"Hey, old man, can you hear me?"
Through the communicator found on Tolea's body, Zhou Li stood on a higher stone and shouted loudly: "Wake up, your goddaughter's grandfather has called. Hurry up and answer the phone."
"Do you know it's twelve o'clock now?"
The communicator is a white panel with runes for video recording engraved on it. Soon, an old face appeared on the panel. Magnum III's cloudy eyes were full of fatigue, and his voice was much hoarse.
"I can not sleep."
"I can sleep!"
Magnum III had a strong feeling of getting out of bed. He suppressed the anger in his heart, gritted his teeth and said to Zhou Li: "Why do you have Torea's communicator? What are you doing so late?"
"Do you really want to ask about the word dry?"
After speaking obscenely, hoping to make Magnum III's coffin board reflect light as soon as possible, Zhou Li turned the "mirror" behind him with a sincere expression. Suddenly, Magnum III felt suffocated.
Sea of corpses, a sea of corpses of void monsters.
"Your secret agent has probably already raised his eyebrows, so the news of the void invasion of Muqi probably hasn't reached you yet."
Zhou Li dangled an eagle's beak pendant in front of Magnum III, which was Magnum's secret agent symbol. He threw it casually and continued to speak in front of Magnum III, who had not yet escaped the shock of the void invasion:
"By the way, I see you don't know how to tell me that Lin Yuan is back."
Magnum III had just escaped from the shock caused by the void invasion, and heard the news of Lin Yuan's return. His old face turned red to white, then white to red, and then turned livid.
"Don't worry, I'm not here to collect debts. She won't look through the history books and find that she, one of the biggest contributors to the resistance to the void, was taken care of. Just because Magnum has been at odds with the Lin family for generations, she used this method. After the Stallion Magnum strokes, he mounted his horse with a knife and took the head of some dog emperor. He is a real hero and cannot afford to be careless with some people."
Facing Magnum III's livid face, Zhou Li smiled happily. For him, this was a familiar environment.
"Don't worry about what they are doing when they come back, but I have good news for you."
Zhou Li cleared his throat, stood on the rocks by the river, pointed at the corpses of the monsters, and spoke in a very impassioned tone, like the little overlord of Jiangdong:
"Linjiang Tomb, millions of monsters. All of these monsters killed countless people during their lifetimes. Each corpse is engraved with patterns carefully carved by Mr. Lin Yuan. It is forged by a master and has exquisite craftsmanship. Do I need to say more about the gold content? Every drop Blood, every piece of flesh is a gradual achievement. For this thing, one corpse can start a family, and ten corpses can shock the world. How famous these corpses can be, tsk tsk, I don't even dare to think."
It was obvious that Magnum III was moved when faced with these things. He is not stupid and knows what Zhou Li means. Magnan glanced at the mountain of corpses behind Zhou Li, and then said calmly to Zhou Li: "Make an offer."
"Hey, you guys are being polite to your buddies."
Zhou Li squatted on the stone without caring about his own image. He looked at the spring water in the river and sighed: "Oh, but brothers have settled the accounts, so we still have to fight."
"Look, these monsters were killed by Lin Yuan himself. Who is Lin Yuan? God's gift! God's gift, do you understand? These monsters I killed were my credit. If it weren't for your good brother I'll beg you for mercy and a chance to trade, and no one will even want to look at you."
"You said that Ms. Lin Yuan's achievements were mentioned in the history books, and she must have been mentally harmed. You must pay for the mental damage, right?"
Seeing Magnum III opening his mouth and wanting to say something, Zhou Li uttered an ouch and pretended to slip his hand and gently dropped the mirror to the ground. The mirror on Magnum III's side suddenly became dark, and all he could hear was Zhou Li shouted in panic.
"Oh, Sister Lin, you have to do it. Although we are at the God-given level and have invincible space capabilities, it is easy to kill a dog hiding in the palace, but we have just killed so many monsters. You We’re too tired, let’s take a rest first.”
Then Zhou Li hurriedly picked up the mirror and smiled brightly at Magnum, "I'm just kidding, Ms. Lin Yuan is relaxing with her child, who has the time to argue with you?"
However, Magnum III felt the chill in Zhou Li's smile. He understood the meaning of Zhou Li's seemingly nonsensical action just now - if you dare to use Lin Yuan as a Magnum to suppress me, don't blame Lin Yuan. Yuan helped me with something.
"Say a price and be happy."
Facing Magnan III's inquiry, Zhou Li said without hesitation: "Three.6 million gold coins."
"Are you crazy?!"
Magnum III couldn't hold back anymore. He looked at Zhou Li's ugly face and said angrily: "Are you going to empty my treasury?"
"Don't be embarrassed." Zhou Li waved his hand and said with a smile: "I have accurately calculated that this is only half of your treasury, and it is still far from being empty."
"Zhou Li, don't be such a lion!"
Magnum III stared at Zhou Li and said in a vicious voice: "You don't want to see you and I tearing up our faces. It's not good for each other. Three million six hundred thousand is too much. It's almost a pain in the neck for Magnum." Damn it, I can’t possibly promise you.”
"There is no war, no road construction, no expenditure on public utilities, and you don't even build a public toilet. I have already calculated it for you. As long as your royal family reduces the salary of the nobles for two years, don't repair the palace every day. It’s magnificent, and half of the treasury is more than enough.”
Zhou Li squatted in front of the mirror, with a sarcastic smile on his face, and said to Magnum III: "Of course, I will not die. I will leave you 600,000 gold coins, and you can comfort those nobles. As for them I will buy the supplies at 80% of the price, and the money will be deducted from this. Think about it carefully and give you some time."
Before Magnum III could bargain, Zhou Li hung up the communicator. Then, he took out a small communicator with a red Chinese knot hanging on it. This was given to Xiaoke by Lin Yuan, which symbolizes peace.
"It's time to move."
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In the palace, Magnum III sat on a special chair, looking at the mirror in his hand that had lost its image without saying a word. After a long time, he raised his head and whispered to the empty door: "Instruct the border troops to prepare for action."
"We can't let him control the rhythm."
Standing up and looking in the direction of Muqi, Magnum III narrowed his eyes and said to himself: "I will send troops to suppress the situation first, and I must control the right to speak. By then, the price of these corpses will not necessarily be anyone's. That’s all.”
The next day, Magnum III received the news. Thirty minutes before he issued the order, it seemed that the Heavenly Army of the Three Eastern Courts, the Third Iron Torrent of Yingnan, and Talis' glorious troops had already gathered at the border of Magnum III. The reason why these three armies gathered at the border of Muqi is that they received news from the brave that the void invaded again. In order to prevent the remnants of the void, they came to protect Muqi.
Facing the three most elite troops from each country, the Sword of Pioneering Corps chose to follow their hearts like a lost dog. They claimed that they were sent by Magnum, just like everyone else, to protect Muqi's legion. Therefore, Magnum III's plan to control the border completely failed, and he no longer dared to threaten with force under the eyes of the three major powers.
At the same time, an unprecedented public opinion crisis broke out in Magnum in just one day. A large number of newspapers and media have reported on Muqi's void crisis. At the same time, newspapers, for unknown reasons, exaggerated Muqi as a tragic country that resisted the invasion of the void and prevented the recurrence of disasters and suffered heavy losses. Public opinion exploded for a time, and calls to protest the invasion of Muqi came one after another. The previous atmosphere of war was gone, and Magnum's anti-war sentiment was unprecedentedly high.
Faced with strong pressure at home and abroad, Magnum III did not dare to go against the grain. In the end, he was forced to give up all bills and regulations against Muqi, declared to unconditionally safeguard Muqi's sovereignty, and agreed to send a team to supervise him at twelve o'clock.
Of course, Magnum did not gain nothing in this war. One of their diplomats, Torea, became a war hero. With her outrageous record and the battlefield of Lin Yuan, the strongest space professional, Torea instantly became a hot topic. For a time, the name of White Hope was hyped up, and Torea became a household name.
At the same time, in order to make up for the previous sanctions against Muqi, Magnum III specifically called on all nobles to give up four years of salary. The entire royal family scrimped on food and clothing and spent more than one million gold coins to help Muqi rebuild after the war. Such a large-scale gesture shocked all countries and received unanimous praise.
But that was what happened later. After hanging up Xiao Ke's communicator, Zhou Li closed his eyes and took a deep breath of the cool air. Facing the cool breath that hit his face, he stretched himself and lay down on the stone.
The starry sky is bright and the full moon is clear.
The surrounding crowds were bustling, and all the residents of Havana took to the streets. They helped the legions who had suffered heavy losses to maintain order and clean up the remains of the battlefield. Sometimes they would pass by here. They knew Zhou Li and the brave man who helped them. But the Muqi people didn't want to disturb him. They just saluted Zhou Li from a distance and then left quietly without making any sound.
"What, are you tired?"
A familiar, reassuring voice sounded from beside me. Zhou Li didn't open his eyes, he just raised his hand, took the hand of Eluma who was smiling beside him, and put it on his chest.
"Has Muqi's successor been chosen?"
Eluma's blue eyes reflected the clear river water. She shook Zhou Li's hand and replied softly: "Well, it's an elemental mage named Talis. He looks very lazy, but he is very mobile. Strong and very popular.”
"fine."
Zhou Li breathed a sigh of relief, opened his eyes and sat up. The towering tree hanging from the sky is on the bank of the river. In the humid air, this tree with strong vitality and lush branches is swaying slightly in the wind.
A girl holding a bouquet came over and placed the flowers under the trees. She closed her eyes devoutly towards the tree, clasped her hands together, and worshiped for a long time.
The numerous flowers under the trees prove that this is not the first Muqi man to come to worship. After they finish their work and help others finish cleaning faster, they always come here together to lay a flower for this tree that has never appeared before today.
The people of Havana don't know why they do this. They just feel that this lush tree that seems to have strong vitality is very kind.
It seems that this tree is protecting Muqi.
"Who is it?"
In fact, Eluma was also very confused about this tree. This tree gave her a very friendly feeling. In the wind, it looked at every plant and tree in Muqi like a kind old man.
Zhou Li stood up, left the stone, and picked up two white flowers from the roadside. He handed one to Eluma, and the two walked side by side under the trees.
He placed the flowers on the sword of numerous bouquets. The small white flowers were particularly petite among the brightly colored flowers, but they were inexplicably harmonious. Zhou Li raised his head, looked at the tree crown touching the starry sky, and raised the corners of his mouth slightly.
"He was the soul of a country."
"His name is Muqi."
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