Chapter 174: Refuge
Those envoys of the temple didn't dare to make a move, they were already stupid by Chu Hongye, and before the large number of reinforcements from the temple arrived, they had no reason to provoke the female demon king. When the envoys of the temple were unwilling to dispatch, Muse suddenly withdrew his troops and returned to his base after a few days of joining forces with other leaders, and the external reason was: "The army is not strong enough to continue the struggle." In fact, he was not sure of victory, and he just temporarily backed down.
And the other leaders were already dazed, and they didn't notice Musea's withdrawal at all, anyway, their army was almost always attacked by two or three people at the same time, and they were also attacking several people at the same time, where could they still see the situation on the battlefield clearly?
And a small fire incident, so that the three leaders of the 'Silver Snake' and the 'Witch' fought each other again, and then, it became even more lively, the battle group was inexplicably intertwined, and the fight was more lively and hot. A large number of soldiers and munitions were consumed in completely meaningless positional battles, and the soldiers' energy was already running out.
The forces of the other twenty-five gangs of the committee have joined forces to clean up the strength of the 'Silver Snake' and 'Witch' of other galaxies, and the army has been reorganized, and they have reinforced, and the strength of the twenty-five gang alliance has increased greatly, and it has vaguely occupied an overwhelming advantage.
Yi Chen keenly grasped this situation, and learned from several descendants of Skye that the current strength ranking is the 'Phantom Star'. This gang's army ranks seventh among the twenty-five gangs now, and he has the ambition to get a higher position and obtain greater benefits afterwards, but his strength is not good, and he is not willing to act as a commissioner like the weaker gangs below.
Yi Chen smiled, and he analyzed Kane: "We now have 200,000 fully armed soldiers on hand, although the combat effectiveness is a little worse, but the arms are the best goods. We have a large arsenal of heavy combat machinery, powerful enough to reduce fifty areas to ashes in an hour, and that's our leverage. It is a bargaining chip for us to negotiate with the 'Phantom Star', and it is also a bargaining chip for the 'Phantom Star' to negotiate with the committee afterwards. The Fallen Star is the core of the entire Triangular Nebula, and many unsightly things are here, and they will never dare to let this place be destroyed by us. β
Kane nodded heavily, then sighed and said, "It's a pity, it's a pity, if I give them a year, I can turn them into real soldiers." β
Yi Chen laughed: "It's not bad now, what else do we need? Do we really rely on them to fight the world here? We don't want to be the emperor of the world, everything is just to make trouble with the people of the temple, don't take it too seriously...... I wonder who the agent they're looking for in the Fallen Star is. β
After another three days, the committee had finished regrouping, and then, in the middle of the night, when the men of the various sides were exhausted from fighting and fell asleep, a large number of the committee's troops rushed into the place of the conflict and began a massacre in a frenzy. Not only for the soldiers of the 'Silver Serpent' and the 'Witch', but also for all the civilians in the conflict zone. Because they can't be allowed to reveal who killed these people.
Countless bombs rained down on the heads of the soldiers of the 'Silver Snake' and 'Witch' gangs, tanks caught fire and exploded, countless armored vehicles were torn to pieces, and the soldiers who were resting on the streets were simply asleep, engulfed in the raging flames. The fighters of the two gangs hovering in the air also fell one after another, and they hit the ground indiscriminately, sending out large balls of flames, blowing up thick smoke billowing everywhere, and one building after another suffered unwarranted disasters.
After three hours, the Kksharu and the others all surrendered, and they were immediately shot dead by the Commission's Warlord for violating the Council's peace order, and Nadan alone was torn to pieces by heavy tank fire after killing hundreds of enemy soldiers.
Only Musea, whose army had withdrawn to the base, was frantically resisting with the cover of the base. He had figured out one thing, and that was that the other twenty-five gangs were going to work together to eat their 'Silver Serpent' and 'Witch' powers. In the case that the people of the temple do not give him a positive answer, he must resist for the sake of his own life. The committee was also in a difficult situation for a while, and there was no way to kill Musher quickly without using large weapons, but if the weapon of destruction was used, no one could stand it if Musea fought back to the death, so the war was stalemate in Musea's stronghold.
Yi Chen, dressed in a black suit, drove towards the stronghold of the 'Phantom Star' with Phil and Gore in high spirits. Like the headquarters of the Witch, the base of the Phantom Star is built on an island in the middle of the lake. However, the island of Phantom Star has no bridge connection with the land, several large ferries float on the lake, and there are a number of small speedboats, loaded with countless loaded guns and ammunition, and hundreds of helicopter gunships circling around the island. After all, these are extraordinary times, and the leader of the 'Phantom Star' is very careful about his own safety.
Phil carefully parked the car on the dock, and three speedboats rushed over, and more than a dozen soldiers in silver-blue uniforms rushed to the dock, shouting: "Get out, get out of here, this is the private territory of the 'Phantom Star', no outsiders are allowed to stay." β
Yi Chen smiled and bowed slightly, nodded and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, I have come to visit Mr. Stekars. β
A small leader looked at Yi Chen with a big grin, sneered and said, "It's up to you, you also want to see our boss? No, get out, otherwise we have the right to kill you." The Governing Council has given us the power to take out all the people who are in the way in these extraordinary times. β
Phil slowly put his hand on the railing of the dock, and then pressed it down lightly as if he didn't care, and there was a strange 'crunch' sound, and the solid bowl mouth coarse alloy railing was completely crushed, and a slap print clearly appeared on the railing. No matter how you look at it, this hand can only be done by a high-strength alloy robot, and a human can't do it anyway.
Yi Chen let out a grin, and the little leader was already smiling all over his face: "Dear sir, you see, we can't let unknown people enter, otherwise we will lose our jobs." You seem like a big guy, so you shouldn't be embarrassed by us little people, right? Maybe you have a letter of introduction or something? Hmm? We need a little bit of evidence before we can tell you about it. β
Yi Chen smiled and looked at Phil, who had a sneering smile on his dark face, and looked at these soldiers with all their muzzles drooping with disdain. Yi Chen pretended to say, "Oh, yes, yes, letters of introduction, yes, look, there are four letters of introduction here." One is for Miss Lintel, the First Honorary Sir of the Auster Empire, one for Lord Kolsnan of the Royal Secret Service of the Silver Star Empire, one for the great merchant Mr. Faya, whose name you should have heard, and the last one for Mr. Harvey, the Undersecretary of Special Services of the Senk Federal Police, who, as far as I know, was once entertained by Mr. StΓ©cars alone. β
Yi Chen took out four letters of introduction written on gold, silver, bright red (the color of banknotes), and pink letterhead from his pocket, stuffed them into the little leader, and stuffed a stack of banknotes into his hand. The little leader carefully examined the four letters, and could not help but be in awe, and then secretly looked at the denomination of the banknote in his arms, and his respect had been transformed into love and adoration.
He said eagerly, "Dear sir, please wait a moment, go to the ship and inform you, and be back at once." With that, he smiled and jumped into a speedboat and got into the cabin. Actually, the communicator on his wrist can convey the news, but he needs to put the money in a safe place first, doesn't he?
Three minutes later, Stekalls's order came: "Please come in, respected Mr. Yi Chen." β
A helicopter sped up from the top of the building on the island, flew above the top of Yi Chen's head, and then slowly descended. Yi Chen, Phil, and Gore got into the engine room, and the helicopter was raised again and flew back to the headquarters of the Phantom Star.
With a fierce face, he looked no more than fifty years old, and the stout and sturdy Stekalls with hundreds of subordinates actually stood on the roof of the building in person. Behind him, there were five old men in pale blue robes, their eyes flashing between opening and closing, and they looked like they were falling stars, and there were many monks who were willing to use them for these gang leaders.
Stekalls didn't shake hands with Yi Chen, but stared at Phil and them behind Yi Chen for a few moments, then nodded and said, "Black race? It's very rare, I don't know which planet's race?"
Yi Chen laughed, "It's irrelevant, isn't it?, dear Mr. Sterkars, I have something to talk about with you. Yi Chen naturally retracted his hand without any embarrassment, although he wanted to draw his sword and cut off Stexkars's head directly.
Stekhals shook his head slightly: "No, I never want to waste time, dear Mr. Yi Chen, please tell me here what exactly you want to do." Wasting time is a very unethical thing. For the sake of the four letters of introduction, I made an exception to receive you, such a person who has no status or fame in the Fallen Star, but that doesn't mean that I have to sit down and talk with you for an afternoon. β
Yi Chen put his cane under his arm and applauded heavily: "Wonderful, wonderful, time is indeed precious, your argument is very exciting." Of course, maybe you're afraid that you don't have enough time to waste, so that's why you're doing this, right?"
The seven men behind Stekhals, who looked like senior leaders, took a step forward and were about to make a move. Stekhals waved his hand to stop them, as if feeling a little interesting, squeezed out a smile and said: "Of course, as human beings, we don't have enough time to waste, I have to think about a lot of things, I have to deal with a lot of things, I am not an idle person, although I enjoy it, but there is always not enough time." β
Yi Chen shrugged his shoulders: "Yes, you have to think about how to make the 'Phantom Star' grow and grow, don't you? It's a pity that you can't seize the opportunity this time." β
Sterkars's face twitched: "Oh?
Yi Chenyin looked at him with a smile and whispered, "You can't seize the opportunity to reshuffle the cards after the forces of the 'Silver Snake' and the 'Witch' are annihilated this time. The army you have gathered in the Fallen Star can only be ranked seventh, isn't it? You would love to improve your status, but unfortunately, you are not strong enough. Oh my God, the new chair and vice-chair will definitely not have your share. β
Stekals was silent for a while, then stretched out his hand to Yi Chen and said, "Then, welcome to the 'Phantom Star', maybe we should have a good talk, I hope you don't just talk about empty words." β
Yi Chen shook his hand easily, nodded and said: "Very correct, this is what a polite leader should do, the necessary etiquette is needed, even if I face a street hooligan, I am very happy to shake his hand, because maybe he has information that we can't know." β
Ignoring the sarcasm in Yi Chen's language, Stekals led the way himself, and went straight down a large elevator to the ground. After sinking about fifty meters underground, the upgrade and descent stopped. A corridor glowing blue appeared in the doorway. It is a passage that is half in direct contact with the lake, and is cut off by heavy glass, so that you can see the beautiful scenery of the bottom of the lake. There are about 200 frogmen with guns swimming back and forth in the water, mingling with the fish, which looks eerie and beautiful.
Yi Chen approved: "Good place...... Hmm, if the 'Phantom Star' suddenly has 200,000 more troops on the Fallen Star now, and then there is more support from the people of more than 20 districts, I don't know what the situation is, especially if the big leaders of some gangs suddenly die?"
Stikhals, who had just stepped on the passage, shuddered, turned his head a little hesitantly, and asked in a low voice: "Two hundred thousand troops?"
Yi Chen nodded silently and said with a smile: "200,000 fully armed, with the equipment of the trap heavy attack division, and there are twenty-seven regions, more than 500 million residents have strong support for you, aha, this is a relatively large bargaining chip, isn't it? Especially when many people don't know where this army will appear." β
Stekhals silently leaned against the glass wall, bowing his head in deep thought. Yi Chen was not in a hurry, and slowly walked out of the door of the elevator and began to watch the swimming fish outside the glass wall.
Phil said in his naturally low, magnetic voice according to Yi Chen's instructions: "The reason why the Great Triangular Nebula can maintain its reading power is not because of how strong their military strength is, but because the surrounding forces contain each other, isn't it? In order to deal with the internal strife of the two gangs of 'Silver Snake' and 'Witch', your twenty-five gang alliance has almost mobilized the outer armies, and this is where all your military forces converge. β
Gore said in a deep voice: "When your army is fighting the forces of the 'Silver Serpent' and 'Witch' with all its might, and to prevent the soldiers who have laid down their arms from mutiny, do they dare to risk turning against a leader who has suddenly received reinforcements? β
Yi Chen looked at the fish outside with a smile and said, "Aha, big fish eat small fish, well, a group of small fish must unite to eat a big fish, before they dare to eat a big fish." When the big fish is not dead, a small fish suddenly grows a little bigger, and then, he says that he is going to be a more important leader, who will oppose him?"
StΓ©kars remained silent. In the elevator, none of his subordinates and bodyguards dared to speak.
After a long time, Stekalls asked, "How is your full strength? How can you cooperate with me? What conditions do you have?"
Yi Chen smiled: "Two hundred thousand heavily armed soldiers, about twenty times the number of ordinary gang members, control twenty-seven areas, including the more prosperous 019, 020, 021 and several other areas. 2,000 heavy assault tanks, 5,000 armored troop carriers, well, all good goods, and a couple of good friends to help you? Sure, I can take out two or three more gang leaders on your head, and they're out of order. β
"As for how to compete with those leaders for power positions afterwards, that's your business, right? Qian, I can provide a large amount of money, so that the interests of the 'Phantom Star' will not be touched, and you can buy the remnants of the 'Silver Snake' and 'Witch', so that our strength has increased a lot. β
Stekars said in a deep voice: "Your arms were provided to you by that guy from Faya, right? Except for him, there are very few arms dealers in the Fallen Star who have such a large inventory, hehe, this guy, actually plays with us." β
Yi Chen said lightly: "This is his investment, if he wins, I promise to charge him 80% less handling fee in the future." β
Stekalls looked at Yi Chen seriously and asked him, "What are your requirements?"
Yi Chen rubbed his chin with the head of his cane, nodded and said, "Then, I'm not welcome, among those leaders under you, I want to be the one with the highest status, and my 'Celestial Star' will be merged into your 'Phantom Star', but I want to have the power to do what I like to do." Of course, I will not harm the interests of Phantom Star. β
Stekars laughed, "Do you think my subordinates are stupid?
Yi Chen nodded seriously: "If they are really powerful, why can't they dominate these areas, and still need me, an outsider, to do it?"
Stekars was silent for a while: "One of the rules of the committee is that the major gangs belonging to the committee are strictly forbidden to deal with those small gangs in the local area. β
Yi Chen said fiercely: "People who dare not break the rules will never be able to succeed." I'm not a member of the Great Triangular Nebula, but I dare to come to the Fallen Star to make trouble, and what about you? As the leader of a gang as big as the 'Phantom Star', you don't even dare to take a step beyond the thunder pool, and you don't feel ashamed? If I were you, the 'Phantom Star' would have been the No. 1 gang in the committee long ago. β
Sterkars was stunned for a moment, and snorted heavily: "Do you think I don't dare?"
Yi Chen's cane danced a circle of light: "Then, you go ahead, I fully support you, but you must get at least one vice chairman's seat, otherwise my investment will not be in vain?"
Stekalls suddenly smiled strangely, "Of course, but you said that you still have to kill a few gang leaders who are ranked ahead of me, can you do that? Maybe you don't know how strong the defenses around us are?"
Yi Chen lazily pointed at the five old men behind him, and said indifferently: "Oh, isn't it just some monks?" Hmm, the strength of a few around you is not weak, three Yuan Ying condensed, one can change Xuangong, and one ...... Hmm, you're about to face the last catastrophe, right? It's pitiful, if you can't dodge, you're going to be gone, and even if you dodge, you're going to leave this world of flowers, it's really pitiful...... I hope you haven't killed too many people in the past, otherwise the heavens will be wrathed, and you will not live long. β
The expressions of the five old men changed wildly, and they couldn't help but tremble. How did they think of Yi Chen, the three of them didn't look like people with any cultivation, how could they say their cultivation level so clearly? Especially the old guy who was about to face the catastrophe, his heart trembled, he didn't know how to say it, thinking back to his master's admonition, and then thinking about his actions in the last thousand years, he was covered in cold sweat and flowed wildly.
Yi Chenyin smiled and said, "So, Mr. Stekals, you should believe that I have enough ability to clean up those people, um? Maybe my strength is not very strong, but I have strong enough masters under me, and I firmly believe that they can ensure that our interests and our will are completely safeguarded." β
Stekhals was silent again for a while, nodded silently, stretched out his hand and said, "So, who are we now?"
Yi Chen laughed: "How about a temporary ally? If things work out, I'm happy to be a small leader under your subordinates." β
Stekalls took a long breath: "If you can kill them, then, you should be able to kill me, why cooperate with me?"
Yi Chen thought for a moment, nodded lightly and said, "Of course, but I have other things to do, if I really unify the Great Triangle Nebula, what good will it do me? I just need you to promise me a condition at that time." Yi Chen gently shook Sturkars' hand.
The two shook each other heavily, and Stekars said solemnly, "A word is a deal?"
Yi Chen said simply: "Of course." The hands they held tightly quickly let go, and they both smiled at the same time.
Yi Chen said in a casual voice: "Then, the first target is ......"
Stekhals said gloomily: "I have been tired of the leader of the 'Scorpion', Huo'er Jin, for a long time...... Can you promise me, let him die as miserably as possible. β
Yi Chen nodded silently, revealing a grim smile, which made Stekars and the five old men tremble slightly......
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