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In the shadows of a corner of the ruins, Lin Ci slowly opened his tightly closed eyes.
He felt the ground tremble beneath his feet and heard the distant sounds of collapse; a slight smile played on his lips.
Xiaoyu, well done!
On the hillside outside the palace.
Jackie Chan and Jade stumbled out of the ruins.
In the distance, dazzling fireworks, symbolizing the New Year, bloomed one after another in the city sky, illuminating the night.
Jackie Chan looked at the fireworks in the distance and breathed a sigh of relief.
Happy New Year, Xiaoyu.
He then turned to his father, who was standing to the side.
"Dad, congratulations on your fortune!"
But the old man stretched out his finger and hit Jackie Chan hard on the head.
Jackie Chan covered his head, looking completely innocent.
The old man scolded him, his beard bristling and eyes wide.
"Who told you to destroy the dragon!"
"The world is now out of balance!"
Jackie Chan immediately pointed to Jade next to him.
"It was Xiaoyu who did it."
Upon hearing this, Xiaoyu's lips twitched unnaturally.
The old man ignored their excuses, put his hands behind his back, and continued speaking with a worried expression.
"Now that the evil forces are gone, an even more powerful demon will emerge to fill the void."
Afen, Lasu, and the others emerged from the sand, covered in dust and dirt.
Valon looked at his empty hands and the mess around him, and felt like crying but had no tears.
"After all that work, it's all for nothing!"
Just then, Ah Fen noticed something reflecting a faint light on the ground not far away.
His eyes lit up, and he quickly moved closer.
"Boss, I know that treasure is very important to you, but... shouldn't this be enough to compensate us?"
Valon looked in the direction he was pointing.
Twelve talismans emitting a strange light were found scattered quietly among the rubble.
The despair on his face was instantly replaced by ecstasy.
"Hahaha! That's great!"
Just as he was about to step forward to pick up the talisman.
A figure slowly emerged from the shadows not far away.
He was spotless, without a speck of dust on him.
He carried a cloth bag in his hand, walking slowly and steadily, picking up the talismans from the ground one by one and putting them into the bag.
When Valon saw this, his smile widened even more.
"Well done, Lin Ci! With these talismans, we can commit even greater crimes and amass even more wealth!"
Lin Ci put the last talisman into the cloth bag, tied the bag closed, and hung it on his waist.
He looked up, his face bearing his usual kind smile.
"I misspoke, boss."
Valon's smile froze.
"What did you say?"
Lin Ci dusted off the cloth bag at his waist.
"There is no 'us,' only 'me.'"
Valon's eyes instantly turned hostile, and the surrounding air seemed to drop several degrees.
"what do you mean?"
Lin Ci chuckled softly.
"It's nothing, boss."
“I’ve been with you for so long, and you’ve never paid me a single penny. I’m just collecting what I’m entitled to.”
Valon's face darkened completely.
That's because it's not the end of the month yet.
Valon knew this was just an excuse for him to want the talisman.
"So, you want to declare yourself king?"
Lin Ci shook his head, his tone carrying a hint of sincerity.
"Honestly, Valmont, you can't protect these things."
"I'm doing this for your own good. You don't want to go back to jail, do you?"
Ah Fen couldn't stand it anymore and stood up for what was right.
"Lin Ci, you shouldn't do this. Boss Valon has been good to us."
Zhou Ye pushed up his glasses, his tone complicated.
"Although I like you a lot, Brother Lin, what you're doing is really going too far."
Rasu's face was full of grievance and confusion as he looked at Lin Ci and said.
"I thought...we were friends."
These words touched Lin Ci's heart slightly.
He looked at Rasu's honest yet wounded face.
He really liked the most lovable villain in the show.
But they really couldn't protect those twelve talismans.
Even if we give them the money now, Jackie Chan and Jade will eventually snatch it all away and return it to the vault in District 13.
They wouldn't understand this principle.
I couldn't explain the future plot to them either.
Lin Ci looked at Lasu, his smile fading slightly, and his eyes becoming serious.
“Of course we are friends, Rasu.”
His voice was soft, yet carried an undeniable determination.
"However, you really can't protect these talismans."
"What makes you think we can't protect these talismans?!"
Valon's roar echoed through the empty ruins, filled with the fury of being scorned.
Lin Ci closed his eyes, seemingly unwilling to offer any further explanation.
He simply sighed softly.
In that instant, a massive array composed of countless intricate runes silently lit up beneath his feet.
The light flashed and disappeared in an instant, so fast it was as if it had never appeared.
Only Lin Ci himself knew that this world was already under his control.
He opened his eyes again, his pupils expressionless, and simply uttered two words.
The moment the words fell.
"Boom——!"
Without warning, the ground beneath Valon and his companions collapsed.
The solid rocks and sand turned into quicksand, and a bottomless pit was formed in an instant.
Before the four could even utter a cry of alarm, their bodies began to fall uncontrollably.
The feeling of weightlessness lasted for less than a second.
The collapsed pit, defying all logic, quickly rose and became compacted again.
When everything returned to calm, a strange scene unfolded in the ruins.
Walong, Afen, Lasu, and Zhou Si were all buried in the ground, with only their heads above the necks still above the ground, unable to move.
The four people's faces were filled with fear and bewilderment at having survived such a disaster.
"This...what is this..."
Ah Fen's voice was filled with unease.
"Is it witchcraft...?"
The crooked glasses on Zhou's nose were about to fall off, and his eyes behind the lenses were filled with rational fear.
"It looks more like magic."
Rasu blinked and looked around.
He looked down at his situation, now that he only had one head left, and a look of surprise appeared on his face.
"Hey, you dug up a grave for us, that's impressive."
Valon did not speak.
There was no fear in his eyes, but rather a deep, unfathomable bewilderment.