Chapter 1113 I just want to see this world ignite.
Chapter 1113 I just want to see this world ignite.
"What do you know?" He laughed, but tears streamed down his face as he glared at Lin Zhen with a ferocious expression.
"I'm not doing this for the Li family! Nor for the Kong family! I just... want to see this world burn! I want to see you high and mighty people fall into the dust! I want to see all order, all rules, turn to ashes!"
The madness in his eyes made Lin Zhen feel a chill.
This is a complete madman!
A nihilist who wants to destroy everything!
"You think you've won just because you've captured me?" Kong Zhiqian roared madly. "Let me tell you, Lin Zhen! I knew this day would come! The backup plan I've prepared is enough to make the entire Great Qian Dynasty pay for my death!"
"What backup plan?" Lin Zhen's heart sank.
Kong Zhiqian revealed a strange and malicious smile:
"Do you remember the plague in the northern border military camp? That was just the beginning. The real 'gift' I prepared is something far more terrifying. A colorless and odorless poison that can spread rapidly through water! Now, my men should have already thrown it into the most important water source in Jiangnan... the Grand Canal!"
"What?!" Lin Zhen's expression changed drastically upon hearing this!
The Grand Canal, running from north to south, is the economic lifeline of the entire Daqian region and the lifeblood of tens of millions of people along its banks!
If they were truly poisoned... the consequences would be unimaginable!
"Lin Zhen! Murong Yan! Didn't you want to be a sage ruler and virtuous empress? Didn't you want to save the world? Hahahaha! I'd like to see how you're going to save it! You just wait to collect the corpses of half the people of the Great Qian Dynasty!"
Kong Zhiqian looked at Lin Zhen's face, which had finally lost its composure, and let out a maniacal and joyful laugh.
This is his true, ruthless scheme to wipe out his entire family!
"you wanna die!"
A terrifying killing intent instantly erupted in Lin Zhen's eyes!
He suddenly stepped forward, grabbed Kong Zhiqian by the throat, and lifted him off the wooden frame.
Because of the force he exerted, the veins on his hands bulged and his knuckles turned white.
That murderous aura, honed from mountains of corpses and seas of blood, almost solidified into a tangible force, instantly engulfed Kong Zhiqian like a cold tide.
"Uh...uh..."
Kong Zhiqian's laughter abruptly stopped, replaced by painful, suffocating gasps. His face turned a deep purplish-red, his legs kicked weakly in the air, and finally, his eyes revealed the most primal fear of death.
He was a fearless madman, but he was afraid of being tortured. He could sense that Lin Zhen truly wanted him to suffer a fate worse than death.
"Where is the antidote? Where are your people?" Lin Zhen's voice was squeezed out from between his teeth, each word carrying a chilling edge.
"Cough...cough cough..." Kong Zhiqian was choked so badly that he could barely speak, and could only desperately pat Lin Zhen's arm.
Lin Zhen loosened his grip slightly, allowing him to catch his breath.
"I...I won't tell you..." Kong Zhiqian gasped for breath, but a maniacal smile still lingered on his face.
"Lin Zhen... if you have the guts, then kill me! Kill me, and no one will ever know where the antidote is! Just wait... and watch your beloved empire turn into a wasteland! Hahaha..."
"You think I wouldn't dare?" A cold glint flashed in Lin Zhen's eyes, and his other hand shot out like lightning, directly crushing Kong Zhiqian's left shoulder collarbone!
"Crack!"
A sickening cracking sound rang out.
"what--!"
Kong Zhiqian let out a shrill, inhuman scream!
The excruciating pain of having his bones crushed caused his body to convulse violently, and cold sweat instantly soaked his entire body.
"I'll talk...I'll talk..." He couldn't hold on any longer, his voice distorted by the excruciating pain, "The antidote...the formula for the antidote is in my...my ancestral home in my hometown...My man, his name is...Zhao Si, he...he should have succeeded, and he's now going downstream along the canal..."
Having obtained the information he wanted, Lin Zhen no longer hesitated.
He twisted his wrist!
"Click!"
Kong Zhiqian's neck was snapped cleanly by him.
This wicked strategist, who stirred up the world and brought countless disasters to the Great Qian Dynasty, finally came to a complete end to his sinful life.
The last trace of fear and resentment remained frozen on his face.
Lin Zhen casually tossed his body on the ground, as if throwing away a piece of trash.
He didn't leave immediately, but stood there, closed his eyes, took a few deep breaths, and forced himself to calm down.
He knew that now was not the time to be angry.
Anger solves nothing.
The Grand Canal!
These five words were like a mountain, weighing heavily on his heart.
He must act immediately!
Even a minute or a second later could mean the deaths of thousands of people!
He turned abruptly and strode away from the dark and damp secret room.
When he returned to his room at the inn, Murong Yan immediately noticed that something was wrong with him.
"Husband, what's wrong? Your face... why does it look so pale?" She quickly came to him, took his cold hand, and asked with concern.
Lin Zhen looked into her phoenix eyes, which were filled with worry, and felt a pang of pain in his heart.
He didn't want her to know about this, and he didn't want her to worry about these upsetting things anymore.
But he knew he couldn't hide it from her.
She is the Empress of the Great Qian Dynasty, and she has the right to know all of this.
He took a deep breath and told her about Kong Zhiqian's vicious plan in detail.
"what?!"
Upon hearing this, Murong Yan felt dizzy and her vision went black. She swayed and almost fell over.
Lin Zhen quickly helped her up and held her tightly in his arms.
"Yan'er! How are you?"
Murong Yan leaned against his chest, her face deathly pale and bloodless.
Her body was trembling slightly. Not from fear, but from extreme anger!
"Beast! This beast!" Her voice trembled with rage. "How dare he! How dare he do such a heinous thing!"
In her entire life, she had never hated anyone so much. Kong Zhiqian's actions had completely crossed the line of humanity! This was tantamount to wiping out his entire family line!
At this moment, in this simple inn room, the Phoenix Descent Dress she wore, her only nightgown, seemed to sense its owner's overwhelming, almost all-consuming rage.
She wasn't wearing a wedding robe; the extremely dark Suzhou brocade, under the flickering candlelight, resembled a bottomless black vortex that was spinning wildly, threatening to devour all the light and hope in the world.
The cotton nightgown, woven with the light and breathable Suzhou brocade technique, now seemed to weigh a ton. The soft fabric clung tightly to her skin, bringing a bone-chilling cold, as if she were wrapped in ice.
Because she was so angry that she was trembling all over, the five-zhang-long dark gold brocade trailing behind her rubbed, twisted and piled up uneasily on the rough wooden floor, forming a violent mess filled with destructive rage and endless killing intent!
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