428: Has anyone ever told you that you speak rudely? (First update)

"Lin Yang, you choose!"

As Qing Ti's voice fell, the atmosphere in the field instantly became heavy.

Lin Yang frowned, looking at Qing Ti.

The current situation was not optimistic.

Because, given the strength Qing Ti had displayed, she could indeed kill Li Mu, Li Shan, and others before he could kill her.

Even if he killed her in the fastest possible time, she could at least kill Li Mu.

Lin Yang also believed that if he chose not to compromise, Qing Ti would absolutely kill Li Mu.

She had become somewhat deranged.

As for Qing Ti's question, why he didn't let her take Li Su and leave... "Qing Ti, even if I let you go, you won't escape. The moment I arrived, all your information was already transmitted to the Alien Management Bureau headquarters under the monitoring of the mission system. Even if I now risk punishment to let you go, you and Li Su will be hunted down by the Human Alliance. The peaceful and carefree life you desire for the two of you is impossible to achieve."

Lin Yang spoke. He did not make a direct choice but hoped to make Qing Ti realize her current predicament through conversation, while also stalling for time.

In the darkness, Mingye Clan members not only had their stealth abilities enhanced but also received a certain degree of power amplification.

Although the amplification was not significant, if he could stall until dawn, reducing Qing Ti's strength by even a little would increase the chances of saving Li Mu before she could kill him.

Qing Ti immediately retorted coldly, "I have my own ways to hide!"

"Is that so?"

Lin Yang said indifferently, neither affirming nor denying:

"Do you think you can forever evade the Human Alliance's pursuit of you?"

After speaking, without waiting for Qing Ti to retort, Lin Yang immediately followed up:

"Even in the vast universe, the Human Alliance has plenty of means to track you down in the shortest possible time."

"Also, as a Mingye Clan member, and one with a status different from ordinary clan members, do you think the Mingye Clan would easily let you go if you simply left like this?"

Qing Ti's expression changed slightly.

Lin Yang looked at Qing Ti's slightly changed expression and sighed, "Whether it's the Human Alliance or the Mingye Clan, you can't completely evade either of them!"

"Don't say I don't have the ability to make the Human Alliance stop pursuing you. Even if I did, given your special status as a Mingye Clan member, you must know many secrets. Do you think the Mingye Clan would let you live freely?"

At this point, Lin Yang paused, looked at Qing Ti, and said with a solemn voice:

"Even if the Human Alliance doesn't pursue you, your clan members, to prevent you from revealing more secrets, would probably hunt you down at all costs. I don't think I need to say more about this, do I? You should understand your clan members better than I do, and you must be clearer about what choices they would make."

Qing Ti's expression changed again, and she subconsciously opened her mouth to retort.

But Lin Yang still didn't give her a chance to retort, interrupting her first and slowly saying, "You don't need to rush to refute me. You know very well in your heart that everything I've said will become a reality. Whether it's the Human Alliance or the Mingye Clan, you can't escape the pursuit of either!"

Qing Ti's face completely changed, somewhat annoyed: "Lin Yang! I told you, I have my ways to hide!!!"

"Is that so?" Lin Yang looked at her with a half-smile, "If you really had a way to completely evade the pursuit of the Human Alliance and the Mingye Clan, you would have taken Li Su and fled long ago, and wouldn't have fallen into this predicament."

Qing Ti's face was extremely grim: "Lin Yang, I can't argue with you, and I don't want to talk to you anymore. Anyway, either you let me go, or I start killing people!"

"Qing Ti, you know very well in your heart that what I'm saying is the truth. Even if you don't want to admit it, you have to. Even if I let you go now, you won't be able to live peacefully for a few days!"

Lin Yang emphasized, reminding her:

"At that time, whether you are captured by other members of the Human Alliance or by the Mingye Clan, your and Li Su's fate will only be more tragic than it is now!"

"After all, not everyone has a connection with the Li Clan like I do. If you put down your weapon now and come back to the Alien Management Bureau with me, I can still help you and Li Su as much as possible within my limited authority, and not pursue his responsibility for defection. Otherwise, not only you, but Li Su will also be severely punished. Moreover, if you are captured by the Mingye Clan first, then Li Su will surely die. Think carefully."

After Lin Yang finished speaking, he said no more.

He had already said all the reasons and warnings he could.

His words were not just a softening tactic, but also a concrete reality.

Even if he allowed Qing Ti to leave with Li Su now, they wouldn't last for a few days.

First, Li Su would be completely judged as a traitor to humanity within the Human Alliance.

After all, Li Su had indeed attacked him just now. If he were to leave with Qing Ti again, the Human Alliance would conclude that Li Su had completely sided with the alien race. Under these two factual behaviors, the Human Alliance's punishment for Li Su would not be light.

Secondly, there was the Mingye Clan.

If they were captured by the Mingye Clan first, those guys would not listen to any explanations.

They would only assume that since Qing Ti and Li Su had such a good relationship, Qing Ti must have secretly told Li Su many secrets. Therefore, Li Su was doomed to die.

Moreover, given the current relationship between the Mingye Clan and humanity, and their mastery of human gene modification and recombination technology, it was foreseeable that Li Su would not die a quick death.

Qing Ti's expression, as Lin Yang's words reminded her, also became utterly grim.

She wasn't unable to understand the reasoning behind it.

And Lin Yang was right; she understood her clan members' character far better than anyone else.

Just thinking about Li Su being subjected to gene modification if they were captured by the Mingye Clan first sent a shiver down Qing Ti's spine.

"I'd rather die than let Li Su be modified!" Qing Ti couldn't help but shout in anger.

Lin Yang looked at her calmly: "But at that time, whether he gets modified or not won't be up to you."

"Lin Yang, you..." Qing Ti's eyes turned cold, and she said eerily, "Has anyone ever told you that you really don't say likable things, and they're very unpleasant to hear!"

Lin Yang: ...This... He didn't respond to that.

What could he say?

Everything he said was the truth!

Let it be unpleasant then.

Qing Ti did not continue speaking, a clear look of struggle and hesitation appearing on her face.

Lin Yang also stopped urging her.

Everything that needed to be said had been said; now it was up to Qing Ti to choose.

However, just as he thought Qing Ti would understand the pros and cons and make a wise choice, he saw Qing Ti suddenly look up, staring with somewhat bloodshot eyes, and said with a near-obsessive tone:

"Lin Yang, I admit that everything you've said makes a lot of sense, but I can't worry about that much anymore. Future matters can be dealt with in the future. Right now, I just want to leave with Li Su, so, this choice is still yours to make!"

She moved the gun barrel pointing at Li Mu's forehead, looking at Lin Yang eerily:

"Do you let me take Li Su and leave, or do we both go down?"

"..." Lin Yang was speechless.

He had thrown the choice back to Qing Ti, but it was thrown back again.

This was just so... "Alas, since that's the case, I have nothing more to say. I..." Lin Yang spoke, preparing to make a decision.

Qing Ti had clearly become obsessive, and more words were useless.

However, before he could finish speaking, Li Su suddenly shook off the Tianji Federation soldiers' restraint on him and shouted at Qing Ti:

"Li Su, don't hurt Li Mu, and don't make things difficult for Your Excellency Lin Yang. Your Excellency Lin Yang is right, even if we run, we won't get far. Rather than living in fear, it's better to be together forever later!"

"Li Su, you..." Qing Ti was stunned, somewhat not understanding what Li Su's last sentence meant.

Li Su then smiled sadly and said, "Li Su, I believe everything you did was out of necessity. Before, you had no choice, but now you do have a choice. You can not harm Li Mu, and we can be together forever!"

"Li Su..." A bad premonition suddenly arose in Qing Ti's heart.

"Li Su, do you remember what I said before? You once asked me if I would never leave you under any circumstances, and my answer to you is still the same now!"

Li Su suddenly smiled:

"No matter when or where, no matter who you are, what your identity, I will never leave you, whether in life or in death!"

"Li Su, do you remember when we first met, when you were seriously injured? You thought you wouldn't get better, and you didn't want to live, so you said you didn't want to be a burden to me. You refused my help and my feelings. Now, I feel the same!"

"Li Su, what are you going to do?" Qing Ti panicked.

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