574: Chapter 573 100%, which of course includes your betrayal.

Zhao Ming fell silent again.

He looked at Lin Mo before him, a young man only a few years older than himself, yet radiating an irresistible, powerful aura.

He finally understood why Lin Mo had chosen him.

Because those "Seeds" with upright character and bright hearts could not handle this task.

Only he, a "villain" who had played with betrayal, deception, and power struggles in the palm of his hand throughout the Hundred Generations of Reincarnation, was the most suitable candidate.

After a long while.

Zhao Ming suddenly smiled.

"I understand."

"You don't want me to be a chess piece; you want me... to be the one who overturns the chessboard."

"But aren't you afraid... that I might actually betray you?"

"Cooperating with Sophon might yield more for me personally."

Zhao Ming asked, half-jokingly.

Yet his eyes held a trace of earnest probing.

Upon hearing this.

Lin Mo laughed heartily.

Then he looked at Zhao Ming meaningfully.

"The 100% certainty I spoke of just now..."

"...of course includes your betrayal."

As soon as these words were spoken.

It was like a thunderclap exploding in Zhao Ming's mind.

He stared blankly at Lin Mo's eyes, which seemed capable of seeing through everything, unable to speak for a long time.

At this moment.

He truly felt the terror of the man before him.

That terrifying control, the ability to strategize and calculate everything, made him feel, for the first time, a genuine... awe from the bottom of his heart.

"I agree."

Zhao Ming stood up and said solemnly.

"But I have one condition."

Lin Mo raised an eyebrow: "Speak."

"After I finish this matter."

Zhao Ming looked at Lin Mo, his eyes filled with unprecedented seriousness.

"I hope to become your true student."

This condition.

Was completely unexpected to Lin Mo.

He stared at Zhao Ming for a long time.

"Very well."

"Student Zhao Ming, you will always be my first student."

Both of them reached out at the same time.

And clasped their hands tightly together in the air.

Lin Mo said solemnly.

"Welcome to the Shadow Sequence, number thirteen."

Zhao Ming nodded vigorously.

...

Before turning to leave the office.

Zhao Ming seemed to suddenly remember something.

He stopped in his tracks.

He turned back to look at Lin Mo.

"Mentor."

He asked with a smile.

"Aren't you curious why I know so many schemes and tricks?"

Lin Mo was indeed somewhat curious.

He signaled for him to continue.

"Because I love China's five thousand years of history, and I am obsessed with studying those cute and charming ancestors of ours."

Zhao Ming wore a smile on his face.

"Using history as a mirror, one can understand the rise and fall of dynasties."

"All my intelligence and all my methods were learned from the vast ocean of our Chinese history."

"I studied the 'Analects', the 'Mencius', and the 'Four Books and Five Classics'. I even felt that if I could return to ancient times, I would definitely be able to pass the imperial examinations and become a top scholar."

"At first."

"I understood benevolence, righteousness, and morality; I understood propriety, justice, integrity, and honor."

"But later..."

Zhao Ming paused.

The curve of his mouth became somewhat playful.

"In history, I began to understand interests, betrayal, and power struggles..."

"I hold these as my golden rule."

"Because I discovered."

"These seemingly unpresentable things are actually the most fundamental driving forces that push the wheels of Chinese history forward."

"They are the most indispensable core parts of our Chinese culture."

"Aren't they?"

Lin Mo looked at him.

A sharp gleam flashed in his eyes, but he said nothing.