“Lao Lin is actually being so honest, that’s rare.”
“If it weren’t for the Battle Camp, Lao Lin would probably be a good kid.”
“Your ‘good kid’ is night-attacking a Loli? (Side-eye laugh)”
“Lao Lin is mimicking a Huang Elf now, but he feels more like a Gnome than a Goblin.”
Lin Zhen hesitated for a while but still decided not to leave the carriage, only getting up to walk around inside.
One, two.
It was mainly because he had scanned with his Yi Neng once; there were no metal elements on the outskirts of the stone forest.
Then there was no need for him to go down.
He waited in the carriage for over an hour and saw soldiers coming and going from the stone forest one after another.
Without exception, they all held many stones of various colors.
However, there was still no reaction from metal elements.
Just as Lin Zhen was curious about what those stones were, Damian, whom he hadn’t seen for a long time, came to the door. Seeing Lin Zhen’s curiosity about the use of those stones, he explained:
“These are the Earth God’s blessings, materials for crafting Earth God weapons. Our trip is to transport them to the King City and craft a new batch of Earth God weapons to deal with future wars.”
“Earth God weapons? There were Tree God weapons before, is there some relationship between the two?”
“There was a Shadow God before, doesn’t that mean there are Shadow God weapons too? My head is spinning from watching.”
“The surface has the Tree God, and the underground has the Earth God. Looking at it this way, the opposition between the surface and the underground isn’t without reason.”
Since mimicking and infiltrating the underground, Lin Zhen had never dared to expose his lack of common knowledge regarding Huang Elves.
He was deeply afraid of his identity being exposed.
But judging by the other party’s proactive explanation, this shouldn’t be something an average Huang Elf could know.
So, although he didn’t know why the other party had proactively come to talk to him about this, he followed the topic and asked:
“Is there going to be a war again?”
“When has war ever ended?” Damian shook his head and suddenly asked, “Lin Sizhen, you aren’t a Huang Elf, are you?”
“What do you mean by that, Commander?”
Lin Zhen was shocked in his heart.
But thanks to his long-term experience of disguising in the Battle Camp, the expression on his face did not reveal any flaws.
“What do you mean?”
“Whoa, he’s exposed just like that.”
“Lao Lin’s acting isn’t even a fraction of Lao Xi’s, right?”
“Lao Xi has no flaws.”
“Lao Xi has no hair.”
“You understand what I mean yourself.”
Damian curled the corners of his mouth and said indifferently:
“Lin Sizhen, do you really think I would just bring a nephew’s friend along with the army on a whim?”
“Not even if he’s a life-saver?” Lin Zhen asked.
“No! But if he’s an Outsider, then yes!”
Damian reached out and, under Lin Zhen’s slightly puzzled gaze, lightly patted his shoulder.
“You aren’t the first person like this I’ve met.”
“Recently, there have been Outsiders active on the surface, underground, among the Green Elves, and everywhere in our Huang Elf kingdom.”
“Some of you disguise yourselves as us and act low-key, while others are high-profile. But regardless, with over ten thousand strong people suddenly appearing in the world, we naturally won’t truly know nothing. Your existence is no longer a secret among the upper ranks.”
“We even have a general idea of your purpose.”
“I don’t understand.” Lin Zhen still did not admit it.
“You don’t need to understand, and you don’t have to admit it, but for the sake of you saving my nephew’s life, I must advise you: do not go to the King City!” Damian said seriously.
“Get off the carriage here and leave.”
“Why?” Lin Zhen was still very confused.
This matter revealed a sense of weirdness from beginning to end.
He had clearly hidden his identity carefully and believed he hadn’t shown any flaws.
Yet he was seen through at a glance by the other party.
Moreover, the other party didn’t harm him but was earnestly advising him not to go to the King City.
“Some things, I can’t say too clearly.”
Damian turned his head, his gaze falling out the window.
“Make a decision now: come with me to the King City, or leave here.”
Lin Zhen was silent for a few seconds and said softly:
“Since the Commander understands us, you should also know that people like us have no choice.”
“We can only move forward, not backward…”
He raised his head, “I can only go to the King City.”
“He’s awake, he’s awake!”
Yun Che opened his eyes with difficulty.
The sounds of his companions cheering rang in his ears.
He turned his head and saw the excited Kaos, Zi Jiu and Anvil with faces full of concern, a somewhat self-blaming Yun Ruoxi, and Aili holding Yun Ruoxi.
Everyone was surrounding him.
“You’re awake? Congratulations, you’re already a girl.”
“Lao Che’s gender-swap, I’m afraid Lao Kai is going to get a bargain.”
“True, these two really have a CP vibe.”
“Now I have to look for Lao Che’s TS doujin.”
“What, Lao Che has a TS doujin? Where is the hero?”
“What happened to me?” Yun Che held his forehead, a trace of pain flashing across his face. His memory was still stuck at the moment he infiltrated the banquet hall, saw three un-mimicked students, and was shocked.
“You were caught by those three students!” Zi Jiu said, “Xiao Xi saved you.”
“Is that so?”
Yun Che looked at Yun Ruoxi.
She nodded and murmured, “If only I had gone a bit earlier.”
“It’s fine.” Yun Che thought for a bit, recalled something else, and quickly spoke, “Those people want Guan Kelai to take them directly to the King City to meet the King. I suspect they want to directly control the King when they meet.”
“We already know about these things.”
Zi Jiu nodded, “Xiao Xi even convinced Guan Kelai to take us to the King City.”
“Xiao Xi is as reliable as ever.”
Yun Che was shocked upon hearing this, “Xiao Xi already convinced him?”
“Mm! I moved him with emotion and reasoned with him.”
Yun Ruoxi nodded and smiled shyly, “Okay, actually I threatened him a bit with force.”
Yun Ruoxi spoke so candidly that it actually dispelled some of the doubts in Yun Che’s heart.
However, he still asked, “Then are we also going to see the King? Among those three people, one should have a control-type Yi Neng, otherwise they wouldn’t have thought about directly controlling the King.”
“They have the confidence to do it, but we might not.”
“No, we’re just entering the King City,” Yun Ruoxi replied. “At that time, Guan Kelai will help us scout for news about the Star Core.”
“Will he be that obedient?” Zi Jiu thought Guan Kelai had only agreed to take them into the King City; she didn’t expect him to agree to even this kind of thing.
If the former was just assistance, the latter was directly tying himself to their warship, turning from a victim of coercion to an accomplice, or rather, a traitor to his world.
“I said…” Yun Ruoxi smiled slightly, a flash of coldness and ruthlessness appearing in her eyes, “Although I threatened him, I did indeed make the stakes clear to him.”
“As long as he cooperates with us, he has a chance to keep his power. And for someone like him who values power more than life, once he sees the landing pods from beyond the heavens, it’ll be impossible for him to refuse.”