Chapter 1813
by 林方方Chapter 1813 Dangerous Move
“Here it comes!!”
The gray mist rolled over the sea surface as Lin Qiye stood at the bow and spoke in a deep voice.
Roars echoed from the distant sea, some sharp and piercing, some earth-shaking, some eerily strange… Looking out, he saw the silhouettes of Ke-system deities appearing in the mist, exactly nine of them!
These terrifying Ke-system auras and the alternating roars directly frightened Lingling behind Lin Qiye.
She spoke with a pale face:
“Commander, have we fallen into a trap?”
Lin Qiye didn’t answer, but directly said, “Take the other members of the [Phoenix] squad and hide in the cabin! Quickly!”
“Commander, we can fight too!”
“In a battle of this scale, your participation would be no different from suicide… Go now! That’s an order!”
Seeing this, Lingling said no more. As the new captain of the [Phoenix] squad, she had to take on the captain’s responsibilities. Gritting her teeth, she rushed through the surging waves to the stern of the exploration ship and led all members of the [Phoenix] squad into the cabin.
With the appearance of those nine Ke-system deities, the entire sea area became turbulent. Giant waves rocked the three exploration ships almost to the point of capsizing. Salty seawater fell like rain onto the deck, making tinkling sounds.
“It seems the real battle has just begun…” Shen Qingzhu walked to Lin Qiye’s side and slowly spoke as he gazed at the approaching Ke-system deities.
“I thought this plan had failed… I didn’t expect An Qingyu would still give us a surprise.”
Lin Qiye turned to look into the distance. Between the hazy mist, a hooded figure in black stood ghost-like on the frozen ice layer, silently watching in their direction.
Destroying Olympus was never Lin Qiye’s purpose… or at least not his main purpose.
This divine nation was merely a chess piece on the board between Lin Qiye and Monk Suming, a setup to attract the real enemy!
The reason Lin Qiye went to such lengths to project a countdown above Olympus wasn’t to provoke Poseidon and others. After all, if his true goal was just to destroy Olympus, he would have approached as stealthily as possible, ideally reaching their doorstep before they noticed, and annihilating them in one go. Why would he give them ten days to prepare?
That countdown was meant for An Qingyu in the mist from the very beginning.
For these four years, the Ke-system deities led by An Qingyu had been hiding in the mist without any movement. Even when Lin Qiye activated the “God Hunting” plan and sent several human deities and special squads into the mist to hunt gods, they couldn’t draw out a single Ke-system deity.
The more silent they remained, the more dangerous they were.
An Qingyu and the numerous Ke-system deities hiding in the shadows always held the advantage. To break this stalemate, Lin Qiye had to force them to appear.
If the previous “God Hunting” couldn’t draw them out because the “bait” was too small, then putting a Chinese countdown on Olympus was undoubtedly telling An Qingyu:
“In ten days, I’m going to destroy Olympus. Do you dare to come?”
To destroy Olympus, Great Xia would certainly deploy most of its top forces, and even Lin Qiye himself would take action. Several human deities and many human powerhouses – this was the biggest “bait” Great Xia could currently offer.
This was a risky move… The first risk was that after displaying the countdown, the Olympian deities would certainly be on guard, greatly increasing the difficulty of destroying Olympus. The second risk was that with An Qingyu waiting to ambush them, if he struck here and wiped them all out, Great Xia would not be far from collapse.
But Lin Qiye had to make this risky move. They were already exposed, so they had to take control of the initiative in this chess game!
From the current situation, Lin Qiye’s plan had undoubtedly worked.
Many human powerhouses and deities gathered at the bow. They looked around at the approaching roaring Ke-system deities with extremely solemn expressions.
“You go ahead, we’ll handle this,” Shen Qingzhu said to Lin Qiye.
“Mm.”
Lin Qiye nodded, then leaped from the exploration ship like a swift swan, rushing toward the figure standing on the ice layer!
Roar–!!!
In front of the ice layer, two enormous shadows were surrounding the exploration ships from left and right. Seeing Lin Qiye charging directly toward the ice layer, they roared angrily. A thick blue-black giant tail and a crimson long tongue struck at him simultaneously!
Lin Qiye pushed his thumb, and [White Slash] at his waist immediately unsheathed. His form entered the void, avoiding these two attacks. In a world of black and white, he stepped across the waves, flashing past the two Ke-system guardian deities, and landed steadily on the ice surface.
In the gray mist, a deep red figure holding a long sword appeared before the black-robed An Qingyu.
“Long time no see… An Qingyu.”
The rolling waves crashed against the ice layer. The fierce wind blew back the wide black hood, revealing a familiar face. Beneath the dark red scar at his temple, a pair of gray eyes were as calm as an abyss.
“Long time no see,” An Qingyu slowly replied.
They looked at each other, both falling into silence.
“You’ve changed quite a bit in these four years,” An Qingyu’s voice was calm, like an old friend reminiscing by the fireplace after years apart.
“Mm.” Lin Qiye gently rubbed the stubble on his chin and said helplessly, “After all, being a good Commander-in-Chief isn’t easy… Now my term is even longer than Commander Zuo’s.”
“That’s a good thing.”
“Perhaps, but you haven’t changed at all.”
“I don’t have as many things to worry about, so naturally I won’t change much.”
“Is that so? Don’t you need to plan for the future of the Ke-system mythology? Or is winning against us on this chessboard simply not challenging for you?”
Faced with Lin Qiye’s questioning, An Qingyu paused for a moment, then directly changed the subject:
“How is that child Longbai doing?”
“He’s doing well. After becoming the God of Games, he no longer needs to worry about his physical body. Lately, he’s been hanging around with a beautiful idol girl.”
“Ai Meimei? I was just analyzing her. Her ability is very special. Even after becoming game data, she can still be very effective… But her existence also proves that [Pure Land]’s research on artificial gods was too narrow-minded. It’s inevitable that their research would be obsolete.”
Lin Qiye frowned slightly, “From what you’re saying… are you also conducting research on artificial gods?”