Ten-Day Death Potion

After speaking, Zhang Guangmu didn't bother to deal with the corpses of Fortress Lord Lin Yan and the Cub Wolf Guards on the ground.

He took the lead and walked towards the special mess hall for Wolf Riders.

"Lord Blood Thorn..."

Li Xiaoxiao, who was called by two double dealers, couldn't be bothered to respond to their words. He simply summoned his Flame Wolf and followed closely behind Zhang Guangmu.

"Hmph..."

Li Xiaoxiao disliked these two so-called Flame Wolf Guards, feeling their intentions were impure.

Although they were all new recruits to the Tian Guang Faction, Li Xiaoxiao joined for grand goals and noble ideals, believing he was completely different from these people.

He couldn't articulate exactly how he was different, nor did he care to think about it deeply.

In short, Li Xiaoxiao disliked spineless individuals.

Seeing this, the two Cub Wolf Guards no longer dared to nag. After exchanging glances, they fell silent and quickly followed.

Before long, the four people and four wolves arrived at the special mess hall for Wolf Riders.

It happened to be mealtime.

Many Wolf Riders were enjoying a feast that made the commoners of Wolf Fortress salivate but could only dream of.

As the Young Vice Fortress Lord, Zhang Guangmu, though his tenure was short, held authority and influence. He had also distributed many benefits, earning him a considerable status in the hearts of many Wolf Riders.

Some intelligent individuals, upon seeing Li Xiaoxiao following behind him, showed shocked expressions and harbored some speculations, causing them to hastily leave the mess hall.

Another group of Wolf Riders, upon seeing Zhang Guangmu, maintained superficial politeness and respect, calling him "Vice Fortress Lord" repeatedly.

Only a very few, who felt they were capable, great, and powerful, and were also older, dared to put on airs in front of this Young Vice Fortress Lord.

Not only did they not greet him proactively, but they even let out cold snorts to show their disdain.

The flattery and fawning from the Wolf Riders did not make Zhang Guangmu laugh heartily, nor did the contemptuous glances make him dejected.

He maintained a calm mentality, and under the escort of Li Xiaoxiao and the two Cub Wolf Guards, he took a portion of Honey-glazed Roast Goose. He tore off a piece of meat, ate half of it himself, and stuffed the other half into Flame Wolf Bai Yue's mouth.

"Eat up, everyone. You'll need strength to fight after you're full."

Zhang Guangmu declared, then proceeded to eat heartily and carelessly.

Li Xiaoxiao and the two Cub Wolf Guards also followed his command.

Before long, seeing that Bai Yue had eaten his fill, Zhang Guangmu stood up and announced loudly, "Everyone, I have something to say."

A portion of the Wolf Riders, willing to give him face, put down their chopsticks and listened attentively.

The other Wolf Riders, however, turned a deaf ear and walked straight out of the mess hall.

Zhang Guangmu smiled faintly, not taking their reactions to heart, and continued speaking to himself.

"I am dedicated to the public good, only wanting everyone in Wolf Fortress to live good lives, and to bring peace back to the world by quelling this chaotic world."

"Young Fortress Lord Lin Xuan has provoked and attempted to assassinate me time and time again."

Upon hearing this, many Wolf Riders showed expressions of "just as expected."

Lin Xuan was initially known to everyone because of his Wolf Phobia, which made him a notorious good-for-nothing in the entire Wolf Fortress.

Later, Lin Xuan got incredibly lucky and encountered a mutated Flame Wolf King. This wolf could suppress all Flame Wolves below the Wolf King rank, and thus he gradually began to gain people's attention.

But...

Recently, Lin Xuan's temperament changed drastically, a complete departure from his previous image.

He was no longer gentle and refined, no longer low-key and forbearing. He was now filled with the majesty of a "future fortress lord" and the airs of someone superior to others, barely treating those below him as people, ordering them around and shouting at them as if they were pigs and dogs.

This behavior was even unbearable to some Wolf Riders who harbored compassion.

Recently, rumors had begun to spread, saying that Lin Xuan had always been this way. He was merely good at disguising himself before and had never revealed his true nature. Now that he had gained power, he immediately showed his true, despicable face.

Although he was the Young Fortress Lord, Lin Xuan was not the only child of Fortress Lord Lin Yan. He had many siblings.

In terms of personality, influence, and prestige, Lin Xuan was not the most outstanding among them.

It was only because his other half was an Exotic Flame Wolf King that he became the strongest among the Fortress Lord's children in terms of overall strength.

During this period, Vice Fortress Lord Tian Guang ascended to power, and the Young Fortress Lords engaged in fierce internal strife, even assassinating each other. Lin Xuan's hand was undoubtedly involved in many of these incidents.

Now was a time of great upheaval!

"Being assassinated, slandered, and targeted... For the greater good, I can endure it."

Zhang Guangmu, oblivious to others' reactions, directly launched his mudslinging campaign: "But there is one thing I absolutely cannot tolerate!"

"That is..."

"Lin Xuan, as a son, actually conspired to kill the old Fortress Lord, his father, Lin Yan!"

Li Xiaoxiao, playing the role of Blood Thorn, was originally part of Lin Xuan's faction. When he instantly killed Lin Yan, he had not yet defected to Vice Fortress Lord Tian Guang. Therefore, Zhang Guangmu felt he was not distorting right and wrong; at most, he was stating part of the truth.

"Lord Lin Yan showed me kindness."

Zhang Guangmu's tone was calm, as if he were recounting a newly fabricated story, not displaying much emotion. "If it weren't for the Fortress Lord, as a war orphan, I would never have survived to this day."

"So..."

"I absolutely cannot allow Lin Xuan to continue acting recklessly!"

"I will stop his atrocities!"

No matter how gentle Zhang Guangmu's tone was, it couldn't beautify the cold, essential content of his speech.

--The Wolf Fortress Lord, Lin Yan, is dead!

No one with a normal mind would spout such words.

As for whether the truth was as Zhang Guangmu claimed, no one knew.

And no one cared.

After all, ever since the Vice Fortress Lord "Tian Guang" took power, everyone had gradually realized that Fortress Lord Lin Yan had become outdated and was merely a figurehead.

The key point was...

With Lin Yan's death, the entire power structure of Wolf Fortress would be reshuffled!

This was a crisis, but also an opportunity!

As long as they could grasp it properly, they might be able to rise to prominence in the future!

In the mess hall, after a burst of noise, a Wolf Rider broke the oppressive atmosphere.

"What do you mean by all this? If you want to cause trouble for Lin Xuan, go ahead yourself. I'm not going!"

His words were like dropping an effervescent tablet into a fizzy drink, instantly making the atmosphere in the hall boil.

Other Wolf Riders began to voice their opinions, stating their positions and attitudes.

"Lin Xuan is the old Fortress Lord's son after all. I'm not willing to lay a hand on him."

"Until the truth is revealed, I won't help either side!"

"You're just talking without evidence. How can I believe you? I'm not getting involved in this!"

An interesting situation arose.

Everyone declared neutrality, unwilling to help Lin Xuan, nor would they attack him.

During this process, two or three people's eyes flickered, and they sneakily slipped out of the mess hall.

"Those people must be going to report this."

Li Xiaoxiao said, his eyes sharpening, a fierce aura blazing around him. "I'll follow them right now and kill them all!"

But Zhang Guangmu reached out and pulled back his confident good brother.

"No need."

Zhang Guangmu's tone carried a hint of a smile: "No need to worry about this."

"Lin Xuan and I will have a decisive battle sooner or later. As the saying goes, there's no better day than today."

"Today is perfect."

"Let's join forces and crush them openly and honorably."

His words had a bit of a boastful tone, but that's truly how he felt.

After Zhang Guangmu took power, he had done quite a bit, building his own influence and base. These scattered Wolf Riders were just a bonus.

After letting the crowd below make a fuss for a while, Zhang Guangmu suddenly chuckled.

Seeing him laugh, the Wolf Riders' voices gradually died down.

"You might have misunderstood my meaning."

Zhang Guangmu gave a wicked smile, his tone exactly like a villain's: "What I mean is..."

"Everyone present today must come with me."

Before anyone who dared to defy him could jump out and retort, he added with a flippant demeanor: "Do you think I chose this place for a pre-battle rally for no reason?"

His voice echoed through the room.

Some of the quicker-witted Wolf Riders' faces changed drastically. They immediately bent over and began to induce vomiting by sticking their fingers down their throats.

"From the day the Fort Master supported me to take power, I had already started laying my plans."

Zhang Guangmu said in an unhurried tone: "Not just here, all the Food in Wolf Fortress has had something added to it by me in advance."

Only then did some people belatedly shout, "It's poisoned."

Then, sounds of retching erupted one after another, endlessly. The once-lofty Wolf Riders were now all kneeling on the ground, vomiting.

Li Xiaoxiao, who was beside Zhang Guangmu, and two other Wolf Riders had pale faces, cold sweat beading on their foreheads, a sense of lingering fear growing in their hearts.

This guy was too terrifying!

Was all this done just for the position of Wolf Fortress's Fort Master?

But if that were the case, he would surely offend everyone, which made no sense at all!

"You should all know that I'm a bit of a clever person, and I like to research strange and unusual things."

As he spoke, Zhang Guangmu raised his hands, displaying the Combat Gloves: "For example, the Flame Artifact."

At this, some people's gazes focused on Li Xiaoxiao.

Li Xiaoxiao, however, maintained a posture of observing his nose with his eyes and his eyes with his nose, completely unmoved, as if he completely defaulted to Zhang Guangmu's statement, without any intention of refuting.

Even, a hint of shame and guilt could be vaguely seen in his eyes.

This demeanor made some of the uninformed Wolf Riders ponder.

"For example..."

Zhang Guangmu drew out his voice, speaking in a strange tone: "[Ten-Day Death Potion]."

After speaking, he explained with a grin: "The so-called Ten-Day Death Potion is a delayed-action poison. The user will die of ruptured intestines and rotten stomach on the tenth day after taking the poison."

"I suggest everyone..."

"Don't cling to any hope."

"The poisons I've developed, even a tiny pinch the size of a fingernail, can kill a Flame Wolf King."

"If any of you feel your physique is stronger than a Flame Wolf King, you can take my words as blowing in the wind."

Many people felt something was off.

If what Zhang Guangmu said was true, then if he wanted to Eliminate Young Fortress Lord Lin Xuan, he could just pretend to be innocent and wait for the poison to take effect!

No...

Actually, that wasn't right either!

If that were the case, everyone in the entire Wolf Fortress would die, leaving an empty shell!

This guy was the Vice Fortress Lord, a beneficiary, he wouldn't dig a pit for himself, would he?

He didn't look like an idiot...

Everyone present felt they might have Ignored something important. No matter how they thought about it, they vaguely felt something was wrong and couldn't keep up with this Young Vice Fortress Lord's train of thought at all!

As they were racking their brains, the White Light Cluster floating in the air was almost filling the mess hall.

"Holy Shit! Holy Shit! This young man!"

"I don't know what to say, but I feel very complicated. How did this small supporting role get to this point?"

"Why does this person get to steal Brother Yang Chi's Scene? Is the Production Team poisoned?"

"What is the director doing? Brother Yang Chi is Eliminating those Fortress Lord Competitors, looking handsome and domineering, the plot is very exciting! Why did they cut to me?"

"Are Yang Chi's Fans that loyal? His Character Setting as a counter-attacking Hot-blooded youth has now directly turned into an old schemer playing with power. The Subconscious and Character Setting are in conflict, it's already fallen apart like this, and they're still being fans?"

"Although 80% of the fake fans have left the group, as long as we true core fans are here, Brother Yang Chi can forge ahead bravely, be fearless, and overcome all difficulties!"

"In the end, it's my Mu Zai who's strong! Not a bit of worry needed! Just watch him get beaten... ah, no, just watch him have a blast all the way!"

"What do you mean by 'werewolf'? It's just a little bit more than a 'ruthless person'!"

"This Vice Fortress Lord Tian Guang... how should I put it... personally, I feel that the winner of this year's most anti-human subconscious award must be him!"

"He directly poisoned everyone in Wolf Fortress... When? I have no impression at all!"

"Could Brother Mu be lying? After all, a Ten-Day Death Potion sounds very unreliable..."

"You think the Flame Artifact is scientific? He conjured it with his bare hands."

"A Wise Man like the Vice Fortress Lord, who plans ten steps ahead with every move, wouldn't make such a joke. I suspect he started this game during the Water Prison Trial!"

"The actions of a Deified Actor are not advisable, as everyone's subconscious will eventually collapse, it's just a matter of a big collapse or a small one."

"Nonsense, my Brother Zhengrong has been consistent for decades, he's never collapsed!"

"Brother Zhao, forever the God!"

"I started following 'Endless Food Bag' because of Zhao Zhengrong. If it weren't for him, I probably wouldn't even know about Mu Zai..."

"Don't get sidetracked! So, have you all forgotten the scene where 'Tian Guang' tricked Lin Yan earlier? This guy doesn't speak much truth, he's a drama king!"

"Let me sort out the plotline... Okay, done. Simply put, if Mu Zai doesn't provide the antidote, Lin Xuan's Protagonist Group will be wiped out, is that the logic?"