I'm a villain, not a devil

Not long after Sean returned to his residence, Bai Ye and his men came to his door.

"A large shelter has appeared on the outskirts of the city." She brought a piece of news.

After hearing Bai Ye's words, Sean turned his head with a strange look on his face: "Shelter?"

Bai Ye nodded and motioned for Shadow to explain. Shadow said, "Just half an hour ago, the residents of the western part of the imperial capital should have felt a big tremor. I also went to check it out, and it was indeed a shelter."

Sean shrugged nonchalantly: "I also felt the vibration, but the empire has been rooted in this area for hundreds of years. Can there be an undiscovered refuge in the suburbs?"

Seeing that he didn't care, Bai Ye hurriedly explained, "Of course it's possible! The reason why this location was chosen as the construction site for the imperial capital was because of a huge shelter. It was the former refuge of the imperial people, and the beginning of the imperial technology also started there."

Sean poured himself a cup of tea and motioned for Bai Ye to continue.

Bai Ye continued, "At the same time, this is a shelter community. There is a record in the Empire's library that my ancestors found a lot of information in that giant shelter. The entire area here is called a shelter community. As the name suggests, it consists of a giant shelter and a certain number of large and small shelters."

"The reason for this is that the predecessor of this shelter community was a monarchy before the end of the world. When the shelters were built, corresponding shelters were also built according to different social classes. That giant shelter is the royal family of that country before the end of the world."

"You know a lot about shelters. You should know that all shelters are hidden deep underground. They will not be raised until various detectors deem the time is right. However, they overestimated the durability of the detectors, so the time of raising the shelter is often uncertain. In addition, all shelters have anti-detection coatings, so it is extremely difficult to find a shelter in a corner of the ground."

Bai Ye said a lot of things, but what he meant was that this sudden rise of shelter was normal.

Seeing that Sean was still indifferent, Bai Ye became a little anxious. She emphasized, "Shelter technology is the most valuable no matter where it is placed, and the shelters developed by the imperial capital over the years have proven this."

Sean put his hand on her mouth and pinched it like a duck's mouth - Shadow turned her head away tactfully.

Ignoring Bai Ye's slightly resentful look, Sean patted Shadow's shoulder and said, "I believe that is a real shelter, and there is probably valuable technology inside - but, if I'm not mistaken, that shelter may just be within the influence of Bai Zhan's men, and now it has been taken over by them?"

Yingzi and Baiye were both surprised: "How did you know?"

Sean sneered: "It is indeed difficult to grasp the timing of the shelter rising, but what if it is a shelter that has been developed but has not been raised yet?"

Bai Ye showed a surprised look: "You mean... that was my eldest brother's trap?"

Sean waved his hand. "It's probably not a trap, but the shelter might have been prepared for me. Tsk, Shadow, as soon as the shelter showed signs of rising, Bai Zhan's men rushed over in a mighty force. Their formation must be huge, with an attitude that whoever tries to rob it will die."

Shadow nodded hesitantly. "That's true, but when the shelter appeared in the past, most of the forces that were qualified to compete for it were also like this..."

Sean smiled and said, "This is a lot of resources... Of course, there is also a possibility that there is some secret hidden in that shelter, and that secret can just let me know what Bai Zhan and Jehovah are planning. I learned this and came up with a new plan to trap them."

Bai Ye looked suspicious: "How can you be so sure?"

Sean spread his hands: "Time."

He sat down casually: "The timing is too sensitive, and all the things are piled up together - under normal circumstances, this kind of anomaly will make people suspicious. However, people who think they are smart will often think one more layer, or even two more layers."

Sean couldn't help laughing: "They think I'm a very smart person, so they think I can think to the third level or even more."

Bai Ye was a little confused: "But whether it's the first, second, or fifth layer, or even the atmosphere, there's no way to confirm it just by speculation, right?"

Sean waved his finger. "You're both right and wrong. First of all, speculation can be verified, and I'm always in the upper hand when facing them, so they should be the ones to figure out my thoughts instead of me thinking on the same level as them. In this case, anything that requires my careful consideration, occurs at a nearby time point, and has an important connection with me can be pushed onto them."

Seeing that Bai Ye seemed to be about to refute, Sean shook his head: "You may think that I am too arrogant, but as long as you think about enough cases, you will find that the direction of things is generally like this - coincidences are always low-probability events, and secret arrangements are the direction of most things."

"You may think that you can't give up big profits for small probabilities, but the reality is that even if you don't know anything, always following the higher probability is the right way to collect more benefits - especially when you do more and more things."

When Bai Ye showed a thoughtful expression, Sean stretched again: "Besides, even if the shelter really rose by chance, so what?"

He spread his hands towards Bai Ye: "Then let Bai Zhan take it all. With him here, we don't even have to worry about someone else getting their hands on it in advance. When Bai Zhan takes good care of the treasures, won't it be more convenient for us to take them over?"

Sean smiled slightly: "Anyway, we are not the ones who are anxious."

……

In the shelter, Bai Zhan was pacing back and forth: "It's been a few hours, but there's still no movement from Bai Ye - there's no trace of Sean either. Is he not interested in this shelter?"

Jehovah's expression was not good. In his opinion, no matter what the situation was, Sean would at least come here to take a look, just like a thief would scout the place in advance.

To this end, they put in enough performance and made sufficient preparations.

The shelter is a special shelter hidden underground. If it weren’t for Bai Zhan’s contribution, it would never have come to the surface.

Various defense forces have not been reduced at all, and anyone who sees it will feel that the place is heavily guarded.

Everything was done to send a signal to Sean that this was indeed a newly unearthed shelter - only in this way would Sean be interested in the information that had just appeared in the shelter.

But Sean didn't care at all.

Looking at the program symbols rolling on the screen, Jehovah said in a deep voice: "The original intention was to let him have an estimate of the entire trap, so that he would fall further into the real trap later... Now it seems that he is calmer than I thought. Indeed, it is better to remain unchanged in the face of change."

Bai Zhan said nothing, but glanced at Jehovah without revealing any expression.

He sneered in his heart.

Sean is indeed smart, but is he that smart? Bai Zhan doesn't believe it.

So this situation can only mean one thing, that someone has secretly revealed many secrets to Sean.

And who is this person?

The murderous intent in Bai Zhan's heart became stronger and stronger.

He pretended not to notice and gave away his precious private shelter, but the military advisor was secretly copying the information inside while setting the trap.

Greed...endless greed.

Bai Zhan took a deep breath to prevent himself from attacking the person in front of him.

Never mind, just let him continue acting.

Once that so-called trap is fully unfolded, I'll let both of you die together.

I will definitely stuff both of your bodies into the statue...

……

In the bedroom, Sean slowly opened his eyes.

Just now, he carefully studied the ritual given to him by Bald Matthew in the Thinking Hall.

With Noah's help, Sean quickly compared it with all the rituals he knew and the rituals recorded in various reliable materials.

There wasn't much in common, but Sean found another key point worth noting.

How come this so-called reshaping ritual is so similar to the principle behind the creation of the person in your eyes?

This is very strange...

The emergence of the "stupid person" is often based on the cloned main gene. The stronger the energy of the owner of the main gene, especially the stronger the spiritual power, the easier it is for the "stupid person" to appear.

What is known now is that all the tree people Sean has met are people in the Eye, and Jehovah is also using people in the Eye to operate around the world.

It's like they each have multiple lives.

This reshaping ceremony also makes use of the same principle of being in the eye of the beholder.

One of the points mentioned is that if the ritual user and the ritual object are fundamentally connected, there is a chance that the two can become one.

This phenomenon is called "sublimation".

However, in Sean's opinion, this didn't seem like sublimation, but rather like possession...

Lying on the velvet armchair, Sean crossed his legs and picked up a cigarette.

He still didn't have the habit of smoking, but he learned some tricks from Jin Kui.

Without lighting the cigarette, he just held it in his hand and toyed with it back and forth, occasionally putting it to his nose and sniffing it.

It wasn't until the entire cigarette became wrinkled that Sean sat up suddenly.

He gave a weird smile.

"I see... Tsk tsk tsk, Jehovah, you are really interesting... You can even think of such a method..."

"However, Bai Zhan and you are not on the same page. Can you two really work together sincerely?"

"Besides, you may still be too... ignorant of me."

……

In the prison, half asleep and half awake, Cheryl heard her elder brother's voice again.

"Well, brother, I didn't summon you, why are you here again?" Cheryl yawned.

He couldn't hold it in any longer now, and could only try to use sleep to calm his body down.

Sean chuckled: "Can't hold it in anymore?"

Cheryl nodded: "It feels like... even without the blood of the Crimson Mad Beast, I can still advance to the Crimson level."

"The top-level reinforcement system is great... But, Cheryl, let me ask you a question."

"Well, brother, tell me."

Sean thought for a moment and said, "Based on your understanding of your physical condition, if you advance to Crimson, can you accommodate a huge amount of energy filled with severe pollution?"

Cheryl subconsciously wanted to scratch his head, but considering that someone was monitoring him, he just moved his body and asked, "How big is it exactly?"

Sean thought for a moment and said, "Maybe it's the energy that can fuse the two crimson middle layers together?"

"Fusion?" Cheryl's voice was filled with doubt. "Can Crimson still be fused? This isn't clear enough, brother."

"Well, do you remember the feeling of your fusion body?" Sean asked.

Cheryl nodded: "I remember."

"It's a hundred times stronger than that pollution, and ten or even twenty times stronger than that energy impact." Sean thought about it and gave a relatively close number.

Although Cheryl was the one who had fused the prosthesis at the peak of the king level, the level of that prosthesis was very high. A normal peak king level person wouldn't even have the chance to do it. Cheryl managed to hold on thanks to her strong body.

Hearing Sean say this, Cheryl said without thinking, "No problem."

"So confident?" Sean was slightly surprised.

Cheryl nodded: "It's not a big problem. I have an estimate of my body, and brother, didn't you describe to me how you felt after being promoted to Crimson?"

As he spoke, he smiled naively again: "Besides, even if the fusion fails, the worst that can happen is that the body will explode and die - as long as some tissues are left, I can revive it. Anyway, big brother, you have a lot of supplements, so you can just put them in my sanatorium whenever you want."

Cheryl didn't ask Sean what to do, he was just analyzing the various situations he would face after finishing the work.

It seemed that he had always trusted Sean so much, whether alive or dead.

Sean smiled and said, "Don't worry, even if you only have a strand of hair left, I can still grow it back for you."

"That's all right. By the way, what do you want me to fuse, brother?"

Sean glanced into the depths of the cell, where the sound of chains being dragged continued to be heard and the breath of the monster never disappeared for a moment.

With a wicked smile on his lips, Sean whispered, "I want you to do this..."

Cheryl nodded repeatedly as he listened. At the end, he seemed to want to say something, but he still held back.

Noticing Cheryl's emotions, Sean chuckled: "Don't worry, my danger is much lower than yours..."

Cheryl nodded. "I see—when does it start?"

Sean checked the time and chuckled, "If nothing unexpected happens, Bai Zhan and Jehovah will come to see you one after another on the night of the military anniversary... When the most people are around, you should give them gifts."