I'm a villain, not a devil

Chapter 321: The Great Prince Bai Zhan

There was a great war going on on the border of the empire, so the eldest prince, who was rooted in the military, naturally could not hold a lavish banquet at this time.

However, Bai Zhan gave enough face to "Lan Ye". Although not many people came, they were all his confidants. The dinner was held in the form of a family dinner, which could not be said to be a lack of attention.

As they drank and chatted, Sean, who had never had much contact with Bai Zhan before, was amazed.

According to Bai Ye, her elder brother has a good character, but he is sometimes a little reckless. According to Bai Youming, Bai Zhan is a pure person, but his previous experience of leading troops to "gild" him has given him some minor problems.

But it seems today that, regardless of anything else, Bai Zhan has put in a lot of effort on the surface.

He is generous and enthusiastic, and he is not the kind of big fool who speaks bluntly. On the contrary, he is good at talking, and occasionally he makes some witty remarks, but they are not the awkward jokes of the big men in the military.

Not only that, Bai Zhan is quite down-to-earth. He does not avoid talking about sensitive topics occasionally, and his words are both sincere and confident.

Compared with his brothers and sisters, Bai Zhan is indeed more like a future emperor and his personal charm is indeed outstanding.

After a night of eating, drinking and having fun, he did not pretend to "not talk about state affairs". On the contrary, he generously invited Sean to join his team. It must be said that with this kind of character and this kind of performance, Bai Zhan has a heroic temperament, which makes it easy for people to like him.

At least, that's how 'Blue Night' appears.

From the dullness at the beginning to the enthusiasm at the end, 'Lan Ye' made no secret of his admiration for Bai Zhan, and the latter was naturally more enthusiastic.

Sean casually analyzed the situation. He had a clear mind, and with the constant flow of gossip, Bai Zhan nodded repeatedly and wanted to grab Sean's hand, saying that they had met too late.

However, Bai Zhan still had basic sense of propriety and did not say a word about Sean's background or his relationship with Bai Youming.

By the end of the conversation, Bai Zhan's face was flushed with wine. He drunkenly poured wine for Sean, then filled his own glass and drank it all in one gulp.

He put the cup down happily and laughed like the epileptic fool next door.

"Lan Ye, we are so lucky to meet each other... hiccups, it's too late!" Bai Zhan slammed the table hard, then laughed under the influence of alcohol, "The empire has been established for hundreds of years, and this is the first time it has encountered such a challenger. You and I both understand that this is a great opportunity to make achievements! If you can lend me a hand, that little tree man is just a pile of rotten wood!"

Sean also laughed heartily: "Your Highness, I'm afraid there is more to it than that, right?"

Bai Zhan smiled foolishly and waved his hands repeatedly: "Don't talk nonsense, it's not true, father is in good health."

His words seemed to have let down most of his guard against Sean.

However, although Sean's face seemed to be flushed, his mind was actually as clear as a mirror.

The specially made mulberry wine in front of him could indeed make Shen Hong drunk, but it was just that, it depended on whether the drinker was willing to get drunk. Now, Bai Zhan was willing to get drunk but he wouldn't.

How could someone like Sean, who has a bunch of top stars in the bar, not understand this?

As soon as Sean entered the door, he noticed that Bai Zhan liked to extend his little finger slightly when he made a fist and tap the table rhythmically, but when he was drunk, this action disappeared.

It seemed that the subconscious action disappeared due to real drunkenness, but the other party had been deliberately repeating this action in a conspicuous position since Sean entered the door, and stopped this action after drinking - this was to deepen the impression, making Sean really feel that Bai Zhan was half drunk and half awake, and what he said was all from the heart.

Moreover, people who like to tap the surface with their little finger will habitually raise their index finger when holding up the glass to drink. Bai Zhan has maintained this action until now.

This shows that tapping with his little finger was indeed his habitual action, but the disappearance of the subsequent action was intentional.

Bai Zhan wasn't drunk at all.

While dealing with the other party with some drunken words, Sean was laughing in his heart.

This kind of subtle psychological action should be impossible to detect based on our understanding of past dialogue battles.

Either the eldest prince is extremely secretive, seemingly generous and enthusiastic, but actually dark and dirty-hearted, and neither Bai Ye nor Bai Youming can see it.

Or, the eldest prince has received guidance from an expert and has begun to enter areas that he is not good at in order to attract more talents.

Sean is more inclined to the latter, because Bai Youming mentioned before that Bai Zhan's way of doing things has changed, and from being slightly inconsistent at the beginning, it has become more and more "normal".

The master behind him changed his every move without Bai Zhan noticing so that more people would form a better impression of him.

It seems that the eldest prince is determined to seize the throne and has even started to pay attention to these details.

Sean took another sip of wine and started to ask the other person questions.

However, it was not known whether Bai Zhan saw through his thoughts or someone had really taught him, and Sean did not get any useful information.

However, when the two talked about the war, Bai Zhan brought up something that Sean didn't expect.

He was drunk and half-conscious when he said, "Lan Ye... you know... our empire's biggest disadvantage against those tree people... is what?!"

Sean was also happy to deal with it drunkenly: "Your Highness, please teach me!"

"Hehe..." Bai Zhan laughed foolishly, and then his eyes sparkled again, "I'm telling you... it's the range!"

"Oh?"

Bai Zhan pointed outside and drew a circle: "The empire... has a vast territory! This was conquered by my ancestors and my father. They wiped out countless city-states and tribes! But..."

He stood up suddenly, not knowing whether he was sighing or feeling regretful: "This world... is too big... too big!"

Bai Zhan's body was swaying: "My father... my uncle... they could have expanded the territory even further! But unfortunately... everyone knows that the empire's expansion was halted because of my father's injury..."

"As for that group of tree people, whether they can step into the empire's borders or not, they have a huge advantage... They abandoned the land on the other side of the violent sea to regain their fertile land... Even if they can't break in, their special way of hiding can allow them to cross the eastern and western borders of the empire!"

His eyes widened. “Then, they will be able to enter this vast world, even though in the eyes of most people, the world is just a pile of fertilizer left over from the ruins.”

"The Empire is the most ferocious dragon in the world, but a dragon cannot step out of its own territory!"

"And outside the territory, there are those villages that are too weak. We can obtain resource supplies by just swallowing them... and there are also those people who covet the treasure of the evil dragon!"

Bai Zhan panted, "By then, if the tree people bypass the empire, they will annex and cooperate with other city-states, tribes, countries, sects, etc., and the empire will have to face more than just the enemies coming from the Violent Sea..."

Sean's expression remained unchanged, but a feeling of surprise rose in his heart.

Was this also taught by a master behind the scenes? It doesn't seem like it...

Bai Zhan's judgment of the situation was unexpectedly accurate. This was something Sean had thought about before. The greatest advantage of the Tree People lay in this. To be precise, this was not the advantage of the Tree People, but the disadvantage of the Empire. As long as it was the disadvantage of the Empire, the Tree People could use it as their advantage. This was a question of priority.

However, before Sean could think further, Bai Zhan actually threw out another piece of news.

He showed a trace of pain on his face, but he was still drunk, and it seemed that what he said next was unintentional. "My second brother Bai Wen's failed siege in Ilia City may have reminded the Tree People that they can do this faster... There is no news from the group of Tree People who escaped. Humph, I'm afraid they are traveling back and forth between regions, looking for forces to annex or cooperate with."

Sean asked casually, "Who can they find?"

Bai Zhan burped. "That team is small in number, but strong. I'm afraid they will first annex it! On the one hand, they will replenish resources, and on the other hand, they will lay a solid foundation for the teams that may come later."

"Oh?"

Bai Zhan smiled and said, "If you ask me, they will probably target a big city-state..."

"For example?"

A gleam of light flashed in Bai Zhan's eyes: "Paradise City."

Sean did not show any strangeness, but showed a thoughtful expression: "Heavenly City? The late prince came from there, right?"

"Yes."

Sean was slightly puzzled: "I vaguely remember that there is a creature called Titan in Paradise City. It is said that there is a Crimson Peak... Even if the rumors are exaggerated, it should be the strength of the Crimson Upper. Add to that the power of the city itself. I'm afraid a team of several hundred tree people can't take it down, right?"

Bai Zhan looked around pretentiously, then lowered his voice: "On the surface, it is true, but as far as I know, the strongest person in Paradise City, Jin Kui, is only at the middle level of Crimson... More importantly, I received news that the Titan beast in Paradise City..."

He narrowed his eyes: "He died a long time ago..."

Dead a long time ago...

Sean just looked at the other person in confusion: "Dead? Never heard of it."

Bai Zhan smiled and said, "Brother Lan Ye, don't worry about the authenticity of this news..."

Xiao En did not continue to ask, but stroked his chin and said: "Your Highness told me these things, I am afraid there is a deep meaning."

Bai Zhan immediately laughed drunkenly: "It's just a joke, it's just a joke. We are all from the military, so it's normal to talk about war. Come on, brother Lan Ye, let's drink!"

……

Sean was not sent out until Bai Zhan was completely unable to stand.

"Lord Lan Ye, shall I take you back?"

Sean rejected the kindness of Bai Zhan's guards and staggered away.

It was not until they walked into the dark corner that the blush on Sean's face quickly disappeared.

Sean had anticipated that the Tree People would redevelop their base, annex or cooperate with other forces. He had even made preparations for the possibility that Paradise City might be attacked.

But what Sean didn't expect was that Bai Zhan actually knew the news about the Mountain of Survivors.

After Sean cleared the pollution brought by Qiu Qingming, the consciousness formed by the Mountain of Survivors had dissipated, and it no longer had the ability to evolve into metal life. Flying from the original site to Paradise City was the last activity of the Mountain of Survivors.

Only Cheryl, Moza and Luo Xi knew about this matter, and they obviously could not be the source of Bai Zhan's information.

Just then, another name popped into Sean's mind.

In the darkness, Sean narrowed his eyes slightly: "Tsk, I thought... Now, things are starting to get interesting..."

……

three days later.

This time, good news came from the front again.

According to the spies' observations, there are fewer and fewer driftwoods floating on the coastline, which means that the tree people are not an everlasting race, and their personnel who can participate in the war may have all been dispatched.

At the same time, the Raya volcano erupted completely.

The unprecedented eruption of this active volcano even caused volcanic ash to completely cover the evil dome.

Most of the volcanic ash was blown to the coast by the wind, dyeing the entire area gray and white, and the group of tree people completely evolved with the tremendous power of nature.

Just like the first group of tree people troops that arrived in the empire, their arms were pitch black, like burnt wood.

Moreover, the tree people showed obvious evolutionary trends.

After evolution, the weaker tree people began to move closer to humans. Their branches, green leaves, etc. were disappearing rapidly, but the stronger tree people appeared more primitive.

It is precisely because of such characteristics that the spies can roughly judge the opponent's level of strength.

According to rough estimation, the number of tree people who crossed the raging sea and came to the continent may exceed two million, which is even more than twice the regular military strength of the empire.

There are naturally quite a few strong ones among them, but the strange thing is that until now, no tree man’s proliferation has been discovered.

The military was scratching their heads over this. After all, Crimson was the top force in the army and had the ability to change the course of a war.

Sean and Bai Ye knew why, because all the tree people who came to the Violent Sea this time were the ones in their sight.

Simply put, these tree people are all the products of genetic engineering, except that the tree person used as the original gene has returned to the world with a new body.

Sean believes that this is a common behavior of the entire group. People usually forcibly occupy the consciousness and body of genetic products, but based on the current situation, the tree people should all be voluntary.

In addition, regarding proliferation, Sean suspects that all crimson-level tree people should be of the same type of proliferation.

Although the word "crazy beast" contains the word "beast", the crazy plant can also be considered a type of crazy beast, but it is relatively rare.

But the one answer Sean has never found is what Bai Ye mentioned: his life frequency is almost the same as that of the tree people.

As the war broke out in full force, more and more prisoners were captured, and Bai Ye had more opportunities to conduct research, but the result remained the same.

"This is not normal..." Bai Ye's eyes were serious. She kept checking Sean's body and comparing it with those tree people, but the result was still the same.

One can also explain that the life frequency of the entire tree people is almost the same? How is this possible?

(End of this chapter)