1091: Licun's Undercover

Several hours later.

The pitch-black sky still enveloped this area, making it hard to distinguish between day and night.

City Lord's Mansion, dungeon.

"Ah!!!"

Miserable wails echoed non-stop.

Two Knights in Western European style armor were fiercely whipping Zhang Yang, who was tied to a cross in front of them, with whips soaked in salt water!

"Stop hitting me, I told you I don't know, I really don't know any core technology for electrical appliances!"

Zhang Yang never thought that he would be brought to the dungeon by the City Lord's Soldiers and be severely tortured and questioned about the core technology of electrical appliances!

Didn't he receive the status of a high-level citizen from the City Lord?

Relying on this status, he could receive a generous talent allowance every month in Busen City, and from now on, he should have lived a comfortable life until death!

Why did it turn into this situation?!

With every whip that fell, Zhang Yang's skin split open.

And the salt water on the whip was like countless fine needles, Sisi drilling into the wound, making Zhang Yang's face contorted with pain, crying and weeping.

"Speak! Between electric lights and wires, what secrets are you hiding? Why can't the electric lights we made connect to your wires?!" A Soldier threw down the last whip and turned to ask the nearly unconscious Zhang Yang sharply.

"I... I really don't know!!!"

"When I came to Busen City, I shared everything I knew about electrical appliances with you, there's really nothing else!" Zhang Yang's voice was choked with sobs, his words full of truth.

But obviously, his words did not earn the trust of the interrogators.

"I didn't expect this guy to look like a weakling, but his mouth is quite tight."

Among the two interrogators, one Middle-aged Man rubbed his sore arm, his tone carrying some surprise.

The Middle-aged Knight's Partner, the Old Man, also gasped for air: "These Outsiders are all like this, their mouths are as hard as stone, later get some chili water on the whips, and prepare a few pieces of red-hot iron."

"Anyway, City Lord said it's fine even if they're tortured to death, I don't believe this guy can keep the secret until he dies!"

The Middle-aged Knight nodded: "That's right, but I'm also tired of whipping, let's pull out fingernails first."

As he spoke, the Man walked to a wall covered with torture instruments and took down a pair of iron pliers.

"No, no, don't! I really don't know anything!" Listening to the conversation between the two Knights, Zhang Yang's psychological shadow had already expanded infinitely.

If he really knew something, there would be no need for torture, as long as these Lords asked, he would definitely tell everything.

This time, he really didn't know anything!

Similar situations were unfolding in other areas of the dungeon within the City Lord's Mansion.

These interrogated individuals were all people who had voluntarily left Li Village and joined Busen City.

Originally, they all envisioned a bright future and great success.

They never thought that within just ten days, they would suffer such abuse!

Facing the interrogation, these people of course all answered that they knew nothing.

After all, they really didn't know anything.

However, this kind of answer became a model of keeping secrets in the eyes of the interrogators.

Of course, the main reason was that City Lord Maurice's order stated that it was fine even if these people were tortured to death.

This was the fundamental reason why the interrogators used torture so recklessly!

Miserable howls rose and fell, faintly audible even outside the dungeon.

And after this situation occurred, within the dungeon, a Knight's eyes flickered, and he found an opportunity to come outside the dungeon.

After quickly writing down the information from the dungeon, the Knight handed it to a Man disguised as a beggar nearby.

Holding the message, the beggar quickly passed it on to the person behind him.

It wasn't long before the information reached Qiao Yi of the Eva Family.

"Alas."

Qiao Yi sighed and shook his head, then ordered the message to be sent to Li Village.

...

Li Village.

Li Changkong finished another session of electric therapy to strengthen his body.

After learning the specific price of electricity, he was now very enthusiastic about using electricity!

The Man Bull Legion did need to pay for charging, but Li Village itself currently used electricity for free.

After all, the System had said at the beginning that there would be a month of free power supply, and Li Village could still enjoy nearly twenty days of free power supply.

Since it was free, of course, he had to use it actively!

Otherwise, after a month, the electricity bill would be a considerable burden.

And from the current perspective, the moment the electricity price returns to its original price after two months will be a severe test for Li Village!

"Village Chief, this is a message sent by Qiao Yi's people."

A Villager hurried to Li Changkong's side and handed him an envelope.

As the contents were revealed, Li Changkong's eyebrows slightly raised.

[The gain potion formula Maurice got is fake, Maurice and Su Liang have completely fallen out, and Busen City will still be inseparable from Li Village in the future!]

This was the content of the letter.

His gaze lingered on the letter for a moment, then Li Changkong turned to look at the person who delivered the letter: "Are you sure this is a letter sent by Qiao Yi's people?"

"Yes, the person who delivered the letter is definitely Qiao Yi's subordinate, I've seen him before."

The Villager nodded seriously.

Hearing this answer, Li Changkong's gaze fell on the Villager in front of him.

The Man who delivered the letter was Li Santu, the Father of the Child who ran into the Darkness at night looking for sugar gourds and was picked clean by the Despair Whisper Demon.

"Sending letters has always been entrusted to Li Yan, hasn't it? Why are you holding this letter?"

Li Changkong's question suddenly came to the act of sending the letter itself.

"I..."

Hearing this, facing Li Changkong's aura, Li Santu stammered for a moment: "Li Yan is not here, I brought it along the way, thinking of doing more for the Village."

"Doing more for the Village?"

Li Changkong nodded slightly, his gaze always fixed on Li Santu.

Territory Citizen: Li Santu

Sense of Belonging: 0%!

If he remembered correctly, Li Santu's sense of belonging in Li Village was also as high as over 70% back then, but now...

In these days, Li Changkong had actually seen several Villagers in this state.

Villagers who originally had a sense of belonging around 60% to 80% had, without anyone noticing, seen their sense of belonging to Li Village drop to freezing point!

If it were because of something he had done before that made these people dissatisfied, it would at most drop to around 30%, which would already be a situation where they were very disappointed with the Village.

Dropping directly to 0%, and on the surface still maintaining enthusiasm for the collective that is Li Village, there is only one reason.

Undercover!

These guys ultimately couldn't resist certain temptations and stood on the opposite side of Li Village!

Compared to Villagers like Zhang Yang who left Li Village directly, these people hiding in the Village as undercover agents were the ones who could truly pose a threat to the Village!

If it were during a tense battle, Li Changkong would probably make many irreversible wrong decisions because of this.

Of course.

With the System's prompt beforehand, this situation, which should have been taken extremely seriously, was now as easy as an open-book exam.

"Take out the real letter."

Without any unnecessary beating around the bush, Li Changkong reached out to Li Santu in front of him.

"Ah?"

A flicker of panic flashed in Li Santu's eyes, but his face carried a hint of confusion: "Isn't the letter already in your hands, Village Chief?"

"Li Man."

Li Changkong called out to the electric therapy area behind him.

After these words fell, Li Man, who had undergone electric tempering and was covered in a layer of sweat, walked out with heavy steps.

"Village Chief, are you looking for me?"

"Search his body for the real letter."

Li Changkong pointed at Li Santu.

"Real letter?"

Li Man looked at the letter in the Village Chief's hand with some confusion, then looked at Li Santu and strode forward.

It wasn't long.

Under Li Man's search, it didn't take long before a letter that hadn't been destroyed in time was found on Li Santu.

"Impossible, how did you know? You don't trust me, you suspected me from the beginning!"

As the evidence was found, Li Santu's tone also carried a hint of hysteria.

"Of course I don't trust you, if I trusted you, I would have entrusted you with the task of sending the letter."

Li Changkong said as a matter of course.

"Slap!"

Li Man also understood the situation this time, and directly slapped Li Santu's face, the considerable force leaving a burning pain and causing half of his face to swell up.

"Li Santu, you are an Old Man in the Village! How can you do something only a White Eyes would do?"

"Spreading false information, what do you want to do? Do you want to harm our entire Li Village like Su Liang?!"

Li Man grabbed Li Santu by the collar and roared angrily.

In response, Li Santu laughed with red eyes: "Hahaha, I just want the entire Li Village to die! I just want you all to die!"

"Why? Why didn't you save my Child back then!"

"I heard from others, you were standing on the edge of the spiritual lamp, only a little bit into the Dark, and you heard my Child's cry for help!"

"You could have gone directly to save my Child back then! You didn't, you let my Child die in the mouth of a monster for your own survival!"

"Anyway, I have no family in this Village now, you guys who stood by and watched my Child die, how can you still have the face to live?!"

"Hahaha... just wait, now City Lord Maurice no longer needs to rely on your electric lights, it won't be long before the entire Li Village is completely annihilated under City Lord Maurice's army!"

"The one who made the sound at the edge of the spiritual lamp back then was the Despair Whisper Demon, a monster! Not your son! You fool!"

Li Man felt only coldness after hearing this.

And Li Changkong, behind the two, unhurriedly opened the real envelope.

Qiao Yi's letter mainly conveyed that City Lord Maurice of Busen City was now severely torturing Zhang Yang and those guys to extract confessions.

There was also some information related to Su Liang.

It said that Su Liang had left Busen City and was already heading towards the East.

"East, Western Main City?"

Muttering to himself, Li Changkong had some thoughts in his mind.

From the mouths of the subordinates of the San Ziye, he also learned about the recent situation of the Western Main City and the state of this Darkness.

According to them, ten days ago, the Western Main City could still see sunlight.

And with the foundation of the Western Main City, dealing with the Black World in the short term was not a problem.

If Su Liang could successfully reach the Western Main City, relying on the gain potion, he might indeed be able to make a comeback in the short term.

However, as long as Li Village's electric lights arrive at the Western Main City in time, Su Liang is still nothing to worry about.

Of course, such a hidden danger should be dealt with as early as possible.

It's just that the matter of Busen City has indeed reached a point where it must be dealt with.

From Li Santu's perspective, these undercover agents in Li Village seem to have started to act, but the people Li Village sent to Busen City have also started to act accordingly...