Beating Instances through Words Left by the Dead

As far as the result is concerned, his deduction was highly successful.

Continuing into the mountain, you can see the bloody-faced, exhausted New Cosmos Sect followers being carried out of White Plain Mountain, while there aren’t many injured Xing Cai Gang members.

This is normal; the extremist followers entrenched in White Plain Mountain are mostly gang members or fugitives, sounding intimidating but lacking actual prowess.

The reason is simple: anyone with solid skills in this profession has joined Xing Cai Gang.

Xing Cai Gang is the largest gang in Gao Mu Country, backed by financial conglomerates, many official personnel are closely involved with it. High salary, high welfare, promising career prospects, it is far more dignified than joining the New Cosmos Sect and hiding in the mountains to do dirty deeds.

Ambitious, capable gang members and fugitives cannot refuse Xing Cai Gang.

The difference in personnel quality and the disadvantage in numbers predictably lead to a one-sided situation.

Wu Chang looked at Cui Chengze beside him and asked, ”You’ve seemed hesitant to speak since a moment ago; just say what you want to say.”

Cui Chengze hesitated for a moment, then asked, ”President Li, aren’t you worried that this major offensive might harm the hostages?”

Wu Chang looked at Cui Chengze with a puzzled face and said, ”Rescuing hostages is the official’s job; what does it have to do with us, Xing Cai Gang?”

”During that speech, not even a few of my underlings believed it, did you?”

Wu Chang’s gaze seemed to question Cui Chengze’s common sense, causing Cui Chengze’s old face to blush.

”Even discounting ordinary people, there’s also Ms. Li Yubin among the hostages, aren’t you...”

Wu Chang hurriedly interrupted Cui Chengze and said, ”I have no relation to Li Yubin, don’t tarnish her reputation. Moreover, she’s no pushover; the bigger the commotion outside, the more distracted the extremist followers are, giving her more room to act.”

Cui Chengze knew Wu Chang was right, but he was stubborn and still asked, ”President Li, why didn’t you let that God take action, but instead keep Him in the village?”

Being connected with the Sea God, Cui Chengze knows the gap between God and humans; as long as God takes action, tonight’s incident could be easily resolved without risking the hostages.

Wu Chang understood Cui Chengze’s intention; he wanted to rescue the hostages, which was good, but what does it have to do with Wu Chang?

”Tonight, people are destined to die; many people are destined to die. She is kind-hearted, cannot bear to see people dying, so naturally, I handle the dirty work.”

Erin was nurtured as a Saintess since childhood, deeply influenced by the Church, kindness and compassion are ingrained in her bones, even though she now experiences all human emotions, it hasn’t changed.

For instance, when Erin faced You Feipeng, if it were Wu Chang or He Yun, even if they intended to spare him, they’d first break his limbs and certainly not give You Feipeng room to maneuver.

This is Erin’s weakness, but it is also her characteristic.

Erin once asked him afterwards if she needed to change, but he thinks there’s no need.

The world has its duality; virtue and vice are intertwined, lacking either disrupts balance.

Not everyone is decisively ruthless, killing without hesitation at a glance or a gesture deeming the other deserving death is not necessarily good.

He can demand this from subordinates, but he’s raising Erin as his daughter, wanting her to live according to her own will without being forced into anything.

He named Erin Eternal Pure Light, wanting her to stay forever pure, untainted by the Abyss.

When he completes a scenario, resulting in hundreds or thousands of deaths because of him, he hopes to see Erin’s pure smile cleansing his spirit, not a face colder and more ruthless than his, just wielding Light Magic to kill thousands.

If he only needed a killing tool, he might as well conquer Leman.

Upon hearing Wu Chang’s answer, Cui Chengze wisely chose not to ask further.

Wu Chang could sense Cui Chengze’s slight disappointment, but he didn’t care.

Old Deng lost his hidden side quest, and since he’s not a beauty like Erin or He Yun, who would care about his affection meter?

Sigh~

A mountain breeze blew with cold wind carrying fine snow, making one’s cheeks hurt.

Wu Chang looked up and found the once clear night sky had turned gloomy.

It seems Jin Canyun realized something was off and is making a last-ditch effort.

Seeing this, Wu Chang borrowed a mountain motorcycle from a biker gang member and, with master-level mechanical driving, charged toward the sect’s assembly point as per the schedule.

Cui Chengze followed suit and borrowed a motorcycle from another biker, but as he mounted it and looked up, Wu Chang’s taillights had already disappeared.

Deep within White Plain Mountain, there is a mountain named Tan Mountain; the mountain shape resembles an overturned urn, and it is said to be the birthplace of the Tan Lord in Gao Mu Country’s mythology, named after the mountain, thus called Tan Lord.

Tan Mountain has a nickname among surrounding villages, called Thousand Ghost Mountain.

It is said that when Tan Lord’s father descended to earth, he brought three thousand ghosts, which were inherited by Tan Lord. Before his death, he feared they might plague the world, so he confined them in Tan Mountain, forbidding their emergence.

Tan Mountain is often visited by night winds, swirling through the trees like ghostly shrieks, thus the mountain is also named Thousand Ghost Mountain.

At this moment, the interior of the urn-shaped Tan Mountain has been hollowed out, inside the cavern, Jin Canyun leads the extremist followers in activating a long-prepared mystical ceremony.

Inside the cavern, the two villagers held hostage sit in a circle, their eyes vacant, seated cross-legged as if entranced, staring directly at the altar placed at the center of the circle.