In the city of Beiling,
A cyclone appeared in the Asian sky, a typhoon was approaching.
The sky above the city was unusually quiet, with Chen Ye standing upright on top of a building, hands behind his back. The city and streets below were eerily silent, as if the government had notified the citizens to evacuate the area in advance.
The winds howled, constantly blowing Chen Ye's suit.
He pulled his tie and casually discarded it, letting it drift away in the wind.
"How quiet it is," Chen Ye remarked.
He put on a pair of white rubber gloves, then inserted his hands into his pockets.
It was so quiet, almost eerie. It seemed the Nine-Tailed Foxes had arrived; judging by the numbers, there were probably two divisions?
Chen Ye estimated there were around thirty thousand fully armed soldiers.
This was quite a grand scene.
Chen Ye chuckled, "All great works require sacrifice to achieve. Other creatures on Earth may not understand, but they must obey."
"The appearance of a god has long been an undeniable fact."
"No matter how far I am from this process, it's only a matter of time."
"In this process, they call me a calamity or a demon, but I will accept it gladly."
"Any explanation is unnecessary. When a god descends upon the earth, that moment is the truth that needs no explanation."
"What do you think, Chu Yang?"
As Chen Ye finished speaking, a helicopter suddenly hovered overhead!
Chu Yang's figure descended from the sky, landing directly in front of Chen Ye. "I'm here to negotiate terms, Weaver of Destiny."
"Is this your opening remark?"
"Or are you really imitating someone?"
Chen Ye smiled, "Alright, no jokes. If you want to talk about the last incident, then you should have brought that bomb with you."
Chu Yang, dressed in a black uniform, stood with his clothes fluttering in the wind. "That bomb wouldn't have killed you, and besides, I don't have that bomb. It was fake, or else I would have detonated it myself."
"Then why are you here?" Chen Ye raised an eyebrow playfully.
"I said, I'm here to negotiate terms."
"If I'm not mistaken, you want to directly control the entire Beiling City, using the citizens of Beiling as leverage to make the Nine-Tailed Foxes hand over Beiling to you, right?"
"We can withdraw from Beiling, on the condition that you release half of Beiling's citizens. That's our only condition."
Chen Ye pondered for a moment.
Releasing half and keeping the other half as hostages, yet effortlessly taking control of Beiling. It sounded wonderful.
But when someone offers you favorable conditions, the first thing you should think about is why they're doing it.
It's not possible to save everyone, so saving half is a good idea, but it might not be something Asian soldiers would do.
So behind this favorable condition, or even the condition itself, might be part of their plan.
In other words, it's a smoke bomb, spoken to deceive Chen Ye?
Chen Ye's thoughts made sense.
They brought thirty thousand people to negotiate with him just to talk about saving half of them?
"No, I seem to have missed something…"
Chen Ye's brow furrowed under his mask. "How did you know that I wanted to kidnap the entire Beiling City? Who told you?"
Chu Yang met Chen Ye's gaze without flinching.
"You call yourself the Weaver of Destiny, can't you figure it out?"
"True, those who claim to manipulate destiny will eventually be manipulated by destiny."
Chen Ye suddenly took off his mask and took out a pack of cigarettes from his pocket.
At that moment, countless human-shaped puppets dressed in suits suddenly appeared in front of Chu Yang.
These puppets didn't conceal themselves; they stood plainly in sight.
Some of them blocked the wind, some handed a cigarette to Chen Ye, and some lit it for him.
"Hmm…"
Chen Ye exhaled a puff of smoke. "Those who claim to manipulate destiny will eventually be manipulated by destiny. Well…"
"Interesting. I'd like to see what surprises destiny has in store for me."
Would they dare use weapons of mass destruction?
They dare to use them in the city?
Although this area was devoid of civilians, the residents in other districts hadn't been evacuated. Would they dare use weapons of mass destruction?
Hmm…
Maybe they don't need mass destruction, just a small-scale attack?
Chen Ye evaluated his physical condition. He could probably survive a missile strike now.
But that wasn't important.
What truly piqued Chen Ye's curiosity was how Chu Yang and his group knew his identity and how they were certain he would be here.
Of course, it couldn't be ruled out that Chen Ye had missed some clues, or that they had tracked him via satellite.
But they couldn't possibly know about Chen Ye's plans.
Even if their imaginations were beyond ordinary, kidnapping the entire Beiling City would be absurd. Even with his web of threads covering the entire Beiling, it was unlikely they could have thought of that.
Unless…
Someone had glimpsed the future.
That hypothesis was intriguing.
Suppose there was something or someone who could foresee the future. In that case, their preparations in advance and even their knowledge of Chen Ye's secrets wouldn't be surprising.
Thinking about this, Chen Ye exhaled another puff of smoke. "Let me guess, someone among you can see the future, right?"
"Or perhaps, you are a reincarnator who already knew about my plan, or maybe both?"
Hearing Chen Ye's words, Chu Yang's expression became noticeably grim.
"It seems I guessed right. But how much did I guess right? Can you tell me? I'm curious about the future too."
Chu Yang instinctively glanced downwards. "You did guess correctly. One of us can see the future."
"This time, I'm going to surpass fate with the help of the future."
Is there really someone who can predict the future?
If they really have foreseen the future in advance, then this is bad news for Chen Ye. Assuming they dared to come because they've already seen their victory in the future.
For Chen Ye, this was not good.
As a precaution, he needed to be more cautious.
Chen Ye was about to move his feet when suddenly his brow furrowed.
Wait a minute.
"Is it possible that he's deceiving me? He knows they can't defeat me, so he's pretending to be confident of victory to force me to make a move?"
After all, if they had truly glimpsed a victorious future, why hadn't they taken action by now?
What were they waiting for?
Just as Chen Ye was pondering, Chu Yang suddenly stepped forward, launching a sidekick directly towards Chen Ye!
Seeing this, Chen Ye pulled on his threads, and one of the puppets beside him instantly grabbed Chu Yang's ankle.
"Weren't we supposed to negotiate terms? Why, not negotiating anymore?" Chen Ye asked.
Upon hearing Chen Ye's words, Chu Yang gritted his teeth, forcefully kicking the puppet aside, then charged towards Chen Ye!
"We are negotiating, but with fists!" he declared.
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