Lu Mingfei, who had read Dragon Clan before Dragon Slaying

Chapter 1075 The North Pole (Two in One, please subscribe!!!)

"One year."

Hearing this time, Lu Mingfei couldn't help but be secretly shocked.

“See, no one would think that the old guy’s request is not outrageous, even the old guy himself thinks so.” Chu Tianjiao rolled his eyes, “So when the old guy saw that my expression was not right, he immediately changed his words and said that it would only take half a year. Half a year would be enough. Regardless of success or failure, he is willing to give me everything he has, whether it is the ‘Yamal’ and his wealth, or the beautiful girls under his command, or even his life…”

"This old guy is really sick." Even Finkel felt that this old guy's personality was really annoying.

“Of course I still didn’t agree. The old guy suddenly smashed the bottle on the table, holding the sharp tip of the bottle in an aggressive manner. I thought he was going to kill me, but he pointed the sharp tip at his own throat and said that he would die if I didn’t agree to him.” Chu Tianjiao sighed and said, “The old guy was in tears and told me in a mournful tone that he really had no choice. I only needed to stay on this ship for one month. If I couldn’t find a way to revive Xi Te Li within this month, he would personally send me off the ship. If I was lucky enough to find a way, I would be his benefactor regardless of success or failure. He would share with me everything he knew. He would tell me the coordinates of Xi Te Li’s base in Antarctica, clues to Xi Te Li’s treasures hidden all over the world, and give me the most precious Xi Te Li notes…”

Everyone couldn't help but sigh upon hearing this. Even Lu Mingfei couldn't help but feel sorry for the old guy. To be honest, when he heard about Vincent's experience when he was young, he felt inexplicably familiar with it. It seemed that he also knew someone in his memory who had a similar experience to Vincent... Later Lu Mingfei remembered that the person was Herzog.

The young Herzog is the youngest chief scientist in the German Institute of Biology. He has great ambitions and aspirations. Later, he met Major Bondarev, killed Bondarev and got the latter's notes. According to Bondarev's plan, he stole the power of "God". Vincent was also an ambitious and aspiring young man in the German Internal Soldiers Army when he was young. He wanted to assist the Führer in building a great and powerful empire. After the collapse of the Internal Soldiers, he got Xiteri's notes. According to Xiteri's notes, he tried to find the "land of eternal life" and rely on the power of "God" to resurrect the Führer.

They were born in the same country, are of similar age, have lived in the cold Arctic Circle, have the same stubborn and extreme personalities, and have inherited the ambition of a great man...but the difference between the two is that Herzog himself is an ambitious man. He doesn't trust anyone and is a perfect egoist. He is willing to sacrifice anyone to achieve his goals, and in the end he is bitten back by his own ambition, while Vincent has almost no selfishness. Everything he does is for his head of state and his empire. He is absolutely loyal to Xite and is willing to sacrifice his life to resurrect Xite. His ambition is also his belief.

These are two similar yet opposite people. Lu Mingfei has completely different feelings towards them. Herzog is like a disgusting mouse, he is cunning, tyrannical and evil... Vincent's character suddenly also has elements of cunning, tyranny and even evil. He is not a good person, but the old guy is not bad either. He is like a child who has not grown up yet. Even though he is old and about to die, he has been immersed in the fantasy of his childhood, stubborn and childish and unwilling to wake up, foolish and pitiful, yet clumsy and cute.

"So did you finally agree to him?" Chu Zihang asked Chu Tianjiao.

“Of course… no.” Chu Tianjiao shook his head. “Although Vincent’s offer to me was sincere enough, and I could see that he really had nothing to hide from me, it was precisely because of this that I had no need to agree to it.”

"Vincent and I have no friendship. If you think from the perspective of a businessman, he has already put all his chips in front of you, which means he has run out of tricks and has nowhere else to go. It is very dangerous to cooperate with a desperate guy. If you think from the perspective of an experienced agent, Vincent is not mysterious enough. There is nothing about him that is worth my exploration and digging deeper." Chu Tianjiao explained, "Of course, his sincerity touched me. I can drink a couple of glasses of wine with him, pat him on the shoulder and comfort him by saying that it has been a hard time for you. Keep up the good work and the great new empire in your mind will be just around the corner... But that's all, because that's all his value is."

Chu Zihang nodded. He was actually expecting Chu Tianjiao's answer. There were too many things in this world that were beyond one's control and one's control. For many things, you would not get the corresponding rewards just because you worked hard enough, showed enough sincerity, and paid enough price... The adult world was so realistic and cruel.

"When I left, Vincent was just sitting in his chair, his face dull, as if his soul had been drained. The body of the dealer I killed was still hanging behind him, and the blood must have been drained." Chu Tianjiao said, "I don't know why before I left, I turned my head to look at the black coffin. The Xi Te La in the coffin... or to be more precise, the Xi Te La mummy was still lying there quietly. Strangely, I had the illusion that 'maybe he really could open his eyes again'. I quickly shook my head, wondering if I had been brainwashed by that old guy Vincent without realizing it."

"Sasha and I went out together. We went from the captain's room to the tenth floor. The special polar climate made it hard to tell whether it was day or night outside, but the air was very cold. I leaned against the fence and smoked, and Sasha stood beside me and smoked." Chu Tianjiao said calmly, "He told me that the captain was not too bad, but too stubborn, like a child who had not grown up. Because the cultural influence he received since childhood was burning, killing and looting, he thought it was normal to lie and kill people. If he had been educated to study hard and make progress every day since childhood, maybe he would be a loving philanthropist now." "I told Sasha that I knew, I didn't blame Vincent, everyone has something they are obsessed with, his head of state and his dream of an empire are his "It was a knot in his heart that he couldn't untie for his whole life, and it was also his motivation to live." Chu Tianjiao said, "I remember that the deck was very lively at that time. All the passengers were still discussing the huge gambling game involving 2 billion US dollars with great interest. Some of them said that the gambler must be an oil mine owner from the United Arab Emirates, and he had a say in the oil trade all over the world. Some people said that the gambler was a politician from the United States. Because the United States had a fiscal deficit this year, it used this covert method to take risks to make up for the fiscal deficit... What they said was very true, as if they knew everything about the major events in the world. Sasha and I just listened quietly and watched the icebergs pass by."

"Except for this brightly lit ship, there is no life around. Maybe there are many creatures hidden in the sea water below our feet, but when I look down, there is only dark and silent sea water with no end in sight. Even the sound of whales cannot be heard. I feel like we have entered the depths of the Arctic Circle. The surrounding sea water is as black as ink..." Chu Tianjiao took a sip of wine, raised his head to look at the ceiling, and said softly as he recalled, "Maybe this is the loneliness and romance of the polar world, I think."

"Sasha suddenly told me about his situation. I don't know if it was because he drank too much or he felt too lonely after living in the Arctic Circle for too long. He couldn't find anyone to open up to. In fact, people like them shouldn't easily tell others their true life experience, but Sasha said that he didn't know why, he was inexplicably close to me and felt that I was a trustworthy person." Chu Tianjiao talked about the soldier's past, "Sasha said that his family didn't have much money when he was a child, and he didn't go to school for many years. His father was brainwashed by a pyramid scheme organization, and his mother was addicted to gambling and was a hidden gentleman. Sasha also has a younger sister, but they have an average relationship. Of course, Sasha said that he was not a good person either. In his early years, he had been hanging around the streets, barely making a living by acting as a thug and collecting protection fees."

Lu Mingfei inexplicably recalled a joke that was circulating on the Internet: an alcoholic father, a weak mother, a young brother and a broken self... But Sasha should have no reason to lie to Chu Tianjiao. And if even the retired special forces soldiers on the Arctic Circle cruise ship knew this joke, the local Internet culture was spreading too fast.

"Later, during the war, Sasha was forcibly conscripted into the army. He performed very well in the army and was selected into a special forces training program in less than half a year. Later, the KGB was disbanded and the Russian Federal Bureau of Investigation was reorganized. Sasha was tired of the boring life in the army and retired. He was still quite young at that time." Chu Tianjiao said, "After returning home, he found that his former family was also broken up. His father had a cerebral hemorrhage due to excessive drinking one day, and his mother left home and disappeared without a trace. Sasha tried every means to find his sister, but when he found the girl, he was in a dance hall. The young girl became a dancer who accompanied drinking and even got involved in bad things."

Everyone's expression was somewhat complicated. Such a life... was a little too broken.

Ye Sheng held Shude Aki's hand. He was the most moved one, because the veteran named Sasha had a very similar life experience to him... But in comparison, he seemed to be luckier than the other. At least he knew friends whom he could trust with his life and people who truly loved him.

"When Sasha found his sister, she was being held in the arms of several men. Those men stuffed something into the girl's mouth with tobacco. Sasha was furious and beat up those boys. It was a rainy night. Sasha was unreserved, as if he had finally found an outlet to vent his dissatisfaction with life over the years." Chu Tianjiao sighed and said, "The result was that three people were seriously injured and one died. His sister was terrified. Sasha's hands were covered in blood. He stood in the rain with a blank expression. He did not run away or hide, but waited for the police car with sirens to take him away."

"Then how did he end up on Vincent's ship?" Caesar asked.

"That happened after he was imprisoned. Sasha rose to the position of the boss in prison. His former comrades learned of his experience and rushed to Fire Island Prison and handed him a secret document." Chu Tianjiao explained, "It was an invitation from the military. Someone bought the 'Yamal' and offered a high price to the military to hire a group of retired special forces who were once brave and loyal. Sasha's comrades recommended Sasha to their superiors. This was a good opportunity. If he accepted, he could be released from prison immediately, his sister would be protected by the employer, and he would get a high reward. If he refused, he would have to serve forty years in prison. Only if he behaved well would he have a chance to see the light of day again. But by then he would have been an old man out of touch with society."

On one side is a chance to start over and a high salary, and on the other side is a seemingly endless prison sentence. Any normal person would know what to choose... No wonder Sasha is so loyal to Vincent, because for Sasha, when he once fell into the abyss, it was this cunning, cruel and even a little evil old man who pulled him out. Although his feelings for Vincent are certainly not as strong as Vincent's for Xiteli, Sasha is willing to give his loyalty to the captain.

"I asked Sasha how his sister was doing now. Sasha smiled helplessly and said that he had persuaded her for a long time, but she just didn't want to go to school. She would occasionally go to nightclubs, but she finally stopped doing those things. Sasha also told me that his mother had been found, but she was in a mental hospital. She had Alzheimer's syndrome, which is commonly known as senile dementia, so he needed money." Chu Tianjiao said, "He is worthy of being a special forces soldier. He is simply an iron man. When he talked about these things, there was only helplessness on his face, but I didn't see any sadness. It seemed that life had defeated him once, and he didn't plan to fall a second time. I patted his shoulder and took the initiative to clink glasses with him."

Chu Tianjiao's face was full of emotion. If he and Sasha hadn't met on a ship like that, they would have become friends... Some people will never become friends in their entire lives, but some people may become close friends after chatting for a few words and drinking a glass of wine. It has nothing to do with race or position. Human emotions are inherently magical things.

"Christmas songs were played on the ship, and waiters dressed as Santa Claus and girls in Christmas uniforms were distributing square gift boxes on the ship. This was a special Christmas event on the Yamal. Some gift boxes contained a bottle of fine wine, and some contained a pair of sexy boots. No one knew what they would receive. This was a real surprise." Chu Tianjiao said, "I heard the crowd on the deck exclaiming. Someone got a check for $100,000 in the gift box. That person was very lucky. This was the first prize on the ship. Vincent was really willing to spend money."