Chapter 423

Su Yang nodded and briefly told Jing Liang what had happened in Nanyucheng.

Upon hearing that the mayor of Nanyucheng, Gao Yuan, had been assassinated, his face filled with rage.

He, like Gao Yuan, was also a mayor.

The Shoushen Sect dared assassinate Gao Yuan—he, Jing Liang, could easily become another target of the Shoushen Sect.

But he soon noticed other details!

He leaned forward, staring intently at Su Yang: "So, Comrade Su, within a single day, you quelled Nanyucheng and uncovered every single Shoushen Sect member hiding in Nanyucheng?"

Su Yang smiled: "When it comes to catching rats, I'm quite skilled!"

Qu Fei chimed in: "Jing Liang, Comrade Su has a Seven-Colored Illusionary Butterfly capable of rapidly breaking memory locks—no memory seal can resist it. If we capture even one Shoushen Sect member… we'll find our breakthrough!"

"Sss~"

A flicker of shock crossed Jing Liang's cold face.

Memory locks can only be imposed by Platinum-tier or Starlight-tier psychic familiars.

Altering memories is extremely difficult—even most King-tier psychic familiars cannot do it.

As a former member of the Emergency Unit, he knew perfectly well how hard memory decryption truly was.

It was an exceedingly complex and time-consuming task.

Only high-ranking enemies typically qualified for memory decryption.

Memory decryption greatly aids operations against illegal organizations!

If Su Yang truly possessed a familiar capable of rapid memory decryption, he would be a formidable threat to any organization!

Su Yang asked directly: "Mayor Jing, could you tell me about your city, Shi Yun?"

His time was tight—if he completed the mission swiftly, he might earn a perfect evaluation and obtain the strongest area-wide buff skill.

The Southwest Military Department's time was also tight.

For the stability of the entire Southwest region, to prevent civilians from being further misled by the Shoushen Sect,

eliminating hidden Shoushen Sect members was urgent.

"The situation in Shi Yun is strange. I've sent people to investigate the Shoushen Sect's traces, but the results were unsatisfactory—and even odd."

Su Yang asked curiously: "How unsatisfactory?"

"We did find several Shoushen Sect members secretly preaching in Shi Yun, but they were all low-rank—strongest among them was only a Bai Yin-tier Beast Tamer!" Jing Liang continued, "I believe, as one of the key transportation hubs linking the southwest and west, Shi Yun must harbor far more than just these few Shoushen Sect members… at the very least, it should be one of their critical transit points."

Su Yang said: "So they're not openly preaching in Shi Yun—they're deliberately lying low, using Shi Yun to transfer to other cities in the southwest."

"I agree with this view!" Qu Fei glanced at Jing Liang. "The Shenjiaona Gang are probably wary of your strength. If I were the Shoushen Sect, I wouldn't want to stay long in Shi Yun—preaching here would be hellishly difficult!"

On Jing Liang's gloomy face, a rare smile appeared: "Qu Fei, you flatter me too much!"

Su Yang asked: "Is it because of militarized management?"

He had heard from Qu Fei on the way that outsiders had a poor opinion of Jing Liang.

They said he was domineering, had extreme control issues, and used brutal methods.

But within the Emergency Unit, everyone thought he was fairly easy to get along with.

Jing Liang nodded: "I might be a bit strict."

"Then Mayor Jing, didn't you capture several Shoushen Sect members?" Su Yang asked. "Could you hand them over to me? Let me see if their memories hold any useful information."

"This…" Jing Liang sighed, "I'm afraid that's not possible for now—I've sent others to capture more for you."

"Dead?"

Jing Liang nodded: "Hanging on the northern city wall—probably dried out by now."

"Then allow my familiar to scout above Shi Yun," Su Yang said. "In the memories of the Nanyucheng Shoushen Sect members, some details concern Shi Yun! If they show themselves, Storm Eagle should be able to find them."

"Fine, but you must tie a special red silk ribbon to its leg—otherwise our city guards might attack it!"

"No problem!"

Jing Liang ordered someone to fetch the red silk—half a meter wide, seven or eight meters long.

Su Yang stepped outside the Shi Yun military headquarters and summoned Storm Eagle.

Storm Eagle stared at the red silk, its eyes showing reluctance; Su Yang could only gently soothe its emotions.

Liu Mengyun stepped forward and tied the red silk to Storm Eagle's leg, deliberately tying a bow.

How to put it?

Su Yang thought it looked rather pretty!

Storm Eagle, adorned with the bow, awkwardly flew into the sky and began searching above Shi Yun.

Su Yang knew Storm Eagle's search might yield nothing.

Shi Yun likely had a Shoushen Sect base.

The Nanyucheng Shoushen Sect members were low-ranking—they didn't know the exact location of Shi Yun's base.

The few members mentioned in their memories might not even still be in Shi Yun—or might not leave their hiding spots at all.

At that moment, Su Yang suddenly thought of an interesting idea: "Mayor Jing, searching like this might be too slow—could you lend me a vehicle equipped with a large loudspeaker—for propaganda purposes?"