Chapter 2675 Who Is the Deterrent?

As rows of data passed across the faces of Boss Bai and Lei Chenghu, Boss Bai's brows gradually diverged, while the gloom on Lei Chenghu's face was like black magma that was about to explode.

"what do you mean?"

Lei Chenghu clenched the metal arm with a "click" sound, sparks burst out from between his teeth, and asked word by word.

"That's what you see, General Lei."

Li Yao smiled and said, "I will return the entire Celestial Star to you revolutionary cultivators, but not including the Golden Crystal Pagoda—strictly speaking, with the Golden Crystal Pagoda as the core and a radius of ten kilometers. An area will be opened as a 'demilitarized zone', and the presence of any armed forces will trigger my most serious reaction, and I would like to ask you to know this."

"You want to take the Golden Crystal Pagoda as your own?"

Lei Chenghu burst into anger, "What exactly do you want!"

"Don't worry, I understand the horror of the Golden Crystal Tower as deeply as you do, and I never want to activate such a terrifying weapon again."

Li Yao sighed, and said, "It's just that Boss Bai is right. The so-called alliance is the most stable when the two sides are evenly matched. Now that the power of the Empire and the Federation is so different, our ideas are even more serious. Let me ask." , if there is no "insurance", how can this temporary alliance be maintained for a long time?

"I'm just adding a solid guarantee for our alliance. Otherwise, even if General Lei values ​​dignity and commitment above life, there is no guarantee that none of the thousands of immortal cultivators will covet the Federation. Some cultivators on our side, in order to guard against the coveting heart of these immortal cultivators, will inevitably think of preemptive strikes—this kind of internal friction will never end, and the alliance will fall apart. How can we deal with the remnants of the four major families and Covenant alliance?

"What's more, we cultivators are willing to cooperate with you under the righteousness of 'renovating the empire'. On the issue of how to reform the empire, we must ensure our own supervision capabilities and ensure that the so-called 'renovation' is effective for the majority of people. The people at the bottom of the empire are good, otherwise, what is the difference between Wu Yingqi, Li Linghai, or you, General Lei Chenghu? Why should we help you and defeat Wu Yingqi?

"The Golden Crystal Pagoda is the greatest basis for us to play a supervisory role, and it is also the greatest hope for the salvation of the people at the bottom of the empire. It belongs to the wealth of all mankind, including the underground primitive people. As Boss Bai said just now, I have no qualifications , let alone have the power to hand it over to you.”

"Overseeing our innovations..."

Lei Chenghu narrowed his eyes, his murderous aura was almost condensed into a sword visible to the naked eye, he gritted his teeth and said, "Li Yao, are you threatening me?"

"Not a threat, but a deterrent."

Li Yao was not at all swayed by Lei Chenghu's murderous aura—in fact, after the life-and-death struggle with Wu Yingqi, looking at the entire empire, it was difficult for him to be swayed by the murderous aura of another person, "You immortal cultivators, Don't you respect the law of "natural selection, the weak prey" the most, don't you believe in "the winner is king"? If we cultivators can't control the power enough to deter the imperial capital, why should we get your attention and be equal to you? cooperate?"

"I knew it, I knew it!"

Lei Chenghu was furious and roared, "I knew that you cultivators would never be trusted. You harbored bad intentions from the very beginning. You didn't just think about solving Wu Yingqi at all! First, you used Wu Yingqi's unsightly, dirty Dirty pictures to shake the hearts of cultivators, tarnish the glorious image of our founding emperor, and now even take possession of the secret treasures belonging to our empire, Li Yao, you despicable and shameless villain, you really think you have something to do with me! For the grace of saving my life, don’t I dare to turn my back on you?”

"This point, you are wrong, General Lei Chenghu, the Golden Crystal Pagoda does not belong to the empire. Strictly speaking, it should be regarded as an ownerless thing. It is a legacy left by the prehistoric civilization to all mankind. The virtuous live in it, and now it is in my hands, so naturally I am a 'virtuous person'!"

Li Yao continued to smile and said, "As for me being despicable and shameless, it's not been a day or two, you already know that, I've never pretended to be an upright gentleman in front of you, right?

"You know that I am not a good person, but you still cooperate with me, why? Because you have no choice at that time!

"Since you have chosen to cooperate with me, and I have indeed exposed Wu Yingqi's true colors as promised, and even killed him, then of course I have the right to ask for a part of the reward. If not, you want to occupy the imperial capital for nothing? It would be too cheap Bar?"

Lei Chenghu took a deep breath, and immediately put back the ferocious flames that had been barking his teeth and claws just now, as if it was just a bluff.

But his eyes, which were as deep as cannon muzzles, glowed with a more dangerous light, showing that he had already made a cruel decision deep in his heart.

"Tell me, Li Yao."

Lei Chenghu said coldly, "If I refuse to recognize your so-called...'demilitarized zone', and insist on sending the marines to forcibly land on the surface, invade the ground, and take over the Golden Crystal Tower, what will you do?"

"If that's the case, I'm afraid the Arsonists United Fleet will immediately launch an attack on the Thunder Fleet, and my puppet army on the ground and underground will also resist desperately and fight until every soldier is killed."

Li Yao said, "We will use all means to defend the Golden Crystal Pagoda, including using... the last resort."

"Final measures?"

Lei Chenghu laughed, "You mean, restart the Golden Crystal Pagoda and anger the sun again?"

Li Yao's eyelashes fluttered quickly: "...Yes, you forced me to do this. If you really storm the ground, I will restart the Golden Crystal Tower."

"Hehe, Li Yao, although you are a despicable and shameless villain, you are still a cultivator. This is not only your most precious advantage, but also your most fatal flaw."

Lei Chenghu laughed, "I tell you, I don't believe it, I don't believe that you will violate the Dao Heart of a cultivator, restart the Golden Crystal Pagoda again, and use the lives of tens of billions of people as a gamble to deal with me, especially when you just now After sacrificing everything and saving these people from Wu Yingqi! Your Dao Heart, your law, and your philosophy will not allow you to do this.

"You may be an excellent lurker, and even an outstanding fraudster, but your heart is too soft, you can't be a qualified deterrent, your threat and deterrence are almost zero.

"Let me tell you how to be a qualified deterrent. Now, I'm going to issue my own deterrent——

"I'll give you half an hour to make the final decision, and you have two paths to go.

"First, within half an hour, drive the Arsonist Combined Fleet to the Ninth Orbital Base, and hand over the highest control authority of all key ground facilities including the Golden Crystal Tower. I will abide by my past promises to ensure your safety and security. Powers, and even a 'renovation oversight committee' can be established as you wish, as a supplementary body to the Senate.

"And you, Li Yao, your status as the 'King of the Black Wind' and the 'Controller of the Five Realms of the Black Wind' will also be recognized by me and the strong support of the imperial military. In the future, the Five Realms of the Black Wind can become some kind of In the form of the "Second Zone of Cultivators", the Fleet of Cultivators can also openly operate in the empire under the name of "Black Wind Legion".

"This is the limit of my sincerity, and it is also the limit that thousands of immortal cultivators can tolerate.

"Second, if the combined Arsonist Fleet has not sailed to the Ninth Orbital Base within half an hour, and you insist on not surrendering the highest control authority of the ground facilities, especially the Golden Crystal Tower, then my troops will forcibly land on Tianji Star, take over all the facilities, and what happens next is out of anyone's control."

"Lei Chenghu, you are playing with fire!"

Boss Bai next to him roared, "You are ruining the victory you have finally obtained!"

"That's right, but the so-called 'deterrence' is exactly that."

Lei Chenghu crossed his hands, and said calmly, "Of course, doing so will cause great trouble to the cause of the reformers and even the rebirth of the entire empire, but I believe that you cultivators will definitely suffer ten times more serious blows. Bet, bet you don't dare to completely tear your face off with me. Of course, if I lose the bet, I will throw out the chip without hesitation and put the threat into action. This is a qualified 'deterrent'. Should do."

Boss Bai fell silent, looking at Li Yao.

Li Yao's face was pale, with a hesitant expression and hesitant eyes, as if he had lost his mind.

"Look, Li Yao, this is your nature."

Lei Chenghu saw through the weakness in Li Yao's heart, and smiled, "This may not be considered a weakness, it's just 'inappropriate', each of us always has our own suitable position, and your position should never be "Deterrence", especially the game where tens of billions of lives are used as chips, you can't afford to play such a game.

"In any case, my troops will land in half an hour. If you want to restart the Golden Crystal Tower, please go ahead. I'll just watch you press the button of destruction, will you?"

"...I, I won't."

Li Yao was sweating profusely in an instant, looking like he was going to have a nervous breakdown at any time, bit his lip, and lamented, "You are right, General Lei, it seems that I am not really a 'deterrent' material, the first time Deterrence has failed like this, if you see through it at a glance, it's really, really useless!

"It is indeed impossible for me to restart the Golden Crystal Pagoda. It is impossible anyway. If I do this, I am afraid that my Dao Heart will collapse within 0.1 seconds. I, I cannot bear such pressure. So...exciting."

"It's okay, it's not your fault, it's even your merit."

Lei Chenghu smiled and said, "It seems that we have reached an agreement. You are not a qualified 'deterrent'. I am more suitable than you to be in charge of the Golden Crystal Tower and become a real 'deterrent', right?"

"Yes, you are absolutely right."

Li Yao blinked and wiped off the sweat from his forehead, but a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, "But I am so soft-hearted, kind, and indecisive, I am more suitable as a 'deterrent' person than me, far more than You alone, it is not necessary for me to hand over the Golden Crystal Pagoda to you.

"By the way, have I introduced my two children, Xiao Ming and Wen Wen, to you?"