Chapter 201 : Chapter 201
Chapter 201. Zhou Yu Faces the Death Penalty, and Zhou Mingyuan Asks the Zhou Family Patriarch to Come Out of Seclusion
【Choice One: Faced with the extremely difficult new recruit assessment in the ruins and the easy ordinary new recruit assessment, you choose to bravely challenge yourself. Reward: the “Brave Bull” title.
Choice Two: Difficult or simple—does this even require thought? Why make things harder for yourself? Is it not better to crush the ordinary new recruit assessment? Reward: “Low-level Slacker Gift Pack.”
Choice Three: Follow your heart without overstepping the rules. Obey what you truly wish for, and make the choice that makes you happy. That is the best choice. Reward: “High-level Slacker Gift Pack.”】
Jiang Yichen looked at the three choices the system had presented before him, his expression thoughtful.
With his strength, it could be said that he would simply crush the ordinary new recruit assessment.
But that really would be rather meaningless.
Moreover, he was very interested in “gods,” whether they were the divine beings of Huaxia or foreign gods.
The ruins were the best places to understand gods up close.
In his previous life, during his military district internship, he had only been a small soldier in the Corpse-Carrying Camp. Like a frog at the bottom of a well, he had been unable to learn about the existence of gods.
Now, the moment he learned that “gods” truly existed in this world, a deep interest seemed to surge from his very bones.
Since he had the opportunity now, he might as well go and take a look.
He could experience things he had never experienced in his previous life. Enjoying life always required a little thrill.
It just so happened that the “First-Mover Divine Contract” he had obtained from the last gift pack could allow him to seize the initiative and sign a contract with a god inside the ruins.
He could give it a try when the time came.
“Jiang Yichen, this was personally arranged by Commander Xu. If you refuse to go, do not even think about passing your military district internship. I will not stamp it for you.”
Qin Feng clasped his hands behind his back. Over the past half a month, he had gained a new understanding of Jiang Yichen’s laziness.
“...” The corner of Jiang Yichen’s mouth twitched. Could stamping the internship form really be used as a threat?
“I know. We will participate,” he said speechlessly.
When Qin Feng heard this, he was somewhat surprised that Jiang Yichen did not argue back. A satisfied look appeared on his face.
“Good. Then rest properly for a day. The day after tomorrow, I will take you to the Divine Battle Division.”
After making the arrangements, he strode away.
“Brother Yichen, are we really going? The ruins are truly dangerous.” Worry appeared in Su Linyu’s eyes.
Her father’s leg had been bitten off by a ninth-rank Demonic Beast inside the ruins.
Jiang Yichen pinched her little face and smiled. “It is fine. If we cannot beat it, we can just run. Is there anyone who can outrun me?”
Su Linyu’s little face remained conflicted for a while before she finally nodded.
“All right!” Tang Long also said firmly. “Then let us do it!”
Brother Yichen’s spatial ability was indeed a divine tool for escaping.
In this tactical exercise, he had instantly traveled one hundred kilometers. It had truly been astonishing beyond measure.
Who the hell could catch him? Not even a Martial God could do it.
Jiang Yichen gazed at the darkening horizon. His opponent across two lives had been imprisoned, and his mood was both relieved and emotional.
For him, this was ultimately a good thing.
As for those who wanted to harm him, why should he care about them?
He would not sympathize with his enemies.
Jiang Feng had ended up like this because he had brought it upon himself.
...
Central China, the Zhou Family.
At the center of the Zhou Family estate was a back courtyard with artificial hills and flowing water, its environment exceptionally beautiful.
Zhou Mingyuan, dressed in a Zhongshan suit, walked toward the Patriarch’s place of seclusion with a face full of worry.
Xiao Yu was still too young in the end. He did not understand people thoroughly enough.
Now, Xiao Yu’s crime of triggering an SS-Rank Beast Tide was already set in stone.
For a major case that threatened national security like this, even though the Zhou Family was powerful, they could not make the Law Enforcement Bureau show the slightest leniency.
Even the Commander-in-Chief of Huaxia was watching this case. Who would still dare to engage in favoritism or fraud?
But before the Patriarch entered seclusion, he had instructed Zhou Mingyuan with extreme seriousness to take good care of Xiao Yu, the sole seedling of the Zhou Family.
Now, Xiao Yu’s crimes were enough to sentence him to death twice over. Zhou Mingyuan truly had no solution.
He could only ask the Patriarch, one of Huaxia’s Five Great Martial Gods and a man who had made tremendous contributions to Huaxia during the Great Cataclysm, to step forward and see whether there was any room for mitigation.
“Jiang Dongnian, you really raised yourself a good son. Just wait. Once I finish dealing with Xiao Yu’s matter, you can wait to be thrown out of the Jiang Family.”
Zhou Mingyuan’s eyes were vicious. He truly did not want to mention Jiang Dongnian and his son.
He had asked them to pull Jiang Yichen down from his position as heir, but instead, Jiang Yichen’s position had only become more stable.
Jiang Dongnian had also wanted to eliminate Jiang Yichen through the Beast Tide. And what had been the result? Not only had Jiang Yichen failed to die, but he had also obtained the military’s highest honor, making the clan elders of the Jiang Family overjoyed.
Now, things had become even more absurd. Jiang Feng clearly knew that leaking the secret of the Beast Tide’s outbreak would bring him no benefit whatsoever, yet that idiot still insisted on doing as he pleased.
He had sent Xiao Yu into the Law Enforcement Bureau! He was simply a bastard!
Zhou Mingyuan was now utterly certain that the father and son had been playing him all along.
They wanted to use this chance to bring down the Zhou Family! What a fine scheme.
Zhou Mingyuan’s anger surged uncontrollably. He stood in place for a long while before he finally calmed the fury in his heart.
He took out a yellow talisman from his sleeve. As he rubbed it between his fingertips, the yellow talisman caught fire.
In moments, it turned into flying ash and drifted through the air.
Before long, the formation barrier arranged around the retro-style residence before him suddenly emerged, flickering with azure light.
“Did I not say that unless the Zhou Family faced a disaster of annihilation, no one was to disturb my seclusion?”
An aged voice came from inside the residence, yet it possessed an extremely powerful penetrating force.
The moment he spoke, the sky above the Zhou Family also darkened. Dark clouds spun and gathered in the sky, forming a shocking vortex.
Zhou Mingyuan’s heart tightened, and he hurriedly said, “Patriarch, Xiao Yu has been taken away by the Law Enforcement Bureau. He is extremely likely to be sentenced to death. I truly had no other way, so I could only ask you to step forward.”
CRACK!
A bolt of lightning flashed across the cloud-covered sky.
“Zhou Mingyuan, before I entered seclusion, I specifically entrusted this matter to you. My memory may be poor, but I told you to take good care of Xiao Yu while I was in seclusion. Is this how you took care of him?”
“Patriarch, I... It was my dereliction of duty,” Zhou Mingyuan said with his head lowered.
“What exactly happened? Why would Xiao Yu be sentenced to death?”
Standing outside the formation, Zhou Mingyuan sighed and told him the entire sequence of events.
After he finished speaking, silence filled the retro-style residence for a long while.
Several minutes passed, and confusion appeared in Zhou Mingyuan’s eyes. Uneasily, he asked, “Patriarch, are you listening?”
“We will talk later. I am about to come out!”
Zhou Mingyuan was delighted when he heard this. “Patriarch, you are coming out of seclusion...”
WHOOSH!
Before he could finish speaking, the sound of a toilet flushing suddenly rang out.
“Phew! That feels better. Where did you leave off just now?”
“...” Zhou Mingyuan’s face twitched. “It was Xiao Yu...”
“Wait. I forgot to bring toilet paper. Come in and hand some to me. Sigh! When a man grows old, his memory really does become poor.”
Zhou Mingyuan: “...”