Chapter 119: Once A Person Dies, All Problems Vanish
After Bai Rongzu and those Ningjiang martial artists left to change shifts at the Jinze City Disinfection Bureau, which took just one hour, those people named by Li Ye to stay in Jinze City for demon extermination also all arrived at this mine.
Piecing together from various sources, including the Chen Family, those at Six Dragon Gate and above, plus those who resigned from the Disinfection Bureau, totaling more than eighty people, among whom those at Second Realm and above, plus two deputy bureau chiefs and one bureau chief, came to thirteen in total.
On the surface, they were honestly doing business, and truly law-abiding martial artists were certainly not included; they were all local tyrants.
“Push forward, shrink the polluted area, go straight into the mine cave!”
Around eighty people, the weak ones were issued weapons, the strong ones used their own weapons, and with Li Ye’s order, they cleared out the demonic creatures while contracting inward.
All the way to the place where the pollution source was emanating.
That was a mine shaft entrance, very standard, located at the foot of the mountain.
“First batch, you.”
Li Ye pointed at Luo Jin, “And the former Disinfection Bureau ones, get in there.”
“Wait a minute, wait a minute.”
Fan Tie, who came along, picked up a small night-vision camera and handed it to them, “Put it on properly; even if you lose your life, at least the intelligence gets transmitted back.”
Seeing the thing Fan Tie handed over, Luo Jin couldn’t help begging Li Ye for mercy: “Bureau Chief Li, Lord Li, spare my life; from now on, I will certainly follow the Disinfection Bureau’s lead!”
“I still prefer your previous arrogant and untamed look, trying every way to resist.”
Li Ye sneered disdainfully: “When you had the upper hand, you were lawless; now that you’re at a disadvantage, you think of begging for mercy. Too late!”
“Get in there, transmit intelligence from inside; if you survive, I won’t trouble you. If you don’t go in, I’ll beat you crippled, then make you watch your whole family go in for you.”
Li Ye bared a mouthful of stark white teeth, “You know it; the Disinfection Bureau isn’t great at much, but finding people is definitely top-notch. As long as your family is in the country, it’s just a matter of spending a bit more time to find them. Even abroad, no problem; I’ll note this account first, and when I have time to go abroad someday, I’ll kill them.”
Hearing this, Luo Jin didn’t even dare to threaten back, obediently put on the camera on his chest, gritted his teeth, gripped his long sword, and entered the mine cave.
Seeing this, the others could only obediently go in; none even complained.
“You’re doing pretty well as this secret police.”
Fan Tie said: “Others threaten whole families; you reverse it, using others’ whole families to threaten them.”
“As long as it’s effective.” Li Ye laughed.
For threats and intimidation, of course, the whole family is the most effective.
Everyone has someone they care about, right?
Don’t care?
Don’t care? Still kill.
Just eliminate the person, and there are no more worries or problems.
“Let’s see the situation first.”
Fan Tie took out several tablets, opened the interface, and it split into eighteen screens glowing green, illuminating the pitch-black mine cave.
The entrance had no lighting; the lamps were already broken, as for inside…
“The space has expanded by double.”
Fan Tie saw the video perspective go from the mine cave entrance deeper into more layered mine tunnels and said:
“I checked the information on Tongguan Mountain mine cave earlier; the lighting lamps aren’t that far apart—this is at least double the distance.”
As he spoke, he breathed a sigh of relief, “Good, not too big. Tongguan Mountain’s surface area hasn’t grown; the mountain body hasn’t enlarged, so it should be underground.”
“Generally, how do you resolve this kind of Demon Realm?” Li Ye asked.
“Depends on the situation; either it’s an extremely dangerous Demon Realm, not open to the public, can only be suppressed. Why support troops need thirty hours to assemble isn’t because they’re slow; it’s because the military region itself is located in a Demon Realm.”
Fan Tie said: “If it’s a non-dangerous Demon Realm, we confirm if there’s a token inside, stabilize the pollution, and then the rest start ‘bidding’.”
Removing a Demon Realm is very time-consuming; some take three to five years, others over ten.
The military doesn’t have enough manpower; they’re basically all fighting large Demon Realms.
While Demon Realms that aren’t that harmful can allow civilian martial artists to participate.
“Like this Demon Realm spawned in a mine, it’s very likely to produce similar resources too. You said it’s Ming Dynasty; it might be Ming Dynasty Demon Realm spacetime combined with here, then recreated in reality, increasing the fiefdom but also spawning demonic creatures.”
“But after removing the demonic creatures, there should be a batch of high-quality minerals inside; civilian martial artists killing demons inside will also mine, then the higher-ups just handle transactions and acquisitions, regulating it.”
For individuals, this seems unfair—why does the military suppress it, then let others get the benefits.
But from a macro perspective…
The meat still rots in the pot.
In fact, it’s just not enough manpower, so others have to fill the gap.
As for who this other is… whoever has the strength steps up; after all, removing demonic creatures isn’t something anyone can do—at least they need to resist pollution to enter the Demon Realm.
Martial artists aren’t cabbages; most who train martial arts don’t even reach Six Dragon Gate, and those at this realm are sought after anywhere.
Even just training Foundation Establishment Technique, high qi and blood can resist pollution.
“But there’s something interesting here…”
Fan Tie thought of something and said:
“Demon Realms have a chance to produce tokens; getting a token equals getting a fiefdom. We have no bans on this; if we don’t participate, and they get the token, it’s theirs. After all, that equals resolving a Demon Realm; the rest follows previous conventions with bidding.”
“If we participate, the token has nothing to do with them; if obtained, it must be turned over, though compensation will be given.”
He looked at Chen Hualong, who Li Ye had casually brought along and who was unconscious, “So some people who don’t know their limits will enter as soon as the Demon Realm spawns to probe if they can get a token.”
“But more often, these overconfident fools die inside, letting the demonic creature pollution expand and spread. Otherwise, if reported early, the pollution wouldn’t have spread here.”
Fan Tie looked at Chen Hualong, whom he had brought along and who was unconscious, and said: “I remember this place was contracted by his family; surely he didn’t want the fiefdom, so he sealed off the information? What guts.”
Hearing this, Li Ye also looked at the unconscious Chen Hualong.
Very likely; otherwise, the Disinfection Bureau’s actions make no sense.
A normal Disinfection Bureau, no matter how weak, wouldn’t be this exaggerated.
You say Ningjiang Ren Family?
When the Disinfection Bureau suspects you of raising demonic creatures, you’d better actually be raising them.
One is framed, the other treated as a great enemy.
The Ren Family is the great enemy.
They really are raising demonic creatures!
Two deputy bureau chiefs and most disinfection officers were replaced by skin-peeling demons; the remaining part had long accepted the Ren Family’s bribes, so they definitely resigned.
The Chen Family seems strong, but absolutely not to the Ren Family’s extent.
Jinze City’s setup isn’t low either: bureau chief and three deputy bureau chiefs at Second Realm, plus so many Six Dragon Gate and above disinfection officers; they could casually beat any local tyrant.
Even against the Chen Family, not intimidated; would Chen Hualong dare actually attack the Disinfection Bureau and kill everyone?
This layer of skin is beneficial when necessary.
In any case, it absolutely wouldn’t reach the point of being forced to resign with one word; mostly it’s spiraling entanglements and mutual scheming, maintaining stability.
The Disinfection Bureau being bullied is because of weak people, but no matter how bullied, at most reputation damaged, plus individuals lose face.
And this big premise is that the local tyrant themselves handle the demonic creatures smoothly.
They think they don’t need the Disinfection Bureau to do it, which allows the Disinfection Bureau’s weak position.
On other issues, strong or weak doesn’t matter; it’s just about whether they can control it.
Blocking the Disinfection Bureau on demonic creature issues is a great taboo.
If the grassroots can’t kill, can’t the upper levels?
To make the Disinfection Bureau lose control all at once, it must be the Chen Family initiating some backroom deal, and someone accepted it.
Otherwise, how would the bureau chief disappear, deputy bureau chiefs resign…
A mere information section section chief forced to show stance to the Chen Family, begging them to handle the demonic creatures.
Fighting for reputation? Covering tracks to avoid liquidation?
“Not important anymore.”
Li Ye glanced at the Chen Family people whose expressions obviously stiffened, and said:
“Whatever he wants to do, enter the Demon Realm first and survive before talking.”
He came to solve things, not investigate cases, find clues and motives—that’s the Public Security Bureau’s job; they need to lock down motives.
Still that saying.
Once people are dead, no more problems.
