When Jiang Li disappeared from the place, even though he let the military take the giant monsters and the fae race members away, he secretly tailed behind them and then snuck into the place where they put the dinosaurs. The ones a.s.signed to guard the prison were vigilant, but Jiang Li was wearing the uniform and still looked like a new recruit. The guards did not shoo him away. The hypnosis also helped in guiding them to become friendly to him.
That was how he managed to get some free information about the fae and the dinosaurs.
"Hmm. So basically because Dino"s are stupid, so it"s okay to put them inside the grey gem storage. But if one tried to put an intelligent living creature inside it, he would become stupid?"
"Yep, the one who barely knew how to function," replied a guard to him.
Jiang Li was particularly curious about the grey gem because if one would think about it carefully, the item could store giant beings. But dinosaurs, while huge and carnivorous, were dumb.
What if the fae just had several fae race members stored inside and threw it to one of humanity"s domed cities where they could wreak havoc? Or what if the humanity just stole some of the gems and have their elites infiltrate the fae territory?
The item just had so much potential for a.s.sa.s.sination, no?
"So unfortunate that a highly intelligent race like human or fae would have to pay a steep price."
"Friend, it is really effective. If you have an enemy that you hate to death, since you"re so lucky to have that item, you can use that to make your foe an idiot. I"m telling you, in just three seconds of staying inside there, he would become an imbecile who will pee and giggle like a two-year-old kid in front of a crowd."
Jiang Li also laughed. "So this one can only store living creature."
"Yup."
"A pity then. Even if it can turn people into morons, if it can transport huge weaponry, it would still be a valuable item. And humans can benefit."
The soldier yawned and then roamed his eyes again. He then replied, "What you said is true. Yet at the same time, we have to be thankful that it can only hold creatures. In the end, the fae have many deadly giant weapons too, and they are the ones with so many of these gems."
After nodding, Jiang Li sauntered to one of the dinosaurs which had already been thawed from the ice. An extremely strong gravitational field paralyzed and restricted it. The latter had no effect on him, so he boldly observed the colossal monster from a close distance.
"Friend, step back a little. Even if that thing has been constrained, there"s no harm in being careful and watching out for unexpected movement."
"Okay." Several seconds later, the man called out shrugged then walked out of the gigantic cell. As everyone, apart from the imprisoned fae, was hypnotized, they did not think much about how odd it was for a new recruit to be given access to a restricted place.
While the small gate was closing behind him, Jiang Li looked at the soldier closest to him.
"Back to the grey gem. I am just curious. Since that thing has that particular effect, hasn"t the government of either race tried to capture important leaders from the opposing side and use the item on them?"
"What did you say?" Another bout of laughter rang. It was from the others guarding the giant cells.
"What a clown."
"Is that male human staging a comedy?"
The fae race members too, although bound by chains made of a special alloy, were nearby. Who knew what was on the military leaders" mind to let these folks be detained near their war pets. Upon hearing Jiang Li"s question, they also burst into joyful laughter.
"Quiet!"
"Brother, what the h.e.l.l is going on in your mind?" One of the soldiers who did not join his colleagues in disciplining the prisoners shook his head at Jiang Li with a stupid grin on his face.
"Well, I was just thinking the human race can send a.s.sa.s.sins for the Pontiff or the Royals of the fae. One team trying to kill, the other team acting as backups trying to capture the targets to toss them into the idiot-making storage. Then the war would be good as over."
When Jiang Li explained his thoughts, his expression was half-joking, half-nonchalant. Although deep within, he wanted to know why the surrounding bunch was treating his words as a joke.
Finally, he got the answer he wanted. It came from the mouth of Mohan.
"What a stupid question. Do you think neither side has tried that before? Of course, they did. So now every leader has a battalion of high-level warriors, surrounding them 24/7. a.s.sa.s.sination is but a dream, sneaking into places where leaders go is impossible. Especially on the human side considering that your leaders are all weak cowards. It"s easier to just wipe out the army first and then raze the rest of the city."
Jiang Li looked at the male lead in surprise, then nodded. "I see. So, it all comes down to the a.s.sa.s.sins of today not having the capability to breach the defensive measures around the leaders."
He was not awkward with his question being called stupid since from the beginning, he never thought of himself as someone who could come up with genius plans.
"Well, that"s all I want to know for now."
The man stopped lingering in the place after some time. He stole one of the dinos though. Why? Just because. He just wanted to have one for himself. Coincidentally, the one that got captured by him was the carnotaurus that belonged to the male lead, which happened to be the strongest of the bunch.
When morning came, he heard about several leaders congregating at the central part of the city, holding a convention about the two domed metropolises recently claimed by the fae race. He only got interested in this since w.a.n.g Yu Yan was secretly transported outside of the camp.
If the information was correct, then it meant humanity only had 19 percent of the total number of strongholds remaining which was almost synonymous to 81 percent of the world today belonging to the fae race.
Desperation could push one to do the stupidest and craziest thing. Anger too could result to something inconceivable or make one stoop to a low level.
"Within this week, the virus spreading operation would commence." Jiang Li could already foresee it.
In the end, the man did not go to the venue of the meeting.
After a.s.suming his ident.i.ty as Yue Hong, he was free to use his smart.w.a.tch again. He only needed that since he had returned to the city and checked whether he had some prior appointments. When he had confirmed that there were not, he went back to using the mask, changing his appearance to that of his real one. Of course, he matched the age so right now, he looked like a guy in his early forties.
He then went back to the military headquarters and tried to place the male lead into the idiot-making necklace.
Jiang Li was thinking along the line, "Hehe, problems solved if the male lead becomes too stupid to carry the plot on." There was no whatsoever guilt in his heart when he did that. After all, he knew he would fail. And well, he did fail.
"Tch. You"re really beloved by the universe." Jiang Li could only grumble and put the item away.
Mohan was glaring daggers at Jiang Li, never having any good impression on the guy who captured him and then tried to throw him into an unknown dimension.
"You"re insane," Mohan coldly spat out, to which Jiang Li just shrugged.
"I believe I"m already being mild like this though," he secretly thought.
Probably the fae guy was still feeling some lingering fear from what the man attempted, he coldly spat out, "Low! Immoral! Humans really are a bunch of shameless creatures!"
"You all don"t deserve to exist!"
"One of these days, we will surely wipe you out to clean this planet of filthy things like you!"
"Yup, it"s good to have ambition." Jiang Li indifferently said, walking out to meet the guards. He had commanded them to shut down the cameras and bugs around, before making them unable to use their six senses for a full minute. Then he went back to where the male lead was.
The prison was cold and damp for a reason. No sane faction would want to treat their unwanted guests well. There were torture devices lying everywhere. The place smelled of blood, mold, and some other inexplicable disgusting things that would make humans, much less clean-freak n.o.ble faes, feel like dying more.
Mohan was being glared at by his companions because he was one of the leaders yet he didn"t give the order to withdraw. Of course, the ones most grilled on the hot seats were Gaoli and Frau"s group. Because of the torture and terrible conditions of the place, they began to throw blames at one another.
When Jiang Li arrived, they temporarily quietened down, collectively focusing their hatred on him. Yet when he freed Mohan only to drag him somewhere they did not know, they began to make loud noises.
"You monster! Where are you taking him!!?"
Leaving the rest to enjoy the treatment from the soldiers once the latter regained their senses, he snuck the male lead out. Afterward, he tossed him into a "borrowed" jet aircraft.
The male fae was not speaking, probably thinking he would be brought to an interrogation room or an execution ground.
u003cSystem Warning. Host. If you bring Mohan out of the human territory now, it would mean using one of your privileges to change the plotline.u003e
Jiang Li ignored the mechanical voice and continued to proceed to the fae territory. The system automatically reads his action as approval when he reached past the battlefield. In the following seconds, he heard another announcement saying he only had two chances to change the plot before all sorts of hara.s.sment from the world"s consciousness fell upon him.
"Heh. Two more. That"s plenty. It"s not like I plan to stay long in this world."
Turning on the invisible mode and the automatic pilot mode, Jiang Li left his seat and went to the male lead who was still cutting a sorry figure on the floor.
"Mohan of the fae race, I brought you out of the prison to make you my guide in the fae territory." He informed.
"Kill me. You won"t be able to pry anything from me." Came the prideful boy"s icy reply.
It naturally sounded annoying to the other man who knew that this creature was unkillable. Thankfully, Jiang Li was not as impulsive as when he was still soul-wise younger so even though the normal him would have really tried to finish off the male lead, this time, he only smiled, and fed him some drugs.
"What is this?!!"
"Nothing special. Just something that increases sensitivity."
At the scary grin that appeared on his abductor"s face, the male lead flinched. Then when he heard the answer, something strange and frightening pa.s.sed through his mind.
"Y-you! What the h.e.l.l are you planning!"
Mohan desperately tried to vomit out the pill and even pushed a finger to dug through his throat. He didn"t like the sound of the word Jiang Li just mentioned. Plus, when considered from a human"s perspective, all fae were really good-looking… But n.o.bles like him possessed a beauty that stood out even amongst others.
"d.a.m.n!" Mohan was no longer calm and staggered to get up and back away with beads of sweat appearing on his face. If one would look in his eyes, it would be easy to spot that numerous black veins surfaced there.
"I like the look in your face, now, young fae."
Jiang Li grinned. He could guess what was on the male lead"s head. That the latter was wondering whether Jiang Li was a middle-aged guy with a penchant for something unspeakable. Because of this, Jiang Li made himself appear scarier. Anyway, whatever he did would naturally translate as something gross and frightening to a panicky male lead.
"P-pervert! Die!"
Wasn"t his prediction on point?
Then fire got thrown to his face, large enough to burn the c.o.c.kpit behind him into cinders had Jiang Li evaded.
A couple of seconds later, the middle-aged man no longer looked to be smiling. Jiang Li decided to just drop the act. He certainly did not like what he just been called, especially since the term came not from his wife. He also did not appreciate that somebody almost made the jet aircraft explode.
"Well, it"s my fault for joking around. But since you asked for death, this is how I respond to you."
He reverted to his usual self and beat up the male lead to fully show what the pill he got from the system was for. To multiply the sensation of pain by twenty times. An important recipe for making someone stubborn and prideful submit and cooperate.
Then, two minutes before they landed outside of the fae territory, he stopped making a dartboard out of the male lead. Looking at the majestic fae city and the white paG.o.da that entered his view, there were some things he wanted to pry from the fae boy"s mouth before they get detected by the fae patrols.
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