novelGlobal #536 - Chapter 535: Public Purge
#536 - Chapter 535: Public Purge
"Team leader! It's the Twelve Prohibitions, the Twelve Prohibitions! Run!" Hu Quan's terrified voice came from the other ship.
But it was too late. Before everyone could react, the thousand-meter-high wall collapsed, and the huge shadow completely covered the two ships, falling completely in Zhang Heping's unbelievable gaze.
Bang!
Dust and mist billowed out, the ships were gone, and shrill screams came from the quicksand, with a faint blood color spreading.
...
"Master, I've brought them back!"
Nu Sha carried the dying Zhang Heping and Hu Quan, leaping out of the quicksand and landing in the palm of the giant hand.
Li Chenqiu's face bloomed with a smile, and he quickly walked up to Nu Sha, patted him hard on the shoulder, and praised:
"Nu Sha, you are simply amazing! No wonder Fu Yuesheng said you are his most capable subordinate. I originally thought it was because of your heroic personality, but I didn't expect that to be just one aspect. Your powerful strength is the key!"
"Master... Master said I am his most capable subordinate?!" Nu Sha's eyes lit up, as if flames were burning inside.
Li Chenqiu raised his eyebrows high: "Of course it's true, otherwise why would I save you first? It's because of Fu Yuesheng's words!"
"I am... the most capable subordinate... the most capable subordinate... Hehehe~~~"
Nu Sha smiled foolishly, his cheeks and even the roots of his ears turned red at a speed visible to the naked eye, and his hands unconsciously loosened, causing Zhang Heping and Hu Quan to fall to the ground with two "bang" sounds.
Li Chenqiu bent down and dragged the two to him, with a flick of his hand, the scythe Ember appeared in his hand.
"This..."
Hu Quan, who had not completely fallen into a coma, Adam's apple rolled slightly, and his dim eyes gradually brightened: "You are... you are Li Chenqiu?"
Li Chenqiu smiled faintly: "You guessed right, but there's no prize."
Pfft—
The blade flashed past, and two faint blood lines appeared on their necks.
Hu Quan's chapped lips trembled constantly, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he only said the word "you", and there was no more color in his eyes.
"Come out!" Li Chenqiu whispered.
As soon as he finished speaking, two wisps of black smoke slowly floated out, turning into tall soul soldiers.
"Master!"
The two soul soldiers knelt on the ground at the same time, saying in unison.
"Yes."
Li Chenqiu nodded with satisfaction, waved his hand, and put the two corpses into the space ring.
"What are these two dark guys?"
Nu Sha, who had finished his silly laughter, walked over and poked the soul soldier's body with his finger.
Li Chenqiu squatted down: "They are my weapons."
...
An Tong Second Division, Reception Room
Moonlight shone through the glass, reflecting on the table, showing the outline of the window, the shape of the leaves, and the old man's dark profile.
Li Bai leaned back in his chair, staring blankly at the ceiling. The room was not lit, so his expression could not be seen clearly, but from his clenched fists, it could be judged that he was somewhat anxious at the moment.
Knock knock knock!!!
The knocking broke the long silence.
"Come in." Li Bai's voice was devoid of joy or sorrow.
Click!
The door was opened, and a woman wearing glasses walked into the room, turned on the light, and stopped at the table.
"Did the results come out?" Li Bai lowered his head, his turbid and dull eyes reflecting the woman's figure.
"They've already come out. At twelve noon on the fifteenth of this month, the An Tong Division will purge your brother in the disaster-stricken area of District Two." The woman lowered her head, not daring to look Li Bai in the eye.
"Is there no..." Li Bai paused, and continued: "Is there no chance for a turnaround?"
The woman said in a low voice: "This was jointly decided by the three major consortia, and the possibility of a turnaround... is relatively small."
"Hehehe, just as I thought, it's really meaningless!" Li Bai smiled bitterly, waved his hand and said: "Go out, remember to turn off the lights."
The woman did not leave, but remained in place.
Li Bai asked in confusion: "Is there anything else?"
The woman hesitated for a while, and then slowly said: "Director Li, the An Tong Division has decided to... publicly purge your brother."
"You... what did you say?"
"The An Tong Division has decided to publicly purge your brother." The woman repeated with a stiff upper lip.
Bang!
The armrest of the chair was crushed by Li Bai, he stood up, the veins on his forehead throbbing, and he suppressed his anger and asked the woman: "Whose proposal is this?"
"The Disaster Purge Department of District Two."
"I'm asking about the person."
"This... I don't know."
Thump!
Li Bai knocked over the chair, his figure swayed and disappeared in place.
...
An Tong Second Division, Disaster Purge Department.
"Director Li, the Minister is in a meeting and cannot see you!"
"Can you wait a moment, ten minutes, at most ten minutes!"
"I can't wait for a moment."
Li Bai pushed away the two uniformed youths blocking his way, raised his foot and kicked hard. With a "bang", the door of the conference room opened in response.
He stepped into it, glanced around with cold eyes, and the originally noisy conference room instantly became quiet.
"You guys go out first."
The middle-aged man sitting in the main seat waved his hand to the others.
This person is named Zhou Luan, the Minister of the Disaster Purge Department of District Two.
Hearing this, several team leaders of the Special Hazard Purge Team nodded, took a deep look at Li Bai, and then got up and left.
Soon, only the middle-aged man and Li Bai were left in the conference room.
"Director Li has a lot of anger!"
Zhou Luan stood up, walked to the water dispenser, poured a glass of water, placed it in front of an empty seat, and gestured.
Li Bai walked to the round table and sat down, his face gloomy: "You should know why I'm here!"
Zhou Luan smiled slightly, sat back in his seat, and said casually: "It's about your brother, right?"
Li Bai clenched his fists, his eyebrows lowered: "Zhou Luan, don't go too far. Power is not for you to take revenge."
"Go too far?" Zhou Luan raised his eyebrows in confusion, spread his hands and said: "I'm just making the right proposal at the right time. Where is it too far?"
"Where is it not too far? How much has my brother done for the An Tong Division, how much has he done for the entire Northern Federation? I have no objection to you purging him, but using public purge... to treat a meritorious official, is this appropriate?"
Li Bai said in a deep voice, his chest rising and falling constantly.
"It's appropriate. It's precisely because this Awakened was once a meritorious official that he must be publicly purged to tell the people of the entire Federation that the An Tong Division will not condone any Awakened, even if this Awakened was once a Division Commander. Do you think that's right?"
Zhou Luan smiled playfully, crossing his hands on his lap.
"Is that all?" Li Bai's knuckles turned white from excessive force.
Zhou Luan shook his head and explained with a smile: "This alone can't convince others. The reason for the public execution, of course, there are other reasons. Presumably, with your wisdom, you should have guessed it already. Do you need me to remind you?"
Li Bai didn't speak. As Zhou Luan said, he had already guessed the reason why the An Tong Division did this.