Chapter 165 - Infiltration
Chapter 165 - Infiltration
"So, how do you plan to deal with the king and Prince Finn? Use your light magic to interrogate their whereabouts first?"
"Um?"
Ning Fei, who was eating brunch, looked up at the man across the table, swallowed the ham in his mouth, and said speechlessly: "Can you please not talk about this suddenly while eating?"
"I'm just asking about your plan." Duan Yunhong was also eating his breakfast. "Or, do you want to save the world directly?"
Ning Fei didn't even raise his eyes this time: "You know very well that even if you kill the king and the prince, you can't save the world in one go."
"I know. So what I'm asking is whether you want to." Duan Yunhong said slowly, "According to the level of understanding of the common people in this world, they still can't understand that even if a lot of nobles are killed, this country can't immediately become the imagined 'utopia'. If the nobles are killed, there are still officials; if the officials are killed, there are still landlords, guard captains, wealthy businessmen... And if too many nobles and officials are killed in a short period of time, the country's operating system will completely collapse and the world will be in chaos. So even if they are allowed to make a wish, they won't know how to truly save the world and themselves, and it will only accelerate social unrest.
"To save such a world, you need a large but flexible plan, and you need to plan for the long term. And you can't kill too many key nobles in a short period of time. You shouldn't even kill some nobles, but let those who want to change the world do it themselves. Otherwise, humans won't cherish things that are too easy to get."
"You sound very experienced?" Ning Fei glanced at him. "Oh, but that's true. In the last world, Director Duan saved the world by finding the breakthrough point with familiarity, using small means to win big and grasping the key. What? Has another time traveler asked you to help save the world? Did the original owner's wish be to destroy the world?"
"It's just the simplest logic. After going through so many worlds and seeing so much history, I still have some ability to summarize." Duan Yunhong was talking, and suddenly changed the subject, "Speaking of the last world, did you lie to me about something else?"
"……Um?"
"Don't play dumb, I guessed it." Duan Yunhong said directly, "In fact, Yu Zhou didn't ask Yue Fengping to be the savior, right? Otherwise, with his personality, he would not easily agree to the result of Yue Fengping stepping down. Therefore, your goal should only be to save the world. You are not betting with me, you are using me as an excuse to bet."
Ning Fei: “…”
He picked up the wine, poured half a glass for Duan Yunhong, and exclaimed exaggeratedly: "As expected of you, you are really smart."
"Don't flatter me. If I were going to use this to provoke you, I wouldn't have waited until now." Duan Yunhong sneered, "But doesn't Yu Zhou know your plan? Why doesn't he even try to act?"
"He knows, but he doesn't have to act so much to cooperate with me. Anyway, it was me who decided to... mislead you, so it's my responsibility to keep it from you." Ning Fei replied, "Also, you think you know Yu Zhou very well, right?"
"OK, OK, I don't understand him, let's not talk about him anymore." Duan Yunhong ended the discussion. He knew that Ning Fei was protecting Yu Zhou, but he was just "cheap" and had to diss Yu Zhou in front of Ning Fei. When Ning Fei got angry, Duan Yunhong had to give in again. After all, Yu Zhou's position in Ning Fei's heart is so high that it is simply an unsolvable problem.
But Duan Yunhong also understood. Especially after seeing this world and knowing Ning Fei's original life, no one would fail to understand the significance of Yu Zhou to Ning Fei. It is not an exaggeration to call him a "savior".
"Do you think you are very accurate in judging people? Others must be the way you think they are?" Ning Fei continued to mock, "It seems that you need to suffer a big loss before you stop pointing fingers and making big statements like an old man."
"Old man..." Mr. Duan sneered disdainfully, but Mr. Duan shut up.
…
After finishing his meal, Ning Fei wiped his fingers and said in a calm tone, "I probably still won't be able to save the world."
Duan Yunhong felt that his words seemed a little uncertain, and asked: "Can you tell me the reason?"
"There's no reason. I never intended to save the world, and I won't change my mind just because I saw civilians being killed yesterday and listened to a bunch of nonsense from you." Ning Fei looked at him, "If they think killing the king will help, then kill the king; if they think killing the prince will help, then kill the prince. Until I get tired of this game, or someone among them really gets enlightened, or... the people in power finally realize how this game should be played."
"How do those in power crack it?" Duan Yunhong thought for a moment. "As long as the old and famous ones can hide in a place where you can't find them and keep their identities secret, they may be able to get away with it. Then they can use wealthy businessmen, the military, landlords and other people with financial power or armed command power, or even just people with reputation, to re-form a force to control the operation of society."
Ning Fei glanced at him: "Why make it so complicated? Isn't there a very simple word to describe it?"
Duan Yunhong: “Parliamentary system.”
Ning Fei had a feeling that Duan Yunhong could probably guess his thoughts, but when Duan Yunhong really said it out loud, Ning Fei was still stunned.
But in less than a second, Ning Fei replied: "...Actually, what I want to talk about is constitutional monarchy. After all, the powerful people still have to control it from behind, but this backward system can't be called a 'shadow government'."
"But the monarch cannot be in the open for the time being." Duan Yunhong said, "The old money uses the new money as a white glove, and the new money is people who are not in your "Seven Days of Joy". So this is a top-down, expedient pseudo-reform, not a bottom-up one. It is not a great progress in the social system, and it is destined not to eliminate much class gap."
"Let's not discuss this nonsense. Just like the common people here can't think of a real way to resist, the nobles here are not that smart either. Maybe until I finish this game, get tired of playing and leave here, they will remain in this chaotic form and won't change much." Ning Fei said, "I just want to do what I want to do. I don't want to be the accidentally mutated gene that promotes the evolution of gorillas into humans."
Whenever he makes comments about the world, they tend to be very unpleasant, an instinctive self-deprecation.
Duan Yunhong didn't want to keep reminding people of this, so he followed the topic and asked half-jokingly, "Is it really not because of lack of luck?"
In a world without missions, if an outsider wants to forcibly reverse the world trend, it would require an astronomical amount of luck points. Ning Fei may also be fined by the administration, which will be another huge expense. Although Duan Yunhong speculated that Ning Fei's "ability to attract money" was first-rate, what if he failed to save it?
Ning Fei thought it was ridiculous and asked, "What can you do if it's not enough? You are the one who leads the salvation of the world, and your luck is deducted?"
"..." Duan Yunhong was silent for two seconds, "I can help you with some of your luck, but I won't dominate it."
"Hahahaha, Duan Yunhong, ah Duan Yunhong, you really are used to being a 'boss'! Do you think this is where you swipe your card, huh? You paid for me with just one swipe?" Ning Fei said happily, "And why are you so stingy when you can be generous? You can spend money, but forget about the trouble, right?"
"That's the theory. I've already spent money, so why should I spend the effort myself?" Duan Yunhong walked up to him and looked into his eyes. "But if you explicitly ask me to help you, it's not impossible."
"... turn the sky upside down." Ning Fei knew the true meaning of his words, raised his hand and patted his face, "I dare not drive a great god like you. What if you suddenly regret it and want to erase your black history and go to the Administration to sue me, then even a god can't save me."
"You have questioned my character more than once. Let me put it this way, you have my location, so what if I have something against you?" Duan Yunhong raised his eyebrows slightly and grabbed his hand. "Also, you just told me the best way I can trick you. That's quite generous of you."
"Ha, you never expected that? You still have any character? You've lied to me many times, right? We're the same, so stop trying to occupy the moral high ground." Ning Fei pulled his hand away, "Okay, I've reported my plan to you, don't ask me again."
Duan Yunhong: "So how do you plan to kill the king and the prince?"
Ning Fei: "Don't ask me again! It's none of your business!"
***
In the end, Duan Yunhong still kept up with Ning Fei's pace of action.
The two of them sneaked into Prince Finn's manor in the royal capital. It is difficult in theory, but in practice it is so simple that it exceeds Duan Yunhong's expectations. Duan Yunhong is actually quite good at disguise, and he was thinking that if he faced any emergency, he would show it to Ning Fei, so that this guy wouldn't always feel like a burden. However, the two men simply put on the plain clothes commonly worn by ordinary servants, and took advantage of the time when the kitchen of the manor delivered goods by following the porters back and forth a few times, and easily entered the main castle of the manor.
Even if the two of them just walked in the castle carrying their work tools, no one would doubt their identities.
"This is too lax." Duan Yunhong commented sharply, "He brought soldiers into the capital specifically to deal with you, but his own territory is so lax in its security. Is this really a state of alert?"
"Perhaps he has issued the order for martial law, but the servants may not strictly enforce it. Or perhaps, those who work for the nobles are already used to pretending to obey but actually disobeying. They may put in a little effort in front of him, but who would bother to do so in private? They won't get paid more, and Finn won't see it." Ning Fei replied naturally, "It's just a little bit of reward, why work so hard?"
Duan Yunhong said: "It sounds like you are used to it. No wonder you didn't make any preparations and approached the manor so boldly."
"Yes, we will pretend to be the delivery team first, and then the people from the manor. It's that simple. Even if someone thinks we are unfamiliar, they won't say anything." Ning Fei shrugged, "There are so many soldiers on patrol. They should be the first to go if something happens. The castle 'should' be the safest. Less trouble is better..."
"Hmm? You guys...?"
A well-dressed man suddenly walked out from the corner not far ahead. He was about fifty years old and looked different from the other servants. But he looked different from the arrogant nobles. Ning Fei took a glance and knew that he should be a butler or something like that.
The butler stared at Ning Fei and Duan Yunhong who were coming towards him, his eyes moving up and down twice, his suspicious expression becoming more and more obvious.
"Who are you? What do you do? Why have I never seen you before?"
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