Chen Xingzhou lay in the hospital, barely holding on, and couldn't even be prioritized on the list, let alone his underachieving younger brother. As long as Chen Xingzhou was still breathing, his brother couldn't liquidate any assets. However, if Chen Xingzhou were to die, he could then extricate himself from the bloody power struggle of the White Deer.

As long as Ji Jue and his group didn't pose a significant threat, Lei Yaoxing wouldn't bother with them.

Yet, the current, cunningly favorable situation made Ji Jue start to suspect what ulterior motives lay hidden.

Otherwise, how could it be so coincidental?

From the internal strife escalating within Desert Market, the relationship between Chen Xingzhou and Chen Yubo had, strangely enough, acted as a massive financial bond, creating a shelter that could seemingly withstand the storm's center.

Chen Yubo had his brother's remnants for protection and no immediate worries, yet his lack of competence kept him from being seen as a threat.

Chen Xingzhou also benefitted from his brother's presence, which helped distribute some of the fire his way; even the inheritance worth over four billion could somewhat serve as a lifesaver—if someone were to act against him, they would have to consider the possibility that after Chen Xingzhou's death, a cornered Chen Yubo might put the entirety of these funds and the immense worth of inheritance rights up for a bounty on the killer's head in Desert Market...

From the day Chen Yubo was attacked, the complex web of clues Ji Jue knew about started to extend in all directions, but they all, more or less, ended up passing through a necessary relay point—Chen Xingzhou.

Chen Yubo's brother whom, until now, Ji Jue had never met.

What role was he playing in this?

Ji Jue opened his phone to look over the information received in recent days from sources like Ye Chun and Tong Hua; most of the messages Ye Chun forwarded were urban legends and various photos and videos spread through messaging apps. In contrast, most of the messages from Tong Hua were internal memos from the Security Bureau.

To sum it up in one sentence—madness.

Everyone had gone damn mad!

Lei Yaoxing had gone mad, Koushui Kun had gone mad, Lei Xiaoniu had gone mad, Xu Yan had gone mad...everyone involved, from big shots to underlings, seemed on the brink of insanity in Cliff City's dark underbelly, not just Desert Market!

When the possibility of a peaceful transition and Integration collapsed, Lei Wuye's last bit of order completely disintegrated, leaving everyone wielding machetes and cutting off heads, their eyes bloodshot.

Amidst the bloody conquest and merger, almost everyone, except for the fools who still deludedly thought they could ride out the storm, was close to banding together.

Faced with Lei Yaoxing's ruthless tactics, those who wanted to protect themselves or still harbored ambitions started to counterattack at all costs, intensifying the conflict.

At this point, the most useful and immediate option was external aid or finding a powerful backer.

Tide City, Ship City, and other city leaders, even outside Hai Province, who would pass up this valuable opportunity to extend their power, especially wanting a foothold in Cliff City, the Federation's largest maritime hub?

Thus, Lu Xue, Cannibal Brothers, Black Spade 3, Wooden Man, Wolf Face, Centaur...in recent days, the White Deer Chosen Ones from the Federation, Empire, Central Earth, and Thousand Islands had arrived in Cliff City one after another, drawn by the vortex.

Among them were fugitives and lunatics, an uncontrollable force that disturbed the fragile balance both inside and outside Cliff City, turning it into a ticking time bomb.

Further tensing the situation was the appearance of an iron monster in a spy video this afternoon.

—A Power Armor, audaciously showing on the streets!!!

It was hard to fathom just how immense the psychological shadow was on the Governor's mind reporting this.

A Transmission backbone wiped of its serial number, not documented by the military, a Federation engine matched with an Empire core, a bootleg system coded by some unknown programmer, equipped with counterfeit weapons and body armor all jury-rigged together—this killing machine was almost ready to burst through the gates of the governor's mansion and kill the Governor!

What is going on?

What the hell does Desert Market want to do? Have you lost your minds?!

Is this a repeat of the Tianyuan White Deer turmoil from over two hundred years ago?!

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