Wen Shangyin was very confident in his abilities; he believed he could persuade those psychics.
To be fair, Wen Shangyin was overly confident in his abilities.
Those psychics were criminals before the apocalypse, restrained by laws and imprisoned, which thus controlled their actions.
But this was the apocalypse. These wicked individuals were no longer bound by laws. To expect them to be morally constrained was absurd. To want those people to surrender was simply wishful thinking.
However, Wen Shangyin did not think so. He felt he was no match for Su Ling and her group, but those psychics were easy to handle.
Shang Qi understood Wen Shangyin's intentions perfectly and couldn't be bothered to deal with him.
His Ah Ling intended to eradicate those people completely, and he always followed Ah Ling's lead. Therefore, he naturally sided with her.
If Wen Shangyin failed to recognize the prevailing situation, he would be eradicated along with them.
While Wen Shangyin was contemplating how to achieve his goals, he was unaware that Shang Qi had fully grasped his inner thoughts.
Not only had he grasped them, but he had also included Wen Shangyin in the group slated for complete eradication.
The opportunity for this would depend on whether Wen Shangyin harmed Su Ling and her group!
At this moment, Wen Shangyin was secretly pleased that he had boarded Su Ling's mobile castle and obtained this information.
On the other hand, he was also very troubled, agonizing over how to meet the people Ju Jin mentioned before Su Ling and her group could.
Furthermore, after seizing the initiative and gaining the allegiance of those people, he wondered how he would explain and account for himself to Su Ling and Shang Qi.
As Wen Shangyin pondered deeply, the mobile castle had arrived at its chosen location.
The castle slowly descended and landed on a vast expanse of muddy ground.
As soon as the mobile castle stopped, Wen Shangyin looked at Shang Qi and Su Ling, speaking before they could: "I'll have my people prepare what you need. Good luck, and we'll regroup tonight."
With that, Wen Shangyin didn't wait for Shang Qi and Su Ling to reply, turned, and left with Song Lian and others.
Su Ling and Shang Qi remained silent throughout and did not stop Wen Shangyin and his group; instead, they let them leave and even opened the doors of the mobile castle to facilitate their departure.
After Wen Shangyin, Song Lian, and the others left, Su Ling and Shang Qi remained seated, unmoved.
Ju Jin, holding Little Jiang, looked at the two and spoke his mind: "The ally you've found isn't very reliable."
Su Ling and Shang Qi did not respond, but Ju Jin didn't care and continued speaking to himself: "His intentions are impure, and he has too many wicked thoughts."
While speaking, Ju Jin picked up a few lychees, peeled them, and continued: "Shall we bet? I guess they're in such a hurry to leave because they want to get ahead of us, meet the people I mentioned, and win their allegiance."
It must be said that although Ju Jin didn't have mind-reading abilities, his grasp of human nature was truly remarkable.
Hearing this, Shang Qi looked at Ju Jin and said, "Your analysis is quite accurate. He indeed thinks that way."
Ju Jin looked at Shang Qi with a hint of pride, "That's a given. Before the apocalypse, I was a psychologist."
Therefore, with a slight observation of Wen Shangyin's every move, he could get a general idea.
After boasting about himself, Ju Jin ate lychees and asked Shang Qi, "So now, what do we do?"
Su Ling was lazy; if she didn't have to speak, she wouldn't say a word.
But when she was needed, she was never ambiguous.
Shang Qi held Su Ling's hand, playing with it. He looked at the flourishing lychee and cherry trees and spoke words that were cold and unfeeling: "If he wants it, let him have it. People are ultimately harmed by their own ambition."