Chapter 828: He Yuzhu is Punished by the System

As soon as He Yuzhu returned to the Cave where they were hiding, Ivan and Sofia jumped up in excitement.

"Uncle He! Should we take advantage of the chaos to seal their exit and leave them with nowhere to go?" Ivan's eyes shone, and he was eager to participate in intercepting those fleeing soldiers.

Sofia also clenched her fists, her face full of anticipation.

He Yuzhu, however, frowned and shook his head.

He felt something was wrong with this trip, and said, "There are very powerful snipers among this group of people; let's leave them a way out."

Ivan was stunned for a moment, looking at him in confusion: "Uncle He, what's wrong?"

He Yuzhu said in a deep voice, "I don't know, I feel like something isn't right. Of the more than ten thousand people in the camp, even if they weren't all killed, seventy or eighty percent were wiped out; we won't worry about the rest."

Upon hearing this, Sofia nodded: "Uncle He is right, let's go."

The three of them did not hesitate any longer, jumped into the car, started the engine, and fled the battlefield under the cover of night without looking back.

He Yuzhu drove for a hundred kilometers in one breath before finding a small town hotel by the roadside to stay in.

Ivan and Sofia fell asleep as soon as their heads hit the pillows, but he sat alone in the room, closed his eyes, and sank his consciousness into that void.

"System," he called out in his heart.

After waiting for a long time, the System slowly emerged with a response: "Host, the reason your recent encounter with danger was not warned in advance is complex. This System must follow the core principle of not killing the innocent indiscriminately. In your last operation, that explosion affected non-combatants—some women were originally victims, yet they also died in that explosion. Therefore, the System has implemented a punishment for you. If you insist on continuing this way, your safety will no longer be guaranteed by the System. But your abilities will not be revoked."

He Yuzhu argued: "They were being humiliated, I was avenging them! I couldn't possibly find them one by one, could I? I am stopping war with war!"

No matter how He Yuzhu argued, the System remained silent.

He Yuzhu sneered: "The NATO organization operates under the banner of 'avoiding humanitarian disasters,' yet it commits acts of aggression. If I don't beat them into submission, countless civilians will die in their flames of war in the future..."

The System's punishment did not shake He Yuzhu.

He made a vow: if he did not severely damage NATO this time, he swore he would not go home.

Over the next month, NATO, trapped in the bases around Serbia, suffered greatly.

He Yuzhu drove Ivan and Sofia through the areas around Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, and Serbia, successively wiping out more than a dozen NATO camps and military bases.

In every operation, He Yuzhu would disguise himself as a soldier in the camp during the day to survey the terrain, then sneak in at night to set Explosive; every ten days or so, a NATO camp would be engulfed in flames.

These bases wanted to be on guard, but it was impossible to defend against—in a camp of ten thousand people, how could they control the entry of someone with Space Ability?

After three months, the ammunition depots of these bases were almost all blown up, their equipment was mostly destroyed, and the total number of casualties reached sixty or seventy thousand.

Following He Yuzhu, Ivan had become a qualified assistant, and his courage grew greater and greater.

Sometimes, he even dared to sneak into the enemy camp alone to scout.

Sofia was no longer the little girl who couldn't even hold a gun steady—calluses had formed on her shoulders, her body had become strong, and she seemed to have endless energy hidden throughout her entire being.

One piece of bad news after another was sent back to Europe, and death notices flew back to various countries like snowflakes. Public sentiment was completely ignited.

Tens of thousands of people from all walks of life in the United Kingdom were the first to take to the streets of London, holding large-scale demonstrations and shouting slogans like "Stop the bombing" and "We want peace, not war"; one hundred thousand West German citizens also gathered in the center of Berlin to protest, calling for an immediate ceasefire by NATO. For a time, an anti-war wave swept across the entire European continent.

And in M Country on the other side of the Big Ocean, the situation was even worse—they suffered the heaviest casualties in this conflict, with the death toll reaching twenty or thirty thousand, more than the sum of all other NATO countries combined.

The leadership of M Country had wanted to use the war in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia to alleviate the years of losses and public criticism in the Middle East and save some face, but not only did they fail to save face, they lost their substance entirely.

The anti-war protests within M Country rose wave after wave, and major newspapers and periodicals repeatedly asked the same question: "Why let our children go to the Balkans to die in vain?"

The public opinion pressure was like a mountain; the President was exhausted inside and outside the White House, and finally, under the siege of the congressional impeachment motion, was forced to respond, ending up physically and mentally exhausted.

At the same time, the attitude of the Soviet Union was particularly eye-catching.

They began to send troops to reinforce the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, and a large number of missile units moved into Belgrade.

NATO and the Warsaw Pact formed a standoff posture there again.

He Yuzhu traveled through many countries and finally brought Ivan and Sofia into the territorial waters of Hong Kong.

Ivan looked at the city silhouette gradually emerging in the distance and asked in a low voice: "Uncle He, have we arrived in Hong Kong? Once we get here, can my sister have an identity?"

He Yuzhu said with a smile: "This place is still managed by the Hong Kong British Government, and they only recognize money—as long as the silver is in place, there is nothing that cannot be done."

Ivan's eyes lit up, and his voice rose in excitement: "That's great! With a Hong Kong identity, can we go to Si Jiu Cheng?"

He Yuzhu nodded and patted him: "Don't worry, everything will be arranged properly for you."

He Yuzhu first took the siblings to find Xu Tian.

Ever since Jin Hai left, Xu Tian had aged quite a bit.

He Yuzhu sat down, took a sip of tea, and asked: "How are my two Apprentices?"

Xu Tian's two sons were the very Apprentices He Yuzhu had taught for three years.

They had learned many skills from him back then, later ran to the Mainland to engage in real estate, and were now doing business in partnership with Lou Xiaoe.

Xu Tian sighed, his tone carrying a hint of complexity: "Those two boys, ever since they followed you, they haven't wanted to get involved in gang affairs anymore. My business here, I'm afraid there's no one to carry it on."

He Yuzhu smiled: "Isn't that what you were hoping for? You've almost washed your hands of it all these years, isn't that good?"

Xu Tian gave a bitter smile and didn't answer.

He Yuzhu put down his teacup and said seriously: "But you still have to do me a favor. I brought a girl back this time; you get her identity sorted out."

"Can't you just find Li Yong?" Xu Tian said casually.

"He's retired, don't bother him. I'll just have you do it." He Yuzhu waved his hand.

Xu Tian grinned, revealing a mouthful of white teeth: "Alright, no problem."

He Yuzhu stayed in Hong Kong for another month.

During this period, he had a good "spar" with Lin Wanning.

Before leaving, he remembered one thing and said to Lin Wanning: "If you don't let our son go see my mother, my mother has said—the He Family's property will have nothing to do with him."

As soon as Lin Wanning heard this, she started scolding: "That boy, I've urged him so many times! He just won't listen to me. I don't know what he's thinking either, he's dragging his feet and refusing to go!"

He Yuzhu sighed: "Hey, he grew up here and is used to it. Take it slow."