bestfiction Chapter 1289 Trial and the New Servant
Chapter 1289 Trial and the New Servant
When that steel fleet, powerful enough to freeze the flow of history, stood before him like a silent group of tombstones, Lin Zhen did not order it to set sail.
He turned around.
His gaze fell on the blonde woman who had been kneeling on the ground the entire time.
"Miss Alita Rothschild".
Lin Zhen's voice was soft, yet it was like a probe that precisely pierced her trembling nerve center.
Alita's body suddenly stiffened.
She raised her head, and her face, which had once been filled with the pride of advanced civilization, was now devoid of color, a deathly pale white.
She watched as the man walked towards her.
The footsteps sounded as if they were pounding on her shattered heart.
Everything she was proud of turned to dust in front of this man.
An elite squad.
A weapon that transcends time.
The family's last trump card.
And... just now, right before her eyes, as if by divine intervention, was "printed" that invincible fleet that even her "second quadrant" civilization could not contend with.
Her understanding, pride, and worldview were completely shattered by this man in the most barbaric and unreasonable way.
"Now."
Lin Zhen stopped in front of her and looked down at her.
In his shadow was her figure, curled up like an insect.
Do you still think you have the right to negotiate with me?
condition?
Those two words were like a slap in the face, making Alita's soul tremble.
Her lips trembled violently, but she couldn't utter a single syllable.
She has nothing now.
All that's left is a lowly life, one that could be crushed at any moment.
"me……"
A hoarse, mournful cry escaped her throat, her tears mingling with dust, leaving her utterly disheveled.
"Whatever you want to know... I'll tell you..."
"very good."
Lin Zhen's tone was unreadable; he admired this kind of wisdom in recognizing reality.
"The first question is, what is the 'core of the world'?"
Alita dared not hide anything and revealed the truth, which the "Nihilists" considered top secret, in a way that was like beans spilling from a bamboo tube.
The core of the world is the singularity of creation in a universe.
It is the manifestation of the law, the origin of energy.
If one obtains it, one can alter reality and become a true god of a world.
The "Nihilistic Party," composed of these transmigrators, has a lifelong ambition to plunder the cores of all parallel universes in order to realize their arrogant ambition of becoming the "Supreme Ruler of All Realms."
Lin Zhen listened calmly.
This is largely consistent with his guess.
"second question."
His gaze suddenly sharpened, like a scalpel cutting through Alita's family honor.
What role does the Rothschild family play in the "second quadrant"? And what is their relationship with the East India Company?
When her family was mentioned, a final struggle flashed in Alita's eyes.
But when she met Lin Zhen's deep eyes, her pitiful struggle was instantly crushed by a deeper fear.
“Our family…is the largest arms and technology supplier in the ‘second quadrant’.”
Her voice was barely audible, filled with the shame and fear of betrayal.
"We supply more than half of the Nihilistic factions' equipment."
"As for the East India Company..."
Her face showed undisguised contempt.
"They are merely agents supported by the family in this backward world, a group of watchdogs responsible for scavenging resources and searching for traces of the world's core."
"A bunch of scoundrels who rely on their master's power." Lin Zhen understood.
"last question."
His voice turned extremely cold, carrying an ultimate, judgmental authority.
"Coordinates of your other strongholds in this world, the headquarters of the East India Company governor."
"Yes... in Southeast Asia!"
Alita completely gave up resisting.
"Our largest transit base is located on an island called 'New Batavia,' which is the headquarters of the East India Company!"
"Neo-Badavia..."
Lin Zhen pondered the name, a flash of murderous intent crossing his eyes.
He looked at Alita, who had completely collapsed, and a smile suddenly appeared on his face.
A smile that chilled Alita to the bone.
“Miss Alita, your information is very valuable.”
"To reward your cooperation, I'm giving you a choice."
He held out a finger.
"First, become my technical advisor, analyze your interesting 'toys,' and contribute all your wisdom to the technology of my Great Qian."
Then, he extended his second finger.
"Second, they will become my experimental subjects."
His smile became increasingly "gentle".
“Some of my men are very interested in the physical structure of advanced civilizations. They want to know if you could still move around as before if we took you apart bone by bone and reassembled you.”
Alita's pupils suddenly shrank to pinpoints!
That already pale face lost all color completely.
This is not a choice.
These are two ways of living in hell.
One is that one's mind is enslaved, and one is a servant for eternity.
One type is where the body is dissected, and one is unable to die.
She looked at the smiling man before her, a smile that, in her eyes, was more terrifying than the demons at the deepest abyss.
She knew that her fate had completely gone off track.
"I...I choose one."
She used her last bit of strength to squeeze out those three words, then collapsed to the ground, as if all her bones had been removed.
"Wise choice."
Lin Zhen stopped smiling and nodded in satisfaction.
He turned around, his gaze returning to the steel fleet that exuded an aura of death.
Behind him stood the blonde woman who had lost her soul.
Murong Yan stood quietly to the side. She didn't understand those complicated terms, but she understood how that arrogant woman from another world went from being proud to being shocked, then to being terrified, and finally became a prisoner.
As she watched her husband's retreating figure, her empress-like heart was once again deeply shaken by a power called "absolute control."
The giant phoenix embroidered in gold thread on the skirt, with its cold eyes, is surveying the old world that is about to be trampled by iron and fire, just like its owner.
She walked to Lin Zhen's side and naturally took his hand.
Those phoenix eyes held boundless affection and tenderness.
"Husband, shall we go to that 'New Batavia' next?"
"of course."
Lin Zhen gripped her soft, boneless hand tightly, his eyes filled with a chilling killing intent.
"Whatever is owed to us must be returned with interest."
"it's time."
His voice echoed in the underground space, cold and clear.
"Let those self-righteous Western hyenas savor the 'surprise' from the East."
The power of "God's Workshop" is ultimately limited.
As the thirty-six steel behemoths formed a silent army of death, the blue crystal that served as the heart of the fleet dimmed considerably.
Lin Zhen knew that the energy of this heart was no longer sufficient to support another creation of the same scale.
But, enough is enough.
His gaze slowly swept over the thirty-six dormant steel demons, without revealing the slightest regret.
That's enough to completely overturn this era.
In his mind, he could even clearly picture the British Royal Navy, under the alternating bombardment of electromagnetic cannons and energy beams, turning men and ships into burning iron coffins, wailing as they sank into the deep sea—a scene of apocalypse.
That will not be war.
It was a one-sided reckoning from the East.
He turned around.
That cold and sharp gaze fell on Yue Fei and Elizabeth.
The two stiff bodies trembled violently, as if an invisible king's hand had forcibly pulled them back to reality from the miraculous awe of creation.
"Yue Fei".
Lin Zhen's voice was calm, yet carried an undeniable weight.
"Yes, Your Highness!" Yue Fei instinctively straightened his chest, his tiger-like eyes wide open, awaiting orders.
"This fleet will be the first sword that the Great Qian will use to pierce the old world."
Lin Zhen spoke slowly and deliberately.
"I want you to sharpen it!"
These words gripped Yue Fei's heart tightly, and an unprecedentedly burning fighting spirit surged from his chest to the top of his head! He seemed to already see himself leading this invincible army to sweep across the seven seas and expand the empire's territory!
Then, Lin Zhen's gaze turned to Elizabeth.
"Elizabeth."
"Yes, sir!" The former pirate queen was now as humble as a novice sailor.
"You plan the flight route."
Lin Zhen's eyes flashed with murderous intent.
"Target: Neo-Batavia!"
Finally, his voice, no longer deliberately suppressed, boomed like thunder throughout the entire underground dock, causing the steel hull to vibrate and resonate.
"Zhenyuan Fleet—"
"set sail!"
Yue Fei and Elizabeth were deeply shaken. They both knelt on one knee, slammed their right fists on their breastplates, and roared in response with all their might.
"Follow me!!!"