Chapter 1368: Villain's Declaration

**Chapter 1369: Villain's Declaration**

Author: Sanjiu YinyuWord Count: 1249

Audience Expectation Value: 3Current Expectation Value: 24

Pilot: ?????The moment he saw that face, the pilot's heart clenched, and an unprecedented fear surged into his mind!

He instinctively reached for the parachute release, but in the next second, the figure smashed through the thick special glass with a single slap. Amidst the shattering sound, the roaring wind almost blew him away.

“You… what kind of monster are you?!” the pilot screamed in terror.

Chen Ling casually tossed the empty instant noodle cup into the wind. His gaze swept over the slightly increased 'audience expectation value,' still feeling it was too slow. It was a rare opportunity to enter a 'timeline archive,' so he had to find a way to earn as much expectation value as possible. Otherwise, returning to the Abyssal Laughter, there would be no fun at all.

After a brief thought, a good idea surfaced in his mind. He glanced at the pilot, then at the open radio channel. His terrifying, distorted face slowly moved closer to the pilot… A strange, chilling smile crept onto his lips.

“I am not a monster…”“I am the king who will soon conquer this world.”

Audience Expectation Value: 5Current Expectation Value: 29

The next second, Chen Ling's tentacle directly pulled the parachute release. The pilot shot skyward with a terrified scream, his parachute bag sweeping him away into the distance with the wind… On the communication channel, the devil's whisper amidst the howling wind, coupled with the pilot's desperate screams, undoubtedly stirred up a storm!

Immediately after, the flying jet fighter exploded directly, turning into a dazzling fireball plummeting straight towards a distant mountaintop!

Boom—!!!

The deafening roar was like thunder. The distant fighter jets circled in the sky, while Chen Ling stood quietly in place, his large red opera robe fluttering in the wind… A slight smile played on his lips.

He, of course, knew that his words had already spread across the entire radio channel. By now, the other end of the radio was probably in an uproar. After all, following a series of brutal monster attacks, humanity was already full of apprehension towards monsters. And now, a 'monster' that could speak human language had appeared, even declaring its intention to conquer the entire world… The other side of the radio was likely terrified, and would use every means to pinpoint his location and try to eliminate him. This was precisely what Chen Ling wanted.

Chen's Fourth Law of Directing states that continuous and explosive conflicts can quickly capture the audience's attention, and ideally, these conflicts should involve core requirements like life and death… If there is no conflict, then become the conflict yourself.

Chen Ling could foresee that humanity would now focus a great deal of attention on him, and endless assault methods would follow. If it were the former Chen Ling, he would have been quite wary of these thermal weapons; let alone actively provoking them, he would usually choose to change his face and hide… But with Chen Ling's current strength, in this era where nuclear weapons were almost depleted, he could walk unimpeded. Those once-lethal superweapons would, for him, become 'props' to increase the audience's expectation value. And it wasn't just the audience's expectation value that would grow, but also Chen Ling's own.

“Let me see how far you… in this era… can push me.”

Chen Ling glanced at the fighter jet squadron, which hesitated to approach. His terrifying, dark face curved into a slight smile, and he directly traversed the air as if on clouds, flying towards Tongzhou.

“A monster that speaks Chinese, destroyed a fighter jet with its bare hands??”“Yes, Commander.”“Is it one of those winged monsters? Was it filmed?”“No… At the time, the Huaiying was on a bombing mission, and no one saw how it appeared on the fighter jet. We only know that the cockpit was directly shattered, and after it spoke a few words, it blew up the fighter jet.”“What did it say?”“It said… it would become the king to conquer this world.”

On the other end of the phone, the Commander fell silent. “I thought these monsters were products of American labs… now, it seems they weren't artificially created; they're more like some kind of outsider,” the Commander's voice was exceedingly low. “Have its movements been tracked?”“Fighter Squadron 113 is tracking it. It went east, judging by the direction, it might be heading to Tongzhou.”“Tongzhou… Is its target Yang Xiao?” the Commander murmured to himself.

After receiving the relevant intelligence, he hung up the phone. “Gentlemen, what are your thoughts?”

Numerous figures moved through the central command room, countless screens flickering, updating real-time information from various provinces and cities. In the deepest part of this 'heart of war,' within a round-table conference room, a dozen figures sat together, their expressions solemn.

“This humanoid monster can fight a fighter jet with its bare hands. Its danger level is probably higher than the monsters encountered in the other three cities… It might even be the king of these monsters.”“Why would the king of these monsters speak Chinese? Could one of our secret labs have gone wrong?”“We don't have labs of that kind.”“Regardless, let's raise this monster's danger level to the highest. Dispatch three… no, five fighter squadrons to investigate. It's best to eliminate it directly in Tongzhou.”

“Speaking of Tongzhou… what exactly is the situation with Yang Xiao?”“Current intelligence indicates that Tongzhou suffered a second round of nuclear strikes… This round came too suddenly and directly hit the city center, resulting in massive civilian casualties. Yang Xiao also seemed unable to escape it. When the nuclear strike ended, an aurora appeared over Tongzhou City, and it has been continuous for several hours without any sign of dissipating, completely defying natural laws. After the nuclear explosion, Yang Xiao walked out of the blast radius alone, but his condition didn't seem right; his consciousness was wavering between chaos and clarity. Before we could even make contact with him, he flew towards the East Sea…”

“The East Sea? Why there of all places?”“We just received word that, concurrently with the global nuclear strikes, American fleets and fighter squadrons from their East Asian military bases are approaching the East Sea coast… They intend to…”“It would be disastrous if Dr. Yang Xiao falls into American hands,” someone stated emphatically. “We must bring Dr. Yang Xiao back, no matter the cost!”“Our fleet and reconnaissance aircraft have been dispatched, but we haven't found Dr. Yang Xiao's whereabouts yet…”

“Perhaps the biggest problem right now isn't the American fleet and fighter jets,” the Commander suddenly interjected.“What is it then?”“That humanoid monster also seems to be heading for Dr. Yang Xiao. If its purpose is to eliminate Dr. Yang Xiao… can we stop it?”