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Chapter 300. The Military Coup of Furong (2)

The story goes back several months.

With Orange in charge, the Furong Army's northward campaign went very smoothly.

They even fought all the way from the southernmost point all the way to the Green Abyss.

Initially, Black Eye Pharmaceuticals was very friendly to the Veterans, airdropping medicines, providing medical support, and even wholesaling mechanical prosthetics and delivering various weapons free of charge.

As an emerging force, the Furong Army had virtually nothing except for its military strength, and its dependence on Black Pupil Pharmaceuticals' assistance grew almost instantly.

Their medical and food resources were completely controlled by Black Eye Pharmaceuticals, which even sent several strategists to join the high-ranking officers of the Restoration Army.

It was from that day that Yuan Ziqi gradually sensed that something was wrong.

—Black Eyes Pharmaceuticals is infiltrating Furongjun from all aspects.

First, they forced the wounded soldiers of the Reinforcements Army to install mechanical prosthetics, and then ordered them to continue the Northern Expedition, leaving only a small number of people to guard the cities they had captured.

At that time, Yuan Ziqi felt that this was not acceptable and proposed to separate the management of the Black Pupil Pharmaceuticals personnel and stop the Northern Expedition, so as to first govern and coordinate the city residents.

However, the schemer Xu Huan put pressure on the Furong Army, stating that if the Furong Army dared to do so, Black Eye Pharmaceuticals would immediately cut off all resource supplies.

Under Xu Huan's resource coercion, Fu Rongjun was immediately subjected to enormous pressure.

Chen Xinran asked Yuan Ziqi, who was the strategist, how to handle the situation.

The latter, lacking experience, panicked under such a strong threat and didn't know how to handle the situation. Therefore, he had to compromise and suggested to Chen Xinran that they allow the Black Pupil Pharmaceuticals personnel to join in order to stabilize the resource supply and prevent a collapse.

The schemers were very satisfied with the outcome of this discussion.

Several months later...

The Furong Army fought its way north, and when it looked back at the cities in the south, it found that they had somehow been transferred to the management of Black Eye Pharmaceuticals and had become the territory actually controlled by Black Eye Pharmaceuticals.

The latter controlled so many cities not to expand territory, but to unilaterally massacre the masses and transport corpses and organs to Haidu.

No one knows why Black Pupil Pharmaceuticals did this; all that exists is the bloody reality.

Cities were massacred one after another, all in complete silence.

There was no information about the massacre of the city on the forum, so Black Pupil Pharmaceuticals must have a way to keep it from the public eye.

The only thing that could see all this was probably the television station, but how could it possibly do something as thankless as exposing crimes?

Yuan Ziqi was shocked to discover all this and quickly informed Chen Xinran.

The aggressiveness of Black Pupil Pharmaceuticals made him feel the crisis of the Restoration Army. The only solution he could think of was to break off relations, get away from Black Pupil Pharmaceuticals, and avoid the coercion brought by this highly aggressive force.

However, the Furong Army is too dependent on Black Eye Pharmaceuticals, and it is impossible to break away from them in the short term.

The latter's use of medical resources as leverage was enough to force veterans to back down.

The situation has reached a critical juncture. Both Ju Zi and Chen Xinran are on the war side, and only he, the one of the benevolent, can complete this game.

But Yuan Ziqi faced the towering figure of the Bright Realm, and the veteran strategist Xu Huan, known as a schemer.

All that remains is a profound sense of powerlessness, as if one move has been missed.

The latter plays by following traditional methods, skillfully employing covert maneuvers, and always concealing his true purpose amidst countless deceptions.

He always manages to complete everything quietly, leaving people caught off guard and ambushed from all sides.

Yuan Ziqi understood that he could not directly set up a trap to resist Xu Huan, because his plan was like a swamp, muddy and soft, making it easy to fall into a trap and get deeply trapped.

Therefore, he had no choice but to be frank and seek an audience with the conspirators to discuss the matter.

The latter didn't even bother to meet in person, only sending a video call.

In the scene, the schemer removes his top hat and, in a seemingly gentle manner, tells him:

"...If she were your teacher, I might actually have to be wary, but she has already severed ties with you. With your current abilities, you are not qualified to negotiate with me."

Things spiraled out of control, heading towards the worst possible outcome. The conspirators, having completed their scheme, delivered a ruthless and aggressive final blow.

He quickly infiltrated the entire Furong Army, and even sent his subordinates to restrain Yuan Ziqi and control Chen Xinran, and equipped all the soldiers with mechanical limbs.

By now, the entire Furong Army has become a powerful tool in the hands of Black Pupil Pharmaceuticals, helping it to advance northward and slaughter more and more cities.

"Black Pupil Pharmaceuticals...why are you doing this?"

Chen Xinran stood in front, frowning as she asked.

Yuan Ziqi pursed his lips and said softly:
"They clearly have other motives, and we have been used by Black Eye Pharmaceuticals, becoming a pawn in the schemers' plan."

"So what should we do now? There's no information about the atrocities committed by Black Pupil Pharmaceuticals leaked on the Ping An Forum. Has the TV station become his ally as well?"

Chen Xinran asked.

Yuan Ziqi tried his best to recall what his teacher had taught him before, and said firmly:

"The TV station wouldn't collude with Black Pupil Pharmaceuticals. It's more likely that Black Pupil Pharmaceuticals has virtual interference capabilities or has paid a high price for the TV station's information blocking services."

Although the latter is in the medical industry, it is still a force of the Light faction, with many Light talents within its ranks.

Information-related means are naturally also comprehensive.

Chen Xinran's brows remained furrowed. She gazed at the churning darkness in the distance and the figures of the puppets beneath it, then took a deep breath and said painfully:
"Are we... just going to let Kurohime Pharmaceuticals continue like this?"

She recalled her past, when she first joined the War Alliance. She had a loving older brother, Chen Tong, and her own cozy little house.

Although she lacked talent and was often looked down upon at that time, she had her family by her side, so life wasn't too painful.

However, Black Eye Pharmaceuticals later infiltrated the War Alliance's medical devices, forcing her brother to also be fitted with a mechanical prosthetic limb.

When she rushed to the hospital, her brother looked at her with completely unfamiliar eyes.

—Spiritual pollution.

It is a force powerful enough to drastically change a person's temperament and tear a family apart.

During her few moments of lucidity later on, Chen Tong told her to leave the base and forget about him, her brother.

Chen Xinran was initially unwilling to leave, but after experiencing the bullying incident and being coldly observed by Chen Tong, she changed her mind.

Chen Xinran understood that her brother had died the moment he entered the operating room.

Later, she traveled to Zhenbei City to find an opportunity to awaken her talent. After successfully awakening it, she came to the site of the Furong Army uprising and came into contact with Ju Zi, the leader of the uprising at that time.

That person belongs to the Fool sequence, and needs to subvert cognition and disguise themselves in order to gain power.

Therefore, Orange gave up the position of leader to her and became an elder while wearing a mask.

Now, Orange has been altered beyond recognition by the power of the Fool, and she has failed to complete her mission of leading the Reincarnation Army to victory.

Chen Xinran felt a cold, heavy pain in her heart, as if it were being squeezed.

"We cannot fight against Black Pupil Pharmaceuticals. For now, we can only try to escalate the incident and attract the attention of other forces."

Yuan Ziqi said as calmly as possible.

He wasn't exactly a visionary, but this decision was the best he could think of.

"what do you mean?"

Chen Xinran looked at him.

Motoko longs for the only light in this dark city.

Those are the subway entrance lights, with the silhouette of roses clearly visible on them.

"Let our people...go and blow up the Rose Transit subway station."