366 Called Upon
As Shi Tian was fantasizing about his day of being filthy rich, Phoebe brought him back to reality when she ordered one of her soldiers to bring over another makeshift seat for him.
"Have a seat, Nathan." Phoebe calmly said. "The conversation we're going to have isn't going to be short, so I doubt you would want to stand there all day long." Glancing at the makeshift seat for a second, Shi Tian smoothly sat down and stared at Phoebe.
As for the surrounding soldiers, who seemed to be orchestrating an intimidating scenery, almost as if they wanted to make him feel tiny or scared. They unfortunately failed miserably in trying to scare Shi Tian, given he knew Phoebe wasn't a dumb commander like Damon, who would attempt to demote themselves. "Your soldiers seemed like they wanted to devour me whole." Shi Tian chuckled softly. "Are they perhaps jealous that I get to converse with you in such close proximity?" "Hah, you sure have a glib tongue, Nathan." Phoebe laughed, putting away her alcoholic drink which a soldier swiftly held on her behalf. "Alright, jokes aside, I'm sure you must be wondering why Theobold's side was struggling, right?" Sure enough, once Phoebe started getting to the main point, Shi Tian changed his expression as well.
Phoebe's words might be difficult to comprehend because she was not the straightforward type, compared to Vanessa. She was the type to say something, but her sentence had many meanings hidden behind it. In other words, she would never interact or converse with retarded people, unless they were somewhat equal to her status.
Not to brag, but Shi Tian was definitely the retarded type that would act irrationally. And he was able to understand that Phoebe was essentially she got her eyes on them.
He had basically just gone to Theobold and assisted him. But before he could even take a breather, one of Phoebe's soldiers arrived and asked to bring him over here, which meant she knew exactly when he was done and was available. The timing was simply too flawless.
"Take a look at this," Phoebe snapped her finger and a soldier brought over a tablet. The tablet then projected a holographic screen of the terrain. "The terrain here is the one in front of us, and I'm too lazy to walk there to tell you. But I'm sure you should be fine with these holographic images since mechanics like you are prone to reading blueprints." She added, flicking the holographic screen to go closer to Shi Tian. At first glance, the terrain doesn't seem to be anything special, but upon closer inspection, Shi Tian was impressed that Phoebe was able to figure out something.
The underground terrain. As Shi Tian was inspecting the holographic images, Phoebe continued her explanation. "When I told my soldiers to drench the ground with oil and burn 'em up all to a crisp. I noticed the ground material seemed too soft, so I commanded my soldiers to dig further. And guess what, the underground was like a whole new area itself. My soldiers went down for so many inches, and still hadn't reached the end." Shi Tian wanted to act surprised by the discovery, but Phoebe was simply too prospective to notice his futile act.
"But it seems like you already know about this, Nathan. Otherwise, you wouldn't have used a sonic boom to disturb the magnetic field placed in the underground." She suddenly said, a cold smile appeared on her face.
It was at this moment that Shi Tian finally realized one thing that had been daunting to him.
The matter that daunted him was how in the world the monsters were so intelligent enough to create a magnetic field that specifically counter the Railgun Blaster in Theobold's arsenal.
And with Phoebe's revelation, Shi Tian finally realized why he was called upon here.
She was angry or displeased to be more precise. "The magnetic field was done by you and your soldiers, but my one sonic boom ruined your plan. It can't be that you are trying to make me compensate for the magnetic field now, right?" Shi Tian kept his composure and calmly responded in a light-hearted tone.