, which will only make people feel funny, especially the two elders of Xicheng and Ning Qing, who are full of "laughing fruit".
"Don't worry, I don't plan to do anything to you, you better clean up first..."Zhang Lie covered his nose and pointed at their bodies.
Zhuo Lingyu and the others were also so smoked by the stinky mud on their bodies that they couldn't stand it, and even if Zhang Lie really wanted to attack them, in their current state, they would only have to be slaughtered. So several people immediately lifted their guard and began to clean it with a simple waterway method.
One after another, living people crawled out from everywhere, and everyone looked like they were palpitating. At this time, the strong vitality of the non-humans showed its advantage, and after the huge waves rushed like this, there were more non-humans on the island who survived than humans.
In any case, after such a fuss, the human plan can be regarded as a complete failure. Probably thinking about the possible retribution, everyone's faces were extremely ugly.
It wasn't long before all the people who were still alive were driven together. The representatives of the various countries that came to the island before and after, the exorcists, and later the task force, only twenty-seven of the nearly 2,000 people were left at this time, and including Zhuo Lingyu and his party, as well as the Templars Locke and Kaisha. And the dead do not count the three aircraft carriers that were subverted.
The Inhuman Alliance is not much better here, there are more than 500 inhuman warriors arranged by Zhang Lie on the island, and all of them are elites, but now less than one-fifth have survived. If it weren't for the Ark, I don't know what the final outcome would have been tonight.
The captives were enclosed in a small circle, surrounded by murderous-faced inhuman warriors, and no one doubted that they would soon be transformed into a real corpse.
In the middle of the night, the cardinal representing the Holy See said to Zhang Lie: "In the end, can you tell me what it is?" Naturally, he was referring to Noah's Ark, which was floating in the air.
This question also aroused the interest of others, and if it weren't for this sudden appearance of this monster tonight, they would have managed to defeat all the inhuman warriors and seize Pandora's box.
Zhang Lie first signaled some excited inhuman warriors not to act rashly, and then said: "This thing is the same as Pandora's box, you will definitely not be unfamiliar with it, it is Noah's Ark." β
"Noah's Ark!?" The cardinal was amazed and delighted: "You mean that this is the ark that God gave to Noah to escape the flood?" β
Twice in one day, everyone was thrilled to see treasures that only existed in Bible legends. Most of the survivors were religious, and the big guy in the middle of the air was not so annoying in their eyes at the moment.
Seeing the cardinal and Locke kneeling on the ground reverently, Zhang Lie smiled bitterly: "It's a pity, it's an ark, but it's not a gift from God. In fact, like Pandora's box, it was made by us non-humans. β
"What, it can't be!" The cardinal jumped up angrily and pointed at Zhang Lie and scolded, at this moment it seemed that he was the victor: "You guys who dare to blaspheme the gods, how can you say..."
Before he finished speaking, Anne's cold arrow was pointed in front of him: "Sit back." β
Staring at Zhang Lie's violent gasping for a long time, the cardinal finally retreated helplessly, but looking at his appearance, he obviously didn't believe Zhang Lie's nonsense at all.
Ignoring him, Zhang Lie continued: "Believe it or not. You just need to know that this thing is in our hands now, and only we can control it. We can easily kill all humans with Pandora's Box if we want to, and we can escape with the Ark. β
After a pause, Zhang Lie's voice turned low: "So we are definitely qualified to make a request for peace to the human race. Don't think you're asking for charity, even if you want to be scattered, you will die first! β
No one doubts Zhang Lie's words anymore, and the ark hanging above his head is the best proof. The cardinal sighed as if resigned to his fate, and said to Zhang Lie: "I have no regrets about witnessing the existence of the ark with my own eyes at the last moment of my life, so let's kill me now." β
Zhang Lie smiled treacherously: "Why should I kill you?" I hope you live well, and then go back to convey to me the will that the Inhuman Alliance still yearns for peace. β
At this time, everyone was stunned, but no one would refuse without dying. Just when the cardinal hurriedly agreed, Anne suddenly said coldly: "Leave one to report the news, and the rest to be buried." β
In an instant, all of them were dead again. Zhang Lie looked at Annie helplessly: "Annie, they have already paid the price for their actions, so we don't have to..."
"These treacherous fellows deserve to die."
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Finally, after receiving assurances from everyone that they would never play tricks again, Zhang Lie persuaded Anne to let them live. By this time, these people had exhausted all their mental strength in constant hope and despair, and no one could get up on their own.
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A week later, representatives of humans and non-humans gathered on the island again, but this time the humans were more honest, and after several days of negotiations, the two sides finally reached a peace agreement.
From this day on, the human and non-human alliances ceased to be at war, and the two sides agreed on the ownership of Pandora's Box and Noah's Ark.
Pandora's Box was still kept by the Inhuman Alliance, and Noah's Ark was returned to the Dragons. In order to show his sincerity, Blatter changed the order to activate the Ark, and from then on, the Ark no longer obeyed Blatter's command, but was only controlled by humans.
In this way, both sides have their own things to rely on, and for fear of Pandora's box in the hands of the Inhuman Alliance, humanity will not dare to start a war lightly; Although the Inhuman Alliance has Pandora's Box, using it is equivalent to sending itself to the grave, and the human race has Noah's Ark, so the Inhuman Alliance does not dare to tear up the agreement.
The fact that the ark is kept by a neutral dragon clan ensures its objective status, and it will be up to the dragon clan to decide its disposal in the future.
In this way, regardless of the sincerity of both sides, a peace agreement was finally reached, and the non-Terrans were given a precious chance to recuperate.
Outside of the meeting, Zhang Lie also reached an agreement with the Chinese Shupai Alliance, that is, the two sides would jointly deal with each other's enemies, the Annihilation of Mongolia. The two sides hit it off on this point, because the ever-growing annihilation of Mongolia has become a common threat to them.
At this point, the war that had been going on since the Battle of the Vatican finally subsided, and both sides secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
But how long can such peace last?
After the peace agreement was signed, the vast majority of the world did not feel anything, the only difference was that there was much less strange news on television.
On the non-human side, it is undoubtedly great news. The non-human races who hid in the remote mountains and old forests to escape human eradication have come out one after another, taking advantage of this rare opportunity to rebuild their homes and try to restore the population. And Zhang Lie's prestige within the Inhuman Alliance has also reached a new peak.
Everything was going for the better, so it wasn't long before everyone was looking to the same place, the same youkai.
There is the last and biggest obstacle there.
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China, located in the mountains.
The wasteland outside the secluded mountains was as lifeless as ever, and the cold yin qi never seemed to stop blowing, and although the sun was shining overhead, there was a chill that soaked into the bones.
At this moment, outside the mountain, there are two groups of people facing each other from afar, one of them is the King of the Corpse and Si Youqiuhong, and the leader of the other group is Annihilation.
The King of the Corpses looked at each other strangely, he didn't understand why Annihilation would come to the door. Annihilation should be very clear about the relationship between Ju Youshan and Zhang Lie, to put it mildly, the two sides are enemies now, but looking at Annihilation's posture, it is not like a door-to-door challenge, so the King of the Corpse who received the report only brought a few followers to meet him. Of course, he didn't tell Jian Xian.
After thinking for a while, he didn't know the point, and the King of the Corpse simply spoke first: "I haven't seen you for a long time that day, I don't know what advice Mr. Annihilation has come to the door at this time?" β
It seemed that he would always be in that absent-minded appearance, and he nodded when he heard this: "This time, I really have something to talk about with the King of the Corpses." β
"Oh? Let's hear it. The Corpse King looked interested.
"Zhang Lie and I will have a battle, and I hope that when the time comes, I will not interfere in the secluded mountain." Destroy the short word.
Unexpectedly, his request was so direct, and the King of the Corpse couldn't help but be stunned for a moment, and then said: "It's a pity, Zhang Lie and I are already allies, and I'm afraid it will be difficult to agree to Mr. Annihilation's request." β
Zhan Meng snorted: "Then how about forming an alliance with me?" β
The King of the Corpse laughed: "Mr. Annihilation, I won't tell you, it's too dangerous to be with you, I don't have the ability or the guts. Besides, you are so numerous, how can you care that I am in a secluded mountain? You must know that I gave you and Zhang Lie equal opportunities at the beginning, but he was just one step faster than you. β
The words of the King of the Corpse seemed to be begging for mercy, but his tone was still full of strong self-confidence as always, which showed that his "show of weakness" was just a means of retreating. And when he mentioned that gambling fight in his words, he implied that you were inferior to Zhang Lie in destroying yourself, not that I didn't give you a chance to form an alliance.
I don't know if I didn't care or didn't hear it at all, and I didn't react at all to the "provocation" of the Corpse King. Just when the King of the Corpse was wondering if he was pretending to be stupid, he suddenly said without warning: "What do you think of Zhang Lie?" β
For this boundless, completely radial way of thinking, it has been difficult for the King of the Corpse to adapt to it until now. Secretly said, does this guy always say whatever comes to mind? He thought for a while and said, "Although it's a little worse than you, Zhang Lie is still a powerful character I've only seen in my life." β
"So..."Zhan Meng raised his head and yawned: "You don't feel at ease cooperating with me, but you are at ease with Zhang Lie?" β
The King of the Corpse frowned, "What do you mean?" In fact, he already somewhat understood what he wanted to say.
Zhan Meng glanced at him meaningfully: "The King of the Corpse is a smart man, he should know what I mean." What benefits can you get by helping Zhang Lie defeat me and letting him dominate alone? β
The King of the Corpse suddenly laughed: "Then what good will I do to help you defeat him?" β
"Nope." How do you know that Zhan Meng shook his head calmly: "At least I can't think of any benefits now." β
"You..."Qiu Hong was furious, is this crazy guy just talking such nonsense?
The King of the Corpse stopped the angry Qiu Hong: "I wonder if Mr. Annihilation has any good proposals?" β
Zhan Meng did not answer him directly, but looked up at the sky, and said to himself like a dream: "In the past, the Three Kingdoms were the strongest, Cao Wei was the largest, Shu Han was the second, and Eastern Wu was the weakest. Shu Wei wanted to join forces with Wu to destroy the other party, but Eastern Wu was only free between the two, and the King of the Corpse knew why? β
The King of the Corpse nodded thoughtfully: "Because no matter which one Dongwu helps to destroy the other, he himself will be the next target." Only by maintaining the three-legged momentum can he get the most benefits. β
"So humans are really smart, goodbye." Leaving such a clueless sentence, Zhan Meng actually turned around and left.
Seeing the group disappear at the end of the wasteland, Qiu Hong couldn't help but say, "Why did he suddenly talk about the Three Kingdoms?" β
The King of the Corpse did not answer, but looked at Si You, who had not spoken: "What do you think?" β
Si You sighed: "This is the real Great Wisdom Ruoyu, he is ten times more dangerous than Zhang Lie. β
The King of the Corpse nodded approvingly: "One word, just one sentence, he will achieve his goal." It seems that it is time to reconsider the agreement with Zhang Lie. β
Qiu Hong finally understood a little, and she said to the King of the Corpses: "Are you really going to help Zhang Lie?" So what if the destruction wins? β
Si You groaned: "This really can't be guarded against. Although it makes sense to destroy Meng, if he seizes the opportunity of our hesitation to kill Zhang Lie, it will be very dangerous to be in the middle of a secluded mountain. So how to keep the two of them in a balance is what we have to do. β
The King of the Corpse suddenly said, "You, like the Extinction, seem to have forgotten one thing. β
Facing the puzzled eyes of Si You and Qiu Hong, the King of the Corpse smiled deeply: "Although Dongwu is weak, he has not lost his ambition to swallow Wei Shu for a moment. Since the destruction of Mongolia and the east of Wu are located in the secluded mountains, I will let him see Sun Lang's methods. β
"What do you meanβ" Si You's expression moved slightly.
The King of the Corpse said gloomily: "That thing is almost ready, when they are both defeated, how about we go and pick up a ready-made bargain?" I also wanted to see what Zhang Lie's expression would be when he saw the gift he gave me used on himself. β
Qi Qi was stunned for a moment, and the next moment Si You and Qiu Hong had bowed their heads respectfully: "The corpse king is wise!" β
"Hahahaha, Zhang Lie extinguished Meng, whose hand the deer died, it is still unknown..."In the whistling yin wind, there was a smug laugh from the King of the Corpse.