234: First impression, super handsome

At the critical moment, a large number of dusty, broken items emerged from the black hole.

There were ox horns, dancing girls, stepmother's earrings, pirate gold coins, music boxes, and golden blueprints.

Ivan's hand speed was also at its maximum; after putting away the heart of africa, he instantly took out the cloud storage array and opened it.

Like a sack, he aimed it at the black hole transmission port of the military information terminal.

Whoosh—!

Liu Yan slashed Ivan's neck with a single strike.

The latter exploded on the spot.

After miraculously surviving, Ivan once again collected the broken items that had fallen from the black hole.

However, after only three seconds, Liu Yan's figure descended once more like a god of death.

Ivan, who was collecting the broken items, trembled at the sight, almost dropping the cloud storage array in his hand.

Facing the ceremonial dagger that was about to strike his face, Ivan freed one hand and waved it several times.

“No, no, no!”

“I give up!”

“You're the genius, alright?”

Although his words were quite disheveled, Ivan still tried to maintain his elegance.

Liu Yan's knife paused.

He was here to settle the score for his Soldiers being kidnapped.

As a result, the other party thought he cared about Jacob's ranking?

Seeing the knife in Liu Yan's hand pause, Ivan breathed a sigh of relief.

“Phew—actually, I just wanted to talk to you...”

Whoosh—!

Liu Yan's knife only paused for a moment before slashing horizontally!

Ivan's body exploded again.

Liu Yan could catch up to the 300-meter distance he created each time in just two or three seconds.

Including the time spent searching, it was only four to five seconds.

This cat-and-mouse game lasted for about a minute.

At this moment, the streets were almost covered with all kinds of small gold and small purple items.

Buzz buzz buzz—

Ivan, while fleeing, even used a powerful vacuum cleaner to suck up as much as he could.

If he didn't recycle, he wouldn't be able to survive Liu Yan's 瘋狂 pursuit.

In fact, appearing 300 meters away immediately after using a broken item as a substitute was a drawback of his ability.

Firstly, he couldn't counterattack after reviving, and secondly, all his items would drop, making it easy for others to suck them up with a powerful vacuum cleaner.

If the substitute remained in place, he could exploit a bug to achieve infinite substitutions.

However, Liu Yan's relentless pursuit had scattered debris all over the streets.

This, ironically, helped Ivan subtly achieve the 'infinite substitution' he had envisioned.

Ivan ran and cried out mournfully:

“Brother Liu, can we stop chasing now??”

He noticed that Liu Yan was now holding a knife in his right hand and a vacuum cleaner in his left.

He was also sucking up those miscellaneous items... This undoubtedly made his heart sink to rock bottom again.

At this moment, the edge of the rooftop, the side walls of the buildings, and both sides of the street were all filled with Liu Yan's Soldiers.

Each of them held a bottle of saliva-producing lemon tea, toasting and chatting with laughter.

The only reason he had lasted this long was because these Soldiers hadn't made a move.

“Then how do you account for kidnapping my Soldiers?”

Liu Yan stopped his pursuit.

Although he didn't get tired, he was getting a bit tired of slashing.

During the chase, Liu Yan also heard Ivan calling out to Xiao Soul.

The endless stream of miscellaneous items appearing in the black hole in front of him.

Presumably, Xiao Soul was providing them to him.

Liu Yan had an impression of Xiao Soul.

He was the rich guy from the Sniper Elite Competition at the time.

If he had a little bit of strength back then, with his resources at that stage, he could have easily crushed both himself and Shen Cangsheng.

He just didn't expect that the somewhat mentally unstable Ivan in front of him seemed to be friends with Xiao Soul.

If Xiao Soul was providing him with supplies, even if all the Soldiers attacked together.

It would still take a lot of time to completely kill Ivan.

“Hahaha, those buddies who got kidnapped were just clumsy.”

A Soldier joked with a laugh from the side.

At his words, the other Soldiers also started laughing.

Only the 12 Soldiers blushed and lowered their heads.

Except for the Soldiers who originally followed Liu Yan.

The other tens of thousands of Soldiers didn't take this matter to heart.

Not only were they not angry, but they were actually quite grateful to Ivan.

When Liu Yan was chasing him earlier, these Soldiers had also learned everything from the original group of Soldiers.

In other words, if it weren't for Ivan, they wouldn't have known when Liu Yan would summon them.

Just crush a ruby and then make up a lie about being in danger?

Impossible.

Although they really wanted to find Liu Yan, they couldn't bring themselves to deceive him like that.

The Soldiers' reaction eased the atmosphere a bit.

Ivan also let out a slight sigh of relief, looking at Liu Yan and speaking cautiously:

“I didn't intend to kill them; otherwise, it definitely wouldn't have been a kidnapping.”

“You know, killing is much simpler than kidnapping, right?”

“I was able to tie them up.”

“If I really wanted to kill them, how could you have possibly saved them in time?”

After discreetly observing Liu Yan's expression, which remained relatively stable, Ivan finally completely relaxed.

When dealing with an alpha personality, one must always speak carefully.

Who knows if the other party might suddenly lash out with a knife?

“This time, I misjudged.”

Ivan sighed.

“I know Jacob contacted you.”

“And I learned from him that if you agree to join Hafke, he will put brain-machine interfaces on everyone else and end all of this.”

“I initially suspected he was bragging, but then he showed me a trick...”

Liu Yan frowned slightly and stated his guess.

“So, you're afraid I'll agree?”

This sudden frown made Ivan's heart tighten.

After confirming that Liu Yan wouldn't suddenly attack, Ivan then nodded seriously.

“I don't know what others think.”

“But in my heart, I can die honorably in battle, even if it ultimately leads to destruction.”

“I will absolutely not be a slave living in a world of illusion.”

“I believe most people think this way.”

Liu Yan suddenly looked at Ivan in surprise.

Then Liu Yan's expression became a little strange.

Ivan's words just now completely resonated with Liu Yan.

He would rather die than agree to join Hafke.

However, these words didn't sound like something Ivan would say.

When he was being chased and slashed just now, didn't he beg for mercy?

He didn't seem to be speaking so tough then... Ivan didn't notice Liu Yan's strange expression and continued speaking to himself:

“Originally, I wanted to observe your character first.”

“But then I found you to be a bit of an alpha.”

“In addition, during the battle, you suddenly flew into the sky, and I thought you ran away, which is when I decided to kill you.”

Liu Yan raised his hand to interrupt.

“Wait, it seems you shot me with a smoothbore gun before we even met, right?”

Liu Yan remembered that sudden shot he took.

Ivan's cheeks flushed, and he gave an awkward laugh.

“That smoothbore gun was my first time using it.”

“Really, believe me.”

“I was fiddling with it, and then I was thinking, if Liu Yan might agree to join Hafke, then I'll kill him.”

“As soon as that thought appeared, the smoothbore gun suddenly went off.”

Liu Yan didn't detect any lies in Ivan's micro-expressions.

It was probably similar to his first time using a smoothbore gun.

He had muttered to himself about killing Chen Yu later, but at the time, he thought it was an accidental discharge.

“But I have to say, your Soldiers really impressed me.”

“From the moment they appeared, I dispelled my doubts about you.”

“Their equipment is all top-notch, and they even have special items.”

“From this, you can see that you've put a lot of effort into them.”

“Moreover, I don't believe they could have learned this stuff on their own.”

Ivan raised his hand and pointed at the devices on the waists of the surrounding Soldiers.

The Soldiers were looking at Liu Yan at this moment, all their unspoken words hidden in their eyes.

This made Ivan even more certain.

He continued:

“When I first saw those six thousand-plus Soldiers, I felt that you probably wouldn't accept Jacob's invitation.”

“After all, these Soldiers would all be your weakness.”

“At that time, I wanted to have a good talk with you.”

“Who would have thought, as soon as I said you should know me, you immediately attacked.”

At this point, Ivan looked at Liu Yan and sighed helplessly.

“My first impression of you...”

“Was really a bit alpha.”