CHAPTER 1870: CHAPTER 1863: A SIMPLE REQUEST

Xu Mengyun, Long Yingjia, Uncle Li, and the man with glasses, all four adults, looked at Tang Ye with strange expressions, none of them responding immediately.

Li Henian’s identity as the Chinese Zombie King was known to them only because of Xiang Shan; otherwise, they would never have found out in their lifetime. This, however, made them realize that Li Henian had been hiding his identity from the world! This indicated he didn’t want people to know he was the Chinese Zombie King!

Unfortunately, they accidentally uncovered this secret!

The implication of Tang Ye’s words was to confirm something with them. If they responded, today would be the end of the road for everyone!

It depended on whether Li Henian needed to keep it a secret. If he did, a dead man’s mouth is the tightest!

Even Uncle Li, who was well-traveled and knowledgeable, hesitated at Tang Ye’s words.

Seeing their prolonged silence, Tang Ye lifted a hand to his face, looking down at his hand as he clenched and unclenched his fist, saying somewhat nonchalantly, "You’d better tell the truth. After all, whether the outcome is favorable or not is for me to decide. Just a reminder, I don’t like liars."

Hearing Tang Ye’s words, Long Yingjia instinctively took a step forward, but the next moment Xu Mengyun reached out to hold her back.

"Mengyun..."

Xu Mengyun shook her head at Long Yingjia, her face tinged with sadness. She glanced at the group of children behind her, her eyes full of reluctance, yet more so with resignation...

Xiang Shan, pinned to the ground, struggled madly, but all his efforts seemed utterly futile in the face of absolute power!

"Bastard! What the hell do you want to do!" He reached out, attempting to clutch at Tang Ye but didn’t expect Tang Ye to bend and swiftly tie his hand to Tang Ye’s tentacle, forming a huge, tight knot, leaving him immobilized!

Xu Mengyun also struggled internally, debating whether to answer Tang Ye’s question, but after thinking for a long time, she couldn’t come up with a reason. Finally, she looked back at Uncle Li, trying to see if he had found a good answer direction.

The result was utterly disappointing; the other party also shook his head with quite a helpless look.

Seeing this, Xu Mengyun could only take a deep breath and look up at the sky.

Tonight, whether alive or dead, it’s all up to the heavens!

"You are Li Henian!"

A minute after Tang Ye asked that question, Xu Mengyun finally stepped out and answered. She carefully observed any change in Tang Ye’s expression, but Tang Ye’s face remained as usual. He simply asked, "And then?"

"And then... you are the Zombie King?"

"Looks like the guy under my feet told you all about me..."

A strange expression appeared on Tang Ye’s face, and seeing this expression made Xu Mengyun’s heart grow cold, but she accepted her fate now, saying decisively, "There’s no need for you to waste words. Such a big secret as yours, since we’ve known, just do what you have to!"

"Huh?"

The moment after those words fell, Xu Mengyun and the others heard Tang Ye’s somewhat bewildered voice, causing them to be momentarily confused.

"You... you won’t kill us?"

"Who said I would kill you?"

"..."

"Aren’t you afraid we’ll tell your secret to others?"

"Ho~ so eager to die?"

"Then what do you intend to do?" questioned the man with glasses, his inner activity bursting with confusion at Tang Ye’s declaration not to kill them!

But Tang Ye didn’t answer him; instead, he looked at Xu Mengyun.

Besides Xu Mengyun, who was a Level 7 New Human, the others before him were all ordinary people.

"Where did these little kids come from?"

"They... are from everywhere, adopted by us," Xu Mengyun replied.

"Adopted by you..." Tang Ye glanced around. Apart from the few adults like Xu Mengyun, the children looked to range from three or four years old to twelve or thirteen. The clothes they wore weren’t exactly shabby, but not too good either, quite similar to the typical residents within Cloud Gorge Base.

Not to mention anything else, just judging from the middle-aged man’s worn-out jacket, it was evident their life was very straitened.

Both adults and children carried or held belongings, mainly items for warmth and simple nourishment mud along with some protein bars.

"And what sort of people are you?" Tang Ye asked again.

"We’re all teachers from the orphanage; the apartment building behind us is our orphanage."

"Hmm..." Tang Ye nodded, smiling as he continued, "Don’t worry, I won’t do anything to you guys. After all, there’s nothing wrong with having more people like you."

"This..." Hearing Tang Ye’s words, although Xu Mengyun and the others felt puzzled, they breathed a great sigh of relief after receiving Tang Ye’s direct confirmation.

But just when they exchanged glances of relief and smiles with one another, Tang Ye spoke again, and his tone suddenly shifted.

"However..."

Their hearts tightened once more.

"I have a simple request, which is to take away this zombie named Xiang Shan. I’m very interested in him."

"Take away Xiang Shan..." Hearing Tang Ye’s demand, Xu Mengyun and Long Yingjia behind her exchanged looks, unable to make a clear decision.

They had shared hardships for so many years, and although not kin, their emotional bond was as deep as familial ties.

Once Xiang Shan was handed over, his life or death in the future would be uncertain. No one knew what Tang Ye intended to do with Xiang Shan?

If there was no malice, it would be okay, but if there was, what then?

This wasn’t something they could decide.

"What do you want to do with him?" Having weighed the matter, Xu Mengyun still plucked up the courage to ask.

"Since you know my identity, you should also know about the Royal Court behind me and what kind of composition it has. You have probably learned a thing or two. Do I really need to explain what I want to do with him? Furthermore, using just one of him to exchange for all of your lives, isn’t that worthwhile?"

Xu Mengyun’s face turned bitter; Tang Ye’s words instead made them feel that their chance of survival was traded with Xiang Shan’s life, but how could she refuse?

The young man before her was far from being as simple as he appeared!

He was a Zombie King!

The laws of human society couldn’t do anything to him! Even if Su Sigui had already arrived here, upon learning that he was indeed the white-haired Zombie King of the Chinese Continent, she also had to consider what consequences would arise from unleashing such a battle in Cloud Gorge Base!

Never forget, during that time when the Chinese Zombie King was in direct combat with the Lan Ou Corpse King, it caused continuous tremors across both continental plates, with frequent earthquakes and tsunamis! The block in the northwest direction of the continent turned completely fragmented!

If Su Sigui and the Zombie King’s battle erupted here, the result, irrespective of who won or lost, for these 27 million people... it would be a scene of rivers of blood and utter ruin!

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