Li Jianguo feels very embarrassed now.
As the saying goes, there are three things a new official needs to do when taking office.
It had only been two days since he took office. There was a fire at the gate of hell and a fire at the south gate of Fengdu.
The third fire is probably going to burn on the Jade Emperor's forehead.
Huang Si next to him didn't look good either, with a gloomy look on his face.
They had already arrived at the Hades Building, and even took their numbers. They were about to be next in line, and then received the evacuation notice.
The staff member in the window flew into the air, kicked off his legs, used the swivel chair under his buttocks as an axis, rotated and launched, and ran out of the building in the blink of an eye, without the swivel chair stopping.
Huang Si was confused.
The reward of thirty taels was gone.
So he took the initiative to invite Li Jianguo to go to the south gate together.
"We cannot let the disaster continue to expand. If we enter a wartime state, these thirty taels of gold may be seized as wartime resources."
Huang Si spoke in a low voice, with a determined look on his face, and walked towards the south gate against the flow of people with long strides.
Li Jianguo originally wanted to follow the crowd to seek refuge.
Then he thought about it, forget it, he still has to cooperate with Huang Si in his work. How sad it would be if he found that the person he wanted to protect was trampled to death by the crowd!
Li Jianguo had no choice but to jog and follow him. The two of them walked forward, one behind the other, towards the place where the beacon smoke was billowing.
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The next day, 16:20.
"Don't approach them, disperse!"
When Li Jianguo and Huang Si arrived, the situation on the battlefield was tense. The South Gate Tower has been blasted with several holes of varying sizes. The buildings in the city are in a mess and thick smoke is billowing.
Several enemies are pouring into the city from the gaps in the city wall. The enemies are no different from the souls that can be seen normally in Hades. They are unarmed, but they are advancing rapidly. The Hades guards who were confronting them did not dare to move forward and kept a suitable distance with their weapons raised.
Seeing Li Jianguo and Huang Si coming, Bai Wuchang jumped down from a high place and landed next to Li Jianguo: "Don't come any closer! These souls are bombs!"
Is it... a bomb?
Bai Wuchang quickly explained: "They have lost consciousness. The soul is originally the aggregation of energy and consciousness. After losing consciousness, they were transformed into pure energy bombs."
Bai Wuchang looked at Huang Si, who was about to enter the battlefield, and shouted loudly: "Huang Si, don't let them get close, or..."
"No need to talk, Xie Bian!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Huang Si jumped up from the ruins of the wall behind the burned building, jumped high into the air, and searched for his target like a falcon with spread wings. Then the flying knife flew out at high speed, and when it hit, The moment he reached his soul, a deafening explosion sounded at the same time.
Looking at Huang Si entering the battlefield, Bai Wuchang briefly bowed his hands to Li Jianguo: "Sir, I'm sorry that I can't accompany you. Please pay attention to your safety."
Bai Wuchang immediately ran towards the Hades Guards: "The archers occupy the high point, don't let them go deeper! Others, surround the fallen buildings to block them!"
Seeing everyone going about their own business, Li Jianguo stood there at a loss.
"Damn it, right?" A pair of big hands put on Li Jianguo's shoulders, and Li Jianguo turned around and saw a pair of dark clothes.
It's black and impermanent, but the smile remains the same.
If you look closely, it's not his clothes that are dark, but his entire right arm. Only half of the robe on the left side of the robe he was originally wearing was left. All the exposed bodies were now charred black, and some black smoke seemed to be slowly leaking out.
Seeing Li Jianguo staring at his body, Hei Wuchang smiled and said, "Sir, don't think anything wrong about me. My body only belongs to..."
Li Jianguo blurted out like a conditioned reflex: "Bai Wuchang?"
Hei Wuchang hit Li Jianguo's chest with a huge fist: "You idiot! We are just colleagues!"
Fortunately, Hei Wuchang was still measured, and Li Jianguo only flew more than two meters before stopping.
"Ahem, having said that," Li Jianguo stood up with difficulty, "Are you okay?"
Hei Wuchang smiled heartily and said: "It's nothing. We have been practicing for thousands of years. It would be too bad to be blown up by a bomb. But I really didn't expect it to be a bomb and I didn't react, so I was injured."
There was another series of explosions behind him. Li Jianguo looked back at the battlefield. Huang Si seemed to be very comfortable in it. Looking at his expression from a distance, it was not an exaggeration to say that he was venting.
"I suffered some losses at first," Hei Wuchang glanced at the arrows that were shooting around him and said easily, "But now that I know it, there should be no problem. Suppressing it shouldn't be a problem. But I'm a draw in close combat. Yes, there will be no drama. Although this is the first time in thousands of years that Fengdu City has been destroyed, at least the damage is controllable."
The two watched the soul-exploding fireworks display in silence for a while.
"At least we know where those disappeared souls went?"
Hei Wuchang shook his head: "No. I got part of the roster right. The soul bombs that appear here are all extremely evil people in their lifetime. They are the kind of villains who want to travel through the eighteen levels of hell layer by layer. The other souls have not been seen yet. arrive."
Hei Wuchang smiled and said to Li Jianguo: "This may also be a relief for them. You may not believe it, but under the laws of hell, the death penalty is prohibited."
Li Jianguo thought for a while.
It really is.
Hei Wuchang continued: "We in Hades firmly believe that all souls can be transformed. Even the most vicious souls can be transformed into as pure as white paper. They only need to go through mountains of swords, seas of fire, pulling out tongues, and frying pans of oil. , peeling, cramping and other "whitewashing procedures" will be fine."
"Then what if I can't clear my name?"
Hei Wuchang looked at Li Jianguo meaningfully: "It means that the whitewashing process is not complete, so just continue to repeat the process..."
"Then if I still can't clear my name...oh, I understand."
There was another silence between the two.
The explosion beside him relieved the awkwardness caused by the silence. Li Jianguo decided to pretend to listen to the explosion feast for the time being.
After a while, Li Jianguo commented thoughtfully:
"This whitewashing process is truly humane and does not give up any soul."
Because Li Jianguo didn't know if he would have to clean himself up like this in the future if he said something wrong.
To be on the safe side, don’t try it.
Hei Wuchang laughed again: "Every soul in reincarnation is precious, so we generally prohibit the execution of souls. Unless there are special circumstances, we usually arrest them. Sometimes, I also envy the ghosts who can The pleasure of doing whatever you want.”
"You want to act recklessly? Do you guys have any privileges?"
"There used to be some. As the special forces of Hades, within the territory of Hades, they could kill anyone who blocked their way at any time. However, the privileges have been abolished long ago. Of course, this does not affect the continued spread of their legends among the people."
Li Jianguo thought to himself: No wonder the waiter was so frightened that he peed when he saw the emblem on Huang Si's body. It turned out to be like this.
Hei Wuchang took a few steps forward and looked at the entire battlefield in ecstasy: "Sometimes I also wonder whether it is better to let the extremely evil souls suffer forever, or whether it is better to execute them directly. I don't have the answer, but seize these The man with the soul obviously has the answer himself.”
The intervals between explosions slowly became longer, and it seemed that they were nearing their end.
Hei Wuchang looked at the encirclement that was gradually shrinking towards the gap, turned around and walked back: "Withdraw, Sir. I hope Sir Bao and the others have new clues. I will also go and treat them."
Just as the two were about to walk back, there was another loud noise.
This time the loud noise... was in the city!
Hei Wuchang only paused for half a second, then quickly jumped onto the roof of the nearest building, quickly glanced around the city, then jumped down again and sighed.
"It seems that the treatment can take a while," Hei Wuchang said:
"The Mengpo Hotel was bombed."
Even though Hei Wuchang was injured, he still walked like flying. Li Jianguo hurried behind him but couldn't catch up.
It's not that Li Jianguo wants to investigate the cause and effect of the bombing of Meng Po Hotel, but Huang Si is busy harvesting there now, and there is no one to look after him. If he doesn't follow Black and White Wuchang, he might end up lying somewhere soon. In the stinking ditch.
Yes, there are no smelly ditches in Hades...but lying on the ownerless excrement is not a pleasant thing to think about.
Hei Wuchang seemed to have something like an accelerator or a spring installed on his leg. No matter how hard he chased, he could only see the back of Hei Wuchang's floating robe from a distance.
After a while, Li Jianguo understood that perhaps it was not just Hei Wuchang who ran too fast, but also that he himself was running too slow.
Because a large group of people passed him from behind, with different expressions. Some were holding swords, guns, swords and halberds, and some were holding peanuts and melon seeds.
There seemed to be more people watching the fun than the Hades rushing over.
You have no doubt that this group of spectators would have loved watching excavators and picking up small sticks during their lifetime.
As the saying goes, a man remains a boy until he dies.
The word "until death" is so accurate.
The next day, 17:30.
Li Jianguo almost missed the infield ticket to watch the excitement, but fortunately, Hei Wuchang opened the way and the crowd automatically made way for the two of them.
The thick smoke spread from the top floor of Meng's Hotel, which was Mrs. Meng's office.
"Po Meng is one of the creation gods of the underworld," Li Jianguo whispered to Hei Wuchang, "You must be able to protect yourself, right?"
Hei Wuchang shook his head and walked quickly towards the building:
"Mother Meng's magical power is not here. I think she has no ability to protect herself. But..."
Li Jianguo knew that Hei Wuchang was thinking about the same question as himself:
Why was this place bombed?
Is it for Po Meng’s family business? Or is it for Meng Po soup?
The Hades guards have set up a cordon under the building and have evacuated the surrounding Hades residents. Hei Wuchang and several Hades guards entered the building together. To be on the safe side, Li Jianguo searched for clues alone under the building. Not long after, Bai Wuchang also rushed over.
Li Jianguo glanced behind Bai Wuchang and asked, "Where is Huang Si? Why didn't you see him coming?"
"I didn't see it, maybe on the way here. The bomb soul outside the south gate has been eliminated, and some Hades guards are guarding and reinforcing the city defense. What's going on here?"
Hei Wuchang also happened to come out of the building. He looked around and said to Bai Wuchang: "I didn't see anything. The person must have run away. Exploring and chasing murderers is not my strong point. I leave it to you."
"Where's Po Meng?"
"She's gone too. No one saw her coming down. She must have been taken away."
It is almost certain that the tiger has been diverted away from the mountain.
Li Jianguo thought: No wonder there was no back-up after the explosion at the south gate broke the city wall, because his back-up was here. His goal is Po Meng.
The question is, what are you going to do next?
Li Jianguo felt very uncomfortable.
His brain has been moving too much these days. The neurons in his brain have always been in a semi-off state before, and he almost never had to work overtime. Now, under such a high-intensity load, his brain was already complaining.
Can't someone help me think about it?
At this moment, Mr. Bao and Cui Ling squeezed through the crowded crowd and arrived belatedly, hunched over and carefully examining the mess on the ground.
Black and White Wuchang stepped forward and said, "Master Bao, we didn't find the prisoner, and Po Meng is also missing."
Cui Ling asked anxiously: "Why is it more troublesome now? First the soul disappeared, then the south gate city was destroyed, and finally Meng Po also disappeared, and it happened to be at the time of the financial crisis in Hades! We can't even check a single problem It’s very difficult, with so many problems!”
Bao Zheng thought deeply for a while: "Maybe these are the same problem."
Cui Ling asked: "Same question?"
Bao Zheng glanced at the bustling crowd around him and waved to Black and White Wuchang to come over: "Let the Hades guards watch here, let's leave here first and discuss the long term."
Bai Wuchang turned around and glanced at the billowing smoke behind him again:
"Master Bao, the situation in Fengdu is not very optimistic now. Should we ask Pluto for instructions and summon the bull-headed and horse-faced generals and the yoke master Suoye back to guard Fengdu?"
Bao Zheng frowned and thought for a while, then asked Cui Ling: "Xiao Cui, what do you think?"
Cui Ling thought for a moment and replied: "That's not appropriate. Generals with bull heads and horse faces are guarding the frontier. The demon world is not peaceful now, and they cannot be easily mobilized. If this is a series of mobilizing tigers from the mountains, then we will be very passive. Ye Ye and Suo Ye are also on a mission now. It’s a critical moment, if we recall now, all our previous efforts may be wasted.”
Cui Ling paused briefly and added: "Our top priority is to find out what happened as soon as possible, otherwise our actions will be like headless flies and we will not be able to solve any problems at all."
Bao Zheng nodded: "I agree with what Xiao Cui said, but we really need to report to Pluto what happened in the past two days. Everyone, follow me back to my house, and let's have a short meeting by ourselves."
Everyone nodded, separated from the crowd and walked towards Bao Zheng's home.
Bao Zheng led the way and passed several very narrow and narrow paths in succession. Occasionally, you can see the residents of Hades returning to their residences one after another at the fork in the road. Some smart people have begun to search for treasures from the bombed-out buildings on the south side of the city wall. After carefully classifying them, they package them into blind boxes and sell them on the street.
Listening to the hawking sounds, Bao Zheng sighed as he walked: "Although Fengdu is a lifeless city, sometimes I still feel that this city is quite energetic."
No one spoke, everyone seemed to be thinking about something.
Bao Zheng continued walking, as if muttering to himself:
"So, do you really want to destroy this city..."
Li Jianguo was startled, and several others were also stunned: "Mr. Bao, are you talking to us?"
Bao Zheng turned around and glanced at everyone, with a gentle smile on his lips.
His eyes finally landed on Cui Ling.
"...Cui Ling?"
