Chapter 132: The Doom of Wu Bin and Company

Dead silence.

The entire construction site had fallen into a deathly stillness.

All the residents and craftsmen who witnessed this scene stood frozen in place, their minds blank.

"City…… City Lord…… was…… killed?"

Someone spoke those words in a voice trembling uncontrollably.

And that sentence, like a stone tossed into a calm lake, instantly stirred up thousands of towering waves!

"No——! This is impossible!"

"City Lord!"

"Who?! Who exactly did this?!"

Panic, anger, despair……

All kinds of negative emotions, like a breached dam, erupted instantly among the crowd!

The whole scene was nearly out of control!

And amidst this chaos, a figure slowly emerged from the shadow of an unfinished building.

It was Wu Bin.

He looked at Lin Yue, who lay motionless in a pool of blood not far away, and a sick, manic smile spread across his face.

Success!

He had actually succeeded!

I, Wu Bin, am the one heaven has destined! I am the sole ruler of Xuanwu City!

The immense joy almost made him burst out laughing.

He opened his arms, as if to embrace the world that would soon belong to him.

After briefly calming his emotions, Wu Bin gazed down at the chaotic, desperate crowd below with an air of victorious superiority,

"Fellow residents of Xuanwu City, be quiet!"

His voice, transmitted clearly to everyone present through a portable loudspeaker,

"I know you are now afraid and confused. But please do not panic!"

"Because from today on, you will usher in a brand‑new, better era!"

He pointed at Lin Yue's "corpse" on the ground, his voice filled with contempt and mockery.

"The 'god' you revere, this so‑called City Lord, is nothing but a tyrant who exploited your trust and seized everyone's labor for himself!"

"I, Wu Bin, will lead you to build a truly fair, just, and open new Xuanwu City that belongs to all of us!"

"Here there will be no distinction of high or low, noble or base! Each person will be rewarded according to ability—more work, more pay; the capable rise, the mediocre fall!"

The more than forty members of the Anti‑Lin Alliance behind him also emerged from their hiding places, their faces full of pride and arrogance.

"Exactly! From today on, Brother Wu is our new City Lord of Xuanwu City!"

"Anyone who dares to dissent, this is your fate!"

A member of the Anti‑Lin Alliance arrogantly pointed his gun barrel at Lin Yue's "corpse" on the ground, his face twisted in a feral grin.

The crowd below stared at this scene, utterly dumbfounded.

Some of them were swayed by Wu Bin's incendiary words, their eyes beginning to glow with an inexplicable light.

But many more felt an unprecedented fear and unease.

Wang Gongtou and several members of the Black Tortoise Guard trembled with rage, wanting to charge forward and fight these traitors to the death, yet they were held immobile by the dark muzzles aimed at them.

"How about it, everyone?"

Wu Bin was very pleased with the stir he had caused; the smile on his face grew even more smug,

"Now, who still has any objections to my decision?"

He swept his gaze around, relishing the feeling of being the focus of ten thousand eyes.

However, just as he was about to announce his next plan,

A voice, calm to the point of eeriness and unforgettable to him, sounded suddenly behind him without any warning.

"Have you finished your speech?"

Wu Bin's whole body jerked violently, as if frozen by a binding spell, locking him in place.

That voice……

That voice he had dreamed of killing himself……

How could this be……

He strained, turning his head inch by inch.

The next second, he saw a scene that would haunt him forever.

There, the Lin Yue who should have been dead beyond doubt had, at some point, slowly risen from the ground and stood behind him.

The several terrifying through‑and‑through blood holes on his body had completely vanished.

He even stretched, patted the nonexistent dust off his clothes, and still wore that harmless smile.

It was as if the assassination earlier had been nothing more than a harmless prank to him.

"This…… this…… this is impossible!!!"

Wu Bin's eyes almost popped out of his head; he pointed at Lin Yue, his voice turning sharp and shrill from extreme terror,

"You…… you were clearly hit by several bullets! How could you…… still be alive?!"

His allies behind him were also terrified out of their wits, their Gauss electromagnetic rifles clattering to the ground, their legs shaking uncontrollably, and some even collapsed outright, losing control of bladder and bowels.

"Death?"

Lin Yue looked at the pathetic clowns before him, his smile turning cold and mocking.

"Just based on you few trash, you also deserve to kill me?"

"The instant his words fell, he moved."

"No, more accurately speaking, it was the ground beneath his feet that moved."

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

"Countless huge earth spikes formed from condensed high-strength alloy shot out from the ground without warning; Wu Bin and all his allies, having no power to resist, were all firmly nailed to the spot!"

"Those alloy spikes precisely pierced their limbs, yet cleverly avoided all vital spots."

"Ah——!!!"

"The heart-rending, lung-splitting miserable howl instantly echoed throughout the entire construction site!"

"Devil... devil! You are a devil!"

"Wu Bin watched his limbs firmly nailed to the ground, feeling that piercing, bone-chilling pain; his eyes held only endless fear and despair."

"He finally understood how ridiculous he was!"

"We, in the enemy's eyes, had no secrets; today's assassination was merely a trap set by the enemy for us, and yet I foolishly walked right into it."

"Losing is not unjust!"

"Lin Yue ignored his wailing; he simply walked slowly to the residents still in a dazed state, and put back on that gentle smile."

"Everyone, I'm sure you're all curious about what happened."

"Some of the people below who had slightly regained their senses had roughly guessed some of it, but none dared to speak out."

"Lin Yue took in everyone's reactions, still wearing a smile as he continued:"

"Don't rush; later I will give everyone an explanation."

"Han Ya and the Heaven's Punishment squad also arrived at the scene."

"Han Ya."

"Present!"

"Take Wu Bin and all of them to the central square for me!"

"If someone were observant enough, they would notice that Lin Yue's voice now was much colder than before."

"At the same time, immediately notify the whole city! Let all residents, regardless of age or gender, whatever they are doing, immediately drop what they're doing and gather at the central square!"