newbobooks Chapter 1139 He actually survived
Chapter 1139 He actually survived
He's not dead yet!
This thought, like a thunderclap, exploded in the minds of Lin Zhen and all the "Night Owls"!
An expression of disbelief appeared on everyone's face!
Behind the sluice gate, on the huge, rusty main valve, Kong Zhiqian was tightly bound to dozens of thick iron chains in an extremely bizarre posture.
His once neat scholar's robe was now tattered and covered in blood and mud. His hair, like a clump of withered grass, was disheveled and covered most of his face.
His limbs were twisted at an unnatural angle, clearly indicating that they had been forcibly broken.
But he is still alive.
His eyes, hidden behind his disheveled hair, were fixed on Lin Zhen. His gaze was like that of a venomous snake lurking in the darkness, filled with resentment, madness, and a... eerie pleasure of a successful conspiracy!
"Lin Zhen...you...you've finally come..."
His voice was hoarse and dry, like the whisper of a demon crawling out of hell.
"I've been waiting for you for a long time."
"You're not dead?" Lin Zhen's pupils suddenly contracted, and his voice was icy cold.
He can't understand!
He clearly broke his neck with his own hands!
He clearly had his body thrown into the river!
How could he possibly still be alive?!
"Hehe...hehehe..." Kong Zhiqian let out a nervous, low laugh, which echoed in the empty, damp underground space, sounding particularly jarring.
"You want me dead? Not so easy."
"Let me tell you, Lin Zhen. I've practiced a divine skill from the Western Regions called the 'Turtle Breathing Technique'! It can put me into a state of suspended animation! Don't even think about it; even if a god descended to earth, he wouldn't be able to detect its flaws!"
"You think you've won by capturing me? You think you've won by ruining my plans?"
"Naive! Really, so incredibly naive!"
A terrifying, crazed light flashed in his eyes!
"I'm telling you! All of this is still part of my plan!"
"This main valve is my ultimate weapon!"
He looked at Lin Zhen, a devilish, cruel smile on his face.
"Look, I've tied myself to this valve."
“My heart is connected to an extremely sophisticated pressure mechanism. The moment my heart stops beating… or if you try to remove me from here…”
"Then this valve, along with the entire foundation beneath the Xuanwu Gate, will be instantly detonated by the tens of thousands of kilograms of gunpowder that I've pre-planted!"
"At that time, mountains will collapse and the earth will crack! Floods will surge in!"
"The entire city of Chang'an will be transformed into a vast expanse of water in an instant!"
"Lin Zhen! Aren't you the God of War? Don't you want to save the world? Now, I'm giving you a chance to choose!"
"Either you kill me, or you make the entire city of Chang'an pay with your life!"
"Either you watch me live on, and then wait for the next downpour!"
You choose!
“Haha…hahahahahahaha!”
He laughed wildly, his laughter filled with endless, morbid pleasure!
He had finally waited for this moment!
He finally forced Lin Zhen into a real dilemma!
A dead end that is more despairing than any mountain of knives or sea of fire!
No matter what Lin Zhen chooses, he's a loser!
This is Kong Zhiqian's most perfect masterpiece in his life!
Inside the ancestral hall, a deathly silence fell.
Shock, anger, and a deep sense of powerlessness were written on the faces of all the "Night Owls".
Looking at the man tied to the valve, who seemed to have gone mad, they felt for the first time what true fear was.
This man is no longer human.
He is a complete and utter devil!
Everyone's eyes instinctively turned to Lin Zhen.
They wanted to see what choice their prince, their pillar of strength, would make when faced with such an almost unsolvable deadlock.
However, to their surprise...
Lin Zhen's face did not show the anger or despair they had imagined.
He simply looked at Kong Zhiqian quietly, his deep eyes calm and undisturbed.
It was as if Kong Zhiqian's threat, which was enough to change the world, was nothing more than a boring joke to him.
After a long while, he slowly spoke, his voice still calm and even.
"Kong Zhiqian, do you think you've already won?"
Kong Zhiqian's laughter stopped abruptly.
He looked at Lin Zhen with some surprise.
He couldn't understand why this man could remain so calm at this point.
"I admit, your scheme is very ingenious," Lin Zhen said calmly. "Treat yourself as the last and most crucial pawn. Use your own heartbeat to count down the entire city of Chang'an."
"Unfortunately……"
Suddenly, a cold, pitying smile appeared on Lin Zhen's lips.
"You've planned everything meticulously, yet once again, you've overlooked one crucial detail."
Do you think I, Lin Zhen, would make a choice like you?
"Do not."
"I never make choices."
"I only solve problems."
After saying that, he didn't look at Kong Zhiqian again.
He suddenly turned around and, facing the ten Ministry of Works engineers behind him who were already ashen-faced with fear, shouted in a deep voice, "Master Li!"
The elderly craftsman, well past sixty, trembled violently and instinctively stammered, "Your...Your Highness...I am here..."
"I'm asking you!" Lin Zhen's gaze was like two sharp knives, fixed firmly on his face!
"The core of this mechanism is a pressure device connected to Kong Zhiqian's heartbeat, right?"
"Yes...yes, Your Highness..." Master Li stammered, "Theoretically speaking, that's how it is..."
"Then what if," Lin Zhen's voice grew even colder, "if we could simultaneously sever all its connections and replace its core power source within an extremely short, almost negligible timeframe, is it possible to completely dismantle it without triggering an explosive device?"
Upon hearing this, Master Li was completely dumbfounded.
At the same time, cut off?
Replacement of the core power source?
This...how is this possible? !
That pressure device was incredibly precise! The wiring connecting it was thinner than a human hair! And it was all hidden inside the valve, intricately complex!
To dismantle it without triggering the mechanism is simply a pipe dream!
"Your Highness...this...this...this requires an intimate knowledge of the mechanism's internal structure! And it requires at least ten people operating it simultaneously from different angles, at the same speed and with the same force! If even the slightest deviation occurs among any one of them..."
"The result would be that we would all die."
"Is that so?" A confident smile appeared on Lin Zhen's face.
He slowly raised his uninjured left hand.
"What if I said I could do it?"
"What if I told you that my hands alone are steadyer and faster than all ten of you combined?"
"All you need to do is tell me where to start!"
Master Li and all the craftsmen behind him stared blankly at Lin Zhen.
They looked at his hands, which remained as steady as a mountain even in the firelight.
They looked into his eyes, which still burned with a fierce flame even in the face of despair.
A strange, powerful confidence instantly rose from the bottom of their hearts!
perhaps……
Perhaps, this man really can create miracles!
"Your Highness!" An unprecedented light shone in Master Li's eyes!
He suddenly knelt down on the ground!
"We, your humble servants, are willing to risk our lives to assist Your Highness and turn the tide!"