Trish's unexpected answer that was not too far-fetched when he thought about it made a bitter smile appear on Zhang Lisheng's face again.
"Am I that charming?" After a moment of silence, he sighed and tried his best to whisper in the girl's ear in a joking tone, "If I'd known this earlier, I wouldn't have pretended to be a ghost to confuse the natives of the Shrimp World No. 2 when I wanted to conquer this planet. I should've just become a politician in New York and won the US election. It's much easier to unify Earth with force and speeches."
Upon hearing the helplessness and guilt in the young man's tone, Trish turned her head and kissed his cheek. "No matter what I do because of love, it has nothing to do with you, baby, because this is my own choice. I'm an adult woman, and I know how to choose my own life."
"Is that so …" Zhang Lisheng let out a long sigh and murmured the two words. He took a deep look at the girl and no longer said anything. Taking two steps back, he turned his gaze to the few Atlantean young men and women who followed Trish to step onto the deck of the spaceship and raised his voice. "Trish, since you're the secretary of the Senate, then the identity of your companions should be similar to yours.
What an amazing efficiency! It's been less than an hour since I contacted the federal New York military base, and it's already alarmed a big shot of the Atlantean senior-level. "
The instant Zhang Lisheng's words left his mouth, before Trish could answer, one of the Atlanteans who stepped onto the deck of the battleship with her, who looked the calmest, beat her to it and said in a humorous tone, "The speed of light is very fast, Dr. Zhang Lisheng. For this reason, we Atlanteans are indeed much more efficient than the Earthlings …"
"But being fast and efficient is not necessarily a good thing," Zhang Lisheng fixed his gaze on the sculpted handsome face of the alien man who just spoke and interrupted him, "Tell me, what do you want after spending so much effort?"
"We want to know all the information you know about World 3009, everything that you want to say and everything that you don't want to say."
"You want to know everything about World 3009? That's a very greedy request," Facing the Atlantean man whose attitude suddenly changed from a kind and humorous expression to a cold one, the young man smiled indifferently. He untied the belt on his waist with one hand and held Trish's waist with the other. "So, you deliberately sent Trish to me for emotional comfort before threatening and even torturing her to interrogate her, huh?
To be honest, these ideas of yours are actually very good, but unfortunately, something that happened this morning has made me decide not to blindly cooperate with others to act on the stage of the Colossal World, especially when I'm facing small characters like you. For this reason, I'm very sorry … "The smile at the corner of his mouth revealed an indescribable coldness and brutality.
Just when he was about to shake off the belt, Trish, who was by his side, suddenly pressed on the Wizard Li's overlord's arm and said anxiously, "Lisheng, don't be impulsive. Things are not as bad as you think. Among the companions who came with me is Elder Holwagner's most trusted chief secretary. You'll run into big trouble if you act rashly."
"Big trouble?" The young man shook off the belt with an unchanging sneer on his face, allowing the scales that were naturally engraved with mountains and rivers to fall to the ground and continue to extend on the battleship's deck. Without a trace of warmth, he said, "Don't worry, Trish. To the current me, one or two Atlantean elders are no longer a big trouble."
At this time, the incomprehensible strange scene in front of them and Zhang Lisheng's malicious expression and words caused the Atlantean warriors on the deck of the spaceship who had undergone rigorous sergeant training to tense up. Even though they could not make the first move due to the special value of the black-haired young man, they still activated the light stones in their bodies.
Someone even shouted loudly, "What are you trying to do, Earthling? No matter what you're going to do, stop right now …"
"No matter what tricks you're going to play, it's all futile in front of hundreds of elite Atlantean warriors …"
"Stop! Stop right now if you don't want to get hurt …"
Just as the situation was hanging by a thread, a pure white dazzling halo suddenly spread out, turning into hundreds and thousands of thumb-thick light rays that pierced through the void. They flew across the bodies of the alien warriors that were emitting light of different intensity, taking away the light flames that enveloped them.
At the same time, a slightly hoarse but magnetic loud girl's voice resonated from the halo, "Dr. Lisheng, please don't misunderstand. We came with good intentions, and we don't intend to threaten or coerce you. We just want to make a deal with you, a deal that you will never regret or refuse."
"A deal that I won't regret or refuse?" Zhang Lisheng, who was clenching the scales in his hand that had already spread to several hundreds of square meters of deck floor in front of him, was stunned for a moment before raising his eyebrows. Looking at the beautiful alien girl hidden in the halo, he shrugged and said, "This sounds very tempting.
However, in the face of a lucky and powerful Earth scholar, how could the arrogant Atlanteans possibly prepare any generous deal? I think your words must be just a random promise made because you've keenly predicted the tragedy that will happen next … "
"Dr. Lisheng, even though it's difficult to predict what the trump card that you're hiding under your unimaginable luck is, do you really think that we won't be able to guess the possibility of the existence of that 'card'?
My words are by no means an empty promise. No matter what you're planning to do now, please stop right now and listen carefully to the trading conditions I propose.
Also, are you really so confident that your hidden trump card can defeat the 100,000 Atlantean warriors in this battleship … "When the young Atlantean woman saw that the black-haired young man not far away was not moved by her words, she continued to use both carrot and stick to tempt him. However, before she could finish her words, she was already choked by a monster that strangely rose from the scales on the ground.
She stared blankly at the gigantic monster that was swimming up leisurely as it shook its octagonal scales that were slowly changing its color.
Looking at its oval body, other than a mouth that looked like a black hole when it was opened and disappeared when it was closed, there was only a big black eye circling above its head and a long, thin tail behind it. After being dazed for a few seconds, the woman's voice became extremely hoarse as she spoke again, sounding like she was moaning, "Sea monster, a monster in the universe, a … a monster in the universe …"
"Yes, a 'sea monster' that you Atlanteans can never forget …" Zhang Lisheng looked at the only alien woman shrouded in light on the deck for the last time and looked around at the panic-stricken and desperate faces before saying with a smile. With his mind, he commanded Taotie, who had completely swum out of the Leather World, to open its huge black mouth.
In an instant, a gush of silent suction that seemed to be able to pull a planet gushed out of the black hole-like mouth of the huge monster, tearing and twisting everything it encountered and dragging it into the monster's stomach that seemed to be infinitely huge and could accommodate the universe.
The terrifying legend of the 'sea monster' spread in the hearts of the Atlanteans caused the resistance and counterattack of the organized elite alien soldiers to become pitiful. Very soon, the Atlantean flagship was like a fruit that had been eaten by a worm, with only a layer of solid metal shell remaining.
As it swallowed more and more battleship bulkheads, decks, alien bodies, armor, and even light energy, Taotie, which was originally as huge as a skyscraper, began to expand at a speed visible to the human naked eye.
Standing in the air in the protective shield constructed by Zhang Lisheng's mighty divine power, Trish looked at the monster that had expanded to two to three times its original size in just a short while and gradually snapped back to her senses from the horrified trance. With her mouth agape, she muttered, "Star monster! A star monster!
Y-You've tamed a 'sea monster'? Lisheng, oh my god! Lisheng, every time I thought that I've adapted to the incredible things that happen around you, you always bring me a new 'surprise.'
A 'sea monster'? A 'sea monster' that almost destroyed the ancient Atlantis civilization! Why are you domesticating it? Are you planning to conquer the entire universe? "
Upon hearing the girl's incoherent exclamation, Zhang Lisheng smiled and shrugged. "Destroying the universe is too exaggerated, Trish.
In fact, if it was not for the fact that this' little monster 'was released inside the battleship's extremely weak defense and the fact that the terrifying legend had deterred the Atlanteans, causing them to be unable to organize an effective counterattack, a malnourished young Taotie would not have been able to defeat this flagship at all.
Perhaps this' little monster 'can devour a planet and run amok in the universe when it grows up, but it can't do that now. Besides, according to the rules of biological growth, it'll definitely consume a lot of time and energy to feed it until it grows up … "
"But this is still a starry sky monster, Lisheng. With it, you'll have the possibility to defeat all strong enemies," Trish interrupted the young man's words with a dry voice. "You know too little about sea monsters, so you don't know how terrifying it really is.
If the Atlanteans know that you're domesticating a starry sky monster, they'll definitely list you as a more important target than conquering the foreign world.
Oh, you're too reckless, Lisheng. What should we do now? We must hide the truth no matter what, but killing Elder Holwagner's chief secretary and destroying the flagship of a stellar-level fleet will definitely cause the Atlanteans to conduct a careful investigation. Lisheng, you're too impulsive this time.
What should I do? I need to think about it carefully … "
"I was indeed a little impulsive this time, but you've overcomplicated the problem, Trish. Nobody knows that it's a 'sea monster' that destroyed the spaceship." Looking at Trish's anxious face, Zhang Lisheng shook his head indifferently. Waving his hand in the air, he summoned a hurricane and sent a corner of the Leather World into his hand.
After that, the young man gently shook the scale skin. At once, a ripple of ripples emerged from the leather depicting mountains and rivers, wrapping the Taotie who had stopped devouring and pulled it back into the Leather World.
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