Chapter 321: The First Prince’s White War
There is a war on the empire’s border, and the First Prince, who is rooted in the military, naturally cannot entertain a grand banquet at this time.
However, Bai Zhan gave "Lanye" enough respect. Although not many people came, they were all his confidants. The dinner was held in the form of a family banquet. It cannot be said that he did not take it seriously.
While pushing the cup and changing the cup, Sean, who had never had much contact with Bai Zhan before, was amazed.
Bai Ye said that her eldest brother has a good temperament, but sometimes he is a bit reckless. Bai Youming said that Bai Zhan has a pure temperament, but his previous experience of leading troops to 'gold-plating' has infected him. Some minor quibbles.
But from today's perspective, regardless of anything else, Bai Zhan's superficial efforts were sufficient.
He is outgoing and enthusiastic, and he is not the kind of silly guy who speaks straightforwardly. On the contrary, he is very good at talking, and his occasional witticisms are not the embarrassing jokes of big men in the military.
Not only that, Bai Zhan is very down-to-earth. He occasionally talks about sensitive topics but does not shy away from them. His words are both sincere and confident.
Compared to his brothers and sisters, Bai Zhan is indeed more like a future emperor, and his personality charm is indeed outstanding.
After a night of eating, drinking and having fun, he did not pretend to "not talk about state affairs". On the contrary, he generously invited Sean to join his team. It has to be said that with this kind of character and this kind of performance, Bai Zhan has quite a heroic temperament, which makes it easy for people to like him.
At least, that’s how ‘Blue Night’ behaves.
From the dullness at the beginning to the enthusiasm at the end, ‘Lanye’ made no secret of his appreciation for Bai Zhan, and the latter was naturally more enthusiastic.
Sean analyzed the situation casually. He had a clear mind and the constant gossips made Bai Zhan nod his head repeatedly. He wanted to grab Sean's hand and said it was too late to meet him.
However, Bai Zhan still had a basic sense of propriety. He didn't say a word about Sean's origins and his relationship with Bai Youming.
At the end of the chat, Bai Zhan's face was red from drinking. He drunkenly poured wine for Sean, then poured it for himself and drank it all in one gulp.
He put down the cup happily and smiled like the silly neighbor's brother who had epilepsy.
"Lan Ye, you and I really meet each other...hiccup, I hate it so late!" Bai Zhan slammed the table hard, and then laughed with the strength of his wine, "It has been hundreds of years since the empire was established. This is the first time. When we meet such a challenger, we both understand that this is an excellent opportunity to make a difference! If you can help me, the little tree man is just a pile of rotten wood."
Shaun too! He laughed wildly: "Your Highness, I'm afraid you don't mean more than that, right?"
Bai Zhan waved his hands in a silly manner: "Don't talk nonsense, it's nothing, my father is in good health."
His words seemed to have put down most of his wariness towards Sean.
However, Sean's face seemed to be flushed, but in fact his heart was as clear as a mirror.
The special mulberry wine in front of you can indeed make you drunk, but it can only make you drunk. It depends on whether the drinker is willing to get drunk. Now in this white war, he is willing to get drunk but not drunk.
A guy like Sean, who has a lot of top names in the bar, still doesn’t understand this?
As soon as Sean entered the door, he noticed that Bai Zhan liked to tap the table rhythmically with his little finger slightly outstretched when making a fist. However, after getting drunk, this movement disappeared.
It seems that being really drunk caused the subconscious movements to disappear, but the other party deliberately repeated this movement in a conspicuous position from the moment Sean entered the door, and stopped this movement after drinking - this is To deepen the impression, Sean really felt that Bai Zhan was half drunk and half awake, and he was speaking from the bottom of his heart.
Moreover, people who like to tap flat surfaces with their little fingers will habitually raise their orchid fingers when picking up a cup to drink. Bai Zhan has maintained this action to this day.
This shows that tapping with the little finger is indeed his habitual action, but the disappearance of the subsequent actions is intentional.
Bai Zhan was not drunk at all.
While dealing with each other with drunken words, Sean laughed in his heart.
This kind of subtle psychological behavior should be impossible to detect based on past understanding of Bai Zhan.
Either the eldest prince is hiding very deep, and he seems to be generous and enthusiastic, but in fact he has a sinister heart. Neither Bai Ye nor Bai Youming can see it.
Either the eldest prince has received guidance from an expert and has begun to enter areas that he is not good at, in order to attract more talents.
Sean prefers the latter, because Bai Youming mentioned before that Bai Zhan's way of doing things has changed, and what was slightly inconsistent at the beginning has become more and more 'normal'.
The master behind him changed his every move while making Bai Zhan invisible, so that more people would have a better impression of him.
It seems that the eldest prince is determined to win the throne, and he has begun to pay attention to these details.
Sean took another sip of wine and began to talk about the other person's words.
However, I don’t know if Bai Zhan saw through his thoughts or if someone really taught him, but Sean didn’t get any useful information.
However, when the two talked about the war, Bai Zhan revealed something that Sean had not expected.
He was drunk and said half-consciously and half-soberly: "Lan Ye... you know... our empire has the biggest disadvantage against those tree people! What is the biggest disadvantage?!"
Shaun was also happy to respond drunkenly: "Your Highness, please enlighten me!"
"Hehe..." Bai Zhan giggled, and then a light came out of his eyes, "I tell you...it's the range!"
"Oh?"
Bai Zhan pointed to the painting outside He made a circle: "The empire...is vast! This was conquered by my ancestors and my father. They wiped out countless city-states! Tribes! But..."
He stood up suddenly, I don’t know if it’s emotion or regret: “This world is... too big... too big!”
Bai Zhan’s body was swaying: “My father... my uncle... ...They could have opened up a wider territory, but it's a pity... Everyone knows that the halt in the empire's expansion was due to my father's injury..."
"As for those tree people, no matter whether they can take another step into the empire's border, they have a huge advantage... They abandoned the land on the other side of the Raging Sea to regain their fertile soil... Even if they can't get in, Their special method of concealment allows them to cross the eastern and western borders of the empire!"
He glared angrily: "When the time comes, they will be able to enter this vast world, even if it is hidden by most people! In his eyes, the world is just made of the remaining fertilizer on the ruins."
"The empire is the most ferocious dragon in the world, but the dragon cannot step out of its own territory!"< br>
“And outside the realm, there are those villages that are too weak and too weak. They can get a supply of resources just by swallowing them... and there are also people who covet the evil dragon’s treasure!”
Bai Zhan gasped: "At that time, if the tree people bypass the empire and annex it while cooperating with other city-states, tribes, countries, sects, etc., the empire will have to face more than just the violent sea. There are enemies coming from afar..."
Sean's expression did not change, but a sense of surprise arose in his heart.
Is this also taught by the master behind the scenes? It's not like that...
Bai Zhan's judgment of the situation was unexpectedly accurate. This is something Sean has thought about before. The biggest advantage of the tree people lies in this. To be precise, this is not the tree people's. Advantages, but disadvantages of the empire - as long as it is the disadvantage of the empire, then Shuren can be used as its own advantage. This is a matter of precedence.
However, before Sean could think further, Bai Zhan actually dropped another news.
There was a sad look on his face, but he was still in a drunken state, and it seemed that what he said next was unintentional. "My second brother Bai Wen's failed encirclement and suppression in Ilia City may have reminded the tree people more quickly that they can do this... There is still no news from the group of tree people who ran away. Hmph, I'm afraid... Going back and forth between regions, looking for forces that can be annexed or cooperated with.”
Sean asked casually: "Who can they find?"
Bai Zhan burped: "That team has not many people, but its strength is not weak. I'm afraid they The first thing to do is to annex! On the one hand, we will replenish resources, and on the other hand, we will lay a sufficient foundation for the teams that may come later."
"Oh?"
Bai Zhan smiled: "If you ask me, they will probably focus on a big city-state..."
"For example?"
The light in Bai Zhan's eyes flashed: "Paradise City."
Sean did not show anything strange, but showed a thoughtful expression : "Paradise City? That's where His Royal Highness the late Crown Prince came from, right?"
"That's right."
Sean was slightly confused: "I vaguely remember that there is a creature called the Titan in Paradise City. It is said that it has the Crimson Peak... Even if the rumors are exaggerated, it should have the strength of the Crimson Upper Level, plus The power of Shangchengchi itself, a tree-man team of several hundred people, might not be able to take it down, right?”
Bai Zhan looked around pretendingly, and then lowered his voice: "On the surface, this is true, but as far as I know, the strongest person in Paradise City, Jin Kui, is only as strong as the middle-level Crimson... What's more important is that , I received news that the Titan in Paradise City..."
He narrowed his eyes: "It has been dead a long time ago..."
It has been dead a long time ago...< br>
Sean just looked at the other person doubtfully: "Dead? Never heard of it."
Bai Zhan smiled: "Brother Lan Ye doesn't have to worry about the authenticity of this news. Already..."
Sean did not continue to ask, but touched his chin and said: "Your Highness told me these things, I'm afraid there is a deep meaning."
Bai Zhan immediately laughed drunkenly: "Just a joke, a joke It’s just words, they all come from the military, it’s normal to talk about war, come on, brother Lan Ye, drink!”
……
Until Bai Zhan was completely unable to stand still. , Sean was sent out.
"Sir Lan Ye, shall I take you back?"
Sean rejected the kindness of Bai Zhan's personal guards and left staggeringly.
It wasn’t until he entered a dark corner that the blush on Sean’s face quickly disappeared.
The tree people's redevelopment of base areas, annexation or cooperation with forces, etc., are all within Sean's expectation. He has even made a record of the possibility that Paradise City will be attacked.
But what Sean didn't expect was that Bai Zhan actually knew the news about the Survivor Mountain.
After Sean removed the pollution caused by Qiu Qingming, the consciousness formed by the Survivor Mountain has dissipated, and it does not have the ability to evolve into metallic life. Originally, it flew from the original location to Paradise City, This is the last event for Survivor Mountain.
Only Sherrill, Moza and Luo Xi knew about this matter, and they obviously could not be the source of Bai Zhan's information. ,
At this moment, another name came into Sean's mind.
In the darkness, Sean narrowed his eyes slightly: "Tsk, let me tell you... now, things are starting to get interesting..."
...
Three days later.
This time, good news came from the front line again.
According to the observation of the spies, there are fewer and fewer driftwood floating on the coastline. This means that the tree people are not a race that lives forever, and they may have exhausted all their people who can participate in the war. Move out.
At the same time, Laya volcano completely erupted.
The unprecedented eruption of this active volcano even completely covered the dome with volcanic ash.
Most of the volcanic ash blew to the coast along the wind direction, dyeing the entire area gray and white, and the group of tree people borrowed the huge power of nature to fully evolve.
Just like the first batch of tree people troops that came to the empire, their arms were black, like burnt wood.
Furthermore, the tree people family shows obvious evolutionary trends.
After experiencing evolution, the weaker tree people began to move closer to humans, and their branches, green leaves, etc. were quickly disappearing. However, the stronger tree people seemed more primitive. .
It is precisely because of this characteristic that the spies can roughly judge the opponent's strength level.
According to rough inferences, the tree people who crossed the Raging Sea and came to the mainland may exceed two million people, which is even more than twice the empire's standing military strength.
There are naturally many strong ones among them, but the strange thing is that until now, the proliferation of any tree man has not been discovered.
The military is scratching its head over this. After all, Crimson is the top combat power in the army and has the ability to change the situation of a war.
Shaun and Bai Ye knew why, because the trees who came to the violent sea this time were all arrogant.
To put it simply, these tree people are all the products of genetic engineering. It's just that the tree person used as the original gene returned to the world with a new body.
Sean believes that this is a common behavior of the entire group. The people in the tree usually forcibly occupy the consciousness and body of the gene product, but based on the current situation, the tree people should all do it voluntarily .
In addition, when it comes to proliferation, Sean suspects that all crimson-level tree people should be multiplying of the same kind.
Although the crazy beast has the word "beast", the crazy plant can also be regarded as a kind of crazy beast, but it is relatively rare.
But one answer that Sean has never found is what Bai Ye said: his life frequency is almost the same as that of the tree people.
With the full-scale war, more and more prisoners were captured, and Bai Ye also had more opportunities for research, but the result remained the same.
"This is not normal..." Bai Ye's eyes were serious. She kept checking Sean's body and comparing it with those tree people, but the result was still the same.
Can one explain that the life frequency of the entire tree people family is almost the same? How is this possible?
(End of this chapter)