It was noon and the sun was blazing in the sky.
In the past week, the drizzle has washed away the dust in the air. Under the sunshine, the air in the entire Long Island is indescribably clean and fresh.
The bright sunshine shines on the deep courtyard with mottled tree shadows, the breeze blows the hair, the leaves sway, and the tree shadows sway.
This is a large courtyard, deep and quiet, almost completely surrounded by various artificially planted trees and flowers. There is only one cobblestone path for two people to walk side by side in the courtyard, which zigzags to the building in the center of the courtyard. The antique attic, after the spring when all things revive, but before autumn, the entire courtyard is lush and green, and everywhere you look is full of life.
The fragrance of flowers and tea spreads in the wind.
In front of the milky white marble table, Li Tianlan quietly looked at the list in his hand and asked without raising his head: "What does this mean?"
"That's what it means."
The Duke, wearing a very sexy pink men's suit, sat opposite Li Tianlan with a bright smile.
Within the Palace of Reincarnation, especially the ranking among the Heavenly Kings is extremely important. Although everyone is the same Heavenly King, the ranking often means the superiority of each other's status.
Now there are four of the Twelve Heavenly Kings of the Reincarnation Palace on the East Island. The Saint of the First Heavenly King is responsible for cooperating with a mysterious force and has never met Li Tianlan from beginning to end.
Among the three Dukes, Knights, and Ranhuo, the Duke ranks at the top. When something happens, he will naturally take the lead. On this point, both the Knight and Ranhuo maintain their default attitude.
So now he sat in front of Li Tianlan and gave him a piece of information.
"Of course I know."
Li Tianlan put the information on the table, pointed it with his finger, then subconsciously rubbed his forehead and said with a wry smile: "But I don't know what you mean by showing me this information."
The location they are currently in is a secret club in the southwest of Long Island. It can even be said to be the most upscale secret club.
The population density of the East Island is extremely high, but the territory is extremely small. Therefore, throughout the entire East Island, the approval procedures for some huge racecourses, golf courses, clubs, and even villa areas are very strict. This kind of savings To some extent, the land approach also promoted the unity and cohesion of the upper-class circles of Dongdao, which can barely be regarded as killing two birds with one stone.
But this strict approval process is an exception on Long Island.
This city, the first city in the world to be bombed by nuclear weapons, could be said to have been in a state of desolation for a long time. Many large areas of vacant land in Long Island today were bought a long time ago.
The club where Li Tianlan is now can be considered one of them, and it is still owned by foreign investors. It seems to have the background of a well-known consortium in Europe and has deep roots in Long Island.
This is also the place where the three heavenly kings of reincarnation and Li Tianlan are hiding. From the beginning to the end, there are dedicated people in the club to receive them, and people are also sent to secretly take care of the food and daily life. All the waiters used are European waiters, and Li Tianlan and others are not allowed to come to the club at all. I have met any Dongdao people.
In the words of the Duke, it is absolutely safe here.
And Li Tianlan finally had the most comfortable sleep here since arriving on the East Island. After nearly eight hours of sleep, he didn't have to worry about Jiang Shangyu's conspiracy or Mai Shiranui's pursuit. Li Tianlan even dreamed of Qin Weibai and Wang Moon pupils.
When the beautiful dream passed and the scorching sun rose into the sky, Li Tianlan, who had slept comfortably, saw the Duke again and the information he handed over.
This is an extremely complicated piece of information, or rather a list.
A dizzyingly long list.
"It's urgent," said the Duke.
So Li Tianlan sat in front of the stone table and spent nearly three hours, missing lunch and drinking four or five cups of tea, before finally reading the list.
The list involves Aurora, and many people don't even have exact names, only a few people affiliated with a certain organization.
There were many names in it that Li Tianlan had seen, but of course, most of them he had never seen before.
Ye Fengcheng, Gu Yunxia, Thunder God, Gu Youlan, Fan Haoyu, Du Hanyin...
These are familiar to Li Tianlan.
There are also some messy organizations such as the six-person Bird Special Operations Team, the thirteen-person Black Hole Intelligence Department, and the seven-person Kunlun City Fifth Bureau, which Li Tianlan has never heard of.
Li Tianlan gritted his teeth and read the list, feeling dizzy and numbly looking at the top of the list.
There are only four words above.
Snow Dance Corps.
Li Tianlan of the Snow Dance Legion naturally knew that this was a legion established for this Central Continent conspiracy. From this aspect, Li Tianlan was now considered a member of the Snow Dance Legion.
But this list...
"In a way... you now control the life and death of everyone on this list."
The Duke smiled and took a sip to check. His tone was soft and soothing, and his eyes seemed to have a strangely bright look.
Li Tianlan raised his eyebrows in surprise. Before he could speak, the Duke took the initiative to explain: "The total number of people from the Xuewu Legion entering the East Island this time is about two thousand. And the East Island responded very quickly this time. Contrary to everyone’s expectations...so..."
The Duke shrugged with a smile on his face: "They are all dispersed now. Such a situation, whether it was Samsara or Zhongzhou, was expected at the beginning, but they did not expect that the offensive of the East Island would be So fierce, the East Island is in chaos now, but the elites of Central Continent are even more chaotic. Countless masters of East Island are chasing and killing the teams that have been broken up. Some intelligence agencies in Central Continent have been almost uprooted. Now everyone is moving towards If there were no accidents during the Changdao breakout, the two thousand people in Zhongzhou who finally escaped pursuit and were able to break through the defensive nodes on the periphery of Changdao would not exceed 200. Now the Xuewu Legion personnel on the East Island, To be clear, it’s a mess.”
Li Tianlan stared at the Duke seriously and intently, waiting for him to continue.
"There are about twelve hundred people on this list."
The Duke pointed at the list in Li Tianlan's hand and said calmly: "And they are 1,200 people whose whereabouts are under our control."
Li Tianlan's pupils shrank suddenly. He didn't ask anything, but subconsciously lowered his head and quickly glanced at the list again.
His face became a little gloomy, and his palms were slightly clenched. His face, which had always been calm and almost indifferent, finally showed a hint of anxiety that could not be concealed.
On this list of people whose whereabouts had been mastered by reincarnation, there was still no name like Li Baitian, Ning Qiancheng, Yu Qingyan or Dongcheng Ruzhi.
Feeling a little irritable, Li Tianlan took out a cigarette, lit one, took a deep breath, barely suppressed his thoughts, and said calmly: "Go on."
The Duke nodded and said: "The current situation has undergone very interesting changes, and it is obvious that Changdao is now regarded by the East Island officials as the battlefield for the final decisive battle."
Li Tianlan nodded. He naturally knew this. Dongdao would definitely not tolerate the dark invasion of Zhongzhou, and a decisive battle was inevitable.
And this is Dong Dao. Where the decisive battle will take place is entirely decided by Dong Dao.
It sounds extremely difficult to drive nearly two thousand elites from different cities across the East Island to Changdao, but it was the entire East Island’s special operations system that did this, as well as support from all parties. .
To put it bluntly, everyone in Zhongzhou who lurks into Dongdao is basically under Dongdao's control. The reason why they are not killed is entirely because Dongdao does not intend to pay a high price.
This is the home ground of Dongdao, but they also have a large number of elites trapped in Central Continent. From a country-to-country level, these are bargaining chips for both sides.
And even if Dongdao is really determined to eat all the elites of Central Continent, it is not their style to fight in a scattered manner.
The scattered elites of Middle-earth seek to assemble.
Isn't this the case with Dongdao
If Zhongzhou's scattered power is one, then East Island's scattered hunting power is one hundred.
Now I can’t wait to kill them all. If some Central Continent masters really try their best, East Island will probably suffer heavy losses. If Zhongzhou kills the elites trapped in Central Continent in a rage, then East Island’s special warfare system will be at least dozens of times It will be difficult to recover within a year.
Slowly consume it.
Chase and kill, but not risk your life.
Let the large number of elites in Zhongzhou slowly bleed out, but not let them despair and fight. After their strength becomes less and less and they reach Changdao exhausted, Dongdao concentrates its strength and uses all its strength to deal with Zhongzhou's The last elite group.
When the time comes, it will be up to Dong Dao to decide whether to kill them all or capture them alive to trade with Zhongzhou.
East Island regards Long Island as the final venue for the decisive battle. The elites of Central Continent have no choice at all. Even those other superpowers in the dark world who may be about to enter East Island to participate in this feast also have no choice.
After all, this is Dongdao's home court. They must play wherever Dongdao says they want to play.
This is not really a rule, but the Battle of Long Island is a tacit agreement in the dark world.
Everything on Long Island can still be regarded as a conflict in the dark world.
If you leave Changdao and want to play elsewhere, Dongdao will definitely not watch a large number of masters wreak havoc on their own territory. Then everything will turn into a war. It will really force Dongdao to bring his own army and the big island to play. When weapons of mass destruction are unleashed at the same time, no one will be able to afford it.
Controlling the general situation within the scope of the dark world conflict and getting the desired benefits are the easiest for all parties to accept.
"I know."
Li Tianlan nodded: "The eyes of the dark world are now focused on Changdao, right? The Battle of Changdao?"
"That's right."
The Duke nodded: "It is the Battle of Long Island, and it has now entered the decisive stage."
He paused, suddenly smiled, and asked: "So, during the decisive battle, another senior member of the Snow Dance Legion arrived on Changdao?"
Li Tianlan was stunned.
The top brass of the Snow Dance Corps on Long Island
Several names flashed through his mind instantly.
The robbery is still in Dongdu.
Bai Youming and Ye Fengcheng were together and now in Juban.
Gu Yunxia has entered Wakayama.
The God of Thunder appears in Okayama...
The enchantress is looking for Wang Shengxiao.
From this point of view, none of the Thunder Realm masters belonging to Zhongzhou have arrived at Changdao yet!
what does that mean
"In terms of cooperation, there are still high-level people with decision-making power."
The Duke chuckled and said: "The Snow Dance Legion was established in a hurry, and the internal organization is still relatively chaotic. In addition, it is cooperating with Samsara, so the internal duties are not clearly divided for the time being. We are the partners of Central Continent, so I, the knight, and Lianghuo has the power to make decisions."
"so what... "
Li Tianlan's heart beat loudly.
"So... the situation has changed now. You see, now Zhongzhou has obviously lost control of all its elites. Their intelligence channels have been uprooted. Even the top leaders of Zhongzhou don't know where their large numbers of elites are. . But Zhongzhou doesn’t know it, but Samsara does. The two sides conspired to plot the East Island, which is cooperation. But using your own channels and risking exposure to help Zhongzhou connect with their elites is not cooperation. "
The Duke spread his hands and smiled happily.
"so... "
Li Tianlan took a deep drag on his cigarette, put out the cigarette butt, and said calmly: "For these people on the list, have you decided to stand by and watch?"
"We have no decision."
The Duke looked at Li Tianlan with strange eyes. He stared at Li Tianlan for a long time, then shook his head slightly and said with a smile: "We are waiting for your decision now. You are an ordinary member of the Snow Dance Legion, but in reincarnation, here, you are It has the highest decision-making power.”
He looked at Li Tianlan and chuckled with complicated eyes: "Tianlan, although your face is not too fair, I have to say that you are the most enviable pretty boy now. This is not to belittle you, but to envy you. Pure envy. .”
Li Tianlan instantly understood what the Duke meant when he said that he controlled the life and death of everyone on the list.
For the more than a thousand people on the list, whether to save or not to save, was now in his mind? !
Li Tianlan felt a little ridiculous. Looking at the not detailed but extremely rare list in his hand, he said sincerely: "The information system of reincarnation really makes people speechless."
"This is not our channel."
The Duke was stunned for a moment and said calmly: "Our power on the East Island is relatively weak, otherwise we wouldn't be able to drag Central Continent to the East Island. These intelligence channels belong to our allies. They are the mysterious forces behind Dawn."
Li Tianlan couldn't help but said: "What kind of force is that? You don't even know its name, right?"
"Who knows what their names are, maybe I haven't figured them out yet."
The Duke said nonchalantly: "But this list is waterless. Both sides are very sincere in their cooperation this time. If you want to save people, it is also our allies who will rescue those Central Continent elites. The worst estimate is that this Among the 1,200 people, we can at least bring back more than two-thirds intact."
A force that doesn't even have a name
Newly established
still...
Li Tianlan felt a pain in his balls and felt even more ridiculous. He shook his head randomly and said subconsciously: "Of course..."
"Don't rush to speak."
The Duke stood up with a smile and patted Li Tianlan on the shoulder casually: "You should think about it. Or you should talk to the Central Continent, right?"
Talk
Li Tianlan's heart was shaken, and he suddenly stood up and looked at the Duke.
The Duke's smile was deep, and the breeze blew through the tips of his hair. His long, golden hair was fluttering like a rolling wave.
Li Tianlan didn't want to ask what they were talking about.
The fate of thousands or even more elites in Central Continent is now in his hands.
What are you talking about with Zhongzhou
Naturally, it’s about negotiating terms.
Li Tianlan could almost clearly see a huge opportunity right in front of him.
If this negotiation is used well, it may be the biggest cornerstone of his rise. Of course, the premise is that he cannot arouse the resentment of the big guys in Central China.
To put it simply, his appetite cannot be too big.
What does he ask of Zhongzhou? What can you get
And to say the least, even if he gets nothing, the people he is about to rescue will undoubtedly owe him a huge favor.
This is almost a network map drawn by the general trend.
At your fingertips!
Priceless treasure!
only...
"Is this really appropriate?"
Li Tianlan looked at the Duke: "If Your Highness the Palace Master talks to Zhongzhou in person, you may be able to get a lot of things that are beneficial to reincarnation. In other words, these more than a thousand people are your bargaining chips, why should you give them to me? Palace Master How to say?"
"The palace master is silent."
The Duke shrugged again.
Li Tianlan smiled bitterly.
In reincarnation, when the will of the reincarnation palace master is silent, Qin Weibai's will is supreme.
"The boss said he would help you at all costs. There is a great opportunity right in front of you, isn't it?"
The Duke said calmly: "The palace master used your Li family's secret sword twenty-four in the battle with Gu Xingyun. Your identity should not be kept secret for long. At this time, so many elites owe you a favor. This may become one of your powerful bargaining chips to save your life.”
He reached into his arms and took out a smaller but extremely detailed document again: "After talking to Zhongzhou, you should talk to the Beihai Wang family."
The corner of Li Tianlan's mouth twitched and he subconsciously took the information.
"Let's go, it's time to eat."
The Duke smiled and glanced at Li Tianlan: "I originally thought you would refuse this deal, and I was even ready to convince you. Isn't that what all gentlemen are like?"
Li Tianlan twitched the corners of his lips and said calmly: "I am not a gentleman."
"But it's you... or you kings, don't you have any objection to Xiaobai's behavior?"
"Why have an opinion?"
The Duke said calmly: "I listen to the Palace Master, and the Palace Master asked me to listen to the boss. That's it. It's been like this since I joined Samsara five years ago."
Li Tianlan smiled bitterly and shook his head. He was suddenly startled and subconsciously said, "You said you only joined Samsara five years ago?"
"yes."
The Duke nodded calmly.