Apocalypse: My Tattoos are Ten Yama Kings

Chapter 134: Chapter 132: Zhuge Ming: I Have a Plan

”Oh!”

”These evil spirits are hard to deal with this time!” Zhuge Ming sighed, speaking in a low voice, ”According to what the leader said, these nine sub-ghosts are one entity.”

”We must kill all nine sub-ghosts at the same time for them to die. This time, we didn’t kill them; I’m afraid we’ll just have alerted them.”

”After this, as long as the nine sub-ghosts don’t appear at the same time, we’ll never be able to kill them.”

”Moreover, there’s a more elusive ghost mother that can invade people’s dreams?”

”After what happened with Zhang Zhen, I’m afraid none of us dare to sleep anymore, right?”

”If this continues, and we can’t solve these evil spirits after a while, none of us will be able to hold out.”

Lin Yuan scanned the crowd and said, ”Soldiers are raised for a thousand days, but used in one moment.”

”Now’s the time to use you guys. Who among you can come up with a plan to deal with the sub-ghost queen?”

Lin Yuan really couldn’t think of anything himself. If he had a good plan, he would’ve captured the sub-ghost queen back at the shrine.

Of course, Lin Yuan primarily directed this comment at Zhuge Ming.

As a descendant of Wuhou Zhuge Liang, with a lineage of strategists, Lin Yuan had faith in Zhuge Ming’s intelligence.

Sure enough, just as Lin Yuan finished speaking, he heard...

”I have a plan.”

”I have a plan.”

Two voices sounded simultaneously, one from Zhuge Ming, and unexpectedly, the other from Zhang Zhen.

Oh?

This brute also has a plan?

Lin Yuan trusted Zhuge Ming to think of a plan.

Since when could Zhang Zhen, this brute, also offer suggestions?

Zhang Zhen’s ”I have a plan” surprised not only Lin Yuan but drew everyone’s gaze to him.

Clearly, everyone was more curious about Zhang Zhen’s plan.

”You also have a plan?”

”What is your plan?” Lin Yuan looked at Zhang Zhen, full of curiosity.

Zhang Zhen straightened his clothes, took a deep breath, and then, with a serious expression, said, ”My plan is to have Zhuge Ming come up with a plan.”

Lin Yuan: ”????”

Wen Yingying: ”????”

Zhuge Ming: ”????”

Zhou Yu: ”????”

The little sister-in-law: ”????”

”Damn it...” Lin Yuan gritted his teeth and kicked Zhang Zhen on the ass, cursing, ”Are you stupid?”

”Are you sick?”

It had to be said, Zhang Zhen was indeed the joker! At such a time, he managed to make the entire room look like they were asking questions.

Ignoring Zhang Zhen’s nonsense, Lin Yuan directly asked Zhuge Ming, ”What’s your plan? Just tell us!”

Zhuge Ming glanced around, finally focusing on the little sister-in-law, somberly saying, ”My plan, she can’t hear.”

Lin Yuan frowned, thinking, could Zhuge Ming have noticed something?

It shouldn’t be! From what he could see, the little sister-in-law seemed trustworthy.

Before people could question, Zhuge Ming explained why the little sister-in-law couldn’t hear his plan.

”Since we know the ghost mother can enter people’s dreams, sleeping has become a dangerous matter for us.”

”We are all Life Pattern Masters, and can endure without sleep for two or three days, or even longer. But not her. She is an ordinary person, she needs to sleep and rest.”

”If she knows my plan, there’s a good chance the ghost mother might learn it from her dreams. Once the ghost mother learns of my plan, it’ll become ineffective.”

”So, she can’t hear it!” Zhuge Ming’s explanation was very clear.

Zhuge Ming’s reasoning was crystal clear, logical, and irrefutable.

”I understand!” Before anyone else could speak, the little sister-in-law said very reasonably, ”You don’t need to let me know too much. Just tell me when you need me, and I’ll fully cooperate.”

The little sister-in-law’s wish was to rescue her child, and now that Zhuge Ming had clearly explained, she preferred not to know too much to avoid leaks.

She was very reasonable, willing to do anything to rescue her child.

”Then you should go back first.”

”I’ll come find you if there’s anything you need to do!” Lin Yuan said.

She turned to go upstairs, but paused at the doorway, looking back at Lin Yuan with a hesitant expression.

”Is there something else?” Lin Yuan asked.

She hesitated for a moment before asking, ”When you tracked the Trickster Child, did you see my child?”

This was a mother’s instinct. Since returning from the shrine, the little sister-in-law had grown increasingly uneasy, with her heart pounding with a sense of foreboding.

Hearing her question, Lin Yuan hesitated, too.

He was debating whether to tell her the truth.

Should he tell her everything he saw at the shrine? That there’s a high probability her child was eaten by the Trickster Child, and likely met a grim fate?

That would surely crush her, wouldn’t it?

The reason the sister-in-law has been able to live until now, the courage that has kept her going, is the child.

Without the child, could she really keep living?

Moreover, to deal with the Trickster Child Queen, Lin Yuan and the others will likely still need the sister-in-law’s assistance.

Whether it’s out of personal sympathy for the sister-in-law,

or addressing the serious matter of hunting down the Trickster Child Queen,

Lin Yuan cannot tell the sister-in-law the truth, at least not now.

Fortunately, when it comes to telling lies, Lin Yuan is fairly skilled.

And strictly speaking, this isn’t really lying. It’s called a benevolent lie.

”No!”

”I suspect your kids, the nanny’s kids, are definitely with the Trickster Queen.”

”Once we find a way to locate the Trickster Queen’s lair, we should be able to find your kids.”

”Don’t worry, you’re still useful, the kids will be fine!” Lin Yuan comforted the sister-in-law.

The sister-in-law could only believe Lin Yuan now; after hearing his words, she couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief.

”As long as it’s fine!”

”I’ll head upstairs for now, let me know when you need me.” With that, the sister-in-law went upstairs.

Watching the sister-in-law leave, Lin Yuan also felt a bit troubled.

Once a lie is told, it must be covered by countless other lies.

Sigh!

How will I explain things to the sister-in-law once everything is over?

”Oh well!”

”No point thinking too much about it, cross that bridge when I come to it.” With this in mind, Lin Yuan straightforwardly asked Zhuge Ming, ”She’s gone now, what’s your plan?”

”Boss, do you think the Trickster Child will come back to drink ’Saturn’ tomorrow night?” Zhuge Ming didn’t directly state his plan but instead asked Lin Yuan a question.

Lin Yuan knew that since Zhuge Ming was asking this, he must have his reasons.

After thinking for a moment, Lin Yuan replied, ”Yes, definitely!”

”We’re in the light, they’re in the dark. How many we have and where we are is no longer a secret.”

”The nine Trickster Children are as one; as long as the nine Trickster Children don’t appear at the same place simultaneously, we can never kill them.”

”Since we can never kill them, they have no reason not to come.”

After hearing Lin Yuan’s response, Zhuge Ming said, ”Boss, the first thing we need to do after dawn is to find the remaining eight nannies.”

”We must find all eight remaining nannies before my strategy can be implemented.”

As soon as Zhuge Ming finished speaking, Zhang Zhen slapped his thigh and said, ”I understand, you want to gather all the nannies together.”

”That way, the nine Trickster Children will appear at the same place at the same time, and we can kill them all at once.”

Zhuge Ming silently looked at Zhang Zhen, still with that look of compassion for the slow-witted, and said, ”The Trickster Children aren’t fools, and neither is the Trickster Queen. After this commotion, the Trickster Children definitely won’t show up even if the nine nannies are gathered together.”

”Drinking ’Saturn’ isn’t essential; the Trickster Children have already taken shape. Drinking it allows them to grow faster, but not drinking it certainly won’t kill them.”

”Did I guess wrong?” Zhang Zhen awkwardly scratched his head and said.

Lin Yuan had no idea what Zhuge Ming’s plan was, so he asked, ”So, what’s your plan?”

”Poison!”

”My plan is to use poison!”

”To poison....”

”As long as we kill the Trickster Child, the Trickster Queen will reveal herself to fight us.” Zhuge Ming spoke softly, but everyone heard clearly.

After hearing Zhuge Ming’s plan to use poison, everyone present was shocked with disbelief.

Particularly Wen Yingying and Zhou Yu, their faces turned beet red in an instant.

Let me tell you, this plan of Zhuge Ming’s to use poison is explosively surprising in the entire poisoning realm.

”Your ancestor Zhuge Liang’s coffin can’t hold down the lid anymore!”

”If Wuhou knew his descendants could hatch such a plan, he’d leap out of his coffin and hit you right in the head!” Zhang Zhen patted Zhuge Ming’s shoulder and said, ”Your ancestor might not like this strategy, but I love it!”

Lin Yuan carefully contemplated Zhuge Ming’s plan, and his frowning brow instantly relaxed, his eyes became brighter.

This plan has potential!

The poison Zhuge Ming mentioned could perfectly use the fire toxin from the Soul-Luring Lamp.

Fire toxin under Lin Yuan’s control can be completely colorless, tasteless, and invisible.

Because the fire from the Soul-Luring Lamp is also a Power of Rules.

Once the fire toxin unknowingly enters the Trickster Child’s body, Lin Yuan can detonate it at any time, incinerating the Trickster Children all at once.

Previously, at the ancestral hall, the fire that burned the Trickster Children was from the outside in.

That’s why it gave the Trickster Queen the chance to lead away the tigers and save the Trickster Children.

With the fire toxin, it burns from the inside out.

Once Lin Yuan detonates the fire toxin, not even the Trickster Queen, nor any deity, could save them.

Zhuge Ming’s plan is brilliant!

The Trickster Queen is elusive; forcing her out is the key.

By killing the Trickster Children, she’ll definitely come out on her own to fight Lin Yuan.