Simultaneous travel: City, infinite evolution

Chapter 348 The Mischievous Sun Shangxiang [Requesting Recommendation Votes]

Cao Cao and Guan Yu sought refuge with Lü Boshe, but Lü Boshe, whose family was threatened, was forced to poison them. As a result, the two were captured by Dong Zhuo and imprisoned in solitary confinement.

At this moment, a woman named Sun Shangxiang appeared and said that she could only save one person. Liu Bei and the others liked her and therefore believed her.

Dong Zhuo, who regarded Cao Cao and the Five Tiger Generals as his greatest threat, attempted to use the "divine will" clause in the school self-governance law to put Cao Cao and Guan Yu to death.

Li Ru and Mei Niang devised a treacherous plan, secretly switching the two fate slips, one for life and one for death, with the latter becoming a death slip, so that the two would not escape death.

Because they could not openly oppose Dong Zhuo and rescue prisoners, otherwise they would be listed as one of the ten unpardonable sinners, unable to study, become officials, or engage in any profession for the rest of their lives. If caught, they would be executed and could only live in the gutter.

Therefore, everyone had no choice but to try to find a way through the divination slips. As long as they drew a life slip, they could live, but Dong Zhuo would definitely arrange for all the slips to be death slips.

Chen Hong also came to observe the trial of the "Heaven's Will" clause, just to watch the excitement.

Cao Cao and Guan Yu yielded to each other, each trying to leave the other the chance to live.

Cao Cao drew lots first, and following Sun Shangxiang's method, if he drew a dead lot, he would immediately eat it.

Dong Zhuo and his men immediately became restless.

"what are you doing?"

"Cao Cao, have you gone mad?"

"Spit it out now."

Dong Zhuo, Li Ru, and Mei Niang rebuked them one after another, but it was too late.

Cao Cao swallowed the divination slip, and with a broad smile, loudly proclaimed:
"Now there's only one stick left on the table."

If it's a "life" sign, it means I drew a "death" sign.

If it's death, it means I drew a life-saving lot, and I should be released in court immediately.

Upon hearing this, Dong Zhuo immediately slumped onto his throne.

This has undoubtedly become an open conspiracy.

The life-or-death oath was destined to result in either life or death. To deny this would undoubtedly expose Dong Zhuo's tampering with it.

This was undoubtedly unacceptable to Dong Zhuo.

But Dong Zhuo did indeed tamper with the documents; both of them were death slips.

If one card is won by Cao Cao, the other is also destined to be a dead end.

In other words, under normal logic, Cao Cao should have been given a death sentence and should have been released in court.

"Miss Sun, you are indeed remarkable." Liu Bei looked at Sun Shangxiang and exclaimed in admiration.

Chen Hong also glanced at Sun Shangxiang; this little girl was indeed clever.

"Li Ru, please turn over the slips of paper on the table."

Seeing Cao Cao's confident smile, Li Ru's face turned ugly, and he was a little flustered.

But under pressure from the situation, he had no choice but to show the life-or-death divination slips to everyone.

Otherwise, wouldn't he be admitting his guilt and telling everyone that he really did tamper with the equipment?
When they saw the large character for "death" written above, everyone cheered.

Release him immediately!

Release him immediately!

Release him immediately!

The students shouted and cheered.

Dong Zhuo looked disgusted, as if he had swallowed a fly, but he still had to wave his hand.

"According to the terms of divine will, I now announce Cao Cao..."

He was released in court.

"yeah!"

The crowd cheered.

When it was Guan Yu's turn to draw lots, at Dong Zhuo's behest, Mei Niang announced:

"Cao Cao just ate the lot, which, although not illegal, is suspected of being against regulations."

"You can't do that again during the lottery, or you'll be executed on the spot."

Clearly, the method Sun Shangxiang suggested could only be used once.

Dong Zhuo quickly patched up this loophole.

"Change the ticket!"

Li Ru personally made the cards, and both lots were dead lots.

Guan Yu was suddenly in dire straits, but Chen Hong wasn't worried. With the clever Sun Shangxiang around, he would be fine.

As expected, Sun Shangxiang quickly jumped out.

"Wait a moment."

"Who are you? Why are you obstructing the sacrificial ceremony?" Li Ru rebuked angrily.

"I am Sun Shangxiang from Jiangdong High School. I am here on behalf of Sun Jian, the principal of the Jiangdong District School Alliance, to show my concern for the sacrificial ceremony to Heaven."

"You two, be careful, she's notoriously clever and cunning," Dong Zhuo warned Li Ru and Mei Niang.

Li Ru and Mei Niang nodded.

"Ahem, considering your father Sun Jian's great contributions to the entire school alliance, I won't hold it against you."

What are you doing here? "

"This time, the fortune slips you made didn't show everyone beforehand whether one was a sign of life and the other a sign of death, like you did before."

"What if you cheat and write both signatures as fixed?"

"Yeah, we're protesting."

Zhang Fei protested, "Flip the card!"

"Protest! Protest! Protest!"

The crowd raised their arms and cheered again.

"Hey everyone," Li Ru said, silencing the protests, "You can choose to flip a card. But according to the Campus Self-Government Law, those who are required to flip a card during the Heaven-Worshiping Ceremony must sign a waiver of life and death."

If nothing unusual happens during the process, the person who requests to flip the card will be executed immediately!

"I'm not afraid of you! Come on! I'll sign a death pact." Zhang Fei charged forward, but Liu Bei grabbed him.

"Third brother, be careful, they might be up to something." "Liu Bei is right," Cao Cao agreed. "They're deliberately trying to lure us into signing a death pact, then they'll deal with us one by one."

Seeing Li Ru's insidious nature, the crowd protested again.

“If things don’t calm down, I will use the campus emergency defense authority, deploy the security team, and arrest the perpetrators.”

The students continued their vehement protests.

At this moment, Chen Hong detected a surge of supernatural energy.

That was a message that Sun Shangxiang deliberately sent to Li Ru and the others.

"Guan Yu, can you hear me?"

Sun Shangxiang was seen speaking while covering a pendant device with one hand.

Guan Yu nodded.

Li Ru immediately realized, "Don't make a sound. Sun Shangxiang accidentally used the same radio channel as us and is talking to Guan Yu."

"But how come Guan Yu has a radio?" Mei Niang asked in confusion.

"How should I know?" Li Ru rolled his eyes.

"So what do we do now? Should we search for Guan Yu?"

"Absolutely not, let's wait and see," Li Ru replied shrewdly.

Faced with the students' increasingly loud protests, Dong Zhuo stood up and roared, his voice booming: "Quiet down, everyone!"

Everyone covered their ears, and Liu Bei and the others thought to themselves, "I never expected Dong Zhuo's internal strength to be so profound."

"Dear students, please be quiet. The campus self-governance law clearly stipulates that you must trust and respect your teachers and elders. You must not disobey your superiors, otherwise you will be punished with five penalties."

I didn't want to use people to punish people, so I kindly included the "divine will" clause.

"Stop pretending!" Zhang Fei said, looking at the hypocritical Dong Zhuo with great dissatisfaction. "I'm protesting!"

The crowd protested again.

Sun Shangxiang continued to relay intelligence.

"Guan Yu, although you have stated that you disdain doing this, think about the brothers who are worried about you."

No matter what fortune slip you draw this time, don't flip it over first. Use the ink powder I gave you to blur the words on the fortune slip.

Then turn it over and complain to them that their writing is bad, the handwriting is blurry, and demand to see another signature, understand?

Guan Yu nodded from time to time.

"What should we do? They're using the same trick as Cao Cao again," Mei Niang asked. "Why don't we search for his ink powder?"

"Idiot, do you think that powder is easy to find?"

"What should I do?"

"Don't rush, let's play along." Li Ru had a sly expression of confidence.

"Why do I sense a fluctuation of the Silver Dimensional Ability?" Liu Bei wondered.

Chen Hong, who was aware of everything, watched this good show with a calm and collected demeanor, and gave Sun Shangxiang and Xiu a meaningful look.

Li Ru had already devised a solution.

"If you want to fight me with ink powder, I'll replace both cards with live ones, and you'll be trapped in your own cocoon."

In Li Ru's plan, once Guan Yu used ink powder to blur the life slip, the other life slip would appear, and the blurred one would naturally be the death slip.

In this way, they could rightfully kill Guan Yu.

Dong Zhuo used the guards' guns to quiet the students down.

After bidding a heartfelt farewell to his brothers and persuading them not to storm the execution ground, Guan Yu began drawing lots.

To everyone's surprise, he drew a "luck" lot.

Li Ru knew he had been tricked, but he was puzzled as to why Sun Shangxiang was able to use their encrypted radio.

Sun Shangxiang used her supernatural power again, saying that there was a traitor among them, which both explained the reason and stirred up trouble.

Liu Bei detected the fluctuation again, confirming this as the Iron Dimensional Ability – [U-POD Technique].

U-POD is a superpower of Iron Dimensional Practitioners. The user can drive and connect to any device with amplification capabilities and use these devices to amplify sound and eavesdrop.

This superpower is great; it'll be Chen Hong's in the next second.

After several analyses, Chen Hong quickly deciphered the superpower and learned the U-POD technique. This superpower is effective against communication devices and is not limited to technological equipment. It is quite useful for gathering intelligence and misleading information.

Li Ru reacted quickly and soon came up with a solution.

He picked up another fortune stick and showed it to everyone; it was another unlucky one.

"How is this going?"

"Both of these are unregistered tickets; it's clear someone cheated!"

Li Ru turned the tables, saying, "This situation is advantageous to Guan Yu, so the one who cheated must be Guan Yu!"

It must be said that, according to common sense, this is indeed quite reasonable.

Guan Yu, however, calmly replied, "I, Guan Yu, am upright and honest; how could I be a cheater?"

Guan Yu's character was renowned, and the students all shouted that they believed in Guan Yu.

“The evidence is irrefutable; there’s no need for further argument,” Li Ru retorted loudly.

“That’s right. According to the school’s self-governance law, anyone who cheats at the sacrificial ceremony will be executed without mercy.” Mei Niang immediately chimed in, wanting to prove the matter and kill Guan Yu.

"Defense Force!" Li Ru waved his hand, and countless soldiers pointed their guns at Guan Yu, wanting to quickly and decisively kill Guan Yu and confirm the matter.

“Wait a minute, I have an objection.” Sun Shangxiang stepped forward again.

"Mr. Li Ru, please tell us, did Guan Yu draw any lots before he drew them?"

On the contrary, you've been changing the lot back and forth all the time.

“Hey, that’s right, Guan Yu hasn’t drawn a lot yet.” Li Ru blurted out, quickly retorting, “Nonsense, what do you mean I kept changing it?”

"Fine, let's just pretend you didn't change your ticket." Sun Shangxiang shrugged.

"But you guys prepared this fortune slip."

Sun Shangxiang's meaning was crystal clear; anyone who wasn't a fool could see that this trick was definitely Li Ru's doing.

Guan Yu had no opportunity to cheat.

(End of this chapter)