Chapter 435: A Bloody Disaster?

"You all continue to keep watch here; I have something to attend to and must leave for a moment."

No sooner had he finished speaking, and before the others could react, Hai Qiong's figure vanished from the spot like a gust of wind.

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Several Awakened looked at each other, their faces blank.

"What happened? Why did the President suddenly leave?"

"Maybe there was some emergency? Since the President told us to keep watch here, we should just obediently keep watch here."

"Yeah, maybe he received a call from President Su, so he was in a rush to head back."

"That makes sense."

The few of them didn't think too much of it.

Meanwhile, Hai Qiong had already appeared swiftly downstairs at Yan Hua's home.

"Brother Yan." He looked up and called out toward the upper floor.

"President Hai." Yan Hua walked out quickly from the first-floor living room. "President Hai, please come with me."

"Alright." Hai Qiong didn't overthink it and followed Yan Hua directly into the villa.

In the spacious villa, it seemed there was only Yan Hua.

A faint fragrance permeated the air; in an incense burner in the distance, sandalwood was burning slowly.

The two sat down on the sofa.

"Brother Yan, you said on the phone that there was an urgent matter; what exactly is it?" As soon as Hai Qiong sat down, he asked impatiently, "Not only does it concern Yongan City, but it also concerns me?"

"That's right." As Yan Hua spoke, he picked up a teapot, poured a cup of water into the cups in front of them, and said with a smile, "President Hai, you've worked hard all morning; why not drink a cup of water and rest for a bit?"

"I'm not thirsty." Hai Qiong pushed the water cup aside and urged him anxiously, "Brother Yan, we're at this point now, so stop keeping me in suspense. Hurry up and tell me, what exactly is the matter?"

Yan Hua smiled lightly; in fact, he had long expected that the other party wouldn't drink the tea he offered, so he hadn't done anything to the water.

The real mystery was hidden in the sandalwood incense.

This was no ordinary incense, but a special type of sandalwood; once inhaled, a person would be immobilized, unable to move their body, and even teleportation items would lose their effectiveness.

This sandalwood wasn't particularly expensive, but the drawback was that it required some time to take effect.

"Hehe, alright, since President Hai is so anxious, I'll get straight to the point."

"Hurry up and say it." Hai Qiong pricked up his ears, his expression appearing exceptionally tense. After all, Yan Hua was Yan Ming's brother; perhaps he really did know some important information they hadn't been aware of.

"President Hai, I saw that this morning, you had everyone outside the city move into the city, right?"

Hai Qiong's brows furrowed slightly, and he said, "Brother Yan, didn't you already know about this yesterday?"

Yan Hua slowly shook his head and said, "President Hai, do you know what kind of consequences doing this will trigger?"

"What consequences?" Hai Qiong asked subconsciously.

"Chaos in the city; Yongan City will begin to crumble from within."

Hai Qiong looked at Yan Hua with a blank expression, unable to help but mutter to himself—could the major matter concerning Yongan City that Yan Hua spoke of just be this?

"What, President Hai doesn't believe me?" Yan Hua sneered. "President Hai, think carefully: those people outside the city moved into the city without any effort, so what do the people who originally lived in the city think?"

"Do you think they will willingly watch these people move in?"

"Perhaps there won't be any obvious movements in the short term, but quantitative changes will eventually lead to qualitative changes; trivial frictions in daily life, accumulated over time, will inevitably evolve into a massive disaster!"

"You must know, although ordinary people make up the majority of those people, there is no shortage of Martial Artists. Once a conflict breaks out, it will be a war involving tens of thousands or even over a hundred thousand people; this is no laughing matter, President Hai!"

Upon hearing this, Hai Qiong couldn't help but nod.

He had to admit that what Yan Hua said did indeed have some logic to it.

Even though he had already issued a ban against causing trouble, bloody conflicts among those below were likely still hard to avoid. In the long run, perhaps the situation Yan Hua described really would occur.

However, even if it really happened, what could be done about it?

You must know, in this apocalyptic world, the thing there is no shortage of is ordinary people.

Even if all these hundred thousand ordinary people in the city died, as long as the news was released, in a few months, a large number of people would rush over and fill this city up again.

"Brother Yan, what exactly are you trying to say?" Hai Qiong's brows were tightly knitted together.

If Yan Hua had called him over just to say these things, then he felt there was no need to waste any more time here.

"President Hai, the matter mentioned above is the major matter regarding Yongan City that I mentioned to you. Next, what I am about to say is something closely related to your own safety, President Hai; I hope you can listen carefully." As Yan Hua spoke, he even took a special look at his surroundings.

"Alright, go ahead." Hai Qiong nodded.

"President Hai, do you know that by doing these things for that person surnamed Su, you have already brought a fatal disaster upon yourself?" Yan Hua's tone changed abruptly.

Sure enough, after hearing this, Hai Qiong's face turned deathly pale in an instant.

"Brother Yan, please explain yourself clearly."

"President Hai, that person surnamed Su is clearly an arbitrary and dictatorial person. To win a good reputation for himself, he didn't hesitate to offend everyone in Yongan City. Besides those people outside the city, think about it: in our entire city now, who doesn't hate him to the core?"

"That is true." Hai Qiong revealed a wry smile.

Indeed, from the Awakened, like families such as the Yan Family, down to the Martial Artists and ordinary citizens in the city, and even the children, they might all be cursing President Su in their hearts. To say he is reviled by all is no exaggeration.

"It seems President Hai also understands the logic of this. The fate of a guy who has offended everyone is easy to imagine. And you, President Hai, have now been dragged into the water by that guy; if you aren't careful, you might face a bloody disaster!"

"Brother Yan, aren't you being a bit alarmist?" Hai Qiong smiled and shook his head, saying, "Although the President did indeed offend most of the people in the city by doing this, there is still a group of people supporting him, isn't there? Furthermore, with the President's strength, even if he offended everyone in the city, to put it bluntly, no one can do anything to him."

"Can President Hai guarantee that just because no one can do anything to him now, no one will be able to do anything to him in the future?" Yan Hua gritted his teeth, his tone revealing a sense of hatred.

A sense of heroic ambition welled up in Yan Hua's heart, because he firmly believed that he was the one who could make that person surnamed Su pay the price!

Hai Qiong was stunned for a moment.

"President Hai, if that day really comes, as an accomplice to that guy, do you think you can escape unscathed?"

"Absurd, simply too absurd." Hai Qiong said, "Yan Hua, I originally thought you called me over to tell me something of vital importance; I didn't expect it to just be this. Sigh."

He sighed helplessly and continued, "I know you have never been reconciled to this and harbor resentment toward the President."

"But the President has already done all he could for you by acting this way."

Furthermore, you have also seen that he did not keep the land he took from your hands for himself, but instead distributed it to others.

Yan Hua, let us stop here; live peacefully and securely here, do not harbor those crooked thoughts again, and no one will come to trouble you, otherwise, do not blame me for not considering our past friendship.

"Hahaha." Yan Hua suddenly burst into laughter, "Not considering our past friendship? Hai Qiong, when you found us yesterday, did you ever consider our past friendship?

When my eldest brother was alive, you were like a dog in front of me; if I told you to go east, you would never dare to go west. And what is the result? As soon as my brother and the others died, you climbed onto our heads to act with authority; do you call this considering our past friendship?"

"Yan Hua, I will give you one more chance; take back what you just said, and I can pretend I heard nothing today." A flash of coldness crossed Hai Qiong's eyes, and his tone became increasingly icy.