Chapter 125: This Is My Command

September 3.

On this day, inspection bureaus and public security departments in every city across the three provinces of Jiangnan received a meeting notice originating from the highest level—

All inspectors holding the rank of Inspector or above, or police supervisors and above, as well as relevant departmental and bureau-level public officials, must attend this video conference at 12:30 PM.

Inside the spacious conference room of the Jiangsu Province Inspection Hall.

One by one, the province's inspection chiefs, or leaders with at least departmental-level administrative rank, sat around the conference table, their expressions solemn as they watched the meeting video just projected onto the screen.

"The number of personnel attending this online meeting has exceeded one thousand; it seems enough has arrived, so let us begin."

In the maximized meeting video, a young man dressed in a sharp black inspection uniform sat calmly in an office chair.

On the wall behind him hung an inspection flag representing the Inspection Headquarters, featuring wings symbolizing freedom and peace, with an inspection badge visible in the upper left corner.

"I am Lin Qing, the supreme commander specially dispatched by the Inspection Headquarters to the Jiangnan region."

Lin Qing leaned back slightly and said, "I am not a government official, nor do I have any interest in being a politician, so I will not speak those empty words. Today, I am here to discuss an important recent task of our Inspection Headquarters with everyone."

"I am sure everyone knows that our Inspection Headquarters has made major moves recently. Although the specific reasons cannot be disclosed, you may consider it as a group of powerful criminals breaking into this society."

"There are roughly several hundred of them. As for exactly how powerful they are?"

Lin Qing spoke slowly, "They are hiding within society. Under circumstances where the military cannot deploy weapons of mass destruction, relying solely on local inspections and public security is meaningless against them. Even heavy firepower weapons appear like toys before them. Any one of them falls within the category of superhumans."

"Saying this... I believe you should have some understanding of the danger of this mission."

"I represent the Inspection Headquarters coming to Jiangnan, and my target is these criminals."

Lin Qing said, "Inspections or public security are both links in maintaining public order. Their duty is to ensure people live in peace and prosperity and society remains stable and orderly under the leadership of the World Government, is that correct?"

"Therefore... here, I have three matters to announce."

"First, implement an intelligent public reporting reward mechanism. The reporting platform will be made public to the entire network. I have applied to the headquarters to mobilize the intelligent supervision system, which will be responsible for screening and confirmation."

"Second, maintain zero tolerance for any form of underground forces. Once even a trace is found, a thorough investigation must be conducted. With the force of Lei Ting, eradicate the soil where crime can possibly breed. Even private usury must be investigated thoroughly."

"Third, to prevent underground forces from eroding and infiltrating the regime and to eliminate the existence of protective umbrellas, I have applied for a joint operation with the Supervision Department. During this operation, sentencing standards for those who surrender and report to earn merit will be reduced even further, and there is even a possibility of suspended sentences."

"Everyone need not worry that we will dare not continue digging once we reach a certain level. This time, even high-level officials of the World Government, if they endanger this operation, will definitely fall."

Speaking to this point, Lin Qing said slowly, "These are the three matters I wish to state. If anyone has suggestions or opinions, please send representatives from each city bureau or provincial hall to speak."

After a moment, a screen on the meeting interface suddenly lit up, rapidly switching and enlarging to occupy nearly half of the interface.

In the conference room within the screen, a middle-aged official stood up and said, "Commander Lin, may I ask if these three plans are applicable nationwide? Or globally? I have not yet received any relevant news."

"It is quite normal that everyone has not received news."

Lin Qing said calmly, "This was only confirmed last night through the cooperation of the think tank and AI simulation. It has not yet begun implementation, and currently, only the three provinces of Jiangnan are implementing these three plans."

As soon as he finished speaking, a chorus of exclamations immediately rang out in the conference room on the screen.

The middle-aged official could not help but say, "Commander Lin, who proposed this plan? Please consider it carefully. This is no small matter, involving..."

"I proposed it."

Lin Qing directly interrupted him, then retorted, "What? Government affairs are not small matters, but affairs of the Inspection Headquarters are small matters?"

The middle-aged official frowned slightly and said, "That is not what I meant. Why must Commander Lin misinterpret my words?"

"I merely wish to remind everyone."

Lin Qing glanced at him, then spoke in a deep voice, "Since the headquarters has appointed me as the supreme commander of this operation, local inspections, public security, and the government must all cooperate with the operation. Therefore... these three plans are not proposals, but notices that have already been determined."

"In other words..." His gaze swept across, "This is my command."

The middle-aged official sat down with furrowed brows and said no more.

At this moment, on the meeting interface, a screen suddenly switched and enlarged. A man wearing a black suit, gray-framed glasses, and possessing a refined temperament appeared on the screen.

"Commander Lin." The suited man smiled and said, "Do you mean that you are fully responsible for this operation, and you will also bear the consequences?"

Lin Qing turned his head slightly to look at him and said, "I have already spoken very clearly just now, and in standard, clear Chinese. I assume you would not fail to understand, Legislator Shi?"

At this moment, officials from all parts of the various provinces of Jiangnan were somewhat surprised.

Legislator Shi?

"I naturally trust the results of the think tank and AI simulation."

Legislator Shi shook his head and smiled, "But when Commander Lin decided on the starting point of this plan, I fear you did not consider the situation of the local government very much."

"Yes, I did not consider it." Lin Qing said calmly, "Legislator Shi, as a legislator, do you not understand the crisis facing this operation? Once the situation develops to a point where it is difficult to handle, martial law will probably be implemented. Will there be any need to consider these things then?"

Legislator Shi frowned slightly.

"Please allow me to remind everyone once more."

Lin Qing's eyes were quiet like a deep pool. "This operation involves the safety of the entire Earth civilization. It is absolutely no alarmist talk. Anyone obstructing this operation, regardless of your background, even if you are backed by high-level officials of the World Government, will inevitably be dug out root and branch. Even if it causes the government to become empty, the AI can temporarily take over. I believe everyone should be very clear on this point, right?"

Every conference room capable of directly transmitting voice fell silent; obviously, everyone had gone quiet.

"The operation begins from this moment."

Lin Qing said slowly, "I hope to sweep away all underground forces in the Jiangnan region within the shortest time possible, with no omissions allowed."

"That is all I have to say."

"Meeting adjourned."

After ending the online meeting, Lin Qing walked out of the room and arrived in the living room.

In the living room sat a man in a black suit with gray-framed glasses, who was none other than Legislator Shi.

Standing behind him was a short-haired female bodyguard wearing headphones.

"Thank you very much for your cooperation this time, Legislator Shi." Lin Qing said sincerely.

"It is a small matter."

Legislator Shi shook his head slightly. "The situation is indeed quite tense, and it is indeed appropriate to use some force of Lei Ting."

He sized up Lin Qing and suddenly smiled, "Commander Lin is indeed bold enough to speak. Just now, I almost thought you were directly threatening local officials in such a meeting."

"The hidden threat, they should be able to understand as well."

Lin Qing said casually, "If social order has already collapsed, what meaning is there in keeping them? They are merely a group that could be replaced by intelligent calculation to begin with."

Councilor Shi let out a speechless laugh, "Young people really dare to say anything."

Lin Qing, however, didn't care at all.

The Patrol Headquarters was originally jointly established by several Earth-side forces within the urban circles, such as the Chaoyang Martial Arts Hall and the Dawn Group.

Although they had to cooperate with the World Government for patrols, the two sides were not part of the same system; in fact, the Patrol Headquarters even represented the strongest military force of Earth civilization outside the urban circles.

As his strength grew stronger and his status higher, he understood more and more clearly—

What Earth civilization truly needed was sufficiently advanced technology and sufficiently powerful military force, not a group of rulers who could be replaced anyway. "Just do what needs to be done."

Councilor Shi sized up Lin Qing and sighed, "Outside the urban circles, true geniuses belonging to our Earth civilization are becoming fewer and fewer. Patrol Commissioner Tang has high hopes for you; I hope you will fly higher and higher. These are not big matters; contact me anytime if you need anything."

"Thank you, Councilor Shi," Lin Qing nodded slightly.

"Haha, I won't disturb your cultivation then."

Councilor Shi smiled, then turned and left with his bodyguards.

After Councilor Shi left, Lin Qing suddenly asked, "Chenguang, what is the World Government's attitude toward me?"

A stream of light flew out, transforming into a three-nothing girl resembling an angel.

"Master, you are a genius of Earth civilization. As long as what you do is not too excessive, the World Government will naturally stand on your side."

Chenguang said, "You must understand that the one ruling the World Government is not human, but an intelligent life form named 'Pioneer.' It was born purely for the sake of Earth's human civilization. As long as you are beneficial to Earth in its calculations, it will naturally help you."

Lin Qing nodded slightly.

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He smiled, "Starting today, I will sweep through the various cities of Jiangnan. Remember to disguise some effective intelligence as being sent by enthusiastic citizens and report them anonymously on the platform."

Chenguang nodded lightly and said, "With Zhao Jiayi, this telekinetic awakener, cleaning up the underground forces in the Jiangnan region is not difficult at all. The only trouble is having to disguise it as external information; Master, the plan from your meeting today can solve this point perfectly."

She sized up Lin Qing again, "However, I didn't expect that Master would actually care so much about social order and stability?"

"Who doesn't want to live in a stable and peaceful world?" Lin Qing smiled.

"However, if you do this, you will eventually cut into many people's cake, and the resistance will grow larger and larger," Chenguang said softly.

"Criminals who resist must be killed. Those who dare to stop me are accomplices of criminals, so they should be killed too," Lin Qing said casually.

Humans killing humans does not require evidence.

This day was destined to be a day that made the underground forces of every city in the various provinces of Jiangnan tremble.

With current transportation, it wouldn't take long for Lin Qing to take Zhao Jiayi to various cities, and as long as Zhao Jiayi combined the intelligence and swept with her telekinesis, she could determine where those underground forces were located.

Afterwards, Chenguang would organize the information, turn it into scattered intelligence messages, and disguise them as anonymous reports sent by enthusiastic citizens to the reporting platform.

Once the intelligence was confirmed by the Elite Patrol Team, Lin Qing would directly send people to sweep them up.

Even the strongest underground forces would find it hard to support a Patrol Chief-level powerhouse like Chu Tianyao, let alone someone stronger.

The Elite Patrol Team members are at least the best among the one-star Elite Patrols; sending just one can easily sweep away an underground force, let alone a group acting together.

Lin Qing didn't even need to act personally against such earth chickens and clay dogs.

Only for those underground force masterminds hidden so tightly that there was absolutely no possibility of leaking intelligence would Lin Qing let Zhao Jiayi use her telekinesis to deal with them remotely, treating it as a disappearance.

And his speech at that meeting spread rapidly; some officials turned themselves in and reported, but most were dug out.

These underground forces could not have developed without some backing.

What Lin Qing did was pull out these underground forces along with their backing, leaving not a single one behind, restoring order to the maximum extent.

As one underground force after another was cleaned up and one umbrella of protection after another was broken, the Order Level began to increase wildly.

Back then, merely the Lin'an City with a population of ten to twenty million, after fully restoring stability and order, had raised his Order Level by 5.7 levels.

And now, it is the Jiangnan region with nearly two hundred million people!

The upper limit of the Order Level for this region must far exceed that of Lin'an City by more than ten times.

In the blink of an eye, half a month had passed.

After waking up in the morning, Lin Qing habitually checked the Order Level situation for today.

【Current Order Level: 78.6】

"It rose another 3.6 levels."

A hint of a smile appeared on the corner of Lin Qing's mouth.

Over the past half month, the Order Level has been increasing rapidly every day.

It seems the Order Level limit for the Jiangnan region has not yet been reached.

Having never experienced this in his previous life, he never quite understood the true method of raising the Order Level; now he is finally beginning to understand.

That is to use the point to lead the surface, and use individual power to drive the great trend.

It seems a single criminal has a low impact on the Order Level; even for a powerhouse like Uriel, the impact on the Order Level is only 3.9 levels.

But as long as Uriel is willing, he can completely develop a force with immense influence in a region; just like Jin Zita, layer by layer from top to bottom, the destruction to order would be extremely exaggerated.

This is the relationship between the individual and the group.

"After clearing the Jiangnan region, even if it doesn't reach level one hundred, the gap probably won't be very large."

Lin Qing pondered silently, "Uriel and his group have been quiet for a while; they seem to be preparing something. I wonder what they want to do?"

He could roughly guess.

Chenguang had also told him that the number of individuals achieving divine office on each planet is limited, and those three forbidden lands are the places for appointment.

Many of these extraterrestrial stowaways came to Earth just for the opportunity to achieve divine office.

But according to Chenguang's judgment, there are still some geniuses who would not fail to get the opportunity for divine office in their own civilizations; since they specifically came to Earth, it definitely isn't just for divine office.

As for the real reason, Chenguang is also unclear.

"Divine Office..."

Lin Qing felt great anticipation in his heart. "Today, I can repay the 'Super-Energy Matter'. After advancing the 'Gene Cultivation Method', pushing open the door to the Trial Space of the Star-Transmitting Tower will be effortless..."

With his development and the assistance of the Star-Transmitting Tower, there was great hope of achieving the Divine Office.

That night.

【Bloodline Evolution Ability Completed—Celestial Track Monarch 'Super-Energy Matter'】

Seeing the prompt before him, Lin Qing wasted no time and immediately willed with his mind.

"Order."

"Advance: 'Gene Cultivation Method'!"

(End of Chapter)