Chapter 3642

The chaotic situation in the underground prison soon subsided. After all, Water Brother and the others had already retreated. A group of criminals wearing restraint devices, even if released from their cells, could not stir up much trouble.

In the director's office on the third floor, Erin and several asylum middle-level staff on duty stood in a row, full of frustration. Since the establishment of the asylum, although heinous criminals had escaped, that belonged to jailbreak. Previously, no one had ever been able to rescue criminals from here.

"Director, we..."

Erin had just opened her mouth when she found that Su Xiao, who was flipping through documents behind the desk, paused his hand, which made Erin's words stop abruptly. The several asylum middle-level staff beside her didn't even dare to breathe hard.

"Hatred on the third level of the dungeon was rescued. That's a good thing. In the future, the maintenance cost of the underground prison can be reduced by at least 20% every month."

After Su Xiao finished speaking, he threw a stack of documents in his hand onto the desk. Hearing this, several asylum middle-high level staff, including Erin, lowered their heads.

"I will handle this matter. If the Council gives you trouble, just say it directly and tell them to get lost."

"Ah? Director, saying it like that... isn't it bad?"

Erin's expression was quite complicated, a bit guilty on the surface, but inexplicably a little excited in her heart.

"There's nothing bad about it. You have 10 seconds to disappear from my sight."

Hearing this, Erin and the others all wanted to say something but stopped. In the end, they all left with frustrated faces, and the anger toward the Dark God Sect had accumulated in their hearts.

Su Xiao picked up the phone on the desk, deliberated on the wording, and then dialed Mayor Perkin. As soon as the call was connected, the other side said, "No money."

"……"

Su Xiao felt that this sounded familiar. He said, "It's not a money issue."

Hearing Su Xiao say this, Mayor Perkin, who was wearing pajamas on the other side of the phone, sat up straight from the recliner and looked at the time, which was already 9:00 PM. Mayor Perkin's face showed seriousness. He knew that at this time, without serious business, neither Bai Ye nor Tessa would call him. Both of them knew that his physical condition was not good. Calling at this time meant either the department urgently needed money or something had happened. Mayor Perkin preferred the former.

"I'm mentally prepared. Tell me."

Mayor Perkin's tone lost the bit of affinity it usually had and became serious.

"Tonight, people from the Dark God Sect infiltrated the asylum and rescued someone."

"Don't tell me they rescued Hatred."

"You guessed it."

"Phew～"

Mayor Perkin exhaled. After his eyebrows twitched, he asked in a calm tone, "Did the asylum suffer heavy losses?"

"Except for Hatred being rescued, there were basically no losses."

"How many people did they bring to drag you down?"

"I wasn't in the asylum at the time; I was drinking with Tessa."

Hearing Su Xiao say this, Mayor Perkin exclaimed "good guy" in his heart. If either of these two had been present, this kind of thing wouldn't have happened.

"Understood. It seems I won't have time to rest tonight."

After Mayor Perkin on the other side finished this sentence, he hung up the phone. Su Xiao dialed Tessa directly and informed her of tonight's events, which could be considered as pre-emptively setting the tone.

After hanging up, Su Xiao began to have Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang replay the surveillance footage of the asylum tonight. First was the image of Water Brother and the others rescuing Hatred on the third level of the underground prison.

Previously, Water Brother blocked the train team, but his purpose was not to kill Silver Face, Red-Eyed Woman, and others, but to know the whereabouts of the director of the Twilight Asylum. Thinking about it this way, Water Brother had two purposes: 1. Kill the director of the Twilight Asylum, 2. Get something from the director of the Twilight Asylum.

The answer was obviously the latter. But after Water Brother confirmed that the director of the Twilight Asylum was Su Xiao, he abandoned this plan and chose a more cumbersome and time-consuming way to get what he wanted. Now it seemed that it was the key to open the asylum's central elevator and the identification means for the third level of the dungeon.

In Water Brother's estimation, the risk of a life-and-death battle with Su Xiao was far higher than the backup plan.

Water Brother's initial purpose was the dungeon key, and all this made sense. But the problem was, why did the other party rescue Hatred? This point was nine times out of ten the core content of Water Brother's mission.

Su Xiao continued to watch the surveillance footage. Soon, a surveillance image with very low sound that could barely be heard caught his attention. He turned the volume to the maximum. A moment later, this image finished playing. It was the scene where Water Brother stopped the Dark God Sect members from silencing the witnesses.

Based on Su Xiao's understanding of Water Brother, that is, Enzo, this person indeed did not have the habit of killing innocent people indiscriminately. The problem was that tonight's infiltration, the guards were obviously not in the ranks of the innocent, but the hostile side. Actually leaving the hostile side alive was very meaningful.

Because Water Brother didn't do things to the extreme, the Alliance, which received a slap in the face tonight, didn't reach the level of becoming a laughingstock. Although the asylum had criminals escape, there were no casualties. The nature of this matter could be completely downgraded from jailbreak to jailbreak with inside and outside collusion. With a difference of one word, the subsequent retaliation intensity was worlds apart.

If it were jailbreak, the Alliance would try to kill everyone involved tonight. But if it were jailbreak, the Alliance wouldn't care who specifically executed this matter, but would focus its attention on the mastermind, the Dark God Sect.

In this way, Water Brother not only completed the mission of the Death Paradise, first obtaining the mission reward, then taking the Dark God Sect's reward, and also being able to exchange for supplies in the Ghost City's faction store by relying on the Dark God Sect's faction reputation, and finally not being targeted by the Alliance. This matter was done wonderfully.

Su Xiao switched the screen to Black A, which was the scene where Black A pulled out the "Abyss Meteor" sword. This made Su Xiao's mood improve a bit. In the subsequent confrontation with the Abyss Leader Silvis, Black A was the top priority in the plan.

First of all, the Abyss Leader Silvis trusted Black A very much. In addition, Black A, this rebellious son, was always thinking about defeating Su Xiao, which made Black A act as if it were real when working under the Abyss Leader Silvis. No, that wasn't acting, but Black A's true thoughts. This also destined that the Abyss Leader Silvis could not identify that Black A was an undercover agent. More accurately, Black A itself didn't know it was an undercover agent.

Black A was the first devourer Su Xiao created. He naturally had means to control it. And precisely because of this, Su Xiao's thought was that this rebellious son should not add drama to itself randomly, just keep its current style and work under the Abyss Leader Silvis.

When Su Xiao cleaned up the Abyss Leader Silvis, he had more than two digits of ways to make this rebellious son listen obediently. Even if Black A's inner thoughts were still rebellious, it would hide these thoughts as much as possible.

Su Xiao looked at the time and felt it was about time. He had Amu take a handbag to pack some essentials. Before long, the phone on the desk rang. After picking it up, it was indeed the Holy Capital Council calling, asking him to rush to the Council as quickly as possible.

"Baja, go find Erin. She will go to the Holy Capital with me."

While Su Xiao was speaking, a slight sense of fatigue struck him. Since going to the Saint Lan Kingdom, he hadn't closed his eyes for so many days. It was just right to make up for some sleep tonight. As for finding Erin to go to the Council together, Erin was the Deputy Director and naturally had to attend such occasions.

Before long, Erin walked into the office with a hesitant pace. Looking at the folded vomit bag in her hand, it was obvious that she had thought about how to go to the Holy Capital.

Su Xiao, Erin, and Amu stood on the teleportation array in the bedroom. With a bang, the teleportation started. When the spatial fluctuations subsided, they had already arrived in an empty warehouse in the back street of the Holy Capital.

Driving to the Council, when Su Xiao walked into the Grand Council Hall, he found that three of the four Grand Councilors had already arrived. The area around the central council table was full of high-level members of the Alliance. The second row was representatives of various families, and the rows behind were middle-high level officials, etc. Because there were many people on the scene, the environment was a bit noisy.

Seeing this battle, Erin beside Su Xiao felt cold in her heart. Tonight's council must be putting the asylum on the fire to roast. In fact, Erin was overthinking. With Su Xiao's fierce record since taking office, as long as the Alliance wasn't out of its mind, it wouldn't put the asylum on the fire to roast.

Although Su Xiao was qualified to sit in the first row around the council table, he chose to sit in the fifth row. Although Erin, who accompanied him, didn't understand, she also sat down on the side. She even leaned over and whispered to Su Xiao, "Director, you must be calm in a while."

"?"

After Su Xiao looked at Erin suspiciously, he had Amu take the water bottle in the handbag and quickly go to get some boiling water. The council hall would be closed in a while.

"Director, what should we do in a while?"

Erin was still hesitant in her heart. If it was ability, Erin still had it. It would be no problem to be the next director of the asylum, but she had experienced too few such occasions.

"……"

Su Xiao didn't speak. Seeing this, Erin felt even less confident in her heart. She looked down at the handbag at her feet. Out of curiosity, she picked it up, hugging the idea that there was a winning magic weapon inside, opened it, and then saw a blanket and tea bags, and even a box of pastries as a midnight snack.

Ten minutes later, the door of the council hall closed with a bang. A Grand Councilor sitting in the first seat signaled to Mayor Perkin that tonight's council could begin.

Under the host of Mayor Perkin, the atmosphere of the council was exceptionally serious. Until discussing how to deal with the Dark God Sect infiltrating the asylum tonight, the council hall began to become lively. Before long, it developed into mutual accusations between the family faction, the business alliance, and the bureaucratic faction. The reason was how to handle this matter, more clearly, how to launch retaliation against the Dark God Sect, and specifically who should retaliate, etc.

Mayor Perkin, who was usually gentle and full of smiles, was now pointing at the old fox of the family faction opposite, while the four Grand Councilors sitting in the first seats were all in a state of napping, looking like they hadn't heard anything.

"What do you mean it's our responsibility? For so many years, we have been dealing with the Dark God Sect so that you can make money steadily. Now that something has happened, you have nothing to do with it, right?"

The old fox blew his beard and stared. A group of officials and high-level members of the family faction spoke one after another to support him.

"You put..."

Mayor Perkin held back the second half of the sentence, but a few words made the old fox opposite have his blood pressure soar.

If the camera turned to the four Grand Councilors, the passionate atmosphere would immediately calm down. These four were already used to such scenes and had practiced a look of appearing to have their eyes open, but actually being half asleep.

And if the camera turned to Su Xiao's side, one would find that Su Xiao was already leaning on the seat, covered with a blanket and asleep, while Erin on the side was holding the pastry box with one hand, eating a midnight snack.

Until late at night, Su Xiao felt someone gently pushing him, and a soft voice came to his ear: "Director, Director, wake up."

"Hmm?"

Su Xiao opened his eyes. Don't say, this sleep was exceptionally solid. With the four Grand Councilors present, the defense strength of the Council at this time could be imagined. Sleeping here, there was no need to release perception.

"Bai Ye, where is Bai Ye?"

The shout of the bearded councilor came. Hearing this, Su Xiao stood up and came to the council table to sit down. As soon as he sat down, many people in the first and second rows around the council table were stunned. That expression clearly meant: "Feeling that this person had come long ago and even took a nap in the back row."

The first Grand Councilor, Aldin, looked at Su Xiao. After a brief eye contact, Grand Councilor Aldin had already made a judgment. Tonight's matter could be settled by preparing a large amount of supplies.

"Bai Ye, this matter happened in your asylum. Give an attitude."

Grand Councilor Aldin said what everyone on the scene wanted to say but didn't dare to say. Ask, who would be willing to question a ruthless person who first slaughtered the Nightmare King, then chopped off the God of Radiance, and finally destroyed the Sand King.

"An eye for an eye against the Dark God Sect."

"Oh?" Grand Councilor Aldin asked with a bit of a smile, "How to do an eye for an eye?"

When saying this, Grand Councilor Aldin had already guessed what Su Xiao was going to say next, which was to go and clean up the Dark God Sect branches in the Alliance's border area. This was a low-risk, high-reward way of doing an eye for an eye.

"Go to Ghost City and destroy the Dark God Sect."

Once Su Xiao said this, the council hall suddenly became quiet. If someone else said this, it would definitely be a roar of laughter, but what Su Xiao had done in the first half of the month made everyone on the scene feel that this asylum director could really do the thing of crusading against Ghost City.

"It's an excellent proposal, but who will go?"

Grand Councilor Aldin looked around at everyone. The three Grand Councilors beside him had inexplicable brilliance in their eyes at this time.

"I personally recommend Tessa to go."

Su Xiao spoke. He needed the intelligence department under Tessa for his subsequent trip to Ghost City. Now he must lay a foreshadowing so that when he requisitioned the Hunter Squad's intelligence department, Tessa wouldn't play rogue directly. Based on his understanding of Tessa, the other party could do this.

Hearing Su Xiao say this, Tessa, who was sitting next to him, immediately became energetic. Everyone in the council hall had a look of wanting to laugh but not being able to. God, you proposed the crusade against Ghost City yourself, and then let Tessa go. Is this something a human can do?

"Tessa is indeed a suitable candidate, but she holds several positions and is not suitable for an expedition to Ghost City."

A Grand Councilor wearing a loose white robe, who was old but had a strong figure, spoke. This was Tessa's great-grandfather, so he naturally wouldn't let Tessa do the scapegoating.

"Then I'll go."

Su Xiao's words made the atmosphere in the council hall relax a lot, but soon, the atmosphere returned to its previous state. Everyone supported the crusade against Ghost City, and Su Xiao, as the representative this time, was passed unanimously.

In the final link, everyone's opinions diverged again, which was that the crusade against Ghost City required a large amount of funds and resources. This certainly couldn't be paid by the asylum, but relying only on the Council, the amount of funds was too large, so it could only be shared by multiple parties.

At 4:00 late at night, when Su Xiao walked out of the main entrance of the Council, Tessa accompanied him. The reason was that through the example of the Grand Councilors, the Twilight Asylum received a large amount of funds for this crusade against Ghost City, while the Hunter Squad under Tessa had been in a state of lack of money for years.

It was not that the Council allocated less funds, but no matter how much funds were allocated, it was not enough for Tessa to distribute to her subordinates. The Hunter Squad was different from other departments. This was the most dangerous department in the Alliance, none of them. All kinds of monsters and ghosts were dealt with by the Hunter Squad, so the treatment of members should naturally be higher. Not to mention, Tessa was a famous "protecting her own" maniac in the Alliance.

Su Xiao didn't stay in the Holy Capital for long. Before dawn, he returned to the asylum. He had just returned to the office for a while when someone knocked on the door.

Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang opened the door and found that there was no one outside the door, leaving only an alloy box in the corridor in front of the door. This was obviously sent by the four Grand Councilors.

The large amount of funds provided by the Council was not only the funds for Su Xiao to crusade against Ghost City, but a large part of it was for him to distribute to the subordinates and collaborators who participated in this matter. Without enough benefits, no one would be willing to go to a place like Ghost City. Su Xiao had never been good at drawing cakes. He was more accustomed to having his subordinates eat a cake first, and then point to the bigger one in the distance.

At that time, his subordinates would naturally try every means to get that big cake because these people knew that this big cake would not be swallowed by Su Xiao alone, but would be eaten according to the degree of effort. Moreover, only when they were full could they have the strength to do things. When they were hungry, all kinds of thoughts would emerge, and that would not be far from betrayal or stabbing in the back.

A large part of the funds obtained from this crusade against Ghost City was used in this aspect. Now that the four Grand Councilors sent this alloy box, it had another meaning. This was an extra reward prepared separately for Su Xiao. After all, except for Su Xiao, no one could do the thing of crusading against Ghost City. The four Grand Councilors were also worried that Su Xiao would change his mind temporarily, which would be a big joke.

The door closed, Su Xiao opened the alloy box, and a prompt appeared.

【You obtained Soul Crystal Core × 87.】

【You obtained Supreme Moonlight (Selling price: 3 points of Golden Attribute points, or Soul Treasure Chest × 1).】

【You obtained Star Pendant (Valuable item of this world, selling price: 42900 Soul Coins).】

【You obtained Left Eye of Faith (Equipment/Valuable item of this world, selling price: 39000 Soul Coins, or find the Right Eye of Fanaticism to activate this pair of eyes into special equipment).】

【You obtained Elf Will Treasure Chest (After opening this treasure chest, you will definitely obtain an Origin-tier, full-score Charm characteristic equipment).】

……

The four Grand Councilors were generous, and these materials were all at pleasing prices. But when seeing the last treasure chest item, Su Xiao's eyes narrowed a bit. After checking its attributes and finding that the origin was the Apocalypse Paradise, he confirmed one thing in his heart.

Su Xiao was not curious about how the Alliance obtained this treasure chest, but through contact with the Platinum Bishop and the Ghost Prophet and others, Su Xiao found that the natives of the Ninth Tier world were not completely ignorant of the Paradise faction, and they knew even more about the Void.

Now that the four Grand Councilors sent this 【Elf Will Treasure Chest】, it was both an extra reward and a probe, clearly and implicitly indicating that the other side already suspected he was the Paradise faction, but this did not affect the cooperation between the two sides, as well as the crusade against Ghost City. As long as the Dark God Sect in Ghost City was cleaned up, everything else was not a problem.

Su Xiao put away several items. The rulers of the Ninth Tier world were indeed not to be trifled with, but this had nothing to do with him. From beginning to end, he had not participated in the faction struggle within the Alliance, at most cleaning up a Deputy Director Yesinger who actively opposed him. The councilors on the other side were obviously very willing to continue the cooperation.

Su Xiao looked at the time. It was originally scheduled to set off for Ghost City at 8:00 AM, but he was prepared to take Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang to Ghost City first. There was one thing he wanted to probe. If successful, it would bring great advantages.

A dragon roar came. Su Xiao jumped out of the window and landed on the back of the Storm Flame Dragon Dis. The wind pressure rose, and the high-altitude scenery in the early morning was pleasant.

Su Xiao sat cross-legged on the dragon's back, the wind whistling past his ears. He was not going to Ghost City this time to deal with the entire Ghost City. For that place, he already had a certain understanding. First of all, Ghost City was built by the Ghost Race and was a large city built according to the scale of a war base camp.

This also made Ghost City the largest city in this world. To be precise, it was more like a small-to-medium-scale country.

If Ghost City were completely controlled by the Dark God Sect, this large city would have perished long ago. The Dark God Sect was the largest faction in Ghost City, which was true, and it was indeed the base camp of the Dark God Sect, but this did not mean that Ghost City completely belonged to the Dark God Sect.

In the entire Ghost City, the Dark God Sect was the strongest, followed by the Yuge Family, then the Business Alliance, and finally the Ghost Race. Below that were all kinds of second-rate factions. In general, Ghost City was a mixed bag, and there were no rules here, only survival of the fittest.

The civilians living here were not that they didn't want to leave, but there was no method or channel to leave. Behind Ghost City was the Dark Sea Area, and the left and right sides and the front were "Residual-tier" Abyss erosion zones. It could be said that except for the major factions in the city, civilians leaving Ghost City had only a dead end. In that large area, only Ghost City was a place where civilians could live.

The wind whistled in his ears. Su Xiao sat cross-legged on the dragon's back and meditated. Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang on the side was bored and took out the terminal to play puzzle games. From the tooth marks on Xiang Bubu's terminal, it could be seen that its process of conquering puzzle games was not smooth.

Time passed quickly in meditation. After the Storm Flame Dragon Dis flew at full speed for more than 20 hours, Su Xiao felt the temperature drop. It was not the cold of the North, but a kind of cold, damp, and dark feeling. He opened his eyes and found that the sky was already pitch black. An iron-black city with towering walls appeared in front, and the hundred-meter-high city wall was very conspicuous.

Su Xiao didn't choose to hide his tracks. He let the Storm Flame Dragon fly directly into Ghost City and land in an abandoned courtyard in the eastern area. It could be seen that this place had been abandoned for a long time. This was the Alliance's previous station in Ghost City.

Su Xiao was prepared to repair this place and use it as a temporary base camp. He had just prepared to start this matter when a prompt appeared.

【Tip: Because the Hunter himself has arrived in Ghost City, and it has been verified that the "Devourer Hegemony Battle" is about to reach the final stage, whether to conduct an expansive notarization for this "Devourer Hegemony Battle" according to the current faction situation.】

【If this notarization is chosen, the 103.6 ounces of Space-Time Power fee paid by the Hunter for the early notarization of this "Devourer Hegemony Battle" will be refunded, and the scope of this notarization will be expanded, including the Alliance faction represented by the Hunter, the hostile Dark God Sect faction, and the non-hostile local factions: Yuge Family, Business Alliance, and Ghost Race, all of which will be included in this notarization.】

【If this notarization expansion is chosen, you will lose the material delivery permission, and all temporary imprints will be recalled. Two major notarization factions will appear in this area (Ghost City): the Alliance faction and the Dark faction. The Hunter will be the leader of the Alliance faction in this area, and the Abyss Leader Silvis will be the leader of the Dark faction.】

【After completing the notarization expansion, this "Devourer Hegemony Battle" will involve Ghost City, Dangerous Area: Family Mansion, and Dangerous Area: Ancestral Palace, etc. The "Ancient Emblem" will still be the final contention object of this hegemony battle.】

【Because this hegemony battle is a prototype formulated by the Hunter, the subsequent notarization expansion needs to be approved by the Hunter himself. But after accepting this ordinance, you will lose most of the special permissions in the notarization, but you will also have a probability of obtaining unique materials of this world.】

……

Seeing these prompts, Su Xiao pondered for a few seconds and decided to conduct an expansive notarization. The reason was that doing so would yield higher returns and better reflect the devourer's ability.

【It is expected that this notarization expansion will be officially conducted in 3 hours.】

【You obtained 103.6 ounces of Space-Time Power.】

……

Su Xiao closed the prompt. He walked into the temporary base camp. The environment of Ghost City was already a bit dim, and it was even darker inside. He took out a piece of broken cloth and had Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang find someone according to the smell on it. The other party was nine times out of ten in Ghost City.

Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang merged into the environment. What it was looking for was not others, but Water Brother.

The reason Su Xiao came to Ghost City in advance was both to probe the Dark God Sect and to solve a major hidden danger, which was that if he wanted to fight the Abyss Leader Silvis, he must solve Water Brother first. Otherwise, fighting the Abyss Leader Silvis + Water Brother at the same time in a life-and-death battle, there was no possibility of winning.

Su Xiao took out a translucent tentacle, held it in his hands, and the next second, a mysterious fluctuation spread out.

After completing all this, Su Xiao began to close his eyes and meditate. Half an hour later, a fluctuation appeared. He interrupted his meditation, put away the suddenly appeared object, and began to continue meditating.

Inside the dim building, except for the wooden chair Su Xiao was sitting on, there was only a square table in front of him and a wooden chair opposite.

Two hours later.

Tap, tap, tap～

The sound of a blind cane hitting the ground came. A figure walked out of the darkness and sat on the chair opposite Su Xiao. The person who came said, "Bai Ye, we are now hostile factions. You called me out, are you going to kill me, or negotiate?"

The person who sat down was Water Brother. He spoke with a smile, still not giving people a feeling that was too dangerous, as before.

Su Xiao opened his eyes while ending his meditation and said, "Enzo, if I get rid of you..."

"You won't do that. After I die, the Origin Magic Mirror will entangle you. Being a holder of an Original Sin item is very dangerous. If you are not careful, you will lose your life."

While Water Brother was speaking, the smile on his face became more humble.

"It seems you know that killing the holder of an Original Sin item means inheriting the Original Sin item they possess."

"Of course I know."

Water Brother's answer was firm. Hearing Water Brother say this, Su Xiao nodded. Under the suspicious gaze of Water Brother opposite, he took out the "Soul Crown" and placed it on the table. This made the smile on Water Brother's face immediately freeze, and his gaze gradually became solemn.

When Su Xiao then took out the "Book of Necromancy" and placed it on the table, Water Brother opposite had already begun to have a stiff expression.

Su Xiao did not stop because of Water Brother's mentality that was about to crack. He finally took out the "Nether Bone Ring". Three Original Sin items were all placed on the wooden table in front of him. He looked at Water Brother opposite and asked:

"Enzo, are you sure you want to join forces with Silvis to deal with me? If you win, these Original Sin items might all be yours. It seems you are very eager for Original Sin items."

Hearing this, the cheek of Water Brother opposite twitched. He had already laid out the plan, but now he abandoned it all. His mentality cracked.