Thief Zhi also felt a little depressed and anxious, but he still had something to do... although it was difficult to do much.

But having something busy to distract my attention can at least calm me down a bit.

You need to calm down in melancholy days, and if you want to calm down, it is most convenient to find something to do.

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Although the Yin Yang family members were alarmed by Shao Yu Daozhi when he evacuated, they did not make any additional reaction.

Maybe they couldn't react any more.

All the available manpower of the empire in the Songhai area has basically been concentrated in the mirage and port, and the small place is already crowded.

Theoretically speaking, today's mirages are impregnable and have no flaws.

All areas that can enter and exit the mirage, and even all areas where materials can be exchanged with the mirage, have been watched non-stop for twelve hours.

Its only flaw is the inherent flaw of human beings.

People will get tired, slack off, be negligent, make mistakes...and everyone has their own little thoughts.

Under this situation, if the Yin Yang family wants to counterattack the Moh family, they must take the initiative to reduce the defense of the mirage and turn to the offensive.

As the saying goes, the best defense is offense.

But at the same time, "Sun Tzu's Art of War" says: Those who cannot win must defend.

Therefore, which one is better, offense or defense, and which one is more important, still requires detailed analysis of specific issues.

For the current Yin Yang family, there is no doubt that defense is more important.

Even if they attack, they can't allocate too many people, and it's impossible to achieve any significant results.

In this case, it's better to just sit back and hide. Anyway, there is only one goal that they really value. As long as they persist, they will definitely succeed. There is no reason to take risks.

The calmness of the mirage ensures the calmness of Songhai, but outside Songhai City, everything is not so calm.

A few days have passed, and all the imperial troops that can be mobilized in Jiaodong County have been gathered in Songhai... Although there are not many in fact, only about three thousand people.

The empire is at war on both fronts in the north and south, and several major projects are underway. Even if the war in the north gradually subsides, Lingnan is also in a truce, and the military strength is still somewhat stretched.

In addition, due to repeated assassinations, Ying Zheng's security intensity was repeatedly raised, and a lot of manpower was taken away.

Now that three thousand people can be mobilized, it is enough to show the importance of the mirage matter within the empire.

Most of these people were stationed outside the city to guard the main entrances and exits. However, they only increased the number of manpower and did not increase the intensity of inspections in and out of the city. If this increased, the city would be affected.

The remaining people were transferred to the port to strengthen the defense there. At the same time, the manpower of the Shadow Guards originally stationed at the port was liberated and arranged to be placed on the ship to further strengthen the defense of the mirage itself.

On the other side, the Mo family finally rushed back to Songhai.

Then Master Ban and the others received a very exciting suggestion - from Tianming's theoretical guardian, Gai Nie!

"I hope you give up rescuing Tianming."

As soon as Gai Nie said these words, everyone present, from Master Ban to Gao Jianli to Shao Yu, was stunned.

Shaoyu subconsciously thought that he heard wrongly and couldn't help but ask, "Mr. Gai, you...what did you say?"

Gai Nie calmly faced everyone's disbelieving and shocked looks, and responded in a calm tone, "I said, give up saving people."

"Why!?" Shao Yu wanted to jump up, his eyes widened in disbelief.

In comparison, Gao Jianli and the others were much calmer. After looking at each other, Master Ban spoke and asked as calmly as possible:

"Does Mr. Gai have any concerns? Or is there any special reason?"

After Gai Nie was silent for a moment, he answered calmly:

"Of course there is a reason."

Shao Yu was anxious and couldn't help but interrupt, "What reason would make you give up Tianming!?"

"Of course it's Tianming himself." Gai Nie's tone was not irritable, and his mood was always calm and calm.

This response stunned everyone.

Gai Nie continued to explain, "Everyone here knows that there is something wrong with Tianming's body. The situation is unknown and it is a big problem that is difficult to remove!"

"So... it's to cure Tianming's problem?" Master Ban asked proactively.

Gai Nie nodded, "I once looked for a way to cure Tianming. I didn't get a definite answer, but I got a possibility."

"This possible opportunity is in the mirage."

"So you want to hand over Tianming to the Yin Yang family and leave him in the mirage?" After hearing the explanation, Shao Yu couldn't accept this reason.

"Tianming's problem is very complicated. I can't find a second solution, so I can only take a risk." Ganie replied calmly, "Or...let Tianming face his own destiny."

The reason why Gai Nie gave up rescuing people was partly because he was really worried about treating Tian Ming. The sudden departure of the mirage had not only confused Tian Ming, but he was also caught off guard and thought it was a lost cause.

On the other hand, it is because people really cannot be saved.

As soon as they came back, Master Ban introduced them to the current situation of the mirage in detail, and Ganie also made his own judgment - the probability of successfully rescuing people was zero.

Unless a meteorite suddenly fell from the sky and wiped out most of the people in Songhai Port and the mirage, and they were lucky enough to be safe and sound the next day, they would not be able to rescue people.

It is not an exaggeration to say that the probability is zero, it is not even rounding.

Disciple of Guigu, decision is the most important thing.

Of course, Genie is an outlier. He has spent his whole life pursuing the best of both worlds, pursuing the goal of living up to the Tathagata and living up to your Majesty.

But that doesn't mean he can't see the situation clearly.

People can't be saved for sure.

On this basis, he would choose to give up the rescue in order to heal Tianming's body, otherwise he would not be able to give up on Tianming even if his life was on the line.

And because he couldn't be saved, he said this was Tianming's "fate".

"Destiny? Mr. Gai, do you actually believe such nonsense?" Thief Zhi couldn't help but ask.

There was no wave in Gai Nie's dark eyes, and he replied calmly, "Believe it or not, it doesn't matter. What matters is that we can't save Tianming."

"How will you know if you don't try?" Shaoyu retorted immediately.

Gai Nie did not argue with Shao Yu about this issue - you cannot require everyone to make absolutely rational judgments.

Gai Nie himself is not a person who likes to act rationally. Without Tianming's illness as a factor, he would be like Shao Yu and want to save people at all costs.

He directly replaced a certain possibility with a multiple-choice question and asked Shaoyu in turn:

"If you stay in the mirage at dawn, you may be killed, or you may be completely cured."

"If we take him away from the mirage and the mirage finally sets sail, and he misses this only opportunity, can you accept it?"

"Ah this..." Shao Yu was temporarily stuck.

According to what Gai Nie said, not saving Tian Ming might kill him, but rescuing Tian Ming might also kill him...but it might be a little later.

How to choose between possibly killing him and possibly killing him?

Shaoyu is a little down.

It was Master Ban who came to the rescue and released his single-core processor.

"Mr. Gai, if what you said is true, whether you want to save Tianming really needs to be planned separately."

"But can your information be kept true?"

For them, Tianming's problem is still a disease, an unknown disease.

There are many ways to treat diseases - decoctions, pills, acupuncture, even gas therapy... and so on, but they have never heard that staying on a ship is considered to be a cure.

Gai Nie's words were too vague. Even if they were willing to trust Gai Nie, they couldn't accept it all at once.

"I asked for this method from someone else." Gai Nie replied calmly, "He will not say that he is not sure. If there is a problem, it will be unless he lied to me, but he has no reason and no need to lie to me.

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Everyone present had guessed who Ge Nie was talking about - it was none other than Gu Xun.

Theoretically speaking, there is really no need to cheat when Gu Xun wants to harm anyone.

But there's no guarantee that he wanted to achieve something special, something other than just taking people's lives or arresting them.

"It's not necessarily true that he won't lie to you, right?" Tao Zhi folded his arms and was the first to question.

"At least not in Tianming's case." Gai Nie replied, "You should all know that he owes Tianming's parents a promise, and this debt falls on Tianming's head."

"Promise..." Sledgehammer touched his smooth head with his broad palm and said hesitantly, "That person...will he really keep such a promise that has no beginning, no end, no details?"

Gai Nie thought for a moment and changed his mind. He no longer tried to persuade them to believe this, but once again switched to a multiple-choice question:

"Well... let's not try to figure out whether his words are true or false. Let's make assumptions first."

"If it is true, we don't believe it. We missed this only opportunity. Is there any way to make up for it?"

"If it's false, who else do you think you can get the cure for Tianming?"

Genie once again presented a choice.

Believe me, you can still take a gamble and give it a try.
To be continued...