Chapter 228: The Fall of Han, Perception Covering the Entire Han State!
Shadowy figures were everywhere, but not a sound could be heard.
The surrounding was deathly silent.
The Emperor of Han slowly opened his eyes and found himself lying on the cold ground.
Following the ground with his gaze,
He saw, not far from him, a group of men and women kneeling in terror.
There were men and women, old and young.
All were faces he recognized.
His concubines, palace maids, and eunuchs.
Even the high-ranking civil and military officials!
These people knelt in fear, not daring to resist at all.
Beside them stood solemn soldiers, their weapons gleaming menacingly.
They were all Han soldiers, yet their blades were pointed at Han officials!
Looking around, wasn’t this the grand hall where court meetings were held?
How did I end up here?
And why am I lying on the ground?
Emperor Han struggled to recall.
He vaguely remembered that he was in his sleeping quarters.
Just as he was about to sleep, an eunuch rushed in to report that Hongliang had not gone to Zhao for the marriage alliance.
Instead, she was sent to Qin!
Then a colonel rushed in as well.
He reported with terror that the general led troops into the palace!
Then… then he passed out!
But why would the general attack the palace?
Did she rebel?
Thinking of this, Emperor Han was suddenly shocked.
Seeing all those kneeling silhouettes, he finally understood.
He shivered as if struck by lightning.
“Awake?”
Suddenly, a gentle voice sounded calmly.
Emperor Han stiffly turned his head towards the direction of the voice.
His throne was already occupied by someone else.
But the person occupying his throne was not the rebelling general.
It was someone he had seen but never expected.
The National Advisor of Qin!
Standing straight to his left was the indifferent Li Wu.
To his right, Yan Lingji lounged, looking uncomfortable sitting and uneasy lying down.
“You… why are you here?”
Emperor Han scrambled up from the ground as if electrocuted, asking with a racing heart.
The throne was occupied, officials knelt to greet.
Wasn’t this the treatment reserved for the ruler?
Emperor Han’s pupils contracted sharply, his face changing drastically: “You… you want to become the ruler of Han?”
Li Mo was toying with a large seal in his hand.
The same seal that Li Wu had found from Emperor Han after capturing the palace.
Li Mo held it like an ordinary stone.
He even knocked it on the throne after hearing Emperor Han’s words.
The knocking sound echoed.
As if he wasn’t worried about damaging the seal.
Li Mo shook his head, disinterested: “This seat is too hard; it’s uncomfortable to sit on. I have no interest.”
Sitting on this throne seemed infinitely glorious.
But once seated, one would no longer be oneself.
Whether it was this foolish Emperor Han or the indomitable Emperor Qin.
They couldn’t act according to their will.
Li Mo pursued freedom, not this luxurious shackle.
Yan Lingji nodded in deep agreement.
The seat was indeed uncomfortable.
It hurt to sit, and lying felt too hard.
Her recliner made by Li Mo back at the villa was far better.
Emperor Han was suddenly dazed.
The world was full of people vying for this throne.
Some had the will but lacked the courage, some had the courage but lacked the ability.
Claiming to have no interest despite being capable was probably a first.
Looking at the kneeling ministers who dared not look up, and the fully armed soldiers.
Emperor Han knew his time was over, as he slumped weakly to the ground.
No one came to help him!
His body was drenched in cold sweat.
Li Wu stood beside Li Mo like a loyal guard.
The devotion in her eyes was something Emperor Han had never seen.
Just yesterday, he was the high and mighty Emperor Han, but today he had become a dethroned monarch!
Emperor Han’s face turned pale, seemingly aging ten years in an instant.
“General, I treated you well, why did you betray me?”
Not only Emperor Han couldn’t understand, but the kneeling ministers were also baffled.
The general had been captured by the Qin National Advisor and was ransomed by Emperor Han at the cost of fifteen cities.
She should have been grateful to Emperor Han.
She ought to have loathed the Qin National Advisor!
But now, she led her troops and defected to the enemy.
It was unfathomable.
The issue probably stemmed from her time in captivity.
What power did the Qin National Advisor have to make the general serve him?
Emperor Han couldn’t figure it out no matter how hard he tried.
He questioned resentfully: “I made you a general and exchanged fifteen cities to get you back.”
“Moreover, I have always trusted you, so why have you treated me and Han like this?”
If she had rebelled to become the monarch herself, the Emperor of Han could understand.
But now she has defected to Qin and is serving as its National Advisor.
Doing something so ungrateful, what is she aiming for?
Li Wu’s gaze was filled with disdain.
She coldly said, “You’re not qualified to know.”
This involves many secrets that Li Wu naturally wouldn’t explain to a defeated king like the Emperor of Han.
Seventy percent of the soldiers in Han were under her command as the grand general.
Rushing to Xinzheng, they faced almost no resistance.
Those cities either surrendered or were massacred.
Even the Han royal palace was breached in less than half an hour.
Only three days had passed since their departure!
The Emperor of Han hadn’t even had a chance to realize that Li Wu had rebelled before Han was destroyed.
Officials were captured, and the Emperor of Han was taken prisoner.
The throne changed hands, and the royal seal was taken.
Both the Emperor of Han and his officials were escorted out.
Before leaving, the Emperor of Han couldn’t help but glance back at Li Mo.
At that moment, a deep sense of regret rose in his heart.
Back then, Han Fei had strongly advised him to employ this person.
But the Emperor of Han had scorned him as an obscure blind man.
Yet now, this very blind man had, without deploying a single soldier, easily conquered Han, making the Emperor of Han a prisoner.
“Sigh~”
The last deep sigh of the Emperor of Han echoed in the grand hall, and everything fell silent once more.
Soldiers escorted the Emperor of Han and his ministers away.
Only Li Mo, Yan Lingji, and Li Wu remained in the vast, empty hall.
Yan Lingji found it uncomfortable to sit on this throne.
At some point, she had leaned onto Li Mo’s lap.
She softly said, “That old guy seems to regret not listening to Han Fei and recruiting you back then, doesn’t he?”
Li Mo held the royal seal in one hand and gently touched Yan Lingji’s enchanting face with the other.
He said calmly, “The fate of the world is such that Han would have fallen even without me.”
Yan Lingji lay back, blinking as she looked at him.
Surprised, she said, “You, of all people, are being humble?”
Li Mo smiled.
Without him, Qin would still have attacked Han.
It would still have unified the world.
His presence merely changed the method and expedited the process.
“Master, what about those people?”
Standing nearby, Li Wu glanced enviously at Yan Lingji, who was sprawled across Li Mo’s lap.
Throughout the journey, she had been forced to watch many sweet moments between them.
Li Mo’s expression subtly changed as he noticed Li Wu’s gaze.
He put down the royal seal and reached out to pull her over.
Li Wu didn’t resist and was seated beside him.
She said, somewhat awkwardly, “Master…”
With the troublemaker Yan Lingji on his lap and the commander-in-chief Li Wu in his arms, even Li Mo felt a bit overwhelmed.
“Let Qin decide their fate. We needn’t worry about it. You’ve worked hard these days.”
Li Wu blushed and said, “It’s my honor to serve you, Master.”
Despite the intimate moments they’ve shared, Li Wu never dared to place herself on the same level as Yan Lingji.
At the very least, she wouldn’t dare to casually climb onto Li Mo like Yan Lingji.
However, if Li Mo expressed a need, she would certainly do her utmost to serve him.
Yan Lingji casually grabbed the royal seal that Li Mo had set on her chest and fiddled with it before asking, “What about this thing? It’s made of jade. It seems quite valuable.”
Li Mo chuckled, “Are you only concerned about money?”
If Han still existed, this piece would be priceless.
With Han’s fall, it was just an ordinary piece of jade.
Taking the seal from Yan Lingji’s hand, Li Mo applied a bit of force, and cracks began to appear on it.
In an instant, the square seal crumbled into a pile of dust.
Li Mo scattered the dust on the ground with a swift motion of his hand.
With that, Han was officially and completely destroyed.
“Let’s go.”
Li Mo patted Yan Lingji, wiping off the remaining jade dust on her body.
Yan Lingji rolled her eyes in exasperation, then rolled over and stood up from his lap.
Li Mo had just stood up when his whole body suddenly shook violently.
Li Wu, who was supporting him, immediately asked, “What’s wrong, master?”
Li Mo stood stiffly in place, his face becoming extremely peculiar.
Yan Lingji, who was walking forward, also noticed that something was wrong and ran back.
Pouting, she said, “Are you regretting destroying this big seal? I told you, it would have been great to keep it and sell it!”
This guy really doesn’t know how to live!
Li Mo did not reply, his face gradually becoming serious.
Then, his expression grew increasingly grave.
He had always replaced vision with perception, and this perceptual ability’s range increased every day.
Now, it could already cover nearly three kilometers.
And this perception was extremely clear, even the farthest distance felt as if it were within reach.
Far better than what normal people could see with their eyes.
This range could be controlled.
Normally, he would keep it within a hundred steps around him, which was enough.
But just now, this perception suddenly went out of control.
It was like riding a roller coaster as it rapidly spread in all directions.
But the strange part was not just that.
He found that his perceptual range continued to expand, quickly surpassing his limit.
Li Mo calmed down and let his perception spread.
Soon, the entire Han Palace appeared before him.
The perceptual range continued to expand, and within a breath’s time, more than half of Xinzhen was covered.
But the perception still did not stop.
It spread rapidly like a wild horse out of control.
Soon, the outskirts of Xinzhen also came into view.
He “saw” the village where he and Jing Ni had lived before.
He “saw” the small house and the old village chief’s grave.
Images flashed by his mind like a slideshow.
Scenes flew by like shooting stars.
The perceptual distance continued to expand, and even the nearby cities of Xinzhen were now visible.
Finally, Li Mo suddenly raised his head.
His face was filled with astonishment.
He had “seen” the Hangu Pass!
At this point, the perceptual expansion finally stopped, unable to move any further.
The whole of Han presented itself in his mind like a sandbox.
Mountains and rivers, cities and villages.
Remote paths, houses and tiles.
And he seemed to be standing before this sandbox, overlooking the world.
Li Mo took a deep breath, suppressing the shock in his heart.
Gradually retracted his perceptual range inch by inch.
“What on earth happened to you?”
Beside him, Yan Lingji and Li Wu looked at him with worried expressions.
Li Mo slowly shook his head.
His face quickly returned to normal.
He gently exhaled, calmly saying, “Just now, I saw the whole of Han.”
Yan Lingji and Li Wu looked at each other in amazement.
Yan Lingji gestured in front of her, stuttering in shock.
“The…the whole of Han?”
Both of them knew he could “see” everything in a different way.
They also had an idea of the distance.
But now, with him suddenly saying he saw the whole of Han, it had them both greatly astonished.
Imagine, if an entire country could be exposed in his mind.
Then within this country’s range, nothing could hide from him.
“How did your range become so large? Are you lying?”
Li Wu dared not ask this question, it was only Yan Lingji who would ask him this.
Li Mo pondered, “It’s not that I can perceive an area as large as Han, but that I can perceive the entire country of Han.”
“Is there a difference?”
Yan Lingji tilted her head, feeling confused.
Li Mo nodded, “Of course, there’s a difference.”
He could perceive the entire Han, not just an area as large as Han.
Previously, the perceptual range was a standard circle.
But just now, it was elongated, matching the shape of Han’s territory.
To put it directly, it was like illuminating a region on a map in a computer game.
In layman’s terms, it’s like placing a vision ward in an unseen area while playing a MOBA game.
Instinctively, it illuminates the vision of the blind spot.
Yan Lingji thoughtfully pinched her chin and smacked her lips, saying, “But why Han? Why not Zhao, not Chu, not Qin?”
Li Wu’s gaze immediately fell on the pile of powder on the ground.
“Because Han is destroyed.”
The monarch was captured, the royal seal was destroyed.
A nation declared exterminated.
Li Mo changed only after Han’s true demise.
Therefore, it is not difficult to guess, it is related to Han’s demise.
Yan Lingji’s large blue eyes moved left and right.
Then she suddenly thought of something, and exclaimed, “Then if the other countries are also wiped out, wouldn’t you be able to see the whole world?”
Li Mo pondered, “Theoretically speaking, it should be like that.”
If the previous change was caused by Han’s destruction, then he would also be able to perceive the whole of Zhao after its destruction.
If the world is unified, perhaps it would indeed be possible to take in the whole world at a glance.
Yan Lingji asked again, “What about Qin? We can’t destroy it too, right?”
This question hit the nail on the head.
Based on the normal expansion rate of Li Mo’s perception range, it is uncertain when it will cover the entire Qin State.
After thinking for a while, he said, “If the world is unified, there might be an unexpected change.”
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