Apocalyptic Disaster: I Hoard Billions in Supplies and Kill the Saint

137: Chapter 137 A Plot to Break the SituationAs these words were spoken, the temperature in the conference room seemed to plummet, and everyone held their breath.

Yet Chu Xiong remained completely unfazed.

A cold sneer curled his lips, his eyes filled with mockery, and even... an undisguised arrogance:

”Heh... do you really think you are still the ’Head of the House’ you once were?”

”I dared to come today because I knew you would pull this stunt.”

”But unfortunately—if you dare to purge me, it is equivalent to going against the entire Southwest Joint Defense Line.”

”How many people do you think you can still mobilize? Do you think anyone is still willing to believe your so-called ’investigation’?”

”Right now, you, Chu Yunting, are nothing but an old piece of trash who is ’as good as dead’! Who can you possibly suppress?”

Chu Yunting’s pupils constricted slightly, murderous intent surging in his eyes, but he did not rush to speak.

Instead, Zhao Wei cursed in a low voice: ”That old dog has become a demon... simply put, he has someone backing him.”

Sun Hao gritted his teeth and said: ”Is the ’Southwest Joint Defense Line’ he keeps mentioning referring to Luo Dechuan and that alliance of affiliate bases?”

Zhang Tianjin raised an eyebrow: ”So he never intended to hide it; he’s showing his hand directly?”

Ye Nanxing leaned against the wall, saying nothing, merely watching this drama of a family tearing itself apart with cold eyes.

The other, meanwhile, lowered their eyes, their expression unreadable, but that chilling aura grew increasingly heavy.

”So that’s how it is.” Chu Yunting nodded slowly, his voice clearer than ever before.

”Did those families behind you promise that as long as I die, you can collectively carve up the Chu family, merge resources, and then advance to the main alliance?”

”I thought Chu Ping’s death would make you use your brains a bit, but it turns out...”

”Do you think that just because you brought a few mad dogs in here to bark a few times today, I would back down? That I would be afraid?”

”Chu Xiong, if I were truly afraid of you, you would have sat in my position long ago.”

”You dare to gamble, thinking I wouldn’t dare to kill you?”

”I am demanding you hand over your authority now, not as a request, but as an order!”

Chu Xiong’s expression did not change; instead, he sneered and raised his voice:

”You want to kill me? Come on then—”

”Let’s see how many people are still willing to risk their lives for you, this fallen Head of the House!”

Before his words had even faded, several figures surged into the conference room from outside; they were all from the ’neutral faction’ of the Chu family guards.

They did not approach, but instead watched the standoff between Chu Xiong and Chu Yunting quietly, their expressions complex.

—Not a single one stepped forward to speak.

Chu Xiong laughed loudly: ”Heh... Chu Yunting, do you think you’ve won?”

”You’re wrong.”

”I didn’t come here today to admit defeat.”

As he spoke, he suddenly took a dark gold communication talisman from his sleeve and crushed it in mid-air—

Snap!

A dark blue mental signal transmitted instantly, and the air seemed to distort for a moment.

The next second, deep in a well at the South No. 3 energy sector, dozens of kilometers away, there was a violent tremor!

Alarms screamed throughout the base.

Ye Nanxing furrowed her brows and instantly looked at the holographic map that popped up on the wall.

Zhao Wei exclaimed abruptly: ”It’s the main energy furnace!? Isn’t that the core energy supply for the main base!”

Chu Xiong looked at Chu Yunting with a ferocious face and sneered: ”You dare to touch me? Then I’ll make your entire base be buried with me!”

”Did you really think I’ve done nothing all these years? You purge your house, and I’ll burn down your ancestral hall.”

”That furnace core is the core crystal cores we recovered from the Southern Wilderness ruins years ago.”

”Half a year ago, I already implanted the [Remnants of the Emblem] into it.”

”As soon as I send the signal, it will spontaneously mutate.”

”If the Chu family does not belong to Luo Dechuan, then let it die in this ’mental explosion’.”

Chu Xiong’s face was twisted, his words filled with madness and triumph: ”You can kill me, but you won’t be able to save this family either.”

Chu Yunting did not move; he just exhaled softly.

”It seems you have done more in these past few years than I anticipated.”

He turned to look at Zhao Shan: ”Handle it.”

”The main energy lock code was changed an hour ago, and the explosion was diverted to a sealed auxiliary furnace.”

”All your arrangements were right under my nose.”

Chu Xiong’s expression changed abruptly: ”You, you knew all along?!”

Chu Yunting finally revealed a weary smile: ”You are not the first cousin who wanted to seize power, but you are certainly the stupidest one.”

Chu Xiong kicked the conference table away and pointed at Chu Yunting, roaring: ”You are nothing but an old dog with broken teeth now! What can you do to me—”

”Is that so?”

Chu Yunting sat down slowly and reached out to smooth his cuffs, as if he had just been chatting casually with someone.

He lifted his gaze slightly and said calmly:

”Zhao Shan.”

”Present.”

A steady response came from the corner.

From the edge of the conference room, a young man in gray armor with cold, stern eyes stepped out slowly. He was the commander of the Chu family guards, codenamed [Mountain Scorpion], who was once responsible for the Head of the House’s direct security.

He had been sent on an external mission three years ago and lost contact; Chu Xiong had controlled the intelligence and personally declared him ”killed in action.”

At this moment, however, he stepped out of the shadows like a ghost, walked straight behind Chu Yunting, and knelt on one knee:

”By the master’s order, Mountain Scorpion has returned to his post.”

Chu Xiong’s pupils constricted violently, and he blurted out: ”Impossible! He already—”

”Of course he’s not dead.” Chu Yunting smiled faintly, ”I just didn’t want you to know he was still alive.”

”And you, you were just too impatient.”

”Lin Kui, lock the south gate.”

”He Yu, activate the conference area barrier and isolate the signal.”

”Gu Qing, access the floor permissions and seal off the exits on the third and fourth floors.”

Chu Yunting issued one command after another; his voice was not loud, yet it sounded like thunder!

Hidden lines that had been concealed for a long time emerged from everywhere, silently completing the takeover—

Several guards who had originally stood in a ”neutral” position quietly closed inward, completely surrounding Chu Xiong’s faction in the core of the conference area.

Zhao Wei widened his eyes: ”This old fox... knew from the beginning that Chu Xiong was coming?”

Zhang Tianjin licked his lips and smiled: ”This isn’t a meeting today; it’s a net closing.”

Sun Hao muttered in a low voice: ”This setup is even bigger than the time at Tianlang Mountain... He’s planning to wipe them all out at once!”

Chu Xiong could no longer laugh at this moment.

He looked at the familiar faces; those who had once been submissive under him were now looking at him coldly, sealing off all his escape routes.

”Chu Yunting, you set up this trap, are you prepared for mutual destruction?! Aren’t you afraid the Joint Defense Line will jointly sanction you?”

”Sanctions?” Chu Yunting smiled faintly and lifted his eyes:

”From the day you defected to Luo Dechuan, the Chu family was already on their ’annexation list’.”

”And today, I want to tell them—”

”If you want to swallow the Chu family, you’d better weigh whether your teeth are strong enough.”

”Zhao Shan.”

”Subordinate is here.”

”Cripple him.”

As soon as the words fell, Zhao Shan stepped forward, flashed like a ghost, and instantly closed in on Chu Xiong!

Chu Xiong tried to draw his gun, but with a ”crack,” his entire arm was broken by an elbow strike, and blood splattered everywhere!

”Ah—!”

Then, a knee strike hit his lower abdomen, sending him flying into the wall before he crashed to the ground, gasping like a dying dog!

”You... you dare... you are a madman...”

Chu Yunting walked over slowly, looking down at the ”cousin” who had once been arrogant and overbearing, his eyes cold:

”Of course I dare.”

”Because now, only a madman has the qualifications to survive.”

Several remnants of Chu Xiong’s faction were about to resist, but they were suppressed by the combat-type ”Ghost Guards” who had been lying in ambush, with almost no power to fight back.

With a single sentence, Chu Yunting caused the atmosphere of the entire conference area to change abruptly—

This was his territory.

This was his hunting ground.