The Book of Troubled Times

Zhao Changhe and Sanniang did not expect that this night visit would only make them more confused.

Even though Sanniang no longer had much hatred for Hai Changkong, when looking at him as a passerby, she never thought that he might be a good person.

However, he did also say "shoot to kill", so if it was staged and Sanniang was really killed, would you be responsible?

Sanniang recalled that time, this guy spared no effort in chasing and killing, he really wanted to kill her. If her subordinates didn't fight to save her, she would have died for real, it didn't look like an act at all.

It was so foggy that it was impossible to see clearly. The two of them patiently lurked and continued to peek until the banquet was over, the Penglai generals all went to bed, and nothing special happened again.

Sanniang looked at the general who wanted to tip off the news, and wanted to go find him to ask, but she always felt that everything was weird here. She didn't dare to make a decision for a long time as to whether her appearance would harm others.

"Patience." Zhao Changhe squeezed her hand and whispered: "Now we are in the dark and they are in the light. We are watching with cold eyes. No changes can escape our eyes. We just need to adapt accordingly."

Sanniang felt a little relieved and said "Hmm": "What about Lai Qi..."

"If we don't get involved, I can't think of any way for Lai Qi to refuse. Either he will die or be incorporated."

When he returned to Lai Qi's guest house, he saw Lai Qi coming back from the outside in a panic. When he saw the two of them coming back, Lai Qi felt embarrassed and confessed honestly: "I want to leave at night." The guard who led the way politely just now said You won’t let me go without saying anything, no matter what excuse I make, I won’t be able to get back to the ship.”

Zhao Changhe did not blame him for abandoning his "guards" and patted him on the shoulder: "Surrender honestly and see tomorrow. I don't think you can destroy the country, at least not now. But if you resist, you will be dead now. No, we may not be able to protect you."

Sure enough, Lai Qi struggled all night, and when he was about to surrender to Hai Changkong early the next morning, there was a noise from the shore.

Lai Qi ran over quickly and saw Zhao Changhe and his wife hiding side by side watching the show.

On the shore, Hai Changkong gave a cold order: "Since you won't surrender, don't blame me for being ruthless... Go ahead and leave no trace of your armor behind."

"Boom, boom, boom!" The Penglai warships opened fire in unison, and there were actually artillery pieces on board.

The power of this artillery is hard to describe. It can only blast a hole in the opponent's deck. The actual power is not as powerful as the bed crossbow brought by the Tang family, but it still amazed Zhao Changhe.

When thermal weapons appear in the world, this in itself is something that can make time travelers excited. As for how powerful it is, whether it can improve, how long it will take, and whether it can hurt gods and demons even if it evolves to modern weapons, That's another story.

The other party was an unknown small country. It should have just arrived today, but Hai Changkong persuaded him to surrender straight away, and then the talks broke down.

Of course, the other party who dares to talk about collapse is countless times stronger than Lai Qi's fleet, so he has some confidence. After all, not every country is as weak as Lai Qi, and the total strength of all countries is still acceptable.

The two sides were in a stalemate off the coast. Due to the absolute gap in armament, the fleet of this small country soon fell into a disadvantage and was fighting and retreating.

At this moment, another fleet from a small country arrived from afar, shouting from a distance: "What happened!~"

The fleet of the small country that was resisting immediately responded: "Penglai State wants to annex our fleet and country!"

The Penglai fleet did not explain. Seeing it approaching, Hai Changkong personally broke into the bow of the opponent's ship, killed the opponent's general with one palm, and then returned to his own ship as if he was leisurely strolling in the garden.

The newly arrived fleet was completely dumbfounded: "Hai Changkong! You are really so ambitious! Do you really think you are invincible in Penglai!"

New fleets also joined the battle group.

Looking at it, Zhao Changhe felt that what Hai Changkong was doing was simply stupid. He was more normal to Lai Qi last night. What are you doing today?

Others are weaker than you, but together they are not very weak. If you really fight like this outside, everything will collapse.

You see, there are people on your own ship who were shot and killed by arrows. There are casualties. Why is this?

"Did you see it?" When he was confused, he received a message from Sanniang: "The soul of the deceased just now dispersed into the void and was absorbed by the transmission... This is a sacrifice, and it is a believer who sacrifices himself... …The bones that were sacrificed may even be eaten by the sea tribe and then evolve into new giant fish-men.”

Zhao Changhe glanced at her, why are you so familiar with this evil method... The past of Sanniang bringing the Qinglong coffin back to the Four Symbols Sect from Beimang flashed through his mind, and Zhao Changhe suddenly wondered whether the Four Symbols Sect was Are there similar evil methods?

Is their so-called Night Emperor's resurrection ultimately pointing to this? Therefore, it is called the Demonic Cult.

Sanniang didn't know what he was thinking, but she still said very expertly: "I feel that it was because of our previous battle that the Sea Clan, which had been accumulated by Poseidon for a long time, suffered unacceptable casualties. In order to recover, we can't wait to use the means of slowly cultivating faith. Yes, this kind of sacrifice is the fastest way."

Zhao Changhe said: "So this time Hai Changkong bullied other countries, is it really possible that Poseidon tacitly approved it? Whether it was believers from various countries or his own believers in Penglai, they were all sacrificed through war... So Hai Changkong I don't care at all, just to kill people, whether it's the enemy or me. Otherwise, this kind of brainless and self-destructive behavior cannot be explained."

Sanniang was a little hesitant, but still said "Yes": "Lai Qi came early and was too weak, so he didn't get beaten directly. Is this considered lucky?"

Zhao Changhe said: "If this is his strategy, will the pirate group still fight?"

The most puzzling thing for Sanniang is this: "In fact, it's better to subdue them and drive them to explore the way forward. They can also be of great use when fighting the pirate group. Now that we are in a group, can the pirate group fight... "

During the conversation between the young couple, many more fleets arrived one after another. After all, there was only the last day left before the agreed date. Most people did not dare to really press the time line to come. They would arrive one day early, basically at this time.

As a result, the scene became more and more chaotic. No one knew what was going on here, and it became a mess.

Zhao Changhe suddenly thought that if the pirates suddenly attacked at this time, they might be able to annihilate all the coalition forces here...

Just as I was thinking this, a horn sounded in the distance.

A pirate flag loomed from the junction of the sea and the sky, then two and three, and after a while, the sun covered the sky.

A large group of pirate ships approached from a distance, like a black wave, sweeping towards the island.

"It's the Nuhai Gang, the Nuhai Gang is coming!"

"It's the Tianyuan Pirates!"

Two different titles rang out in different ships, and someone sternly shouted at Hai Changkong: "Sea Commander, now that things are going on, do you still want to have a civil war?"

"Fight, why don't you fight?" Hai Changkong waved his big hand and said the same thing: "Leave no scrap of armor behind!"

Everyone was stunned, even Zhao Changhe and Sanniang had their eyes widened.

When Hai Changkong and the Tianyuan Pirates are one family, do all the unreasonable measures suddenly become reasonable?

So the question is, since there is a sacrificial array in Penglai's ship, launching such a massacre war has the intention of sacrificing it. Does the pirate group know this?

After working on it for a long time, it turns out that even the pirate group is Poseidon's people?

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PS: I have a low fever + diarrhea today. I don’t know if it’s because of the air-conditioned room or the sun. I can actually finish writing the update. I'm as good as Zhao Changhe and even more handsome than him.

Should I take leave tomorrow and see how things go after taking the medicine tonight?