"You've all been deceived!" Lin Beichen suddenly shouted, breaking the strange atmosphere. "Those landmines have long since been dismantled!" He pointed to the land that had been dug up and filled in again. "There's absolutely nothing here!"
The crowd, upon hearing this, looked at the land in astonishment, unable to accept the reality.
"Of course, you weren't completely deceived," Lin Beichen continued, his gaze cold and sharp as if he could pierce through all lies.
"If you had acted rashly earlier, you would indeed trigger the bombs hidden in the dark."
He turned his head towards Joseph, a trace of mocking smile on his face, "Right? Mr. Bomb Robot?"
As Lin Beichen's words fell, everyone turned towards Joseph's back. His originally immaculate suit was inexplicably tattered, exposing the cold metal skin and glinting timer panel inside.
"His eyes are the hardest to mimic, so he always wears sunglasses."
The old man muttered, as if he had seen through Joseph's true identity.
"This guy has long anticipated that we might reach this day!"
Wild Ox suddenly thought of Barney and the others, and couldn't help but worry.
"How are they now? Could it be..." However, Lin Beichen calmly interrupted his concern, "Don't worry, Barney and the others might indeed be his original target."
He took out a Divination Plate from behind and showed it to everyone.
"No worries." He slowly uttered these two words, as if everything was under his control. Hearing this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief — Lin Beichen's divination was always incredibly accurate, and they trusted it implicitly.
"Then... what about the captain?"
At this point, Fiery looked at Xia Luyao, who was tightly held by Joseph, and asked worriedly.
"Will she be in danger?" Lin Beichen calmly shook his head, "No harm, there's still five minutes left."
As soon as he finished speaking, a violent explosion suddenly occurred!
The scope of the explosion wasn't too wide, but its power was tremendously shocking!
Shrapnel scattered was timely suspended mid-air by Lin Beichen's talisman!
Lin Beichen turned to look at the explosion site, seeing several fragmented limbs spilling fresh blood.
Evidently, Joseph intended to give them a "surprise"!
However, facing this sudden change, Lin Beichen appeared extraordinarily calm, his expression indifferent, as if everything was within expectation.
"Lin Beichen! Have you already learned the spell for resurrecting?" Flying Eagle asked anxiously with the last glimmer of hope, "Can you bring them back?"
Looking at the tragic scene before him, Lin Beichen couldn't help but feel a surge of anger.
But he quickly repressed his emotions, slowly exhaling, "No."
He answered briefly and firmly, dousing the last bit of hope within the crowd.
"However, Xia Luyao isn't dead," Lin Beichen continued.
A subtle note of relief was discernible in his tone.
"She's fine, no need to worry," Flying Eagle was stunned, looking at the charred remnants amidst the scorched ground and then at Lin Beichen's serene face, feeling utterly confused and puzzled, "Do robots bleed?"
He instinctively asked, yet Lin Beichen did not directly answer his question, instead snapping his fingers!
With that snap, the once full and bleeding limbs turned into scorched paper-like arms!
"This..." Flying Eagle stared amazedly at everything happening before him, seemingly unable to believe his eyes, "What's going on?"
"It's merely his deception." Lin Beichen said with a smile, seemingly having seen through all Joseph's cunning tricks, "He wanted us to mistakenly believe Xia Luyao was already dead, so we would lower our guard."
He meticulously recounted the events to everyone, who listened in astonishment, deeply admiring Lin Beichen's wisdom and courage.
"He was deceiving us from the beginning!" Flying Eagle said angrily, "He used the brothers' sense of righteousness to convey false information to us!"
"False information?" someone asked in confusion, "What false information?"
"Regarding the position of the landmines," Lin Beichen explained, "He deliberately made us think there were landmines everywhere, preventing us from acting rashly, but in reality, there's nothing there."
"How cunning!" Everyone remarked.
At the same time, feeling furious at Joseph's treacherous and sly behavior.
Just as Lin Beichen was about to speak, gunfire suddenly erupted where Barney and the others rested, shocking everyone.
And the false information Lin Beichen wanted to expose was interrupted by this sudden sound.
At this moment, the vehicle that had been quietly parked suddenly sprang to life, charging towards the lush forest like an awakened beast. Others displayed confusion, not understanding why there was still someone in the car, nor why that person would choose to escape into such an apparently inescapable forest.
However, Lin Beichen's face turned pale at that moment.
He clearly remembered that during his previous investigation, there was no one inside that vehicle.
What shocked him even more was that the direction the car hurtled towards was precisely where he had hidden Xia Luyao!
…
At an unknown time, a troop truck silently arrived at the perimeter.
Solders layered to form an impenetrable encirclement.
Meanwhile, Barney and others lay helpless on the ground, unable to break free of the restraints.
A burly man, dressed in stolen officer's uniform and wielding an assault rifle, leapt from the truck.