Read Novel Full Chapter 1599: Chapter 931: Negotiation
Chapter 1599: Chapter 931: Negotiation
“You… you’ve got some fucking nerve, daring to say that kind of thing!”
“You’re just some civilian shelter, and you dare claim to represent Dragon Country? You think you’re worthy?”
Zhang Yue flew into a rage and immediately shouted.
He was trying to win honor for the Jingzhou Military. They were the true orthodoxy of Dragon Country.
However, Liang Yuan only let out a light, cold laugh. “Who told you we’re a civilian shelter?”
“Do you seriously not know that Linjiang City also has a military district?”
Zhang Yue’s pupils suddenly shrank. He asked in shock and anger, “You’re from Linjiang City’s Guangfu Military District?”
Liang Yuan ignored him, didn’t bother with nonsense, and directly waved his hand. “Do it.”
“Molly, let me handle this!”
Jacks, off to the side, let out a vicious grin and lunged forward in an instant.
Zhang Yue’s pupils contracted as he roared, “We’re all military. There’s no need to go this far!”
“Mr. Liang, our Jingzhou Military is in contact with all the major military districts. We intend to rebuild Dragon Country’s order and restore Dragon Country’s glory.”
“Since you’re Guangfu Military District, why mix yourself in with a bunch of civilian forces?”
“We can work together to swallow that Divine Country. Afterward, Jiangnan Province and Yu Province will be yours, Jingzhou will be ours. Each side keeps to its own territory, we co-govern the Flood World—wouldn’t that be better?”
He really did have a silver tongue; the man could talk.
If Liang Yuan really were from the Guangfu Military District, he might honestly have hesitated for a moment.
But unfortunately, Liang Yuan was not.
Not only was he not from the Guangfu Military District, he was the one who wiped the Guangfu Military District out.
Of course, Zhang Yujiang and Feng Jiangong were still working under him, so if Liang Yuan insisted on pulling out the Guangfu Military District banner and pinning it on his Yangshan Shelter, it actually wouldn’t be impossible.
It was just that Liang Yuan couldn’t stand Zhang Yue’s arrogant, overbearing attitude—and he hated the Jingzhou Military’s methods even more.
If they wanted cooperation, couldn’t they just come talk openly?
They had to start with a sneak attack, then move on to threats.
It would be strange if Liang Yuan agreed.
In essence, this whole thing was the Jingzhou Military not taking Kerry Technology or even the entire southern shelter powers seriously.
They felt Kerry Technology could be toyed with at will, that it had no qualifications for cooperation.
So they went straight for a grab, took James, and then came out to threaten and coerce.
Jacks glanced at Liang Yuan and, seeing that Liang Yuan was unmoved, immediately let out a vicious grin and quickly came up before Zhang Yue.
He suddenly clamped a hand around Zhang Yue’s neck, opening his mouth as if to suck his blood dry.
Zhang Yue’s face instantly went pale. He understood now—this Liang really meant to kill him!
The other side had no intention of merely scaring him.
He hurriedly cried out, “Mr. Liang, Mr. Liang! We’re all former soldiers. For all you know, our Jingzhou Military has old comrades you recognize. There’s no need for things to get this tense between us.”
This world is basically one huge web of personal connections.
Especially here in Dragon Country.
Comrade-in-arms bonds are absolutely the strongest among all those social ties.
Before doomsday, in any city or county you went to, you could see alliances formed by retired veterans after they transferred to civilian life.
Especially at the grassroots level, those networks were even tighter.
Now that doomsday had arrived and order had collapsed, this group naturally became one of the most active forces.
Liang Yuan paid him no mind and said to Jacks, “Jacks, let me see your Blood Slave skill.”
Jacks let out a nasty chuckle. “I guarantee I won’t disappoint my master!”
With that, he opened his mouth, fangs snapping out, and lunged for this soldier named Zhang Yue.
Zhang Yue immediately let out a muffled cry of pain, and his eyes visibly reddened at an astonishing Speed.
His entire body shriveled rapidly.
In no time, he had completely turned into a human husk, skin stretched over bones, like a dried corpse that had lost every bit of moisture.
But then Jacks abruptly puffed out his cheeks and blew at the dry corpse.
In the next moment, that desiccated body began to swell at a visible Speed!
In just a short while, Zhang Yue had already returned to his original state.
His eyes snapped open. Apart from the lack of color in his face, he was exactly the same as before!
Jacks stood up, looking Zhang Yue over with satisfaction, and laughed. “Not bad. This guy is a Physique Ability User—lots of blood. He’ll make an excellent Blood Slave.”
Zhang Yue’s face was deathly pale. As he opened his eyes now and looked at Jacks, his gaze was full of terror and awe.
“You… you…”
“Still not calling me master?” Jacks barked with a cold laugh.
A terrifying sense of compulsion surged up from deep within Zhang Yue, impossible to defy, as if his very bloodline was being crushed by the other man.
He didn’t dare resist at all, feeling as if with just a single thought from Jacks, he would die on the spot.
“What… what did you do? What did you do to me?” He forced himself to stifle his fear and asked in panic.
Liang Yuan was also watching Jacks with curiosity; this was his first time seeing Jacks use the Blood Slave skill.
He saw Jacks lower his head with a cold smile. “I’ve already planted a Blood Slave imprint in you. Every single drop of blood flowing in your body now is a gift from me.”
“With just one thought from me, you’ll die instantly!”
Zhang Yue’s face turned ashen in an instant, his heart sinking into utter despair!
Seeing this, Liang Yuan couldn’t help clicking his tongue in amazement.
Jacks’s Blood Slave skill was actually quite similar to his own Soul Imprisonment Rune.
The difference was that the Soul Imprisonment Rune targeted the Soul, while Jacks’s Blood Slave skill clearly targeted the flesh.
Jacks could seize full Control over the target’s bodily functions and snuff out their life at any moment.
But it seems the Power over soul will and consciousness isn’t that strong.
At least Zhang Yue still has the will to resist, still knows to hate Jacks.
He just doesn’t dare to resist.
But the Soul Imprisonment Rune acts directly on the opponent’s soul will, forcing them to change their way of thinking and obey you completely.
The two control enemies in different ways, but there’s no doubt they’re both terrifying abilities.
“Jacks, take him down and interrogate him properly, find out where the Jingzhou Military people are hiding.”
“Find the Jingzhou Military as soon as possible and rescue James.”
Jacks immediately nodded. “Yes, Master.”
Liang Yuan turned to Molly and said, “Molly, find a way to contact people from the Divine Country. Tell them the military is already in talks with us.”
Molly asked in confusion, “Master, why are we looking for them?”
Liang Yuan said coolly, “The Divine Country has been pushing south recently, they’ve already clashed with you several times, right?”
“Now we tell them someone from Jingzhou already came to lobby us long ago—do you think they’ll get anxious?”
“If they’re smart, they should immediately send people to reach out and form an alliance with us.”
“Of course, if they’re like the Jingzhou Military and look down on us, odds are they’ll just send troops to attack us directly.”
“But that probability is low; most likely they’ll still look to ally with us.”
“Then we’ll see what terms they can offer.”
Molly suddenly understood and quickly nodded. “Got it, Master, I’ll send people to approach the Divine Country right away.”
Liang Yuan nodded. “Go.”
After Molly and Jacks both left, Liang Yuan finally sat down in an unhurried manner.
He closed his eyes and silently meditated to sense.
“As long as it’s a Soul Imprisonment Rune I planted, I can sense its precise location.”
“Let me see where you’re hiding.”
His Spiritual Power spread out, probing for that Soul Imprisonment Rune inside James’s body.
Yet a moment later, Liang Yuan frowned.
“Nothing?”
He probed for a while, but didn’t sense any fluctuation from a Soul Imprisonment Rune.
He slightly furrowed his brows and instantly thought of something.
“Sealing Array!”
“Right, James’s body was sealed by the enemy with a Sealing Rune, any Superpower Energy in his body can’t circulate or leak out.”
“My Soul Imprisonment Rune has also been sealed inside him by that Sealing Rune, so I have no way to sense its exact position.”
Liang Yuan frowned slightly, falling into thought.
“So I can only force the Jingzhou people’s hideout out of Zhang Yue’s mouth?”
Liang Yuan pondered for a moment, then suddenly thought of another idea.
He quickly stood up and shouted, “Someone!”
“Here.”
“Have Jacks bring Zhang Yue back.”
“Yes.”
Not long after, Jacks once again brought Zhang Yue back.
Only now, Zhang Yue already had some injuries on him.
Jacks asked, “Master, I was just about to force out the whereabouts of the Jingzhou Military from him. You want to see him?”
Liang Yuan asked, “Have you gotten anything out of him?”
Jacks shook his head. “This guy still isn’t talking.”
On the side, Zhang Yue clenched his teeth and raised his head, glaring at Liang Yuan and Jacks. “If I don’t go back within three days, our people will definitely figure out where you stand. By then, it’ll be war without a declaration.”
“You can forget about rescuing James!”
“Mr. Liang, let me go and I can go back and discuss with our battalion commander. We’re all from military backgrounds; there’s still a foundation for cooperation.”
It had to be said, Zhang Yue’s psychological resilience was extremely strong. Even now, he was still trying to persuade Liang Yuan to cooperate with Jingzhou.
Liang Yuan gave him a faint glance. “I don’t need you to talk—I can find your people all the same.”
As he spoke, his eyes began to turn bizarrely deep.
His brown irises rapidly shifted to amber. In Liang Yuan’s field of vision, the surrounding scenery lost its original colors and turned into black and white.
In this black-and-white world, countless innate lines crisscrossed in all directions.
Those were Causality Lines!
The Fruit-eating Dragon Bat Genetic Species had already been activated, and Liang Yuan’s method was simple.
He would directly use the Causality Lines on the opponent’s body to locate their lair!
This Zhang Yue was an envoy sent by the military; he must have extremely deep causality with the Jingzhou Military.
As long as he traced the direction of the Causality Lines on Zhang Yue, finding the Jingzhou Military’s position would be a piece of cake.
“James is sealed by a Sealing Rune, so I can’t sense the Soul Imprisonment Rune. But you don’t have a Sealing Rune on you—there’s no way you don’t have Causality Lines.”
“Let me see where the force behind you is hiding!”
Liang Yuan’s gaze fell directly on Zhang Yue.
He saw Causality Lines crisscrossing all over Zhang Yue’s body, extremely complex.
But the vast majority of those Causality Lines converged toward a distant direction!
Liang Yuan’s lips curled into a smile. “Found you!”