There was a trace of blood at the corner of his mouth. The blood was stained with seawater, so it was not obvious.
Ares' gaze was like that of a lion that had calmed down after a violent rage. He stared at Yang Cheng for a while and asked, "This is Hua Xia's internal energy?"
"Yes." Yang Cheng nodded. "I'm also very puzzled by the aura. I only found out today that this thing can actually ignore the laws of space."
A complicated look flashed across Ares' eyes. After a long time, he said, "You win."
Yang Cheng was stunned and smiled. "You're just like the rumors. You always shout that you want to win before a fight. Even if you lose, you admit it readily."
Ares said resentfully, "Do you think I'm the kind of coward that can't let go? If I lose, I'll win it back with my fists next time! Although you've won against me today, you still can't kill me. Although your Chinese Kung Fu can injure me, you should know very well that it's impossible for you to kill me. "
"I know." Yang Cheng nodded. "I don't plan to kill you. If I kill you, you'll be reincarnated for a few hundred years. There's not much meaning in that."
"It's good that you know." A trace of struggle flashed across Ares' eyes. "Since you've won, the God's Stone will naturally belong to you. However, when I find a way to restrain you, I'll continue to challenge you! One day, I'll take the God's Stone! "
Yang Cheng asked gloomily, "Why do you have to do this? You're already immortal. Why do you have to find the God's Stone?"
"Just like that b * tch." Ares laughed sinisterly.
Yang Cheng recalled the history he knew and frowned. "After so many tens of thousands of years, you still can't accept this world? The other Main Gods have already integrated into this world. Why can't you and Athena? "
"Because that's the meaning of my life. Athena, that b * tch, although I don't like her, I like that she's able to uphold our beliefs." Ares chuckled and coughed a few times before saying, "I'm leaving. I'll take the people from Sandstorm with me. As for the God's Stone, you keep it. Don't ever lose it. I'll come back to ask you for it."
With that, Ares disappeared from mid-air in a flash.
Yang Cheng sighed. He suddenly felt that this fellow was actually quite cute. For tens of thousands of years, he had never changed his ideals. He admired his persistence.
After sorting out his thoughts, a dark cloud flashed in Yang Cheng's eyes. After taking a deep breath, he slowly landed on the base of the ruins.
There, Cai Ning, Abbess Yun Miao, as well as Lin Zhiguo, who had just woken up, were all waiting in anticipation.
"How is it? Did that God of War leave? How's the God's Stone? "Cai Ning, who was usually calm, couldn't help but ask.
Yang Cheng smiled at her. "He couldn't beat me, so he ran away. He said that he would leave the God's Stone behind."
"Is that so? Fortunately." Cai Ning smiled knowingly. Abbess Yun Miao and Yu Jizi also looked at each other and smiled.
However, Lin Zhiguo still didn't look too good. He seemed to have something on his mind.
Yang Cheng walked in front of Lin Zhiguo and stared into Lin Zhiguo's eyes. He asked expressionlessly, "Shouldn't you explain something?"
Lin Zhiguo was stunned. He asked, "What is it?"
"It's about what you've done." As Yang Cheng spoke, his eyes were filled with killing intent.
Lin Zhiguo's face darkened. He smiled bitterly. "You already know?"
"I'm waiting for you to say it," Yang Cheng said coldly.
"I'm guessing that since Orinos … Oh no, I should call him Ares, has been lying to me from the start, it's only natural that he would expose me." Lin Zhiguo was more at ease after knowing that Yang Cheng already knew.
"What is it?"
"What are you guys talking about?" Abbess Yun Miao and the others asked.
Yang Cheng didn't say anything. He waited for Lin Zhiguo to speak.
Lin Zhiguo thought for a while and said in a low voice, "That's right. All of this was indeed planned by me."
The others were even more confused. They looked at Lin Zhiguo nervously. Gray Robe, who was at the side, closed his eyes in sorrow.
"Yun 'er, do you still remember where our son and daughter-in-law died in battle?" Lin Zhiguo suddenly asked Yun Miao.
Yun Miao was stunned. Her face was filled with sorrow as she said with a trembling voice, "Kashmir …"
"Yes, Kashmir, the border between India and Pakistan …" Lin Zhiguo smiled mockingly. "I was the one who sent them there."
"Why did you mention this?"
"I wanted to tell you that the people who killed our son and daughter-in-law were from Brahma," Lin Zhiguo said.
Yang Cheng and the others were shocked. Yang Cheng frowned as he thought about it. He remembered that Abbess Yun Miao was familiar with Lin Zhiguo's' crimes' back in Tibet. She mentioned that his son and daughter-in-law died in Kashmir, but he didn't pay much attention to it back then.
Abbess Yun Miao's eyes reddened. "Really?"
"That's right. I've been investigating for more than twenty years. I only confirmed last year that it was Brahma who killed them in Kashmir." Lin Zhiguo's eyes were filled with hatred. "If it wasn't for them, our son and daughter-in-law wouldn't have died. Hui 'er wouldn't have lost her parents since she was young. You wouldn't have left me, and our family wouldn't have become so miserable. "
Abbess Yun Miao turned her head away and wiped her tears. "What's the point of saying all this? It's already in the past."
"No, it's not in the past. What I want to talk about now is because of what happened twenty years ago …"
Following that, Lin Zhiguo's narration stunned everyone present. They couldn't believe what they were hearing …
Just last month, Yellow Flame Iron Brigade received a secret report that Brahma of India was planning to attack Hua Xia's nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. Brahma also hired the world's top mercenary from the Middle East, Sandstorm, to fight alongside them.
This news made Lin Zhiguo furious. However, he knew that the situation was bad. After all, the opponent was too strong.
Lin Zhiguo hated Brahma to the core because of what happened to his children. Now that they were coming to attack his country, how could he tolerate it?
While thinking about how to deal with them, Lin Zhiguo thought of borrowing Yang Cheng's strength. Therefore, a bold idea popped up in Lin Zhiguo's mind …
Lin Zhiguo secretly contacted the leader of Sandstorm, Olenos, who was also known as Ares. Lin Zhiguo told Ares that he could pay twice as much as Brahma and have Sandstorm work together to sow discord between the two of them.
The plan was simple. Using Yang Cheng and Sandstorm's hands, they would eliminate Brahma's people in the aircraft carrier.
At the same time, Lin Zhiguo was also thinking about the God's Stone in Yang Cheng's hands.
It was not that Lin Zhiguo did not want the God's Stone, but he had never had the chance to snatch it. If he were to fall out with Yang Cheng, he knew that the consequences would be dire.
Therefore, this plan to sow discord became an opportunity.
First, Lin Zhiguo took the initiative to contact Sandstorm. He offered twice as much as Brahma and hired Sandstorm to put on a show.
Then, after Sandstorm agreed, Lin Zhiguo contacted Brahma and proposed a deal — to exchange God's Stone for the aircraft carrier.
Lin Zhiguo told Brahma that he was willing to help Brahma obtain Yang Cheng's God's Stone because he knew exactly who was with Yang Cheng. At the same time, he could mobilize the people of Yellow Flame Iron Brigade and not interfere with Brahma's search for God's Stone. What he needed was Brahma's promise not to destroy the aircraft carrier with Sandstorm.
After all, Brahma was an organization that had a better understanding of the God's Stone. After weighing the pros and cons, they immediately decided to cooperate with Lin Zhiguo and put on a show to force Yang Cheng to hand over the real God's Stone.
When Brahma and Sandstorm arrived in Zhonghai, Lin Zhiguo pretended to be captured by Brahma and set up a trap for Yang Cheng to come to the aircraft carrier so that he would not have time to protect Lin Ruoxi and the others at home.
As for the Sea Eagles, Lin Zhiguo had already told the people of Sandstorm their exact location, so they were able to control them.
Lin Zhiguo's plan was very detailed. As long as Brahma got the God's Stone through Sandstorm, Yang Cheng would not suspect that he was the one who obtained the God's Stone. He would only think that Brahma had it.
Moreover, Brahma would definitely capture Lin Ruoxi and the others as hostages. This would completely infuriate Yang Cheng.
The one who actually obtained the God's Stone was Lin Zhiguo himself, the Yellow Flame Iron Brigade, and the Lin family. By the time Brahma realized that the warriors of Sandstorm had taken the God's Stone and did not give it to them, they would have already become the scapegoats.
Moreover, as long as Sandstorm acted as a spy and rescued Lin Ruoxi and the other hostages, Yang Cheng would definitely kill Brahma's people.
Even if they killed Brahma and did not get the God's Stone back, Yang Cheng would not suspect Lin Zhiguo.
Unfortunately, Lin Zhiguo had miscalculated someone important — Ares!
Ares was the God of War. His intention was to take this opportunity to take the God's Stone and kill Yang Cheng.
As for Brahma and the Yellow Flame Iron Brigade, to him, they were just tools to play with. He was a battle-hungry person to begin with. Playing with this kind of battle was just a hobby.
In other words, from the beginning to the end, Brahma was just a pitiful worm being used by both sides. Lin Zhiguo originally thought that he was the mantis stalking the cicada, but he did not expect that Ares would be the oriole behind.
…
When Lin Zhiguo finished narrating everything, everyone looked at him with indescribable gazes. After the shock, Abbess Yun Miao was filled with sorrow and disappointment, while Yu Jizi was filled with indignation.
Cai Ning lowered her head. She was unwilling to say anything, and she did not want to see Lin Zhiguo either.
Gray Robe seemed to have known that this would happen. He stood there silently without saying a word.
Yang Cheng did not know whether to laugh or cry. He said, "No wonder the aircraft carrier was suddenly removed and disappeared. No wonder you even miscalculated the most basic thing, such as when the enemy would arrive. Not only did you miscalculate, the enemy even knew the whereabouts of all of us long ago …
Oh yes, a while ago, Yang Lie suddenly came to my house, wanting to take Hui Lin away. You were the one who leaked the news, weren't you? Did you already know that the women in my house would be taken as hostages? So you were worried that your granddaughter would be harmed, so you made use of Yang Lie to take her away. Is that right? "
Lin Zhiguo smiled bitterly. "I didn't expect you to even guess this. Yes, you did use a covert method to let Yang Lie know that Hui Er was at your house. Unfortunately, that idiot Yang Lie did not manage to take her away. Perhaps it was the will of the heavens. My plan failed, but Hui Er is still safe. "
Yang Cheng smiled. "There are still some loopholes in your plan, but I can't help but admire you. This move is indeed ingenious. It's impossible to defend against it. Your only mistake was that you were unlucky. The leader of Sandstorm is Ares. That guy was born to fight and fight. He's not a schemer, but he's not stupid. "
"Hmph, and he's a guy who doesn't keep his promises," Lin Zhiguo said in disdain.
Yang Cheng laughed. "Do you really think that he sold you out?"
"What?!" Lin Zhiguo suddenly came to a realization. He pointed at Yang Cheng and asked with a trembling voice, "You … you tested me on purpose?!"
The others also looked at Yang Cheng in surprise.
Yang Cheng nodded. "That's right. At first, I only suspected that you were the mastermind behind all this. But I couldn't be sure, so I tried to get information from you. Who knew that you would really admit to it. Ares didn't say anything and left. If it wasn't for your guilty conscience, I wouldn't have found out the truth so quickly. "
Lin Zhiguo staggered two steps back. He looked miserable.
"You made so many arrangements and even let your subordinates get injured. Sky Dragon almost died, but in the end, it still ended up like this. To be honest, I can't understand what you're thinking. What you're doing is simply courting death, "Yang Cheng sighed.
Lin Zhiguo suddenly laughed coldly. Gradually, his laughter became louder and louder. "What do you know?! What do you know?! Do you know how bitter my heart is?! "
"Let me tell you, Yang Cheng," Lin Zhiguo said. "I've been the head of the Lin family for more than twenty years, almost thirty years. Because I'm the general of the Yellow Flame Iron Brigade, I can't be too arrogant. The Lin family can only be considered as a second-rate family in Beijing. I'm the head of the organization that protects Hua Xia, but I always have to see a bunch of idiots rolling their eyes at me and mocking me behind my back … But I can't refute them at all!
It's been almost thirty years, and I've been enduring it silently. But, what did I get in return? The Lin family can't grow stronger. My son and daughter-in-law have all sacrificed their lives for the country! My wife and granddaughter have all left me to live in the mountains! I'm the only old man in the family! My other relatives even think that I'm not capable enough to make the Lin family strong! "
Lin Zhiguo screamed. Abbess Yun Miao's eyes started to tear up. Her face was filled with sadness and sorrow. Gray Robe closed his eyes in pain. He obviously knew that Lin Zhiguo's life wasn't easy.
Lin Zhiguo's breathing was a little chaotic. A few veins popped up on his forehead. He continued, "All these years, other countries have been strengthening their hidden security organizations. Be it America's Blue Storm, Russia's Soviet Medal, or even some non-official organizations like Yamata Sect, Vatican, Jaguar … The speed of their growth is much faster than our Yellow Flame Iron Brigade! We have the most people, but our quality is constantly dropping! More than ten of our warriors have died in order to defeat a single enemy agent. How can such an organization protect this country?!
We've been seeking development, but who can help us?! Those idiots only know how to fight for fame and wealth. They don't know that without us, they would've been chopped into pieces by those foreign organizations!
If it wasn't for this country, do you think that as an elder, I would speak to you in such a humble manner? Do you think that I wouldn't even talk back to you after being mocked by you?! "
Yang Cheng was speechless. Lin Zhiguo's words made sense. Although he had taken the wrong path, it was still understandable.
"I've had enough of people looking down on me. I've also had enough of speaking to people who are obviously weaker than me." Lin Zhiguo scoffed. "Since the matter has been exposed today, I don't plan to continue sitting in this position. Yang Cheng, if you still have a bit of conscience, don't tell anyone about what happened today. I only want to resign from my position, go back, and become an old man. "
Before Yang Cheng could speak, a slightly magnetic male voice came from the small hill behind the ruins …
"If you make a mistake, you have to be punished. If you run away, it means that you know you're wrong and won't change …"
Everyone was shocked and looked in that direction.
Yang Cheng was in disbelief. At such a close distance, he actually didn't notice anyone approaching?! How is this possible?!
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