Chapter 686: Cooperation

Must blow up the airship? Does it mean there might be backups or something in this ship?

After checking the soul state of middle-aged Watching Qiaoshuya and finding that he was not lying, Li Ang couldn't help but wrinkle his brows slightly, understanding that he must have seen something in the future.

It is likely that he had some oversight, or there was some problem with this ship, which led to the outbreak of war in the future. Middle-aged Watching Qiaoshuya, who did not want this to happen, had to risk being caught by himself again, mix into the boarding tower to stop himself, and demand that the entire airship be blown up.

So... is he half an ally this time?

"Can't believe him! He probably isn't holding back any good farts!"

Just as Li Ang was pondering whether to listen to the suggestion, Tai Ge, the Burn-scarred Man beside him, narrowed his eyes and said:

"If we really take action to blow up the airship, this dog thing will run away as soon as the door opens. Then what do we do?

Not to mention anything else, those five, six, seven, or eight patrol checkpoints below add up to two or three thousand soldiers. Even if I burn myself to nothing, I might not be able to rush out."

"Tai Ge is right."

Oliver, the pot-bellied man on the other side, sighed and analyzed with a miserable face:

"When I came, I saw that this large area under the tower was cleaned very cleanly, and there wasn't even a stone pile that could provide cover. They don't even need to get close; just two rounds of covering fire would be enough to press us back into the tower.

And the most deadly thing is that less than five hundred meters after leaving the patrol area, there is a place where a mechanized unit is stationed. The military's power armor is really too thick. With three layers of outer armor, inner armor, and heat insulation, it's more than ten centimeters thick in total. Even small-caliber shells can't penetrate it. We can only wait for death by then."

Indeed, this problem is even more deadly.

Upon hearing their words, Li Ang's brows couldn't help but wrinkle deeper and deeper.

The original rebels might have agreed to raid the boarding tower or even blow up the airship because they could retreat at any time relying on middle-aged Watching Qiaoshuya's 【Gate of the Other World】. But now that he had been kicked out of the rebel faction, he was one hundred percent not going to help.

So even if middle-aged Watching Qiaoshuya was telling the truth, once the airship was blown up and the attention of that mechanized unit was attracted, except for himself, the group of rebels would probably all be finished here...

"Want to cooperate once?"

After weighing the results repeatedly in his heart, Li Ang couldn't help but take a deep breath, chose to believe middle-aged Watching Qiaoshuya, took the initiative to throw out an olive branch, and said sincerely:

"We are responsible for blowing up the airship, and you are responsible for bringing the people on the airship and us away safely. How about that?"

Although middle-aged Watching Qiaoshuya and himself were not on the same page and were colluding with the Water Bottle Director, since his obsession with saving the kingdom was strong enough to give birth to an anomalous object like 【Gate of the Other World】, he probably wouldn't fake it in this regard.

On one side were the rebels who entrusted their lives to him and were willing to accompany him on the adventure, and on the other side was a tragic war that could last for more than a decade and cause countless casualties. If both could be achieved, it wouldn't be impossible to cooperate with him once.

And seeing that Li Ang had actually "admitted defeat," middle-aged Watching Qiaoshuya, who was a hundred meters away, slowly grinned, laughed heartily with satisfaction, and then suddenly restrained the smile on his face.

"Not good!"

??!

In the somewhat surprised gazes of the rebels, middle-aged Watching Qiaoshuya, who had risked danger to come and remind them, leaned against the steel frame of the boarding tower, crossed his arms, and sneered:

"Back in the valley, didn't you look down on my decisions and didn't approve of my way of using human lives to pile up? It just so happens that now it's time for you to make a choice.

In short, don't even think about cooperation. I will absolutely not open the door for you. Right now, you either sacrifice them to get things done, or retreat with your tail between your legs like a dog, and then watch this airship return to Keroke.

Come and choose! I want to see how much better you can be than me, since you look down on me!"

"..."

"Damn it!"

"Neisen! Don't go too far!"

"I'll kill you!"

After listening to middle-aged Watching Qiaoshuya's mockery, the anger of the group of rebels was completely ignited. Tai Ge, the Burn-scarred Man who was the most reckless, even burst out with a large amount of flames and prepared to rush over to take action.

However, just at this moment, the Holy Spirit Pendant on Li Ang's chest flickered, and Tai Ge, who had rushed out seven or eight meters, suddenly froze and was forcibly pressed in place. "You can't fool me."

After pulling back Burn-scarred Man, Li Ang frowned and said:

"Avoiding news from being sent back is one of your most important goals. You wouldn't want to break up with us for such a boring reason and watch the airship be released back to Keroke, right?"

"That's right, I really don't want that to happen."

After frankly admitting Li Ang's judgment, middle-aged Watching Qiaoshuya stared into his eyes and said with malice:

"But I also don't want you to live!"

In Li Ang's increasingly tightly locked brows, middle-aged Watching Qiaoshuya said hatefully:

"I've seen it before I came... I know what you want to do! You and the kingdom absolutely cannot coexist! If I really let you get off the tower, I will still lose everything in the future! And although cooperating with you can temporarily avoid war, it will also destroy my kingdom!"

"..."

"Although they are not clear, you should be able to know whether what I said is true or false, right?"

It is indeed all true. He is really prepared to let the airship leave.

Looking at middle-aged Watching Qiaoshuya, who had a large patch of white hair on his temple just to "gain trust" in himself, Li Ang couldn't help but fall into silence, then asked:

"Besides looking at the more distant future, you should have also looked at what happened today, right? In that 'today' you saw, how did I choose?"

Watching Qiaoshuya was silent for a moment upon hearing this, then turned his head and answered somewhat vaguely:

"You know it yourself."

Indeed... I already know how to choose.

Looking at Watching Qiaoshuya, who was hiding at a safe distance, and the maintenance door behind him that had been kept ajar, Li Ang couldn't help but sigh and said calmly:

"You open the door for the others, and I will stay behind to blow up the airship."

"Leader?!"

Hearing Li Ang's words, the group of rebels couldn't help but shake all over. While their eyes were full of being moved, they couldn't help but bite their teeth to stop him:

"How about... I stay behind instead?"

"No! Can't agree to him!"

"Maybe there are other ways..."

"There are no other ways. This is the best choice for now."

After waving his hand to stop the rebels' words, Li Ang explained helplessly:

"When he appeared here, it was already impossible for us to retreat safely. There are so many patrol guards below. Just a firework would be enough to attract everyone. So regardless of whether we blow up the airship or not, the final result is the same.

Instead of achieving nothing this time and being surrounded by those guards, it's better to exchange conditions, let you guys retreat safely, and then I go and get things done. Don't you agree?"

"But you..."

"Don't 'but' anymore, all go over."

After urging again, Li Ang comforted gently:

"Have you forgotten? I have an immortal body. With this half-baked prophet, he might not really be able to kill me. Go ahead with peace of mind!"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 687 =====