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Chapter 272: Surrender or Death


Tomorrow is not yet here.But from the very beginning, the Holy Emperor had foreseen the end of this financial alliance.It's ridiculous, pathetic and doomed to be tragic.The alliance of the major giants and the alliance of the dark world are different after all.The similarity between the two alliances lies in the fact that the participants have different positions.But the starting points of the two alliances are completely different.Financial union for the sake of profit.The Dark World Alliance, to put it bluntly, is actually for survival and its own status.With Tiandu Purgatory admitting defeat, the Eastern Imperial Palace almost pushed the Beihai Wang Clan to a desperate situation.Everyone knows that the Eastern Imperial Palace will expand after absorbing the Heavenly Capital Purgatory, expanding to the whole world, but the first step of expansion must be in Central Continent, in Asia.All wealth and resources have limits.If the East Imperial Palace wants to get more, it will inevitably squeeze the living space of other people, and the Beihai Wang clan will bear the brunt, so Wang Shengxiao has no way to avoid it.The Beihai Wang clan is still like this, and Jiang Shangyu and Li Fanatics in Zhongzhou can't run away, as for Gu Xingyun, he already has a grudge against Li Tianlan, and there is no need to say more about the end.None of them are opponents of the East Palace, so they can only be allied.The East Imperial Palace threatens their status, their future, and their foundation, so even if they don't agree with each other, their mood of wanting Li Tianlan to die is absolutely the same, and in order to achieve this goal, they are also willing to work hard and invest resources.But what is the financial alliance between the giants?

They are giants themselves, and they have strength, but these giants are all for interests and wealth, how many can they really have a desperate determination?

The most important thing is that the alliance between the Dark World King Shengxiao and Jiang Shangyu is unbreakable, because they want Li Tianlan to die, and before Li Tianlan falls, they must be able to put aside their prejudices and even protect each other, because the security of their allies is equivalent to their own security.But what about the big leagues?

If it's just for profit, it's not just Shengshi Fund...

From another point of view, every member who joins the financial alliance also represents interests for other members.And...

True wealth and resources have limits.Today's Shengshi Fund and the current financial alliance represent the 100 of that limit.It's a simple question.The hidden strength of the Shengshi Fund is 10.The financial alliance is 90.When everything has a limit, the hidden strength of the Shengshi Fund must be a part of the 90, which does not need to be thought about at all.Therefore, what is the inner position of each member of the financial alliance today, I am afraid that only they know best before the real war.After all, it is the interest to be able to hit the Shengshi Fund...

Being able to swallow allies is also a benefit.It may sound incredible, but the Holy Emperor is convinced of it.At this time, the financial alliance that looks like it is swallowing mountains and rivers, among the members within it, there must be the hidden strength of the Shengshi Fund, and this number is even a lot.Unrealistic?

If the Holy Emperor hadn't seen Egami Yu, he would have felt unrealistic, and he would even take the bait this time.But it was Egami who showed him what a real miracle was.In the face of that kind of miracle, everything that is now considered ridiculous is completely worthless."

Time and life are the greatest miracles in the world."

The Holy Emperor spoke softly, with undisguised emotion and amazement in his tone."

Looks like I know."

Rafal smiled and said, "No wonder, I thought that the Sanctuary was releasing goodwill this time, it turned out that this old bastard wanted to follow the Shengshi Fund to make a lot of money. ”Bastard...

Hearing some unfamiliar titles, the Holy Emperor didn't mind at all, but said calmly: "So, isn't the Shengshi Fund going to hide this time?"

”"I don't know."

Rafal shook his head: "After all, I am not from the Eastern Imperial Palace, let alone a high-level member of the Shengshi Fund, and the plan of the military advisor will not tell me."

However, in my opinion, after tonight, there seems to be no need to hide the Shengshi Fund, even if there are still some back-ups, they are all more core things. ”After a pause, he continued: "Whether he hides it or not, at least this time our strength is guaranteed to sweep everything away. ”Shengshi Fund, sweep everything.The Holy Emperor believed this, and believed it deeply.When Jiang Shangyu came to the Holy Palace to ask for cooperation with the Holy Domain, he also sat in the position of Rafal now, smiling and telling him that he had a story in his head and asked him to see it for himself.It's resonance on a spiritual level.With Jiang Shangyu unprepared, the Holy Emperor easily read the story in his head.That's a story.It's another plane.It was a memory that belonged to Jiang Shangyu, clear and complete, not his imagination, nor his dream.The Holy Emperor was completely sure of the truth of the story he saw, which was much more credible than Jiang Shangyu telling it himself.Rewind time and space?

Or is it a parallel universe?

This kind of inexplicable thing does not mean that it does not exist, but existence does not mean that it must be understood.No one could have imagined how much the Holy Emperor was affected at that time.It was the most unbelievable story that turned into reality, and the real feeling in front of me, indescribable and incredible.But that's true.So the rain on the river came here.Qin Weibai also came here.Compared to Qin Weibai, who came here with a serious injury but was adopted by Master Wuwei for the first time, Jiang Shangyu, who was also seriously injured, and the Jiang family where he was located obviously did not have much capital to help Jiang Shangyu.Jiang Shangyu has concerns, he has to worry about his family, and he has to slowly recover from his injuries.And Qin Weibai is too free.Her injuries healed quickly with the help of Master Wuwei, and then she went straight to the continent.So in the dark world at that time, no one noticed that there was already an invincible realm master in the continent, and it was only a teenage girl.That was the origin of the Samsara Palace.The dark world is far more realistic than other realms.They can look down on a child in their early tens, but absolutely respect the power of the Invincible Realm.So the reincarnation palace at that time, under the leadership of that child, had the first two heavenly kings.The Duke of the End of the Road.As well as the notorious Shura.Later, Qin Weibai picked up the fire that fled from the East Island to the European continent, and united with the Dark Knight to form an alliance.Then, Qin Weibai's strength returned to its peak state.That is, since that year, the Shengshi Fund has exploded at an incredible speed, and it has continued to explode.In the past ten years, Shengshi Fund has seized every opportunity, big and small, and every movement in most areas of the world cannot escape the intelligence of Shengshi Fund, and has continued to expand, and after every action, the assets of Shengshi Fund have increased almost by tens or hundreds of times.From less than tens of millions to hundreds of millions, to billions, tens of billions, hundreds of billions, trillions...

Then the others will no longer see the growth of the strength of the Shengshi Fund/on the surface.But everyone knows that the strength of Shengshi Fund is still increasing, and it is constantly increasing.Everyone thought it was incredible.But after the Holy Emperor saw the story of the rain on the river, he suddenly understood everything.In more than ten years, Shengshi Fund has developed from tens of millions to a wealth empire with trillions of assets on the surface, is it incredible?

Compared to the rebirth of Qin Weibai and Jiang Shangyu, what are they?

Nothing.It is the greatest miracle that Qin Weibai can live again, in this context, with the strength of the peak invincible realm, what is so strange about using the advantages of rebirth to the extreme?

Even Jiang Shangyu, who has been carefully recuperating in the dark, is worth hundreds of billions, and Qin Weibai, who is far more unscrupulous than Jiang Shangyu, has a normal number of family backgrounds.At present, the Holy Emperor does not know how terrifying the Shengshi Fund is, but except for an unknown Wudu No. 3 base, with the story of Jiang Shangyu, the Holy Emperor roughly knows some of the hole cards hidden by the Shengshi Fund.For example, some industry upstarts have suddenly risen in some fields in the past decade or so.Internet, medicine, electronic technology...

This kind of small workshop more than ten years ago has now developed into a super-large group with a scale of hundreds of billions or even trillions, and the Holy Emperor can count seven or eight with his eyes closed.Behind these groups is not necessarily Qin Weibai's handiwork, after all, there are lucky people in every era, but this hitchhiker is in front of them, these groups have also encountered financial difficulties, and the Holy Emperor does not believe that Qin Weibai will not intervene.After all, if it were him, he would definitely not give up such an opportunity.Coincidentally, three or five similar groups have joined the financial alliance established by the world's major giants, and one of them can be called the absolute main force.Oh, the main force.I just don't know whether it is the main force to deal with the Shengshi Fund or the main force to deal with the financial alliance.But none of that matters.It is important that the Holy Emperor is aware of a portion of the Prosperity Fund's hole cards and does not see the possibility of a victory for the financial alliance.It's impossible to win.It's really not possible at all.In this case, the Holy Emperor did not mind using the wealth of the Holy Domain to join forces with the Shengshi Fund, after all, the great interests were in front of him.Sanctuary and Li Tianlan have a grudge against the chaos of the Snow Country, expand their hatred in the decisive battle in the North Sea, and their grievances are clear, and they are obvious enemies.But Sanctuary is also an enemy with Rothschild and other wealthy families, and in terms of hatred, it is much greater than with Li Tianlan.There is no need to distinguish between enemies and friends at such times, and the Holy Emperor is willing to take out 8,000 Holy Warriors in order to destroy the Eastern Imperial Palace, so naturally he can also use his wealth to deal with Rothschild.The starting point of all his actions originated from the Holy Domain, and as long as it was beneficial to the Holy Domain, there was nothing that the Holy Emperor could not do.Moreover, destroying the East Imperial Palace and joining forces with the Shengshi Fund are two different things, at least in his heart."

The financial union is over."

The Holy Emperor said softly, his voice almost sighing.The title of the financial alliance does not sound like much on the table, but no one can deny the gold content in it, dozens of world-class giants take the lead, and more national-level giants participate, each of which can be called a strong strength and has a large amount of capital behind it.They are full of confidence now, but after tomorrow, it is destined to be a bleak place of mourning, how many can really laugh?

The Beihai King Clan organized an alliance, this time it seemed to be just an action in the dark world, but it really affected the overall situation.Starting from the northern border of Annan, to Tiannan, Middle-earth, North Sea, East Island, spreading to Europe and the Americas...

Force, money, wisdom, all involved.An extremely chaotic chess game, by the time the battle is over and the winner has been decided, the whole world will usher in a new era."

The sixth strong..." the Holy Emperor muttered to himself, although he didn't pay attention to Annan's station, but he also knew that Li Tianlan announced the ambition of the whole world, such a declaration would be recognized, and naturally it would be scoffed at by the five powerhouses in front of him, but what about after this battle ended?

The so-called Big Five, what attitude should be taken to face Li Tianlan?

Or is it called Li Lao Liu?"

I don't like this kind of dark world."

Rafal said flatly: "It's too messy, it's too noisy, it's too lively."

I can't calm down when I hide at home to recuperate, don't you think that there are too many voices in the dark world now?

A wealthy family, a chaebol, always feel that they are a role in the dark world.Money is terrifying, but what's the point of having more money without an invincible realm?

The so-called big tycoons rely on wealth to point fingers at the invincible realm, who gave them the guts?

That's arrogance.There is no law in the dark world, there is no order, chaos, blood, cruelty, this is the main theme of the dark world.Such a world needs real power and real majesty to tell everyone what is supreme.There are some things, some people, that cannot be offended, and since they have been done, they have to pay a price. ”"I still remember when our Dark Knights were just established, I was very young at that time, the leader of the Dark Knights was my father, we were chased and killed everywhere, and we were smashed and called us Yiduan, the day the Dark Knights were founded, I remember that we destroyed a small monarch group in the Dark Knights, more than 3,000 people, it was really cool.That day, my father touched my head and said, "Welcome to the world of darkness."

I asked him who there were in the dark world, and did he know what his father said.He said it was a group of people struggling to survive in the dark.Tsk, struggling to survive...

How many years have it been since my father went to me, how did the dark world become like this?

Who cares about survival?

What people care about is profit, and they are all interests. ”"All the big giants have entered the dark world, one by one killer organizations, mercenary groups, messy, the dark world has become the dogs of the big giants, what is this?

Could it be that with the fall of the old patriarch of Beihai and the collapse of the Li clan back then, this group of people forgot what awe was?

”"The Eastern Imperial Palace should have appeared a long time ago, and the supreme power can really make those who do not belong to the dark world but rush into it understand what the dark world is like.They have expansionist ambitions, and we also have the power to keep them from living. ”"So, after this battle, there will be a lot less sound in the dark world, which is what I hope.After all, although this circle is not small, the content is very pure, and it is enough to have a few real voices, too much, too messy. ”"This is the idea of the Eastern Palace?"

The Holy Emperor asked."

No, it's my own thoughts.If it was His Majesty the Eastern Emperor, there were probably two possibilities, right?

”Rafal laughed: "Either he doesn't bother to care about anything, and the East Palace will not exist, or there can only be his voice in the entire dark world." ”"I don't accept it."

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The Holy Emperor's voice was cold."

Nothing can be changed."

Rafal looked at the Holy Emperor: "The alliance of the Beihai King Clan has failed, and if you don't accept it, what can you do now?"

”He coughed twice, stood up, and walked out the door."

What, this is leaving?"

The Holy Emperor's voice rang out."

Huh?"

Rafal's figure paused, turned around slowly, and looked at the Holy Emperor with a smile: "What, you want to keep me?"

”"Strictly speaking, I really thought so."

In the eyes of the Holy Emperor, one after another spiritual storms that seemed to be like substance appeared, but in the end, all the storms slowly subsided.His voice carried a touch of regret: "What a good opportunity, now, I'm afraid it's at most the level of the half-step invincible realm, right?"

”"You can try."

Rafal smiled: "I'm really not good now, but there is something more terrifying behind me than me, tonight the whole world has seen what the peak combat power of the dark world looks like, a sword changes the terrain, the holy domain is such a big place, I don't know if I can withstand the sword of the Eastern Emperor." ”The Holy Emperor took a deep breath and said in a deep voice, "I can join forces with you. ”After a pause, he continued: "But I have one condition. ”"There is no qualification to negotiate conditions."

Rafal said lightly: "A word of advice, now the Holy Warriors in Tiannan or Annan, don't think that they are safe and sound, the Holy Domain can prepare a mourning ceremony for them."

How big of a face do you think can make the Eastern Palace promise to put those people back to enhance their strength?

Is it possible?

”"The Shengshi Foundation needs the help of the Sanctuary!"

The Holy Emperor's voice was cold and resolute.It's a fact.The Prosperity Fund has the power to upend the financial alliance, which doesn't even require the wealth of the Sanctuary.But what the Prosperity Fund needs is the connections of the Sanctuary.The Sanctuary is rooted in Europe, and no one can ignore its influence, and many wealthy patriarchs, core figures, chaebol leaders, and even former leaders are all believers in the Sanctuary.The East Imperial Palace is expanding, and what Li Tianlan needs is a prosperous fund that will digest the benefits in the short term after overturning the financial alliance.This Sanctuary can help the Shengshi Fund a lot, and if there is no Sanctuary, although the Shengshi Fund can stabilize the situation, it will take longer.Destroy, conquer, and then rule.This requires a process, and the existence of the Sanctuary can help the Eastern Imperial Palace shorten this process."

It's true that the Eastern Palace needs it, but it can also be noted."

Rafal said quietly: "Tell me a word, from the mistress of the Eastern Palace."

Don't think that the transcendent realm is so great, it is the transcendent realm, and she is now.The combination of Shengshi Fund and Sanctuary is to give a step down, don't be embarrassed. ”After a pause, Rafal continued, "Thought the Sanctuary was something now?

Are you qualified to negotiate terms with the Eastern Palace?

Or do you really think I'm here today to talk about cooperation?

”The Holy Emperor's face was gloomy and he did not speak."

There's no such thing as cooperation, just joining forces.There are only two choices, surrender, or destruction. ”Surrender, or destruction.This choice is here with the Holy Emperor today, and after Li Tianlan settles everything, this choice may befall every force in the dark world.The Holy Emperor gritted his teeth: "We..."

He looked at Rafal for a while, and then sighed dejectedly: "So, how do you want to cooperate?"

What can you get in the Sanctuary?

”"Don't ask me."

Rafal shook his head: "I don't understand business things, I know the No. 3 base in Wudu, since I have agreed to cooperate, then the No. 3 base will give an invitation to the relevant personnel of the Holy Domain, and now it's over, it's still too late." ”He turned around again and walked towards the door."

And what?"

The Holy Emperor suddenly asked, "If after today, the Dark World will become the dynasty of the Eastern Imperial Palace, then where will the Dark Knights be?"

”Rafal didn't stop, and he didn't look back, "If the dynasty does appear, then the Dark Knights don't mind being an important piece of the puzzle for the new dynasty."

The dynasty already exists, so the position of the deputy palace master of the East Palace will definitely be worth much more than the position of the head of the Dark Knights. ”As he spoke, he laughed: "Lao Tzu is not a loss. ”......25 Notting Street.Until Alice was taken by Shura and really appeared here, Alice did not come back to her senses.Shura said to make her feel fear.Now that the fear is not felt at all, Alice's heart is only filled with endless consternation and absurdity.The third base of the Palace of Reincarnation is at 25 Notting Street.Even if there are many locals in the fog capital, and even some successful people in the so-called high society, many people are not familiar with 25 Notting Street.It's close to the outskirts of the foggy capital, and people are familiar with Notting Street, but No. 25 has been replaced by that super-luxurious manor for countless years.Even people who are really going to 25 Notting Street will not say that they are going to 25.They will say, go to the Sabes Manor.The Sabbins Family.It is the third largest club in England after Rothschild and the royal family, and the sixth largest club in continental Europe.Their headquarters are at 25 Notting Street.In other words, the headquarters of this ancient giant, which ranks in the top six in Europe, is the No. 3 base of the Reincarnation Palace in the fog capital.What is this?

What the is this?

The Sabbes family is known as the most extensive wealthy family in the entire European continent, spanning almost all fields, which even Rothschild can't match, it seems that it is precisely because of this that the Sabbes family is not the top in every field, and it doesn't seem to be terrifying alone, but being able to make their voices heard in most areas of the continent is not another level of horror?

This is an extremely low-key but extremely glorious family, it is known as one of the most unfathomable families in the continent, the closest ally of the Rothschilds, the pillar of England, and the most well-connected chaebol in Europe...

Oh, pillars.Oh, allies.It's such an ancient and deep wealthy family, who would have thought that they would have already turned into the shape of the Reincarnation Palace?

Alice's mind was completely confused.She followed Shura completely mechanically and walked into the heavily guarded Sabons family headquarters.The foggy city area has long been in chaos, and a wealthy family of the level of the Sebines family will undoubtedly be heavily protected.Jingcha, plainclothes, Alice could even see the figure of the Phoenix Family Guard guarding the perimeter of the Sabbes Manor.Shura concealed the figures of the two, swaggered into the Sabbes family headquarters in the crowd, and then opened a mechanism in a luxurious hall in the main reception area, and naturally walked in the passage behind the mechanism.Alice subconsciously followed, her heart was beating faster and faster, as if she had realized something, but she never saw it clearly.The passage was narrow, but after a few steps, the passage began to widen as the soft spotlights lit up.It is flanked by smooth metal walls, and rows of small spotlights at the top illuminate the entire metal corridor.Shura walked at the front with a blank face, passed through the first corridor, and came to a hall with a large amount of clutter.It looks like it's just an underground warehouse.But there is an elevator in operation in the warehouse.Alice's heart was beating faster and faster, and her pale face seemed to be flushed again by some intense emotion.Just behind this elevator, she instinctively longed to see something, but she rejected it with extreme fear."

Let's go inside."

Shura's hoarse voice sounded: "According to the seventh floor, the fifteenth floor, the third floor and the ninth floor, the order cannot be wrong, two seconds apart." ”"What?"

Alice couldn't help but say.Shura's voice was indifferent: "I'm going to find the duke." ”Alice has some scalp tingling.Shura and the Duke converge...

Two top half-step invincible realm masters were enough to turn the entire fog upside down.Thinking silently, Alice suddenly found that she didn't have much sense of urgency now, as if she had been mentally prepared enough and began to become indifferent in the face of everything.She took a deep breath and nodded, "I'm going down." ”"The seventh floor, the fifteenth floor, the third floor, the ninth floor, the order can't be wrong, two second intervals."

Shura continued to repeat.Alice gritted her teeth and stepped into the elevator.The two rows of buttons inside the elevator are from the first floor to the eighteenth floor, and they are more of a password than a case.Anyway, it is unlikely that the Sabbins family will build a base with eighteen floors underground, even if Westerners don't think this number is unlucky, but at least it is not necessary, even if they want to build a shelter, there is no need to get through to eighteen floors, so the number of some floors is just a disguise, there will probably be one, two, three, four, five floors underground, and pressing four floors at two-second intervals is a special floor where the elevator does not go back under normal circumstances.Who's waiting for you in that space?

Alice felt a little apprehensive, but she was inexplicably looking forward to it.7th floor, 15th floor, 3rd floor, 9th floor.Alice pressed seriously.The elevator doors closed, and Shura turned around.The elevator started running in a slight vibration, all the way down, then up and then down again, the elevator screen showing the floor had become a question mark, up and down for dozens of seconds, and the elevator door finally opened.A man in a suit and leather shoes stood in front of the elevator door, looked at Alice holding his wrist in the elevator, and said with a smile: "Welcome to the Palace of Reincarnation, dear sister." ”The apprehension and anticipation in Alice's eyes had not completely faded, and the whole person had stiffened in place.Her mouth opened little by little, and her pupils dilated, as if she was completely stupid.Elevator doors open and close.Alice didn't react at all for a moment."

Hey!"

The man waved his hand vigorously: "Don't be in a daze, there is an important guest coming in a while, we should put the elevator up." ”He stretched out his hand and pulled Alice, noticed Alice's wrist, was slightly stunned, and said softly: "I have been wronged, but the palm that fell at the scene has been brought back, and the doctors and equipment of the Sebines family are trustworthy, of course, the premise is that the attitude is also worthy of the trust of the Reincarnation Palace." ”"Ebil..."

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Alice muttered to herself, finally screaming "How could you be here?!"

”Her screams were incredibly high-pitched, but also incredibly complex.Abel laughed, "I can't even tell if it's anger or joy in my voice." ”The corners of Alice's mouth twitched, revealing an expression that wanted to cry.Ebierson Rothschild.Blood-wise, Abel is Alice's cousin.Compared with Alice, who is considered a core but definitely not a core leader, Ebier can be said to be one of Rothschild's core leaders, although his position is at the bottom of the core high-level, but his status is not much higher than Alice.In the Rothschild family, Abel was in charge of business intelligence, at the same level as the senior responsible for intelligence in the dark world, and in the field of Rothschild's intelligence, his position was only one line lower than Rothschild's chief of intelligence.How could such a person betray Rothschild and appear here?"

Introduce yourself."

Abel chuckled softly: "I am the head of all business intelligence of the Shengshi Fund in Europe, and after today, maybe I will become the spokesperson of all the business forces of the Shengshi Fund in the European continent."

Nothing is impossible.My dear sister, maybe I haven't realized that Rothschild is too big, but with such a big stage, I can't find my own place, so I came to the Shengshi Fund, to the Palace of Reincarnation, this is my luck, here is bigger than Rothschild, but here, I have dedicated my loyalty, got a more important position, when tomorrow comes, I will shine more brightly than before, the whole world will see me, in Europe, I can even become the supreme will of the dynasty in the field of business!

”Abel led Alice out of the elevator and pushed open the door to a conference room.In the center of the spacious meeting room is a long conference table.The two sides of the conference table were almost full of figures.Countless screens crisscrossed the conference room.At this moment, Alice even felt that she had returned to her own conference room in the Mitaka Building.But at this time, it was not the upper floors of the Mitaka Building sitting in the conference room.But...

Alice looked over silently.But...

Then she silently opened her mouth.But...

Then she silently closed her mouth again.Shock and sluggishness seem to have long been insufficient.She didn't even know what to say about who these people were.Enemy?

Ally?

At this time, the crowd sitting in the conference room, one counts as one, all of them are the patriarchs of various wealthy families, or heavyweight core figures who can make various decisions on behalf of the patriarchs.This is obviously also an alliance.But is this the alliance of the Reincarnation Palace, or the financial alliance of Rothschild and the Beihai King's Clan?

Many of them had spoken to Alice on the phone before.They swore on the phone that they would participate in the alliance and promise to contribute people and funds to snipe at the Shengshi Fund, and they were full of confidence.But at this time, he sat here silently, and looked at her with a meaningful look."

Miss Alice."

A voice with a subtle electric current rang out: "Welcome to the Palace of Reincarnation." ”Alice looked up blankly.Her eyes fell on a screen in the conference room facing the door of the conference room.On the screen is the smiling face of a middle-aged man, gentle and bland, but with an endless chill.President of Shengshi Fund, CEO of the East Palace, and military advisor of the Reincarnation Palace.Han Dong Building!"

The next choice is about fate."

Han Donglou's voice was light and breezy, but it was irresistible.Alice smiled wryly.She finally understood what she was mentally prepared for.At this moment, she did not struggle, but was extremely relieved."

You don't have to say it."

Alice's full palm was raised: "I am willing to surrender." ”