Chapter 718, There is no future

Before this, Wang Shengzhi hadn’t approached the Zhou Clan or Kong Clan’s people about this, which meant that he wasn’t particularly worried about the Kong Clan and Zhou Clan.

And now that he had come to the Northwest, it was not because he was worried that Fortress 178 would block him from advancing, but he needed the Northwest to clamp down on the Qing Clan in the Southwest with him.

In the final analysis, Zhang Jinglin believed that the reason why Wang Shengzhi had to make a personal trip to the Northwest at this point in time was still out of fear of Qing Zhen.

Of course, Zhang Jinglin also understood that he was also familiar with the young man called Qing Zhen, and it was hard for anyone in this world’s consortium to belittle the other side.

Those who dared to belittle Qing Zhen were either dead or not yet.

Right now, Wang Shengzhi wanted to unite with Fortress 178, but it was actually for Qing’s sake, right?

Therefore, if Zhang Jinglin accepted Wang Shengzhi’s conditions, then in the future, he would inevitably have to join Wang and stand against Qing.

Zhang Jinglin wasn’t afraid of Qing Zhen, and 178 Fortress wasn’t afraid of Qing, but it wasn’t necessary.

The focus is on the three words unnecessary, now that the Northwest is getting better and better, why would he want to expand his ambitions, but pull the entire 178 Fortress into the war?

Right now, it was a good time for the Northwest to recuperate.

“What you said does not move my heart,” Zhang Jinglin said, “Whether Wang will do something in the future when Fortress 178 faces foreign enemies is a blank check, and I have no interest in war.”

Earlier, Zhang Jinglin had made a remark that war could not save mankind.

Wang Shengzhi looked at Zhang Jinglin and smiled, “Then what if you were to take control of the entire Barrier Alliance? By that time, the entire Barrier Alliance is in your own hands, are you still afraid that what I say will be a blank check.”

Now, it was Zhang Jinglin who froze instead.

To be honest, the conversation between the two was expected by Zhang Jinglin from start to finish, and when Wang Shengzhi came to the door, he knew why Wang Shengzhi had come to the Northwest.

But when the topic arrived, it suddenly exceeded Zhang Jinglin’s expectations.

He frowned and asked, “What does this mean?”

“It means that the future Barrier Alliance will no longer be in the hands of the consortium,” Wang Shengzhi said calmly, “The consortium will completely become past history, and the successor of this Barrier Alliance will no longer be hereditary. And the first one, is you, Mr. Zhang.”

Zhang Jinglin looked at Wang Shengzhi seriously, “You’ve been planning for so long and made so much effort, just to do the graft for others? Not trying to achieve anything?”

Wang Shengzhi said, “I only have one request, and that is that this Barrier Alliance must be run by an AI for order, but of course, it’s just order.”

“I can’t figure it out,” Zhang Jinglin said frankly, “I really don’t know what you’re thinking this time, in fact, you could have spent more time on transportation, maybe you don’t need the Northwest’s help to do what you want to do, and you don’t need that kind of thing to make a deal. ”

“No, this is not a deal,” Wang Shengzhi shook his head, “I don’t have time.”

“What is the meaning of this,” Zhang Jinglin carefully sized up Wang Shengzhi, and only then did he realize that the other party was not rising very well.

Wang Shengzhi pointed to his chest and said, “Lung cancer.”

“So you teamed up with Anjing Temple this time to bring those people into the Sacred Mountain because you wanted to find Experiment 001 and then find a cure for cancer from him?” Zhang Jinglin asked.

Most people now knew that Experiment Subject 001 seemed to have been born during the Fire Seed Company’s treatment of cancer, and the rest of the subjects were also cancer patients.

“Haha,” Wang Shengzhi laughed and pointed to his legs, “I have no such intention, as far as I’m concerned, death is not a kind of relief, so why pursue a life that doesn’t belong to you. Mr. Zhang, why do you think life has weight? It actually lies in its ‘finiteness’, if life is infinite, then its existence loses its meaning.”

I don’t know why, but Zhang Jinglin and Wang Shengzhi had argued for so long, but suddenly agreed on this topic.

Zhang Jinglin sighed, “I’m sorry.”

This sorry meant that if he knew that Wang Shengzhi’s days were numbered, perhaps he would have been more polite when he spoke just now.

Wang Shengzhi spread his hands, “I don’t think it’s anything very regrettable, it’s just that I’m going to do what needs to be done before I die. I don’t covet any fame or fortune in this world anymore, and in my heart you have always been the most lucid person in this world, so I hope that when I finish that business, you can take it from me.”

But Zhang Jinglin did not speak, and when Wang Shengzhi saw that Zhang Jinglin did not speak, he once again urged, “I will clear away all the syndicates before I die, and gift you with a clean alliance.”

The tone of Wang Shengzhi’s voice was especially certain and resolute when he mentioned cleaning out all the alliances, which also included Wang himself.

At a certain moment, Zhang Jinglin sensed the other party’s determination, as well as Wang Shengzhi’s dissatisfaction with the consortium.

He didn’t know what to say about Wang Shengzhi as a person, because all along, he had thought that the other party had been working so hard for so many years for the sake of his own ambitions.

Not only did Zhang Jinglin think this way, even Qing Zhen thought the same.

And now that the other party knew that he was going to die, all he thought about was still how to complete the unification of the Barrier Alliance, as well as clearing out all the syndicates.

Wang Shengzhi looked at Zhang Jinglin and pleaded, “I know that Mr. Zhang still has some prejudice against AI, I just hope that you can know more about it and see how Barrier 61 is in order.”

But Zhang Jinglin eventually sighed and shook his head, “I’m sorry, I can’t help you.”

“Why?”

“I don’t have the ambition to control the entire Barrier Alliance,” Zhang Jinglin said, “If someone could take over Fortress 178 from me right now, I could retire right now.”

Wang Shengzhi smiled bitterly, “You still have time to train this person, but I don’t. I want to know, do you have someone in mind now, let me guess, Ren Xiaosu?”

Zhang Jinglin glanced at Wang Shengzhi, “How do you know?”

Wang Shengzhi said, “You don’t have to look at me like that, isn’t it normal to plant spies between each other, except that I did it earlier than everyone else, so you cleared out everyone else’s spies but couldn’t find mine. I’m curious, what’s so unique about him?”

Zhang Jinglin replied, “You’ll probably find out later.”

“There is no later,” Wang Shengzhi pushed the wheels of his own wheelchair and headed out, “Thank you for the hospitality, although none of my wishes came true, I finally got to see an old friend, Mr. Zhang, do you remember how we first met?”

“I remember,” Zhang Jinglin said.

“Thank you,” Wang Shengzhi said these inexplicable two words and got into the car, and the cross-country caravan drove all the way to the Central Plains with windy speed.

It was late winter, and the last snow drifted up from the sky.