Chapter 1666 - 647: Thanks to the Old Buddy for Sending the Tree-Net Passage [Monthly Ticket]

Chapter 1666: Chapter 647: Thanks to the Old Buddy for Sending the Tree-Net Passage [Monthly Ticket]

"Do you feel anything strange?"

Shi Lin asked doubtfully, "What?"

Unfortunately, the Hundred Emperors are too large to display the complex expressions of humans. It just shyly said, "For example... when you look at me, do you feel a strong sense of familiarity?"

Shi Lin: "..."

He felt at a loss for words, not knowing how to answer.

Seeing his perplexed look, the Hundred Emperors stubbornly said, "Maybe it’s because you’ve only just become an ascended being and are not very skilled yet; you cannot correctly recognize your instincts. In fact, whether it’s the Mother Empress Ship or other lower life forms, as long as they all belong to ascended beings, when they approach each other, if they sense the other is the same kind, they will feel a very strong sense of familiarity. If they both originate from the same Founder, or if one evolves from the other’s Reproductive Subunits, this familiarity is even stronger. This is why ascended beings can forever maintain unity. And now when I look at you, I feel this way."

"Do you feel it?" Shi Lin thought for a moment, "A technical friendship? A pseudo-emotion catalyzed by genetic instincts?"

The Hundred Emperors was silent for a bit, then replied helplessly, "You can put it that way."

Actually, Shi Lin wanted to question it.

You feel there’s friendship between us now, probably because my Mother Empress Ship cells originate from you, but before that, you proactively wanted to save me, and at that time I had no relation with ascended beings, so your technical friendship theory doesn’t hold.

But Shi Lin did not say it out loud; he didn’t want to provoke the Hundred Emperors into suicide.

Shi Lin simply played along and just hummed, "Yes, a bit, but don’t expect me to betray Mr. Ren for this, that’s impossible."

Hundred Emperors: "You’ve just started; I’m not surprised, nor will I rush to persuade you. Actually, the reason I want to save you has other thoughts."

Shi Lin: "How so?"

The Hundred Emperors said very solemnly, "You must swear in the name of evolution never to reveal what I’m about to say to Ren Zhong."

Shi Lin weighed it slightly, then solemnly said, "Alright, I swear. Every word the Hundred Emperors says to me now, I will keep to myself and never disclose to Mr. Ren. If I violate this, I will never receive the favor of evolution."

"Great!" The Hundred Emperors seemed very happy, "To be honest, I hope you’ll leave with me when the time comes."

Shi Lin: "Huh?"

"Rest assured, I know you value feelings, so you won’t be forced to act against the Red Blade Army. You need only join me in slipping away in the chaos. The Red Blade Army won’t stop you, you’ll be safe."

Shi Lin: "What do you mean?"

"The Red Blade Army will lose."

"Hmm?"

The Hundred Emperors decisively said, "The Red Blade Army will definitely lose, will be completely crushed. Even if you stay, you cannot change this objective fact. You are a good lad with great prospects; there’s no need to be buried with them. Who knows what Ren Zhong is thinking, what drugs he’s taken, where he got the guts to stay and fight, isn’t that ridiculous?"

The Hundred Emperors hadn’t participated in the Alliance Expeditionary Army’s decision-making process. But relying on its battle wisdom and the war auxiliary brain’s deductions, the Hundred Emperors predicted the Alliance Expeditionary Army would use a frontal feint, with an actual ambush strategy. From the Hundred Emperors’ perspective, the Red Blade Army has absolutely no chance of winning; only Ren Zhong himself has a hope of escape. Everyone else must die. The Hundred Emperors doesn’t care about everyone in the Red Blade Army, or even the lives of the Emmeitone and Velvet Whiskers, as there are plenty of Reproductive Subunits. But it cares about Shi Lin alone.

Shi Lin firmly rejected upon hearing this, "You are wrong. Mr. Ren never fights unprepared battles. So far, none of Mr. Ren’s decisions have been wrong."

The Hundred Emperors angrily responded, "That’s what I’m afraid of! His blind confidence and your blind idolatry are meaningless! Come with me! Your Mr. Ren will definitely survive too, even in the future, you’ll still have a chance to be loyal to him as an ascended being!"

Shi Lin: "You think Mr. Ren might surrender, might join you?"

The Hundred Emperors: "Of course, he can’t always remain a Wanderer. He needs a base, a relatively free base. The Mechanical Empire can’t provide this, but we can. Anyway, you have no loyalty to the Mechanical Empire, right? Then when we seize a large territory from the Mechanical Empire, we can appoint Ren Zhong as a Lord. How about we enfeoff him with the Far Border Star Domain, Long River Star Domain, and Jade Plate Star Domain? He only needs to acknowledge the rule of the Alliance Army’s three fronts in name. Then the Origin of Life (Quasar Supercomputer) will naturally adjust our usage quota."