CHAPTER 638: CHAPTER 391, STOP IT, YOU GUYS!

The room fell into eerie silence.

Except for the spine-chilling buzzing of the Mechanical Bees overhead.

Before Chen Zhun was murdered, everyone merely thought they were dangerous.

After Chen Zhun’s murder, everyone found them terrifying.

They didn’t care who you were, it was just a matter of diving and exploding.

Who wasn’t worth blowing up?

"Who else?" Lu Dongsheng’s smile remained on his face, his voice as if coming from the Nine Netherworld, "Who else is dissatisfied, please, step forward."

No one dared to step forward.

"Lu Dongsheng..." Guo Nu’s pupils were blood-red, his expression ferocious and twisted, he roared hoarsely, "Do you know what you’re doing? You’re killing without reason... The one you killed is a First-class Officer of the Security Bureau..."

"This is treason, rebellion, indiscriminate murder... The Military Committee will punish you, the Empire will judge you..."

"I know what I’m doing," Lu Dongsheng said, eyes coldly fixed on Guo Nu, his tone mocking, "Do you know what you are doing?"

"...."

Guo Nu knew.

But he had no choice.

Finally, Lu Dongsheng’s gaze landed on Tang Fei’s face, asking, "Are you that Tang Fei from the Monitoring Bureau?"

"I am," Tang Fei said, standing erect, his voice clear.

At this time, he had to stand shoulder to shoulder with Guo Nu against the enemy...

Oh, there was no such thing.

"Are you a classmate of our family’s Si Yu?"

"Correct. I and Lu Siyu are classmates from the Imperial First Military Academy, and very good friends... She is also my mentor," Tang Fei boasted proudly.

Aren’t relationships meant to be used?

He had met Lu Dongsheng, and Lu Dongsheng surely knew of his close relationship with the Lu Family.

He asked this question to find a pretext to let him off the hook.

Naturally, Tang Fei was happy to cooperate.

After he won the championship of the Mechanical Competition, rumors circulated that his mechanical skills derived from the Lu Family’s genius girl, Lu Siyu.

This also explained how he managed to get the Lu Family’s latest materials to create that Golden Armored Qilin, closing the loop perfectly.

"Since there’s this connection, I’ll spare you this time," Lu Dongsheng declared.

"Men, take him to the backyard for me."

"Yes."

The two men in silver robes who stood behind him flashed, and in an instant, appeared in front of Tang Fei.

Lin Hai and Li Dezhu wanted to step forward to intercept, but Tang Fei discreetly pinched them from behind.

Both men responded with great agility and immediately halted their rush to start a fight.

Shen Yan wanted to protect Tang Fei but was slapped to the ground by one of the silver-robed elders.

The other inspectors tried to come forward to help but were kicked away one by one by a younger silver-robed man.

Such was the difference between ordinary Martial Artists and Cultivators.

Those who could enter the Monitoring Bureau and be taken out on missions had some skills, to say the least.

However, when they faced real Cultivators, they were simply outmatched.

Without Tang Fei’s permission to use weapons, they could only passively take a beating.

Like slicing vegetables with a sharp knife, they were dealt with in the blink of an eye.

Thus, Tang Fei was naturally hoisted up by the two silver-robed men, one on each side.

"Let me go, let go of me..." Tang Fei struggled desperately.

"I will stand or fall with Director Guo... If we live, we live together, if we die, we die together..."

"Stop, please stop..."

"Spare Director Guo, if there’s an issue, come at me..."

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The sound quickly faded, and Tang Fei’s figure disappeared without a trace.

"..." Guo Nu.

Lu Dongsheng gave Guo Nu a cold glance and said, "Since you don’t want to leave, then there’s no need to leave."

After that, he turned and headed towards the backyard.

The group of people in silver robes by his side immediately rushed in, like wolves among sheep, punching and kicking the field staff of the Security Bureau.

The cries of agony were unceasing.

Guo Nu thought that as the Director of the Security Bureau, they wouldn’t dare to touch him...

Abruptly.

He saw a large foot appear at his chest.

Bang!

His body was sent flying away.

Crack!

After landing on the ground, he rolled backward like a gourd.

"Damn it!"

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Backyard.

Tang Fei watched Lu Dongsheng, who walked with a dragon’s stride and showed no signs of illness, approach him, and said with a chuckle, "Minister, isn’t it a bit inappropriate to drag me in like this? Won’t they suspect that I’m in league with you?"

Lu Dongsheng raised an eyebrow and asked, "What, scared? If you want to be beaten, it can be arranged here too."

"No, no," Tang Fei hastily denied, saying, "I’m not afraid, just concerned that they might sling mud at me, making it hard to explain to those above."

"Explain?" Lu Dongsheng snorted coldly and asked, "If they believe you, you have nothing to explain. If they don’t believe you, no explanation will suffice."

"So, what do you think... Do they believe me or not?" Tang Fei asked.

"With so many people in the Monitoring Bureau, why did Shen Wuxiang specifically mention your name?" Lu Dongsheng retorted.

"So, did Shen Wuxiang think we were in cahoots from the start?"

"Do we need to say it? The core technology of the Lu Family has all been used on you... isn’t that proof enough?"

"Alas." Tang Fei sighed lightly, looking regretful as he said, "Then my acting was all for naught."

When he was being dragged away by the people in silver robes, he had screamed until he was hoarse, originally hoping to move Guo Nu and make him believe that he cared.

Now it seemed, his acting had been a waste.

"What were you thinking?" Lu Dongsheng looked at Tang Fei and asked.

"That question should be posed to you... I thought you wouldn’t leave," said Tang Fei.

"Not leave?" A sinister look crossed Lu Dongsheng’s face as he spoke coldly, "With the schemes and tactics of Shen Wuxiang, would I be able to return safely after really going back with them?"

"By then, whether it was something the Lu Family did or not wouldn’t matter... They would surely find a way to pin the blame on our Lu Family..."

"At that time, Shen Wuxiang could openly start purging our Lu Family... Should the Lu Family resist or not?"

"Resist, and it’s treason. Not resist, and we’re at the mercy of others... The Lu Family’s thousand years of foundations, gone in an instant."

"What kind of deep hatred does the Lu Family have with the Shen Family... Why does Shen Wuxiang want to start with the Lu Family?"

"Innocence bears no sin, but possession breeds it. The Lu Family controls the most advanced human intelligence technologies and weapons manufacturing... who wouldn’t be afraid?"

"Does the Shen Family want to destroy the Lu Family, or do they want to absorb it?"

"They are testing the waters."

"Testing the waters?"

"They’re gauging the Royal Family’s stance towards the Lu Family. If the Royal Family calls a halt, then it proves the Lu Family is completely loyal to them."

"At that time, naturally, the Lu Family would be in danger."

"And if the Royal Family does not call a halt?"

"They would use the guise of righteousness to decisively wipe out the Lu Family," said Lu Dongsheng.

"If the Lu Family is gone and the Shen Family, which controls over a third of the Empire’s military, loses access to Lu Family technology and weapons... wouldn’t they then rest easy? By that time, even the Royal Family would be helpless against them."

"So, whether it’s the Royal Family or the Shen Family, what they’re actually most worried about is the attitude of the Lu Family?"

"Of course." Lu Dongsheng said proudly, "Whomever the Lu Family backs will gain a decisive advantage."

"I understand." Tang Fei nodded and looked at Lu Dongsheng, asking, "So, was the attack on Zhong Tianque really the work of the Lu Family?"