"What? He actually fired Divine Thunder and destroyed the flying boat we sent?"
"How dare he! How dare he!"
Inside a secret chamber at the Everflow Merchants' Association's branch in Broad Cloud Ward.
Mei Tang had received the latest secret report. Deep shock spread across his face, and he cried out involuntarily.
Then fear washed over him, and he slumped back into his chair, shaken to the core and strangely relieved.
"I even considered boarding that small flying boat myself to charge into the restricted zone and investigate!"
"Thank heavens I didn't go!"
Outsiders did not know that the small flying boat of unknown origin had been dispatched by the Mei Family.
The mastermind behind it was the Mei Family's patriarch, Mei Yunhe, while Mei Tang, as his descendant, had directly carried out the operation.
They had been testing whether Li Chen would truly take such a hard line, protecting the secrets there even at the cost of provoking public condemnation from every quarter.
The outcome, however, had far exceeded his expectations. Li Chen had acted far more decisively and ruthlessly than anyone had anticipated, shooting the small flying boat down without wasting a single word on it.
He had not even followed the customary practice of questioning it or forcing it to land first!
Once his fear passed, Mei Tang suddenly sprang up again, excitedly pounding his fist into his palm as he laughed. "Li Chen, the more guilty you act, the clearer it is that you're hiding something!"
"You've already shown your cloven hoof. There must be an earth-shattering secret hidden in Zone Sixty-Six!"
"I'll uncover it sooner or later!"
"Fellow Daoist Li, did you really destroy a flying boat?"
At the same time, Dong Pengfei was also deeply shocked upon hearing the news. He hurriedly activated his