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Wenger's heavy breathing reached the ground, mixing with the dirty dust and rushing back onto his face, causing a burning pain.

"The bigwigs at the top of Longmen have nearly half of the illegal evidence we've recorded! Their secrets are all here, their lives are all here! With your power, this city will be under your control in no more than a month! Even the Longmen Governor Wei Yanwu is just an empty shell; you are the one who will steer this city!"

Wenger clenched his fists tightly, the pain of his severed fingers making him incredibly clear-headed, and the things he had once fantasized about resurfaced in his mind.

When Wenger arrived in Lungmen, his ambition was to take control of the city, which is why he left behind the account books.

However, cruel reality repeatedly thwarted him. Now, coupled with his status as a successful and wealthy corporate president, and the ability to indulge his desires for beauty at will, Wenger's will had long been corrupted, his physique was no longer robust, and he was no longer the man he once was.

"My lord, I am willing to be your dog. Believe me, even dogs come in many kinds. Some dogs can be controlled, while others can be used to spread rabies. Whether you need my loyalty, or the connections, resources, and trump cards I've accumulated over the years, I can offer them all to you!!"

Wenger screamed hysterically, his only goal being to survive at all costs.

"enough."

Lin Lu shook his head and sighed, "You still don't know what you did wrong."

Wenger's shoulder jolted violently, a chill ran down his forehead pressed against the ground, and his bloodied mouth trembled uncontrollably.

"Why won't you let me go! I've laid everything bare, even my entire life. Why won't you let me go! What more do you want? Ha, ha ha ha, I've lived a life without parents, wife, or children, what more can you do?!"

Wenger has gone mad, completely mad, his remaining sanity has been burned away by fear.

He didn't care about anything anymore, even if it angered Lin Lu. No matter what he said, it was useless; the other party clearly wanted him dead! Since that was the case, why waste words? He just wanted to know why the other party had stormed up the building and broken the wings of the Dragon Gate Silver Wing.

"It seems you still don't know who I am."

Lin Lu jumped down from the desk, stepping onto the wet, slippery floor, and looked down at Wenger from his elevated position.

"If I hadn't noticed your actions, if I had slept for another day, if the elite operators weren't here, if I hadn't made it in time... then, when your people massacred my Rhodes Island, even if Kal'tsit stubbornly wiped out all the assassins, she would definitely have used forbidden drugs. Given her physical condition, how many more times could she withstand illegal drugs?"

“I know what kind of person she is. That woman never thinks about herself and always puts her own life last. She persists for someone’s long-cherished wish, almost burning herself like firewood. That foolish woman who is willing to burn herself to bring warmth to the cold winter night…” Lin Lu took a deep breath, all his emotions bursting out in his chest. He understood why he was angry.

"If anything happens to her, I will not only kill you, not only kill Wei Yanwu, but I will also make the entire city of Longmen pay with its life!"

Lin Lu clenched his fist tightly, and the black mist exploded in his hand, bursting into dazzling and sinister sparks.

Deep within the black helmet and visor, a chilling light shone, and the cobalt blue eyes resembled guiding lights from hell.

The creatures of the abyss were imbued with a spirit; a river of black mud flowed from the secret chamber. Like a surging tide, it surged into the main hall of the office in an instant, rushing towards Wenger's location.

Wenger jerked his head back, staring at Lin Lu with disbelief, thinking to himself...

crazy.

This person is crazy.

What did he just say? Rhodes Island? A mere pharmaceutical company, a small company that relies on Lungmen to do some tasks to search for unregistered infected people in exchange for meager supplies, where does it get the confidence and courage to let Lungmen, the jewel of Terra, be buried with it?

This was the funniest joke Wenger had ever heard. If his body hadn't been submerged in black mud, he would have been laughing hysterically at the man's overestimation of his abilities.

But he couldn't laugh.

"Ah ah ah ah ah ah ah!!!!"

A terrifying shriek, like the wail of a demon, came from Wenger's hoarse throat.

Human pain sensation often originates from feedback within the nervous system, where nerve endings are located in the skin, flesh, and bone marrow. These nerve endings are able to sense the shape of objects they come into contact with and to feel pain, transmitting this information to the brain's central nervous system, prompting an avoidance response. However, the nerves that transmit pain are not limited to these few locations; the spinal cord, directly connected to the brain, is also involved. This is why some people become paralyzed after a spinal cord injury.

Whether in the past or present, people are always best at destroying another person.

There are hundreds of known forms of punishment, such as the well-known water torture, burning at the stake, electrocution, rat torture, skinning, slow slicing, and hanging. Generally speaking, these physical punishments can only cause pain to the victim, but they are difficult to achieve a comprehensive and simultaneous torment of both the body and mind.

The creatures drawn from the abyss solved this problem perfectly. They devoured intense negative emotions such as blood, terror, death, despair, and resentment, using them as nourishment for growth. In particular, the wronged souls who died in agony were what the abyss loved most.

"This is the sin you left behind, the resentment and anger of those women when they died. Feel it deeply."

Wenger felt as if countless blades were twisting and writhing in every part of his body, as if iron needles were coursing through his veins instead of blood. The pain was far worse than having all ten fingers severed. His beloved manhood, the object of his nightly revelry, was no exception; it felt as if it were being chopped into tiny pieces and then poured into a blender.

What terrified Wenger most was not just that, but the black mud that submerged his mouth and nose caused hallucinations in his mind.

The heads of the women he had severed gazed at him from the sky, while headless corpses on the ground attacked him.

The hellish torment seemed endless. In Wenger's last moments of consciousness, he saw Lin Lu easily find the place where he had hidden the safe. His safe was bought from Thor Industries; its thickness was comparable to the armor of a warship, and even a chainsaw couldn't cut it open. It was even reinforced with fragments of pure Originium, which would generate an electric current after three incorrect password attempts, instantly burning the thief to a crisp.

However, the expected sparks did not occur. At the edge of Wenger's vision, he saw the safe's outer shell turn to dust.

"I will go and get what I want myself."

Lin Lu's voice echoed in Wenger's mind.

"Do I need you to teach me how to do things?"

Chapter 265 Swire's Disaster Day (4K)

Beatrice Swire felt that today was her day of disaster.

There are no fewer than ten senior superintendents in Lungmen, but only three are truly in charge. One is Old Chen, another is the playboy Alexander Swail, and the remaining one is naturally the pride of Lungmen, the dedicated pioneer, who never slacks off, and the conscientious Missy Swire.

Due to a sudden and inexplicable attack outside Lungmen City by infected individuals claiming to be from Rhodes Island, an official partner of Lungmen, Superintendent Chen was assigned to handle the situation. Therefore, the heavy responsibility of guarding the outer ring of Lungmen and the central area naturally fell on the shoulders of Alexander Swail and Swire.

However, it seems that Wei Yanwu has now assigned everything to Swire.

While Swire was patrolling several suspicious crime spots in downtown Lungmen under the scorching sun, that young master didn't even leave the Guard Bureau building. He was comfortably enjoying the air conditioning and cold drinks, and was even arrogantly ordering around the people who remained in the Guard Bureau building.

The members of the Guard Bureau, belonging to Superintendent Chen's faction, felt extremely uncomfortable in the building. The moment they relaxed their posture even slightly, Alexander Swell would point and criticize them. Even Superintendent Chen himself was subjected to sarcastic remarks. It was as if his men were the most capable in the world, and everyone else was incompetent.

The reason why the Swire faction's Guard members weren't targeted by him was because everyone in the Guard knew that Alexander Swire was pursuing Superintendent Swire. The womanizing Swire, considering Swire's fiercely protective nature, naturally treated her subordinates with kindness and gentleness to avoid upsetting her.

This led to Superintendent Chen's faction sometimes venting their frustrations on Swire's faction, who, bewildered, would retaliate in anger. Alexander Swail observed this power struggle with amusement.

The workplace is like a battlefield. The more economic and background interests are involved, the more complex the interpersonal relationships become than imagined.

To be honest, if Swire was only being asked to do a lot of work, she wouldn't feel so bad. After all, given her position, if she could achieve a lot of results, it wouldn't be impossible for her to replace Chen Huijie and take over the Guard Bureau in the future.

The problem was the job itself... which infuriated her.

According to a contact from a member of the Guard Bureau squad guarding the Rhodes Island pharmaceutical building, an infected individual suspected to be from the Reunion Movement attacked with a knife. The Guard Bureau squad immediately engaged in combat. Ten minutes later, Guard Bureau headquarters still had not received any feedback from the squad members regarding the situation.

In emergency situations, if the Guard Bureau headquarters does not receive a second response from the on-site officers within ten minutes, it will be considered as an unforeseen event preventing reporting, and the situation must be immediately investigated to determine whether reinforcements from headquarters are needed.

According to the zoning of each superintendent, this matter naturally fell to the Swell team, which manages the outer ring of Lungmen. However, a full thirty minutes had passed since the team members' initial emergency communication, and the case had made no further progress.

Swire, who was stationed in the center of Lungmen, suddenly received a direct order from Lungmen Governor Wei Yanwu. She immediately rushed to the Rhodes Island Building, a remote and secluded building on the outer ring of Lungmen, to conduct a reconnaissance mission and investigate the cause of the matter.

Without a word, the decisive Swire got into the police car provided by the Guard Bureau. She flipped through the case briefing provided by the Swire team, her eyes widened, and she started cursing all the way, directly insulting Alexander Swire's family.

This matter could be a big deal or a small deal. If something happens to the Guards squad that reports it, then the responsibility will fall entirely on Alexander Swell.

When Swire arrived at the Rhode Island Pharmaceuticals building, she immediately sensed something was wrong as soon as she got out of the car; there was a foul odor in the air. She quickly found the body of a middle-aged man. In the sweltering summer heat at midday, the body was already showing signs of decomposition, and a stench permeated the surrounding area.

Shi Huaiya couldn't help but frown.

While this place is indeed remote, it's not exactly deserted, and it's not late at night. It's impossible that the body of a middle-aged man wouldn't have been discovered by concerned citizens; this area is full of warehouses, and people would inevitably pass by. But why did Alexander Swell's team report that, aside from the initial contact from the Guard Bureau squad, they hadn't received any other reports?

Swire's crime-solving rate may not be the highest in the Lungmen Guard Bureau, but her hard work, talent, and the wealth brought by her family allow her to take different approaches to Guard Bureau affairs and look at things from a different perspective.

With a vague idea in her mind, Swire did not rush to move forward immediately. She first arranged for people to scout the surroundings to guard against the risk of being surrounded.

This action was clearly correct; she discovered a suspicious truck not far from the scene of the body. Forcing its way in, she found a surprisingly large interior, filled with sophisticated computer equipment and a considerable amount of weaponry. In addition, two people were found unconscious inside, one of whom was none other than the notorious international fugitive, Edward Ugg.

Swire slapped Edward Ugg four or five times on the spot, physically waking him up, and then handed him over to an officer for interrogation. After dealing with these matters, she urgently contacted the Guard Bureau headquarters for support. She realized that this matter had exceeded her expectations, and that the four-person team accompanying her would be taking a great risk.

When Swire arrived at the Rhode Island Pharmaceuticals building, she was already prepared for the worst.

After all, quite a bit of time has passed since this incident, and if something really goes wrong, she'll probably have no choice but to clean up the mess. In some individualistic hero movies, the Royal Guard officers often appear at the last minute, handling the aftermath like janitors.

I never expected reality to be like this.

Swire looked at the dead members of the Guard Bureau lying on the ground, his expression turning grave. He then instructed the others to proceed with caution.

If they are indeed infected individuals from the Reunion Movement, no one knows how they broke in, nor what they intend to do.

Perhaps the Reunion Movement's infected members harbored resentment because Rhodes Island supported the defense of Lungmen during the night raid a few days ago, and they are now retaliating. But the question is... Rhodes Island has only been in this building for two days, so how did these Reunion Movement's infected members find out about this?

It is full of illogical reasoning, loopholes, and flaws.

If these things left Swire completely baffled, then what came into view next was something beyond her common sense.

Kal'tsit, one of Rhodes Island's top administrators and head of the medical department, actually set up a table and chairs on the first floor of the building, openly handling official business. Even in such a dangerous situation, nothing could stop her from carrying out Rhodes Island's work.

Around Kal'tsit, a muscular brown-haired man, seemingly capable of shattering stone with his pectoral muscles, stood on the left, wielding a shield and a Magnetic Storm Hammer, while on the right stood a middle-aged black man equipped with a fine small shield and a long sword.

The two men acted like door gods, protecting the proprietress's safety.

Before leaving, the Doctor secretly gave them a strict order, warning that the enemy might send someone to launch a surprise attack. He had urgent matters to attend to and couldn't stay, so he entrusted the important task of protecting Kal'tsit to the elite operators.

ACE readily accepted, and no one else had any reason to refuse, after all, the Doctor was the highest-ranking tactical commander on Rhodes Island.

"Considering that the Guard Bureau might come to investigate, we did nothing more than act in self-defense. The scene was left as it was, and the remains of the Guard Bureau's fallen soldiers were not cleaned up. Unfortunately, the surveillance equipment installed in the building was of very poor quality and failed to record the incident. If Officer Shi needs to go upstairs to check, I personally suggest that you prepare Originium suits in advance to prevent infection with Oripathy."

"My name isn't Officer Shi, it's Swire!!"

Swire was quite dissatisfied with Rhodes Island's response, but considering that the Royal Guard had allowed Reunion Movement infected individuals to enter the outer ring of Lungmen, premeditatedly murder employees of legitimate Lungmen companies, damage public property, and injure Royal Guard officers without taking any action, her dissatisfaction instantly diminished by more than half. If she were in that situation, she would also harbor resentment towards the Royal Guard.

It is the duty of the Imperial Guard to protect the lives and property of Lungmen citizens.

Clearly, Senior Superintendent Alexander Swell's negligence in neglecting his duties constituted serious dereliction of duty, leading to the tragic death of an officer. Even with his connections to the Eagle Pulse Group, Swire planned to give him a thorough dressing-down when she got back.

Compared to Swell's efficiency, Swire's work style was swift and decisive, emphasizing efficiency.

For her, every minute matters; a single minute could mean millions in losses and additional casualties.

That's why Swire was so angry when she saw the Swire team's inaction thirty minutes after the incident.

Soon, officers from the Guard Bureau headquarters arrived at the scene. The area was quickly cordoned off, some officers donned protective suits and carried folding ladders to investigate the fight scene, while the rest took statements from the Rhode Island pharmaceutical company personnel.

"Report to Missy: The corpses at the scene are difficult to handle, and some of the infected have turned into Originium sculptures, posing a great risk of infection."

"Report to Missy: There are signs of collapse in the building, the load-bearing columns are severely damaged, and the possibility of collapse is extremely high! Please evacuate to a distance of 500 meters immediately!"

"Reporting to Missy, we have found a large number of listening devices in the Rhodes Island Pharmaceutical Building. Based on their models, this... may be equipment that our Guard Bureau lost in June. Unfortunately, all the listening devices found so far are damaged, making it impossible to trace back the corresponding microphones."

“Report to Missy, Edward Ugg has confessed!! He said he was commissioned by Silverwing Private Armed Security Contractor to come here for electronic information assistance work. He was quite cooperative, answering all our questions and even applying for a witness protection program. What’s a bit strange is that he seems to be terrified of someone, constantly muttering strange things like ‘I see you,’ ‘I’ve come to find you.’”

"Report……"

So many reports! No reports allowed! Let me have some peace and quiet! I need some peace and quiet!

Swire wanted to scream, but she had to hold back and deliver the instructions accurately and effectively.

With limited personnel and time, fortunately Swire has a talent for conducting.

She took a holistic view, gradually sorted out her thoughts, and made a bold conjecture.

Perhaps these infected individuals dressed in white robes and wearing masks are not members of the Reunion Movement. Objectively speaking, their first impression is that they identify themselves as infected members of the Reunion Movement, just like the infected individuals who appeared outside Lungmen City and claimed to be from Rhodes Island, launching attacks under these pretexts.

Strictly speaking, this could be a case of framing someone.

Swire keenly realized that the key to determining the course of events lay with Edward Ugg!

Silverwing, the private armed security contractor, is definitely problematic!!

Just as Swire was beginning to admire his own intelligence, a bucket of cold water was poured on him from above.

She had just been about to report the case to Wei Yanwu, the executive officer of Lungmen, when she made the call and was immediately ordered by Wei Yanwu to go to the Silver Wing Building at the border of the Lungmen Outer Ring Slum to confirm the scene.

If she is on the fifth level, then Wei Yanwu, this old dragon, is in the atmosphere.

Swire immediately left a four-person team to guard the Rhode Island Pharmaceuticals building's technicians, and dispatched a squadron to escort Edward Ugg to the Guard Bureau building. As a senior superintendent, she approved Edward Ugg's witness protection plan.

She had a strong feeling that this matter was not going to end so simply, and that Edward still had many secrets to keep.

Swire originally planned to take the Rhodes Island people to the Guard Bureau building, but considering the rather unfriendly looks from the two gatekeepers, ACE and Sharp, and her instinctive fear of Rhodes Island's leader, Kal'tsit, she silently suppressed the matter.

"What... happened here?!"

As Swire rode in the police car, researching the Silverwing security contractor in advance to prepare for any unforeseen circumstances, and sped towards the Silverwing Building... she saw bloodstains all over the parking lot from the car. Before she even got out, the sense of crisis hit her right in the face.

Today is a day of disaster.

Yes, today must be a day of disaster.

Swire slammed on the brakes and immediately ordered the Guards officers to be on high alert, ready to guard against any possible attack.

Based on the terrain, this place is a heavily fortified location, easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Swire had just finished reading about Silverwing Security Contractors. This security company was formerly a mercenary organization, and its head, Edward Wenger, was notorious. He was ruthless and merciless, making him a favorite among the wealthy. If the Guard Bureau hadn't been unable to find evidence of his illegal activities and worried that arbitrarily arresting him would cause a riot among the mercenaries and destabilize Lungmen's security, this cancer would have been eradicated long ago.

Little did Swire know that her days of misfortune were only just beginning...

Chapter 266 I'm Not a Mascot! (4K)

"Report! Missy, we found Alexander Swell's brother, Anlongdor's, ID card on the body found in the parking lot."