Xiong Wuji lowered his head and pondered for a moment. Then he said, "You said that the Great Horn Exo Society was ambushed by Storm Prison. Unable to escape, they had to flee to the Iron Plateau Space Zone and try to escape with the stone belts and planetary rings here.
"But they didn't know that they fell right into Storm Prison's trap.
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"Because Storm Prison had the same idea. They were hoping to escape with the complicated environment of the Iron Plateau Space Zone after the Great Horn Exo Society was annihilated!
"Therefore, they set up traps in the periphery of the Iron Plateau Space Zone and waited for the Great Horn Exo Society to arrive.
Li Yao's facial muscles were shivering, as he mumbled, "That's what I guessed all along.
"I thought that Fengyu Zhong drove the Great Horn Exo Society all the way to the Iron Plateau Space Zone and started the final battle there because he wanted to take advantage of the terrain here. My sudden appearance later disrupted the Temple of Immortals' plan.
"Until this afternoon, I never doubted it!"
"But after I heard the news about the Oasis Tribe …
Li Yao took out a piece of paper from his pocket.
It was supposed to be used for drawing designs. But right now, he had drawn a simple map of the space zone with only a few strokes.
"Look. This is the Blue Dragon Space Zone where Storm Prison ambushed the Great Horn Exo Society in the beginning. From here to the Iron Plateau Space Zone, we have to pass through two forsaken space zones and a world fragment. The journey is too long, and there are too many variables!"
Li Yao pointed at the map and explained, "In the end, it was true that Fengyu Zhong's plan was in vain because we wasted too much time on the way!"
Xiong Wuji raised his eyebrow. "What's the problem?"
Li Yao narrowed his eyes, with coldness beaming out of them like that of a viper. He said, "The problem is that, according to my understanding of Fengyu Zhong, this is not his hunting style!
"This venomous snake has been soaking in Spider Den for decades. His hunting style is simple and fierce. Every second counts, and the intermediate steps are minimized!
"For him, the simpler the hunting plan, the better. Every intermediate step means a higher chance of danger!
"Therefore, after today's meeting was over, I returned to my room. I put myself in Fengyu Zhong's shoes and replanned the attack.
"I found out. According to his usual style, he could have launched a fatal blow in the Azure Dragon Star Area and blown the horn of the final battle! "
"Although the environment of the Azure Dragon Star Area isn't suitable for him to escape, he can buy himself one more day of precious time!"
"One day is more than enough for him to escape!"
"Why did he have to give up on the easy and change his tactical style? Why did he have to travel a long distance? The Great Horn Exo Society was sent to the Iron Plateau Space Zone on purpose?
"A cunning, experienced space pirate would never do such unnecessary things."
"I can only speculate that this is not Fengyu Zhong's original intention, but an order or hint from a higher level, namely the Temple of Immortals."
"The Temple of Immortals, for some reason, insisted that the battle take place in the Iron Plateau Space Zone!
Xiong Wuji took a deep breath. "That's just your guess."
Li Yao sighed. "I hope it's just a guess. It's just that I'm paranoid. Unfortunately, my intuition is usually very accurate. When I sense danger approaching, eight or nine times out of ten, there's a problem. "
"I thought that the game had already taken place at the periphery of the Iron Plateau Space Zone. It would end with my victory.
"But chances are that the game has just begun. I don't even know who my opponent is or what he wants to win …
"In front of such an opponent, such an expert as Jin Dan as Fengyu Zhong is just a card and a bargaining chip on the table!"
Li Yao finished. But he found that Xiong Wuji was not paying attention to him at all. His eyes were unfocused, and there was no telling what was on his mind.
"Chief Xiong?"
Li Yao called him softly. Xiong Wuji was finally back to himself from his trance. He focused his eyes again.
Li Yao asked, "Chief Xiong, is there anything wrong?"
Xiong Wuji coughed and replied, "Nothing. I'm just a bit tired."
"Then, take a good rest, Chief Xiong. I need to go back and do some calculations. Logically speaking, the Temple of Immortals couldn't have known of my existence in the beginning. Therefore, the trap was certainly not targeted at me. I have to eliminate all the factors that may have caused me after my arrival and deduce the whole thing from the beginning. Let's see if I can figure out the 'motive' of setting the battlefield in the Iron Plateau Space Zone!"
"I believe that, as long as I find the motive, I will be able to figure out what the enemy is up to!"
Li Yao rose and left. Xiong Wuji seemed to be hesitating. It was not until Li Yao walked to the door that he shouted, "Li Yao!"
Li Yao turned around, somewhat confused. He felt that Xiong Wuji was getting weirder and weirder.
Xiong Wuji clenched his fists so hard that the iron palm on his right arm was squeaking. He gnashed his teeth and said, "Trust me. Whatever I do, it is definitely for the sake of Iron Plateau! You must trust me! "
Li Yao frowned. "What do you mean, Chief Xiong?"
But Xiong Wuji seemed to be regretting what he had just said. He waved his hands in frustration and said softly, "Nothing. You can go now."
Then, he added, "If things change one day, please take good care of Sha Yulan and Wu Mayan for me. Maybe you can send them back to space."
Li Yao was dazed. He was about to ask further, when Xiong Wuji turned into a dry statue again.
Li Yao returned to his room in confusion. The more he thought about it, the more he felt that something was not right. Pondering for a moment, he released Neltharion and entered the stealth mode, hiding it in the hollow of a tree in the yard outside.
From his position, he could see the door of Xiong Wuji's room.
Xiong Wuji had just suffered heavy wounds, and he was rather lethargic. Therefore, he didn't notice it.
Li Yao didn't know why he was doing that, either. But when he glanced at Xiong Wuji in the end, he felt that the guy's eyes were rather weird, as if he was hiding some unspeakable secrets.
After the arrangement was made, Li Yao sat cross-legged and increased the activity of his brain cells. He began to deduce every detail from the moment he boarded the carrier of the Temple of Immortals.
Such deduction was even more exhausting than drawing the structural designs of magical equipment. Li Yao felt that his head was dizzy and he was about to fall asleep after seven days of deduction.
Suddenly, in his eyes... A black shadow flashed by.
It was a man in a black cloak who had snuck into the yard behind the hospital without alarming anyone.
Something is indeed wrong!
Li Yao was refreshed. He pretended that he was breathing evenly. Thankfully, he hadn't turned on the light when he was thinking. From the outside, he seemed to be sound asleep.
Several strands of white hair could be seen from below the cloak. In the moonlight, a face as red as a baby's could be seen.
It was Yan Zhengdong, chief of the Burning Sun Tribe!
What is he doing here? Li Yao was confused.
Yan Zhengdong was a mystery. He went straight to Xiong Wuji's room and pushed the door open softly.
Xiong Wuji didn't lock the door, as if he had foreseen that Li Yao would come.
After Li Yao entered the room, the door was locked after a click.
Neltharion could not hear the sound from inside the room. Li Yao was so anxious that he scratched his head. His curiosity was almost jumping out of his head.
Half an hour later, the door was opened again, and Yan Zhengdong walked out in fury.
His cloak was lying on one side. He had no time to cover himself. Exasperated, he bellowed at the room in a low voice, "Yes, I don't trust you! It doesn't matter who brings this up, but you can't! Absolutely not! "
Xiong Wuji's voice came over intermittently from inside the room. Li Yao could not hear him clearly.'Sun and moon are my witnesses'. 'Five thunders'.
But Yan Zhengdong chuckled and said, "Cut the crap. Qi-trainers do not believe in gods and buddhas. We only believe in sabers, swords, and fists. What's the point of swearing like that?
"All in all, I'm considering the big picture. I won't reveal your real face, but you'd better stop playing such dirty tricks and focus on your job as the chief of the Furious Bears Tribe!
"If you want to get in touch with the Flying Star Sector, wait until I'm dead! I won't let you do that as long as I'm alive! "
After that, Yan Zhengdong shook his sleeves and strode away.
Li Yao felt that his heart was being scratched by a cat. He was not sure whether or not he should let Neltharion follow him. After hesitating for a long time, he gave up.
The Burning Sun Tribe had been assigned to an independent camp in a corner of Furious Bears City together with the Feathered Snakes Tribe and the Giant Axe Tribe. There were too many experts in the camp. It was possible that they would notice something, which would be disastrous.
After Xiong Wuji closed the door, Li Yao finally recalled Neltharion and was deep in thought again.
This time, he was thinking hard about the relationship between Xiong Wuji and Yan Zhengdong.
Xiong Wuji must have a great secret. Yan Zhengdong was not an unreasonable man like he had been in the meeting in the afternoon. He seemed to know Xiong Wuji's secret and had to do it for some reason.
"What a mess!"
Li Yao pondered for a whole night, but he still couldn't figure out what was going on. When dawn came, he finally couldn't stand it anymore and took a nap against the headboard of his bed. But he was woken up by hasty horns soon after he fell asleep.
In the distance, there were still faint sounds of drumming.
War drums.
"Enemy attack?"
Li Yao was greatly surprised. He recognized that it was the war horn of the highest level in Furious Bears City. Generally speaking, it would only be blown when the apocalyptic beasts were attacking the city on a large scale!
"What's going on?"
Li Yao hurried to put on the Sky Scorpion Armor that had just been repaired and rushed out of the hospital.
It was already a mess outside. There was not the slightest atmosphere of celebration on the street. Everybody was running around like headless flies. The qi-trainers were shouting and running toward the east of the city.
"Uncle Sand Scorpion! Uncle Sand Scorpion! "
Wu Mayan crawled out of nowhere, but one of his shoes had been stomped off. He grabbed Li Yao's arm hard and bent like a shrimp, out of breath.
"What's going on?" Li Yao asked solemnly.
"The thousands of qi-trainers of the Burning Sun Tribe are on a riot! War! They are declaring war on us! "Wu Mayan shrieked.
"That's impossible!"
Li Yao was greatly alarmed. He found it hard to believe. "Why?"
Although the six tribes of Iron Plateau had some conflicts, they were not serious enough to start a war. In the meeting the previous day, everybody had their own positions and argued with each other. But the chiefs were all rational and reasonable people. For example, although the chiefs of the Giant Axe Tribe and the Feathered Snakes Tribe hated the space residents, they had agreed to get in touch with the space residents for the sake of their own interests.
Even when Yan Zhengdong and Xiong Wuji parted on bad terms in their secret meeting last night, Yan Zhengdong had said that the big picture would be more important!
How could it have escalated to the point of declaring war?!
"Yan Zhengdong, chief of the Burning Sun Tribe, has been killed!"
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