HCB Chapter 1185 A Device That Could Explode at Any Time
Chapter 1185 A Device That Could Explode at Any Time
Doesn't he know that she is a ruthless pirate queen?
Isn't he afraid that she will corrupt their children?
Or were they plotting against him and his queen?
Why would he trust her so much?
Is he crazy?
Murong Yan heard Lin Zhen's equally imaginative arrangement.
I was also slightly stunned.
But she soon understood her husband's deeper meaning.
She knew he was doing this.
One reason was to keep Elizabeth, an extremely dangerous yet highly valuable talent, firmly by their side for easy monitoring and control.
Secondly, it was also to give her a legitimate identity to remain in the Great Qian Dynasty.
She wouldn't be ostracized by those stubborn courtiers as an outcast or a witch.
The reason for their late-night reunion was for their unborn child.
He wanted his children to have the broadest international perspective from birth.
And top-notch nautical knowledge.
This will lay the most solid foundation for their future conquest of the stars and the sea!
This man always thinks deeper and further than she does.
Think of this.
Murong Yan felt a surge of sweetness and pride.
She looked at the blonde beauty who was still kneeling on the ground, looking bewildered and at a loss.
A gentle smile appeared on his face.
"Captain Swann, oh no."
From now on, I should call you Elizabeth.
She stepped forward and personally helped her up from the ground.
"From now on, you're one of us."
"We will not treat you unfairly."
Elizabeth looked at the Eastern empress who had extended a hand of friendship to her.
Listening to her gentle and kind words.
That heart, hardened and cold by betrayal and hatred.
At that moment, it even melted slightly.
A warmth and sense of belonging I've never felt before.
It instantly welled up in her heart.
she knows.
From this moment on.
She was a lonely ghost who had spent half her life adrift at sea.
Finally, I have found my final resting place.
......
Inside the study of the Guangzhou Imperial Palace.
The atmosphere was far more somber than it had been on the deck of the Black Pearl.
Lin Zhen, Murong Yan, and Elizabeth, who had just sworn allegiance, sat facing each other.
No one spoke.
Lin Zhen's fingers tapped rhythmically on the table, his gaze fixed on the black crystal bracelet on Elizabeth's wrist, which shimmered with an eerie red light.
"The Devil's Pact..."
He repeated the name in a low voice, his eyes flashing with a complex light that was hard for others to understand.
"Elizabeth, are you sure this thing can be detonated at any time if Barbossa wants to?"
"Yes, Your Highness." At the thought of this, a deep fear involuntarily appeared on Elizabeth's beautiful face.
“Three years ago, I witnessed firsthand how Barbossa used this method to instantly blow a disobedient crew member into a cloud of blood mist…”
"What conditions are needed for him to detonate it? Like distance? Or some kind of special ritual?"
Lin Zhen pressed for more information.
This is his biggest concern now.
If this thing can be detonated from an infinite distance, then that would be a huge problem.
That means that as long as that bastard Barbossa is alive, Elizabeth will always be a ticking time bomb that could be detonated at any moment.
Lin Zhen would never allow such an unstable factor to stay by his and Yan'er's side for an extended period of time.
“This… I don’t know either.” Elizabeth shook her head in frustration.
“Barbossa, that traitor, is extremely cunning and cautious. He has never revealed the core secrets of this ‘Devil’s Pact’ to anyone.”
“However…” she seemed to remember something and added,
“I once overheard him mention that this thing seemed to be related to the moon. Every time the moon is full, the red light on this crystal bracelet becomes unusually bright, and my heart feels a sharp pain.”
"A full moon night?" Lin Zhen's brows furrowed even more.
He thought of Kong Zhiqian.
That madman also seemed to have an almost pathological obsession with certain celestial phenomena.
For example, he chose to launch the attack on Chengtianmen at noon, when the sun was at its strongest.
For example, the final plan he left behind regarding flooding Chang'an could only be launched during the rainy season, specifically during a once-in-a-century torrential rain.
What on earth are these nihilistic lunatics up to?
Do they really think they can overcome everything by relying on these so-called favorable timing and location?
“Husband,” Murong Yan asked, looking at Lin Zhen’s solemn expression, “Is this the same thing you disassembled at Xuanwu Gate?”
At this moment, she had lost the composure and calmness she had on the deck.
There were only the three of them in the study. She no longer needed to maintain the majesty of an empress.
She was only wearing the Phoenix Descent Dress, which served as her only nightgown, and leaned lazily against Lin Zhen, her beautiful phoenix eyes filled with worry for him.
The luxurious dress appeared even more profound in the dim light of the study.
The extremely dark Suzhou brocade seemed to absorb all the light, with only the towering phoenix embroidered with countless strands of real gold thread stubbornly reflecting the faint light from the candlestick.
Phoenix wings stretched from her shoulders to the ground, and the five-zhang-long dark gold brocade trailing behind her piled up in a messy, languid fold on the gleaming gold brick floor, enveloping her and Lin Zhen's chairs as if isolating them from all the disturbances of the outside world.
“It’s different.” Lin Zhen shook his head, his voice low.
"Kong Zhiqian's device is more like a simple pressure detonation device controlled by heartbeat. Although sophisticated, it is still within the realm of comprehension."
“And this…” His gaze fell once again on the black crystal on Elizabeth’s wrist. “This thing, to me, feels more like something… beyond my comprehension, something that transcends the technology of this era.”
"It seems to transmit signals not just through mechanical structures. It's more like a... resonance of energy."
"Energy resonance?" Murong Yan and Elizabeth were both completely confused.
“Yes.” Lin Zhen nodded, and he tried to explain in a language they could understand, “You can think of it as two magnets that can attract each other. No matter how far apart they are, as long as one of them changes, the other will definitely be able to sense it.”
"And the other crystal in Barbossa's hand, and the one in Elizabeth's hand, are a pair of 'magnets' that can sense each other."