Chapter 347: Stranded by Secrets

Desperate for an explanation, Wang Hong clung to every last ray of hope like a drowning man, not letting go of even the smallest straw.

If he were dealing with anyone else, he wouldn’t be this terrified.

After all, he was a director with an official status. Even if he angered bigwigs, he’d just end up behind bars.

But facing Yenir, he knew that this lunatic was capable of the unthinkable!

“A huge mistake? Letting you off?”

Their eyes met, and Yenir looked at Wang Chu, whose forehead was beading with sweat, as if he had been convinced.

“Display the communication panel—show whose Soul Crystals are in hand.”

“Speak up, and maybe I won’t kill you…”

Listening to Yenir, who even seemed fearful of the price of his own hand, Wang Hong couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief.

That’s right—the item was gone. Even if Yenir killed him, it wouldn’t matter.

Yet, as he considered Yenir’s demand, he found himself caught in a dilemma.

Display the communication panel? Doesn’t that expose everything he’s been involved in? And that Soul Crystal—it’s in Committee Member Lu’s hands!

Before he could decide, a chill-cut countdown sounded in the next second.

“3.”

“I’m asking! I’m asking!”

With nowhere to hide under the eaves, Wang Hong’s heart seethed with anger as he reluctantly revealed his panel.

Once a man dies, everything is lost.

Since Lu Tianming pretended to be dead instead of saving him, he had no choice but to betray the other side!

……………

Ten minutes later.

Amid the clamor of heavy objects being moved, every member of the team—including Li Hai—watched in disbelief as items were unearthed from Wang Chu’s residence.

Sixty untraceable credit cards and a stockpile of valuable supplies lay forgotten, gathering dust in the basement like prized collectibles.

Among them, many were clearly military supplies issued to the troops.

“In four years, we pocketed nearly 30 million points!”

“Not even sparing the compensation funds, are you?!”

“Fine, Wang Hong! Seems our Military underestimated you parasites!”

As Li Hai examined the records Wang Hong had presented, he nearly wanted to devour the middle-aged man before him. He was aware of the inevitable corruption among officials, but he had never imagined that a Wang Hong, who wasn’t even a Third-Stage mid-level cultivator, could embezzle funds from a unit of ten thousand!

Keep in mind—in the struggling Safe Zone, a family of three might not even manage twenty points of food in a month!

He even saw records from a year ago where the Action Team’s hard-won reinforcement potion had been greedily swallowed by Wang Hong.

“It took us seventeen deaths in the Action Team to secure that potion which can boost a talent from A-grade to S-grade!”

“I thought it was meant for martyrs’ families as compensation!”

“Fine, Wang Hong!”

“You actually used it for your own son! How dare you!”

His eyes welling with fury.

Li Hai’s face turned ashen. Reviewing the records provided by Wang Chu, aside from the numerous forged ledgers and suspicious messages, what Li Hai found utterly unacceptable was the case of the reinforcement potion. The previous two captains of the Action Team had died in that very operation.

The potion, once handed over to the Military, was meant to be distributed to the families of several Third-Stage descendants who died fighting on the border.

Diluted for safe use, it was supposed to ensure that these soldiers’ kin would undoubtedly become Awakeners—a small safeguard in these desperate times.

Yet, during the allocation process, Wang Hong shamelessly pocketed it, claiming it would be redistributed once he came of age.

With his head down, Wang Hong trembled like a leaf in the wind.

Facing an enraged Li Hai, he barely muttered a word. How could he not pocket it? Without that potion, was he expecting his son to join the ranks with those dirt farmers? Without personal gain, how could he ever secure his position?

“Swish!”

A flash of white light.

Yenir casually stuffed the stolen loot into his Ring and turned to leave.

He already knew who held the Soul Fragments. If someone dared to pilfer from him, they’d pay with their life! And with so many names on his list, he intended to deal with them one by one!

As Yenir’s footsteps receded, Wang Chu, kneeling on the ground, shuddered with a sudden surge of twisted delight.

He was leaving?! That kid really dared not kill him!

After all, he was a man of status. This little brat had only dodged disaster by sheer luck, forcing the Military to momentarily let him be. Had they actually killed him, it would have been a scandal! Just think of Zhang Meng – he was also disposed of by the Military!

Instinctively, Wang Hong lifted his head, his face twisted with resentment as he glared at the retreating figure of Yenir.

Damn little bastard! Now he understood why Lu Tianming had long ago set his heart on this little runt! A rule-defying thug, no different from the man of old.

But just as Wang Hong sank into his chair, pondering his next move, Yenir’s steps halted abruptly at the villa’s exit.

“Xiaoan, your brother wants to teach you something.”

His tone was calm.

Holding Ye Xiaoan’s hand, Yenir slowly knelt down and, looking straight into Little Sister’s eyes, began earnestly:

“When faced with villains, those who’ve bullied us, you must kill them…”

“Lying to people doesn’t count as cheating.”

Before Wang Hong could widen his eyes in horror, as if realizing something terrible,

in the very next second, a cool, clear voice rang out once more.

“Uncle Liang, kill him!”

“Boom!!”

In an instant, a shroud of blood mist exploded into view.

Beneath the brilliant lights, the staggering silhouette of a headless corpse collapsed to the ground.

Splattered blood and brain matter painted the wall, blossoming into a gruesome flower.