nyslfriends Chapter 71 The Night Watchmen Actually Attacked Philanthropist Li Dashanren?
Chapter 71 The Night Watchmen Actually Attacked Philanthropist Li Dashanren?
Meanwhile, at the Jiangcheng Night Watchmen headquarters.
Cao Keyuan stood in the command hall, in front of a huge map of Jiangcheng.
The location of the Li family mansion is circled in red on the map.
Director Zhou stood next to him, holding a newly compiled intelligence document in his hand.
Old Zhang stood by the window, hands behind his back, gazing at the sky outside. Meng Hu and Han Lie stood at the door, both already dressed in combat gear, their swords gleaming at their waists.
Hundreds of elite Night Watchmen and members of the Broken Army Squad have already assembled downstairs, ready to go.
"Commander Cao." Director Zhou closed the document, adjusted his glasses, and said, "The assembly is complete."
"Where is Ye Feng?" Cao Keyuan asked.
"It's already on its way and will definitely arrive before 6 PM."
"Three more hours..." Cao Keyuan glanced at the clock on the wall; it was three in the afternoon.
He and Ye Feng agreed to meet at 6 p.m.
"That's good!"
Before Cao Keyuan could finish speaking, the entire command hall suddenly shook violently.
"What's going on?" someone exclaimed.
"An earthquake?"
"It doesn't look like an earthquake!"
Cao Keyuan rushed to the window, looked outside, and his expression changed instantly.
The distant sky was shrouded in a blood-red light.
The light surged from the direction of the Li family mansion, spreading in all directions like a tide.
Where the red light passed, the sky turned dark red, as if it had been splashed with blood.
"What is that?" Director Zhou's voice trembled slightly.
"The Li family mansion." Cao Keyuan's voice was cold. "It looks like some kind of formation has been activated."
He turned around, grabbed the military cap from the table, and put it on his head.
"I'm not waiting anymore."
"Shall we set off now?"
"Let's go now!" Cao Keyuan strode towards the door. "Tell Ye Feng that the situation has changed; we're going to the Li family mansion first. Tell him to come straight here when he arrives!"
"yes!"
……
Outside the main gate of the Li family mansion.
Li Wanshan and Zhao Wuji stood at the door, with four or five hundred fully armed experts behind them.
These experts are the elite forces of the major families in Jiangcheng.
Their cultivation level is at least at the second level, and there are more than a dozen at the fourth level.
The three elderly men standing at the front row were the heads of the three major families in Jiangcheng: the Sun family, the Zhang family, and the Wang family.
They are all at the early stage of the fifth rank.
Zhao Wuji is at the peak of the fifth rank.
Li Wanshan himself was already at the half-step sixth level.
This lineup is stronger than all the Night Watchmen and the military's forces in Jiangcheng combined.
This is why the Houses can stand up to the military and the Night's Watch.
It's not because they're rich.
It's because they have people.
Four or five hundred experts stood in neat rows in the square outside the main gate of the Li family mansion, their imposing presence overwhelming.
Outside the square, there were dozens of media vehicles.
Almost all of Jiangcheng's mainstream media outlets, including Jiangcheng TV, Jiangcheng Daily, Jiangcheng Evening News, and Shanhe Metropolitan Daily, came to attend.
Reporters, carrying cameras and microphones, moved back and forth around the square, searching for the best shooting angles.
Several self-media anchors even opened their live broadcast rooms and began explaining things to the camera with great enthusiasm.
"Hey everyone! Look where this is! This is the Li family mansion!"
"The philanthropist Li has invited all the prominent families of Jiangcheng to his home for a gathering today; apparently, he has something important to announce!"
"Some say it might be a joint effort to fight the alien beasts! Others say it might be the establishment of a new defensive line!"
"Anyway, there's definitely big news today! Like and follow, and I'll be live-streaming the whole thing!"
The number of viewers in the live stream is rising rapidly.
Several thousand, tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands.
Of the millions of people in Jiangcheng, at least one-tenth are following the situation at the Li family mansion through various channels.
Just then, the roar of a car engine came from afar.
Dozens of military vehicles and armored vehicles drove from the end of the street and stopped outside the main gate of the Li family mansion.
The car door opened, and Cao Keyuan was the first to jump out.
Behind him, Director Zhou, Elder Zhang, Meng Hu, Han Lie, and hundreds of elite Night Watchmen and members of the Po Jun Squad filed out.
They were fully armed and exuded a murderous aura.
The reporters were taken aback at first when they saw this scene, but then they immediately became excited.
"Commander Cao from the military has arrived!"
"The Night's Watch has arrived!"
"What's going on? Is there some big news?"
Reporters swarmed around, their cameras pointed at Cao Keyuan.
Cao Keyuan ignored the reporters, his gaze fixed on the four or five hundred experts outside the main gate of the Li family mansion.
The scale of the operation was much larger than he had anticipated.
"What are you doing?" Cao Keyuan shouted, his voice booming and audible for hundreds of meters around. "Do you know what that red, blood-red light is?"
He pointed to the eerie red light in the sky, his voice growing increasingly stern.
"Intelligence indicates that the Heavenly Demon Clan intends to open a spatial rift at the Li family mansion, summoning their demonic army to invade!"
"Do you aristocratic families want to be sinners against Jiangcheng and the entire human race?"
Cao Keyuan's words were like a bomb that exploded in the square.
The experts from the powerful families whispered amongst themselves, discussing the matter animatedly.
"The Heavenly Demon Clan? What Heavenly Demon Clan?"
"The Heavenly Demon Army? Never heard of it."
"Is this for real or fake?"
The discussion grew louder and more chaotic.
Li Wanshan frowned when he saw this.
He knew he could no longer remain silent.
Li Wanshan took a few steps forward, stood on the steps, and looked down at Cao Keyuan.
"Commander Cao!" His voice boomed, drowning out all the murmurs. "Your words are utter nonsense!"
"Nonsense?" Cao Keyuan sneered. "What's going on in your basement? What's that formation doing? You think I don't know?"
"An array?" Li Wanshan laughed. "The array that Garrison Commander Cao mentioned is the Blood Spirit Pill that a sixth-tier expert invited by my Li family is currently refining!"
"Blood Spirit Pill?"
"That's right!" Li Wanshan's voice was even louder.
"Blood Spirit Pill, a legendary sixth-tier pill, can help martial artists break through their cultivation level!"
"That expert was someone I hired from the north at great expense, specifically to help me break through to the sixth rank!"
He opened his arms, his voice filled with grief and indignation.
"Commander Cao! Put your hand on your heart and tell me, in recent years, the alien beasts have gradually encroached upon the land of my Jiangcheng. One fortress and stronghold after another has been breached, and our defensive lines have been forced to retreat again and again!"
"Aren't you heartbroken?"
"I'm not reconciled!"
Li Wanshan's voice grew louder and louder, and his expression became increasingly agitated.
"Once I break through to the sixth rank, I will definitely lead Jiangcheng back to its former glory and reclaim the land that belongs to us!"
"I'll show those monsters that Jiangcheng isn't someone to be trifled with!"
"I will make the beast kings of the southern mountains kneel before the gates of Jiangcheng and beg for mercy!"
These words were passionate and inspiring, stirring the blood of the aristocratic masters present.
"Mr. Li is right!"
"Support Philanthropist Li!"
"On what grounds does Commander Cao slander an innocent person?"
The sounds rose and fell, one wave higher than the next.
Meanwhile, the reporters were in an uproar.
Several self-media anchors were so excited that they danced around.
"Hey everyone! Big news! The Night Watchmen are besieging the Li family mansion!"
"The Night Watchman says the Li family is summoning an army of demons, and the Li family says they are refining Blood Spirit Pills!"
"Who is lying? Let's vote!"
The live stream's popularity skyrocketed, with comments flooding the screen.
"The Night's Watchmen are just jealous because they're rich!"
"The military has suffered defeat after defeat over the years, and all they do is shift the blame to others!"
"Support Li the Great Philanthropist! Down with the Night's Watch!"
The comments section overwhelmingly supported Li Wanshan.
This is certainly not a coincidence.
Li Wanshan had already arranged for an online army to stir up trouble in various live streaming rooms.
Just then, a middle-aged man in a suit and glasses squeezed to the front, raised the microphone and pointed it at Cao Keyuan.
"Commander Cao, I'm a reporter from Jiangcheng Daily. Is this some kind of internal power struggle?"
Cao Keyuan's face darkened.
"This isn't internal strife. This is—"
"Then why would the Night Watch and the military besiege a philanthropist?" the reporter interrupted him.
"Mr. Li Wanshan has been awarded the Jiangcheng Charity Star for ten consecutive years, with total donations exceeding 200 million yuan."
"His Li Family Foundation has sponsored thousands of children orphaned by the beast tide. How could someone like that be a bad person?"
Another reporter squeezed in.
"Commander Cao, this is from Jiangcheng TV. I want to ask, why can't we fight the alien beasts together with the aristocratic families instead of killing each other?"
"These prominent families are all legitimate entrepreneurs and philanthropists. How much have they contributed to Jiangcheng? On what grounds are the Night Watchers slandering them with trumped-up charges?"
"Exactly!" A self-media anchor squeezed forward, holding up his phone.
"What have the Night's Watch done all these years? Fortress after fortress has fallen, and so many people have died."
"How dare you attack an honest entrepreneur?"
"You are the sinners of Jiangcheng!"
A torrent of accusations came crashing down on Cao Keyuan, who was covered in spittle.
Director Zhou and Old Zhang stood behind him, their expressions also grim.
But they all knew that now was not the time to argue with reporters.
Time was passing by every second, and the Devouring Array was operating every second.
Every second wasted increases the danger.
"Commander Cao," Director Zhou said in a low voice, "don't talk to them, just charge in."
"Charge in?" Cao Keyuan glanced at the four or five hundred experts. "How? By force?"
"Let's force our way in."
"If a fight breaks out, it's not certain who will win or lose," Old Zhang chimed in. "The other side has more people, but we're not weak either."
Cao Keyuan hesitated.
Just then, the wind completely shifted in the live broadcast room outside.
The online trolls are becoming increasingly aggressive and blatant in their attempts to stir up trouble.
"If it weren't for the Ye family patriarch and his wife luring away the sixth-tier beast king three years ago, Jiangcheng would have been finished long ago! The military is a bunch of useless trash!"
"What's the use of the Night's Watch? All they do is bully their own people!"
"I heard that Ye Feng, a descendant of the Ye family, was bullied and injured, and no one cared."
"Now it seems that everyone in the Ye family has mysteriously disappeared."
"Only a powerful family can save Jiangcheng! Support Philanthropist Li!"
These comments were seen by countless people, and more and more people began to believe Li Wanshan's claims.
After all, Li Wanshan's image as a "philanthropist" is too deeply ingrained in people's minds.
The military's and the Night's Watch's repeated defeats over the years are also an indisputable fact.
In contrast, most people are more willing to believe that a "philanthropist" will not do bad things.
"Only a powerful family can save Jiangcheng."
These words were like a thorn, piercing Cao Keyuan's heart.
He was about to speak when suddenly—
An anomaly has occurred.