North America 1849, from Gold Rush to Warlord

Chapter 187 Black umbrella, red pole, you'd want to lie down on a board just by looking at them!
Just as the Freemasons at the Round Table were urgently discussing how to get rid of Vice President Lincoln.

Deep beneath the Freemason headquarters building.

Passing through layers of soil several meters thick, we entered a dark, damp sewer filled with all sorts of foul odors.

Lilith Campbell, dressed in a black bodysuit, covered her mouth and nose completely with a thick black silk scarf.

Lilith Campbell, who has completely changed her outfit, is so alluring that no one would recognize her except for her stunning figure!

Lilith, carrying a bright gas lamp, led the way.

Behind her followed a large group of dozens of people, many of whom held bright gas lamps, illuminating the dark and damp sewers.

On the backs of these dozens of people were heavy, enormous backpacks.

Judging from their heavy steps, the things in their backpacks must have been quite heavy.

One by one, the plump rats, under the bright light, scrambled to burrow deeper into the darkness.

Lilith led a group of people through the dark sewers, winding their way through the maze, until they finally arrived at an inconspicuous red marker.

Lilith stopped and looked at the red mark on her feet.

This red mark is clearly a bright red "中" (zhong) character.

Lilith looked at the "中" character mark, then looked up at the top of her head and at her surroundings.

"This is it, this is it...!"

Lilith turned to the leader behind her and said, "Yiso, this is it!"

"Yi Suo" is also just an internal code name for the 18th Division.

A deep voice confirmed, "Miss Hongzhong, are you sure this is the place?"

“That’s right!” Lilith nodded. “I personally scouted this spot and marked it myself!”

"No one but me can find this place!"

As she spoke, Lilith pointed to the sky above: "Right above, that's the headquarters building of that organization!"

"And right now, those old fogies are gathered inside the headquarters building, having a meeting!"

"Very good!" Yi Suo nodded calmly and said, "Miss Hong Zhong, your mission is complete. You may leave now!"

"To avoid suspicion, Miss Red, you'd better stay with the other Freemasons... not inside the headquarters building, of course!"

"Hehe!" Lilith chuckled, "I don't need your reminder, I know exactly what to do!"

With that, Lilith, dressed in a black bodysuit, turned and walked away.

But after taking only a few steps, she turned back and said, "Yi Suo, you guys need to be quick!"

"I'm not sure how long those old guys' meeting will go on... If I miss this one, I don't know when I'll get another chance like this!"

Yi Suo nodded calmly again: "It will only take twenty minutes... no, fifteen minutes...!"

“Alright!” Lilith chuckled. “I’m looking forward to seeing your performance!”

……

After Lilith left, Yi Suo immediately directed his dozens of men to pile dozens of huge backpacks onto the bright red "中" (Zhong) character mark.

Dozens of people, each carrying a backpack weighing dozens of kilograms, were piled up together, weighing more than two tons!
Then, Yi Suo personally took action and pulled out long fuses from each backpack...!
All the leads eventually became tangled into a huge lead as thick as an arm.

This huge fuse extended for tens of meters.

After everyone had evacuated, Yi Suo personally lit the huge fuse.

Then, without hesitation, he turned and ran!
"Hiss hiss hiss...!"

The lead wire burned and shortened inch by inch.

The burning fuse, little by little, approached the small mountain made of backpacks…!
At the same time, Lilith emerged from the sewer, took off her black bodysuit and the black scarf covering her face, and threw them all into the trash can.

Then, Lilith, dressed in a dark red dress, stretched out her nose and smelled herself.

"Huh……!"

Lilith wrinkled her nose in disgust, then pulled out a bottle of perfume from somewhere and sprayed it all over herself.

Only after the strange smell on her body disappeared did Lilith leave the dark alley and enter a brightly lit club.

This club is a regular meeting place for young members of the Freemason headquarters.

Here, Lilith is the undisputed queen of nightclubs!

The same goes for tonight!
"Oh, my dear Miss Lilith, I was just saying that this beautiful night wouldn't be complete without your beautiful figure...!"

"My most beautiful Miss Lilith, would you have the honor of inviting me to dance...?"

"Excuse me, but Miss Lilith is mine tonight, and no one can take her from me...!"

"Quinn, you damned bastard, you're asking for it...!"

As soon as Lilith appeared, she immediately aroused jealousy and rivalry among a group of charming men around her.

"Hehe... Gentlemen, how about we play a game together...!"

What game...?

"Miss Lilith, no matter what game we play, I'll definitely play along to the end!"

"Hehe...!" Lilith held a slender, ivory-white pipe in her hand, exhaled a puff of smoke from her cherry-like lips, and chuckled, "The name of this game is Truth or Dare...!"

As she spoke, the image of that man involuntarily reappeared before Lilith's eyes.

……

"Boom...!"

Just then, a deafening roar suddenly erupted outside the club…!
"Clang, clang...!"

The ground was shaking, and the entire club was shaking violently.

Many decorations hanging on the club's walls were shaken off and crashed heavily to the ground.

"What happened...?"

"Fuck...! What happened...?"

The men and women in the club were all shocked and had no idea what had happened.

At that moment, someone rushed in from outside the club.

"Something terrible has happened...something terrible has happened...our organization's headquarters building...!"

"What happened to the headquarters building...?"

"Our building... has been bombed...!!!"

"What the fuck...!"

The men and women in the club were almost all Freemasons.

Upon hearing this earth-shattering news, everyone was shocked and could hardly believe their ears.

"What nonsense are you spouting, you idiot?"

"Really! If you don't believe me, go out and see for yourselves...!"

A group of men and women rushed out of the club in a hurry.

As expected, they saw a massive, black and red mushroom cloud rising from the direction of the Freemason headquarters building!
And their headquarters building, which they were so proud of and which was the tallest in several blocks, has disappeared without a trace!
“Oh My God…!!!”

Lilith covered her mouth and was the first to exclaim in shock among the utterly astonished Freemasons!

“Oh My God…!!!”

“Oh My God…!!!”

Following her, a group of men and women let out a unified gasp and scream.

"Those Round Table masters are currently holding a secret meeting inside the headquarters building...!" "Oh my God...!!!"

This statement caused even more people to scream!
At that moment, they felt as if the sky had fallen!

"Quickly, the carriage...!"

Lilith was the first to climb into a carriage and rushed back to the Freemason headquarters as quickly as possible.

Behind her followed a long line of carriages.

Unable to find a carriage, they simply ran back. The club's location was quite close to the Freemason headquarters.

A moment later, a large group of men and women stood dumbfounded in front of an incredibly huge pit.

This is a huge pit with a diameter of 100 meters and a depth of at least 30 meters!
The Freemason headquarters building that once stood atop this deep pit has completely vanished without a trace!
Only at the bottom of the giant pit were there construction debris left behind.

Within a radius of several hundred meters, there were building fragments that had been blown far away!
The vast area was a scene of utter devastation!
Not only the Freemason headquarters building, but also several surrounding office buildings suffered severe damage to varying degrees.

Fortunately, it's late at night.

Moreover, this area is a commercial office district with almost no residents.

Otherwise, this massive explosion could have caused an unimaginable number of casualties.

"Oh my God...!!! What...what on earth happened?!"

A group of young members of the Freemason headquarters were all completely stunned.

"Danger! Danger! Danger!..."

Countless police officers and numerous fire trucks swarmed in from all directions.

Moments later, police and firefighters surrounded the massive rubble and began searching for survivors beneath it throughout the night.

But by the time it was fully light and the massive ruins had been roughly cleared, apart from more than a hundred mutilated corpses, no survivors were found!
Only then did Lilith Campbell, who had been waiting for news all night, manage a smile that went unnoticed by anyone!

"My master, the second task you gave me has been completed...!"

"The Freemasons' stronghold has been completely wiped out. This earth-shattering explosion will take them at least three to five years to recover from!"

"Besides those old fogies from the Round Table, buried beneath this huge pile of ruins are also a considerable number of Freemason elites."

"Even along with the earth-shattering explosion, the countless enormous fortunes accumulated by the Freemasons over the past hundred years vanished...!"

"Those dollars, bonds... all vanished into thin air after that explosion!"

"Furthermore, all the secret intelligence and data that the Freemasons have accumulated over the years... heh heh, they've all vanished into thin air!"

At this moment, Lilith Campbell felt happier than ever before.

"Even that old bastard Powell, who reeks of decay, was blasted into the sky...!"

"All the humiliation, all the shame, all the torment of the past ten years... vanished in this earth-shattering explosion!"

"Giggle...!"

At this moment, Lilith Campbell felt a sense of ease she had never experienced before.

Everything that once weighed on her has turned to ashes!
Meanwhile, in Washington, the White House!
Senate President Julia Roberts, who had just assumed most of the president's powers, had not yet recovered from the joy of having power in his hands when he received an extremely urgent telegram.

Roberts, who had just woken up on his Rococo-style bed, received a telegram from a servant before he could even get out of bed.

The telegram was brief, but as soon as Speaker Roberts finished reading it, he felt a rush of blood to his head.

"puff……!"

Speaker Roberts spat out a mouthful of blood, and at the same time, his vision went black, and he fainted!
……

When Speaker Roberts woke up, he found himself in the hospital.

The speaker looked around blankly and found that in addition to his wife and children, his assistant was also standing anxiously at the head of the hospital bed.

In the assistant's hands, there was another telegram and a thick stack of newspapers.

It wasn't until he saw the telegram in his assistant's hand that the Speaker remembered why he was in the hospital.

Immediately afterwards, memories flooded back like a tidal wave!
The Speaker remembered that he had seen a message in the telegram this morning that shocked and saddened him greatly.

The Freemason headquarters in Philadelphia, the holy site to which I have dedicated most of my life, was blown to smithereens last night!
Along with the Freemason headquarters building, countless riches, data, and intelligence accumulated by the organization over the years also disappeared...!
The organization's hard-earned foundation built up over many years was destroyed overnight!
This incredibly painful news was a huge blow to the Speaker.

Even after waking up in the hospital, Speaker Roberts still feels like her heart is being torn apart.

"James, is the message in the telegram this morning... true?"

Speaker Roberts, still incredulous, pressed his assistant for answers.

“This…!” Assistant James opened his mouth, then hesitated, “Speaker, at this time, you should be focusing on recovering…!”

Speaker Roberts struggled to sit up in bed, and said impatiently, "Answer me, is it true or not?"

James had no choice but to bite the bullet and reply, "Mr. Speaker, I'm afraid... it's true!"

As he spoke, James hesitated, wanting to hand the newspaper and another telegram to Speaker Roberts.

Speaker Roberts reached out and snatched them all away.

First, open the telegram. Speaker Roberts saw a long list of unusually familiar names on it.

Commander-in-Chief of the United States Army and Grand Master of Freemasonry, Winfield Scott…!
Former Vice President of the United States, one of the Thirteen Round Table Masters, George Miffen Dallas (Dallas, Texas, is named after him)...!
Powell Edwards, Master of the Solomon Temple of Freemasonry, one of the Thirteen Masters of the Round Table…!
Former U.S. Secretary of the Army, one of the Thirteen Round Table Masters, Major General Ruhr Spencer…!
Former Commander of the U.S. Navy Home Fleet, one of the Thirteen Round Table Masters, Rear Admiral Bennett Cole…!
……

Moreover, this long telegram was a condolence message…!
In other words, all the names on this telegram belong to dead people...!
As he looked at these incredibly familiar names, Speaker Roberts' hands trembled more and more violently.

And the expression on his face became more and more distorted and ferocious!

Seeing his appearance, assistant James quickly asked with concern, "Speaker, are you... are you alright?"

"James, is this...is this real?"

"Speaker, please don't get too agitated, given your current physical condition...!"

"Stop talking nonsense and tell me, is this true or not?"

Assistant James, unable to persuade him otherwise, could only hesitantly reply, "Mr. Speaker, apart from... apart from you, all thirteen masters of the Round Table perished in last night's explosion!"

"The bodies of the Thirteen Round Table Masters have been gradually unearthed from the ruins of the Freemason headquarters building...!"

"Not only the Round Table Masters, but also many elite members and key figures of the Freemasons perished...!"

"belch……!"

Before assistant James could finish speaking, Speaker Roberts' eyes rolled back, and he slumped over again.

……

Last night's massive explosion also caused an unprecedented uproar throughout the United States...!
No, it can no longer be described as mere waves; it was a colossal tsunami!
Whether in politics, the military, or even the entire American society, last night's massive explosion at the Freemason headquarters was nothing short of a major earthquake!

Not only those who perished in the explosion, but also all of them were top figures in their respective fields in America.

More importantly, the Freemasons, which were deeply intertwined with the United States from its very inception and to some extent represented the backbone of the nation, suffered an unprecedented blow.

Almost every American newspaper devoted its front page to extensive coverage of this earth-shattering explosion.

Meanwhile, these newspapers went further and analyzed who was behind the massive explosion.

What changes will the American political, military, business, and even society as a whole face after this massive explosion?
The shock this massive explosion brought to America was no less than that of 9/11.

Even worse! After all, almost all of those who perished in this massive explosion were among America's most elite members.

Even if countless ordinary people die, it is not as good as a powerful person standing at the pinnacle of power.

Moreover, this explosion wiped out so many powerful and influential figures all at once.

It is no exaggeration to say that the political landscape of the United States was completely changed starting with this explosion.

……

It wasn't until ten days after the explosion that Abraham Lincoln and his party, who were aboard the "Grand Republic" cruise ship traveling from Colon, Panama to Baltimore, learned of this shocking news as soon as they disembarked!
Vice President Lincoln was also completely shocked by the news!

"Li, could this be the backup plan you were talking about...?"

(End of this chapter)