Chapter 81 Military Corruption Exposed! Lu Sheng: Sweep Away Purple Mountain!
Chapter 81 Military Corruption Exposed! Lu Sheng: Sweep Away Purple Mountain!
In the empty warehouse, dust danced in the sunlight.
The Blood Wolf Gang survivor who had led the way was kneeling on the ground, frantically kowtowing as if he were pounding garlic, his forehead already a bloody mess.
"I'll tell you! I'll tell you everything!"
"This Zijin Mountain campsite is divided into the outer mountain, inner mountain, and summit area."
The survivor trembled, his voice trembling with sobs, afraid that if he hesitated to utter a single word, the invisible bullet would pierce his skull.
"Our Blood Wolf Gang... is just one of the forces in Uchiyama. This area around the dock is our gang's territory. We usually grow and expand by collecting tolls and protection taxes."
Qin Yue's eyebrows shot up sharply, her voice as cold as ice: "Collect taxes? Who gave you that right?"
The survivor shrank back in fear, not daring to look into Qin Yue's murderous eyes. He continued, trembling, "It's...it's the rule that all the major powers in Zijin Mountain tacitly agree on. Might makes right."
"There are more than a dozen gangs like ours, big and small, such as the Black Snake Gang, the Fierce Tiger Hall, the Red Flower Society..." He rattled off a string of names, making Lin Hu's face grow darker and darker.
"But the most ruthless are the recently emerged Triads."
Mentioning this name, the survivors' fear even outweighed their dread of Lu Sheng, a psychological trauma left by being dominated.
"The Triads have three leaders, and I heard... I heard they are all level 5 Spirit Source users! They are extremely ruthless. As soon as they arrived at Purple Gold Mountain, they wiped out several inner mountain forces. The beautiful women, valuable supplies, and even... even talented children in the camp all have to go through their hands first."
"The military isn't doing anything about it?" Lu Sheng asked, frowning.
"We can't manage it all..." The survivor gave a bitter laugh, with a hint of despair and numbness. "General Chen and his men are fighting desperately at sea. There are 100,000 people in the camp. Unless there is a large-scale riot, no one has the energy to clean up these rats in the gutter. Moreover... the major powers are very clever. They will even take the initiative to supply the military with materials to maintain a superficial peace."
"You bastard!"
Lin Hu slammed his fist into the wall next to him.
No wonder there was no news from the military; it turns out there were corrupt officials within the military collaborating with these scumbags!
Damn!
"boom!"
The solid brick wall was blasted open, sending debris flying everywhere.
His eyes were bloodshot, and his chest was heaving violently.
They risked their lives fighting the zombie horde on the front lines for the survival of these people, but behind them, these parasites were sucking the blood of the survivors and eating human blood buns!
An unprecedented surge of frustration and anger rushed straight to the top of my head.
Qin Yue didn't speak, but the anger in her heart was already burning fiercely.
Even her breathing became a little erratic.
As a soldier, she could accept dying on the battlefield, but she could not accept that what she was protecting was a pile of mud.
"You two, you're already angry?"
A calm voice abruptly broke the oppressive atmosphere.
Lu Sheng leaned against the empty shelves, toying with a coin he'd somehow produced, a smile on his face that was always unreadable.
"Where there is light, there is shadow; that makes perfect sense."
Lu Sheng straightened up, his gaze sweeping over Qin Yue and Lin Hu's faces, his tone as relaxed as if he were inviting friends to afternoon tea.
"However, since this shadow is so obstructive and blocking our way..."
He paused, and a bloodthirsty glint flashed in his dark eyes, a glint that made Qin Yue's heart tremble.
"You two, would you be interested in joining me for a thorough cleaning of Zijin Mountain?"
Qin Yue suddenly looked up at Lu Sheng.
There was no heavy, compassionate look in that young man's eyes, only the excitement of a hunter seeing his prey.
No, it's excitement.
But at this moment, this excitement made her feel incredibly at ease.
"Brother Lu, that's exactly what I'm thinking!" Lin Hu roared, the lightning on his body flickering again. "I've wanted to twist these bastards' heads off for a long time!"
Screw stability!
Screw the big picture!
At that moment, all those damn rules were thrown to the back of one's mind.
"I have no objection." Qin Yue took a deep breath, the frost in her eyes turning into a chilling killing intent. "General Chen ordered us to follow you. Since you are in charge of this operation, your orders are military orders."
"very good."
Lu Sheng nodded in satisfaction.
With these two level 5 fighters, the efficiency will be much higher.
He turned to the survivor who was still kneeling on the ground and casually tossed him a crumpled piece of paper and a pen.
"Draw out the locations, numbers, and approximate strengths of all the gangs you know."
"You can leave once you've finished drawing."
The survivors, feeling as if they had been granted a pardon, grabbed pens and began frantically scribbling on paper, as if they wanted to imprint the map in their minds directly onto it.
Just two minutes.
A simple map, densely marked with annotations, was presented to Lu Sheng.
"M-Master, it's finished! Can I leave now?" The survivor looked up, his face full of hope, but a hint of resentment lurked deep in his eyes.
If you let him leave, he'll immediately sell information about those three people to the Triads!
So what if there are three level 5 experts?
The Triads have hundreds of members! At that time…
"Hmm, that's a good drawing."
Lu Sheng glanced at the map, folded it neatly, and put it in his pocket.
Then, he raised his hand and gently bent his finger towards the survivor's brow.
"I'll send you away right now."
The survivor's hope froze instantly, his pupils contracting sharply: "You broke your promise..."
"puff!"
A deafening explosion rang out as the air was compressed to its limit.
A bullet pierced his skull instantly.
The corpse collapsed limply to the ground, the resentment in its eyes turning to ashes before it could spread.
"I'm sorry, you may not have understood. I only said you can leave, but I didn't say how to let you leave."
Lu Sheng stepped over the corpse without even turning his head, his voice as cold as if he were stating a truth.
Qin Yue and Lin Hu's eyelids twitched slightly as they watched this scene.
It's too cruel.
This ruthless decisiveness in killing is even more thorough than that of soldiers who have survived countless battles.
Strangely enough, they didn't feel any aversion at all; on the contrary, they felt...good!
"Let's go."
Lu Sheng walked out of the warehouse, the blinding sunlight shining on him, but it couldn't penetrate the abyss in his eyes.
He raised his hand and pointed to the nearest red dot on the map.
"Black Snake Gang".
"My goal is to make Purple Mountain..."
He turned around, grinned at the two military elites, revealing a set of gleaming white teeth.
"Let's change the weather."
P.S.: Today's update (April 5th)!
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