Shieler's death caused a huge stir within the Mining Management Department.
A ranking official had been stormed at home and slain. The nature of it was simply too vile, to say nothing of the fact that he had been a Supreme.
Yet strangely, the members of that department remained relatively silent, without raising a tremendous uproar.
Were they afraid? Of course they were. But as for anger... there really was not much of it.
When Shieler had been alive, he had been domineering not only toward outsiders, but toward his subordinates as well. Quite a few people both hated and feared him.
Some had followed him closely and enjoyed considerable benefits, but most people's lives had not changed much.
In fact, because of the Mining Management Department's aggressiveness, some people's social circles had been deliberately targeted, including but not limited to their families.
Even those who had benefited worried that one day, their own boss might smash his head bloody against a wall.
Just as Shieler had once been driven out to Celestial River.
But nobody had expected this nail to be so big that it killed him outright.
From another perspective, though, they could accept their boss's death... If someone kept courting death like that, sooner or later, they would die!
Because of these feelings, they were not filled with righteous indignation, shouting for Ping An's blood.
—In truth, they did not dare to shout either. There were many Supremes over there! Everyone shared the same feeling: the one who loved causing trouble was finally gone. It was a little sad, but life would return to how it had been before.
The authorities were still searching everywhere for the murderer, but those in the know watched this farce as if it were a joke.
The murderer was right at