Apocalypse: I Can See the HP Bar, Killing Monsters Drops Loot-Chapter 1198 - 492 Slaying with One Hand
Chapter 1198: Chapter 492: Slaying with One Hand
Chapter 1198 -492: Slaying with One Hand
“Hisss—”
Lin Kaiyang felt like his body had fallen apart, followed by an intense pain that began to spread throughout his entire body.
He struggled to open his eyes and saw the person he least wanted to see right now.
“Commander Cheng…”
“Heh, don’t call me Commander; I can’t afford that title.”
Cheng Yiyi scoffed, then walked over to Wang Tao.
Only then did Lin Kaiyang realize he was back in that Banyan Tree Cave.
“This isn’t a dream… I’ve really been captured…”
Lin Kaiyang fell into despair.
“Tsk…”
Observing Lin Kaiyang tightly bound, Wang Tao shook his head.
When he had just captured Lin Kaiyang, he had naturally held back. Otherwise, even if Lin Kaiyang was hiding inside the powered armor, he could have shattered it along with the armor.
And since Lin Kaiyang wasn’t dead, what awaited him would be the justice of trial, and the process would naturally be worse than death.
After all, betraying a commander of the legion was no longer a personal grudge—it was contempt and provocation towards the Six Major Legions, City Hall, and Changhe Base!
However, Wang Tao was curious why Lin Kaiyang would frame Cheng Yiyi for no good reason. Could there be some “unspeakable secret”?
So, Wang Tao tried to pry some information out of him.
Lin Kaiyang’s mouth wasn’t as tough as Wang Tao had imagined. With a slight use of spiritual power from Wang Tao, Lin Kaiyang started screaming and begging for mercy.
After hearing his confession, Wang Tao wore a peculiar expression, while Cheng Yiyi’s face turned shades of green and white.
It turned out, Lin Kaiyang had long harbored designs not on Cheng Yiyi herself, but on her position as the army commander!
Of course, becoming the army commander and winning Cheng Yiyi would be ideal; but even if he couldn’t win over Cheng Yiyi, it didn’t matter as long as he could become the commander. Everything else was expendable.
Although there’s only a one-word difference between a deputy commander and an army commander, the reality is night and day. Simply put, a deputy commander is just a high-level worker of the legion. In contrast, an army commander is the owner of the legion, the emperor of that military group! They could make the entire legion serve them alone!
Centralizing all the power and resources of the entire legion onto one person would be a frightening thing.
However, the Six Major Legions hadn’t done so. They distributed the resources, not evenly, but enough to satisfy the majority, except for Lin Kaiyang.
Lin Kaiyang thought it was better to concentrate resources to cultivate a leader, and he considered himself suitable for that role.
But obviously, that was impossible since he was only the deputy commander.
Moreover, the current army commander was Cheng Yiyi, a young person. If nothing unexpected happened, his chances in this lifetime were probably doomed.
Actually, he had a chance to become permanent because at that time, he was the sole Awakener in the entire legion. He believed that as long as he performed well in the future, he would definitely replace Cheng Yiyi since Cheng Yiyi was just an ordinary Ability User, while he was the future!
Unfortunately, Cheng Yiyi awakened, and not only did she awaken herself, but she also caused Pei Hai to awaken!
Lin Kaiyang’s unique status vanished in an instant; he and Cheng Yiyi were back to the starting line, which meant, barring any accidents, he could never become the commander of the Sixth Legion.
Unwilling to accept this, Lin Kaiyang decided it was all or nothing. He planned to find an opportunity to eliminate Cheng Yiyi!
But before taking out Cheng Yiyi, he needed to eliminate Pei Hai first, as Pei Hai was highly trusted by Cheng Yiyi. They always acted together when going out, and Lin Kaiyang couldn’t beat the two of them, or even Cheng Yiyi on her own.
So he devised a plan to eliminate Pei Hai—pretend he was trapped, ask Pei Hai to rescue him, then kill Pei Hai and lead the troops back to the city.
Lin Kaiyang thought this plan was not perfect but had a high chance of success.
When the plan was executed, things went smoothly initially, and he successfully lured Pei Hai over. However, unfortunately, he missed two things.
The first was, he didn’t expect Cheng Yiyi to be so brave. Hearing that both he and Pei Hai were trapped, she immediately led troops to their rescue. Then… all three Awakeners ended up trapped.
However, there was still a chance for remedy, and it might even turn out to be a blessing. Since his ultimate goal was to eliminate Cheng Yiyi and she had also arrived, he might as well take them all out!
He had left a secret chamber only he knew about in the area where they were trapped, stocked with enough food to last half a month. After killing Cheng Yiyi and Pei Hai, he planned to hide in the secret chamber until the zombies had left after consuming the bodies. If the zombies didn’t leave, he had also left many digging tools in the chamber. With his physical condition, he was clearly capable of digging an exit.
But then the second unexpected event occurred—Cheng Yiyi managed to contact Wang Tao.
Although he had tried to remedy the situation—by sabotaging the team’s radio to cut off the communication between Cheng Yiyi and Wang Tao—it was too late. Wang Tao had already arrived and had even successfully distracted many zombies, enabling Cheng Yiyi and others to escape the trap. His plan was declared a failure.
After this incident, Cheng Yiyi felt something was off, so she began an investigation. But how could she imagine that the mastermind was the “victim”! Moreover, Lin Kaiyang was very careful in his actions, leaving no loose ends, so Cheng Yiyi could never suspect him. After a long investigation with no leads, all Cheng Yiyi could attribute it to was bad luck.
