I Am Extraordinary Alone
Chapter 561 - 559 Sending to Death

Chapter 561: Chapter 559 Sending to Death

Three days later, the United Council announced a temporary halt of activities, and the Army system became independent, entering a stage of self-governance.

On that day, more than ninety national spokespersons died within the Federation’s borders, enough to cause the most severe political turmoil to date.

The Federation launching missiles within its own territory was also considered a repeat of the Libitelli disaster from a dozen years prior.

Only this time, there was no Wei Tianyang to put up a protective umbrella to stop it.

The President was still unreachable, and the rest of the cabinet members in the White House Office had no idea where the President was, but the military did; in fact, they had dispatched the Army to the underground bunker to search for the President that very day.

However, all the passages connecting the bunker to the outside world had been mysteriously crushed by geological activities, with the electrical circuits, water pipes, and exhaust ducts all filled with sand.

Even more bizarre was that the bunker wasn’t at its originally constructed location; the military found signals resembling the bunker’s structure at a depth of over 2,000 meters underground using sonar detection.

And this depth was four times deeper than the original site.

Clearly... those inside must have died, with no air, high temperatures, and darkness... no one could survive more than 5 minutes.

But for the sake of dignity, the military still made a big show of it, taking some time to haul that metal house out from under the ground.

When they used a welding torch to cut open the door, the people inside had already been baked into mummies by the high temperature.

In Yin Country, online sentiment began to shift, and short videos touting the nation’s nuclear capacity emerged one after another; the mushroom clouds rising after nuclear detonations stirred the fragile and sensitive hearts of hundreds of millions of unemployed.

The towering nuclear dust, the surging blast, the devastatingly efficient explosion effects, coupled with the slogan "Give me a nuclear bomb, and I’ll return you a glorious Dayin," moved countless single men and women to tears in their rented rooms.

They looked at the map on their computers, reminiscing about the era of Zhao Ling. On various social media apps, numerous youths and middle-aged people joined the debate and mudslinging with flushed faces and passionate rhetoric.

"Don’t fall for the Westerners’ tricks! They’re using us as pawns!! Why don’t they go bomb Wei Tianyang?"

"What, scared? Have some backbone, will you? Would the Emperor have died if it weren’t for that bastard?"

"How much are they paying? Count me in for making some money~"

"I glorify Dayin! Afraid of a medicine man? Do you know how powerful nuclear bombs are?"

"Provoking Wei Tianyang is more harmful than beneficial! It could lead to the downfall of our nation!"

"Idiot, I hate this kind of traitor, what, Yin Country is afraid of a medicine man? Are you sure you’re not just used to kneeling?"

These opinions flooded Yin Country’s domestic internet, which pleased the compradors; the cyber army also received their pay, and the foundation achieved the result they wanted — pressure was on the Yin Country cabinet.

Venerable Qin was grooming his black-and-white striped old cat, with Li Lianhua attending by his side.

In the classically elegant room, music from the 20s played while Venerable Qin, nearly ninety years old, still appeared vibrant and spirited, thanks to medical technology.

"Qiansui, the Westerners have sent an envoy," Li Lianhua said softly. "They claim they’re ready to talk... about that matter."

Venerable Qin paid no attention to Li Lianhua; she knew all too well what those people had come to discuss.

"Discuss? Hmph... Discuss, they say... It’s more like they’ve come to issue orders," Venerable Qin said.

By this time, she had been holding the title of Qiansui for over 20 years, and the Yin Country’s cabinet had long since done away with the position of Venerable.

"All I wanted was to sit securely on this seat, ensuring that my children and my children’s children, through generations, could quietly enjoy a stable reign as a ruling family... I’d give them whatever they wanted, and refrained from doing anything they forbade. Sigh... I finally organized the ancestral rules, drove away that damned old woman, and now the Westerners come pressuring me. Tell me, tell me! I’ve even disbanded the Foreign Affairs Bureau, handed over the domestic hydroelectric railways to the Westerners, and let them hold shares in state-owned enterprises. Why are they still not satisfied? And now, they want me to nuke that disaster! Isn’t this just pushing us toward death?" Venerable Qin lamented.

Li Lianhua started to laugh and said, "Qiansui~ Let’s think positively. Perhaps, the Westerners are giving us an opportunity."

"Opportunity?! What kind of opportunity? An opportunity to die?" Venerable Qin frowned.

"Think about it; if Wei Tianyang really couldn’t be controlled by anyone, wouldn’t he have turned the world upside down by now? And yet? He’s been quiet for so many years, only recently, there was a little noise, and he got hit by quite a few missiles. Ponder it~" Li Lianhua said with a smile.

"Ponder what? Isn’t he still alive? The Westerners can’t handle him, so they want us to rush to our deaths!" Venerable Qin complained.

"Eh! You’re missing the point! Maybe Wei Tianyang isn’t as formidable as you think! Why do you think he’s been silent for so long? Isn’t he scared? He knows he’s powerful, but he also knows he’s alone. Rather than making enemies with the world, he’d prefer to live quietly! That’s why he’s been in hiding~ Some Western factions have always exaggerated his abilities, making him sound as tough as a rock monkey. It’s all a ruse to swindle funding!" Li Lianhua said.

"How can you be so sure? What if he really is that powerful?" Venerable Qin asked.

"Eh! No matter what, he’s just a healer; he hasn’t been educated, lacks discernment, can’t speak Western languages, and acts like a fool all day. As a person, he’s incomplete. Before, it was only because of certain international relations behind him that others, considering political factors, didn’t dare to finish him off. Now that he’s incurred everyone’s wrath, the Westerners know our difficulties, they know we’re struggling. Isn’t it because they care about us that they want to hand this great task over to us?" Li Lianhua said with a laugh.

Venerable Qin shook her head and said, "I might have believed you in the past, but today, I really don’t. Just a stomp from Wei Tianyang, and a city is gone, a wave of his hand, and Zhao Ling has grown so big, yet still can’t beat him. Tell me, tell me! What if our nuclear bomb hits him and he doesn’t die?"

"Don’t always assume the worst~" Li Lianhua said with a smile.

Venerable Qin turned to one side, stroking a cat, and said, "Don’t give me all that nonsense. I’m asking you, what if the nuclear bomb hits him and he doesn’t die?"

With a sigh and a smile, Li Lianhua bowed and said, "You win, my lady~ Think it over then, I take my leave."

He walked out the door, and two guards standing by slapped their sleeves and bowed to him.

Li Lianhua looked back at the silhouette of Venerable Qin and, filled with anger, muttered under his breath before flinging his sleeves and leaving.

He made his way to an outdoor green lawn, pulled out his phone, and dialed a Western name.

After a few seconds, the call connected, and an AI’s voice asked, "Is it done?"

Li Lianhua bowed to the air, his face apologetic and his smile forced, "That old lady won’t budge~ I’m at my wit’s end. She wasn’t like this before."

"We haven’t seen Qiansui in a long time," the AI voice said, then hung up.

Li Lianhua looked down at his phone with a bitter smile, then turned back to glare at the old mansion.

"Damned old hag stopping my plans..." he muttered, his eyes flashing with a glint of violence.