Chapter 462: The Methods Were Too Ruthless

"That's not right!"

"How could there only be Brother Wei in the secret chamber? Where did his Clone go?"

This single sentence instantly stirred up a thousand ripples, and the room suddenly became noisy.

That's right; only then did everyone realize that there were two corpses in the secret chamber right now, yet in this footage, there was only Wei Xiong.

"Everyone, don't be impatient. Keep watching."

The footage on the wall continued to play, but the image seemed as if it were frozen, with no obvious changes.

"Speed it up," Luo Jin said, frowning.

"Yes, City Lord."

Chen Baishan hurriedly responded, and following his operation, the footage began to flash by rapidly.

Of course, given the strength of those present, such a speed was not a difficult matter for them.

It is unknown how much time had passed when Wei Xiong, who had been keeping his eyes tightly shut, suddenly opened them wide and began muttering to himself.

Chen Baishan was very observant; without waiting for Luo Jin's order, he directly replayed this segment of the footage and turned the volume to the maximum.

"Damn it, what exactly is that guy trying to do?" Wei Xiong's voice was filled with anxiety. "Could he be trying to mess with my Clone? Damn it!"

"?"

Hearing this, everyone first looked at each other in dismay, then their gazes fell upon Luo Jin in unison.

Luo Jin's brows knitted tightly together, and he said in a deep voice, "Continue playing."

The footage continued to flow; two or three minutes later, Wei Xiong closed his eyes again, and the image returned to its previous stillness.

It wasn't until several minutes later that Wei Xiong stood up again, pacing back and forth in the secret chamber while talking to himself.

The content of his words still revolved around his previous worries; one moment he suspected his Clone had been tampered with, and the next he was certain his Clone could not have been tampered with.

As the saying goes, the bystander sees more than the player; seeing this scene, everyone in their hearts vaguely guessed something.

"Brother Luo, in my opinion, the truth of the matter is likely about to surface."

"Oh?"

Luo Jin turned around and looked at the burly man who had spoken. "What do you mean by that?"

"Although I don't know what exactly happened during those two or three minutes when Brother Wei suddenly opened his eyes, there is no doubt that his Clone has definitely been tampered with. If I am not mistaken, the person who poisoned him is his very own Clone!"

"What!"

Although everyone had felt a vague sense of alarm while listening to Yang Hao's analysis, when they heard him explicitly state that the person who poisoned Wei Xiong was his Clone, they were still shocked one by one, their mouths agape, the look of astonishment on their faces plain to see.

"Brother Yang, this, how is this possible? How could Brother Wei Xiong's Clone poison his true self?"

"That's right. If we're talking about who is most loyal to Brother Wei, it would surely be his Clone. How could it do such a thing?"

"I also think so. If Brother Wei Xiong's true self dies, the Clone will also be finished. Furthermore, besides Brother Wei, who else could control his Clone?"

"I understand; this does sound truly inconceivable."

Yang Hao's gaze slowly swept across the crowd, his expression serious. "But what if Brother Wei's Clone has already been controlled by someone else? In that case, his actions would seem to make sense, wouldn't they?"

As his voice fell, the previously noisy atmosphere instantly quieted down, and everyone fell into deep thought.

That's right; such a possibility did indeed exist. After all, there are not a few Awakened who have awakened abilities related to Mental Control, mind control, or puppet manipulation; controlling a Clone is not a difficult task for certain experts.

But if that were the case, a new problem would arise. If his own Clone were controlled by someone else, could Wei Xiong really have not noticed it at all?

"Continue playing."

In the footage, Wei Xiong took out his phone from his pocket.

Seeing this, the muscles on Luo Jin's face twitched slightly, and his hands clenched into fists involuntarily.

His heart was filled with self-reproach. If he had noticed the call from Wei Xiong at that time, would this heartbreaking scene not have happened today?

Behind him, Yang Hao and the others also kept silent in unison, and the atmosphere became increasingly oppressive.

In the footage, Wei Xiong called several times, but no one answered. Helpless, he had no choice but to put the phone back into his pocket.

Just then, the door to the secret chamber slowly opened, and another Wei Xiong walked in.

"He's here!"

Everyone's spirits were instantly lifted; one by one, they stared wide-eyed at the footage, afraid to miss any detail.

The Wei Xiong in the footage looked very cautious and carefully inspected his Clone for quite a while.

After a long while, a smile appeared at the corners of his mouth.

"?"

Everyone couldn't help but be stunned, secretly wondering to themselves: that was it? The inspection was finished?

Could it be that he confirmed there was no problem with the Clone?

However, thinking about it carefully, it seemed reasonable; after all, no one knew better than Wei Xiong himself whether his Clone had any abnormalities.

Yang Hao's brows were tightly knitted into a 'chuan' shape.

No problem? But all of this seemed too suspicious; it shouldn't be.

Because in his hypothesis, if there were a problem with the Clone, then everything that had happened could be reasonably explained.

But if there were no problem with the Clone, how was the poison administered?

Could it be that someone is truly so powerful that they could poison the tea without anyone knowing, and without controlling the Clone?

No!

A flash of insight suddenly crossed Yang Hao's eyes. He thought of another possibility: that Wei Xiong had not been able to detect the problem with his own Clone!

In the footage, Wei Xiong sat down on the meditation cushion, opened his eyes after a short while, picked up the teacup, took two sips of tea, and then began to speak.

In an instant, the atmosphere in the room became tense to the extreme.

Everyone's gaze fell upon the Clone in unison.

They saw the Clone pick up the teacup unhurriedly, walk to the side, pour out the dregs, tear open the packaging of the Calming Tea, and pour the tea leaves inside into it.

Up to this point, everything looked perfectly normal, and many people secretly breathed a sigh of relief. But just then, a small white packet suddenly appeared in the Clone's hand.

"What is that!"

"Could it be Poison?"

"It really was the Clone that poisoned him!!!"

At this moment, gasps of astonishment erupted one after another in the room, and everyone's faces were filled with disbelief.

Even Luo Jin could not help but open his mouth wide, a trace of shock appearing in his eyes.

Chen Baishan hurriedly paused the footage, trembling as he waited for Luo Jin's instructions.

"Continue playing."

With matters having developed to this point, the result was actually already very obvious.

Wei Xiong's true body must have been poisoned to death after drinking the tea brewed by the Clone.

However, if some things are not seen with one's own eyes, it is indeed hard to be convinced from the bottom of one's heart.

The footage continued to play, and one could see Wei Xiong's Clone tearing open the small packet and pouring all the medicinal powder inside into the teacup.

The next moment, the small packet vanished, as if nothing had ever happened.

The Clone carried the cup, walked over to Wei Xiong, set it down gently, and then returned to his previous spot to continue sitting in meditation and practicing.

"..."

Seeing this, a chill rose simultaneously up everyone's backs.

They looked at Wei Xiong's corpse, then looked at the fallen Clone to the side; the result could not have been more obvious.

Wei Xiong had no idea that the cup of Anshan Tea placed before him had been secretly spiked with a deadly Poison.

In reality, if they were in Wei Xiong's shoes, they were afraid they would never have imagined that the Clone who was inseparable from them and loyal to them in daily life would actually be the murderer who killed them.

The remaining footage was exactly as they had anticipated.

Wei Xiong drank the tea, and not long after, he died from the Poison.

The struggle and pain before his death further verified the suspicions in everyone's hearts.

As for the subsequent footage, it showed a large group of people rushing into the secret chamber, seeing the scene before them, and one by one turning pale with fright, with many even collapsing to the ground.

After that, it was the scene of them receiving the news and rushing over in a hurry.

"Brother Yang Hao, your previous guess was indeed absolutely correct; Brother Wei Xiong really did die at the hands of his Clone."

"The person behind this is truly too vicious. He knew full well that ordinary methods could not deal with Brother Wei Xiong, so he came up with such a poisonous scheme—ruthless, it is truly too ruthless!"