landbeastnovel Chapter 670 Tian Xingyun Doubt - Second Half
Chapter 670 Tian Xingyun Doubt - Second Half
Tian Xingyun glared daggers at Envy but quickly let out a sigh. "Sigh! If you came here just to annoy me, you've succeeded. Now shoo, shoo," Tian Xingyun said, waving her hand dismissively as if shooing away a stray dog.
Seeing Tian Xingyun's exasperation, Envy chuckled. "What I mean is... if you're calling yourself dirty because you're not a maiden anymore, then what about me and Greed... or even Penthesilea, who's pregnant with his child right now?"
"What do you mean?" Tian Xingyun asked, narrowing her eyes.
"You haven't even socialized with them, have you? That's not good. Aren't we supposed to be sisters?" Envy asked, sitting across from Tian Xingyun in the gazebo.
"Who do you think I am? Of course, I socialize with them. I just don't like prying into other people's pasts or their secrets," Tian Xingyun retorted.
Envy chuckled again, amused by Tian Xingyun's defensive tone. "Huhu... I'm just teasing you. What I'm trying to say is... Danny doesn't care about our past. What matters is the present."
Envy reached out and gently clasped Tian Xingyun's hand, which rested on the tea table.
"Even if the past catches up to you... we'll help you fend it off. Or eliminate it entirely. You don't need to worry about that. Besides, this is the modern day, not the feudal period. Maidenhood doesn't define a happy marriage anymore, and Daniel doesn't care about it either," Envy reassured her.
The Empress didn't respond immediately. She simply looked at Envy, then turned her gaze toward the horizon. After a moment of silence, she finally spoke.
"Yeah... maybe I needed to hear that. Thank you."
Her voice was soft, barely above a whisper, but Envy heard it clearly.
"You're welcome" Envy said with a warm smile.
"That face... Don't tell me you're actually considering what that idiot just proposed?" Envy questioned, she frowned with concern.
Daniel turned to her, raising a hand to pacify her before responding. "I know it sounds like a ridiculous idea, but hear me out..."
"You do know that this is just the Qing Empire trying to gaslight their own people to let their people know that they are not losing because it's their fault, right?" Envy asked
"And as long as we didn't reciprocate their provocation and let them recover some of their face, this senseless war will end." She pressed
"I think as much, but in case it's not. Can you hear me out?" Daniel tries to persuade her.
"No," Envy interrupted immediately. "It's a bad idea. You're not seriously planning to let your soldiers face the Qing Empire's thirty million troops, are you? Even with power armor, their sheer numbers would overwhelm us!"
Daniel gave her a knowing look. "Who said anything about letting our soldiers handle them?"
"Huh?" Envy blinked, confused. "If you're not using the soldiers, then what are you..." She froze mid-sentence, now... she realized. "Oh no... Don't tell me you're planning to..."
"Exactly," Daniel said, cutting her off. "I'll let Prime handle them. If he's the one taking care of their forces, we can achieve our goals without appearing as barbaric as they claim."
At this point, Daniel knew that the victory had already been in the bag.
The point is to show the world that New Atlantis is not brutal and barbaric as they claimed to be. Even though killing millions would still be a lot of casualties in the war, but.... who told them to invade New Atlantis, right? That's just legitimately self-defense. If they didn't retreat or surrender and get killed for it, it's the enemy's fault, not theirs.
"Er... let me ask you agian. You are going to let a super A.I. that hates humans kill a bunch of humans?" Envy asks, feeling a little bit ridiculous at Daniel's idea.