The Professional Rankings, in twelve volumes, each bearing the name of my lord.

When Song Gua was preparing for the siege.

Yue Sheng, who was in Glory City, received a secret order.

The Huaxia District Glory City Garrison Command ordered him to serve as the referee for the No. 3 Guard City Garrison Challenge, to go to the scene to supervise and record the battle.

Yue Sheng looked worried.

Defending a city is easy, but attacking it is difficult.

The defending side has city walls, giving them a commanding position.

There are traps outside the city and a moat to hinder the enemy.

There are formations and defensive towers near the city walls to assist in the battle.

The city even has a protective barrier.

If defensive measures are used properly, even if the enemy outnumbers your forces by dozens of times, as long as there are no highly skilled third-stage cultivators like Wan Jianyi or Divine Transformation professionals participating in the battle, you still have a chance to successfully defend.

For bandits to fight for garrison rights in this way is tantamount to trading lives for it.

Although Yue Sheng was well aware that this organization was notorious for its ruthlessness.

There's one more thing that Yue Sheng can't understand.

How could the higher-ups agree to that?

The bandits were not registered and therefore theoretically had no right to launch a challenge.

Even if they win the battle, all of them will have to register before they can be stationed there.

"Is it for this?"

The federal government has always hoped that drug traffickers would be subject to supervision, but the system of assigning responsible persons is only a neutral measure and has not truly supervised drug traffickers.

So, the federal government wants to use this opportunity to get bandits to voluntarily register?

"Those above still don't understand bandits enough."

Yue Sheng immediately realized that the bandits' attack on the city wasn't about the right to garrison the city; it was just an excuse.

The high-ranking officials have no idea what happens in Glory City every day, nor can they possibly know more about bandits than the grassroots staff.

They really thought they had seized an opportunity.

"Many people will probably die in this battle, what if the child...?"

Yue Sheng stopped thinking about it and put down all his work. He then went alone to the Third Guard City.

When Yue Sheng left, Shi Ji and Shi Youping were going through the procedures for entering prison.

Seeing Yue Sheng's hurried demeanor, the two exchanged a glance.

"Yue Sheng is gone."

"Find a chance to leave here. Once we get to City No. 3, which is my Shi family's territory, let's see how Yue Sheng enforces the law."

"Hmph, so what if someone's a higher rank? Our Shi family has plenty of high-ranking officials!"

The two began to have wicked ideas.

They don't need to use brute force to escape; they can simply bribe any link in the chain of command they need to pass through before they go to prison.

The Shi family, well-versed in the ways of officialdom, were adept at this.

As evening fell, the afterglow of the setting sun shone on the No. 3 Guardian City of Huaxia Glory, on the mottled city walls bearing numerous scratches.

On the tower of the East Gate, two members of the Shi family's garrison were lighting cigarettes for each other, their professional weapons casually placed to the side.

"Dude, let me recommend a place, it's got some fun stuff."

"Really? How's the quality?"

"The packages are top-notch, and the price isn't high; it costs 50 reputation points per use."

"Sure, I'm practically rusting from holding it in. But Glory City doesn't allow this kind of service, right? Is yours reliable? I don't want to get arrested by the enforcement team."

"Heh, you're afraid of that big oaf Yue Sheng? If the Shi family wanted to deal with him, he would have been finished long ago."

"That's true. I heard that Commander Shi Ji was arrested. This Yue Sheng is clearly helping the bandits. He's utterly despicable."

"Speaking of bandits, they were truly bizarre. A regiment of over a thousand people vanished within hours, never to return. I heard their deaths were extremely gruesome..."

The tower was supposed to be responsible for keeping watch and monitoring distant movements from the highest position.

But the two of them chatted idly for hours, smoking a whole carton of cigarettes.

Thus, they failed to see the bandits riding Ghost Brother's undead summons and galloping towards them from the direction of Huiye City.

They were stopped when the Third Regiment Commander, Shi Liangzong, struck them on the head with the back of his knife.

"What are you two doing! Why didn't you warn me?!"

The two were chatting excitedly when they were hit, leaving them stunned on the spot.

"What warning?"

"What warning?"

Shi Liangzong pointed to the east and shouted.

See for yourself!

The two stood up.

There is no longer a need to use telescopes or field-of-view monitoring equipment.

You could see with the naked eye the massive, dark mass in front of you, and the dust-laden army behind you.

If you look closely with a telescope, you can see it clearly.

Those are bandits!

Several thousand bandits!

Each of them has a mount!

Of course, that wasn't a mount, but rather Ghost Brother's summoned creature. It was a stone-swallowing beast that had been specially transformed into a four-legged creature, adept at running, so that the bandits could have a means of transportation for their attacks.

Now, the bandits are riding the Undead Stone-Eating Beasts!

Black viscous liquid dripped from its mouth, its bones were exposed, and as it ran, rotten flesh fell off. Its eyeballs swung wildly, making it look like a ghost.

"What?! Why are there so many bandits?!"

"What are they planning to do? Attack the city?"

Shi Liangzong was furious.

"No matter what they're here for, they're after the Shi family!"

Unlike other guarded cities, only the Shi family's influence exists in City Three, including Shi family members and the guilds they control.

The reason is simple: Shi Qi is the director of this No. 3 branch, so he is bound to practice nepotism and do his best to exclude and make things difficult for other forces.

Naturally, no one wanted to be stationed here with the Shi family.

Staying here won't bring you any benefits; you'll just have to put up with mistreatment every day, and you might even be taken advantage of.

"Citywide alert! Raise the moat bridges! Activate the trap array!!"

With Shi Qi, Shi Ji, and Shi Youping absent, the third regimental commander, Shi Liangzong, was promoted to the first on-site commander.

"Click click click..."

The massive chains of the moat slowly rolled up, and the bridge deck was being raised.

Just then, a tremendous howling sound came from the horizon.

The sentries guarding the city cried out in surprise when they saw it clearly.

"Incoming!!!"

"What kind of English is that?! I don't understand!"

"Missile!!"

"WTF?"

The precision-guided miniature missile from Brother Pao hit the suspension bridge chain perfectly, with just the right amount of power, without damaging the bridge surface.

"boom!!"

The chains were blown off, and the heavy bridge deck crashed down.

The garrison personnel on the east city wall panicked immediately.

"How do bandits have such heavy firepower?"

"That's a profession! Didn't you see the damage numbers popping up on the bridge?!"

"What? That 99999 was a damage number?! I thought I was seeing things! The damage was way too high! If it hit me, I'd be dead!"

In no time, without sentries needing to look out, all the garrison personnel in the city could see and even hear the bandits.

"I'm Tarzan from next door♫ Grab the vine of love♫ Listen to me—Awooo~ Awooo~~~"

"Gun in hand, follow me! Kill the Shi family, loot gold coins!"

"Today's first explosion is mine, don't even try to take it from me! Art is all about style..."

"Lucky Bro, stop it the hell! Are you going to blow up the Shi family or us?! Go inside the barrier before you explode!"

"Brother Pao blew up the bridge chains, lowered the bridge, and helped our army rush into the moat. Battle merit +1. Lucky Brother is supposed to be the first to self-destruct, but he hasn't yet. Big Pancake +1..."

"Slow down! Slow down! Ghost Bro, can you please make your summons run slower?! I'm getting motion sickness from riding... Ugh... Ugh... Ugh..."

"You're throwing up over at the internet addict! Am I pretty?! What did you eat last night? Why is it all different colors?!"