At this mont in Chicheng County, the sky is frigidly cold and the wind is bitter, slicing into people’s faces like knives.
It’s said that last year, soone, feeling vigorous due to their youth, went out without a hat. The knife-like cold wind blew, and their ears beca numb from frostbite. That night, when they washed with hot water, their ears fell off.
Of course, this is just a legend, a tactic locals use to scare naughty kids. Anyone who goes out without bundling up thoroughly, upon hearing this legend and touching their ears, would obediently cover up.
Thus, even though it’s not yet noon, there’s hardly anyone on the streets.
Wang Yongzhu galloped past on horseback, and the few pedestrians on the roadside only caught a vague glimpse of her back. Before they could sigh about how fast she was riding in such cold weather, fearing sothing big had happened, she was already out of sight.
Wang Yongzhu couldn’t care about much at the mont. After leaving the house and mounting her horse, her first action was to summon Chen Xing.
Perhaps due to her rare urgency, Chen Xing quickly responded: "Hello, is there any difficulty you’re facing? How can I assist you?"
Wang Yongzhu swiftly inford Chen Xing of the current situation.
Chen Xing quickly responded: "Hello, I’m imdiately scanning the situation over at the Horse Farm for you. Regarding your partner in this realm and his companions, I will mark them out for you."
Then, a three-dinsional image quickly appeared in Wang Yongzhu’s mind. There were several green dots in a corner of the Horse Farm.
More red dots were scattered near them.
Even in the surrounding mountains and forests of the Horse Farm, nurous red dots were densely concealed.
Wang Yongzhu imdiately understood: Song Chongjin and his group represented the green, while the red indicated those at the Horse Farm plotting against Song Chongjin.
Key positions on the route to the Horse Farm were also occupied by red dots.
Looking at the contrast between red and green on the scan map, Wang Yongzhu’s heart raced. Are there so many people at the Horse Farm?
How many people are involved behind this Horse Farm, affecting how many people’s interests?
Song Chongjin’s arrangents have struck at their core interests, prompting them to swarm out, determined to kill Song Chongjin, is that it?
No wonder Lady Yuan and Yuan Family’s Eldest Daughter were so certain that Song Chongjin wouldn’t survive today?
With so many people, as long as Song Chongjin dies, all the bla will fall on him; after all, the dead don’t argue!
Today’s situation seems to be a fight to the death!
Wang Yongzhu gritted her teeth, deciding to give it her all today! Otherwise, with so many people making a move, if they succeed and Song Chongjin dies, she, Old Granny Zhang, and Gu Changque might not escape Chicheng County.
Even if news of their death reaches the Capital City, even with further investigation by the Song Family and Gu Family, it might just end with two scapegoats being thrown out.
Taking a deep breath, Wang Yongzhu cald herself down.
"How is my husband’s situation? Is he still alive? Is he injured?" Wang Yongzhu asked.
In a mont, Chen Xing replied, "Rest assured, your partner is not injured, and among his companions, only two have sustained minor injuries. Their current position is easy to defend but hard to attack; with the current strength of the red side, it would take about three hours to break through."
Wang Yongzhu calculated the distance; at this speed, heading to the Horse Farm would take about one shichen, or two hours, so she should still make it in ti.
Slightly relieved, she sincerely thanked, "Thank you, Chen Xing!"
Chen Xing was silent for a mont before tentatively suggesting, "What actions will you take after reaching the Horse Farm? Is there anything else I can do for you? Do you need to exchange weapons? You still have many points, and there are so weapons available for exchange in the Points Marketplace."
Wang Yongzhu was surprised: "We can still exchange weapons? Wasn’t it said before that I couldn’t use any items beyond the current productivity level of this ti-space?"
Chen Xing quickly replied, "That was for the previous you. You are now an Honorary Citizen of the Federation, enjoying all the rights of a citizen. When the life and interests of a Federation citizen are under threat, according to Federation laws and interstellar laws, you can take appropriate action to protect your life and interests!"
Wang Yongzhu understood in an instant!
She blinked and asked, "If I use weapons exceeding this ti-space, like bombs, can the system provide an instrunt to erase everyone’s mory afterward?"
She recalled watching sci-fi movies where such actions were perford.
Chen Xing paused suspiciously for a while, then spoke, and Wang Yongzhu thought she heard a trace of helplessness in Chen Xing’s voice: "Sorry, there is no such instrunt available for exchange in the system. If you’re worried about your identity being exposed, you can choose to return to your own ti-space, or we can bring you back to the Federation, with no need for such operations."
Since Chen Xing’s inception, it probably hasn’t encountered such a request.
To it, the identity of a Federation citizen allows actions to be taken openly without needing to hide or cover up.
Even if discovered, so what? It’s rely a distant, low-level, civilization that’s just starting out—a planet as insignificant as an ant, unworthy of such caution.
Wang Yongzhu, of course, couldn’t expect Chen Xing to understand such human emotions.
She distracted herself a bit, instructing Chen Xing to list the weapons available in the System Marketplace suitable for this ti-space.
She scanned through quickly.
Indeed, after flipping through the catalog for a while, she finally found a few items.
One was an upgraded version of the Storm Pear Blossom Needle, laced with toxins. Upon entering the human body, it causes convulsions and difficulty breathing. The toxin is well-controlled, not deadly, but with long-lasting repercussions. Without a specific antidote, those affected will struggle with movent for one to two years, with any intense physical activity causing difficulty in breathing, and severe cases could lead to collapse.
Another was a neurotoxin gas extracted from plants, encapsulated in highly sealed capsules. When needed, it’s thrown to the ground, the capsule breaks, and the gas disperses, colorless and odorless.
Be it humans or animals, contact or inhalation of this gas causes nausea, vomiting, and headaches in mild cases, while severe cases cause disruption to the central nervous system, leading to respiratory failure.
After hesitating for a while, Wang Yongzhu asked, "Chen Xing, is there a slightly weaker version of this neurotoxin gas that can incapacitate people without endangering lives?"
Although it’s a matter of life and death at the mont.
There are still so many lives at stake!
She has always rembered that even though she possesses a system, with capabilities surpassing this ti-space, she cannot disregard human life or act as if she’s above society.
Once people’s moral boundaries are crossed, the bottom line quickly vanishes.
The previous host who self-destructed, after all, lost reverence and respect for life due to the system’s help, leading to tragedy?
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