"What's happened has happened! We have to face it in the end!"
As everyone fell silent and the atmosphere grew heavy, Jian Shang took a deep breath and spoke gravely. Then he paused and asked the guard beside him, "Have you found the control hub for King Wu's Tomb?"
The guard replied, "Not yet..."
"Let's go!"
Jian Shang frowned in thought for a moment, then spoke decisively, turned, and walked away.
"..."
Everyone fell silent for a moment. Given the circumstances, they could think of no way to deal with this either. As the Huan King had said, meet soldiers with generals, and stem the flood with earth.
By the time Jian Shang and the others reached the passage entrance, a sea of people had already gathered. The line stretched more than a dozen li, with their numbers estimated in the hundreds of thousands.
The sight weighed even more heavily on Jian Shang and the others. Anyone who dared enter King Wu's Tomb and survived could hardly be weak, yet all of them had been trapped inside. It was easy to imagine how terrifying the Great Qin Empire's forces must be!
"Huan King!"
As soon as Jian Shang and the others arrived, the dense crowd opened a path for them. When they reached the passage entrance, Liu Bang approached with Master Jiao Li, Zhang Liang, and the others, his face wreathed in smiles as he greeted them.
Before Jian Shang could reply, he hurriedly continued, "As the saying goes, each age brings forth its own gifted men, each leading the tide for centuries. The First Emperor ruled without virtue and should never have returned. In this act of defying Heaven, I will absolutely support you, Huan King!"
"Really?"
Jian Shang looked at Liu Bang with a cold smile. After