Chapter 654: Means to Serve a Purpose
Translator: Timothy_ Editor: GlobeGlotter
The fire outside seemed to be getting more and more concentrated. Dino looked at Yu Miaodan and said very carefully, "I agree to 10 minutes negotiation. Please, give us 10 minutes time and stop the attack."
Yu Miaodan smiled, "It'd be fine even if you asked for 100 minutes, but I can't command the navy. Politics and the military are separated issues. My City Lord only looks at my report, not my suggestions. Mr Dino, if you really want a quiet and peaceful outside, it's best to settle the negotiations as soon as possible."
Dino's face was green but before he could reply, his assistant gave the phone to him. After the call ended, Dino's expression had gotten calm again. He sat down and said to Yu Miaodan,"Chief Yu, we're willing to give Luo Yue as compensation 70 billion Luo Yue dollars. In exchange, your side must stop the invasion immediately and retreat."
Yu Miaodan said slowly, "It it had been before, that compensation amount would have been just fine - we would have gladly accepted it. However, after this war, our losses are immeasurable."
Dino was so angry that he didn't even want to sit down. He said rapidly, "How much do you guys want? Just tell me!"
Dino wanted to cry. It was no negotiation, they were pointing a gun at his face and robbing him. Luo Yue had lost some missiles at most, but Indonesia's losses that were truly immeasurable.
Yu Miaodan scrolled through the files in front of her and said after a while, "Originally, the City Lord asked for 300 billion Luo Yue dollars."
Dino was almost paralysed after hearing that. 300 billion Luo Yue dollars. It was half of the nation's GDP.
But Yu Miaodan continued, "However, the City Lord wishes to maintain peace, so he has decided to reduce it to 100 billion."
Dino breathed at ease. 100 billion was still acceptable. He wiped the sweat off his head, but Yu Miaodan hadn't finished, "Still, Luo Yue needs a place to stay in the Sunda Strait, so we will be renting the Jason Giambi Island for 99 years."
"No, that's impossible," Dino rejected it without thinking. The Jason Giambi Island was the passage to the Sunda Strait. If it got rent, what about the Sunda Strait Bridge they had been working on these years?
Moreover, the Sunda Strait was one of the US' stations. It was the American 7th Fleet main passage into the Indian Ocean from the Pacific ocean. If Indonesia agreed to that, the US wouldn't let it be.
Yu Miaodan sneered, "Of course, we will give Bali Island back and we won't interfere with the bridge building."
Dino sneered. They had to give Bali back no matter what. Even if he didn't ask for it, other countries would intervene in this matter. Suddenly, he realized that if Luo Yue took over Jason Giambi Island, then the US would have to face a problem when entering the Indian Ocean. That way, the conflict would be just between Luo Yue and the US, Indonesia could get out of that issue. Why should they help the US? Furthermore, that island wasn't a big loss to Indonesia.
If the US and Luo Yue fought, Indonesia could just sit back and reap the benefits. Thinking about this, Dino had a bleak smile. That island would be taken back by the US sooner or later, why would Indonesia help the US? If it hadn't been for them, Indonesia wouldn't have suffered such losses. They would have only had to pay 70 billion Luo Yue dollars.
But now, it was 100 billion and the damage on Bali was immeasurable.
Dino went outside and made a quick call. Then, he ran back in and said, "Okay, we agree. Let's write the agreement now."
Yu Miaodan pushed the files over to Dino and said, "No need, Luo Yue has already signed. We're just waiting for your signature."
Dino looked at the ready printed files and suddenly felt like he had walked into a trap. That feeling wasn't good.
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When Mo Hai walked into the meeting room, it was near its end. It seemed that the Union had made a decision while he was away.
When Mo Hai came in, Jipan acted as though he didn't see him. It was obvious that he didn't care about Mo Hai's opinion anymore.
But for the first time, Mo Hai requested to talk. Many people thought that he would be speaking meaningless garbage, but Mo Hai said, "Luo Yue puts international peace as top priority. Considering that peace is hard to obtain and considering the will of the Union, Luo Yue has now reached an agreement with Indonesia. We will retreat from Bali and not attack Java. Perhaps no one believes us, but the moment I entered this room the army had already started retreating."
"What?!"
The news shocked everyone. They had just reached a consensus to attack Luo Yue in order to keep world peace, but Luo Yue was retreating now!
Many country delegates felt at ease. Luo Yue retreating meant that they hadn't really invaded Indonesia and that they were just putting up a show for the Indonesians. After all, they had killed Luo Yue people and then didn't want to pay compensation.
"I suggest to immediately suspend our previous decision about Luo Yue. Luo Yue is retreating, we can't attack them anymore. After all, Indonesia started the problem. If we still attack Luo Yue now, it would be going against keeping world peace," Russia was the first to talk.
Peter immediately wanted to get up and rebuke this idea, but he knew that it would be inappropriate at a time like this. No one would agree.
Ji Pan could rest assured. He was the person who didn't want the war the most.
At that moment, the US President had received the contents of Luo Yue and Indonesia's agreement. He didn't care about how much Indonesia was compensating Luo Yue, but what infuriated him was that Indonesia had actually rented Sunda Strait to Luo Yue.
With this, Luo Yue could control the US' every move. He couldn't allow this to happen, but the island belonged to Indonesia. If they wanted to rent it, the US couldn't intervene. He would bet that the reason Luo Yue had asked for the island was to be able to fight the US.
The Indonesian government was garbage. The President wanted to roar, he had no other means to stop it. He even suspected that Luo Yue had already thought of the outcome before they started the invasion.
The US had finally found an opportunity to attack Luo Yue, but it ended before it even begun. If Luo Yue really had calculated all this, they were a political enemy that couldn't be underestimated. They were masters in schemes and shenanigans.
Thinking about this, the US still had another breakthrough point: the Philippines. However, not long after that, his assistant gave him news that Luo Yue and the Philippines had also reached a consensus. The Philippines had asked for peace and resolution after Luo Yue took over Bali. Seeing that the Philippines had come to them first, Luo Yue reduced the compensation amount to 30 billion Luo Yue dollars.
"F*ck!" The President swore and smashed the files on the ground. He felt like he was failure as a president.
Right this moment, the President believed that the person who had orchestrated the plan must have the experience of a bunch of lifetimes. Otherwise, how did he manage to calculate the timing and everything else so precisely?
"Announce right away that we're holding a meeting at the white house." The President was worried, he felt like he was a step behind Luo Yue every single time.
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Yu Miaodan admired Ye Mo's means too much. She finally understood what war was now. It wasn't the final goal, but the means to serve a purpose.
They had just provided a simple war plan, yet Ye Mo had calculated everything to the minute.
At the same time, Ye Mo was surprised at the Meng family's fortune telling art's power. When he combined it with the battle plan he had made, many things fit into place allowing him to make the perfect plan.
The only problem was Bali Island, but now that they retreated, they no longer had to worry.
Just when Ye Mo was about to leave and go to the welcoming ceremony for the soldiers, Xu Yuehua knocked on the door desperately.
Chapter 655: Another Wave of TroubleTranslator: Timothy_ Editor: GlobeGlotter
Ye Mo immediately knew that something was bad when he saw Xu Yuehua's face. He immediately asked, "Sister Yuehua, what happened?"
Xu Yuehua calmed down upon seeing Ye Mo's calm face.
She had been worrying a lot, though. Before, she was worrying about the US and those other countries who wanted Luo Yue's wealth, not about Indonesia. If they used Indonesia as an excuse to attack Luo Yue, then Luo Yue would be really facing hardship. That army wouldn't be a one hundred thousand men army. It would be a one million men army.
And the Union had too many ways to deal with Luo Yue - they didn't even need to send an army. All they had to do was lock down Luo Yue geographically and Luo Yue would go bankrupt. Luo Yue was a city completely reliant on import.
"Something happened on Bali," Xu Yuehua replied.
Ye Mo thought, 'This Meng family fortune telling art is powerful indeed. Something really did happen on Bali.' Ye Mo nodded, "Have we retreated out of Bali already?"
"Yes, our armies left an hour ago, but five tourists have gone missing from our military camp," Xu Yuehua replied.
Ye Mo frowned and said quickly, "Even if they did, that shouldn't be too much of a problem, right?"
Ye Mo knew that this would reduce Luo Yue's popularity and increase the enmity of other countries, but Ye Mo had already warned Huang Yinian about it, so the first thing they did when they took over Bali was to protect the tourists properly and send them to the airport.
This was to prevent Indonesians from causing chaos and killing people while blaming it on Luo Yue.
Xu Yuehua said worriedly, "People have released clips of these five tourists going into Luo Yue's military camp. Among them are three women, two of which are very important people."
Ye Mo felt like that wasn't normal. It was normal for people to go missing in war, but for them to happen to have been filmed going into Luo Yue's military camp before disappearing? That wasn't normal.
Xu Yuehua said, "Two of the five are American, two are British and one is Indian. The most troublesome are the two British women. They're a mother and daughter pair, more precisely the wife and daughter of the late Marquis Rodd. After Marquis Rodd died, his wife and daughter worked very hard as philanthropist and are deeply loved by the British people. They were touring in Bali when the war started and went missing in Luo Yue's military site."
Ye Mo realized that they must've been set up. How could there be such a coincidence?
"Has the news gotten online?" Ye Mo asked.
Xu Yuehua nodded, "Currently, the British citizens are very angry and ask Luo Yue for an explanation. Although the US and India haven't made any announcements, I'm sure they will soon."
Ye Mo realized that this had probably been done by the US. If Luo Yue could start war with Indonesia for a few employees, then the British would have all the more of a reason to start a war when members of their nobility went missing.
And if England wanted to attack Luo Yue, the US would help them for sure. If India joined them too, then Luo Yue would be facing enemies from three sides.
"How is Commander Huang dealing with that now?" Ye Mo asked.
"He ordered Liang Di to take a squadron of soldiers, search the campsite and search for clues. Although he wanted to send the army back, I figured that that wouldn't be appropriate, so I stopped him," Xu Yuehua answered.
Ye Mo nodded, "You did well. Not only should Commander Huang retreat, but so must Liang Di. I will deal with this myself. When our army returns, install the maximum defensive state until I come back."
If Huang Yinian brought the army back to Bali, that would be falling for their scheme. Luo Yue would lose its credibility, and Huang Yinian wouldn't be able to find any clues anyway.
Ye Mo was sure that making Huang Yinian return to Bali was one of their goals, but if that didn't happen, then their second goal was probably to have England, US and India start a war with Luo Yue with a good reason.
Ye Mo knew that only he could deal with this problem. As long as those five weren't dead, he would find them. And Ye Mo believed that they wouldn't kill the five so easily.
"Yes," Xu Yuehua replied.
"Hold on-" Ye Mo stopped her again and said, "These five tourists can't have disappeared magically, so check the soldiers that were stationed there at the time of the five's disappearance as well as the soldiers' higher ups."
Xu Yuehua was shook. It's not like she hadn't thought about checking them, but she subconsciously didn't want to. But since this had happened, it meant that there had to be traitors somewhere. She wondered if Huang Yinian had realized that.
"No matter who it is, if you find him, lock him up immediately and wait until I come back. Remember to send me the results immediately," Ye Mo said.
As soon as Xu Yuehua left, Luo Ying and Ning Qingxue appeared together. Hearing that Ye Mo was going out, Ning Qingxue helped Ye Mo tidy his clothes and said, "If I had known this earlier, I wouldn't have asked you to build a city. I didn't think it would give you this much trouble."
Ye Mo held Luo Ying's and Ning Qingxue's hands and said, "It's not that hard, and I'm doing this for our future. I want everyone in Luo Yue to be able to live peacefully and happily. I want to be able to enjoy walking in the city and cultivate here in peace."
Luo Ying grabbed Ye Mo's hand in satisfaction and didn't talk.
Ye Mo kissed the two and said, "Wait for me. When I come back, we will have our wedding."
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The White House was holding an urgent meeting when they suddenly received news that five tourists had disappeared from Luo Yue's military camp. And Luo Yue had only retreated after they disappeared. Luo Yue's army obviously couldn't distance itself from this. The US President felt like laughing.
With his wits, of course he knew that this had happened due to someone scheming against Luo Yue.
He knew that after this happened, the US would be the first Luo Yue would suspect, but he didn't care anymore. The US would have loved to have done it, but someone else just did it for them. No matter why someone had done it, he liked it a lot.
Because he had an excuse to do something now.
"Pause the meeting, I need to call the British Prime Minister," the US President said.
Chapter 656: The Underground Tunnel of the Camp SiteTranslator: Timothy_ Editor: GlobeGlotter
Although Bali had been a battlefield, its tourist attractions hadn't gotten damaged significantly as Luo Yue's army has arrived and left in no time.
When Luo Yue's army attacked Bali, they mainly took over the military facilities, the main tourist attractions and transport routes. So the place Luo Yue's army had stayed at was close to the Bayi Strait, which was also very close to the airport. Luo Yue's army had planned it strategically, so that they could fly or leave from there.
When Ye Mo came to this place, he sighed -everything there had been wiped away. He could understand it. How could the army allow large amounts of tall buildings to still stand there?
Although there were only about 10,000 people that participated Bali's occupation, the base they stayed at was very big. So big that his spirit sense couldn't cover it completely. At this moment, Ye Mo saw Liang Di take his people and go to a military ship placed in a simple dock.
Ye Mo didn't go meet them. He could tell just by looking that they hadn't found out anything. It was better if they left early; otherwise, as long as Luo Yue's army was still in Bali, there would be more room for people to doubt their intentions. Luo Yue had already gotten the most out of the war. If they didn't leave at the right time, it might have negative repercussions.
After Liang Di and the rest left, Ye Mo started to inspect the base.
There were two ways to access the base.One was from the Bayi Strait and the other one was from the attack route Luo Yue had used to invade Bali.
Ye Mo took note that most of the tourist attractions surrounding the attack route had been destroyed by the army. Some had been trampled over by tanks and armored vehicles.
Looking at this, Ye Mo was confused. How could have the five tourists gotten into Luo Yue's base and been recorded?
It was impossible to get in through the Bayi Strait, so the only other possibility was from the road occupied by Luo Yue's army. But that route was also impossible. Even a dog would be seen by the guards, much less five people.
Ye Mo walked to the base's gate and stood there for a long time. The two sides of the road were also very empty, there was nothing that could block their vision. A bit further down there was a barbed wire fence.
Ye Mo searched the fence's nearby with his spirit sense and soon found something different. He walked to this part of the fence. There were obvious signs of someone having cut through it, but then it had been twisted back together.
The place wasn't far from the main door and it was a blind spot. Ye Mo sighed. Although Luo Yue was one of the most developed countries in the world in some fields and thanks to this Luo Yue's military power had increased a lot too, there were still differences between them and world-class military powers.
If it had been the US or some other country's elite force, they wouldn't have let someone cut open the wire under their eyes, even if there was a traitor.
Ye Mo wanted to reopen the wire and investigate from there, but he could hear cars coming. It was probably the Indonesian army.
As soon as they came, they cut the wires into pieces and threw them on a big truck.
His guess was right. If he had come a little later, he wouldn't have been able to see that. They obviously had come to destroy the evidence.
It was good as long as he could find someone to ask about it. Ye Mo decided not to follow the guy immediately, he marked him with a spirit sense mark instead. He kept searching around nearby.
He believed that the Indonesian government hadn't planned it. If they could think of such a plan when they were in such dire situation, they wouldn't have fought so poorly.
Ye Mo continued walking through the area where the wire had been cut. He walked very slowly and seeped his spirit sense into the ground. There was nowhere to hide on the surface, so the only possible place to hide was underground.
Soon, Ye Mo stopped. He hadn't found anything after walking for a few hundred meters. The person he marked had also stopped moving, which meant that he arrived at his destination. Ye Mo decided to go check who was behind this man, who had ordered him to remove all the wires.
Ye Mo soon got to where he had stopped, but when he saw the guy, he realized why he was no longer moving. The man was now dead.
Ye Mo immediately saw that he had been bitten by a snake - a very poisonous one.
Such an sudden and unexpected death. Ye Mo sighed. Since the man was dead, the mastermind could be sure that other people wouldn't be able to link the death to him. If he hadn't come there, it would've just been labelled as an accident.
Even though the lead was gone, Ye Mo was still going to find someone to ask. Just when he was about to do so, his phone started vibrating.
It was Xu Yuehua. The people on duty that day had all gone missing except for two bodies.
"Give me the details of the original installations of the base and facilities. I want a map, as precise as possible," Ye Mo immediately said. Since the five tourists had disappeared in the base, then it meant that the problem was inside of it and it must be underground.
Xu Yuehua did as told quickly. Not long after Ye Mo received the map of the original base.
With the map, Ye Mo just realized that the place had been a commercial district near the airport. It had been covered, but Ye Mo's spirit sense could still pierce more than 10 meters into the ground. He was sure that even if there were underground rooms, he could find them within 10 meters or so.
Ye Mo walked through the entire street, but he still didn't find anything. He started to walk back in disappointment, still without any results.
Ye Mo was sure that there was an underground room somewhere because five people couldn't have just disappeared for no reason after entering the base. Otherwise, they would have been caught 100% sure if they went into the base.
Caught 100% sure? Ye Mo thought carefully about this and went back to the door.
Huang Yinian had only known about the five missing tourists after news got online. If they had managed to go deep into the base without Huang Yinian knowing, then he was too useless.
Ye Mo walked to the guard station. It had originally been a café. He reached his spirit sense down and indeed, he found an underground room. He finally understood.They had been brought there, taken into the guard tower and disappeared.
He felt this opponent was very strong and was a step ahead of Luo Yue. If the missing guard wasn't a traitor, he must have been killed. Ye Mo dug and pulled an iron board until it opened. The putrid smell of the sea came in, but it dissipated quickly as though it came out of nowhere.
Ye Mo reached his spirit sense down - it was a storage room. Other than some coffee beans, there was nothing else. But he knew that since the five tourists had disappeared there, there must be a hidden mechanisms.
The floor was made of granite stone and there was just earth under it.
But Ye Mo could see with his spirit sense that the earth near the door was 1 meter thick. And under this meter-thick earth layer there was an underground tunnel.
The tunnel was very well hidden and near the door. The earth around it was the same as there.
The place was very hard to find. In order to find the switch to open the tunnel, Ye Mo spent almost half an hour. Eventually, he pressed the trigger. Rumble- A dark passage appeared before him with the smell of the ocean wind.
Chapter 657: Save LifeTranslator: Timothy_ Editor: GlobeGlotter
No wonder there had briefly been the smell of the ocean before then disappearing.
Ye Mo couldn't see the end of the tunnel even with his spirit sense, but that didn't matter much. He immediately proceeded rapidly through the tunnel after entering it, all the while keeping his spirit sense activated.
Soon Ye Mo realized that this tunnel definitely hadn't been dug out in a short time. It must have been at least a few months since it was dug out. Who would know to dig a tunnel there a few months beforehand? What did they want to do? Did these people foresee that Luo Yue was going to build a military camp there so they dug a tunnel? That was impossible.
The tunnel got more and more slanted the further Ye Mo went in, and water started seeping out - sea water. The tunnel was connected to the sea ahead.
Ye Mo stopped at the place with a lot of water and found that the ground seemed odd. There was a very strange entrance there. Suddenly, two black men crawled up from it.
Ye Mo moved aside, and after the two left the entrance, they quickly ran along the way Ye Mo came from, as though they had left something behind.
At that moment, Ye Mo realized that not only the entrance was slanted down, but the tunnel kept slanting down even further. A few hundred meters later, Ye Mo's spirit sense noticed a nuclear submarine. Its door was closed at the moment.
A nuclear submarine was hiding under Bali, and it had cheated Luo Yue's radar? Alarm bells immediately went off in Ye Mo's mind. Although Luo Yue's radar wasn't the most advanced in the world, how could a nuclear submarine be right under Luo Yue's fleet and not be caught? This was too absurd! What if they suddenly attacked? Did the sub belong to the US?
Ye Mo doubted it, because if the US's radar avoidance technology was this powerful, how could they lose everything in the last war?
He had to tell Ye Xing about it immediately. Only Ye Xing could think of a way to deal with it.
So this tunnel had been made in order to bring the people there to the nuclear submarine. And after the people entered the submarine, the tunnel could contract. Such an intricate design! The person who could think of this was no lesser than Ye Xing.
Since the submarine was there, the five missing people should be there too. Ye Mo's first thought was to rescue the people in the submarine because if he didn't, the US would use this matter as an excuse to start war.
But Ye Mo stopped in his steps. Those two men didn't walk back to the storage room and instead, they stopped halfway.
When one man pressed a remote controller another tunnel appeared out of the stone wall, leading to a room.
Ye Mo cursed - these people were too careful! If he didn't have his invisibility and without the right timing, he wouldn't even be able to find such things.
There were five people inside the room, three of which female and two male. Ye Mo realized that they were the missing tourists.
Ye Mo no longer had any intentions of going down to the submarine as he needed to save them first. The submarine was important and he might find the answers he needed on it, though, so he didn't want to startle anyone just yet.
Ye Mo marked the tunnel which lead to the submarine and quickly followed the two men into the room.
After Ye Mo went in, the two black men said something to the five captives, and three of them started trying to persuade the mother and daughter pair. Then, the five started arguing.
Ye Mo felt like that wasn't normal and started filming. After a while, the two black men walked out, but they didn't close the door. The argument was getting more and more heated until one man walked to the mother and slapped her!
Then, the man said something to the other man and woman and left the room with them. He closed the door. Now, there was just the British mother and daughter pair there. They looked more like sisters, though, and their age difference didn't seem to be big.
Ye Mo shook his head - he had decided to learn some other languages when he had the time. It wouldn't be hard for him anyways, and there was no reason for him to keep not understanding anything each time.
After the five people left and headed to the tunnel to the submarine, Ye Mo opened the door and walked in.
From what had just happened, it seemed the other three had been persuaded to join the two black men.
Anyway, even if they weren't together anymore, Ye Mo didn't need to take those others away. To Ye Mo, he only needed to save the mother and daughter. As long as Luo Yue's danger passed, he could focus on dealing with that submarine.
The two looked at Ye Mo in confusion.
Ye Mo saw this and said, "I came to save you. If you can't understand me it doesn't matter, but I can take you away."
"You're Chinese?" the younger girl suddenly asked in Chinese, although Ye Mo could barely understand her.
Ye Mo rejoiced and said immediately, "I came from Luo Yue, because a British mother and daughter pair went missing, and everyone thought it was Luo Yue's doing. Hence, I wanted to save them. I'd like to ask: are you that pair?"
"Yes, yes, I'm Annie, and this is my mother Kaya. We were tricked here, and we know those people, but-" Annie didn't know how to express what she wanted to say.
Ye Mo wanted to send the two away and then follow the submarine. He could leave Xu Yuehua to deal with them.
Just when Ye Mo brought the two out, two more people came into the tunnel. Ye Mo's spirit sense noticed them, so he grabbed the two and darted back into the storage room.
Annie subconsciously wanted to scream, but she couldn't make a sound. Just when she was scared, Ye Mo said, "Don't worry, you two walk too slow, so I had to carry you."
Annie understood now and said with embarrassment, "Sorry, what is your name?"
Ye Mo didn't have the mood to chat with them. He needed to take the two away and in order for the people to not suspect something, he needed to make it seem as if the two had escaped by themselves.
When Ye Mo let the two go, Kaya suddenly pinched Ye Mo's arm and said something before giving Ye Mo a kiss on the face.
Seeing this, Annie laughed and also kissed Ye Mo, saying, "You're really strong! My mother says you haven't told us your name yet."
"I'm Ye Mo." Then, Ye Mo quickly pulled the two up. Kaya's chest was the biggest Ye Mo had ever seen, but he didn't feel anything, as his heart was filled with Luo Ying and Ning Qingxue.
But Ye Mo wasn't dumb. When Kaya hugged him, she was flirty, which made Ye Mo realize that she seemed to have some ulterior motives of her own.
Seeing that Kaya was going to say something, Ye Mo quickly said, "We need to leave here quick, the people behind are chasing up."
Due to Kaya's behavior, Ye Mo didn't continue carrying the two, so they ended up slowing down.
By the time Ye Mo pushed up that metal board and the storage room made a loud rumble, Ye Mo already knew that those people had caught up. He didn't expect that they would be so fast, though.
Chapter 658: Suspicious Woman
Translator: Timothy_ Editor: GlobeGlotter
Just when Ye Mo pulled the two out of the tunnel, the sound of desperate footsteps appeared very close.
When the three were less than ten meters from the guard post, two more people came out of the tunnel. Just when the two women were worried that it was over, Ye Mo pulled them behind an old oil barrel. The barrel was so small that even a kid wouldn't be able to hide there without being caught, though.
So when Annie and Kaya saw this, they almost had a panic attack.
Kaya subconsciously wanted to talk, but Ye Mo immediately covered her mouth. Kaya looked in shock as their two followers looked around but didn't keep their eyes on them.
Could they not see them from that position? Kaya was confused. Ye Mo knew that she probably wouldn't say anything anymore and was about to put his hand down, when a wet thing licked the center of his palm.
Ye Mo frowned at Kaya's behaviour. There was something wrong with this woman. This was the second time, and he didn't think he was attractive enough for this widow to be jumping on him immediately. Moreover, he had heard from Xu Yuehua that Rodd's wife was pretty, sure, but also very loyal and traditional. Ever since her husband died, she had been doing a lot of charity with her daughter. Her life was very moral. How could she be like this?
Ye Mo wasn't planning on checking Kaya, but her actions did make Ye Mo doubt her. He started checking Kaya with his spirit sense. And soon, Ye Mo found some extremely small traces of energy. It was like the energy of the mutants.
Using the level system Xu Yuehua told her about, Ye Mo determined that she was a level one mutant at most, but Ye Mo couldn't tell what mutant powers she had. Ye Mo checked Annie, and Annie was just an ordinary girl.
Ye Mo didn't keep checking her afterwards as even if he gave her to Luo Yue, a level one mutant wouldn't be able to do anything.
Two white men came out of the tunnel and when they actually didn't find any signs of Kaya and Annie, their faces changed drastically, and they ran out the door while calling someone.
Seeing this, Ye Mo called Xu Yuehua to tell her that he found the two and told her to arrange someone to pick them up.
When Xu Yuehua received Ye Mo's call, she was very shocked. How long had Ye Mo left Luo Yue, yet he had already found them. What's more, they were at the military base! Even a plane couldn't get there that fast, right? This wasn't the first time she had seen Ye Mo's amazing means, though, and in her heart, Ye Mo could do anything.
Xu Yuehua soon told Ye Mo that Yu Miaodan was still near Bayi Strait and had met up with Liang Jun's group. She told Ye Mo to wait about half an hour in the base and then there would be a helicopter to pick them up.
Ye Mo wanted it to be as fast as possible to prevent the nuclear submarine from leaving the range of his spirit sense.
Meanwhile, Annie was very shocked. She didn't know why they weren't found even though they hid at such an obvious spot.
"Mr Ye, thank you for saving us, but I would really like to know how those two didn't see us when they looked over? Can this small barrel really block their vision?" Annie asked.
Ye Mo smiled. Of course he wouldn't tell them that he had used invisibility. So instead, he replied, "This was a blind spot to them, and since they were so worried, that caused their visual blind spot to be even broader."
This was bullsh*t of course.
Time flew by fast and by the time the helicopter arrived, the two men had rushed back into the tunnel. Perhaps they realized that they wouldn't be able to find the two escapees anymore.
Seeing this, Ye Mo took Annie and Kaya out. At the same time, the helicopter landed at the original base.
Yu Miaodan and Luo Fei came down with two Luo Yue Special Ops.
Seeing Ye Mo bring the two, Yu Miaodan rejoiced. Although it had only been two hours, Luo Yue already got news that the English Prime Minister asked Luo Yue for an explanation and that he was on a plane to the US. The Indian Minister of Foreign Affairs was also heading to the US.
If Luo Yue didn't deal with this well, there would be serious repercussions, and it might cause another war. Even without war, the compensation they would ask for would be quite hefty.
Before Annie could say anything, Ye Mo signaled the two soldiers to take them up. He needed to tell Yu Miaodan something.
Seeing that Ye Mo didn't come up with her, Kaya suddenly walked over and hugged Ye Mo, saying softly, "Dear Ye, can you come along with us? Without you I feel unsafe."
Hearing Annie's translation, Ye Mo smiled, "You guys can go back first and tell the world what happened to you in the tunnel. I want to see what organization abducted you. I'm trying to get revenge for you."
Getting revenge was a lie, but Ye Mo suspected that they might be Northern Sand. At the very least, they weren't from the Black Sun Empire as they didn't have the badge.
"Okay, I will wait for you with Annie," Kaya said, while there was a clear hint of disappointment in her eyes. Accompanied by her royal look, it was quite seductive.
"Remember to explain everything - that will be a big help to me." Ye Mo waved his hands at them.
Luo Fei looked at Kaya in disdain and sneered, "Little witch, she dares randomly seduce people with her looks."
Ye Mo laughed at Luo Fei and said to Yu Miaodan, "Sister Yu, this Kaya is questionable. The info Sister Yuehua gave us might have simply been superficial, but this woman is strange. I suspect she's a mutant too, but I have no evidence. Send them away after they explain things - we're not afraid of them, but we don't have time to deal with them."
Hearing this, Luo Fei's face got better, as though feeling happy that Ye Mo wasn't seduced by Kaya.
Yu Miaodan nodded, "I know, I will make them announce that as quickly as possible. You're not going back with us?"
Ye Mo took out a camera and gave it to Yu Miaodan, "Here are the identity documents of the five people. Send that out together with the explanation these two make. I believe that after that, Luo Yue should be in the clear. And tell Ye Xing that there's a nuclear submarine under Bayi Strait, yet our radars didn't detect it."
"What?!" Ye Mo's words shook both Yu Miaodan and Luo Fei.
She thought about what could have happened if when she was negotiating with the Indonesian officer that nuclear submarine were to suddenly attack their fleet. No matter what happened to them, if the Indonesian representative died on Luo Yue's fleet, then Luo Yue would be facing the Union Army a second time for sure.
Ye Mo knew what Yu Miaodan was thinking, so he smiled and said, "It's not as bad as you think. I think they can only avoid our radar but wouldn't dare attack. Don't underestimate Ye Xing."
"You aren't going to investigate that submarine by any chance, are you?" Yu Miaodan realized. How could Ye Mo do that alone!
However, Ye Mo nodded, "If I'm right, the technology they used to avoid our radar must be from Ye Xing as well. Just ask Ye Xing to think of a solution, and don't worry about me, I won't do anything stupid."
Chapter 659: The Dust Settles
Translator: Timothy_ Editor: GlobeGlotter
Ye Mo had just said this when he heard a loud rumble underground.
He immediately knew what had happened. He hadn't expected these people to be this decisive. He was sure that the two men after them hadn't reached the nuclear submarine, but they had already blown up the tunnel.
Ye Mo didn't need to check, the two men were dead.
"Sister Yu, you and Luo Fei go back immediately. Let me stay here and deal with this. No matter what, we can't continue this war. Luo Yue needs time to develop," Ye Mo said decisively.
Yu Miaodan trusted him, so she only had to do as she was told and do her part.
"Also, give a message to Luo Ying and Qingxue for me. Tell them not to worry about me. No matter how long I'm away, I will be back safely," Ye Mo added.
Although these people had blown up the tunnel, it was impossible to stay hidden from his spirit sense. He didn't know where he would be following them to nor how long it would take, so he had to make sure that Luo Ying and Qingxue didn't worry about him.
Luo Fei sighed. Her little martial sister would have it harder from now on. One Ning Qingxue was already enough, but now there was a Luo Ying.
After seeing at the helicopter leave, Ye Mo quickly left and found a hidden place to jump into the sea.
He was sure that someone was watching him, but his spirit sense was limited. It could only reach 1200 meters, so he couldn't find where the people were watching him from - but that wasn't important anymore. His priority was to follow the submarine.
Ye Mo was also very fast in the sea. He went from the Bayi Strait to where he last saw the nuclear submarine very quickly, but there was nothing there. The submarine had already left, it was very fast.
Ye Mo rejoiced that he had left a spirit sense mark on the retractable tunnel. If he hadn't, he would have lost the submarine. it seemed that the tunnel was important for them, otherwise, they wouldn't have taken it away.
Although the waves from the spirit sense mark were unclear that moment, Ye Mo could still feel it. He immediately started chasing in that direction.
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Before the events from the previous war could cool down, Luo Yue's declaration of war to Indonesia was a hot topic again. The reason for the war was the most absurd of the modern era. No other country would start a war over that.
When Luo Yue declared war, many speculated that Indonesia would be no match for Luo Yue due to its strong records.
The only real discussion topic was how long Luo Yue would need to beat the Indonesian navy.
Many thought it would take a week because Luo Yue needed some time to get to Indonesia. However, others also thought that it was only a threat and they wouldn't actually fight.
But those contentions were rendered meaningless when Luo Yue started the war 10 minutes later. While many war analysts were still writing about how Luo Yue wasn't going to actually fight, the war was over.
Luo Yue had only taken a few hours to annihilate the Indonesian navy.
After Luo Yue took over Bali and threatened to invade Java, its military status had been established. Although it was far from the US' or Russia's, there were no countries near Luo Yue that could threaten it.
More and more people wanted to move to Luo Yue now. Who didn't want to go to a country that was tough on the outside but humane on the inside?
But just at this time, the Internet exploded with the news of five tourists having disappeared where the Luo Yue's army had been camping. Moreover, two of them were part of the British royal family.
This caused a huge uproar.
Although many people realized that it might be someone else framing Luo Yue, they still had to give an explanation. If Luo Yue couldn't, it would cause war. It would involve the US and India too.
Then, many people started to give up on the thought of moving to Luo Yue. These three countries were the military powerhouses of the world. If they attacked Luo Yue together, the country would lose for sure no matter what. Although modern warfare was mainly electronic warfare, it also was based on economic warfare. Luo Yue depended on import, hence it wouldn't last long if a real war broke out.
Many people started to worry for Luo Yue. They wondered how they would face this dilemma.
But then everything changed. Rodd's wife and daughter appeared on Luo Yue's official TV channel and revealed what happened.
They had gone to Bali for the holidays, and it had only been three days when war started.
After this, Luo Yue started to send all the tourists back. Just when they were planning to board a plane to Singapore, they met the Bafu couple from America and the Indian tourist, Sigan. They told them that they were holding all the tourists hostage and taking them to Luo Yue.
So, they followed Bafu and ran away. Bafu said that he had a way to avoid Luo Yue's army and enter Bali's inland. But instead, they brought them to Luo Yue's base in order to cause a war between England and the US against Luo Yue.
They requested them to join their organization but Mrs Rodd rejected it. Then, Luo Yue's people saved them and took them to their fleet. They are now very safe.
After explaining, Mrs. Rodd said, "Although I don't know why they are doing this, their intentions are very clear. They want Luo Yue to go to war! Even though I don't know what organisation the Bafu couple came from, I know they're from the US. I would like to ask our British citizens to stay cool-headed and not be deceived by them!"
"Of course, I know a lot of people doubt my words, but there's a recording too. I believe everyone will believe me after viewing it."
Then, they played Ye Mo's recording. It was the Bafu couple, the two black men and the Indian man threatening them.
After it was played, the truth was crystal clear. Once again, the world was shocked at Luo Yue's means.
Shen Qianqian breathed at ease in front of the TV. She had prepared everything, yet she hadn't been able to go to Luo Yue due to the lockdown.
But now everything was solved and she couldn't wait to go to Luo Yue.
Chapter 660: Encounter in AntarcticaTranslator: Timothy_ Editor: GlobeGlotter
Ye Mo was feeling colder and colder in the water. The submarine seemed to be heading towards Antarctica. Even Ye Mo couldn't take it after being in the water for so long, and the water just kept getting colder and colder.
Just when Ye Mo wanted to go to the surface to take a breathe, he felt an extreme sense of impending danger. He jumped out of the sea without hesitation, and a missile exploded at the spot he had been before.
Ye Mo's face was very bad. He didn't expect to be caught already, yet he was still stupidly following this submarine and getting frozen in the sea.
Ye Mo knew that it was pointless to follow the submarine anymore. The only option was to destroy it before it sent any news of him out.
Thinking like that, Ye Mo shot out his flying sword without hesitation, and it turned into a white ray of death.
Ye Mo wouldn't allow any news of him to be sent out whatsoever.
The submarine that just floated up a little was sliced open, and the immense water pressure immediately killed everyone inside.
Ye Mo cursed. He had been following the sub for so long and failed at the last minute.
Ye Mo came to the surface and shot a few fireballs around himself to wash away and evaporate the sea water.
Looking around, he was already near Antarctica. Ye Mo went onto the ground nearby and searched around with his spirit sense. He was sure that the submarine had only discovered him at the end. It couldn't have found out about him immediately, so the submarine must've been heading to somewhere near there.
But what entered Ye Mo's vision was all just snowy white. Ye Mo didn't find any place suitable for living. As sea water splashed on some rocks, they revealed the only colors that weren't white.
A few penguins were slowly walking on the rocks, and Ye Mo stopped looking. Other than those animals, he really couldn't think how a normal person would be able to live there.
Perhaps the submarine just wanted to stop there for a bit? Ye Mo shook his head and went onto the snow.
The snow was very deep but sturdy. Ye Mo simply left two footprints behind, but he didn't sink in.
Ye Mo walked a few steps and stopped. His gaze was set on a print next to his foot. It was very faint, and if he didn't happen to walk right there, he wouldn't have noticed it. It was clearly a footprint, so someone had passed by there before.
Ye Mo looked around carefully, but there was only that footprint and nothing else. But if someone had been there, they couldn't have just left behind one footprint, and indeed, four meters away, Ye Mo saw another footprint.
It was obviously the same person's. Someone who could travel four meters with one step? Ye Mo immediately became careful - this person was definitely an ancient martial artist if he was able to travel that far with every step.
Ye Mo squatted and pressed on the footprint. It seemed a bit hard.
Ye Mo soon realized that he was missing something. Although there were only four meters between the two footprints, they faced different directions. As Ye Mo kept looking, he found that this person actually crossed at least six or seven meters with every step. This guy was a master!
This person had come to the sea and gone back. What did he do at the seashore? When Ye Mo followed the footprints some more for a few kilometers, he finally understood. The footsteps going to the seashore seemed lighter, while the footsteps away from the seashore seemed heavier. This person must've been carrying a lot of things when he left, which meant that he had come to the seashore to hunt for food.
This was someone who permanently lived there. Someone who could live in Antarctica permanently was no ordinary person. Ye Mo followed the footprint for more than ten kilometers at which point the tracks completely disappeared.
Even Ye Mo had to commend this person for running that far to get food.
Ye Mo looked carefully around the area where the footprints disappeared but didn't find anything. He was a little disappointed. He was sure that someone was living there, because there wouldn't be such footprints otherwise.
However other than some glaciers, the most eye catching thing around was a tall mountain in the distance. Ye Mo estimated it to be over 4000 meters above sea level.
Ye Mo came to the foot of the mountain. He believed that if that person really lived somewhere in the area, it would be there, because that would be the place he would choose too.
When Ye Mo found more footprints near the foot of the mountain, he became excited. The footprints in between missing might be caused by the wind.
Although there was just one footprint there, Ye Mo still looked around carefully. What bewildered him was that the temperature at the foot of the mountain seemed to be even colder.
A few hours later, Ye Mo stood shocked in front of an extremely hidden valley and murmured, "Hidden formation."
This was definitely something from the cultivation realm - how could it appear on Earth in Antarctica?
Were there really cultivators there? Ye Mo suddenly thought of that Lu Yingying he met at He Feng. Her grandpa had gotten a spirit gathering formation disk to grow the Blue Flower Blue Leaf Grass. Theoretically, that wasn't something ancient martial artists should be capable of making.
This was the second time Ye Mo found something related to dao cultivation.
But this formation was of a much higher level than that spirit gathering formation disk. This formation didn't require spirit stones and could self-sustain on the scarce spirit chi in the environment. Even he couldn't make such a thing at the moment.
Ye Mo was amazed and didn't know how to deal with it.
Although he could just go in, what if there was an ancient monster living inside? That would be suicide.
But he would be unsatisfied if he didn't go in. He had finally found some cultivation ruins, perhaps he could find what he needed there.
The best approach would be to wait until he got stronger and then come back, but Ye Mo knew that if he didn't have another magical encounter or some spirit herbs, he wouldn't be able to reach a higher level.
Cultivation was to seek freedom, and an opportunity was right in front of him, but he was actually afraid. Ye Mo thought, 'If I don't even dare chase after such an opportunity like this one, then even if there will be more opportunities in the future, I will never be able to get stronger.'
Moreover, since this person still left footprints behind, it meant that he wasn't a supreme master. Would a true master leave any footprints at all? No, he wouldn't even leave half a footprint.
Thinking in that manner, Ye Mo didn't hesitate anymore and stepped into the hidden formation. After walking a few steps, Ye Mo disappeared from the valley entirely.