Today, Either the City Lord Shows Himself or the Entire City Dies with Him-There Is No Third Choice!

The answer came soon enough.

Somehow, that fellow He Jie had made it all the way into the Core Area without obstruction.

Then he took out a token.

Yang Yong's sharp eyes instantly caught the two words on the token...

City Lord.

The City Lord Token?

He Jie inserted the token into the slot in the Nine-Person Conference Table.

The tabletop trembled slightly, and the system core began to operate.

But that wasn't all.

He Jie took out something else.

A heart.

A living one.

A beating heart.

Was this... an Eerie's heart?

"Thump, thump, thump..."

The heartbeat could be heard even through the screen, dull and wet, like something writhing in bloody water.

He Jie grabbed a knife and plunged it in.

Bang!

Blood splattered everywhere.

Scarlet liquid sprayed out, drenching the entire conference table, splashing onto the walls and ceiling, then dripping down.

The entire conference room looked as though it had been washed in blood. Blood on the walls was still slowly sliding down, leaving hideous streaks.

Standing in the pool of blood, He Jie threw his head back and laughed like a madman.

"Haha... you damned City Lord, still not coming out?"

His voice echoed through the empty conference room. No one answered.

"They all thought you'd disappeared, but I know you've been here all along!"

"You must be somewhere in this Mechanical City!"

"I refuse to believe you still won't come out this time!"

As he spoke, he frantically operated the Light Screen.

One Light Gate after another opened.

Yang Yong stared at the Light Screen in front of He Jie, his heart sinking.

Those were the Mechanical City's City Lord privileges.

He Jie had used the City Lord's privileges to open every passage connecting the Mechanical City to the outside.

Every single Light Gate