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Chapter 210. The Era of Chaos Begins

Yin Ju was always polite, and this was the first time Jiang Jianxin had ever heard him make such a blunt assessment.

She paused and asked:
"Feng Shiman...didn't she volunteer to work for Hei Tong Pharmaceuticals?"

Yin Ju shook his head with a wry smile and said:
"No, he joined Black Pupil Pharmaceuticals when he was young. They forcibly fed him a lot of drugs. If he didn't act according to Black Pupil Pharmaceuticals' wishes, he would suffer a fate worse than death."

"and……"

Yin Ju took a sip of tea, his brows furrowed, and said:

“The war giant is not so easy to control. In order to ensure his absolute obedience, Black Eye Pharmaceuticals has subjected him to various forms of mental abuse.”

Jiang Jianxin didn't understand the meaning of those words, so she asked:
What is 'psychological abuse'?

Yin Ju sighed, holding his thermos, his voice lowering slightly:
"Black Eyes Pharmaceuticals injected him with addictive drugs, and then locked him in a specially made water prison with steel shackles. The rising water level would cause a feeling of suffocation, and combined with withdrawal symptoms, it would be a feeling worse than death."

Jiang Jianxin gasped.

"This is just a basic punishment for not following their instructions."

Yin Ju continued:

"I've also heard that in order to completely destroy his mind, Black Eye Pharmaceutical injected him with muscle relaxants... and made him watch videos of his parents dying from drug abuse repeatedly, supposedly until they saw retinal hemorrhage and he couldn't open his eyes anymore."

"Later, the blind master felt that this was not safe enough... so he injected him with hallucinogens, made him gouge out his own eyes, and after being corrupted by the blind master's talent, he put them back in."

Yin Ju pointed to his eyes and said:
“You know, blind masters have a special ability, I don’t know the specifics… I only know that after this pollution treatment, their eyes can become cameras for the blind master.”

Jiang Jianxin covered his mouth, stammering in surprise:
"What's the meaning?"

Seeing that she hadn't heard of this, Yin Ju closed the thermos lid, tucked the thermos under his arm, and gestured with his hands over his eyes to explain:
“Uh…you know that the blind master is blind, but she is not truly unable to see things; she just places her ‘eyes’ on other people.”

“Take Feng Shiman as an example. His eyes were polluted by the blind master. So from then on, what he saw, the blind master could also see—it’s like she had an ‘external eye’.”

Jiang Jianxin understood this time. Her pupils contracted slightly, and she couldn't help but ask:
"Then wouldn't she be able to see a lot of secrets?"

"Yes, she has many more pairs of eyes like that, but I don't know who they belong to."

Yin Ju said.

Jiang Jianxin pursed his lips, not expecting that the blind master's abilities could not only kill people, but also involve the spying skills of the Light faction.

No wonder everyone at the press conference was so intimidated by the shy and introverted girl with the cane—she was truly ruthless and cunning.

My intuition kicked in at this moment, and it showed me:
[That's true. The blind therapist could freely peek into other people's field of vision; this person wasn't lying.]

Jiang Jianxin paused, then replied in his mind:

[...When you saw Feng Shiman that day, why didn't you remind me that he had an eye problem?]

Intuition is unhurried:

He didn't see anything confidential either. Didn't you two play the "Big Brother" game all afternoon?

【…】

Jiang Jianxin remained silent for a moment, because Feng Shiman had indeed appeared very relaxed that day. He had firmly chosen the latter over the auction of Black Pupil Pharmaceuticals and Rose Group, and later even took her straight to the arcade, where they spent the entire afternoon playing the role of a babysitter in the game.

If the blind man wanted to see his vision, he would probably only see Feng Shiman spending a fortune on in-game purchases in his brother's game.

And the two of them were so engrossed in typing on the screen that it was questionable whether Jiang Jianxin was even in his field of vision.

In situations without a threat, intuition usually doesn't alert her to anything that might disrupt her normal life, so it's understandable that it didn't mention anything about Feng Shiman's eyes.

Jiang Jianxin sighed deeply. She turned her head to look at the side, where Yin Ju's face was full of helplessness and sorrow.

He continued:
"I feel that he has now been completely tamed by Black Eye Pharmaceuticals."

Sensing Jiang Jianxin's questioning gaze, he explained:

“When he came to the flood control office before, I suggested that he steal the antidote and come to me.”

"The air humidity in Haidu is consistently above 90%. If I can control the water molecules in the air, even if Black Pupil Pharmaceuticals sends a blind master, I can still touch her." Jiang Jianxin stroked his chin, pondering.

"He refused, didn't he?"

Yin Ju nodded, and said with a mix of grievance and indignation:

"Yes! He said Black Eyes Pharmaceuticals treats him very well and told me not to worry."

Jiang Jianxin didn't speak. Feng Shiman's words were obviously far-fetched. He probably felt that the blind master was watching him from behind his eyes, and under such intense scrutiny, he had no choice but to say that.

However, given the intelligence of those in the war camp, Yin Ju probably couldn't think of a more subtle way to save his friend, so he took Feng Shiman's words as a truthful answer.

Although Jiang Jianxin felt that Yin Ju had handled the matter poorly, he did not offer any new suggestions.

After all, he had said that this was something from "the past," and there was no point in discussing things from the past. She simply said slowly:

"No wonder he said those things that afternoon while playing his older brother's game, looking at the sea of ​​dandelions."

What did he say?

Yin Ju turned his head and looked at Jiang Jianxin.

The latter stared at the hazy mist on the surface of the Cangjiang River and said slowly:
"He said……"

"If only life were as free as a dandelion."

……

The day passed quickly, and Jiang Jianxin felt that he had done almost nothing, spending most of his time wandering around the flood control office or going out to whisper to Xie Yan.

The next afternoon, Jiang Jianxin was lying in bed when he saw a new trending topic on the Ping An Forum:

[#SouthwestRiots]

#ReinstatementOfVeterans

Jiang Jianxin's heart skipped a beat. She clicked on the first entry and took a look—

The worst-case scenario has occurred: the anger of the oppressed has finally ignited a prairie fire in Changhe City.

This uprising came both unexpectedly and naturally.

The southwestern city of Changhe has been transformed into a living hell by the ravages of the Cangjiang epidemic. Tens of thousands of low-level talents tried to break out of the dead city to survive, only to run into the money wall built by Rose Transportation - the original high toll of 3000 gold has soared to tens of thousands of gold overnight.

This astronomical sum, equivalent to what ordinary people could earn through years of desperate struggle, completely crushed the last hope for survival for the poor.

As the banner of "Revival Army" was raised amidst the corpses strewn across the slums, Black Eye Pharmaceuticals' drones were traversing the dawn.

Eight thousand vials of the genius potion, gleaming with a cold light, were precisely airdropped, like pouring gasoline on a burning coal.

When the first person tore open the armored vehicle with their bare hands, the death knell of a new era had already tolled.

Jiang Jianxin looked at the slum alleys in the news photos—the starving people who were fighting for half a loaf of bread yesterday had become invincible thugs today.

Cold sweat seeped from her clenched palms. She knew that the eight thousand vials of medicine that Black Pupil Pharmaceuticals had suddenly shown its generosity were not a gift, but the key to opening Pandora's box.

The sound of steel colliding with flesh and blood came from the other end of the screen, announcing the collapse of a century-old order.

At that moment, Jiang Jianxin held her phone, thinking it was just a slightly unsettling afternoon.

Little did they know that the seemingly distant era of chaos and war—

The curtain has now been drawn back with a whoosh.

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I originally planned to start the second volume when I reached 50-60 words, but now I'm only at 45 words to start the chaotic era. I guess the original plan won't be able to keep up. The second volume will require me to descend into other worlds, unlock new loop powers, and officially introduce Edric. It's not easy to write about the unstable social structure, so the original plan will have to be postponed. I might start the second volume when I reach 60-70 words.

Those eagerly awaiting Edric's return, please wait a little longer. The chaotic era involves a lot of content, including the reshuffling of power and drastic changes in character personalities, so the word count will be a bit higher.

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This chapter has been revised because it was too gory and was blocked by the censors. So the things the blind master did to Feng Shiman have been changed to the present.