Lu Yi didn't care how Yinyuan knew where Bai Yuan and others were being held.
It's nothing more than cause and effect.
Yinyuan knew where he was being held. This was a result, and there must be a cause behind it.
In the future, this current result will inevitably become the 'cause' of some other 'result', suddenly appearing in front of Lu Yu, leading him to do something he is willing or unwilling to do.
It doesn’t matter.
All causes and effects can be calmed down by the supreme Buddhist Dharma - to put it simply, no matter what cause and effect you have, no matter what your plans are, no matter what your calculations are behind it, as long as I am strong enough, I can crush you to death with one Buddha's palm, and cut off all causes and effects!
Legend has it that in ancient times, there were "saints" who were "not tainted by any cause and effect"... Is it because these saints were "clean" and never "caused trouble"? No, no, it's because those "saints" were too powerful, so powerful that no "cause and effect" could disturb even a hair of theirs... That's all!
Lu Yu is fast enough now.
He was confident enough not to pursue who told Yin Yuan the specific location of the detention center.
Following the spatial coordinates, Lu Yi flew as fast as he could, and it only took him a very short time to find his destination.
That is a star field not far from the Heaven.
In the navigation star map of the Supreme Primordial Heaven published by the Heavenly Court, this star field is marked as a "forbidden area". To the outside world, this star field is euphemistically called one of the "imperial gardens" of the Great Emperor Taichu, where countless exotic flowers and plants, rare birds and animals are raised. Internally, all the civil and military officials of the Heavenly Court know that this is a secret base of the Taichu Yuan Court, and no one can easily approach it unless they are the confidants of the Great Emperor Taichu.
In fact, this is the "headquarters" prepared by Emperor Taichu for Emperor Qing.
The star field stretches for billions of miles, including millions of natural star systems and tens of millions of other celestial bodies of all sizes. There are no intelligent creatures in this star field, but every star and every floating continent is full of vitality, with countless primitive jungles and countless birds and beasts.
Among these jungles and beasts, there are also many strange species that seem to be real and cannot be bred by nature.
For example, monkeys with six eyes, sparrows with eight wings, poisonous pythons with three heads at the head and tail, tree men who can run all over the ground and have all kinds of Ganoderma lucidum growing on their bodies, and so on... These strange creatures are clearly affected by some strange energy. Over a long period of time, certain natural populations have been constantly mutating or evolving, and thus have generated these strange new species with a considerable population!
At the core of this star field, twelve giant stars were gathered together by human power, surrounding a circular continent that was a hundred times more vast than Linghu Yunlu of the Linghu clan. The twelve "suns" always illuminated this continent, with eternal light and endless heat, bringing this continent an almost abnormal and magnificent vitality.
In this continent, in the dense primitive jungle, there are many huge trees that are hundreds of people thick and hundreds of miles tall. The air contains the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, and all the elements that promote the growth and reproduction of organisms, as well as the physique and blood of organisms. They are more than a thousand times thicker than other places in the Supreme Primordial Heaven.
On this continent, cockroaches as big as houses, centipedes as long as trains, dragonflies as big as carriages, and other giant insects can be seen everywhere, running around wantonly. There are also tigers several miles tall, swifts with wingspans of thousands of feet, poisonous snakes hundreds of miles long, etc., all madly hunting and devouring each other in the jungle.
Above this continent, groups of alien warriors were running around like headless flies.
The Green Emperor was wiped out, and the remaining alien warriors were like a swarm of bees whose queen was killed. They were completely thrown into disarray... They flew around aimlessly in the sky, and occasionally when they met each other, they would kill each other like enemies.
A faint stream of light came rushing from the sky, and with the sound of "puff", countless alien warriors were blown to pieces by the Tianlong Zen Staff. Dark green plasma fell from the sky, and on the ground, countless giant insects and beasts cheered in unison, madly devouring the sticky plasma falling from the sky.
Some insects and beasts had just swallowed a drop or two of alien blood plasma when their bodies corroded and turned into pus and blood that flowed all over the ground. However, there were also some aliens with extremely strong foundations. After swallowing the blood plasma of these aliens, the concentration of certain mysterious ingredients in their bodies soared, and their blood began to mutate and evolve rapidly. Their bodies were torn apart, and large pieces of useless flesh and blood were drained of nutrients and fell off their bodies.
The bodies of these lucky ones were rapidly compressing and shrinking. The Dao rhythm was surging in their bodies, and the spiritual energy of heaven and earth from all directions was rapidly surging towards their bodies. Soon, new alien warriors, who still had some characteristics of their original ethnic groups, struggled to fly out from the masses of rotten flesh and blood.
These newly born aliens were all overjoyed and were about to roar towards the sky, but a streak of light passed by and they were also blasted to pieces by Lu Yi's attack.
The light circled over the continent twice and found its target.
That is the very center of the continent. There is a towering tree with a trunk diameter of more than a thousand miles and a height of hundreds of thousands of miles. The area covered by its crown is like that of a continent.
Such a huge creature, I’m afraid that even in many people’s dreams, such a strange existence would never appear.
If it happens, it must be a nightmare, right?
This giant tree was half wood and half flesh. Pieces of wriggling dark green translucent muscle were tightly wrapped by thick transparent insect shells and entangled on the trunk. Thick blood vessels shuttled through the flesh and blood. The sticky dark green blood was like a big river, and it shuttled rapidly through the blood vessels with a dull "whoosh" sound.
Extremely thin vines hang down from the treetops that seem as big as continents. At a glance, there are trillions of densely packed tiny vines, and on the top of each vine hangs a flesh egg the size of a normal human body. When the strong wind blows, countless vines sway in the wind, and the flesh eggs collide with each other. From time to time, the curled-up alien hatchlings in the transparent eggshells emit sharp, crazy, and extremely ferocious screams.
This so-called Qingdi Headquarters is simply a huge biological testing ground.
The Great Emperor Taichu protected the Green Emperor, provided him with food, and allowed him to conduct all kinds of experiments on the indigenous creatures of the Supreme Taichu Heaven in his own back garden without restraint.
"But I was a poor student in my previous life." Lu Yi looked at the incredibly huge and evil tree with awe... No matter what, this continent, this tree, and everything in front of him, all declared that the Green Emperor, the original body behind the Green Emperor, and the alien race behind the original body, they have walked very far on some "road"...
They have incredible powers!
They have an incredible civilization!
And it seemed that he had already come into conflict with the power represented by this civilization... In the future, either soon or after some time, Lu Yi would sooner or later have a fierce battle with the other party!
Lu Yi had this awareness.
He touched the jade pendant hidden in his chest and asked Yin Yuan: "I'm here... I will rescue my sister-in-law and the others soon... But the maggot on your body left by the Green Emperor..."
Yin Yuan's firm and confident voice came from Yujue: "Believe me... I, Yin Yuan, will not take my life as a joke... There are so many young ladies in the world, tall and short, fat and thin, your master..."
Lu Yi decisively cut off the call with Yin Yuan.
Is he really confident that he can withstand the vicious forbidden spell that the Green Emperor has cast on his heart?
Lu Yi silently used his magical powers to deduce something using the divination method, which he was not very good at... It was nothing special, not very good, but not very bad either... Yin Yuan seemed to be really able to resist the curse of the Green Emperor!
After a long silence, Lu Yi put the Tianlong Zen Staff aside, put his hands together, and chanted to the huge sacred tree: "My Buddha, have mercy!"
A thick Buddha light poured out from Lu Yi's body. In the Buddha light, a phantom of a Buddha who looked exactly like Lu Yi waved his fists and swooped down from the sky at an incredible speed with the great supernatural power of Vajra Maha, and punched the sacred tree at an angle.
With a loud bang, the continent trembled violently, and countless huge cracks appeared on the continent. The entire sacred tree was shattered by Lu Yi's punch, and the alien young hanging on the countless vines on the treetop opened their eyes and looked at Lu Yi with great resentment. They didn't have time to break out of their shells, and they had already collapsed in the torrent of Buddha light caused by the Buddha's phantom.
A hole emitting a faint light mist appeared right below the tree trunk.
Lu Yi rushed into the cave and killed dozens of remaining alien warriors who were already in chaos, and then came to a vast underground palace.
Then, Lu Yi froze in place!
He opened his eyes wide and looked around in amazement.
The roots of the sacred tree drilled directly through the rock layer and into the underground palace. The dark green transparent roots, like pipes, crisscrossed the ceiling of the underground palace, weaving a huge network like a work of art.
Below these pipes, thin translucent hoses hang down, connecting countless egg-shaped transparent cabins that are ten feet high and neatly arranged on the ground.
In each cabin, there is a human body suspended. They are like fetuses in the mother's womb, curled up, connected to this transparent cabin through an umbilical cord, and the majestic life energy is constantly injected into their bodies through this umbilical cord.
The millions of human bodies suspended in these cabins are all familiar faces.
There are hundreds of thousands of white turtles.
There are hundreds of thousands of Linghu Jun.
There are millions of noble ladies of the Linghu clan.
There are also tens of millions of babies born to Lu Yi, Bai Yuan, Linghu Jun, and several noble ladies of the Linghu family!
The cruel and insane Qing Emperor used their original bodies as templates and "cloned" at least one million "clones" for each of them here.
"My dear brother, are you happy or not? Are you excited or not? I'm happy to be a father, and you're...this is..." Looking at the densely packed and neatly arranged cabins, Lu Yi found the real bodies of Bai Yuan, Linghu Lun and others at the core. After thinking for a while, he waved his sleeves and took away all the cabins.
"What a tragic family ethics scene!" Lu Yi was extremely upset.
Even though he could be considered a 'powerful man', his mind and concentration, through years of training in Buddhist techniques, could be described as 'steady as a rock', at this moment he was extremely confused.
He really wanted to know, when he threw so many wives, children and elders in front of Yinyuan, would he collapse and vomit blood, or would he be "overjoyed", or... according to Lu Yi's understanding of Yinyuan, he might... "jump for joy", and then "celebrate with a feast and get drunk"?
Shaking his head, Lu Yi threw away these unreliable thoughts and soared into the air.
He stood in mid-air, gathering his strength, and then a ray of Buddha light of hell was sprinkled down. The terrifying force of suppression caused the huge continent to sway suddenly. The continent was like a soft sponge, which was squeezed inwards by the giant's palm. The volume of the entire continent collapsed by more than ten times, and it was compressed inwards into a round solid sphere.
Lu Yi pointed a finger at the stone ball.
The huge mass, extremely high density, and the bombardment of Lu Yi's spell which contained a little bit of the 'Dao of Fire', caused the stone ball to suddenly undergo a miraculous change. It changed from a solid stone ball to a brand new little sun in an instant.
The temperature was blazing, the flames were raging, and all living things on this continent that did not conform to the laws of nature were annihilated.
Lu Yu nodded.
His figure kept flashing everywhere, and relying on his extremely high speed, he quickly passed through the stars of all sizes and countless floating continents in this star field. He used his magical powers to wipe out all the living creatures that had been infected by the aura of the Green Emperor and had undergone mutations!
It is unknown how many years of hard work and accumulation the Qing Emperor had put into these mutated things.
Now that Lu Yi has wiped them out, it must be a heavy blow to the Qing Emperor and the real body behind him, right?
While Lu Yi was wreaking havoc at the Qing Emperor's headquarters, at Yuncha Ridge, the commander-in-chief of the Sky Patrol Divine Guards was drinking happily with Old Xiong Zun.
They were in a secluded valley in Yuncha Ridge. A few mountain spirits and water monsters who were not very smart and were obviously temporarily enlightened by Old Bear Master were holding huge jars of wine and serving on the side. The commander-in-chief and Old Bear Master did not say anything, but raised the big bowls in their hands from time to time and poured bowls of strong wine into their stomachs one after another.
On the stone slab in front of them were several bowls of stewed animal meat and a number of juicy wild fruits.
The commander-in-chief drinks a bowl of wine and nibbles a few pieces of meat; the old bear drinks a bowl of wine and nibbles a few fruits.
Above the two of them, in the extremely high void, they each released an avatar, causing black smoke to billow and thunder to roar. The terrifying rhyme of Tao turned into a torrent of destruction that swept in all directions, forcing the army of heaven and the demons and monsters of Yuncha Ridge to stay away, and none of them dared to get close.
The fierce fight in mid-air did not hinder the two of them from drinking enthusiastically in the small valley.
So long.
This strong liquor was brewed by Old Bear Zun using the spiritual fruits grown on the old fruit trees in Yuncha Ridge. These fruit trees have been growing for who knows how many years, and the spiritual energy of heaven and earth contained in each fruit is truly enormous. After being brewed into fine wine, Old Bear Zun then added many medicinal herbs to soak it, and then aged it in the spiritual cave of the earth for at least a million years. You can imagine how strong the liquor is.
The two guys poured dozens of jars of old wine into their stomachs. The effect of the alcohol could not be dissipated for a while. All the pores on Old Bear Zun's body opened, and every black hair stood straight up. Along each black hair, wisps of thick white wine smell kept emanating.
The commander-in-chief also took off the heavy armor that he always wore and never took off in front of his subordinates and colleagues. He was a tall and strong man with a long white face that was quite majestic. He had a white face and no beard. His clumsy face showed a bit of loneliness and coldness, like a middle-aged pine tree.
Old Xiongzun drank too much and was feeling hot all over.
The commander-in-chief drank too much and gradually felt cold. His pale face seemed to be covered with a layer of ice and gradually became almost transparent.
After drinking for a while, the clone of the commander-in-chief in the air roared, and a thunderbolt turned into a thunder wave of millions of miles, which hit the clone of Old Bear Lord fiercely. The clone of Old Bear Lord was knocked back, and the black hair on his body was ignited with blazing flames. He roared, and his figure flashed to the side of the clone of the commander-in-chief, and shot back with countless cold lights, which pierced the commander-in-chief's body with a clanging sound, causing sparks to fly.
The battle became more intense, which seemed to reflect the mood of the two masters.
The old bear respectfully put down the bowl, stared with his eyes wide open, and asked the commander-in-chief: "How long are you going to keep on making trouble? Isn't it time to get out of here and go back?"
The commander-in-chief slowly put down the bowl, tore off a piece of honey bear paw and stuffed it into his mouth. He chewed it slowly for a while before swallowing it. "Do you think I can say anything about this? Shit, Yuan Fu..."
Old Xiong Zun slapped the stone slab in front of him, and several large bowls full of meat and several large plates full of wild fruits were crushed together with the meat and fruits.
A flash of light appeared on the commander-in-chief's finger, and invisible circles of time fluctuations locked onto the broken stone slabs. The bowls, plates, and the meat and fruits inside them were all restored in the reverse flow of time!
Everyone knows that the Grand Commander is the most powerful person in the Heavenly Court in Thunder Law, and is also the only "Thunder Emperor" known in this world who has condensed the Thunder Dao Seal. However, no one knows that the Grand Commander's attainments in the Great Dao of Time are also so exquisite. Although due to some special reasons, he was unable to condense the Time Dao Fruit, his various magical powers and secret methods still have terrifying power.
I can only say that the commander-in-chief hid it too deeply.
"Why destroy the good meat? It seems that wasting food is also a taboo in your Buddhism? I don't practice Buddhism, I don't know these complicated rules and regulations." The commander-in-chief looked at Old Xiong Zun: "It's useless for you to get angry... I know, you know, and we all know that the other party actually knows it. Yuan Fu is just an excuse, he is actually not that important."
"Yuan Fu's defection caused much damage to the Heavenly Court? None!"
"Yuan Fu's defection has done any harm to the Emperor? No!"
"Yuan Fu defected. The main reason was because of the emperor's face. So, he had to regain his face. As for Yuan Fu himself, it's actually not important at all!"
The commander-in-chief said calmly, "We have all lived for so many years. Every now and then, I bring the army of the Sky Patrol Guards to Yuncha Ridge to 'subdue demons and exorcise evil' and set an example for the people of the world. This kind of 'war' that has no results and no meaning has lasted for how many years and how many times has it happened?"
"Everyone knows that the Heavenly Court does not want to, and cannot, eliminate Yuncha Ridge. And you, Yuncha Ridge, actually do not want to really break up with the Heavenly Court... The Heavenly Court needs Yuncha Ridge, and Yuncha Ridge also needs the Heavenly Court!"
The commander-in-chief said calmly: "Every time Yuncha Ridge is conquered, the Heavenly Court will let the people of the world know that the Heavenly Court is the legitimate one of the Supreme Taichu Heaven. And every time Yuncha Ridge is conquered by the Heavenly Court, these demons and monsters will become more united and more wholeheartedly united around you old demons!"
"More importantly, the Heavenly Court needs several powerful opponents to tell certain people, such as... the Green Emperor... to make them understand that without the Heavenly Court, the Supreme Primordial Heaven will be in chaos."
"If we run the business this way, everyone will benefit, and that's the best thing."
"But this balance cannot be broken... Although Yuan Fu's appearance failed to break this balance, this is a very bad sign... Therefore, Yuan Fu's life or death is not important. What is important is that you, Yunchaling, must show an attitude!"
The commander-in-chief looked at Old Xiong Zun and said softly, "You are colluding with the people from Lingshan and the Great Leiyin Temple, right? Do you know the whereabouts of their real core members? Hand over this person, and I will take his head and leave! I will never bother you again!"
Old Xiong Zun looked at the commander-in-chief as if he were a fool.
After looking at them for a long time, he blinked his eyes and pointed to his chest vigorously: "We have known each other for many years, so I will tell you the truth. Do you think that with my background and my status in Buddhism, I have the ability to betray them?"
The commander-in-chief smiled at Old Xiong Zun and said, "Whether you have the ability or not, let's not talk about it for now... If you want Yuncha Ridge to continue to live a peaceful life, you must sell out one or two of them!"
Without waiting for Old Bear to speak, the commander-in-chief said calmly: "Just wait and see!"
With a gentle wave of his hands, lightning flashed in front of him. The quiet lightning condensed into a bright mirror, showing the phantoms of giant dragons formed by the laws of the great way. On those phantoms of giant dragons, three thousand brand-new human figures emitted a dense divine light, and the powerful pressure of the Dao rhyme passed through the lightning mirror and came directly over.
Lao Xiongzun's small green eyes suddenly widened to the size of broad beans.
He looked at the commander-in-chief in horror and took a deep breath.
“This is the essence of Heaven.”
“This is the decision of the earth.”
The commander-in-chief said calmly: "Three thousand emperors are born at will and can attack Yuncha Ridge at any time. If you are really that strong, kill all three thousand of them. As long as there are enough "bodies" in the Taichu Yuan Court, such emperors will be inexhaustible and can be consumed endlessly!"
Old Xiong Zun said angrily: "This is evil and heresy!"
The commander-in-chief laughed and said, "That's right, Taichu Yuanting, with the help of some means of the Green Emperor, is indeed an evil heretic. But an evil heretic that can create three thousand emperors at any time..."
"The last time I led the army to attack Yuncha Ridge as usual, you asked me why I was so devoted to being Taichu's lackey... Hehe, this is part of the answer. He is very strong, stronger than I can imagine." The commander-in-chief exhaled: "Putting aside the brotherhood and comradeship I had with him back then... He is strong enough and can suppress me."
"The most terrifying thing is that after all these years, I still haven't figured out how powerful his hidden tricks are." The commander-in-chief looked at Old Bear Lord seriously, "So, withdraw your troops. You can. According to the conditions just now, you help me lure out a few core members of Lingshan and the Great Leiyin Temple. As long as they show their heads, this matter will have nothing to do with your Yuncha Ridge."
Old Xiongzun frowned and thought seriously.
The commander-in-chief said in a deep voice, "They are the variables... Although the current Supreme Primordial Heaven is not very good, it is not very bad either... The heaven and earth are clear and bright, and all forces abide by the law. Although it seems a little lifeless, all living beings can still live and work in peace and contentment."
“As for those people from the Lingshan Great Leiyin Temple, no matter whether they are right or wrong, no matter how great, bright, and correct their starting point is... their appearance will destroy the current balance of the Supreme Primordial Heaven.”
"In fact, because of them, the balance has been broken."
"Look at Taiyutian now."
"Look at the Heavenly Palace now."
"Look at those old monsters in Guixu who have been showing up recently, as well as the old ghosts from other parties..." The commander-in-chief sighed, "Plus, the real body of the Green Emperor may wake up at any time... I suspect that he has even fully recovered now and is watching us from somewhere."
"Just like last year, another round of killing?"
The commander-in-chief and Old Bear Lord shuddered at the same time. They both picked up their bowls and gulped down several bowls of liquor.
The commander shook his head: "Now I am surrounded by beautiful wives and concubines, and I have a group of children and grandchildren who flatter me. I have tens of millions of family members and relatives... Occasionally, I can disguise myself and go to a place where no one knows me, find a high-end brothel, and experience the different customs and practices of different places!"
"I don't want to fight anymore." The commander-in-chief said to Old Xiongzun sincerely, "On ordinary days, I usually lead the troops to Yunchaling and put on a show for the world to see. It's just a daily exercise, just like 'practicing health-preserving boxing'... But, like before, do I risk my life again and kill a lot of people?"
The commander-in-chief shook his head and said, "I don't want to. What about you?"
Old Bear Lord gritted his teeth and stared at the commander-in-chief viciously.
The commander-in-chief smiled at Old Bear Lord and said, "Think carefully, although you are a bear, you are also a wise bear... You don't want Yuncha Ridge to fall into a sea of ​​blood and endless killing, right? You were an eyewitness to the war back then, you don't want that, do you?"
"Don't you Buddhists have a saying about cutting flesh to feed eagles?" The commander-in-chief raised the bowl in his hand and said softly, "You are holding a sharp knife now... Anyway, it's not your flesh that is being cut, right?"
In the void, the commander-in-chief's clone suddenly roared angrily.
As he roared, outside Yuncha Ridge, countless giant warships from the Heavenly Court spewed out destructive light beams, which bombarded the outer mountains of Yuncha Ridge densely.
Mountain peaks were annihilated, mountaintops exploded, countless flames engulfed large tracts of mountains, countless flowers, trees, birds and beasts vanished in this round of volleys from the heavenly court. Large groups of Yunchaling demons formed an army and also suffered heavy losses in this round of volleys.
In Yuncha Ridge, one attack formation after another was activated. Dark clouds filled the sky, evil winds filled the air, and rays of eerie light shot up into the sky and slammed into the Heavenly Court's fleet.
Warships exploded in the air, and countless heavenly soldiers were smashed to pieces.
The commander-in-chief smiled as he looked at Old Xiong Zun, whose forehead was covered with cold sweat. "Now, make a decision... I have ordered a full-scale attack, a 'real' full-scale attack that will result in 'countless casualties'."
"I don't consider those low-level heavenly soldiers and generals as 'people'. They are just the lowest-level 'consumables'. And these consumables can be as many as you want, and they can be replenished at any time."
"And can the population of your Yuncha Ridge be compared with the entire Supreme Primordial Heaven?"
"The little monsters in your Yuncha Ridge are all your descendants. I can treat my subordinates as non-humans, but can you treat these little monsters in Yuncha Ridge as nothing?"
The commander-in-chief smiled and said, "Now, make a decision. In fact, all you need to do is hand over one or two people from Lingshan Leiyin Temple... I believe you can do it, right? Old friend?"
Old Xiong Zun gritted his teeth, suddenly stood up, grabbed a wine jar from the mountain elf's hand, and slapped the commander-in-chief in the face.
The commander-in-chief allowed Old Bear Zun to smash the wine jar on his face. He did not use any magic power. The broken porcelain pieces and sticky wine splashed all over his body.
He just looked at Old Bear quietly.
In the void, countless heavenly fleets are swarming in.
"Make a decision!" The commander-in-chief said softly, "There are some bad changes in the Heavenly Palace... Bi Xingxiang has been attacked. I don't have time to delay in Yuncha Ridge. I still have to run back and keep an eye on it, so that I can feel at ease..."
"If you don't make a decision, then I can only risk everything, regardless of our friendship over the years, and really tear each other apart. I will fight until there are corpses everywhere and rivers of blood... Anyway, I don't treat those heavenly soldiers and generals as human beings. I won't feel sorry for them no matter how many casualties they suffer. What about you?"
In the void, the demons of Yuncha Ridge took advantage of the terrain, and countless large formations were launched in the mountains, madly strangling the attacking heavenly army. With the help of the terrain, for every demon killed in Yuncha Ridge, at least ten times, or even a hundred times, the heavenly soldiers were strangled by the formation.
However, the number of heaven’s army is increasing.
Giant star gates slowly opened behind the military formation. In recent days, troops recruited from all directions by the Heavenly Court have been coming in continuously.
One person is killed or injured, and ten are replaced.
Ten casualties, a hundred replacements.
More and more heavenly soldiers and generals are killed on the front lines, but the size of the fleet of the heavenly army in the sky is getting bigger and bigger!
Old Xiong Zun raised his head and stared blankly at the corpses of demons falling from the sky. He finally let out a deep breath: "I only know..."
A sincere smile appeared on the commander-in-chief's pale and transparent face.