Chapter 941 — Huang Yan Has Arrived

"Oh? You have news about Lele?" Sun Jie's heart eased when she heard Yang Juehuan's words, though only somewhat. She now knew where Lele was, but the fact that the Center had taken her was still quite frightening.

"Yes. I'll go rescue her myself, and when the time comes, I'll fight the Center to the death!" Yang Ce had already made up his mind. Dragging things out any longer would do no good, and this was the perfect opportunity to make the final decision.

The score with Dr. Ban Lin would have to be settled sooner or later. Even without the matter of Huang Yan, it could not be postponed indefinitely—but this had come a little too soon. Yang Ce was not yet fully prepared.

What Yang Ce had been waiting for was this: once Dr. Sun Ce finished compiling the upgraded firmware for the new version of the glasses and upgraded his eyes, he would be able to see through a portion of the terrain of the Center in its entirety, taking in all of Dr. Ban Lin's hidden cards at a single glance. That would give him a far greater chance of success.

But now it seemed there was no telling whether there would be time enough for that.

"Then be careful." Sun Jie was one of those who knew Yang Juehuan best. Hearing the resolve in Yang Ce's tone, she knew he had made his decision. She would not interfere with Yang Juehuan's choices; she only hoped he would be careful.

"Heh, I will. Don't worry. Even if I can't destroy Dr. Ban Lin and the Center, nothing will happen to me." Yang Yanzhou said, "You can all rest completely easy on that point."

"Mm." Sun Jie nodded and said, "Do you want to talk to Mengyan and the others? Say whatever you want to say."

Sun Jie had her phone on speaker as well, so Chen Shutang and the others could hear Yang Juehuan's words too.

"Heh, then I'll say one thing!" Yang Heng laughed and said something that made them all faint: "Everyone wash up nice and clean, and wait for me to come back..."

Hearing Yang Cenbin's flippant remark, the tense atmosphere instantly lightened again, and the women all grumbled at Yang Ce for joking around at a time like this. Yang Ce hung up on the women and began patiently waiting for news of Huang Yan's arrival.

Before Huang Yan reached the Center's Fire Wolf Island, Dr. Ban Lin would not try any new tricks. After all, anyone he sent out now was just being sent to die. Better to wait until Huang Yan, his trump card, arrived, and use her to lure Yang Ce to Fire Wolf Island himself.

On his own turf, Dr. Ban Lin was confident he could kill Yang Juehuan. In truth, Dr. Ban Lin did not know much about Heng's super-revamped Vajra Gu. Those who knew just how formidable Yang Ce really was were very few. Dong Jun was one of them, but he had already turned traitor. The Right Elder knew as well, but the Right Elder was now a vegetable and could not speak.

As for Yang Juehuan's other friends—Lin Ce, Liu Yu, Feng Yan, Liu Yan and the like—none of them would tell Fengxin anything. And none of the Center's other subordinates, including the mole planted in the Right Miao Stockade in Miao territory, could know either, because even Kun Cun, Hei Gao, and the Little Strategist were not especially clear on the Right Elder's true strength, let alone the other members of the Miao stockade.

So in Dr. Ban Lin's view, however formidable Yang Ce might be, it all rested on some baffling gift of foresight. Perhaps there was a master diviner at his side, or perhaps Yang Ce's own ability was precisely this sort of calculating, foreseeing power.

Let us forgive Dr. Ban Lin's imagination—it was already quite impressive that he had gotten this far. As for X-ray vision or farsight, unless one knew of them beforehand, he could never have guessed. So Dr. Ban Lin concluded that Yang Juehuan's abilities were nothing to write home about.

After all, Yang Minlan's methods against the Center's steel soldiers had mostly relied on firearms, which in Dr. Ban Lin's eyes were nothing to fear. Once Yang Ce set foot on Fire Wolf Island, he would be his to slaughter.

Moreover, ordinary weapons were useless against his super-biochemical steel man, the Fire Wolf War God. Only high explosives—and a great deal of them—could blow the Fire Wolf War God to pieces.

But Yang Ce could not possibly bring that much explosive with him to the Center's Fire Wolf Island. Whatever guns he brought would be useless. Once he arrived, the Fire Wolf War God could handle him with ease.

Time passed quickly, and in the blink of an eye it was evening. Yang Shuoxuan received another call from Dr. Ban Lin.

"Dr. Ban Lin?" Yang Ce answered the phone. "Has Lele arrived?"

"Indeed. Huang Yan has arrived." Dr. Ban Lin chuckled. "It seems you really are a fortune-teller—you knew it before it happened!"

"Heh." Yang Shuoxuan offered no explanation; Yang Shuyu knew that Dr. Ban Lin had always believed he could tell fortunes, and the more he believed it, the better it concealed the matter of the glasses.

"Very good. Fortunately you didn't act rashly and do something foolish like intercepting my submarine! I don't mind telling you, my submarine is equipped with a self-destruct device. The moment it is intercepted or attacked, the self-destruct will trigger, and Huang Yan will be reduced to a pile of scraps!" Dr. Ban Lin had naturally kept something in reserve. He too feared Yang Ce might intercept it, and he was not foolish enough to take no precautions at all—otherwise it would not be Dr. Ban Lin's trump card.

"Oh." Yang Ce's voice was flat, but inwardly he broke out in a cold sweat. He had not considered intercepting it—in fact, he had thought of intercepting the submarine and then quickly fetching Huang Yan away with the flying saucer. But in Yang Ce's view, a showdown with Dr. Ban Lin was inevitable, and such measures were superfluous, so Yang Shuoxuan had paid it no mind. Now it seemed that had Yang Ce really acted on impulse, he would have been utterly blindsided.

Still, he silently cursed Dr. Ban Lin for his sneaky malice, his belly full of wicked schemes. He had not said a word about this beforehand. If Yang Ce had done it and killed Huang Yan with his own hands, it would have been an incomparably crushing blow. And that was exactly what Dr. Ban Lin had intended—he had prepared for both outcomes.

"Aren't you afraid of blowing up your own people too?" Yang Linyue said coolly.

"Sorry, but the submarine is unmanned. Huang Yan is the only one aboard."

Dr. Ban Lin laughed. "Well then, Yang Ce, enough of that. I await your honored arrival at any time! Since Lele isn't dead, I won't harm her. I'll be waiting for you to come."

"I'll be there tomorrow. Rest assured," Yang Yanzhou said.

"Very well. I'll be waiting. And now, I must entertain my guest!" Dr. Ban Lin hung up.

After Yang Ce hung up, he glanced at the situation on the Center's side with his X-ray vision, and sure enough, he saw a submarine docked near the Center's Fire Wolf Island. Huang Yan was being politely escorted by several of the Center's men into a guest room to rest for the time being, awaiting her meeting with Dr. Ban Lin.