"Why?"
The question Ding Yi had not asked was asked for him by An Qian.
Even now, the ten members of White Night still did not understand what had happened.
Everything had clearly been proceeding smoothly. They had stormed into the Prefectural Governor's Mansion, defeated the Mountain Ridge Guards, killed Ding Bo, whose combat power was extraordinary, and surrounded their strategic target, Ding Yi.
As long as Ding Yi died, they could support Statistics Department Director Li Mingsheng as acting prefect, take control of Star Engraving Prefecture, and give White Night its first ark sailing toward the future.
Yet at that moment, Lan Yan had appeared and thrown out Li Mingsheng's head.
They had been left dumbfounded. Then Ding Yi had thrown the Light Burst Bomb and escaped, and only then did they realize why Ding Yi had turned off all the lights in the main hall—it had been to create a suitable environment for the Light Burst Bomb.
Ding Yi had successfully escaped, only to have Lan Yan cut off his head with a single sword stroke.
Their hearts had been like mountain peaks, rising and falling again and again. They could not make sense of what had happened at all.
Why had Lan Yan killed Ding Yi? Was he one of them?
Then why had he killed Li Mingsheng? Li Mingsheng, the director of the Chief Clerk's Department, had not participated in this operation at all. How had Lan Yan known that he was a member of White Night?
They were desperate for answers to their many questions, but Lan Yan merely touched his lips lightly and said calmly, "Listen."
Everyone focused and listened carefully, only to discover that the sounds of killing nearby were gradually dying down.
This could only mean one thing: the battle was over.