The tea in Lin Nian's cup was a little cold. He picked it up and touched it gently to his lips. Noticing the slight chill that flooded his mouth, he put the tea cup down again, pursed his moist lips, and was quiet.
Jian Man on the side wanted to stand up and refill Lin Nian's tea, but was rejected by the other party with a gentle wave of his hand, because he was not very interested in drinking tea. As long as he meant it, he thought for a long time after putting down the tea cup.
During this time, no one made a sound to disturb him, they were all waiting for the young secret party's reaction.
The head of the Sima clan has made the demands of the Sima family very clear. Without any quips or riddles, he has put all his desires and expectations on the table. This has to be said to be a kind of sincerity, because in the negotiation
, the first rule of the demand side is to always keep one's strong will under control.
At the negotiation table, if both parties have different goals and interests, then skills and strategies are naturally essential table arts. Truly experienced negotiators are good at using the information and power they have to increase their own advantages. Through the influence of their opponents across the table,
Needs and constraints, to use one's own resources to occupy a favorable position in negotiations, this is also the so-called "information gap" in popular terms.
In terms of information collection, Lin Nian is naturally weaker than Orthodox. Whether it is the inside story of the Dragon King of Bei'an's awakening or the truth about the 'Yue' system, Orthodox has achieved near perfection in information blockade. But the old man of the Sima family in front of him
I chose to give up this information gap and conducted this negotiation in an almost candid manner.
This is extremely unreasonable, but Lin Nian can't figure out the purpose and hidden reasons of the other party for the time being, and there is not much time for him to consider the hidden dangers or the other party's thoughts before making a decision.
"Li Hueyue's previous heart surgery was indeed done by me, and I also dismantled and modified the original alchemy matrix on it. If I didn't do this, she would have lost control 100% given the situation and circumstances at the time, so I chose to do it for her.
Emergency measures were taken, including not only blood washing, reconstruction of the alchemy matrix, but also removal of part of the visceral system, integration of the circulatory system, and extraction of red bone marrow." Lin Nian finally nodded lightly and admitted what he had done to 'Yue'
He tried his best to do it, and he did it boldly. The light particles in the dark eye sockets of the Sima clan leader gradually became sharper and brighter as he spoke.
"Big project! How damaged was the 'Moon' system at that time? Can you describe it?" the old man asked in a deep voice.
"The endocrine secretion of the second dragon's heart is stimulated by the danger of life and secretes a large amount of pheromones. The red bone marrow is gradually contaminated by the genes eroded by the hearts of pure-blooded dragons, which begins to affect the blood and cause a highly toxic reaction. It gradually spreads to the blood vessels of the whole body and stimulates it.
The internal organs, muscles, and diaphragm proliferated. When she opened her chest, almost no internal organs could be seen. Only the proliferated meat tissue and blood vessels could be seen. The intuitive feeling was that she was a group of breathing 'sarcoma', and she had a certain degree of self-awareness.
, he almost bit off my finger when he first intervened.”
"It seems that the 'Holy Will' has begun to revive at that time. That is a sign of its self-rescue, giving the cells a strong will to survive, and it is also the self-awareness of the 'Holy Will'." The old man sighed softly.
"It's worth mentioning that after the sarcoma was cut open, the internal organs that began to be connected by 'meat threads' to provide nutrients had begun to show signs of 'scaling'. At first I thought it was a sign of Deadpool transformation, but then I
After consulting relevant literature, I found that Deadpool's internal organs are not covered with dragon scales, which means that the change I saw in her was not Deadpool transformation at all, but dragon transformation." Lin Nian wetted his fingers.
The tea is swaying on the fingertips.
"We have reached the final stage. The final maintenance mechanism of the 'Yue' system has almost expired. Probably only the Holy Will's 'Fulong Nail' is still in effect." The old man of the Sima clan had dark eyes and clasped his hands together.
In front of me, "If we are one step too late, we may lose the 'holy will', which is a critical moment."
The more I asked for details, the more frightened I became about the "technology" hidden by Lin Nian. Mystery and unknown are always tempting, especially when there is a high chance that he will fall into your hands. But the old man is very calm.
The more this happened, the clearer he became about what was behind "technology", which could only be figured out slowly, traded, or compromised.
"Strictly speaking, the last alchemical matrix was only half effective at that time. The two metal nails on the dragon's heart that had been killed by alchemical technology had been squeezed out more than half. The heart was already actively rejecting the alchemical matrix you deployed.
, because it feels the threat of death, it must use various methods to hang up the life of its host, that is, Li Hueyue. It has to be said that the only praiseworthy thing in the 'Yue' system is probably those two nails.
, in that extreme situation, it firmly locked the ventricular pumping threshold of Dragon Heart, preventing it from completely contaminating the blood circulation."
"This alchemical matrix reminds me of the anatomy experiment on the Lord of Bronze and Fire, Constantine, in the secret party records. In that experiment, the surgical members discovered that Constantine also had this kind of suppression made of 'nails'
The technique is the same in principle as your 'Fulong Nail', which makes people think about the role orthodoxy played in the last fall of Constantine." Lin Nian said.
"Constantine's fall has nothing to do with orthodoxy. Dragon slayers who understand how tenacious dragons are are will choose to make a fuss about the heart when sealing. 'Dragon Nail' is just one of the techniques, and there are others."
The Secret Technique of Ten Nails and the Dragon." The head of the Sima clan did not accept this unwarranted honor and shook his head slightly, "Even in that situation, you can still save Yue.
Does the Secret Party itself know about this technology?"
"Don't ask me any more questions that I'm destined not to answer and you should know the answer to. There's no need to repeat the same test. It's meaningless and a waste of time." Lin Nian lowered his eyes, his dim pupils filled with laughter.
It's all low twilight.
The old man chuckled silently, and he didn't know if he was laughing at the secret party, or at the young man's unruly and egotistical political stance, or simply at the complicated situation that Lin Nian found himself in due to the indescribable intertwined positions.
"It is not difficult to modify the 'moon' system." Lin Nian gently grasped the wall of the teacup with five fingers and turned it, and said softly, "The orthodox guess is correct. I do have a technology. Before reaching a consensus,
I won't tell you any inside information about this technology, but what I can say is that the 'Yue' system still has a lot of room for improvement. You are on the right path. The 'Yue' system is indeed a feasible path.
It is engraved on an ancient bronze pillar. I have seen those ancient texts. They record that the same spell spirals up to the invisible dome, which means that the road does lead to the ultimate road of evolution.
.”
"'Moon' has a future." Lin Nian looked at Li Huanyue and Sima Xuxu and defined, "The path you are taking is not wrong."
The wind blew through the courtyard, and it was slightly cold, but it did not take away some of the warmth of the afternoon sun. Instead, it became even hotter, burning the dead leaves on the quagmire from the bottom of my heart.
After Lin Nian finished speaking, the Sima clan leader on the white marble table did not answer for a long time, but no one could feel that in the boundless silence, a fire was ignited in the body of the old man with a stooped waist and skin that seemed to have been decayed for a long time.
, that is fanaticism and hope.
Sima Xuxu shuddered slightly. Too many major events had evolved in orthodoxy. From beginning to end, in his memory, the patriarch of the Sima family, the old man on the high wicker chair, had no sense of the changes in the world. He was hunched over.
It was as if he was about to fall asleep so deeply in the wicker chair in that corner, which also led to the fact that he had never seen this scene in his memory since he was born.
In the dark eye sockets of the old man who was as silent as water, he actually saw fire burning, expectations, fantasies, and madness.
After a moment, the old man bowed his head slightly.
Lifting it up again, everything was once again submerged in the quagmire covered with dead branches and leaves, showing no signs of wind and rain, and dead silence.
Lin Nian's face turned pale. The thing he dreamed of was proven to be feasible. The madness was only revealed for a few seconds before he was suppressed by the emotion. This old man of the Sima clan has walked too many roads and seen too many things.
It was an example of dying before the finish line. Even if Lin Nian fulfilled his expectations, he did not lose control because of it. Instead, he became calm and stable several times over.
"Okay, very good." After a long time, the old man said slightly hoarsely, "Since I am so loyal and willing to reveal the truth, I must have made my own plans in my heart, right?"
"There are plans, but since everyone knows that this is a negotiation, the principle of negotiation is checks and balances, the balance of equal interests, psychological expectations, and actual expectations on the table." Lin Nian slowed down his speaking speed and tone.
, "I'm glad that the Sima family patriarch didn't take advantage of his age and experience to insult me with his negotiation experience. Maybe you know that I'm a kid with a childish temperament - in your eyes, I'm so reckless.
Young people are all children. If they are wronged or unhappy, they will cry and get off the table, or wave some dangerous things to smash and fight. After all, children never care about gains and losses, they only care about gains and losses.
You care about your own emotional value, so you choose to conduct this negotiation in a way that is more acceptable to me."
"Or." Lin Nian paused, "You have prepared bargaining chips that I can't refuse from the beginning, so you chose to be open and honest. However, these chips are not what you need at the moment, so you don't have to worry about 'checks and balances' on the negotiation table.
'You have been able to accept the price of fully pushing All In from the beginning, so you will negotiate in an 'open and honest' way."
He shook his head slightly and looked at the head of the Sima clan, "I admit, I am very curious about what chips the orthodox has prepared. Because I do have something to ask for now, and I also think that the level of orthodox intelligence collection capabilities and layout are beyond my imagination.
The more this happens, the more willing I am to participate in this negotiation - I don't think I will refuse the chips carefully prepared for me by a huge mixed-race force, because most of them will be the chips that I, like you, dream about but can't get.
thing."
He knew that the "technology" he held in his hands was what the orthodox could only dream of. When he received the afternoon tea delivered by Li Hueyue, the first emotion that emerged in him was not boredom, but expectation.
Because orthodoxy is something that knows etiquette and propriety, and is definitely not a mob that believes in violence and plunder like the Solomon Temple, then he will only encounter two situations in Bei'an.
Plan. Negotiate.
The former is a draw, which means that he will always have a battle with Orthodoxy. Whether it is a violent defeat or a battle of wits, the final outcome will be a loss for both parties. He never underestimates the heritage and strength of Orthodoxy, and he will never underestimate Orthodoxy.
Underestimate Lin Nian's destructive power and bottom line. Once the sharp sword and exquisite calculation are wrapped up in a carefully prepared plan, the scene will be embarrassing and shocking.
Fortunately, Orthodoxy chose the latter, choosing fair negotiation, the art of checks and balances, and the exchange of bargaining chips. There was no tit-for-tat situation, nor conspiracies and conspiracies, only tables and chairs on both sides.
People on the Internet may argue about the placement and balance of a precision scale because of the "balance" standard. This is a completely better choice than getting angry.
The head of the Sima clan looked at the young man who had tried his best to think about the truth without saying a word, nor showing any expression of appreciation or pity.
Lin Nian's inference was only his own. His logic was indeed flexible, and his restraint at the negotiating table was also excellent, but it was still far from the "meticulousness" and "nothing left out" in the eyes of the elderly. After all, Lin Nian
Nian has never been a talented person in terms of wisdom and generals. Being able to think clearly about these principles and logic in this situation can be said to be a standard level.
As an interesting digression, the head of the Sima clan originally thought that the young man in charge of one of the most violent mixed-race species would be unruly and extremely bad-tempered. However, based on psychological profiling, intelligence collection, and even face-to-face meetings, it can be seen that
, he had to comment that this young man was indeed a very human being - but after lowering his psychological expectations countless times, what he finally saw was a normal person who was willing to think and exercise restraint.
It's neither a bad thing nor a bad thing. Fortunately, the other party can understand the shallow meaning expressed by orthodoxy and is willing to cooperate. The disadvantage is that the other thirteen response methods originally prepared are of no use. If any of the dozens of other methods are
If it takes effect, the benefits obtained will be several times that of the current situation - but there is no need to regret it. As long as the final result of all plans is the equality of chips, the balance of the scales, and the holding of hands, then for orthodoxy
All are "big wins".
"Legend is willing to provide it to you as you search for the whereabouts of the two missing people and the method of entering the realm of the King of Earth and Mountain." The Sima clan leader said slowly.
"The realm of the King of Earth and Mountain? You mean the Nibelungs?" Lin Nian frowned slightly and stared at the Sima clan leader for confirmation, "Have you discovered the way to enter the Nibelungs!?"
This was news that was extremely shocking even if he had been prepared for it. How long had it been since the Dragon King's resurrection was exposed on the hunter website that Orthodoxy actually claimed to have found the entrance to the Nibelungen?
"I originally thought you would be more interested in the two missing people." The Sima clan leader looked at Lin Nian and said.
"If there is no accident, the reason why the two commissioners sent by the school board disappeared is the Nibelungs. If the Nibelungs can be found, they can naturally be found. This is one thing."
"No, you may have misunderstood something." The Sima clan leader shook his head and stretched out his hand to Yan Man who was on the side. The latter took out a photo that had been prepared and handed it to the old man with both hands. "Maybe you are half right.
, but I still think that you should be more interested in the missing two people than the realm of the King of Earth and Mountain. After all, this is the most important bargaining chip we have collected when negotiating with you. You still
It would be better to pay more attention to it.”
Lin Nian watched intently as the old man put the photo upside down on the table facing him. When his eyes fell on the photo, a thin layer of twilight suddenly appeared in his pupils. It was a sign of sudden mood swings. Golden
Hitomi's loss of control.
There are only a few things in this world that can make Lin Nian lose his temper, and the things in the photos are naturally the same.
The photo on the table was captured by a surveillance camera in a public environment. Judging from the environment, it should be a subway station, but I don’t know exactly which line it is. But what really made Lin Nian’s pupils shrink were the two people in the photo. Those two people were not
The "commissioners" sent by the school board as he mentioned before are both people he knows.
Mandy Gonzalez and Lin Xian.
In the photo taken by the surveillance camera, they were standing side by side in front of the yellow line waiting for the subway tunnel. Lin Xian, who was wearing a camel silhouette coat on the right, tilted his head slightly and said something calmly to the blond girl next to him. The latter smiled slightly.
With their heads lowered and their hands in the pockets of their jeans, they listened very carefully like students in class. In the tunnel in front of them, the lights of the train entering the station cast their shadows on the gray wall, making them indistinguishable.