Ch. 702Sinister Manipulation
Tian Hao taunted Zhang Lexuan, captured her, and used Bei Bei to explain Shrek Academy’s imbalance between its ideals and actions. After Bei Bei returned to Shrek, Mu En ordered the academy to avoid further conflict while its leaders planned to study Tian Hao’s Electromagnetic Weapons and buy up Lightning Attribute Special Metal, unknowingly advancing Tian Hao’s scheme.
- Tian Hao admitted he was Taotie King Shi Hao, provoked Zhang Lexuan, and captured her after she attacked him, promising to release her when Shrek met his three conditions.
- Bei Bei apologized to Tian Hao and questioned why the conflict had escalated; Tian Hao blamed Shrek’s failure to balance its righteous and darker sides, while Xian Lin’er and Yan Shaozhe were punished for arguing.
- Tang Ya agreed to care for Zhang Lexuan as Bei Bei returned to Shrek and asked Mu En to prevent anyone from provoking Tian Hao again.
- After hearing Bei Bei’s report, Mu En ordered that no one leave the city without permission, while Fan Yu began analyzing the copied Electromagnetic Gun and Mu En shifted resources toward the Soul Engineering Department.
- Mu En and the others planned to gather Special Metal while withholding Lightning Attribute materials, then ordered purchases of Lightning Attribute Special Metal across several empires.
- Tian Hao watched Shrek City and revealed that the Electromagnetic Weapons were bait intended to distract Shrek from his larger plan to acquire Special Metal.