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Chapter 404 - 373: Enhancement

Chapter 404: Chapter 373: Enhancement

The group temporarily evaded the pursuing mutants, arriving at a flat highland to rest briefly and bandage their wounds.

Standing on the high ground, looking down, the entire island resembled a battlefield. The sea was filled with swarms of frogs, their croaks rising and falling, the harbor was littered with severed limbs, and occasional sounds of artillery could be heard from the dense forest. Flames raged in the direction of the Tu Family mansion, thick smoke billowing into the sky.

Seeing Lu Hu’s hesitant expression, Li Cheng said, "The Jinyi Guard came to the island to investigate the Tu Family’s rebellion. Given the current situation, there’s no need to keep it secret anymore."

The good news, the Tu Family did not commit treason.

The bad news, what the Tu Family is up to is even more sinister than treason.

Those killed by the mutants also turn into living corpses, possessing infinite strength, agile movements, and resilient life force. Ordinary servants transformed into living corpses are comparable to a postnatal martial artist, and postnatal martial artists directly reach innate masters.

If this disaster were to occur in the densely populated North and South Zhili, or in the Border Defense Station garrisoned by the Border Army...

Just imagining that scene gave Lu Hu chills, and he immediately spoke about what he knew, "A month ago, the Tianjin Guard’s Garrison Office received two anonymous letters of unknown origin. The first letter detailed the numerous misdeeds of the Tu Family.

For example, they would use imprisonment and drugs to control foreign brides, inviting men to marry into the family, making it impossible for them to leave the island for life;

They regularly bought slaves from the Chao and Japan countries, as well as Western sea merchants, sending them to the island under the cover of night, with no trace of any slaves;

Furthermore, they colluded secretly with the White Lotus Sect; smuggled firearms to the Jurchens; sold intelligence to Japanese pirates."

"That’s it?"

Li Cheng raised an eyebrow, the overall moral level of the scholar-official group in the late Ming Dynasty was roughly equivalent to airless Lays chips.

They had no prowess in accomplishing real deeds, but were adept in land annexation in their hometown, engaging in factional struggles in the court, collaborating with foreign entities, and siphoning off the nation’s resources like a leech.

The crimes of the Tu Family seemed frightening, but in reality, they were all leftovers played by high-ranking officials, gentry, and famous figures—where doesn’t the yellow soil bury people, and which household’s grand garden doesn’t have a few buried mistresses or maidservants disguised as Japanese pirates observed by people?

Moreover, it was an anonymous letter.

Lu Hu felt embarrassed and continued, "There is a second letter, but after the commander saw it, he went to the Capital overnight. I didn’t see the contents of the letter. I only know that there was a painting inside."

"A painting?"

Zhang Fulu’s expression changed abruptly, standing up with a start, "What painting, is it of this type?"

He took out a piece of Xuan paper from his bosom and handed it to Lu Hu, who took a deep breath, "Judging by the material of the paper, it should be of the same kind."

The others were unclear of the situation, but Zhang Fulu and Sikong Lan looked extremely grim, detailing the murals seen in the Divine Transformation Passage, and how Zhang Fulu was assigned to the island.

"So, the ancestor of the Tu Family, the King of Cangze Ancient Country nearly three thousand years ago, had the ability of foresight, seeing three thousand years ahead? And this foresight ability was somehow inherited, subsequently sending letters to Dragon Tiger Mountain and Jinyi Guard?"

Su Konghu scratched his head with his left hand, while his companion Wang Biliu next to him bandaged the wound on his right arm caused by a cut.

Zhang Fulu paused for a moment, "It’s hard to say, there are too many points in here that can’t be explained.

First, if the King of Cangze truly could foresee three thousand years, why did the Cangze Ancient Country perish from the annals of history?"

Second, the material of the passage murals is undoubtedly from ancient times, but the mural on the left side only depicted me and Brother Sikong, not Mr. Pifu. On the right, the banquet massacre scene showed most guests with blurred faces.

Third, if this foresight ability was inherited by the descendants of Cangze Ancient Country, namely the Tu Family, why did they remain impoverished for hundreds of years, willing to live as boat-dwelling people on the sea? Even a tiny bit of foresight is enough to escape poverty and achieve wealth."

"Indeed, I know a Western hermit named ’Doctor Strange,’ who once said his greatest regret in life was not learning the foresight ability from his mentor ’Doctor Gamble’ and sweeping the casinos."

Li Cheng casually spouted nonsense, "However, regarding the third point, there’s an explanation, an atavism.

For example, in Diptera insects where hindwings generally regress, occasionally there’s an individual with two pairs of wings;

A dolphin growing an extra set of fins;

A human infant having a tail or a lot of body hair.

The ancestor of the Tu Family, who is said to have ’visited the Dragon Palace,’ might have awakened the foresight ability of his forefathers, thus prospering and recovering the heritage."

"Huh?"

Sikong Lan was stunned upon hearing this, "Could it be that the letters sent to Dragon Tiger Mountain and Jinyi Guard were also left by the Tu Family’s ancestor? Did he foresee the evil deeds of his degenerate descendants and wanted to fight against them justly?"

"No, the first generation of the Tu Family has been dead for over a hundred years, and this Xuan paper was not preserved through the years, it’s clearly not passed down from a century ago. I’m more inclined to believe that certain individuals in the Tu Family with the foresight ability sent these letters."

Li Cheng shook his head and said, "Being a wealthy merchant in the Southern Sea would be far more comfortable and stable than being the King of the Cangze Ancient Country three thousand years ago."

"Understood, there’s an insider in the Tu Family who doesn’t want to rebel with others, wanting to be a rich laird."

Su Konghu patted his thigh, "However, if he already has the foresight ability, why doesn’t he simply explain the situation to the court, enlist the official army, dispatch hundreds of warships to surround the island, and force the Tu Family to surrender,

If they refuse, just fire the cannons collectively and send those insurgents flying.

Isn’t that a more reasonable approach?

Moreover, Road Commander is sent by Jinyi Guard, Daoist Zhang by Dragon Tiger Mountain, why didn’t they just reveal at the outset that the Tu Family has an inside man?

Both Jinyi Guard and Dragon Tiger Mountain have court backgrounds, not knowing each other’s purposes revolve around investigating the Tu Family doesn’t quite add up."

"Who knows, maybe only by not knowing the information beforehand and coming onto this island can a favorable outcome be achieved."

Li Cheng shrugged and said to Lu Hu, "Brother Tiger, your Jinyi Guard should have a backup plan, right."

"Yes."

Lu Hu inexplicably felt that when Li Cheng called him "Brother Tiger," there was a slight Northeastern accent in his tone, coughed lightly, and said, "According to the original plan, in the evening three days later, a merchant ship will dock, with a few Jinyi Guard members aboard for reinforcement."

"Three days? Whether we can survive tonight is already a problem."

Wu Ge’s expression was bitter, and not far below, tree shadows swayed, those living corpses could discover them at any time.

In the distance, pitch-black clouds slowly pressed toward the island, and a fine drizzle began to fall with the wind. The rain was harsh and cold, the surrounding corpses imposing. If Wu Ge didn’t have a junior sister he cared about, he might have already chosen to jump off a cliff into the sea.

"I have a way. Rise from death."

Li Cheng was waiting for Wu Ge’s words, "Everything started because of the Tu Family, let’s fight back to the Tu Mansion, directly capture the old lady Tu and the other Tu family members, and everything will be solved."

Ah this...

Everyone exchanged glances, Lu Hu’s brows knitted tightly and said, "Brother Pifu, we have martial artists on our side, but so do the living corpses. The ones turned by innate masters are even more ferocious and violent."

The constitution of innate masters is equivalent to Captain America, a single matchlock gun is already hard to threaten them,

The living corpses transformed from innate masters can break a tree trunk of a person’s embrace with one palm as if it’s a game.

"I know, that’s why I’m going to give you some enhancement methods. Wait a moment, I’ll be right back."

Li Cheng called on Gray Rain and went into the woods for a moment of pretense, actually carrying out two large boxes from the three-dimensional warehouse, placing them before the astonished Lu Hu and others.

"The firearms in the box on the left are hometown specialties sent by my friends, named Gatling, Maxim, Barrett, Kalashnikov. The potions in the box on the right are protein powder, trenbolone, Sislon, trestolone, Compound No. 5 that can strengthen the body."

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