2024-08-21 09:43:02"You're truly unruly, uneducated, and nothing more than a frog in a well, thinking you're so great!”
Sophia scoffed with disdain.
“That's why I despise talking to someone as lowly as you!"
Alex chuckled, “Believe me, I am trying to be honest here.”
"You? A powerful man?" she sneered, glaring at him with utter disgust.
"You can't even begin to understand how powerful I am or the people I've encountered who are far more powerful than you. They could erase you with just a sneer."
Alex laughed.
"The powerful men you know might be the ones seeking my favor, pleading for me to marry their daughters just to stay in my good graces. Trust me, you're incredibly lucky to have crossed paths with me."
What a braggart!
Sophia rowed her eyes in disgust.
She wanted nothing more than to throw something at his smug face.
How shameless could he be, pretending to be so powerful when all he had was an old military backpack?
"You might pretend not to know me and try to bind me with marriage just to get my money," Sophia retorted.
"But I warn you, that’s never going to happen. If my family finds out I slept with a poor man like you, you’ll be erased from this world. So you’d better keep your mouth shut and forget everything that happened here."
"I…"
"I don’t want to hear another word from you. Now, get out of this room," she demanded, her eyes blazing with fury.
"But…"
Alex tried to protest.
This was his room.
“NOW!”
Yet, seeing the fury in Sophia’s wide eyes, he chose not to argue.
He quietly put on his clothes, grabbed his old military backpack, and looked at Sophia one last time.
"I…"
"Get out!" Sophia’s yelled at the top of her lung.
"Alright."
In the elevator, Alex sighed, running a hand through his hair.
He knew the woman was under the influence of a cruel aphrodisiac, one that would end her life if she didn’t have sex with a man within the hour.
If there were any other way to save her, he would have done it already.
But that kind of sinister poison had no antidote.
"What the hell have I done? I came here to meet my fiancée, but before even meeting her, I’ve already slept with another woman. Maybe this is what they call a legendary bachelor party."
As Alex walked out from the elevator into the lobby, it was around five in the morning.
The hotel was quiet, with only a few people scattered around.
Yet, as he crossed the lobby, a group of men in black—about forty of them—suddenly appeared, forming two lines and bowing deeply as he passed.
He glanced at them with little interest, his expression one of boredom as if this was something he was long tired of.
A middle-aged man stepped forward from the group, kneeling before him in a knight-like stance.
"I am Alfred Kingston, at your service, Young Master," the man declared with reverence.
Alex looked down at him. "Alfred, do you know why I’m here in such simple clothes?"
"Young Master,
please enlighten me," Alfred responded, his head still bowed."I’m here incognito," Alex explained. "And all this unnecessary fuss—are you trying to blow my cover so everyone knows who I truly am?"
"I apologize for my short-sightedness," Alfred quickly stood, turning to the men behind him.
With a swift gesture, he signaled for them to disperse, and the line of men quickly melted away, leaving the lobby empty once more.
"Tell me what you’re here for," Alex said as he walked toward a nearby sofa.
Alfred followed closely behind, like a faithful servant.
"Yes, Young Master," Alfred responded promptly.
He reached into his coat and pulled out a small box.
Opening it, he revealed a black card with gold trim and a .235-carat diamond embedded in the center.
"This is the World First Royale Mastercard. With unlimited credit, just use it as you see fit."
Alfred humbly handed it to Alex.
"This card also comes with a dedicated 24/7 concierge service that is highly personalized for you alone.”
“You’ll have access to a team that can fulfill almost any request, whether it’s securing last-minute reservations at the finest restaurants, arranging private jet travel, or gaining entry to exclusive events.”
“It connects you to the most secretive circles—no one will ever say no to you."
Alex looked at the card without any interest.
Alfred continued.
"I also arranged for the newest Sport car Bugatti La Voiture Noire, a one-of-a-kind model equipped with the latest artificial intelligence technology and self-driving capabilities.”
“But since you are here incognito, I guess you won’t like it, — so here is a villa in case you need to have a long stay."
Alfred explained with caution.
Alex nodded.
"Good to see you understood. I’ll keep the card for emergencies, but you can hold onto all the other gifts you’ve prepared."
“Now, tell me what you want.”
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Chapter 665
The emperor was escorted to the grand harem mansion.Inside the bathroom, steam rose from a wooden tub. Clean linen towels waited on a bench. The four women who had carried him across half of Xia had already changed into simple but elegant robes—soft blues and creams that moved like water when they walked.They helped him out of the filthy servant’s clothes without a word of command, their hands gentle and practiced. One tested the water temperature with her wrist. Another poured warm oil into the bath that smelled faintly of pine and something clean.They washed the grime and smoke from his skin and hair with the same quiet efficiency they had used to spirit him out of a burning palace.He ate afterward at a low table—rice porridge first, then thin slices of tender pork, steamed greens, and a clear broth that didn’t sit heavy in his starved stomach. The women served him without hovering. One kept the bowl warm with her hands. Another refilled his cup of weak tea the moment it emptied
Chapter 664
One year ago.The lantern light in the governor’s private study had burned low. Changyi’s night sounds drifted up from the streets below—distant laughter from a tavern, the creak of a night watchman’s boots.Alex stood at the tall window, hands clasped behind his back, watching the city.Zhuge Liang spoke. “My Lord. Dong Zhuo holds the Emperor like a trophy. Yuan Shao and the other warlords circle the capital, each one dreaming of the dragon throne. Every ambitious man in Xia wants to be king.” He paused. “Don’t you?”Alex turned. The cold smile that touched his mouth did not reach his eyes.“A man has to dare to dream big,” he said. “But a man also has to know the difference between an opportunity and the kind of temptation that burns everything he’s built to ash.”He stepped away from the window and began to pace.“If I reach for the throne now, every warlord from here to Luoyang will mark Yan and Qing as the next battlefield. We cannot hold off attacks from one side, let alone two
Chapter 663
Chen Hao drove the shovel into the packed earth once more, the blade biting deep with a dull scrape. His shoulders burned.Sweat stung his eyes and ran in dirty tracks down the dust on his face. For a few heartbeats the rhythm felt almost right again—the old, simple rhythm of a man and the land.Then the Gaia voice came, sliding straight into his skull.“Chen Hao. Your scheduled instruction period begins now. Report to the training platform.”He froze mid-lift. The shovel stayed buried in the dirt.“I hate training,” he muttered.The words came out rough, almost childish. He was no scholar. Never had been. Before the rebellion he had been nothing but a dirt-poor farmer.Now these machines wanted to turn him into something else.The Wudang sect and whatever sorcery they had brought with them had given the governor power no man in Xia had ever held, and Chen Hao wanted no part of it.He wanted his hands on a hoe. He wanted the honest ache of muscle and callus. He did not want to learn h
Chapter 662
Zhang Hu woke to the taste of mud and blood.His head pounded like a war drum. Pain burned in his neck and thigh where the needles had struck.For a long moment he lay still, listening. No shouts. No clash of steel. No crackle of torches. Only the wind moving through dry grass and the distant croak of frogs.He pushed himself up on one elbow. The field stretched empty in every direction. The ten thousand men who had marched with him were gone. No bodies. No abandoned weapons.The ground where they had stood was trampled flat, but the rebels themselves had vanished as if the earth had swallowed them whole.Zhang Hu staggered to his feet, sword still clutched in one numb hand. "My men!" His voice cracked across the empty plain. "To me! Form ranks!"Nothing answered him but the wind.He searched for an hour, moving in widening circles, qi flaring from his Core Formation senses. He found only a single dropped sickle and a torn strip of rebel cloth caught on a thorn bush.No tracks led awa
Chapter 661
The moon hid behind thick clouds, leaving the borderlands in absolute blackness. A perfect night for thieves and rebels.Thousands of Yellow Turbans moved like a dark tide across the dry fields outside Willowbrook, the outermost town in Yan Province.Most of the rebels were peasants—gaunt, hollow-cheeked, and half-starved. They marched with little more than rusty sickles, crude spears fashioned from farming poles, and a handful of stolen swords.That was why they moved so slowly.At their head rode their leader, the wiry cultivator Zhang Hu, perched atop a gaunt horse. Torchlight danced across his face as he raised the flame high, his eyes blazing with years of accumulated fury.“Burn everything in this village and the next!” he snarled, glancing back at his ragged army. “Take what you can carry. Leave the rest in ashes. All the way to Changyi—we burn them all!”A savage cheer rose from the mob. They had done this before. Villages fell easily when the central government was rotten and
Chapter 660
Alex stood at the tall window of the governor’s private study, the city of Changyi spread below like a living map.Lanterns glowed in the evening haze. Behind him, Zhuge Liang waited in silence.“The projects will continue without me,” Alex said. “The dikes. The irrigation. The roads. Gaia will monitor the numbers. You will handle the officials. If any man steals or delays, punish him publicly. Make an example once. After that, they will remember.”“Your name is already ruined thanks to those thousand women. This might make it worse.”Alex smiled coldly. “Perfect. Warlords are everywhere. If the masses want to despise me and spread tales of my cruelty, who am I to disappoint them? Let’s hand them more ammunition.”Zhuge Liang inclined his head. “And the Yellow Turbans?”“I’ve prepared everything for our guests,” Alex said with a smirk. “Truth be told, I’m already bored. They crawl like snails. But you needn’t concern yourself. When they finally reach our perimeter, Gaia will activate
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