Apocalypse Forecast

Chapter 272: Chapter 239: Kongming’s Trap_1

”Should I say it’s no wonder you were once a major capitalist, a financial tycoon?”

The black Flying Bird praised, ”Aside from making a fortune by using the title of a Prince to sell tickets, the wages you paid out were all other people’s money, and you even sold favors... To be so outrageously cunning, even I, as Raven, must admit I’m no match for you.”

”No way around it, Hell is indeed in a state of economic decay, guest.”

Little Cat picked up the tea that Huai Shi hadn’t drunk and calmly poured it into his mouth. ”It’s not easy to make money in these times. If you don’t seize the chance when you get it, you may suddenly go bankrupt... Then we all end up on the streets, has-beens, and perhaps with not even a fart to eat.”

”Moreover, if it weren’t for your strong recommendation, I wouldn’t have had the guts to make this decision.”

”I’m just a facilitator, that’s all.”

Raven entered the phase of mutual business flattery. ”When it comes to management, you’re indeed a bit stronger.”

”Just that...” Little Cat fell silent for a moment, then suddenly asked, ”Apart from the untraceable package delivered into my hands by yesterday’s courier seven years ago, isn’t the inheritance ceremony at Helios Workshop and the Golden Dawn badge a bit too dangerous for him?”

”Oh?” Raven laughed, amused. ”Are you worried about him?”

”He’s a Prince recognized by Paradise, my colleague, why wouldn’t I care about him?” Little Cat shook his head. ”I’d like him to grow stronger and more impressive, so Paradise can cling to his coattails in the future! Who wouldn’t wish for him smooth sailing ahead?”

”Rest assured, the Helios Workshop’s inheritance ceremony is dangerous, but for him in a year’s time, it will be an invaluable opportunity. As for Golden Dawn...”

Raven shook her head. ”They’ve been recruiting members among the Sublimators of other Heavenly Kingdom Genealogies for more than a day or two. Even without this chance, he would eventually have to deal with that group of deadbeats. So, why not take the initiative first?”

”How about it, interested in getting involved?” she cheerfully said, ”A partnership with an outstanding manager like you would surely be very convenient, wouldn’t it?”

”Let’s not. Although Paradise is vast, compared to true Power, it is but yesterday’s Phantom.” Little Cat shook his head. ”We don’t seek glory; merely continuing this struggling existence is enough.”

”Is that so?”

Raven looked deeply at him, ”I can understand that it’s not easy to survive in the cracks, but what I’m curious about is—why are you in such a hurry?”

”In your position, there’s no need to arrange things so frantically, right? After all, Paradise is one of the few major factions of Xiematai; just waiting for Dongxia and Yingzhou to make their offers would suffice, wouldn’t it?”

”...”

Little Cat fell silent, and after a while, he sighed softly, ”To be honest, I’m not interested in the struggle between the Dongxia Genealogy and Yingzhou Phylogeny; I just don’t want to lose my autonomy and be at the mercy of others.”

”After all, we’ve already lost our lives and the honor we once had; we can’t lose our freedom as well, can we?”

”So, it sounds like there’s room for further cooperation...”

In the darkness, the black Flying Bird, chin in hand, began to laugh softly, ”If it’s convenient, could you, as a local, show me the way?”

”Hmm?” Little Cat was puzzled.

”That thing hidden beneath the Imperial Palace...” she narrowed her eyes and asked, ”You know about it, right?”

”...”

Little Cat stood there, stunned.

It wasn’t long before he burst into laughter, ”This could be another big deal... It’s alright for me to quote a higher price, isn’t it?”

”No problem, I haven’t haggled in a long while either.”

Raven responded cheerfully, ”Don’t worry, before Dongxia Genealogy and Yingzhou Phylogeny tear each other apart in a do-or-die struggle, we still have plenty of time to reach a consensus.”

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In the drowsiness, the old Court Official lay on the bed in the medical room, quietly waiting.

The long wait finally paid off. After an undefined period, low footsteps came from afar. A piece of paper was slipped through the curtain from behind, and the figure hastily departed.

The paper was written with complex code, but for the old Court Official, it posed no difficulty at all. A mere glance, and the corresponding information surfaced in his mind.

[Xuan Niao in charge, Kua Fu carrying out the action, Phoenix assisting, there is a mole in the Wu Family.]

”...”

The old Court Official set the paper down silently, and as it left his hand, it spontaneously combusted into Ashes.

He restrained the anger in his heart, his face solemn as water.

Indeed, a traitor had emerged from the lowly ranks of the Wu Family. No wonder the border wedge was bizarrely sabotaged, causing one of the secret stores to sink into Hell, now seized in advance by the Social Security Bureau.

But now it seems, not only is the Wu Family untrustworthy, perhaps a considerable number of people from within the ’Seat’ itself have begun to waver, haven’t they?

What a bunch of undignified fools!

Do they not realize that even if they bow to the Barbarian General’s rule, that madman would merely drink merrily as he lops off the heads of these rat-like betrayers?

In less than a century, the Yingzhou Phylogeny, with a history of two thousand years inherited from the High Plains, has been thoroughly divided by the internal strife between the Dukes and Wu Family.

The Tianjin System, represented by today’s Dukes, and the indigenous lineage represented by the Wu Family, are about to lose even the semblance of peace they once maintained. Internal conflict hasn’t even started, yet outsiders have come sniffing for blood amidst the raging undercurrents... If they don’t retaliate soon, not only Deer’s Sing Hall but the Yingzhou Phylogeny will lose all face!