Chapter Sixty-Five: Disaster Has Arrived

“Madman!” The head of the Meng family glared at Gu Sha, his teeth nearly grinding to dust.

Gu Sha spoke coldly, “Don’t even think about suicide. First, you have no right to kill yourself in front of me. Second, if you do, just to vent my anger, I truly will slaughter everyone in the Meng family.”

“You…” The Meng family patriarch fixed his gaze on Gu Sha, silent for a long moment before saying, “I swear, this matter has nothing to do with the Meng family. I made the decision alone to cooperate with the Purification Society. Very few in the family even knew.”

The head of the Yang family was incredulous. “Meng patriarch, you…”

The Meng patriarch sighed. “My cooperation with the Purification Society was driven by both personal ambition and public interest. The fact is, they possess technology far ahead of its time, and I wanted access to it. They have the means to mass-produce extraordinary warriors!”

The Yang patriarch’s eyes widened in disbelief. “Impossible. If they truly had such technology, there’d be no need for secrecy. They could operate openly and without subterfuge.”

“What about energy?” the Meng patriarch replied. “They lack sufficient resources. They can’t produce many, but we’re different. If we can master their technology, we could mobilize the entire continent—perhaps even spread it globally, unite all regions, and rapidly create countless extraordinary warriors.

My personal ambition was to make the Meng family the first to acquire this technology. My public motive was genuinely for the future of humanity. That’s why I agreed to cooperate with the Purification Society.”

The Yang patriarch retorted, “But do you realize what the Purification Society is doing? If they succeed, the barrier will collapse instantly. When the coming catastrophe arrives, the barrier of City C will never hold!”

“So what?” The Meng patriarch was unmoved. “Sacrificing a single city’s barrier to secure a brighter future for all mankind—is that not worth it?”

The Yang patriarch was speechless.

Gu Sha sneered. “Enough. Don’t spout such nonsense. Repeat a lie enough times and even you’ll believe it. Meng patriarch, if you truly acted for the greater good, you wouldn’t have chosen to partner with the Purification Society. You’d have reported their technology to the barrier authorities, joined forces to eliminate their members, and seized their secrets.

Do you think the Purification Society doesn’t know your intentions? You know full well they’re aware you want their technology. But why would they give it to you? That means their technology can’t possibly offer humanity a future.

The Purification Society exists to bring about the world’s end. If they’re willing to let you study this technology, it only proves they’re certain it’s insufficient to change humanity’s fate.

You know this deep down, yet you still cooperated with them. Why? Because of your selfish ambition. I’m sure the Purification Society showed you the power of their technology, and it allowed the Meng family to easily produce extraordinary beings. You got excited. You wanted to create more, to ensure the Meng family becomes the strongest in this apocalypse.

From start to finish, you only thought about your family. Claiming it’s for humanity is just your way of easing your conscience, so you can justify working with the Purification Society. And on top of that, you try to morally blackmail all mankind. Absolutely disgusting!”

With those words,

Gu Sha slapped the Meng patriarch across the face. “Fake, fake, damn it—I hate people like you the most. Can’t you just be honest? You’ve already done rotten things, and yet you still search for excuses to put yourself on a moral pedestal!”

The Meng patriarch’s composure broke. He shouted, “You’re talking nonsense, I—”

“Enough with the bullshit.” Gu Sha slapped him again, making both sides of his face equally red. “Speak—where are the Purification Society people?”

The Meng patriarch sighed. “West City, District Seven, Number Sixteen. But you’re already too late. The reason they’re acting tonight is because they used a unique method—what they call ‘the divine’—to harness divine power and control the undead and mutated beasts. After detonating the bombs, these creatures will immediately attack the barrier.

Also, I’ll be honest with you: they didn’t just plant bombs in Tianhu District. There are bombs hidden in many places within the barrier. I don’t know where. My deal with them was simple—they gave me the serum to mass-produce extraordinary warriors, and I helped them sneak the bombs inside. Tianhu District was simply too heavily guarded, so it was the only place they asked for my help.”

The Yang patriarch’s expression darkened. He glared at the Meng patriarch, as if wishing to tear him apart, and shouted, “You’re finished. Not just you—everyone in the Meng family is finished. Not one of you will escape. If the barrier stands, you live; if it falls, you all die together. I know you must have arranged channels to get your people out. Let me be clear—they won’t get away!”

The Meng patriarch lay on the ground in despair.

To avoid raising suspicion, he hadn’t arranged a mass exodus; only a few had left for ordinary reasons.

His plan had been to evacuate the Meng family by plane the moment the barrier was compromised.

Now, with everything exposed,

Using those planes was nearly impossible.

…

Gu Sha didn’t linger at the Law Guard Office. He sped away, heading straight for West District Seven.

Meanwhile, the Yang patriarch was urgently reporting all developments to the Law Guard Office.

In that instant,

The entire barrier and every official department mobilized rapidly, with dense columns of troops marching toward the city walls.

At this point,

They could no longer worry that too much commotion might tip off the Purification Society. As for searching for bombs, they could only do their best. Fortunately, the residents of Tianhu District, having received advance warning, responded swiftly with immediate evacuation.

Still, it was impossible to evacuate everyone.

Earlier, only a portion had been quietly moved, fearing that too much noise would alert the Purification Society and cause them to detonate the bombs prematurely. Now, knowing their plan, evacuation had to proceed as quickly as possible.

This movement,

Naturally alerted the Purification Society, who then detonated the bombs ahead of schedule.

When Gu Sha arrived at the West District Seven camp,

He heard explosions erupting everywhere across the barrier, as if the world itself were ending—fire and smoke everywhere, the ground shaking, artillery roaring like thunder.

Even within West District Seven, there were massive explosions.

Gu Sha crawled out from under a car overturned by the blast, battered but alive. At the same moment, his phone rang—it was information from the Law Guard Office, photos of the Purification Society members, tracked down according to the Meng patriarch’s clues.

Gu Sha scanned the images, then rushed toward Number Sixteen. Just then, his phone vibrated. He tapped his Bluetooth headset, and Nie Qingqing’s voice came through.

(End of chapter)