"Brother, you can't blame us for this. If it weren't for your good son, our Che Mi Er family wouldn't have ended up like this!"
The second son suddenly opened fire!
Bang!
A shot hit Che Mi Er Lu Chen in the stomach.
Che Mi Er Lu Chen immediately went limp, wailing in pain, still begging for mercy: "No, don't kill me, we are brothers! Dad, I know I was wrong, I don't want any of those rare minerals underground in Japan anymore..."
"Shut up! Kill him, immediately!"
Che Mi Er Hong became even more enraged, his cane almost smashing to pieces.
The third son next to him was even more decisive. With a flash of his body, one hand had already forcefully snapped his elder brother Che Mi Er Lu Chen's head off!
The second son beside them couldn't help but tremble.
The third son looked indifferent, directly throwing the dead man's head into a nearby trash can, then turned to Che Mi Hong and cupped his hands, saying, "Dad, leave this matter to me. I will spread the news!"
"Good, this matter is entrusted to you. Release the news to the Liu family. If they don't come this time, then we are truly finished!"
Che Mi Hong sighed, looking as if he had aged decades in an instant!
The second son beside him was still in a daze.
The third son had already walked to a chair that looked like a dragon throne, reached out and lifted it forcefully, and a dark passage immediately appeared beneath the chair!
The third son stepped into it, glanced back at the completely stunned second son, shook his head, and then said to Che Mi Hong, "Dad, if I don't return within an hour, don't wait for me. You find a chance to escape!"
"Third son, don't say such discouraging words. Among my sons, your martial arts strength is the strongest, and you are the only one in our Che Mi Er family who has reached the realm of a Land Immortal. You won't die just like this. But remember, if you are captured by the people of Da Hua, then... find a chance to surrender, confess everything, and perhaps we will still have a chance to survive!"
Che Mi Hong said word by word, his demeanor utterly dejected. This was the last resort in his heart, a choice made only in dire circumstances!
"Don't worry, even if I die, I won't let Da Hua have me cheaply!"
The third son replied coldly, then directly drilled into the tunnel, and soon, not a single sound emerged.
Che Mi Hong walked over, put the chair back down, and sat on it. At this moment, Che Mi Hong felt as if all his strength had been drained away.
"Are you very confused?"
Che Mi Hong suddenly asked.
The second son beside him was startled, then quickly bowed down, repeatedly shaking his head: "If Dad doesn't want me to know something, it must be for my own good!"
"Hmph, speaking of which, among my three sons, you are the one most like me and the one who understands how to assess the situation. By rights, I should hand the family over to you. However, you have always lacked a certain dominance, so I did not entrust you with this last path!"
Speaking of this, Che Mi Hong patted the armrest of the chair: "Japan has a history of nearly a thousand years. It has been incorporated into Da Hua several times. And the situation our Che Mi Er family is facing now has happened more than once in Japan's past history. The imperial family of Japan has basically always managed to preserve their bloodline. All of this is because there are underground tunnels!"
The second son's eyes lit up upon hearing this: "Where does that tunnel lead to?!"
Che Mi Hong shook his head: "It's like a maze inside. The map of the secret passages has long been destroyed, and even some collapsed passages have appeared below. I spent more than ten years to have people repair it almost completely, but the exact route is still unclear. Only one or two are certain, and only one of them leads outside of Japan!"
The second son's eyes lit up: "Then we can escape! Dad, as long as we're alive, we'll have firewood! We need to make a decision now!"
Just as Che Mi Hong had said before, his second son was very good at assessing the situation. The best choice at this moment was indeed to escape!
"There's no chance! That passage leads to an underground river. The current is swift, and it's covered with thick mud and sand. Among us, only your third brother has the strength to hold his breath and escape from below! But even if we reach the border, it's still too close to Japan, almost a sure death. Therefore, if we go out now, there are only two possible outcomes awaiting us: one is to die in the underground river, and the second is to be caught immediately after going out because we are too conspicuous!"
Che Mi Hong said through gritted teeth.
The second son's brow furrowed: "Can't we get out even with some diving equipment?"
Che Mi Hong shook his head: "We don't have many of these things left in our home. Once the news gets out, the clan will inevitably fall into chaos. And as I said before, even if we have a chance to get out with those things, we will be discovered immediately because we are too conspicuous!"
"But having a chance to survive is always better than waiting to die here, Dad. Since you're even willing to give the rare mineral veins below to the Liu family, why can't you give up more things? We have to survive!"
The second son said through gritted teeth, even shaking his head: "Even if we are captured alive by Da Hua, we can just surrender. Will Da Hua really kill all of us? If this news gets out, Da Hua will also be condemned!"
"No, if the people from Da Hua's Elder Council made such a decision, they would face immense pressure. However, what we are facing now is Da Hua's Ling Tian War God. He is the most powerful being on this planet. The Liu family once compiled data that even if world-destroying weapons were used against Ling Tian War God, the kill rate would be less than thirty percent!"
The second son couldn't help but gasp in shock.
Che Mi Hong smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Do you know what that means?"
"There is almost nothing in this world that can threaten his life. Even the terrifying weapons developed by the Liu family, if they don't have a one hundred percent certainty of eliminating Ling Tian War God, they will absolutely not act. Everyone is afraid of death. Do you know what the consequences are of being targeted by the most terrifying human, a human close to a god? If the other party is willing to carry out assassinations, even high-ranking officials in the United States will die within a short period of time!"
The second son dared not breathe. He now realized how terrifying an enemy they were facing!
The atmosphere between father and son suddenly fell silent. The second son sighed long and deep: "So, Dad, you asked Third Brother to send the message to the Liu family. Now, we can only rely on those rare mineral veins below to attract the Liu family's attention. The Liu family might watch our Che Mi Er family die..."