Chapter 3398: Your Wife and Daughter, I Will Raise (Revised)

In the military logistics office, no one in the room spoke. Hao Mei stood blankly in place, muttering words like "ah this, how could it be," unable to accept everything that happened before her eyes. Her 3,260 Soul Coins died too miserably. Throwing a stone into the water could still make a sound, but she only got a white slip of paper.

The most infuriating thing was that if she wanted to appeal or report, she had to go to the Reincarnation Paradise.

As a Contractor of the Apocalypse Paradise, if she entered the Reincarnation Paradise, being stripped of her brand on the spot and replaced with the Reincarnation Paradise's brand would be her good luck. It was more likely that she would be executed on the spot.

Hao Mei looked at the receipt in her hand in a daze, and began to force herself to reluctantly accept all this. At this moment, she finally understood what Baha meant by farming reputation.

Currently, Hao Mei's reputation acquisition amount was "base acquisition amount + base acquisition amount × 2.8 times," which meant that after she obtained 100 reputation, she would obtain an additional 280 reputation.

Hao Mei also had to adapt to this situation where the additional reputation obtained was more than the base amount.

"Our current behavior... isn't that a violation of the rules?"

Hao Mei couldn't suppress the doubt in her heart and asked aloud.

"My friend, you are overthinking it."

Caesar was serious for once.

"We are irreconcilable with rule-breakers!"

Baha spoke with righteous indignation. When these words reached Hao Mei's ears, they tasted a bit off. She glanced at Su Xiao beside her, clearly remembering that in the prompt just now, it was she who had captured the enemy leader.

Thinking of this, she gulped down a few mouthfuls of wine, and the worries in Hao Mei's heart dissipated by more than half. What she was thinking about now wasn't how to farm reputation, but how to save herself.

A gentle breeze blew in from the window. Su Xiao took Xiang Bubu Wang and Baha toward the small utility room on the inner side of the room; the small teleportation array set up by Caesar was right there.

The fruit had already been planted, and one only needed to wait for the harvest. Compared to this side, the fruit on the other side had matured, and he had to go back to harvest it.

The teleportation array was activated, and the surrounding world gradually blurred, as if shrouded in thick fog. When the surrounding mist gradually dissipated, Su Xiao was already standing on the large teleportation array inside Warehouse No. 2.

Warehouse No. 2 inside the mountain had been expanded several times, but it still appeared crowded at this moment. Batches of Pig-headed Men were being teleported over from the human side. Judging from the current situation, the number of Pig-headed Men on the human side was very sufficient.

This was normal. Although male Pig-headed Men couldn't do delicate work, they had strength. Any major power could not refuse this kind of one-time buyout, permanent labor force for the future.

Presumably, the Clan side had already pressured the humans. For other small and medium-sized powers, this kind of pressure was no different from a catastrophe, but for the humans who had once warred with the Clans, this pressure was no different from a dog barking.

Su Xiao walked along the residential area into the fortress and returned to the general command room on the top floor. As soon as he entered the door, he saw Hausman standing there waiting.

Seeing Su Xiao walk into the general command room, Hausman took out a satellite phone-like communicator from his handbag, then bowed and left.

This was Hausman's merit: he would immediately do what Su Xiao ordered and would not ask questions after the matter was done.

Su Xiao leaned back in his chair and pondered with his eyes closed for a moment before leaning over to pick up the communicator on the table. He dialed the only frequency recorded on it. Ten seconds later, the communication was connected, and the person on the other side said:

"Is this the Sun Lord?"

A deep voice came from the communicator. Just hearing this voice gave one a sense of the stability of a superior and an awe-inspiring presence.

"Mm."

Su Xiao stood the communicator on the table and lit a cigarette.

"I am He Kangdiwei."

The person on the other side of the communicator was the Marshal of the Clan Alliance, one of the four most powerful people on the Clan side: Alliance Marshal He Kangdiwei.

The three major Clan powers, the "Aurora Council," the "Clan Alliance," and the "Watchtower," had a total of three big figures: the Alliance Chief of the "Clan Alliance," Toyn, the Alliance Marshal, He Kangdiwei, and the leader of the "Watchtower," Ferdinand.

Why were there only representative figures for the Clan Alliance and the Watchtower? The reason was that the Aurora Council side was a council + councilor system, which emphasized equality, democracy, and freedom.

Usually, it was nothing; the people's happiness was high, and the level of bureaucratic corruption was the lowest in the Clan camp. But once something happened, this side would be very troublesome.

The biggest characteristic of the "Aurora Council" was holding meetings. They held meetings for everything. If one waited for them to finish discussing, the opportunity would have long passed.

There was a joke about them: if one day the humans went to war with the Aurora Council, the civilians under the Aurora Council's rule wouldn't have to worry about the suffering of war at all, because by the time those councilors finished their meeting and announced the news of the war with the humans to the public, the war on the front lines would likely have already ended.

Overall, if you let the Aurora Council's councilors negotiate with other powers for interests and resources, one of them was worth ten. For them, negotiating for a month or two was a common occurrence. Only when they had talked their opponents into submission would they soften their stance.

These councilors had a very clear self-awareness regarding their ability to control war. All 14 of these councilors knew one thing: compared to them randomly directing the war situation, it was better to leave it entirely to the Council's military.

So the current situation was that the councilors on the Aurora Council side had started holding meetings again, mainly discussing whether or not to fight this war.

Those big shots in the Council's military had already taken the allocated supplies and set out, heading straight for the Borderlands.

The councilors and military big shots on that side did not interfere with each other during the war; they each did their own thing. The military big shots were happy with this, too. Without bureaucrats pointing fingers from above, they fought more comfortably and were more unrestrained.

Alliance Chief Toyn, Alliance Marshal He Kangdiwei, and Watchtower leader Ferdinand were the three big figures on the Clan side. The remaining one was the Chief Justice of the "Tribunal," Fowo.

It could be said that the three major Clan powers jointly establishing the "Tribunal" was the wisest decision in their history.

The "Tribunal" wasn't exactly a tumor in normal times, but it wasn't much better. In wartime, the Tribunal was particularly useful. Those officers and soldiers who disobeyed orders or deserted in the face of battle would all be sent to the Tribunal.

This side was not under the control of the three major Clan powers. Let alone colonel-level officers, the Tribunal had the power to execute anyone below the rank of lieutenant general.

This was an independent law enforcement department during wartime to prevent the three major Clan powers from having internal conflicts. Overall, the Tribunal would not give anyone any face when dealing with Clan officers; this concerned the meaning of its existence.

Su Xiao was able to contact one of the four highest authorities of the Clans, Alliance Marshal He Kangdiwei, through Li Xiniwei, who had already latched onto Chief Justice Fowo's thigh.

"To actually contact me directly, is Li Xiniwei dead?"

Su Xiao spoke. According to his plan, that side couldn't contact the Alliance Marshal directly. With Li Xiniwei's current status as a lackey of the Chief Justice, he should have first contacted the people under the Alliance Marshal; at most, he could only contact the other party's confidant.

There were only two possibilities for contacting Alliance Marshal He Kangdiwei directly: 1. Li Xiniwei was already dead; 2. Li Xiniwei was about to die.

"Bai Ye, the poison you used on Xiniwei is hard to cure. I spent a great price to help him detoxify."

The Alliance Marshal stated clearly. Hearing this, Su Xiao said:

"Congratulations on gaining a confidant. Li Xiniwei is very capable."

"A confidant? This dog thing could betray you, and sooner or later he will betray me. Li Xiniwei, do you have nothing to say to your former lord?"

The Alliance Marshal on the other side seemed to have picked up the communicator. After some scolding from his subordinates and a sound like tearing off tape, Li Xiniwei's voice came through. His breathing was rapid, and his voice was blurred due to the pain in his body.

"Lord Bai Ye... I have been... exposed, save me..."

Bang!

A dull thud came through, as if someone had hit Li Xiniwei's head with a club or something similar.

Afterward, a recording was played on that side. It was a conversation between Li Xiniwei and the Alliance Marshal. In the conversation, Li Xiniwei betrayed Su Xiao while chatting and laughing. In return, Alliance Marshal He Kangdiwei was to use his power and connections to help Li Xiniwei detoxify.

"Li Xiniwei, speak, why is there no sound?"

A voice came from the communicator; it should have been the Alliance Marshal's subordinate.

"I lost, I don't want to say anything more."

"Not saying goodbye to your former lord? You are about to die."

After this sentence came from that side, both parties fell silent. The Alliance Marshal didn't speak, Su Xiao didn't either, and Li Xiniwei was also silent.

This silence lasted for more than ten seconds before it was broken by Su Xiao. He said in a calm tone:

"Li Xiniwei, thank you for finishing everything I wanted you to do."

"You... what do you mean? At this point, don't try to bluff me!"

Li Xiniwei's shout came from the communicator. The fact that he betrayed Su Xiao was already in Su Xiao's backup plan, which was something he truly couldn't accept.

One might ask, is the chronic poison formulated by alchemy so easy to cure? From beginning to end, Su Xiao never lied to Li Xiniwei. According to the agreement, Li Xiniwei's final mission was to poison Chief Justice Fowo.

During the poisoning process, the poison powder Su Xiao provided would have a trace amount float up with water molecules after encountering water, seeping into Li Xiniwei's body. This was the antidote.

Li Xiniwei had been carrying the antidote from the very beginning. As long as he completed the poisoning, he didn't need to wait for the Chief Justice to be poisoned after 12 hours; he could withdraw safely, and the chronic alchemical poison in his body would be resolved.

Back at the hotel restaurant in Free City, what Su Xiao and Li Xiniwei talked about was cooperation. Some things had been arranged long ago. Li Xiniwei, his lover Xin Alisi, and his daughter Dorothy formed a ring together.

Li Xiniwei was the starting point of this ring plan, followed by Dorothy, then Xin Alisi, until finally, it returned to Li Xiniwei.

Now Li Xiniwei had broken this ring. However, although he failed to poison the Chief Justice, he helped Su Xiao achieve another thing: directly contacting Alliance Marshal He Kangdiwei.

"Xiniwei, thank you for your hard work. I will take care of your lover and your daughter for you, taking care of them inch by inch. You can go in peace."

"You... you will die a horrible death! They will know about these things sooner or later. You won't succeed! They will treat you as a mortal enemy!"

Li Xiniwei lost his usual composure and acting skills.

"Oh? Why would they treat me as a mortal enemy? Did I kill you? Do I have your blood on my hands? It was the Alliance Marshal who killed you. What does this have to do with me, who is in the opposing camp?"

"You..."

Li Xiniwei on the other side was shouting angrily, but in the next second, there was the sound of flesh being slashed, and the sound of a head falling onto the carpet. One could vaguely hear fresh blood spraying from the severed carotid artery.

Before long, the Alliance Marshal's voice came from the communicator again, saying: "Bai Ye, are you satisfied with this gift?"

"It's alright."

"Shall we talk about the problem of those 30,000-plus captives?"

"Mm, let's talk."

Su Xiao exhaled smoke and extinguished the cigarette between his fingers. Li Xiniwei, this "double agent," had improved his acting skills. If one wasn't careful, this guy would have climbed another step.

Was Li Xiniwei just beheaded? No, everything was in the plan, including Li Xiniwei's sudden defection.