Chapter 598
Chapter 598: Monstrous Deduction
Translator: flycrane01 Editor: Millman97
The coldness inside Xiong Wuji's eyes were almost burning through the rocky wall of the underground cage . He said solemnly, "Is the battle that happened in the edge of the Iron Plateau Space Zone related to the revealing of my identity?"
Li Yao looked around and knocked off a sharp stone from the wall . He sat cross-legged before Xiong Wuji and drew a circle on the ground between them and said, "You will know whether or not they are related after you hear my analysis .
"As I said before, five warships of Storm Prison surrounded three starships on the Great Horn Exo Society's side and were about to destroy them all . Luckily, I appeared in time and distracted Storm Prison, thereby disrupting the Temple of Immortal's scheme .
"If I hadn't shown up, the three starships on the Great Horn Exo Society's side would definitely have been annihilated .
"Then, was it possible that the three starships would release a lot of escape capsules so that some of the crew members could run away at the last moment?"
Xiong Wuji pondered for a moment and said, "Of course! Since they were doomed, there would be hope to reestablish the group as long as some of them were alive . If it were me, at such a crucial moment, I would ask the strongest and the most wounded to stay and stall the enemy, while I demand mediocre experts and the slightly wounded to run away and avenge us later . "
Li Yao smiled . He stabbed dozens of dots with the sharp stone inside the circle, as he said, "I thought so, too . Alright . Let's say that the Great Horn Exo Society and the other two Cultivation sects released almost a hundred escape capsules, which carried their hope . These runners would be the reasonably good warriors on the three starships and bring a lot of magical equipment with them . It is also very possible that they were equipped with crystal suits, right?"
Xiong Wuji nodded . "Yes . It was better to let them take all the precious magical equipment and weapons to increase their odds of escaping than to let the space pirates loot all the assets . "
Li Yao asked, "Then, where would they run away to?"
Deep in thought, Xiong Wuji said slowly, "According to your description, there was only one place that could help them escape from the space pirates . The planetary ring in the periphery of Iron Plateau!"
Li Yao agreed . "Indeed . The impetus and fuel of escape capsules are not very impressive . Whichever direction they chose to run to, they would have been caught by space pirates sooner or later . The planetary ring in the periphery of Iron Plateau was the only place where they could hope to survive the disaster .
"However, since I hadn't shown up, it should've been more than easy for Storm Prison to finish the three starships on the Great Horn Exo Society's side and send out many hunters to go after the escape capsules!
"The escape capsules would have no other alternatives except to cross the planetary ring, however risky it was, and land on Iron Plateau, while hoping that the 'forbidden area for Cultivators' would intimidate the space pirates and force them to stop . Isn't that so?"
Xiong Wuji nodded . "Yes . Now that you mention it, it seems to be the only reasonable choice that the runners could've possibly made . "
Li Yao continued his analysis . "On Storm Prison's side, they were faced with the danger of being surrounded by the Cultivators' reinforcements anyway . When the escape capsules fell into the gravity pull of Iron Plateau, they would've calculated that the odds of catching up to the prey were close to zero . Therefore, they would've retreated according to their original plan . It is also a reasonable assumption, is it not?"
Xiong Wuji replied, "It is . "
Li Yao sighed . "Look, to this moment, this is a classic plot in novels . The bad guys are about to defeat the good guys, but the good guys run away to a place beyond the bad guys' reach due to favorable circumstances . Everything is so reasonable, so natural, and so perfect . The 'good guys' would've felt nothing wrong, the 'bad guys' such as Fengyu Zhong would've felt nothing wrong, and the Cultivators' reinforcements wouldn't have realized that somebody was behind all this at all, either . Chances are that they would have been celebrating because there were many survivors after the disaster!
"However, all the choices and events would've led to a situation that had never been seen for thousands of years .
"Over the past thousands of years, few space residents have been forced to land on Iron Plateau, and most of them were civilians or non-battle-type Cultivators, such as Sha Yulan, who were of little threat to Iron Plateau natives . Isn't that so?
"However, this time, hundreds of fully-armedm, battle-type Cultivators, who were equipped with powerful crystal suits, would have been forced to land on Iron Plateau!"
Xiong Wuji immediately felt a cold droplet of sweat roll down his spine . His eyelids twitched violently as he observed, "That's very true . Since we went our separate ways five thousand years ago, there have never been that many battle-type Cultivators on Iron Plateau . "
Li Yao went on . "If one or two Cultivators unfortunately fell into the desert, they would doubtlessly become food for demon beasts . But the case would be different if there were hundreds of battle-type Cultivators equipped with crystal suits . They had all received the most professional combat training, and their teamwork was flawless because they were on the same side and had cooperated for a long time .
"It is very likely that they would have gathered within a few days and survived in the desert as a group!
"They knew very well that Iron Plateau was a forbidden area for Cultivators . Therefore, they would definitely tread lightly . Then, they would be faced with two choices . Should they keep hiding in darkness, or should they get in touch with the Iron Plateau natives?
"It was quite possible that the six tribes of Iron Plateau had already discovered them . They had two choices, too . Should they wage a war against the 'intruders' immediately, or should they talk to them cautiously first?
"I believe that latter choices would've been more likely .
"Although the Burning Sun Tribe, the Giant Axe Tribe, and the Feathered Snakes Tribe despised space residents, in my opinion, their leaders are definitely the opposite of reckless . Their heads are quite clear, and they would not attack the space residents without a good cause .
"If it were the Furious Bears Tribe, the Heaven Wolves Tribe, or the Silver Moon Tribe that the survivors reached out to, it is even possible that they would have been invited to fight the battle of the apocalypse together, just as I've experienced in the Furious Bears Tribe!
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