Crime Prison Island

Wan Kai's aura burst forth, his expression furious.

Gao Xin nodded to himself; indeed, even if Gao Long's behavior was a bit extreme, it was still wrong for a group of people to betray and kill him.

But the Bull King didn't speak further.

This made Wan Kai even angrier: "Niu Tiean, I thought you were an honest and loyal person! I didn't expect you to be in cahoots with Lv Zhao."

"Saying all this, in the end, is just to justify Lv Zhao's actions!"

"Even if the City Lord wants to kill all the outsiders, or even wants to kill me, I would never betray him!"

"No matter what reasons Lv Zhao has, they are all just excuses to cover his seizure of power in Tangren City!"

The Bull King remained silent, only glancing at Gao Xin.

Gao Xin's heart stirred, and he changed the subject.

Then he arranged for everyone to leave, consolidate the resources and strong individuals within their own territories, and gather information on the likes of the Wolf King, Tiger King, and Elephant King.

Soon, everyone dispersed and went about their own matters.

Then Gao Xin kept the Bull King, Wan Kai, Gao Shu, and Ling Sha to stay for dinner. Although the Bull King wasn't very wealthy, he had quite a reserve of dragon meat and elephant meat.

Gao Xin was greatly depleted and started eating immediately. Wan Kai wasn't polite either; the two of them ate voraciously.

Ling Sha looked at Gao Xin with admiration, "I can't believe it, seeing you again, you already stand at the pinnacle of this island."

"I don't care, I'm also SR, I want to transform into a dragon too!"

Gao Xin smiled and injected her with a dose of resin liquid: "That's easy to say..."

"I said before, that meal, one day I will repay you, and let you have a feast."

"Eat as much as you want today, no... same goes for the future, I will cover all your meals from now on."

For some reason, Ling Sha's jovial expression tightened, becoming slightly bashful.

"Are you serious?"

Gao Xin nodded: "Of course I am. Had you not treated me to that meal back then, or assisted in the battle later, I might have died in Yamaguchi Village."

"Ha, it was just a small thing!"

Ling Sha laughed, then glanced at the tension between Wan Kai and the Bull King, unable to resist saying: "I heard you're the son of the former City Lord... Tai Sui, will you really return to seize Tangren City one day?"

Gao Xin said directly: "I will."

Upon hearing this, Ling Sha and the Bull King both changed their expressions.

However, Gao Xin quickly explained his thoughts, saying he had a lot of friends in Tangren City.

He merely promised Wan Kai to avenge Gao Long.

"So, can you tell us now? Bull King... there are no outsiders here."

Gao Xin stared at the Bull King.

The Bull King sighed, not wanting Tai Sui to battle with Tangren City.

So he said: "What I said before was true, but there is something you all have misunderstood."

"What is it?" Gao Xin and Wan Kai's gazes sharpened.

The Bull King said in a somber voice: "Gao Long isn't dead."

Everyone was in an uproar at these words.

"Huh?"

At first, Wan Kai was shocked, then jubilant: "What did you say? Big brother isn't dead?"

The Bull King frowned tightly: "Yes... how could we possibly kill him?"

"Besides, don't you understand what kind of person Lv Zhao is? All his motives are to protect Tangren City."

"Gao Long thought he alone had the trump card, capable of destroying all forces while Tangren City alone survives... it's wishful thinking."

"No one could predict the outcome, and if it failed, Tangren City would isolate itself from the world, with dire consequences."

"Our coup at the time wasn't to seize power, but just to stop him, to force him to hand over the nuclear detonation device."

"Yet he preferred to give it to the Angel Envoy, rather than us."

Gao Xin was stunned: "Angel Envoy?"

The Bull King nodded: "Yes, the device wasn't with him, but given to his senior manager, Apostle Edvin."

"He could initiate the nuclear detonation just by using the nano-chip within his body to notify the Apostle to activate it!"

"When negotiations broke down, he was adamant on initiating it, saying he didn't care if he had to kill everyone else on the island for Tangren City's bright future. He would bear all the consequences himself!"

"The situation was urgent, and when we realized he was secretly proceeding, trying to make it a done deal, Lv Zhao had no choice but to shatter him."

Wan Kai grabbed him, shouting: "Tell me where my big brother is! Lv Zhao didn't kill him? Just shattered?"

"My big brother has Super-speed Regeneration, Second Rank!"

The Bull King shook his head: "How could Lv Zhao kill his own? Those who resolutely wanted to carry out the nuclear wash plan were all excised from their genes, their modules sealed, and locked away."

"Though Gao Long possessed Super-speed Regeneration, Second Rank, he was sealed by Han Ziming. So even now, Gao Long remains in a shattered state, afraid to let him awake."

"Because once he awakens, a massive nuclear explosion could immediately engulf the entire island..."

Gao Xin suddenly understood; so that's how it was.

Lv Zhao had the strongest Dragon Prisoner, Han Ziming, by his side.

The situation then was Han Ziming's ambush that sealed Gao Long's module, leading to Gao Long's defeat.

Wan Kai had said the same, not guarding against Han Ziming, and suddenly they were hit.

After all, while Wan Kai was the final trigger of the entire incident, he was also the most uninformed.

Perhaps Lv Zhao never intended to kill him at the time, merely to control him, but Wan Kai fled too quickly, and Lv Zhao and the others didn't have time to explain to him.

But Wan Kai was notoriously loyal to Gao Long, well known to everyone, and though exposed for a long time, never did Tangren City's pursuit squad come to eliminate the traitor, which already said a lot.

Wan Kai murmured: "So that's how it is... Big brother isn't dead..."

"But did you just keep him locked up all this time?"

The Bull King replied anxiously: "What else can be done? It's already done and we can only keep him locked up, not daring to let him awaken."

"As for the other loyalists, like you, they staunchly support Gao Long, hence they hate us to death, and if released, Tangren City would erupt into civil war."

"So Lv Zhao announced to the outside world that Gao Long and the others, a dozen Dragon Levels, were all dead."

"It served to appear weak, to lull all enemies into a false sense of security, and seize the chance to withdraw from the war."

"At the time, Tangren City could unilaterally exit the war because our strength had greatly diminished, reducing the threat, yet Lv Zhao still held the fort, preventing our elimination."

"Moreover, this is beneficial for the future, effectively hiding a dozen Dragon Levels."

"Although they hate us to death, when Tangren City's life is at stake, if released, they would certainly fight to protect Tangren City."

The Bull King indeed revealed an earth-shattering secret.

He left everyone dumbfounded.

Now Tangren City secretly hides over a dozen Dragon Levels, and counting the recent rises and if Luo Yi is included...

"Doesn't that mean Tangren City has forty-two Dragon Levels?" Ling Sha exclaimed in shock.

She knew Tangren City now had twenty-four Dragon Levels, of course, many were newly-risen Hidden Dragons.

But including the former Vermilion Bird Gate's 'fallen sixteen', along with Wan Kai and the Bull King's words... forty-two Dragons!

Even Evil Dragon Castle and Milan State didn't have so many Dragon Levels, indeed Tangren City was the force with the most Dragon Levels, a veritable dragon's lair!

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