"Yes!"
Without hesitation, Xiao Tian Ce immediately began issuing orders through the Encrypted Communicator.
Elder Xu's decision caught everyone off guard.
He was going to accompany Yue Xiaofei himself!
"Dad, you can't go!"
Xu Sihai grew anxious. "Your health..."
"Grandpa! You've just been drinking. You can't overexert yourself!"
Xu Jingtao hurried to dissuade him too.
"What? I'm not dead yet, and you're already trying to make my decisions for me?"
Xu Anbang glared at them. The authority he had cultivated over decades in power stopped every objection in their throats.
He turned and patted Yue Xiaofei on the shoulder.
"Let's go, Xiaofei. I want to see what kind of man was judged by Ye Jincheng alongside Yue Changlong!"
A grim convoy of black Red Flag Limousines with military plates raced down a dedicated route cleared by the garrison command.
Outside the windows, Modu blazed with neon, its splendor almost dreamlike.
Inside the car, silence reigned.
Yue Xiaofei's heart felt heavier than the night beyond the window.
Ye Jincheng!
He was a mountain Yue Xiaofei had never imagined he would have to face, let alone climb.
That lead had been cut off completely, leaving him in despair.
His only hope rested with the man he was about to meet: Han Xiao, the Butcher.
A hero and a butcher.
What connection could there be between them?
"Damn it all!"
Jin Dapao finally lost his patience and slammed a fist into his thigh, frustration written across his face.
"I refuse to believe it! How could a stand-up man like our old company commander get mixed up with a murderer? There's got to be a mistake somewhere!"
No one answered.
The same doubt weighed on every one of them.
At last, the convoy left the bustling city behind and entered a desolate stretch