Chapter 182: The City Lord

Finally, Yao Chen was the first to break the silent atmosphere, opening his mouth to say: "City Lord, just say what you have to say. If it's about collecting spirit stones from each clan, don't be embarrassed to say it."

"Regarding the major event of the life and death of the whole city, I don't think anyone will be stingy. There are no fools here."

Yan Pojun sat at the head of the conference table, looked at him, and said: "You misunderstood. I didn't call this meeting to raise any spirit stones. It's enough for those Gu Kings outside the city to pay spirit stones for the time being; there's no rush in the short term."

"I called everyone here this time because I have thought of another plan to retreat the enemy and want to discuss it with you all." Yan Pojun said lightly.

As soon as these words were spoken, all the Gu Kings present straightened their bodies, light appearing in their eyes, showing expressions of excitement.

"City Lord, just say whatever brilliant plan you have; no need to sell it short." Someone below immediately said impatiently.

"Actually, it's not a brilliant plan." Yan Pojun's words paused for a moment, and he slowly said: "As everyone knows, Shi Haojun entered the demon path entirely because of Shi Rui's matter. His return is entirely for revenge."

"He wants to kill everyone in Black Moon City, leaving no one behind. However, this auction attracted too many people from Black Moon City into the city. These people are his targets for slaughter, and our Black Stone City has been caught in the crossfire."

"I am thinking, if we kill everyone from Black Moon City and throw all their heads in front of him, he has the ability to hear our inner voices and can fully feel that there are really no remnants of Black Moon City in the city."

"Black Stone City is, after all, the place that gave birth to him and raised him. Here are his mother clan and his relatives."

"Perhaps if he really confirms that his enemies are all dead, he will retreat and not slaughter the city of his mother clan."

Hearing this, everyone was shocked. They hadn't expected Yan Pojun to have this plan.

Killing everyone from Black Moon City in the city—there were tens of thousands of people from Black Moon City in the city. Just the Gu Kings of Black Moon City numbered over twenty, though now only a dozen remained, but this was not a small number.

Once his order was issued, the city would surely be washed in blood.

However, everyone present showed thoughtful gazes, considering whether this plan was feasible.

Yan Pojun was right; Black Stone City was the place that gave birth to him and raised him, his hometown. He grew up here, and there were too many memories of his here.

If he really confirmed that the enemies in the city were all dead, he might really show mercy to Black Stone City and retreat.

Thus, everyone's hearts became active.

The matter was caused by the people of Black Moon City, so what was wrong with taking their heads to calm this matter?

At this time, the Shi Clan Ancestor sighed and said heavily: "Our decision at the time had already offended Shi Haojun to death. He might not give our Shi family any face."

"My estimate is fifty-fifty. Killing everyone from Black Moon City in the city might make him retreat, or it might not."

"You have forgotten what kind of Gu he refined. That is the famous forbidden Gu. The growth of forbidden Gu requires constant killing and constant slaughter of cities. At the final stage of growth, it even requires slaughtering the people of a region."

"He has now completely entered the demon path. Even if he doesn't seek revenge, he will still continue to kill. Can he really let Black Stone City go?"

Hearing this, everyone was silent.

That's right. Shi Haojun had gone crazy to such an extent that it might no longer be just simple revenge.

Even if he killed all his enemies, he might still continue to slaughter. Once he stopped, the growth of the forbidden Gu would stagnate. He had already experienced that heaven-defying power; would he really be willing to pause the growth of this power?

Everyone subconsciously shook their heads. There was not a single naive person present.

They also knew that killing everyone from Black Moon City only had a possibility of making Shi Haojun retreat. This possibility was only because he looked at the face of his mother clan, but this possibility might not be very large.

But even if there was only a tiny possibility, they wanted to try it once.

After all, it was others who were dying, not themselves. What was wrong with taking others' lives in exchange for a glimmer of hope for themselves?

"The City Lord probably also knows that the possibility of this plan succeeding might not be high. What if Shi Haojun doesn't retreat after we implement this plan?" Long Yuan frowned and asked.

"It doesn't matter." Yan Pojun showed a cruel smile: "I had already anticipated the possibility of failure, and the possibility of failure is very high, but we must try it once."

"Even if it fails, it doesn't matter. Food in the city is limited. Letting more people die can save a lot of food."

"We can also take the opportunity to kill those strangers whose origins are rarely known as people from Black Moon City, so as to alleviate the food shortage problem."

"Also, when we surround and kill the Gu Kings of Black Moon City, we can deliberately make the commotion bigger and prolong the battle time, leading them into the crowd of mortals and using the aftermath of the Gu Kings' battle to kill them. In this way, we can alleviate a lot of food pressure."

Once this statement was made, everyone's hearts went numb. All the ancestors present widened their eyes, looking at this City Lord in disbelief.

Because of this auction, the number of strangers who poured into the city was massive. Kill them all?

Killing people from outside the city was one thing, but the City Lord actually wanted to slaughter people from his own city. One had to know that less than one-tenth of the newborns of each family had the aptitude for cultivation. The vast majority of clan members had to be mortals, placed in various parts of the city, continuing to branch out for the family.

The number of these mortals was massive, numbering in the millions.

Once the City Lord's order was issued, how many people would die? The number of dead would be massive, and the bones would be enough to pile up into a mountain. The city would be washed in blood.

Doing this would indeed save food, but wasn't this a bit too inhumane?

They finally saw it; this was probably the City Lord's real plan! The plan he just said to retreat Shi Haojun might just be a cushion, just for fun.

To survive, he really could think of any insidious idea. They were truly shocked by the City Lord's ruthlessness.

At this moment, the hands of all the ancestors under the table were trembling, and cold sweat seeped from their palms.

This City Lord's heart was truly too dark. Everyone's gaze toward this dark-hearted City Lord began to show wariness.

Letting such a ruthless person be the City Lord—they really didn't know if it was a mistake or the right thing. The group of ancestors looked at each other, their gazes complex.

Yan Pojun swept a sharp gaze over the ancestors and said in a condensed voice: "In the end times, one must do extraordinary things. Do not be soft-hearted. I hope you can understand my approach."

"Although what I am doing is very cruel, you cannot deny that doing so will definitely make us hold on longer. Perhaps the extra time will allow us to hold on until reinforcements arrive."

"Sacrificing a part of the people to save the whole city—many people know how to choose. Their sacrifice is valuable."

"Alright, that's it for this matter. Execute it tonight. Wasting one more day means wasting one more day of food. Everyone go back and prepare."

After speaking, Yan Pojun suddenly stood up, announced the end of the meeting, and walked out, not intending to say anything more.

The remaining ancestors at the conference table looked at each other, finally sighed heavily, and slowly stood up to leave...

In the evening, the night grew dark.

I don't know if it was an illusion, but the slowly appearing moon looked blood-red...

Long Xuan hid in the room, packed everything, and just waited for the family head's notification, then quickly fled this place along the straw Gu hut.

He didn't dare to stay in Black Stone City for even a moment longer.

That Shi Haojun was simply a pervert. He really couldn't imagine how such a perverted character could appear in this world.

Good heavens, those dozen or so top-grade Gu worms of his were all ten-thousand-material grade, or even million-material grade, strong to an outrageous degree. Who could beat that?

Even without that plague demon Gu, his combat power was already invincible.

That plague demon Gu was even more outrageously strong, able to slaughter in the crowd of Gu Kings.

What was even more terrifying was that the plague demon Gu could control all living things smaller than itself, including viruses that people in this world rarely understood.

Good heavens, the virus that could create zombies in his previous life was also mutated by this thing, and it could control a pile of Gu King-level zombies.

How could this be fought?

Once this thing appeared, it was already the end of the world.

Run quickly. This world was too dangerous. He wanted to go back to Earth.

Suddenly, just as Long Xuan was anxiously waiting for the family head to call, a chaotic sound came from outside, followed by the sound of killing, and screams filled the air.

Long Xuan's face changed drastically.

What happened? Had Shi Haojun broken the city so quickly?

That's impossible, right? Wasn't it agreed that there was a spirit vein under the city as a formation eye, and Shi Haojun couldn't break in in a short time?

Long Xuan hurriedly pushed the door and ran out, using his Heavenly Mechanism Eye to quickly check the surroundings.

Good heavens, the whole city was in chaos, thick smoke rising everywhere, just like a riot, with fighting everywhere and screams everywhere.

Countless corpses lay on the streets, and blood had dyed all the streets red.

"What happened? Why is there killing everywhere? Have these people turned into zombies? Has the biochemical virus infected the whole city?" Long Xuan was stunned.

He hurriedly ran to the spire and looked into the distance, discovering that there was fighting everywhere in the city, a large group of people frantically slaughtering another group of people, corpses strewn everywhere, and blood flowing like a river on the streets.

He saw with his own eyes a large group of Gu Kings chasing and killing more than ten Gu Kings.

Those ten-plus Gu Kings were chased and ran everywhere in the city, and wherever they ran, a large number of people would die.

The aftermath of the Gu Kings' battle was so massive. If these Gu Kings were left to run around, the number of people who died would be massive!

Most of the people living in the residential area of the city were mortals with no defense. A breath from a Gu King could blow them to death.

The Gu King battlefield occurring in the residential area of mortals was simply a disaster for this group of mortals.

At this moment, the mortal residential area was already covered in corpses, crying and screaming filled the air, countless houses collapsed, and houses were burning with raging flames, thick smoke rolling.

The scene was shocking and simply unbearable to look at.

"It looks like the Gu Kings of Black Stone City are slaughtering the Gu Kings of Black Moon City. Black Stone City intends to kill everyone from Black Moon City in the city in exchange for Shi Haojun's forgiveness."

Long Ziyan walked over, stood beside him, and frowned.

Long Xuan nodded and hesitated: "The Gu Kings should all be Gu Kings of Black Moon City, but are there a bit too many people from Black Moon City below the Gu King level?"

"An auction allowed a massive number of people from Black Moon City to pour into the city, but isn't this number a bit too exaggerated?"

"If they keep killing like this, the number of people who die will be massive."

"This accidental killing is definitely not just a little bit. If this riot continues, I fear it will empty half of Black Stone City..."

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