Chapter 218 Not Too Far Away
"Why?" Lin Wen asked.
Anders whispered, "Lord Lin, I've wanted to quit for a long time. I've tried to wash my hands three times and feigned illness three times, but I was always kicked out. The Council has my family under their control. If you publicly execute me, they'll know I didn't betray or run away. Maybe, maybe my family, my children, my parents, can still survive."
Lin Wen's eyes flashed as he stared at his aura. When most people lie, their aura will have large and obvious fluctuations. Training is useless, unless they are one of the very few people whose aura Lin Wen cannot see.
This person did not lie.
So.
Is it worth using?
Lin Wen glanced at his single-digit soul and the numerous affairs in Changshan County. It was impossible for him to rush to rescue his family.
So, we can only do as he says?
However, the benefits of doing so are very low, and given the Council's deep and cruel nature, even if they knew he was dead, they might still eliminate his family in order to silence him.
This is a very bad idea.
There must be a better way.
Lin Wen thought for a moment, and suddenly thought of a classic scene in Gay Mountain Earl.
A smile flashed across his lips. "Anders, you should know that even in this situation, the chances of your family surviving are not high, right?"
Anders's expression darkened. "Of course, but there's no other way."
"No."
Lin Wen once again showed that smile as if he was facing a god.
"There is another way."
Anders looked up at him, his expression dull, and it was obvious that he didn't believe it.
Yun Zhixing's eyes sparkled with twinkles, and he whispered, "Here he comes!"
"you."
Lin Wen pointed at him.
"Return to the Council alone, kill all the coercers, rescue your family, and send them to Changshan County."
"I."
Lin Wen pointed at himself.
"We will use you as a hostage to negotiate with the Council and create the conditions for your revenge."
Due to the restart of the steel plant, the voltage in Changshan County often dropped, and the lights in the dungeon dimmed, casting a shadow over Lin Wen's smile.
"For the rest, life and death are determined by fate, and it's just a matter of fighting."
Yun Zhixing is extremely smart to be able to become Qin Luoshuang's deputy.
He immediately understood Lin Wen's intention and clapped his hands: "Great! It's really great!"
"They fabricated the illusion of your kidnapping and made a deal with the Council. In the Council's eyes, you were an ace spy. Simply releasing you back into the sea would make you disappear, and your value would remain intact."
"As long as you still have value, the Council will not kill your family. While County Chief Lin negotiates with the Council, you can secretly return to your hometown and rescue your family by surprise."
"This plan is absolutely amazing. I can't even imagine how many details are involved!"
"alright."
Lin Wen interrupted in dissatisfaction, "Don't explain anymore. You're lowering my status."
Anders lowered his head and thought for a while, then he understood.
County Magistrate Lin was not afraid of him escaping at all. As long as he saved his family, it would mean formally rebelling against the Council. At that time, his only way to survive would be to send his family to Changshan County, because only here could he resist the all-pervasive Council.
If he chose to escape and betray, then County Governor Lin would directly expose their complicity, the Council would immediately know that Anders had rebelled, and his family would also die.
The most crucial point of this strategy is that he must leave enough evidence to prove that he was really kidnapped and that he was really cooperating with County Mayor Lin.
This is both the basis for negotiation and the shackles that control him.
Even if he rebelled against the Council as soon as he got out and told everything, it would be difficult for the Council to believe a man with a criminal record who had been repeatedly jumping from one position to another.
All of this is hidden under the mask of reasonable needs, and people with poor thinking will find it difficult to understand the deeper meaning behind it.
Sure enough, County Chief Lin said, "Now, record ten videos first, and then leave behind key things that can prove your identity so that we can prove that you have been captured by us."
"Then, Yun Zhixing, you will immediately contact the Council on the spot and negotiate with them. You must appear in person for the first time."
Anders was truly amazed at how this incredible young county chief could come up with such a perfect plan in such a short time. Even he had to think for a while before he could understand it.
But he didn't have any resentment in his heart.
He stood up and bowed happily to this man who was less than half his age.
"I will obey your command."
The fire in his heart was burning.
The passion that had been dormant for many years was boiling.
The Council, right?
You have controlled me for so many years, you didn't expect me to rebel, right?
He stood up, and his thin and hunched body seemed to become tall and towering in an instant. He looked towards the north, and his gaze seemed to penetrate the wall and the soil and shoot towards the invisible council in the distance.
He said nothing, but his spirit roared.
Council!
Your retribution has come!
——
For Lin Wen, he has many beautiful ideas.
One of them is to build Changshan County into a fully automatic charity ATM.
Let him lie down every day and watch Shanyuan move on it.
Of course, it would be best if he could be reincarnated directly, but now, firstly, he has not found a perfect opportunity for reincarnation, secondly, he has too many bad karmas and cannot be reincarnated, thirdly, it is not clear what the conversion ratio of good karma to luck and opportunity is, and fourthly, he does not know how much luck the big guys in the world of immortal cultivation have, and how much luck he needs.
The last point was the most worrying. After Lin Wen finished his hard training in the middle of the night, his thoughts suddenly became overwhelmed and he couldn't help asking.
Consumption: 20% of the soul.
Lin Wen looked at the 10% of his soul that had just recovered and couldn't help but use it.
[Yunosora] is just right after being halved, and the soul returns to zero again.
[The limit of luck and opportunity is 49, and the highest one has 48]
Lin Wen understood it in an instant. There are fifty Daos and forty-nine Tianyan, leaving a glimmer of hope, so the limit of luck and opportunity is 49.
From this perspective, the +3 chance and +3 luck of [Star of Savior] are simply explosive. Combined with [Responsible Person], he will have +5 chance and +5 luck as soon as he is reincarnated. Others have cultivated for who knows how many years and their luck is only 48.
The importance of a perfect reincarnation start is even more important than Lin Wen thought.
However, the reincarnation of garbage is absolutely not allowed. Every bit of luck lost may take thousands or even tens of thousands of years to make up for.
Therefore, one must start with a perfect reincarnation, and one must not die unless the reincarnation is perfect.
Lin Wen once again reaffirmed his belief that nothing could replace perfect reincarnation.
The next day, when Lin Wen woke up, his spirit had recovered to 11%. Now he can recover 18-21% of his spirit every day, depending on the duration and efficiency of his meditation.
He put on his shoes and finished washing up outside the house. Lin Wen now prefers to return to his home in Changle Town to rest. His shabby house with light leaking in from everywhere has an atmosphere of cultivating immortals, which allows him to recover more of his spirit.
Lin Wen then went to the cafeteria in Changle Town to have breakfast. Although Changle Town had been abolished and turned into Changle District and incorporated into the new town, Lin Wen was still used to calling it that.
Lin Wen met everyone he knew along the way, and he greeted them all the way. When he was having breakfast, he met Xiao Li again. Xiao Li shouted and brought over steamed buns, porridge and pickled mustard greens, and sat opposite Lin Wen. While eating, he boasted about his brave deeds as the deputy mayor of the new town.
Lin Wen’s breakfast is his favorite classic set meal, which consists of dried radish, green vegetables and porridge. This is the breakfast with the most immortal cultivation atmosphere.
So, a county chief and a deputy mayor were sitting in this simple dining hall, at an ordinary long wooden table, eating a simple breakfast that imperial officials from other regions would not even touch, and chatting casually.
Lin Wen mainly listened and occasionally asked questions, while Xiao Li used his expertise to arrange everything and explain it clearly and orderly without affecting his bragging at all.
After breakfast, Lin Wen also listened to the general situation. He picked up his bowl and went to the river to give Wan'er a bath. It was pitiful to say that the head of a county, who had 5,000 personal secretaries and assistants, actually had to wash the dishes himself.
Bai Xiu Yu is now busy with the affairs of the Women's Mutual Aid Association and has no time to take care of him.
After cleaning up the dishes, Lin Wen's ideas had already taken shape in his mind.
He called the driver, got on the special car and set off.
Only at this time did he look like a senior official of the empire.
The Xin-Huai Highway from Xinzhen to Huaizhen has been built. It is 11 kilometers long and the road is smooth without any bumps. You can no longer enjoy the thrill of running on the road at night.
There are two-meter-high anti-collision slopes on both sides of the road. Workers are planting flowers and grass on them. There is a wonderful sense of security when driving under the slopes.
Soon, the special car arrived at the phantom sun-destroying devil's pit. As a passenger, Lin Wen intuitively felt the majesty of the steel-stone bridge and the horror of the pit.
The pit is 300 meters long, nearly 700 meters wide and more than 600 meters deep. What does that mean? The area of the pit is equivalent to 30 football fields and as high as a 200-story building. The 23-meter-wide steel-stone bridge across it is like a thin line. The special car on the thin line is not even an ant, but a flea at most.
Driving here is like driving in the void. Looking down, there is a deep pit. Even the dark sunlight cannot reach the bottom. It is as if the earth has cracked open a big mouth ready to devour people.
Here, people can intuitively feel how insignificant they are in front of nature.
This natural wonder is far more magnificent than Lin Wen had originally imagined. The surrounding viewing points are already under construction, including the golden and silver platform that extends out and hangs in the air.
Chief Engineer Yang has treated the entire Dakeng scenic spot as a work of art. He even used his reputation to invite many sculptors, architects, gardening experts, painters and art experts.
When Lin Wen passed by the big pit, he saw a few guys dressed very artistically on the shore arguing fiercely. They started fighting. Although they were men, they didn't fight like men at all. They were all tearing clothes and pulling hair, and soon it turned into a few naked men wrestling.
Tsk, that's really an eyesore.
Lin Wen only took 9 minutes to complete the 11-kilometer journey. Lin Wen vividly remembered that the first time he rode Xiao Li's broken car to go to the town for a meeting, it took him more than an hour to drive on the mountain road. He could never enjoy that kind of thrilling feeling again.
However, this is also the reason why there are basically no cars on this road now.
But it doesn't matter.
Lin Wen, who had witnessed the birth and development of a miracle, was very sure.
This road is so crowded with cars that driving can’t compare to the days when pedestrians have to walk on the slope.
Not too far.
I remembered it wrongly, it doesn't seem to be the scene in Gay Mountain Earl, but I can't remember it at the moment, so I'll just take it as it is
(End of this chapter)
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