237: Chapter 237 You detained cadres, did you consider the consequences?!

The door lock of the lobby clicked shut.

Zhang Yi's body was not yet cold.

Lin Yuan stood before the screen, where Liu Qing had divided the map of Jiangcheng into three sections.

Abandoned Hospital.

Old Sewers.

Jiang University.

Three sets of heat signatures were like three rats burrowing into the cracks of a wall.

"Qin Yumo."

"Present."

Qin Yumo's twin blades had not yet been sheathed, her red hair hanging down past her shoulders.

Lin Yuan pointed toward the sewers.

"You go."

"Fat Dragon, take people to Jiang University."

"Keep an eye on the Abandoned Hospital for now."

Su Xiaonuan held her tablet, her voice still hoarse, but she issued orders one by one.

"Director Xu Changfeng, isolate for investigation."

"Jiang Yun, transfer to the B3 Sealed Chamber."

"Execute the remaining Jingcheng personnel."

A few Jingcheng Team members were about to shout, but Zhou Heng had already raised his gun.

Gunshots erupted in the lobby.

The members of the Inner Circle who had been whispering lowered their heads; no one dared to look up.

Captain Han Xue dragged away Zhang Yi's body, her sleeves not even fluttering.

Su Xiaonuan looked at them.

"Tiangong No. 1 does not forbid fear."

"But it forbids passing blades for the enemy."

No one spoke.

Tiangong No. 1 returned to Lin Yuan's rhythm.

Old Sewers.

Sewage submerged the soles of her boots.

Low-temperature fluorescent markers remained on the pipe walls, green like rotting moss.

Qin Yumo bent down and crawled into the maintenance hatch.

Shadow's voice came through the communicator.

"Three heat signatures ahead."

"Two in the ventilation interlayer on the left, one in the shaft directly in front, and at least three underwater."

Qin Yumo gripped her blade with one hand.

"Don't follow."

Shadow paused for half a second.

"You alone?"

"Master told me to kill the rats."

Qin Yumo stepped through the sewage, the tip of her blade grazing the wall to slice through a tripwire.

"He didn't tell me to lead a team for training."

The second strike flicked a poison needle out from a hidden groove in the pipe wall.

The needle fell into the water, bubbling with white foam.

Liu Qing cut into the channel.

"Miss Qin, the interference fluctuations are increasing. Stay safe."

Qin Yumo did not stop.

"When I was in Shanghai."

She slashed a rusty gate open with one strike.

"I missed a party."

The channel went silent.

On Level B2, the cola in Tang Qiqi's mouth nearly sprayed onto the console.

"Who snitched!"

Liu Qing did not respond.

Deep in the sewers, the red dots suddenly disappeared.

Boom!

An electromagnetic jamming grenade exploded.

The surveillance screen was filled with static.

In the command room, Su Xiaonuan's fingers paused on her tablet.

Tang Qiqi poked her head out from B2.

"Is that it?"

She hugged her cola, her eyes bright.

"You want to hurt my Sister Yumo?"

Liu Qing typed on her keyboard, switching backup lines layer by layer.

Only interference patterns remained on the screen.

Inside the sewers.

Six figures lunged out simultaneously.

The first restraint net fell from overhead.

Qin Yumo backhanded the net line with the spine of her blade, twisted her wrist, and the person hiding behind the shaft wall was dragged out by the entire net, their face smashing into the sewage.

The second person lunged from behind.

The blade's light flashed against the pipe wall.

A wrist, along with a gun, fell into the water.

The third person pulled the trigger.

The bullet grazed Qin Yumo's shoulder, beads of blood seeping out.

She looked down at it.

Wild Resonance activated.

A ripple was kicked out on the water surface beneath her feet.

The leader finally realized something was wrong.

"Retreat!"

No one could retreat.

The iron ladder at the entrance had been cut down by Qin Yumo when she entered.

She wasn't surrounded.

She had closed the door.

One minute later.

Five corpses sank into the sewage.

The last one was pinned under Qin Yumo's boot.

The man wore a Jingcheng ID on his chest, spitting blood.

"I am a registered official of the National Emergency System!"

"You have no right to dispose of me!"

Qin Yumo pressed the tip of her blade against his throat.

"Master said to find rats."

"He didn't say to check IDs."

Snap.

His limbs were broken.

The jamming grenade's energy was depleted.

Communications were restored.

Tang Qiqi muttered softly.

"The cat party didn't invite her; no wonder she killed so fast today."

Qin Yumo dragged the person out, the tip of her blade scraping against the ground with a screech.

Tang Qiqi immediately muted her mic.

Twenty minutes later.

B3 Sealed Chamber.

Qin Yumo threw the leader in front of the electric chair.

Green light flared on Xia Qingqiu's hands as she stanched his bleeding.

Not to save him.

But to prevent him from dying too quickly.

Captain Han Xue stood by the door, recording.

The leader was stubborn.

"Do you realize the consequences of detaining a Jingcheng official?!"

Su Xiaonuan did not argue.

She tapped to open the projection.

In the footage, the Jingcheng Team members brought by Jiang Yun were executed one by one.

The next segment of footage.

Jiang Yun was escorted into the adjacent sealed chamber, her cyan combat suit locked tight by restraint rings, and the Green Lotus Fire was suppressed by electric current the moment it emerged.

The leader's eyes fixed.

Su Xiaonuan looked at him.

"Next door is Adam's daughter."

"She is currently on the B3 visitor package."

Captain Han Xue added,

"Electric chair, nutrient paste, private toilet."

Tang Qiqi's voice popped out from the broadcast.

"An in-situ private toilet."

The leader's lips trembled.

Su Xiaonuan opened the third video.

Director Xu Changfeng was isolated for investigation.

Zhang Yi's body was pushed into the medical waste disposal room.

"Your obvious bait is already ruined."

"Speak."

The electric chair glowed blue.

The man held out for ten seconds.

"We... are the extraction team."

"The mission was to extract Jiang Yun and Director Xu Changfeng after she completed the disruption of Tiangong No. 1."

Su Muxue watched the fluctuation curve.

"Truthful."

Su Xiaonuan synchronized the confession to the entire Cloud Top Palace.

Screens lit up in every corridor.

Those who had spread rumors just now lost the color in their faces.

Zhou Heng stood before the Inner Circle broadcast.

"Mr. Lin said, those who spread unverified information..."

He paused.

"Die."

Outside the old Library of Jiang University.

Snow pressed down on the steps.

Master Jiu wore an old military overcoat, rolling two crystal cores in his hand.

He used to roll walnuts.

Now he rolled hard currency.

Fat Dragon led people in from the school gate, still smelling of gunpowder.

Master Jiu chuckled.

"Yo, fire burning fat, getting thinner the more you fight."

Fat Dragon patted his belly.

"The old gambler has changed professions to watch the Library."

"Quite cultured."

The Jiang University students nearby lowered their heads to stifle their laughter.

Master Jiu put away the crystal cores.

"Cut the crap, the people have been caught."

A few Jingcheng infiltrators were escorted out.

The leading man was still wearing an official's jacket.

He lifted his chin the moment he came out.

"I am a formal Jingcheng official."

"Privately detaining an official is rebellion."

The laughter of the Jiang University students stopped.

Master Jiu narrowed his eyes.

Fat Dragon had already walked over and grabbed the man by the back of his neck.

"Official?"

The man struggled.

"Let go! Do you know my rank?"

Fat Dragon dragged the man over to the contribution point registration scale.

The iron scale creaked.

He grinned.

"Officials are also weighed by the pound for contribution points."

Master Jiu tossed the two crystal cores onto the scale pan.

"Don't mistreat them."

"If their bones are hard, the processing fee is extra."

Outside the old Library, the survivors burst into laughter.

The man's face turned purple.

That layer of Jingcheng official skin was stripped clean amidst the laughter.

Chu Feng stood in the distance.

He watched the official being pressed onto the scale without intervening.

Xu Mengmeng stood by his side, whispering, "You're not going to stop it?"

Chu Feng looked toward the direction of Tiangong No. 1.

He didn't speak.

Intelligence from the three fronts was compiled in the command room.

Liu Qing overlaid the three routes—the sewers, Jiang University, and the Abandoned Hospital—onto the map of Jiangcheng.

Two lines had already been cut.

Only the area around the Abandoned Hospital remained.

After the routes converged, the area around the hospital was marked in deep red.

The heat signature symbolizing the Jingcheng Team had stopped in one place, as if waiting for someone.

Su Xiaonuan stood beside Lin Yuan, her voice lowered.

"Boss Lin."

"Is it possible Eve will descend near the Abandoned Hospital?"

Lin Yuan looked at that red zone.

"It is not a possibility."