ATDIWR Chapter 118

Chapter 118 Charles Declares to the World – Alliance

Charles quickly convened a global video conference. At the meeting, he announced the existence of the spatial pendant, exaggerating the effect of the spiritual spring water. In Charles’s narrative, the spiritual spring water was exaggerated into divine water; it seemed that if bitten by a zombie, drinking a sip of spiritual spring water could instantly restore one to normal.

This wasn’t all; Charles also claimed that the reason Ji An was able to develop so many groundbreaking items was also due to the help of the spiritual spring water.

Anyway, according to Charles, the spiritual spring water was omnipotent, as if with the spiritual spring water, zombies could be eliminated, and the world could be ruled.

Charles’s goal was clear: if he couldn’t get it, he would destroy it. Charles had always been a madman like this.

After the meeting, Charles sat at his desk roaring with laughter, doubling over with mirth. He himself might have genuinely thought this was something worth celebrating, but he didn’t know that his assistant and other staff around him only felt extreme terror looking at him like this, trembling uncontrollably, feeling that Charles’s manic disorder had worsened again.

The little assistant watched the messages that kept popping up after the video conference ended, swallowed hard, and stammered, “Commander Charles, representatives from Bases in Country Y, Country F, Country D, Country E, Country YW, and others have all sent calls, inquiring about the space and spiritual spring. If you have time now, the representatives from these countries hope to talk with you immediately and in detail.”

Charles did not stop laughing. He wiped away tears from the corners of his eyes, laughing loudly and saying, “Connect them all, get them all on the line, haha. If the Eight-Nation Alliance could happen once back then, I can make it happen a second time! Xia Country is about to withdraw from the stage of history. From now on, this beautiful planet Earth will no longer have the yellow-skinned monkeys with yellow skin and black hair!”

The little assistant lowered his head and began contacting the representatives of those countries.

Xia Country was also not peaceful. Charles’s conference was like a bomb thrown into a lake, causing splashes everywhere within Xia Country.

Even the Bases that had already submitted to Jing Shi Base sent messages asking if the matters of space and spiritual spring water were true.

By this time, there was nothing to hide. After discussion, Ji An and others publicly announced the existence of space and spiritual spring water, stating that spiritual spring water could not cure zombie transformation. He also said that his research, aside from the space being inspired by the spatial pendant, was entirely self-derived.

Furthermore, the spiritual spring water had already been added to nutrient solutions and was not being selfishly kept.

Some people believed Ji An’s speech, and some did not.

For instance, the Luo City Base, which submitted the earliest, along with Owen, Jiang Fuzhong, and others, immediately sent messages expressing belief and support for all of Ji An’s choices.

He Tao also expressed belief in Ji An, as did Wu Youyang and the researchers in the laboratory like Na Boyu, Zhou Fanxiu, and Bai Na. Even Han Yaokun expressed belief and support for Ji An.

At the same time, many people sent private messages, such as Little Stone and Little Rose, Yuan Ming’an, and many other friends, who also supported Ji An.

Seeing that so many people were still standing by him, willing to believe and support him, Ji An was very moved.

Gu Jinsheng said, “Those with eyes can see your contributions. People who still question you now are either blind or have ill intentions. Their motives are not simple, you don’t need to care.”

Thunder Dragon wrapped the Unicorn tightly in its tough, thick tail and rubbed its large head against the Unicorn’s pure white fur, disdainfully saying, “These people really don’t know what they’re talking about. At a time like this, they’re not thinking about unity against outsiders, but creating division! Look at how much An An has done for The Apocalypse, those foreigners have seen it, they’re crazy, scrambling and dreaming of joining our Xia Country nationality. But these Xia Country people are still not satisfied!”

The Unicorn said nothing, just gently rubbed Ji An with its large head. Although Ji An couldn’t feel the Unicorn’s fluffy touch, he still felt comforted, his heart softening.

Ji An said softly, “I don’t care, I can’t hear them anyway. But I’m worried that people within The Base might become agitated. Let’s pay attention recently and absolutely not let M Country’s spies use this opportunity to stir up trouble.”

“Okay, I’ll pay attention.” Gu Jinsheng suddenly said, “Little An, what do you want to eat tonight? I haven’t personally cooked for you in a long time. How about I make something delicious for you tonight?”

“What time is it, and you’re still thinking about eating!” Thunder Dragon complained, “Gu Jinsheng, you really don’t forget to please your wife every moment.”

Ji An’s face blushed slightly. Thunder Dragon stared at Ji An’s shy look with shining eyes, “An An, you like lapdogs? You should have said earlier. Although I can’t be a lapdog, I can be a lap-dragon. I can rush to M Base right now and kill that lunatic.”

Thunder Dragon’s personality was somewhat cynical and playful. Ji An was really afraid that Thunder Dragon would do something like bravely venturing into M Country alone, so he quickly comforted Thunder Dragon, “Heaven first makes someone busy, then makes them crazy. Charles will bring about his own destruction sooner or later.”

Thunder Dragon grunted, “Okay, then I’ll let that psycho live for a few more days.”

At this time, the several Bases that had just submitted to Jing Shi Base were quite active in private. The leaders of the respective Bases connected via video privately.

Guang Jia, Commander of Hope Base, said, “Do you believe Gu Jinsheng and Ji An’s statement? That spiritual spring water is such a miraculous existence, bringing the dead back to life and regrowing bones, can they really bear to add it to nutrient solutions for us who are far from the political center to consume?”

Hao Rui, Commander of Anhe Base, said, “No matter what flowery words they say, I won’t believe it. Ji An says it’s added to nutrient solutions, but adding one ten-thousandth is also adding. How effective can something, no matter how miraculous, be after being diluted to one ten-thousandth?”

Shaohao, Commander of Happiness Base, also said, “Look at the things Ji An has brought out, nutrient solutions, treatment pods, these things are so miraculous, and they still dare to say it’s not because of the spiritual spring water. This is treating us like fools.”

These people completely forgot how many lives the nutrient solutions and treatment pods had saved and how many people’s injuries and disabilities they had healed.

Anyway, they hadn’t used them, or even if they had, they didn’t care. As long as the spiritual spring wasn’t in their hands, it was being selfishly kept by Ji An and others and not given to others.

Hao Rui hadn’t been completely blinded by the enormous benefits brought by the spiritual spring and still had some sense of reason. He said, “But just us few Bases revolting is useless, we aren’t enough for Gu Jinsheng’s Thunder Dragon to wipe out in minutes.”

Guang Jia’s eyes flickered, “That’s true. Do you think that just with Ji An and Gu Jinsheng’s words, how many fools would believe? Presumably, those people think the same way we do, and are afraid to act rashly due to their own insignificance.”

Shaohao said, “What we need to do now is unite those people and rebel together. Don’t look down on our small Bases, but when more Bases unite, it’s a significant force. At that time, even a powerful entity like Jing Shi Base will have to reconsider us.”

“Alright, let’s contact other Bases now.”

There were quite a few Bases with this idea. Some had submitted to Jing Shi Base, while others had not. These Bases quietly contacted each other privately. Some were afraid of uneven distribution of spoils after succeeding and were unwilling to ally with Bases larger than themselves. Some Bases were afraid their Base was too small and couldn’t defeat Jing Shi Base, so they allied with large Bases, not fearing getting less as long as they didn’t end up empty-handed like they were now.

Some Bases had already formed private alliances, but for various reasons didn’t want to be the first to step forward. Some alliances were afraid that if they acted too late, they wouldn’t get anything, so they acted first.

Happiness, Anhe, Hope, and over a dozen other small Bases were the ones afraid of being left with nothing if they acted late. As soon as the few Bases formed an alliance, they immediately sent a call request to Jing Shi Base.

These few small Bases didn’t have the capabilities of M Base, but their tone was exactly the same as Charles’s, aggressive and threatening simultaneously. “Space and spiritual spring water are treasures of the entire Huaxia, they do not belong to you, Ji An and Gu Jinsheng, personally. Don’t talk about adding spiritual spring water to nutrient solutions, everyone isn’t stupid, no need to tell such nonsense to deceive people.”

Ji An wasn’t angry at all, and could even calmly ask, “If I am unwilling to hand them over, what do you plan to do? Declare war on Jing Shi Base?”

“Ji An, I advise you not to be too selfish,” Guang Jia narrowed his eyes. “I think there are many people who are dissatisfied with you like us. If you can’t give us a good answer, there will be tens of thousands more people who will rise up and resist you.”

Hao Rui also said, “If you persist in being stubborn, don’t blame us for disregarding the lives of the people and launching a war.”

Ji An suddenly chuckled softly, as if saying the weather was nice today, and said, “When shall we fight? How about today? It’s 3:50 PM now, how about we choose an auspicious time, 4:00 PM, to start the war?”

Guang Jia, Hao Rui, and the other two’s faces instantly changed, filled with anger, seemingly not expecting Ji An to dare to provoke them like this.

In their imagination, even if Jing Shi Base was unwilling, at this critical juncture of internal and external troubles, they would choose to appease them first, promising them various benefits to prevent them from revolting in a fit of anger, causing negative impacts, and setting an example for other potential rebels.

But they didn’t expect Ji An to completely break from the script and directly declare war on them. Wasn’t Ji An afraid that other Bases would follow suit, or provoke dissatisfaction from more Bases?

Apparently, Ji An had no such concerns. Ji An waved at them with a smile from the other end of the video, as if old friends were exchanging pleasantries. “Then, goodbye for now. See you in ten minutes.”

The video call was disconnected, and the three looked at each other in dismay.

Guang Jia said incredulously, “How dare Ji An do that? Isn’t he afraid we’ll actually start a war?”

Hao Rui said with some worry, “Ji An isn’t serious, is he? He won’t really attack our Base in a while, will he?”

Hao Rui glanced at his watch. There were still eight minutes until 4:00 PM, the time Ji An mentioned. “Jing Shi Base’s hover cars are incredibly fast. Flying from Jing Shi Base to M Base takes minutes. Eight minutes should be enough time to reach our Base.”

Shaohao narrowed his eyes. “Ji An won’t come. He’s trying to scare us. He probably thinks we don’t dare to actually start a war.”

Guang Jia sneered, “Then he’s really going to be disappointed. Our Base’s allied army is already assembled and ready to depart at any time. If he doesn’t come tonight, then tomorrow night we will arrive.”

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