That night, more than a thousand people were killed or wounded in Tianfeng. The fire in the Underground City destroyed even more property.
Without comparing it to the attackers' losses, it could absolutely be called a tragedy.
But both the Imperial Military and the government knew very well that, no matter how one looked at it, the Empire had come out ahead.
Needless to say, how much would it cost to buy the life of an Above Supreme? Or how many lives would have to be spent? But when publicizing it, the Empire would definitely call it a tragedy, because only then could it highlight the Empire's innocence.
What Qu Jianlei found most unbearable was that Imperial propaganda would stress that the hostile forces had acted to seize some Imperial research achievement.
Forget about some research achievement. They might as well say outright that Digital Phantom had lured those people here! So we were the ones who caused the tragedy—is that the logic?
Qu Jianlei knew the Empire had its propaganda needs, but he still felt that his team was being made to take the blame. Forget it. The pure would remain pure, and the foul would remain foul. Back when he had been a wanted criminal, hadn't he lived just fine for all those years?
The three Above Supremes searched for five days, after which the lockdown ended.
As for the results, the authorities said that suspects were still at large, making it inconvenient to disclose the details of the case for the time being.
In short, things had been opened up again. It had not delayed them for long in total. The only regret was that their gains had been a little...
Well, there was no need for regret. The price of a single magical artifact had now