CSMCDB - Chapter 124
Chapter 124
Stepping out of the post station, Wen Yuncheng contacted Cheng Jiangliu. Before long, Cheng Jiangliu and Zhao Qiuyu arrived to take her to an inn to rest.
Two years had passed, and neither Cheng Jiangliu nor Zhao Qiuyu had changed much in appearance, though Zhao Qiuyu seemed a bit tanner. Perhaps it was from traveling so much on their graduation trip without proper sun protection.
"Is that… a Star King-level demonic beast?" Cheng Jiangliu stared, dumbfounded, at the white fox in Wen Yuncheng's arms. When he came to his senses, he gave Wen Yuncheng a thumbs-up. "Student Wen, you're amazing! You even have a Star King-level demonic beast as a pet."
Wen Yuncheng froze for a moment before immediately starting to explain Xiao Shi'er's origins. A Star King-level demonic beast for a pet? She wasn't even a Star Spirit yet; how could she be so arrogant?
As the three of them walked and talked, Wen Yuncheng asked about the situation with that small power. It turned out to be just a minor faction, akin to local bullies in the small town. The conflict was almost comical. Cheng Jiangliu and Zhao Qiuyu had come here to see the sea of flowers, but some young master from that small faction took a liking to Zhao Qiuyu. His brain must not have been working right, because he dared to make a move even though both Cheng Jiangliu and Zhao Qiuyu were Star Spirits.
Even after Zhao Qiuyu gave him a beating with her hammer, he didn't come to his senses and had his faction send people to teach them a lesson. Not only did the two of them manage to kill the 3rd Layer Star Spirit who was sent, but they also found a "Fu" contribution token in his storage ring.
Wen Yuncheng fell silent. Why did this feel like a plotline she, the "Long Aotian," was supposed to get? Brainless cannon fodder throws themselves at you to be beaten, and just after you're forced to slap them down—oh? Something on a deeper level is revealed? It involves your enemies? And then it's time for another round of face-slapping.
"But knowing about that family faction is probably useless, right? Fu is a secret organization…"
"We killed one of Fu's people, so they'll definitely send someone to silence us," Cheng Jiangliu said with a smile. "Qiuyu and I have also called a few friends. Now that you're here, we can surround that idiot's home tomorrow. Don't you have cannons? We can use them to level the entire building."
"I've looked into it. This family's hands are filthy; they're rotten from top to bottom. Any innocent person who enters their manor doesn't survive for more than a few days. They either join in the corruption or are tormented to death," Zhao Qiuyu explained. "The people in this family… are all perverts."
Wen Yuncheng touched the tip of her nose and nodded in agreement. Cheng Jiangliu and Zhao Qiuyu wouldn't lie to her about something like this. However, after they got to the inn, Wen Yuncheng became utterly enraged when she saw the list of deeds Zhao Qiuyu had collected.
This was more than just perverted! It was a whole nest of perverts! Perhaps due to the influence of the Fu organization, the people of this family didn't treat others as human beings. The town was remote, so important figures never stayed here; even if they passed through, the residents couldn't get close to them. This family was always the one to receive them. Although the town was famous for its sea of flowers, it was almost entirely filled with this family's eyes and ears, and they even had connections in the surrounding small towns. Not only were the residents unable to leave for generations, but if anyone tried to reveal anything to an outsider, they would be secretly taken away before they could even speak, and their entire family would be implicated. This family acted like local emperors here, embodying nearly every feature of humanity's dark side.
"'Because they were curious what a pregnant woman's belly looked like, they cut open an eight-months-pregnant woman's stomach to take out the baby and play with it?'"
"'They read about something called a human-skin lantern in an old book and became fascinated. They randomly grabbed a passerby on the street, claimed the person had offended them, and then skinned them to make a lantern…'"
Compared to these, crimes like abducting local women seemed utterly mundane on the list.
"Just wiping out their entire clan." Wen Yuncheng couldn't bear to read anymore. She handed the papers back to Zhao Qiuyu, grinding her teeth. "Exterminating all nine branches of their family would be letting them off easy."
"Senior Zhao, this list of crimes… after this is over and we return to the Imperial Capital, you should present a copy to the imperial family. If something like this is happening in Yuelan Town, who knows what filth is hidden in other remote places," Wen Yuncheng said through clenched teeth. The Empire's development was most prosperous in the Imperial Capital; remote areas always lagged far behind. But now she felt that perhaps it wasn't that the people in these places were unwilling to work hard and improve themselves, but rather… their lives were simply devoid of hope, with nothing to look forward to.
Yuelan Town, a small, obscure town that you probably couldn't even find on a map if Cheng Jiangliu hadn't mentioned it.
"Student Wen, with a Star King-level demonic beast on your side, tomorrow's operation is obviously much safer. You just focus on the bombardment; we'll protect you," Cheng Jiangliu said, patting Wen Yuncheng's shoulder reassuringly. He then knocked on a few doors, calling out his and Zhao Qiuyu's friends.
"These two are friends I grew up with. This is Qi Nian, five years my senior, my big brother. He's currently a 3rd Layer Star Spirit. This is my second brother, Yue Qi, three years older than me, also a 3rd Layer Star Spirit."
"Do you have to introduce me like that, you brat!" Qi Nian's face turned green when he heard the introduction. What did he mean, also a 3rd Layer Star Spirit? He smacked Cheng Jiangliu on the head, but Cheng Jiangliu just laughed, not getting angry.
"This is my sister, Zhao Ruanyue, a 1st Layer Star King."
Wen Yuncheng greeted each of these older brothers and sisters. They were cheerful and didn't put on any airs. Zhao Ruanyue must be Zhao Qiuyu's biological sister, as there was a resemblance in their eyes. The only difference was that Zhao Ruanyue wasn't as petite as Zhao Qiuyu.
"I was going to call that kid Yao Mu, sigh. But he told me he was going into seclusion to advance, trying to break through to Star Spirit. I told him that Student Lin is already a 1st Layer Star Spirit, so reaching the Star Spirit level is no big deal, and he might as well come give me a hand. Whoa, he hung up on me directly." Cheng Jiangliu scratched his head as he spoke, looking rather innocent.
Wen Yuncheng: It's a good thing communication stones don't have a block function, or you'd probably be on his blacklist.
"They have no intention of escaping?" Wen Yuncheng felt like her head was full of question marks. A Fu assassin was killed trying to get them, yet this family was still calmly staying here? Were they brainless?
"They're probably just too arrogant. Maybe their connection to 'Fu' has given them a lot of confidence," Cheng Jiangliu shrugged. "We've been followed whenever we walk around. We're staying at this inn, but we've only been eating our own dry rations."
"How many days has it been since the assassination attempt on you?"
"We killed him the same day I contacted you."
Wen Yuncheng was stunned for a moment. Cheng Jiangliu really thought fast. Right after killing the assassin, he immediately contacted his friends to come over for a slaughter and even made backup plans. "Wait, do the people here not know about communication stones? You've already spread the news!"
"I don't really understand how these perverts think either," Cheng Jiangliu said hesitantly. "It's like… they're not afraid of the Empire. They just… don't seem to hold the Empire in high regard."
Is Fu's grassroots organization like a pyramid scheme, brainwashing people into idiots? Wen Yuncheng felt she could rack her brain and still never figure out what these people were thinking. She sighed. "Let's rest for the night, then. We'll move out first thing in the morning. By the way, these are Mechanical Wings. You can try them out… They consume a huge amount of Star Power, so they can't sustain prolonged combat."
"No problem, as long as they let us fly. Tomorrow, we can also set up a simple containment array together to make sure no fish slip through the net." Cheng Jiangliu rubbed his hands together, extremely excited.
The night passed. With things on her mind, Wen Yuncheng hadn't really slept much. But her spirits were high, so she got up early to wash up. After getting ready, she stepped out of her room only to find that Cheng Jiangliu and the others were also prepared.
"Student Wen, don't be afraid. Just use your cannons to bombard them and level the manor."
"No problem."
In this remote little town, the family's manor was truly massive and magnificent. There was almost no need to figure out which building was theirs.
Wen Yuncheng raised a hand to the ring around her neck, and eighty-four Star Cannons instantly appeared, surrounding half of the manor.
"I remember Student Wen's cannons weren't this big, and they weren't golden either," Cheng Jiangliu couldn't help but mutter. Zhao Qiuyu slapped his arm and urged him:
"Why do you care so much? Hurry up and set up the array."
The group took out energy stones to use as the array's core and worked together to set up a containment array that had little technical sophistication. Although the array's quality wasn't great, its range enveloped the entire area, which took considerable effort.
"Heh, we haven't even come for your lives yet, and here you are, eagerly serving yourselves up?" A man hovered in the air above the manor, his hands clasped behind his back and an arrogant look on his face.
"A 3rd Layer Star King…" Zhao Ruanyue's expression turned grave. She took out a pair of meteor hammers and also rose into the air.
Wen Yuncheng directed all the Star Cannons to charge up and fire at the buildings. Her mission was to create a commotion and level the family manor. That Star King was posturing in the air? Let's see if he could block the Star Cannons. If he didn't, his home would be gone. If he did… with eighty-four cannonballs, let's see how many he could block at once.
Wen Yuncheng also deployed an Ex-S Viper Cannon on the ground. It was a skill, so she might as well use it. She poked the little fox dozing on her shoulder. "Wake up. See that person in the air? Go keep him busy."
"Guwu… sleepy…" The little fox mumbled, using two of its three tails to cover its ears and one to cover its eyes.
Wen Yuncheng directly redeemed a salt-baked chicken. She hadn't even unwrapped the lotus leaf packaging before the little fox shot up. If she hadn't quickly put the chicken back into her storage ring, the fox probably would have snatched it. "Get to work. No work, no food."
"Ying…" The little fox whimpered, then shot into the air. The whimper instantly turned into a not-so-fierce roar. As it yipped and roared, the pet-sized fox suddenly swelled to two meters in length. Its three white tails fanned out behind it as it crouched low in the air, assuming a pouncing stance.
"A demonic beast?… Hehe, you must all be elites from the Empire, right? Killing you… I wonder how much contribution that would be worth. Especially since I can actually capture Wen Yuncheng here… Hahaha!" The Star King wasn't flustered at all; instead, he laughed wildly. The moment he finished speaking, several figures in Fu's special uniforms shot out from behind him. Their ranks ranged from 1st Layer Star Spirit to 3rd Layer Star Spirit, and there were even two 2nd Layer Star King experts. There were nine of them in total, making ten including him.
No wonder he was so fearless.
[Mission Activated: Defeat the Enemy]
[Mission Requirement: Work with your teammates to defeat the members of "Fu" and annihilate the sinful family]
[Mission Reward: 12,000 EXP, 500 Points]
The battle was about to erupt.
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