Apocalypse: My Tattoos are Ten Yama Kings-Chapter 98 - 96: Preparations Before the Battle

The Lingguan is dead.

Before dying, he suffered immensely.

"They’re gone!"

"Tonight, when they come, I’ll tell you their location. I hope tonight you can kill Zhang Peng and the Celestial King!" The Day Traveler set the Lingguan’s corpse on fire, reducing it to ashes, destroying the evidence.

"Can we trust this person?" Bai Ling’Er whispered in Lin Yuan’s ear.

In Bai Ling’Er’s view, this woman’s head is definitely screwed up.

Lin Yuan thought about it, and agreed that working with someone with a mental illness is indeed quite risky.

You can predict the behavior of normal people.

But what this mentally ill person will do next, even she doesn’t know, so how can you predict it?

"Don’t even think about setting me up. If you dare, watch out because I’ll take your life!" Lin Yuan said to the Day Traveler.

The Day Traveler was walking ahead and did not even turn her head upon hearing Lin Yuan’s threat.

"If you don’t trust me, you can kill me right now!"

"Do you think, in my current state, I still fear life and death?" The Day Traveler’s voice sounded indifferent.

From this tone, Lin Yuan sensed her indifference towards life.

She truly wasn’t afraid of dying.

A mentally ill person, yet still not afraid of dying.

With this, there’s no solution!

Lin Yuan thought to himself, damn it, is there nothing you care about?

To threaten the Day Traveler to listen obediently, you must use what she cares about to coerce her.

The Day Traveler only cares about the Night Traveler, but the Night Traveler is already dead!

Suddenly, Lin Yuan had a flash of inspiration, seemingly thinking of something.

He shouted at the Day Traveler: "If you dare play tricks, I’ll scatter the Night Traveler’s ashes!"

Sure enough, upon hearing Lin Yuan say this, the Day Traveler hesitated in her stride and stopped in her tracks.

Moments later, the Day Traveler turned to Lin Yuan and asked: "Do you have his ashes?"

Lying is something Lin Yuan does effortlessly.

"Yes!"

"Back then, the Night Traveler defected, of course I couldn’t let his corpse be exposed to the wild."

"His ashes are with me now." Lin Yuan lied with a straight face.

Sure enough, upon hearing that the Night Traveler’s ashes were in Lin Yuan’s possession, the Day Traveler suddenly became somewhat restless.

The Night Traveler’s ashes, for the Day Traveler, are an irreplaceable longing.

"I will help you!"

"But after killing Zhang Peng and the Celestial King, you must give his ashes to me!" The Day Traveler said with a heavy tone.

"Okay!" Lin Yuan readily agreed.

Though the Day Traveler seems to have no issues.

But knowing someone by face does not mean knowing them by heart, Lin Yuan couldn’t ensure she’s completely problem-free.

The Night Traveler is the Day Traveler’s weakness, so the Night Traveler’s ashes became Lin Yuan’s magical treasure to restrain the Day Traveler.

After reaching an agreement, the Day Traveler wasted no time and hurried towards the Huaihai Hall Cinema.

After confirming the Day Traveler left, Bai Ling’Er turned to Lin Yuan and said: "You just agreed to her; where will you get the ashes to give her once the deed is done?"

Bai Ling’Er spent all day with Lin Yuan, and would know if Lin Yuan had the Night Traveler’s ashes.

Back then, after the Night Traveler died, he was directly pulled from the car and burned on site, destroying the evidence.

Those ashes had long been scattered under a tree for fertilization.

Lin Yuan doesn’t have the Night Traveler’s ashes!

However, Lin Yuan was entirely unconcerned by this.

"Hmph!" Lin Yuan snorted coldly and tapped Bai Ling’Er’s forehead, saying: "Are you stupid? If it were a living person, she could recognize them."

"Once dead, and burnt into ashes, they all look the same—it’s just a matter of quantity."

"Ashes are ashes, burn some, and you’ll have them." 𝒻𝑟𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝑛𝘰𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝘤𝘰𝘮

After saying this, Lin Yuan looked at Bai Ling’Er tenderly and said: "Let’s go back as well!"

"Given what they did to you, tonight, I want them to pay the price."

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Wushan Shelter.

Back at the shelter, Lin Yuan first contacted Yang Dingguo.

From the Day Traveler’s words, Lin Yuan already learned that the Zhang Family had painted Spirit Summoning Blood on the walls of the Five Dragon Mountain shelter to attract evil spirits.

Since the matter started because of him, Lin Yuan naturally wanted to warn Yang Dingguo, encouraging him to prepare ahead.

Even though currently there’s a low chance of evil spirits breaching the Five Dragon Mountain shelter.

It’s still wise to be prepared.

Lin Yuan dialed Yang Dingguo’s phone, and after the "beep beep" tones, the call connected.

"Elder Yang, there’s something I need to tell you!" Lin Yuan said in a serious tone.

Moments later, Yang Dingguo’s voice came from the other side: "Go on."

"Elder Yang, it’s like this..." Lin Yuan explained the situation to Yang Dingguo, finally reminding him: "You have a lot of people over there; one oversight could result in heavy casualties."

"Elder Yang, you need to be well-prepared to prevent any harm to innocent survivors because of my actions."

Official shelter at Five Dragon Mountain.

Inside the bunker office.

After listening to Lin Yuan’s account, Elder Yang was filled with rage.

Damned!

These conglomerates truly deserve to die!

In this critical moment of life and death for humanity, instead of contributing to the Human Race, these conglomerates continue to eliminate dissidents for their own selfish gain.

These conglomerates should be hung on street lamps and lit like torches.

"The Zhang Family is really daring; I might need to consult with higher-ups about whether we should kill the chicken to scare the monkeys and deter the conglomerates!" After expressing his dissatisfaction, Yang Dingguo tried to suppress his anger and said to Lin Yuan, "The official strength isn’t as weak as you think. Only Tier Five Evil Spirits could potentially threaten the official shelter."

"Nearby Peng City, the only Tier Five Evil Spirit, Mr. Yimu Wu, has already been dealt with by you. Rest assured, no matter how many tricks they play, they won’t be able to threaten the official shelter."

"On the contrary, do you need support on your end?"

"If you need support, I can have Wu Xiao lead some teams over."

Support?

Lin Yuan doesn’t really need support here.

Only twenty percent of the Spirit Summoning Blood is used at the Wushan Shelter, while eighty percent is used at the Wulong Mountain Shelter.

This means that most Evil Spirits will be drawn to the Wulong Mountain Shelter to restrain the official strength from supporting him.

The Wushan Shelter will only attract a small portion of Evil Spirits, and speaking of defense, the defensive strength of the mechanical city walls built by Geng Youcai is also not weak.

Facing the Celestial King and Zhang Peng, he alone is sufficient.

Wen Yingying, Zhang Zhen, Geng Youcai, and Bai Ling’Er defending the shelter shouldn’t be a big issue.

After contemplating, Lin Yuan said to Yang Dingguo, "No need for support. I’ve set a trap, waiting for the Zhang Family to walk right into it!"

"Five Dragon Mountain Shelter is filled with a motley crowd. If news of your support gets leaked to the Zhang Family’s spies, it would be counterproductive."

As of now, indeed, the official strength seems a bit like a mixed bag.

There are inevitably spies from other forces within.

"Are you sure you can handle it yourselves?" Yang Dingguo asked worriedly.

"Hmph!" Lin Yuan snorted coldly, dismissively saying, "If the Zhang Family had the strength of Mr. Yimu Wu, they wouldn’t resort to such petty tricks all day long."

Who’s stronger, the Zhang Family or Mr. Yimu Wu?

Undoubtedly, Mr. Yimu Wu is stronger.

If the Zhang Family were truly strong enough to deal with a Tier Five Evil Spirit, they wouldn’t need to play dirty tricks, ambush, scheme against wild Life Pattern Masters, and skin people alive.

If Lin Yuan could handle Mr. Yimu Wu, dealing with the trivial Zhang Family is no problem.

Hearing this, Yang Dingguo felt reassured, and said to Lin Yuan, "Alright, I’ll be waiting for your good news."

After hanging up the phone, Lin Yuan called everyone together and informed them about the Evil Spirits planning to besiege the shelter tonight.

He also told them that tonight he would leave the shelter to hunt down Zhang Peng and the Celestial King, leaving the shelter in their hands.

"Boss, rest assured, even if I die, I’ll defend our home to the end!" Zhang Zhen said, thumping his chest with determination.

Geng Youcai, who had always wanted to run away, surprisingly showed rare determination in his eyes and also thumped his chest saying, "Boss, you can doubt my character, but you can’t doubt my craftsmanship."

"This shelter I’ve built is definitely not a shoddy project; any Evil Spirits below Tier Seven can be handled by the mechanisms on the city walls without us needing to lift a finger."

Wen Yingying looked at Lin Yuan with worried eyes and said, "Brother Lin, you must be careful too."

The true danger tonight isn’t the Evil Spirits attacking the city, but the battle between Lin Yuan and those like the Celestial King, Zhang Peng.

Lin Yuan has to face Zhang Peng, a top-notch Life Pattern Master, and the entire hunter team of the Zhang Family on his own.

At this moment, Lin Yuan checked the time and said to Zhang Zhen, "There’s still time, Zhang Zhen, go take care of something for me immediately."

"Boss, just tell me!" Zhang Zhen responded.

"Go to the nearest cemetery and steal a box of ashes for me!" Lin Yuan instructed Zhang Zhen.

Zhang Zhen: "?????"

Zhang Zhen was utterly baffled, not understanding why Lin Yuan would want him to steal ashes when a big battle was imminent.

Could it be that Lin Yuan knows some kind of necromancy, and scattering ashes could summon a large group of undead warriors?

"Boss, why do you need ashes?" Zhang Zhen asked, puzzled.

Lin Yuan glanced at Zhang Zhen and said, "No time to explain, go quickly!"

"You’ll understand later!"

Here, a little praise must be given to Zhang Zhen.

Even though stealing ashes might seem a bit unethical, Zhang Zhen still completed the task without skimping.

In less than twenty minutes, Zhang Zhen returned with a box of ashes.

"Boss! I’ve got the ashes you wanted!"

"I specifically found an unclaimed box of ashes at the crematorium," Zhang Zhen told Lin Yuan.

Currently, people are struggling to take care of the living, let alone the dead.

Places like the crematorium are avoided by everyone. Besides those present, no one knows about Zhang Zhen stealing the ashes.

If you’re going to put on a show, you need to do it thoroughly.

Lin Yuan specifically dug a pit inside the shelter to bury the ashes, even erected a tombstone labeled "Night Traveler’s Tomb."

Lin Yuan already decided that, after teaming up with the Day Traveler to take down Zhang Peng and the Celestial King,

when the Day Traveler asks him for the ashes, Lin Yuan would bring them to dig it up.

Such thorough preparation would surely baffle the Day Traveler.