An overt scheme is an unsolvable one—the king of all strategies. Such schemes are conducted in the open, leaving the target with no way to avoid them. Since ancient times, only extraordinary individuals have been capable of executing them, such as the most famous overt scheme in history: the "two peaches to kill three warriors" plot orchestrated by Yanzi.
Chen Xuan had no intention of imitating ancient sages. By publicly revealing his identity as the Evil Emperor, he was simply declaring to the entire world that the Evil Emperor of China would step onto American soil with his head held high, without the need for forged identities or concealment.
If the Nobel Prize ceremony being held in the United States was a covert scheme aimed at Chen Xuan, then Chen Xuan traveling to the U.S. under the name of the Evil Emperor was his overt counter-strategy.
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