roccoschili Chapter 811 - 811: Only After Sifting Through the Yellow Sands Does One Find Gold
Chapter 811 - 811: Only After Sifting Through the Yellow Sands Does One Find Gold
"Since that's the case, I'll take my leave." Changsun Zhong bowed, unable to stop it, and returned to prepare well.However, Meng Gua's eyes narrowed, when you say leave, what about the face he just lost?
"Leave? You're just going to let such a dangerous superpower criminal go free?" Meng Gua, regardless of their mumbling, thought to himself, although they blocked his attack, with so many metahumans on our side, including SSS grade ones, it's impossible we can't deal with this person in front of us.
"With the authority granted by the Strategy Bureau's representatives from various countries, I'm taking temporary control of the team, everyone take action together!"
Meng Gua spoke resolutely, shocking Changsun Zhong, does he really have a death wish, then he looked at Wang Linchi.
"Sorry, I'm good at some intelligence-reducing tactics." Wang Linchi said gently, this was a Passive Skill.
He only tried it a little, not expecting Meng Gua to actually take it seriously.
Under normal circumstances, we'd definitely retreat together.
"Intelligence-reducing?" Upon hearing Wang Linchi's words, Meng Gua's face turned dark, thinking Wang Linchi was insulting his intelligence.
First calling him illiterate, now indirectly questioning his IQ, what's tolerable and what's not?
"Die!" Meng Gua struck in anger, charging towards Wang Linchi.
The other metahumans also joined in, they'd tolerated it long enough, Wang Linchi and Changsun Zhong's words were nothing but insults.
Besides Changsun Zhong, the only one who didn't act was his grandfather Changsun Shi, he was immune to Wang Linchi's intelligence-reducing because he truly understood that in front of people like Wang Linchi, he was no different from an illiterate.
If Song Jing had come along, he wouldn't act either.
The premise of intelligence-reducing is that it must fit corresponding logic, once you understand yourself to a certain extent, you won't be provoked.
These metahumans have very limited self-awareness.
Fire, thunder, cold, and other elemental superpowers were thrown at Wang Linchi.
"What a pity to use it this way." Wang Linchi sighed, lightly flipping the Gold book in his hand, suddenly a vast sandstorm filled the sky.
These ranged attacks were all reduced to sand and fell to the ground.
Seeing this, Changsun Zhong murmured to himself, "Energy-to-material transformation technology?"
"Through..."
"This doesn't seem like the right time for this." Changsun Shi reminded him, knowing his grandson's old habit had surfaced again.
Talk if you want, but be specific, always summarizing by yourself and not offering solutions.
"I'm used to it, if you don't develop this habit of summarizing, it's hard to progress." Changsun Zhong said, they're neither geniuses nor gods, just ordinary people striving hard.
What geniuses might dismiss as trivial could be their path to climbing.
The sand fell and transformed into robust sand soldiers clad in golden armor.
"Inorganic activation, no, there's Thinking Logic replication, omnidirectional superpower gene transcription..."
Bam~
Just as Changsun Zhong finished speaking, the lead sand soldier punched Meng Gua's chest, catching him off guard, rolling several times, climbing up with gritted teeth.
"This is... Power of the Earth, a mere pile of sand, how can it possess such power." Meng Gua got up, puzzled, knowing his own superpower's situation.
His unexpected beating was due to the Power of the Earth, luckily he was the possessor of the Earth Power Ability, otherwise, he'd be dead.
"Using my ability against me, what wishful thinking." Meng Gua, though in pain, was confident.
Looking around, all these sand soldiers had replicated other metahumans' abilities, in the first encounter, they were knocked flat, well, it wasn't his first, it was his second.
"Power of the Earth, break for me!" Meng Gua shouted furiously, charging at the sand soldier with the Earth Power Ability.
His mastery of the Power of the Earth was refined to perfection, this move would surely scatter the opponent.
The next moment, he saw the sand soldier stomp, body swelling fiercely, countless sand swirling, transforming into an even more majestic Power of the Earth.
Bang!
A plain punch came crashing down, Meng Gua was instantly engulfed by sand.
Sprrrrt!
Blood spurted from the sandy hand, with sounds of flesh rubbing against sand echoing continuously.
Seeing this, Changsun Zhong also acted without hesitation, directly severing the sandy hand controlling Meng Gua, then through space, moved him out, time reversal, Meng Gua in his dying breath became vibrant again.
Meng Gua's body was reversed, but his memory remained, upon recovering, he looked at the sand soldier, now a giant, eyes filled with fear.
That moment, no different from being thrown into a meat grinder, except this grinder was extremely blunt, unable to shred him instantly, he could only feel himself being gradually shredded by the sand.
"How can it be so strong." He gritted his teeth and asked.
Meng Gua asked not only about Wang Linchi's casually summoned sand soldiers, but also about Changsun Zhong, who had easily rescued him.
"Knowledge is power." Changsun Zhong said calmly.
At this moment, Meng Gua realized why Changsun Zhong made concessions.
He also believed in Changsun Zhong's identity and words, the humanoid biological entity before him wasn't quite human.
After Changsun Zhong finished, he activated his ability, saving all the metahumans who'd been reduced to near-death by the sand soldiers, reviving them through time reversal.
This single move invisibly recaptured team control.
And greatly increased prestige.
"You're playing dirty now." Wang Linchi closed the Gold book, the sand soldiers collapsed back into piles of sand, then under everyone's watchful eyes, transformed into clean water and seeped into the ground.
"I've heard you say, sifting through sand sees gold, if nations are troubled by gold, does this count as retreat or not." Changsun Zhong said, squinting.
"You're trading the economic system for these people's lives?" Wang Linchi understood his point.
If you act, losing means death, but if the price is right, a deal can be made.
"Exactly." Changsun Zhong agreed.
"You're truly... killing two birds with one stone." Wang Linchi marveled, then nodded, "I too would like to see how many bankers and capitalists leap off rooftops after the economic collapse."
Indeed, Wang Linchi wanted to see a spectacle.
Earlier he hadn't considered it, just thought of crushing them with the Sun, now that the other side brought it up, it showed they'd given up defending against this aspect.
The opponent's plan seemed fine, because presently nations were disunited, even the Strategy Bureau was divided internally, but if Wang Linchi struck with minimal harm through economic collapse, everyone would understand Wang Linchi's threat.
The currency is gold standard, with gold as the base currency, so the best way to attack is making gold worthless.
Even if not, a rare precious metal with economic value appearing in abundance and causing economic conflict could yield similar outcomes.
With abundant gold, who'd need money?
"Since that's the case, we'll head back, hope next time we meet, I can challenge you." Changsun Zhong understood, he had no chance of winning.
But he'd gained a month's time, must promptly contact the Human Community, alone cannot sustain, but if numerous human warriors arrive, even the smallest stones can build a dam against a mountain flood.
"Farewell." Wang Linchi tucked the Gold book into his chest, then gradually disappeared.
Changsun Zhong didn't let his guard down just because Wang Linchi vanished, the entire oasis was his Domain, anything done wouldn't escape his watch.
"Let's go, return to the jet, leave immediately." Changsun Zhong whispered.
This time, nobody dared to open their mouths to dissent, nor did they question, walking the death line makes everyone understand how severe things are.
The group urgently entered the jet, the pilot steadier than these metahumans, although still fearful, coming from a military background his mental fortitude surpassed theirs.
Seeing this, Changsun Zhong inwardly shook his head, this era is the best era, yet at the end, the worst era is about to descend.
The jet ascended, he opened a spatial tunnel with his superpower to depart, Wang Linchi wasn't likely to give them free passage.
How they came, is how they'll leave.