Chapter 210
Chapter 210: Different Worlds, the Same Kidney-Harvesting Place
That night, Zhang Baihe rushed back to the Northern Frontier Military Merit Bureau.
Early the next morning, Zhang Baihe personally called Li Mu and passed along a piece of good news.
Zong Hongyuan had already been taken away by the Swordbearers Hall for investigation.
The facts proved that Zong Hongyuan himself had not actually committed any especially grave crimes.
But his greatest crime was that he had indeed known about his younger brother’s actions, and had shielded and indulged him.
That alone was already a major crime.
As for how an Earth Rank expert would be dealt with, that was the Swordbearers Hall’s problem.
But Zong Hongyuan definitely could no longer continue serving as the Commander-in-Chief of Shenqi Military District.
When the news came back, everyone who knew the inside story was so frightened that their souls nearly flew away.
This was especially true of those families.
And the most shocked of all was none other than Hong Liangpeng, the Commander-in-Chief of Wanren Military District.
He truly had not expected such a result.
Even the Junior Dragon General detained by Old Shui was personally pleaded for by the Swordbearers Hall.
They said Zong Hongyuan had already been controlled, and that this Junior Dragon General would also be taken back for investigation.
Only then was Old Shui willing to release him.
This matter also became the final straw that crushed Hong Liangpeng.
Inside the Commander-in-Chief’s Office...In Hong Liangpeng’s office, Hong Liangpeng stood before the enormous floor-to-ceiling window with his hands behind his back.
The flourishing and powerful Wanren Military District lay fully within his sight.
In the distance, the enormous Sub-Profound Spirit Tree emitted a faint, glowing white light.
On the crowded plaza, bright and vigorous smiles could be seen everywhere.
This was simply far too different from Wanren Military District before Li Mu had arrived.
At this moment, in Wanren Military District’s Quartermaster Department and Instructor Department, large quantities of High-Grade Spiritual Liquid were being supplied in full.
As long as one had enough Contribution Points, one could even buy several bottles and store them up.
Hong Liangpeng took a deep breath.
At this moment, he even felt a trace of guilt.
Guilt over the fact that he was still standing in the Commander-in-Chief’s office.
He slowly walked over to his seat.
He opened the drawer and took out an envelope.
On the letter paper, he first wrote a title:
Resignation Letter...
...
As for Li Mu, he had originally wanted to hide away and enjoy two quiet days.
He wanted to revise some paper-format cultivation arts, accompany Wang Yinhuan to look at houses, and choose a love nest for the two of them.
Unexpectedly, at noon, Bai Shouheng called Li Mu.
He told Li Mu a shocking piece of news.
There was now a lead regarding Zong Hongsheng’s human trafficking.
He had sold some martial artists by water route to Eden on the opposite shore.
And he had not done this for money.
He had done it for a kind of specially made spice.
This spice was extremely addictive.
Zong Hongsheng had been an extreme addict. In order to obtain this spice, he had become more and more insane.
Moreover, Zong Hongsheng was only one line among them.
Although there was no concrete information, according to speculation, Eden had several places known as “parks.”
Criminal organizations lurked inside these parks.
Through fraud, kidnapping, spice trafficking, and other methods, they smuggled Huaxia martial artists into their country.
As for what they did with them, there was no need to say much.
Eden cultivated by eating the corpses of demon creatures.
Humans were probably also included on their menu.
Speaking of which, the reason this information had been noticed was because of a girl on a self-media platform over the past two days.
Bai Shouheng told Li Mu to search for this girl, and he would understand.
Following Bai Shouheng’s guidance, Li Mu found a girl’s plea-for-help video on a self-media platform.
This girl was from Linyuan City.
On the self-media platform, she tearfully said that her boyfriend had lost contact after going to the Demon-Human Nation.
The reason her boyfriend had gone to the Demon-Human Nation was that the Demon-Human Nation had promoted a special cultivation method.
It could raise a person’s cultivation in a short period of time.
Although it had a few side effects, they could supposedly be slowly eliminated later through refinement with a special cultivation art.
It was precisely this “honest” promotion that admitted there were side effects that attracted many Huaxia martial artists to the Demon-Human Nation to test this method.
What was astonishing was that this matter of raising cultivation was real.
Starting a few years ago, martial artists had successively gone to the Demon-Human Nation.
After returning, their strength had indeed improved a great deal. As for the side effects, they were also very obvious.
Men no longer grew beards or leg hair, and their voices became somewhat effeminate.
But through later cultivation, they could slowly adjust themselves back.
Women were exactly the opposite. They grew beards, chest hair, and leg hair, and their voices became rough and deep.
However, compared to the increase in strength, these side effects were still quite tempting.
Therefore, in recent years, martial artists often crossed the sea to go there.
Because this was only a minority of cases, and because the martial artists who returned had indeed increased their strength, Linyuan City had not forbidden this matter.
As for the girl crying on the self-media platform...
Her boyfriend had gone to the Demon-Human Nation six days ago.
The girl possessed a unique talent. Through a specially made Spirit Treasure, she could communicate across ultra-long distances with the beloved person who had relations with her.
She had originally been very worried about her boyfriend going to the Demon-Human Nation.
So she had kept in contact with him at all times.
Unexpectedly, the moment her boyfriend landed, he lost contact with her.
The reason this matter could be exposed in time was because the girl’s father happened to be an executive at this self-media website.
Through backend manipulation, he increased the exposure of the girl’s video.
He hoped Linyuan City would attach importance to this issue and find a way to rescue the man.
This world did not have an internet as convenient as the one in Li Mu’s previous life.
In Huaxia of this High-Martial World, signals between various cities were interfered with by the Abyss, making it impossible to achieve the kind of wide-range network coverage from before.
Even between cities, only some relatively basic communication methods could be used.
Between some cities that were even farther apart, even basic communication could not be made available to the public.
Only some high-level figures could barely communicate through extremely expensive formations.
This also caused information between cities to be very closed off.
Otherwise, Li Mu would not have grown up in Ironhand City without ever coming to Linyuan City.
Nor would he have been unaware of real-time information from other cities.
He could only learn some basic knowledge from geography textbooks.
What Linyuan City had developed the most was only its local network.
There was also more than one self-media platform like this.
After this girl’s video was manipulated, it quickly spread.
It caused the people to grow anxious and alarmed.
Public opinion also began to develop in a bad direction.
All ships heading to the Demon-Human Nation were also urgently suspended.
Under pressure, the Linyuan City Municipal Administration Bureau announced yesterday that they had already contacted the Demon-Human Nation.
And today...
Just as Li Mu was paying attention to this matter, the Municipal Administration Bureau happened to release a video.
The title of the video was “No Need to Worry. Cheng Yue, the Person Who Lost Contact After Going to the Demon-Human Nation, Has Been Found.”
As for the contents of the video...It showed a man with a vacant gaze, a shaved head, and loose, oversized clothes.
Under the “escort” of several Law Enforcement Officers from the Demon-Human Nation, he sat in what seemed to be a ship cabin.
Facing the camera, he said, “Thank you to the Law Enforcement Officers of the Demon-Human Nation. I am safe now.”
He seemed a little nervous. After saying this, he stared blankly at the camera.
At this moment, the Law Enforcement Officer beside him smiled without warmth and reminded him, “Could you explain to everyone that our country is very...”
As he spoke, his gaze turned toward Cheng Yue, and a trace of viciousness at the corner of his eyes could not be concealed.
Cheng Yue’s body clearly trembled. He hurriedly continued, “Ah, yes! The Demon-Human Nation is a very safe country. Their rescue was very timely.”
“Also, the Demon-Human Nation’s secret method for increasing cultivation really is very effective.”
“In my view, those side effects are insignificant.”
“I recommend that friends troubled by their cultivation can come to the Demon-Human Nation and give it a try.”
When Li Mu saw this, his entire body went numb.
What was this?
A different world, but the same northern Myanmar?
He remembered that when he had transmigrated, what had been causing quite a stir back home was the incident of kidney harvesting in northern Myanmar.
Was Eden not precisely in the corresponding location from his previous life?
And the Demon-Human Nation was a neighboring country right next to it.
Judging from this video, there was a high probability that they were birds of a feather.
Especially that Law Enforcement Officer from the Demon-Human Nation. His acting was truly clumsy enough.
He was practically one step away from grabbing Cheng Yue by the neck and forcing him to say good things.
Since they were doing this, they absolutely had a purpose.
Huaxia martial artists going to the Demon-Human Nation must be bringing them some enormous benefit.
Otherwise, they would never act like this.
And in Li Mu’s view...
Even if the Demon-Human Nation truly had a secret method that exchanged some side effects for cultivation growth, many of those who went there probably could not return at all.
In a foreign land where communication could not reach, who would know how they died?
A shipwreck, monsters, or choosing to stay there. None of these could be directly blamed on the Demon-Human Nation.
Because there truly were people who had returned after increasing their cultivation.
False mixed with true.
The truth could never be distinguished.
And this incident had likely been exposed because even the Demon-Human Nation had not expected it.
From such a long distance away, this girl actually had a way to maintain communication with her boyfriend.
Moreover, the matter had caused such a huge uproar in a city of tens of millions of people.
If they did not release him, then the number of people going to the Demon-Human Nation would greatly decrease, naturally causing them some kind of “loss.”
Li Mu smiled.
His smile was somewhat ferocious.
In his previous life, if he had seen such news, at most he would have gritted his teeth and cursed them as beasts.
But now...His Somersault Cloud should be able to arrive directly in two hours.