Chapter 776: I Want To Try
Li Xiaofei was imprisoned in the smallest and deepest solitary confinement room. It was the highest security Grade A cell of the Military Guard Bureau. It was said that prisoners locked in this cell were either respectfully escorted out or carried out as a mangled heap of flesh. There was no third option.
"Just admit it." Li Sheng stood at the cell door and said, "The interrogations here are far more terrifying than you can imagine."
Li Xiaofei remained silent.
"Why do you insist on going against everyone?" asked Li Sheng, shaking his head.
One moment, a person might be high-spirited with a boundless future. Next, they could be imprisoned with death looming near. He had seen this scene play out countless times.
Chongque City had always been a place of hidden storms and treacherous undercurrents. Beneath its seemingly calm surface lay a dangerous depth only those who stood at the pinnacle of strength could sense.
Li Sheng turned and left. But Li Xiaofei had caught a few pieces of information. He didn’t know whether Li Sheng had intentionally revealed something or if it had been an unconscious slip, but the behavior of the City Lord’s most trusted aide felt rather strange.
About an hour later, a visitor came to see him. It was Song Shiyan. The recently high-spirited heir of the City Lord’s Office now looked somewhat disheveled. When he saw Li Xiaofei, his face turned bitter as he said, “I’m sorry, big brother. I was deceived too. They verbally agreed to my conditions, but in truth, they only pretended to comply. By the time I realized the wind had shifted, you had been removed from your position as Chief Evolution Officer of Earth No. 1818, and the Military Division had already dispatched star beasts to subspace near Earth No. 1818. It was too late to notify you.”
Li Xiaofei looked at the dejected heir of the City Lord’s Office and quietly assessed the sincerity of his apology. At the same time, he continued to mull over the implications hidden within Song Shiyan’s words.
First, he had already been removed from his position as Chief Evolution Officer of Earth No. 1818. Second, it was indeed the Military Division that had been dispatched to Earth No. 1818 to carry out the mission.