Chapter 452: Chapter 426: Gone Mad (Three more updates, please subscribe) Chapter 452: Chapter 426: Gone Mad (Three more updates, please subscribe) The following evening, the head of the Loyalty Gang, “Black Tiger” Li Zhaokang, was leisurely drinking Buddha Jumps Over the Wall soup and watching the news at his family restaurant.
Despite his fierce nickna, Black Tiger, he actually had a kind and gentle face, resembling a retired elder content with ho life.
“——This broadcast reports that according to our Alien reporter’s investigation, the Great Song capital, Luojing, remains in a highly dangerous state.
The Great Song officials have intensified inspections on major roads in the eight provinces of Luojing.
It is rumored that this will lead to a price increase in bulk commodities related to Sky Extre Star again.
Let’s take a look at the news footage.”
“According to the Federation Alien Body Administration, the life support capsule of the retired two-star Marshal Li Cheng had been unplugged, a result of an application by his family who could not afford the dical maintenance costs of a two-star Marshal.
Just recently, the Federation Army officially removed Li Cheng from the reserve marshal’s roster.
...
He is the third two-star Marshal to die since Lin Hao took office.”
“——The white storm initiated by the Great Song Spy Detection Bureau not only hasn’t stopped but has grown more intense, now spreading across the nation of Great Song.
It is rumored that all thirty-six Military Governors of Great Song, under pressure from the Spy Detection Bureau, have issued docunts fully committed to fighting against our human Alien Walkers.
Forty-two provinces have now entered a state of alert.”
“This demolishes many experts’ claims that Lin Hao’s initial actions were just a new official’s opening moves.
It seems the white terror of the Great Song Dynasty could persist and beco normalized—”
“The Federation Alien Body Administration has released the nas of Alien Walkers who died today, a total of 43 fellows perished in the Great Song’s white storm.
Let us observe a mont of silence for them!”
Li Zhaokang was watching the news attentively.
The reason he subscribed to this pay-TV channel, which specializes in news about Sky Extre Star and provides various intelligence for Alien Walkers, was to expand his business to Sky Extre Star.
As the leader of the Loyalty Gang, Li Zhaokang’s influence and wealth in Ninth Base City had reached its limit.
His family desired to further progress, to really ascend to higher society; setting their sights on Sky Extre Star was the only way.
For centuries, financial tycoons and families thriving because of Sky Extre Star were nurous.
They wielded both substantial military power and wealth, which allowed them to gain higher positions within the Federation and be more readily accepted by the Federation’s common populace.
anwhile, his descendants were discussing on either side.
“Lin Hao is quite impressive.
The marshal from the Federation’s Star Navy used such great forces; not only did they fail to eliminate him, but they also lost a two-star marshal and many generals.”
“I heard that his authority has even increased, the Divine Envoy authorized him to supervise all Outer Heaven Demons searches in the Great Song regions.
If local authorities resist or perform poorly, Lin Hao has the power to replace them, even execute first and report later, for ranks below third-rank.
For higher ranks, he can temporarily suspend their duties for investigation by the Divine Envoy.”
“The new commander of the Spy Detection Bureau is the most severe in 100 years and the most trusted by the Great Song court and the people.
It is said that on the day the imperial edict was issued, all Imperial Censors and upright officials celebrated.
Fortunately, our family’s business is not in Great Song; otherwise, we would be in trouble too.”
“Bullshit!
The investigations are getting tighter here in Great Wei as well; our Imperial City Departnt and Spy Detection Bureau don’t want to be seen as incompetent—they are also intensifying their scrutiny.”
Li Zhaokang shook his head slightly, suspecting that Jin Bolong might be in trouble.
With such a vigorous new commander of the Spy Detection Bureau and the Linghu Family selling out various intelligence about the Jin Family…
the losses of the Jin Family were imaginable.
He feared they wouldn’t be able to establish themselves in the Great Song down the road.
Just as Li Zhaokang was pondering this, he received a ssage from his assistant.
After reading it, he frowned deeply and imdiately made a call.
“What are you sending this warning letter from the Linghu Family for?
I told you not to bother with them.”
“I’ve rented those properties anyway, at only 70% of the market rent.
Why wouldn’t I rent them?
What can they do to us?”
“Afraid?
What is there to be afraid of?
An old tiger who’s nearly toothless can only swagger around in Great Song on the back of others’ might; what’s there to worry about?”
“We don’t have any business in Great Song, and all our industries are legal.
What can Lin Mingde do to ?”
Although Li Zhaokang usually appeared benign and kind, when it ca to business matters, he once again beca that fierce, domineering Black Tiger who feared nothing.
Then suddenly, he exclaid in surprise and moved towards the window to look outside.
There were siren sounds outside that grew louder and louder, drawing Li Zhaokang’s many children to the windows to peer out.
“Seems like they’re heading our way?”
“Damn, which departnt from the police is this?
It looks like they don’t want their jobs anymore!”
“I’m calling our lawyer right now!”
“Such a grand assembly!
I see over forty armored riot control vehicles; this doesn’t seem like an action initiated by a police departnt.”
“The situation is a bit troubleso,” he inford the company’s PR departnt, “let them find a way to control public opinion.
The President has decided to dissolve the governnt, the elections are imminent, and we must not affect father’s election prospects.”
Indeed, they were being targeted.
Shortly thereafter, nearly 200 armored riot-control vehicles, along with a large number of military armored vehicles and fire support vehicles, completely surrounded the Li Estate, leaving no way out.
Li Zhaokang’s expression grew grave.
During this period, he had received successive news.
Their Loyalty Gang’s 32 venues, 5 drug dens, and warehouses had been raided by agents from the Security Bureau in collaboration with the Ard Police Force.
This ti, the Federation Security Bureau had completely excluded the police departnt, so all parties had not received any prior information.
What concerned Li Zhaokang even more was that the person who initiated this massive operation was the ‘Thunder Admiral.’
The sa ‘Thunder’ who had recently plotted the assassination of the Federation’s top illusionist ‘Ling Huan,’ also bringing about the demise of King Han Sen.
This individual not only had a profound background but also had an extraordinary foundation within the governnt.
rely Ling Huan’s death had already made countless people within the Federation governnt grateful.
In the past, Ling Huan had hard countless people, whose friends and relatives all harbored extre hatred and resentnt toward him!
And over the past few centuries, Ling Huan’s targets mostly included high-ranking military and political figures.
Although these people did not show it afterward, they would certainly take care of and favor anything related to Thunder.
Just like previously, when Zhou Yunfei assigned ‘Thunder’ to be in charge of the Special Service Center, the entire appointnt process encountered no obstacles, and no level of the council raised any objections.
It was said that Thunder Admiral’s budget and personnel transfer requests within the Security Bureau were also very smooth.
In addition, people like Zhou Yunfei, Huo Bangguo, the Second General, and Xu ngran from East Asia, had imnse trust in him!
Li Zhaokang was secretly alard.
Was Thunder Admiral surrounding his residence because he had so evidence against him?
That was unlikely, as Li Zhaokang had not been directly involved in any underground illegal business for over 50 years.
He had long since switched to a model of taking profits behind the scenes, leveraging his political resources, and the power of his military forces to take a cut directly from the various branches of the Loyalty Gang, acting as their protector.
As for things from over 50 years ago, firstly, too much ti had passed and he had mostly laundered that history away, and secondly, most of them had already passed the statute of limitations for judicial prosecution.
As Li Zhaokang was deep in thought, his butler approached him from behind.
“Sir, Zhang Long is currently at the front door,” the butler reported, “he has presented a search warrant, suspecting that our villa is hiding a large amount of drugs and wishes to conduct a search.”
“Zhang Long?” Li Zhaokang squinted, “Then has Thunder Admiral arrived yet?”
The butler shook his head slightly, “I haven’t seen him, but I just saw Zhang Long saluting toward an armored command vehicle and asking for instructions into the vehicle.”
Li Zhaokang sneered inwardly, so Thunder must indeed be on-site personally.
He folded his arms behind his back, “Then let them search; there’s nothing here.
However, it’s best you delay them as much as possible.
I have already notified my team of lawyers, and they are on their way.”
Besides, he had also used so political connections to help him maneuver and exert pressure on the Federation Security Bureau.
But he didn’t need to ntion these things to the butler.
The butler nodded in agreent, but as he turned to walk out of the villa once again, he paused slightly.
He saw several core mbers of the Loyalty Gang acting strangely; their facial muscles twitched slightly, veins bulged on their necks, and their eyes were ferociously manic, reminding the butler of rabid dogs.
The butler looked concerned, as these few appeared to show symptoms of an imminent outbreak of Armant Syndro.
It was curious because among those selected to guard the villa, many core mbers indeed had overloaded implants to seek greater combat power.
But their symptoms of Armant Syndro were very mild, as after all, they were in the vicinity of a deputy speaker of Zone D Council and needed to maintain their image and social impact, so they were chosen very carefully.
Why did these people suddenly show signs of a massive outbreak of Armant Syndro?
The butler’s face turned pale, his instincts telling him sothing was amiss.
He was just about to send a ssage to warn Li Zhaokang when he heard intense gunfire erupting from the gateway!
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