Chapter 123 A Real Wish

Outside the window, fireworks burst into the sky. Li Tianran didn't know where Hanhan and the others had gotten them. The brilliant light exploded, and colorful rays shone through the window, illuminating Li Tianran's smiling face.

Qin Yiming's screams were gradually drowned out by the sound of the fireworks.

He had, in his own way, allowed everyone to have an alternative celebration on this special day.

He heard Hanhan and Tang Su cheering from outside.

"Not bad." Li Tianran looked out the window, slowly put down the bowl in his hand, looked at the candle on the table, and slowly blew it out.

In the darkness, he made his true wish.

He spoke to himself softly, and no one could hear what he said, only that when he spoke those words, the expression on his face was a very genuine smile.

…

Just as Li Tianran was peacefully spending his twenty-seventh birthday, the world seemed far from peaceful.

In a small country near the western coast of the Great Southern Ocean, late that night, a helicopter slowly landed in a military stronghold.

Soon, the helicopter door opened, and two soldiers in cotton uniforms led a man and a woman down. The man, carrying a leather suitcase, wore a black windbreaker. He looked around at his surroundings as he stepped off the helicopter, a faint smile on his face.

Soon, an off-road vehicle stopped in front of them. The two soldiers opened the car door for the man and woman and said in a deep voice, "Please get in!"

After they got into the car, it sped away towards the military center in the distance.

The vehicle stopped in front of a building. Several soldiers led the man and woman into the building corridor. As soon as they walked in, they heard a roar.

"York, you pig! Your support for the president's proposal is the stupidest decision you've ever made! If the country becomes a vassal state of Russia, all your power and privileges will be abolished! Our troops will become cannon fodder for Russia! They will drain our blood and then abandon us mercilessly!"

"Even if we die, we will die for our country as generals, and we will never be second-class citizens in other countries!"

The roaring argument came from an office at the end of the corridor. The man and woman exchanged a glance. The senior soldier next to them was expressionless, seemingly used to it.

*Pa!*

*Clang!*

Soon, the phone was hung up, and the sound of things being smashed came from the office. Clearly, the owner of the office was extremely angry at this moment.

Near the office, two tall guards emerged from either side of the office, stopping the soldiers and the man and woman. "State your identities!"

"This is Mr. Bai and his assistant, Ms. Nan, whom General Sonan has summoned." The leading soldier said, "The general said that after receiving Mr. Bai, he should be brought to see him immediately."

The two tall guards scanned the man and woman standing in the middle of the soldiers, expressionless. "Search them! No weapons are allowed in the general's office."

The man and woman were none other than Bai Jingyan and Nan Nan, who had fled to Stormwind Island!

Now, they were well-dressed and in excellent condition, showing no trace of their original embarrassment.

Bai Jingyan cooperated fully, spreading his arms for the search.

At the same time, another guard stepped forward to check Nan Nan.

*Pa!*

Bai Jingyan reached out and grabbed the guard's arm, a faint smile on his face. He spoke in the local language, "We were personally summoned by the general. That's enough, don't go too far."

The guard raised his eyebrows, looking at Bai Jingyan's small frame, a sneer on his face. He was about to shake off Bai Jingyan's arm, but found that his arm was stuck as if by a mechanical clamp, unable to move at all!

The other guard seemed to notice his companion's discomfort, raised his hand, drew a gun from his waist, aimed it at Bai Jingyan, and shouted, "Put your hands up..."

*Pa!*

With a crisp sound, the guard felt a daze in front of him. Then, the gun in his hand disappeared. The next second, he saw his gun being instantly disassembled into a pile of parts by Bai Jingyan, clattering to the ground.

"Don't show us any more hostility, or I'll really kill you." Bai Jingyan released the guard's hand, smiling and holding up two fingers. "It's not much harder than pinching two bugs to death."

The two guards were pushed back hard, feeling greatly humiliated, and gnashed their teeth, about to pounce.

Just then, a roar came from the office, "Who's making noise outside? Get in here!"

The two guards stopped, glaring at Bai Jingyan with sinister eyes, then walked into the office to report.

Soon, the guard came out again, his face gloomy. "The general will see you now!"

Bai Jingyan and Nan Nan completely ignored their ugly faces and walked straight into the office.

*Pa!*

The two guards followed in and closed the office door.

Inside the office was a middle-aged man around fifty years old, tall, with dark skin and thick lips, typical of black people.

His name was Sonan. Krete, the Minister of Defense and Commander of the First Military Region of the country called Mofila.

When he saw Bai Jingyan and Nan Nan, he went straight to the point. "Did you bring what I asked for?"

Bai Jingyan walked up to him, opened the suitcase in his hand, revealing two different colored agents, fifty of each!

"Gene agent! Neutralizing agent!" Bai Jingyan said with a smile, "Use them on soldiers who have been mutated by radiation toxins! Only the bodies of mutants can withstand the impact of the gene agent and neutralizing agent!"

"Based on my experiments, the success rate is as high as sixty-seven percent!"

General Sonan smiled excitedly after hearing Bai Jingyan's words. He picked up a gene agent and said, "Good, with these agents, I can build my own evolved soldier force! With them, I have the strength to compete with the president's faction!"

"Mr. Bai, you've really helped me a lot! It was worth investing a lot of materials and money for you to help you build Stormwind Island!"

Bai Jingyan narrowed his eyes, looking at the black officer in front of him, a hint of coldness and cunning flashing in his eyes.

"General Sonan, temporarily reaching a balance with the president's faction, and making them postpone the plan to turn to Russia, is that your ultimate goal?" Bai Jingyan stood up, smiling lightly. "Even if the other side stops the plan to surrender temporarily due to your pressure, the right to speak is not in your hands, and this plan will be put on the agenda sooner or later."

"There is only one way to completely solve this problem." Bai Jingyan leaned down, looking at General Sonan. "Assassination, coup, seizure of power! Take control of this country!"

Sonan was stunned.

The reason why he refused to agree to the president's plan to turn to Russia was not because of national integrity, but because the power in his hands would be divided and his status would plummet after turning to Russia. He would rather hold power and drag the country to its doom than be subordinate to others...

But he just wanted to make the president stop the proposal, and never thought of launching an armed coup.

"Assassinating the president? That's too crazy... it's hard to succeed!" General Sonan stammered.

Bai Jingyan laughed and said, "As long as you listen to me, I guarantee you can successfully complete the coup!"

General Sonan was overjoyed and patted Bai Jingyan on the shoulder. "Mr. Bai, if you can really help me sit in the president's seat, I will do everything in my power to give you everything you want!"

Bai Jingyan smiled, seemingly without desires. "I'm a scientist who studies biology. What I want is nothing more than some scientific research results and research equipment and materials. I already have these things now. What use are other things to me?"

"If it weren't for your early investment in Stormwind Island, I wouldn't be where I am today! There is a saying in Yanhuang, called repaying kindness!"

"I'm helping you purely to repay your kindness!"

"After it's done, I don't want anything... not a single thing."