Parting

Si Jinyan sent over the terms for negotiation, and the other side seemed to have been waiting for him, immediately naming a time and place.

A soldier beside him promptly searched the communications map. It showed a dilapidated old building fifty kilometers away.

They had arrived here less than two days ago and had not surveyed anywhere fifty kilometers out.

Fortunately, the soldiers on guard had learned some information from the old woman about the "troops" and the Aberrant Forms, including descriptions of the Aberrant Form experimental base. Several key details said that the "troops" were underground, and that they had taken an elevator for a long time before reaching them.

That matched the run-down building on the surface. Judging from the live communications map alone, the inside of the building could be seen at a glance. It was far too shabby—so shabby that it looked like a trap.

An officer who was to accompany Chi Li looked at the address hesitantly. He could not quite believe the other side would directly expose their real location and cautiously asked, "Could this really be the address of their base? Could they be luring us over to wipe us out in one go?"

He still remembered those videos and photos of living people being transformed into Aberrant Forms, and the impression had been deeply etched into his mind.

Si Jinyan studied it intently for a moment, his expression showing no concern. He uttered two words. "They won't."

If anyone understood Yao Di best, Si Jinyan was certainly one of them.

There was a reason Yao Di had become emperor. He possessed bravery, a talent for employing people, ambition, aspirations, and methods; coupled with favorable timing, those qualities had indeed made him the ruler of a nation. But he also had flaws. He