Magic High School.

After several months of study, many people developed a unique intuition, which allowed them to discern at a glance who was more likely to unify the world. As a result, the vast majority of them chose to join the Wei army and then the Sima family.

This is normal. After all, the only thing they did during the exam was to avoid the sinking of China. They naturally assumed that as long as they unified the country, everything would be fine. In that case, the Sima family would be the easiest to unify the country.

Many people began to show their talents, and even with their powerful artifacts and spells, they were able to thrive. Some entered Luoyang and joined forces with other aristocratic families, and some even married daughters of noble families, becoming new powerful clans in the examination dungeons.

Some mingled with the sons of aristocratic families, spending their days among the famous courtesans of Wushisan and Chunxiaolou.

Some people chose to further strengthen the Sima family, so that they would no longer need to train a navy, but could break the Yangtze River blockade in one fell swoop and directly attack Eastern Wu...

Therefore, during this period, before the exam time was even halfway over, some people had already achieved the unification of the country.

The teams that had finished were all smiles, thinking their scores must be pretty good, and waiting for the results to be released. After all, they had managed to achieve unification in such a short time.

[The first phase of the examination is complete. In just a few decades, the Great Jin Dynasty has suffered the War of the Eight Princes, the exodus of officials to the south, widespread poverty and devastation. The second phase of the examination now begins.]

Phase Two Assessment: Battle Royale of the Sixteen Kingdoms

Introduction: The original basic magic suppression has been upgraded to complete magic suppression. Engage in a thrilling battle royale set against the backdrop of the Sixteen Kingdoms period, and try to restore order!

Other test takers: Hehe...

No, why is the wise and powerful Sima family and the Great Jin Dynasty in such a sorry state?

But this also provides a lot of clues. Whether it's the Wei army's habit of massacring and looting cities, or their style of doing things, they are completely like bandits.

Or perhaps the fact that powerful families in Luoyang and other places liked to mix Wushi Powder into their wine and drinks shows that the Jin Dynasty was rotten to the core, more like the end of a fallen dynasty than the early days of a dynasty.

Some test takers simply didn't think of this point, while others subconsciously overlooked it.

And now, a completely magic-free battle royale set during the Sixteen Kingdoms period, please!

This can be seen as the school giving any clever little brat a good whack and teaching these kids a small lesson.

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Meanwhile, in Mishail's squad...

He looked at the world and simply said, "It shouldn't be like this..."

"This world shouldn't be like this. We are all children of the God of Order, people of the same origin. Humans live for order and the future, not to be kept alive by those scheming nobles and aristocratic families..."

“We practice medicine and preach, saving all those who need saving. Since the heavens are dead, we will let the order of heaven rise, to help the weak with the strong, and to rebuild order. This is the revelation of the God of Order!” Mikhail said.

Instead of helping either side, their team, like another Zhang Jiao, established the Order of Heaven, proclaimed themselves the Holy Sons, and began to instigate a second Yellow Turban Rebellion in the early Jin Dynasty. Or rather, the Order of Heaven would be even more massive and sweep across the land than the last one.

Of course, what they will face is an unprecedented united front of all forces, from top to bottom, from rulers and powerful clans, all exploiters, to thoroughly and systematically eliminate and strangle them.

Their enemy was no longer a single power, but the entire feudal era—a war between divine right and imperial power.

The doctrines of the Order God Cult: The strong aid the weak; absolute order. Everyone is equal, and each has their own role.

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Now, let's get back to Li Ge's side.

Since he and Cao Huan, the pair of black sharks, overthrew Sima Yan, there were now many more options available.

Even though the system had already warned that Sima Yan was completely hypnotized, Li Ge still said with a smile, "Godfather, I have something to say, which concerns the rise and fall of the Sima family, and I must say it!"

Sima Yan hadn't reacted much, but Cao Huan was amused and burst out laughing. He felt that his cousin was truly a remarkable person, able to fool even at a time like this.

Li Ge was speechless. He had just praised this fake emperor, and the guy immediately backed down.

However, it didn't matter. Li Ge immediately said, "Sima You is the nominal eldest son of the Sima family. His existence is quite disadvantageous to you, my godfather! Moreover, Sima You once hinted to my brother that he should abdicate and give way to a more worthy successor. He already has rebellious intentions! Have you not seen what happened to Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu?"

Sima Yan: "Hmm, my son's words make sense. So, in my son's opinion, what should we do?"

Li Ge immediately chimed in: "Why don't we use the pretext of punishing traitors to accuse Sima You of treason and usurpation, and thus completely eliminate Sima You and his cronies? That way, our adoptive father can not only gain the reputation of a loyal minister of the Great Wei, but also claim in the future that he ruled the world with loyalty and filial piety. Wouldn't that be wonderful?"

Li Ge came up with another bad idea.

The biggest advantage of controlling Sima Yan is that he can instantly transform the power that originally protected the Sima family into a weapon to slaughter the Sima family.

Therefore, finding an excuse to directly mobilize the Sima family's army is the best option.

Li Ge continued to add insult to injury: "Godfather, are we not now following the example of Prime Minister Zhuge Liang's ambition?"

Although it may sound absurd, Sima Yan was the biggest Zhuge Liang fanatic of his time, even more so than Jiang Wei. Basically, the reason why Zhuge Liang's story was mythologized in this era was largely due to Sima Yan's embellishment.

Even after Sima Yan ascended the throne, he called on the people to learn from Zhuge Liang and to study the "Memorial on Dispatching the Troops".

It has to be said, this is truly a great irony.

At this point, Cao Huan was not yet truly beyond redemption. He slapped his thigh and said, "I can testify that Sima You forced me to abdicate and yield the throne to a worthy successor!"

After experiencing the ups and downs of tonight, Cao Huan has now put everything else aside. He just wants to make a big fuss about the Sima family, the bigger the better, ideally with them fighting each other to the death – that would be exciting!

If Sima Yan and Sima You were to fight each other in Luoyang, he would be so excited that he would slap his thigh, and even if he died, it would be worth it!

Now that things had come to this, and with his five senses completely controlled, Sima Yan said directly, "Thank you for your trust, Your Majesty. I will certainly live up to your expectations!"

For a moment, Sima Yan actually acted like a loyal subject, making Cao Huan feel embarrassed.

Then, the entire city of Luoyang sprang into action. After Sima Yan and Cao Huan reached a consensus, this version of Night of Extermination 2.0 was released.

Sima Yan took control of the entire Luoyang Imperial Guard, ordering them to completely seal off the Duke of Jin's residence and prevent anyone from leaving. Then, Sima Yan's personal guards and Sima Yan himself went in and massacred the entire Sima family.

Prior to this, Sima Yan directly dispatched his trusted confidant with an urgent message to Sima Zhao in Jiange, claiming that Luoyang was in chaos and that the Cao Wei forces were launching a counterattack, ordering Sima Zhao to return as quickly as possible.

The grand plan is now complete!

Chapter 87 The Sima Family's First Winter Swimming Competition on the Luo River

As for why he was able to control the Imperial Guards and personal guards to massacre the Sima family, Li Ge gave the most perfect reason: in Cao Huan's name, he claimed that Sima You forced him to abdicate and give way to a worthy successor, and that the loyal minister Sima Yan rebuked his elder brother for being disloyal and unjust, so he went to punish the traitor on behalf of the emperor.

Thus, his subordinates probably understood that this was a power struggle among family members, or even a struggle for the throne. After all, Sima You was the eldest son of the Sima family, but he was adopted by Sima Shi as Sima Shi's son, and Sima Shi had died early.

Historically, Sima You was forced to his death by Sima Yan.

Throughout the entire storyline, Cao Huan will ride in the same carriage as Sima Yan, and Li Ge will give Sima Yan his final order: to block Sima Zhao and protect Cao Huan.

This was Li Ge's last lifeline for this fake emperor. With Sima Yan's protection, even if Luoyang was in chaos, Cao Huan could at least hold out until Yi Lian and Jiang Wei arrived in Luoyang with their army.

The Sima family was very quiet today, without any signs of war or chaos. Only a few clansmen were enjoying a few drinks with some Wushi powder and wine by the Luo River.

The Duke of Jin's mansion is located on the banks of the Luo River, which runs through the entire city of Luoyang and is the river with the most water usage in the city. The Duke of Jin's mansion was located upstream of the Luo River, which flows directly past the west gate of the mansion.

However, none of them expected that the Imperial Guards of Luoyang would completely surround the Sima family's residence, forbidding anyone from entering.

However, the formation was three sides surrounded and one side was missing, with the only gap being the direction of the Luo River.

"My men, dismantle Luoqiao immediately!" Sima Yan ordered the Imperial Guards.

The next moment, the group immediately dismantled the bridge in front of the Duke of Jin's mansion.

"Wait! This is the Prince of Jin's residence. Who dares to act so presumptuously here!" Immediately, a servant of the Sima family noticed something was wrong and came forward to reprimand him. However, when he saw that the leader was Sima Yan and that the people around Sima Yan were wearing imperial robes, his heart sank and he immediately knelt on the ground.

"You servant, how dare you act so presumptuously!" Sima Yan said expressionlessly, raising his sword and killing the man with a swift stroke, as if he had completely lost his humanity, as if he were cutting down not his own servant but a blade of grass. He then said, "Guards, follow me into the city to kill the traitor. The rest of you, dismantle Luoyang Bridge!"

"promise!"

So he immediately led his most trusted guards and rushed into the Duke of Jin's mansion, thus beginning the most paternalistic and filial night of genocide.

Tonight is destined to be an eventful night. The once peaceful and auspicious city of Luoyang is suddenly thrown into chaos.

A fire broke out at the Duke of Jin's mansion, and the flames instantly engulfed the surrounding houses. The Sima family members fled in tears and screams, never expecting that the one who slaughtered them was actually Sima Yan, the eldest son of the Sima family!

Sima Yan personally led his personal guards to carry out the massacre of the entire Sima family on the night of the execution. In fact, all the main members of the Sima family were personally killed by Sima Yan.

These horrifying scenes threw the entire Sima family into further chaos. Most of the guards who had originally protected the Duke of Jin's mansion also defected to Sima Yan. After all, based on their limited knowledge, they could only see this as a battle for the throne, even though Sima Yan was already the nominal eldest son.

It's a battle for the throne; whoever loses is a traitor.

As a result, many of the guards who originally protected the Duke of Jin's mansion joined Sima Yan in an instant, raising their knives against the former Sima family members.

The sounds of wind, fire, and cries shattered the tranquility of Luoyang.

When the people around the Duke of Jin's mansion saw the fire, they all opened a crack to see what was going on.

The Jin Gong mansion was filled with heads rolling, all those who tried to resist were killed on the spot, and those who tried to escape were killed by the imperial guards guarding outside.

The only one who could escape was Luoshui of Ximen.

However, Sima Yan demolished the bridge over the Luo River, so the Sima family members had no choice but to desperately jump into the Luo River like dumplings being dropped into boiling water, swimming frantically to the other side in the icy water, hoping to escape the hellish Jin Gong Mansion.

In March, Luoyang, located in the north, has an average temperature of only 3 to 10 degrees Celsius. At this time, it was already early morning, and the temperature in Luoyang was even closer to zero degrees Celsius.

I don't know if it was the goddess of the Luo River's blessing, or if Sima Yi's farting in the Luo River had an effect.

Most of the Sima family members who jumped into the Luo River thrashed about for a couple of moments before sinking completely. When they surfaced, they were swollen corpses, drifting downstream with the Luo River.

Sima Yi swore an oath by pointing to the Luo River back then, and today the Sima clan swims in the Luo River in winter. Perhaps this is the ultimate insult.

Meanwhile, under the protection of the Imperial Guards, Cao Huan watched as the Sima family members jumped into the Luo River one by one like dumplings being dropped into boiling water, then thrashed about for a moment before dying. He found it incredibly exciting and thrilling.

"Wonderful! Wonderful! Wonderful!" Cao Huan jumped up and down excitedly in the carriage. Today was the most exciting day of his life, so exciting that he couldn't breathe! Even if he died, it would be worth it.

The firelight completely illuminated the entire city of Luoyang, and the corpses of the Sima family piled up in the Luo River. Even so, the desperate members of the Sima family still had no choice but to jump into the Luo River and start the first Sima family winter swimming competition in the Luo River!

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As a result, the fire at the Duke of Jin's mansion also terrified the other Sima family armies. They had no idea what had happened and rushed to Luoyang to investigate. Even the eastern suburbs of Luoyang, where the surrendered generals were being guarded, dispatched a large number of people to investigate the situation.

It was under these circumstances that Xiaoye successfully infiltrated into it.

Her task was not simple; the most crucial condition given by Shu Han was to successfully bring Liu Shan out of the country.

But actually, Li Ge didn't care whether Liu Shan or not. Anyway, he didn't think much of A Dou. Even if Shu Han lost Liu Bei's descendants, wouldn't there be Liu Kang? The grandson of Liu Xie and Cao Jie, wouldn't he be more legitimate?

Li Ge is a pragmatist; he uses whoever is most useful. Even emperors need to meet KPIs, and clearly A Dou's KPIs weren't very good.

In fact, if A Dou hadn't surrendered before leaving the city and had held out for two more months, he could have waited for Li Ge and his troops to arrive like divine soldiers. But obviously, there are no "ifs." A Dou surrendered too early, so he could only sing "Conquer" in Luoyang.

When Xiaoye sneaked into the Anle Duke's mansion again, the former Shu Han emperor, who could say "I am so happy here that I do not miss Shu" in court during the day, was now looking at the "Memorial on Dispatching the Troops" and reading it word by word, crying as he read.

In fact, Jiang Wei's secret letter was probably delivered to him only the day before.

Upon seeing Jiang Wei's secret letter, Liu Shan, who had been feigning innocence, was unable to control his pain and sorrow for the first time. He hid in his room, reading the "Memorial on Dispatching the Troops" while weeping bitterly.

He knew that if the Sima family discovered this secret letter, he and his children would be doomed. But for some reason, despite being terrified of death, he secretly hid the letter close to his body and kept it safe.

At this moment, he didn't know what his feelings were. He felt pain, complexity, and a trace of regret. He regretted listening to the slander of petty people, regretted not trusting Jiang Boyue, and even regretted not supporting Jiang Boyue as he had supported his father.

Liu Shan did not trust Jiang Boyue, for a simple reason: Jiang Boyue was not mentioned in the "Memorial on Dispatching the Troops".

But now, he truly regretted it, yet there was nothing he could do. All he could do was read his father's "Memorial on Dispatching the Troops" while weeping. Though he was already an old man, he cried like a child.