I lent my brother 500 yuan, and he offered his wife as collateral.

……

The projection from the first observation seat fell onto the center of the ancestral land, but the cleansing process was not resumed.

The malicious merger lock is still in operation. Its current identity and actual control are both fixed in the old settlement terminal.

Several elders of the Su family knelt on the ground, not daring to raise their heads.

They grew up hearing rumors about the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion.

No matter how powerful the Su family is, they only care about Yanjing.

The Heavenly Mystery Pavilion's observation seat can determine the resources of the Central Region, the family hierarchy, and the survival of ancestral lands.

Even if it was just a projection in front of them, they dared not stand there.

"Greetings to the First Observer Seat."

Someone started it.

Then another group knelt down.

He Shoushan also raised his head.

He had just been designated as the primary target for purges, and the thing that had sustained him for twenty years had finally broken.

But when I actually saw the first observation seat, I still subconsciously wanted to perform the old ritual.

The moment he moved, the lock pulled him back to the ground.

He wasn't being observed by the first observers.

This hurt him more than any insult.

He handed over twenty years of his life, and the other party wouldn't even offer a word of explanation for the purge list.

Su Qingxue did not kneel.

She stood next to the medical monitoring terminal of YL-001 and only spoke after confirming that the vital signs were stable.

Did you start the cleaning program?

The first observer said:

"You have arbitrarily separated the ancestral land from the main control, taken away the core life interface, and cleansed the land in accordance with the old system."

"Did you start it?"

"The Supreme Observer Board has the responsibility to maintain order in the central region."

"I'm only asking if it's you."

The projection paused for a moment.

"Yes."

Zhou Ye immediately sealed this answer.

The first observation seat saw the notary notice but did not intervene.

"Su Qingxue, you refuse to accept Fengyi's mandate, only caring about your own freedom. Once the control of the ancestral land is unstable, it will affect more than just the Su family."

"The rift in the Central Region is widening, and public order needs a stable entity to uphold it. The Su family has been protected by their ancestral land for twenty years; it's time to pay the price."

Upon hearing this, the kneeling elders' resolve wavered somewhat.

If the safety of the Central Region is truly at stake, sacrificing one person to save more people doesn't seem entirely unreasonable.

Besides, they weren't the ones chosen.

An elder whispered a word of advice:

"Patriarch, since the First Seat has personally explained, perhaps we can renegotiate the conditions for undertaking the role."

Su Qingxue ignored him and only asked the first question.

Who signed the contract for the land acquisition?

The first observer said:

"The Fengyi Agreement belongs to the upper order and does not require ordinary family contracts."

"Has anyone from the Su family signed this?"

"The Su family has enjoyed the resources of their ancestral land for generations."

"Enjoying resources and signing a contract are two separate things. Who signed it?"

No names were given in the first observation seat.

Then ask:

Who benefits from Project Fengyi?

"With the stability of order in the Central Region, everyone benefits."

Did the woman in the life pod profit?

"She fulfilled her necessary responsibilities."

Did the Shen family profit from their seventeen remaining assets?

"Local costs cannot negate the overall outcome."

"Did your own observation account make a profit?"

The first observer did not respond immediately.

Su Qingxue asked her third question.

"If something goes wrong, who will bear the consequences?"

"The bearer has the highest authority and naturally must bear the corresponding responsibility."

Who is responsible for the cleaning process?

"Ancestral Land Defense System".

Who will bear the responsibility for the resource debts of the past twenty years?

"The ancestral home of the Su family".

Who will bear the cost of the life-threatening damage to YL-001?

"She is part of the main control maintenance structure."

"Then what responsibility will you take?"

The hall fell silent.

Su Qingxue didn't discuss whether the sacrifice was great or not, nor did she say how wronged she felt. She only asked who signed, who received the benefits, and who was responsible.

Whenever the first observation seat mentions the overall situation, it avoids mentioning specific people and accounts.

But when it comes to the responsible party, they can't give a single clear answer.

Qin Feng stood aside and waited for Su Qingxue to finish asking her questions before bringing up the measurement module.

"The first seat said that the Su family has been protected by their ancestral land for twenty years and needs to repay it."

"Then let's see where the resources from the past twenty years have gone."

The life support capsule's measurement records have been made public.

The current valuation of over 27 billion is only the most basic part.

A large number of array stones, medicinal herbs, and earth vein spiritual energy first entered the ancestral land's public pool, and were then distributed to multiple hidden accounts.

Zhou Ye marked the flow routes one by one.

[Main life support level: 21%]

[Ancestral Land Main Maintenance: 19%]

[Old Indian monitoring nodes: 17%]

[First Observer Seat Private Observation Account: 35%]

[The remaining losses and whereabouts are unknown: 8%.]

The kneeling member of the collateral branch slowly raised his head.

Some people thought they had misread it and recalculated the ratio.

Less than half of the resources were actually used for life support and master maintenance; the portion taken by the First Observation Seat's private account was even more than the life support capsule's consumption.

Qin Feng continued to publicly release the old settlement records.

"Private monitoring accounts were not used for public disaster recovery in the central region, nor were they used for crack maintenance."

It mainly covers three expenses.

"First, maintain the hidden permissions for cancelled seats."

"Second, to fill the historical gap left by the First Observer Seat twenty years ago."

"Third, provide for the old household master's seal listening node."

The first observer said:

"Observational privileges are a necessary expenditure of the Fengyi Plan."

"Then why not use a public contract?"

"The circumstances of that historical period were special."

"Special for twenty years?"

"The way the Central Region operates does not need to be explained to Yanjing."

Qin Feng clicked on the largest expense.

"Seven years ago, a private account withdrew thirty-six high-level array stones in one go. At that time, the ancestral land's main control system had not been repaired, and the life support pods had not had their equipment replaced."

"Where did the array stones go?"

"It involves classified information from the central region."

"You took resources from the Su and Shen families and made the Su family pay the bills. Now when asked where they went, you say it's confidential."

Qin Feng smiled.

"With your overall perspective, it's quite convenient to use other people's things."

Wu Jie couldn't help but whisper a reply:

"I couldn't find anyone when I went to submit my expense report."

Someone in the collateral branch wanted to laugh, but held it back.

The projection from the first observation seat turned towards Qin Feng.

"You think you can investigate me by locking down one payment terminal in Yanjing?"

"My main body is far away in the Central Region. The resources and permissions here are just old debts left over from twenty years ago."

"Thousands of miles apart, separated by borders. No matter how many records you obtain, you will never reach the true first observation seat."

This was exactly what Qin Feng was waiting for.

He raised his hand to close the local asset recognition on the settlement terminal.

"Since you say the current projection is from the central domain remote access, then submit real-time seat authentication."

There was no action from the first observation seat.

Qin Feng continued:

"You don't have to submit it."

"The old system would have identified the person speaking to us as an anonymous asset located in Beijing. According to the initial settlement rules, local assets would have been subject to a full audit."

The outline of the projection showed brief fluctuations.

"You are not qualified to demand that the highest-ranking member of the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion prove himself."

"I didn't ask you to prove your seat's importance."

Qin Feng pointed to the maliciously merged and locked page.

"You actively accepted Su Qingxue's conditional packet, and then claimed that the recipient was far away in the Central Region. Now all that's needed is to prove the source of the connection."

"If you don't provide proof, we'll investigate based on your local assets. That's fair."

The people from the collateral branches felt a little strange when they heard the word "fairness".

If the first observation seat is not certified, Qin Feng will investigate it by looking down into Yanjing's assets; if it is certified, it will be equivalent to officially handing over the seat status that has been hidden for twenty years.

However, from the perspective of the first observer, there is no real risk in the certification process.

There is a boundary between the Central Region and Yanjing. A real-time seat verification can at most confirm who the projection belongs to, but cannot affect the original entity.

More importantly, it cannot be recognized as a local asset whose identity is not publicly disclosed in front of the Su family's collateral relatives.

The First Observer Seat maintained control for twenty years by virtue of its observer status.

If we retreat now, those who just knelt down will immediately see the problem.

"As you wish."

The projector raises its hand to submit real-time authentication.

[Seat: First Observation Seat of the Heavenly Mystery Pavilion.]

[Status: Hidden seat in the central region is online.]

[Current control action: Remote observation of the Su family ancestral home in Yanjing.]

[Certification period: Current calendar.]

[Authentication Validity: Real-time.]

The old settlement terminal receives authentication.

Malicious mergers and acquisitions have been further reinforced.

Zhou Ye simultaneously captures underlying data.

"Brother Feng, the verification is complete. I'm currently performing a five-fold comparison."

Qin Feng stared at the "remote observation" message without saying a word.

The authentication appears to be working correctly, but an extra segment of the ancestral local clock fingerprint has appeared at the underlying level.

Even more strangely, the projection delay from the opening of the first observation seat to the reception at the ancestral site was only 0.01 seconds.

Even the current cross-border routes of Santa cannot achieve this speed.

Qin Feng did not expose him on the spot.

Now that it's public, the other party still has time to shut down the old imprint nodes.

Zhou Ye must make sure that every single point is firmly in place.

The first observers, believing the certification was complete, regained their composure.

"Identity has been submitted."

"What you've uncovered is merely old grievances from Yanjing. Even if you seal this entire place up, it won't harm me in the Central Region."

Qin Feng looked up at it.

"Who said the thing we're talking to right now is in the Central Region?"