60: Chapter 60 Is this your forced demolition? Why is the excavator dancing?

The next morning, at exactly eight o'clock.

The originally peaceful Locust Tree Alley...

...was now completely shattered by the roar of massive engines.

Ten heavy excavators and bulldozers, like a row of steel beasts, blocked the entrance of the alley, their massive buckets glinting with a cold, metallic light in the sun.

Mayor Zhao, wearing a black trench coat, stood with his hands on his hips beside a Land Rover command vehicle, his face full of high spirits.

Behind him followed Wang Sen from the Li Group, along with a large group of demolition team members wearing hard hats and carrying clubs.

"Mayor Zhao, the auspicious hour has arrived."

Wang Sen glanced at the Patek Philippe on his wrist, a cruel smile curling at the corner of his mouth.

"That kid hasn't made a sound yet. It seems he's too scared to come out."

"Hmph, he chose the hard way over the easy way."

Mayor Zhao snorted coldly, waved his hand, and shouted into a megaphone:

"Listen up, residents inside! This is your final warning!"

"You have three minutes to evacuate! Otherwise, suffer the consequences!"

The voice echoed through the alley, startling several crows.

However, that vermilion gate remained tightly closed. It was silent inside, without a single response.

"Good! Very good!"

A flash of ruthlessness crossed Mayor Zhao's eyes.

"Since you want to be a holdout, don't blame me for being impolite!"

"Everyone! Push forward!!"

"Level this wretched courtyard to the ground!!!"

"Rumble—!!!"

With the command, ten excavators started up simultaneously. Black smoke billowed as the treads crushed the bluestone slabs on the ground, making a piercing grinding sound as they charged menacingly toward No. 44 Courtyard.

Wang Sen lit a cigar, watching the scene with a playful expression.

"Su Yang, oh Su Yang, fighting against my Li family? This is the consequence!"

Just as the bucket of the first excavator was about to smash into the vermilion gate—

Right at that moment.

Buzz—!

Inside No. 44 Courtyard, a visible white mist suddenly surged upward.

This mist came extremely fast and was incredibly eerie.

In just a few seconds, it enveloped the entire residence and even the excavator brigade at the alley entrance.

The originally clear sky darkened instantly.

The surrounding temperature plummeted, and an indescribable smell of burning filled the air.

"What's going on? Is it foggy?"

Mayor Zhao frowned and waved his hand at the white mist in front of him, only to find that visibility had instantly dropped to less than a meter.

"Ah! There's someone ahead!"

Just then, the driver of the lead excavator suddenly let out a terrified scream.

In his eyes, the originally flat road of the alley had suddenly disappeared.

In its place was a bottomless abyss!

And at the edge of the abyss stood a woman in red with disheveled hair, waving at him and revealing two rows of ghastly white teeth.

"Come here... come here..."

"Mama! A ghost!!"

The driver's Soul Flying Away and Spirit Scattering, he instinctively yanked the steering wheel, trying to turn around and flee.

But to the outsiders, the excavator suddenly went mad, performing a massive tail-spin right where it was.

"Bang!!!"

The massive bucket, carrying immense force, slammed hard into the cab of another excavator next to it!

"Boom!"

Glass shattered, and sparks flew everywhere.

The driver of the struck excavator was knocked unconscious on the spot, and the front of the vehicle was severely dented.

"Old Zhang! Have you gone mad?!"

The foreman behind him cursed loudly.

But before he could finish his curse...

...an even more bizarre scene occurred.

The dozen or so excavators, as if possessed, began spinning wildly and fighting each other on the spot.

Some buckets were digging frantically at the empty air, as if mountains of gold and silver were buried there.

Others were slamming into the nearby walls, letting out shrill screams as they did so:

"Don't come over! Don't bite me! Ah! So many snakes!"

"Fire! Such a big fire! Help! I'm being burned!"

"There's a ghost! My steering wheel turned into a skull!!"

In less than a minute.

The originally menacing demolition brigade had instantly turned into a chaotic mess.

Excavators crashed into each other, and black smoke billowed.

Workers scurried through the mist like headless flies.

Some clutched their heads and wept, some rolled on the ground, and some even took off their pants and kowtowed to utility poles.

"This... what is going on?!"

Mayor Zhao and Wang Sen stood on the periphery. Although they hadn't entered the Formation...

...watching this chaotic scene of dancing demons, their legs also went weak with fear.

"Is this the power of the Nine Palaces Soul-Bewildering Formation?"

Inside the courtyard, Su Yang was holding a bowl of jellied tofu, sitting on the wall and watching the grand drama below with great interest while he ate.

Beside him, Mary was diligently peeling tea eggs for him.

"Master, this Formation is too powerful! I think they're about to wet themselves from fear."

"This is just the beginning."

Su Yang slurped a mouthful of jellied tofu, a mischievous smile curling on his lips.

"This is just an appetizer, letting them have a few hallucinations."

"For the real main course, our employees have to go in personally."

"Qingcheng, Chu Ling, take your subordinates and go down to have some fun with these leaders."

"Remember, don't kill them. Just scare them half to death."

"As you command, Master~"

Su Qingcheng let out a charming laugh, transformed into a red shadow, and floated down.

Chu Ling was not to be outdone; her purple eyes sparkled with excitement as she followed closely behind.

...

Below, Mayor Zhao was screaming frantically into his walkie-talkie:

"Stop! Everyone stop! You're hallucinating! It's all fake!"

Suddenly.

An icy hand lightly rested on his shoulder.

"Who's there?!"

Mayor Zhao whipped his head around.

He saw a pale face almost pressed against his nose.

It was the Long-Tongued Ghost, with two lines of bloody tears hanging from the corners of his eyes, yet a bizarre smile on his lips.

"Lord Mayor... were you looking for me?"

"I've lived in this house for decades. Why do you want to demolish my home?"

"Ah!!! A ghost!!!"

Mayor Zhao was so scared his heart nearly stopped. He fell onto his backside and scrambled backward using both hands and feet.

"President Wang! Save me! There's a ghost!"

He turned to look for Wang Sen.

But he found that this Senior Vice President of the Li Group was currently being held by a zombie wearing Qing Dynasty official robes, dangling like a little chick.

"You... what are you going to do? I have money! I have plenty of money!"

Wang Sen was so scared that snot and tears were everywhere, and he frantically waved a check in his hand.

"Money?"

Chu Ling sneered, revealing two sharp fangs.

"This Princess doesn't lack money. This Princess lacks... a eunuch to scrub the toilets."

"I see you have fair and tender skin; you're just right."

As she spoke, she opened her mouth as if to bite down.

"Don't bite! I'm not a eunuch! I still have my equipment!"

Wang Sen broke down, his eyes rolled back, and he fainted on the spot, his crotch instantly becoming a large wet patch.

"Tch, useless thing."

Chu Ling threw him onto the ground in disgust.

By now, the alley was filled with wails of agony.

Those demolition team members who were usually so overbearing...

...now each wished their parents had given them more legs as they ran out, crying for their mothers and fathers.

But that white mist was like a labyrinth.

No matter how they ran, they would eventually return to the same spot, facing those terrifying ghost faces once again.

"Su... Master Su! Grandpa Su! I know you're inside!"

Mayor Zhao's spirit had completely collapsed by now. He knelt on the ground, kowtowing frantically toward the gate of No. 44 Courtyard.

"I was wrong! I had eyes but couldn't see Mount Tai!"

"I won't demolish it! I won't demolish it! Please, withdraw your Divine Ability!"

"I don't want this project anymore! I'll leave right now! I'm leaving right now!"

Looking at Mayor Zhao kneeling and begging for mercy below, Su Yang finished the last bite of his tea egg, clapped his hands, and leapt down from the wall.

Holding a folding fan, he walked leisurely to Mayor Zhao.

As he appeared, the surrounding white mist automatically receded, and those terrifying ghost shadows instantly vanished without a trace.

Sunlight once again spilled into the alley.

But the wreckage of excavators and the fainted crowd all over the ground reminded everyone that everything just now was not a dream.

"Mayor Zhao, weren't you quite impressive just now?"

Su Yang had a playful look on his face.

"What? Only a few minutes have passed, and you're giving me such a grand salute?"

"This makes me... quite embarrassed."

"Master Su! You are the master! You are my own grandfather!"

Mayor Zhao looked at the smiling young man in front of him as if looking at a demon god, his whole body shaking like a leaf.

"I really know I was wrong! It was all that old thing Li Half-City who forced me!"

"Scram."

Su Yang closed his folding fan and gave him a disgusted look.

"Drag all this scrap metal away. Don't block my front door."

"Also, go back and tell that Wang Sen to bring a message to Li Half-City after he wakes up."

"Want to play tricks?"

"Next time, tell him to come personally."

"Otherwise, it won't be as simple as just sending a delivery."

"Perhaps, I will personally go to Hong Kong Island to... give him his final send-off!"