Blood Ran Like a River

"That's right, sir. We couldn't find any traces of Mr. Zhang Shan's elemental characteristics or domain. Mr. Zhang San might not have been killed here!"

The person blocking the investigation said, after which he glanced at Old Wang, and then subtly looked in Li Yulong's direction.

"Explain yourself, Thousand King!" Zhang Ping'an said.

Although Zhang San is Neutral Faction, he is actually a distant relative of the Zhang Family and has some connection with the Zhang Family.

Old Wang glanced at the man, then summoned his own Mecha, and the others immediately followed Mecha.

"Hehe, don't be nervous, let me explain why we don't see his elemental characteristics here!" Old Wang said with a smile.

After summoning his Elemental Domain, he looked at the person who had just been investigating the information and continued, "Try using your elemental powers!"

The man was a fire-attribute Mecha, and after hearing Old Wang's words, he tried to summon Fireball.

But at that moment he suddenly felt that the Fire Element of the entire world had turned against him, and he had lost control of the flames.

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, he didn't utter a single word for several minutes.

"Why don't you just summon them? What are you thinking about?" one of the people said impatiently.

"Summon the elements quickly!" Li Si urged.

"I... I... I can't summon it!" The man was so anxious he was almost crying.

Upon hearing this, everyone realized something was wrong. Some of them tried it themselves and found that they couldn't summon elements either.

However, they were all Legendary figures, and none of the Legendary ones made a move.

"The Lord of the Elements?" Li Si asked.

"That's right, in my domain, the elements will obey my commands," Old Wang said with a smile as he retrieved his Mecha.

Everyone was shocked; this ability was terrifying.

Apart from a handful of Mecha, the rest of the Alliance's Mecha are inseparable from elements; this person's abilities are practically designed specifically to kill them.

"Do you have any more questions?" Old Wang asked, looking at them. Because of the Mecha, he couldn't see their expressions, but Old Wang was sure it would be very exciting.

After a moment of silence, Li Si spoke first, "No more questions!"

Upon hearing this, Old Wang disbanded his Mecha, and everyone else followed Mecha.

Just as they were about to leave with Zhang San's body, Qu Zhihua spoke.

"Gentlemen, you have no more questions, but we do! Can anyone explain to us what's going on with this array surrounding our dwelling and this person?"

No one could answer his question. They had indeed let the Future Guild down this time, but it wasn't right to keep ignoring his question.

"This was a mistake on our part, and I will resign to apologize," Security Chief at Central Star.

"If we are killed, what's the point of your apology?" Qu Zhihua asked.

"This..."

"So you don't need to say that. We just want the results. There's no way that person isn't backed by someone else, and we can't let that person get away with it."

We don't necessarily need revenge; I believe Zhu also knows that he is damaging the foundation of the Alliance.

"If someone tries to manipulate every election in the future, you can probably guess what Alliance future elections will be like, right?" Qu Zhihua.

"Don't worry, we won't let any of those people go!" the man said.

"Alright! But that's what you should do. What we want is for you to sell us a large interstellar newspaper to make up for our losses."

Therefore, we can refrain from holding some innocent people accountable, such as the head of security in the Central Star Domain!

Qu Zhihua finally revealed his true intentions.

The group had long been frustrated by the lack of their own publicity channels, and they felt they absolutely couldn't miss this opportunity.

"No!" / "Yes!"

After Qu Zhihua finished speaking, two voices immediately emerged from the crowd: those who said no were from Li Yulong's side, while those who said yes were from Zhang Ping'an's side.

"Can you explain why it won't work?" Qu Zhihua asked, looking at Li Yulong's group.

"The Alliance has never had a precedent of privately owning a newspaper," one person said.

"We don't own the shares privately; we just want to invest like you all!" Qu Zhihua.

"The newspapers currently have no need for funds and are not accepting investment!"

"Shouldn't their decision be their problem? Why are you making decisions for them? Do you have some secret, or is this matter related to you?"

"You..."

Qu Zhihua once again rendered the NPC speechless, but everyone knew he would definitely be investigated; he had been too active.

However, having learned his lesson, no one else jumped, fearing they would get themselves into trouble.

However, the group still did not agree to Qu Zhihua's suggestion, saying they would discuss it further when they got back!

They came quickly and left quickly, leaving behind only Future Headquarters that was completely destroyed.

"A perfectly good house, just a few days after I got it, and it's been ruined like this!" Old Wang sighed, looking at his yard.

"Why are you so upset about something you got for free!" Lin Qimeng said.

"That's right, I've been relying on you all to protect me these past few days. I won't be reckless; I can't die before the election results are in!" Old Wang.

"Leave it to us!" everyone said.

~~~

While Old Wang was worrying about his own safety, Li Si began investigating why Zhang San wanted to assassinate Old Wang.

He and Zhang San were both veterans of the Neutral Faction, and they had a bond forged through life-and-death experiences on the battlefield.

He simply couldn't understand why Zhang San would risk his life to kill Old Wang.

His assassination attempt was a suicidal act; if he failed, he would be killed, and even if he succeeded, he wouldn't escape.

Although Old Wang only announced the level as Legendary Tier 1, he would still need to go all out to kill a Normal Legendary Tier 1 without making a sound.

However, it's impossible to leave no evidence this way; as long as there's a clue, he won't be able to escape.

Because he killed a candidate for Alliance Chair, there was no way he could have a good outcome.

Even so, he still went, and was then killed by his opponent.

"Have you found out? What was his motive?" Li Si asked, standing there as his subordinate came to report.

"We've found out, sir. Mr. Zhang San's son is about to run out of lifespan because he failed to break through the Legendary barrier!"

Someone promised to use special technology to help his son break through the Legendary and extend his life, but the other party's condition was that he kill the Thousand King!

That's why he chose to take the risk... Li Si's men investigated Zhang San thoroughly.

It's not Hard to investigate this kind of thing thoroughly, because Zhang San is already dead, and they can investigate all his information.

"Do you know who did it?" Li Si asked.

"The person who contacted Third Master was one of Zhang Yi's subordinates, but that person was just a puppet. The only person we could trace back to was one of Li Yulong's Adjutant."

"Whether it's related to Li Yulong is uncertain for now, because the clue ends here!" the subordinate replied.

He had thoroughly investigated this matter and concluded that it was likely the work of one of Li Yulong's men, and had nothing to do with Li Yulong.

He is also a candidate for Alliance Chair, and he has a chance to be elected next, so he shouldn't undermine the league.

After telling Li Si his thoughts, he asked, "Sir, what should we do with these people?"

"Kill him!" Li Si said calmly.

After his words, another night of bloodshed ensued.

This matter involves more than just Li Yulong's subordinate and his inside man working for Zhang Yi.

This incident involved over a hundred people, including the soldiers responsible for covering the construction of the two fortifications and those who provided information; some were directly or indirectly involved.

Li Si spared none of these people; he killed them all. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that the blood flowed like a river.

After seeing this result, Old Wang and the others fell silent. This was the dominant position of the strong over the weak in this society.

They hadn't paid much attention before, but this time they really learned a lesson.

"With this kind of killing method, it won't be long before the world rushes towards Cyberpunk World!" the crowd exclaimed, looking at the message in front of them.

Their information came from Dark Night; after learning that Old Wang had a chance to become the Alliance Chair, Dark Night's people started sticking to him again.

However, without them, the group's plan wouldn't have gone so smoothly.

Old Wang knew perfectly well what they wanted, but he was still considering it; he always felt that the people of Dark Night were not very trustworthy.

And his intuition has always been very accurate!