HCB Chapter 1316 What qualifications do you have?
Chapter 1316 What qualifications do you have?
Harrington's body felt as if all the bones had been removed, and he collapsed to the ground like a lump of mud.
His gray eyes, which were always full of calculation and arrogance, were now empty and blank, as if they had been completely ruined.
What did he see?
He saw God.
A true god who wears human skin, treats the whole world as a chessboard, and treats self-righteous chess players like himself as toys.
All his plans and schemes seemed like a childish and laughable children's game to him.
He thought he had everything under control, but he didn't realize that from the very beginning, he was just a pitiful mouse being played.
His worldview was shattered at that moment.
The steam and steel he believed in, the power and violence he relied on, were as fragile as a sandcastle built by a child on the beach, vanishing with a single wave.
The pride of advanced civilization?
The glory of the East India Company?
It's all a joke.
What a complete joke!
"Why……"
A hoarse, inhuman howl escaped his throat, tears and snot mingling together, making his usually aristocratic face look incredibly disheveled and comical.
"What do you want? Money? Power? Just ask, and I can give you anything! I can give you anything!"
He broke down. This once high and mighty governor was now like the most humble lapdog, trying to exchange his last plea for a sliver of hope.
"for you?"
Lin Zhen smiled.
The laughter was soft, yet it made the temperature in the entire palace drop even further.
He slowly walked up to Harrington, squatted down, and looked at him with a pitying gaze, as if he were looking at an insect about to be crushed.
That wasn't feigned pity, but a genuine indifference stemming from the disparity in their levels of life.
"Harrington, are you sure you're not mistaken about something?"
Lin Zhen's voice was very soft, but it was like the sharpest knife, completely shattering the last glimmer of hope in Harrington's heart.
"From beginning to end, it was never what I wanted to get from you."
He paused, the golden mask reflecting a cold light under the lamplight.
"But what right do you have, and what can you give me?"
In short, it's about destroying the spirit.
Yes.
What qualifications does he have?
Before this god-like man who could turn all his proud power to ashes in the blink of an eye.
What does his pitiful wealth and power amount to?
Give him money? The land beneath his feet could probably turn stones into gold with a flick of his wrist.
Give him power? With a single word from him, he could change the name and identity of the ruler of a city.
All his trump cards were nothing but worthless trash in front of his opponent.
"I……"
Harrington opened his mouth, but could not utter another word.
His spirit, his will, and all his pride as an agent of "advanced civilization" were utterly crushed into dust at this moment by Lin Zhen's casual remark.
His eyes completely lost their luster, turning into a stagnant pool.
"Okay, the game is over."
Lin Zhen stood up, no longer bothered to look at the puddle of mud on the ground, which was now completely ruined.
His gaze shifted to the iron-blooded general who had been quietly observing everything from beginning to end.
"Yue Fei".
"The general is here!"
Yue Fei suddenly clasped his hands in a fist salute, his bronze-colored, resolute face filled with a burning fighting spirit that was about to begin a new conquest!
He knew that the real show was just beginning!
"Pass on my order!"
Lin Zhen's eyes gleamed with a cold, conqueror-like light.
"Order the 'Zhenyuan' fleet to blockade all ports in Neo-Batavia!"
"Issu Elizabeth to lead the First Fleet to wipe out all remaining East India Company forces in the nearby waters!"
"I hereby order you to personally lead the Divine Machine Battalion and take over all military fortresses and government institutions within the city!"
Lin Zhen's voice was cold yet filled with unquestionable authority.
Each order was like a heavy hammer, striking the hearts of everyone in the palace.
This is not a discussion, not a plan, but a future that has already been determined.
"I'll give you three hours."
Lin Zhen held up three fingers, her tone indifferent as if she were talking about something trivial.
"Three hours from now, I want this city to appear before me and the Queen in its entirety."
He paused, his gaze sweeping across the city silhouette sleeping in the night outside the window.
"I want this city of sin to be completely and utterly renamed 'Qian' from this day forward!"
"As ordered!"
Yue Fei mustered all his strength and let out a deafening roar!
That voice contained a long-suppressed desire and an endless killing intent about to unleash a massacre!
He had been waiting for this moment for far too long!
Ever since he set foot on this unfamiliar land, the tiger within him had been dormant.
And now, his king has finally broken the chains with his own hands!
He turned around and strode out of the palace, his tall figure exuding a chilling murderous aura that suggested he was about to unleash a massacre!
With each step he took, it seemed as if he could hear the cheers of countless wronged souls in the city.
Silence returned once again to the palace.
Elizabeth looked at Governor Harrington on the ground, who was already unconscious from fright, soiling himself and urinating uncontrollably, and her face showed an expression full of "contempt" and "disdain".
She walked up to Harrington and kicked his large belly hard with her feet, which were clad in elegant high-heeled military boots.
"idiot."
She spat, venting the humiliation she had been feigning all this time.
Then, she straightened her skirt, turned around, and knelt on one knee in front of the stunningly beautiful woman who was being held in Lin Zhen's arms and gently comforted.
"Your Majesty, Your Highness."
Her voice trembled slightly, a product of a mixture of extreme awe and excitement.
"Please allow your most loyal servant to sweep away those sea scum who dare to challenge your supreme majesty!"
"Go."
Murong Yan waved her hand, her voice carrying a hint of languid weariness.
She was indeed quite tired today.
It wasn't physical fatigue, but mental fatigue.
She found it somewhat boring to have acted out such a grand drama with her immature husband.
She looked at her devilish husband, who always seemed to have everything under his thumb, and felt a mixture of helplessness and doting affection.
She is still wearing that same phoenix-adorned dress that has witnessed countless conquests and battles.
The deep black Suzhou brocade base material, within this magnificent bedroom filled with Western extravagance, seemed to transform into an endless night that could devour everything.
The five-zhang-long, dark gold trailing ribbon cascaded down from the enormous velvet bed, covering the entire smooth white marble floor, like a sleeping black dragon.
The giant phoenix embroidered with real gold thread on the hem of her skirt had its eyes slightly closed under the soft glow of the luminous pearl, as if it too felt a little weary of tonight's "game" filled with scheming and killing.
All it wanted was to stay quietly in the arms of the man who could hold up the whole sky for them, just like its owner, and enjoy the tranquility before the storm.
"Husband, what should we do next?"
She gently rested her head on Lin Zhen's shoulder, her voice carrying a hint of girlish dependence.
Only in front of this man would she shed all her queenly majesty and pretense.
"Of course, let's go collect our spoils."
Lin Zhen smiled, a greedy glint in his deep eyes.
He lowered his head, gently inhaling the fragrance of her hair, his tone tinged with a hint of teasing.
"A game always needs some kind of prize, otherwise it would be too boring, wouldn't it?"
"I've heard that Governor Harrington has hidden all the treasures he's amassed from all over the world over the decades in the underground vault of his governor's mansion."
He pinched Murong Yan's cheek, his smile deepening.
"Do you think there might be something even more interesting inside than that 'Sigh of the Goddess'?"