Damn, I turned into a monster

Chapter 264, Part 262: Shura Star is really useful, family members!
"To be honest, I'm not trying to criticize you guys, but you've been with Qiongyuan for so many years, how come you still haven't figured things out?"

Once everything has settled down, or rather, after the rescue operation is over, the next phase will be the trial.

The responsibilities of Wang Wu and his fellow cultivators extended beyond simply rescuing people; they also included dealing with the local government. When a true calamity erupted and the local government failed to handle the situation effectively, according to the rules of Qiongyuan, all local officials and their relatives would be executed.

The scope of this "relative" is very broad; as for the exact extent, it includes anyone with a blood relationship.

Of course, it's not based on the standard of human DNA, and blood relations aren't that exaggerated; even the slightest connection could lead to arrest and execution.

Basically, an official's spouse and other relatives, including those who are not related by blood but are still close and have mutual interests and exchanges, will also be included in this list.

If you calculate it this way, in this era, it wouldn't be a problem for an official and his entire family to be executed along with tens of thousands of people.

The number of officials on a planet generally ranges from tens of millions to hundreds of millions. The punishment for officials is lighter, but it is still basically the same as the punishment of executing nine generations of one's family back home.

Anyway, the specific judgment depends on the orders from above, and Wang Wu and his team are only responsible for carrying them out.

This time, after all the survivors who could be found were rescued, and an alien civilization lost in the True Realm was also given a helping hand, Wang Wu's team, or rather, Xuan Youzi's team, also earned quite a few merit points.

And then, they will be able to take it again.

"Now it's all right." Wang Wu held a sheet in his hand. The orders on it were not issued in paper form, but would be sent directly to Wang Wu and his team's communicators.

Wang Wu printed the order himself using a printer; where he got the printer is irrelevant.

"You guys managed to get out first, but what good did it do?"

As he spoke, Wang Wu walked toward the hundreds of high-ranking officials of the Songlan Realm who were prostrate before him.

To be more precise, they were actually the former royal family and ruling class of this star system.

Before joining the Primordial Chaos, they had already been managing this civilization for many years. And even after joining, they continued to control the lifelines of this star system.

As for the officials dispatched by the central government, no one has been sent from Qiongyuan yet. This is seen as a gesture of goodwill towards them, and also a way to lull them into a false sense of security.

Allowing them to continue their escalating aggression and oppression of the people ultimately incited public anger. The imperial court then intervened, reclaiming control of the entire star system and, incidentally, executing the entire ruling class.

Qiongyuan has always done it this way.

Of course, if you are willing to relinquish power, then Qiongyuan is not unable to guarantee your family's prosperity and wealth for the next few thousand years.

Yes, it's only a few thousand years, not tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, or even millions of years.

In most cases, these ruling families that relinquished power often did not even live for several thousand years. The reason is simple: as they gradually lost their privileges, they slowly faded into obscurity.

There are families that can maintain their glory for tens or even hundreds of thousands of years, and such examples are often heavily promoted by the authorities, as they prove the correctness of the transfer of power and reassure more local ruling families to relinquish their authority.

But the ins and outs behind this are something only those who know the truth can understand.

In conclusion, Qiongyuan is a highly advanced interstellar civilization. Although it has many of the same problems as its homeland, they have not been eliminated.

Overall, with a lot of patches, they are definitely still much more advanced than the system back home.

As long as the self-cleaning and internal circulation capabilities are generally functioning properly, minor accumulations of dirt and grime are not a big deal.

On this point, everyone is aware of this.

"Do you really need to waste so much time talking to them?"

Seeing Wang Wu wandering around in the crowd with a piece of paper in his hand, looking here and there, Xuan Youzi, who was already getting a little impatient waiting on the side, spoke up.

"No hurries?"

Wang Wu stopped, turned to look at the other person, and said, "Can't you let me have some fun? I deserve 90% of the credit for saving so many people this time. What's wrong with letting me have some more fun?"

"up to you!"

Xuan Youzi waved his hand impatiently, turned his head away, and stopped looking at him.

"Master, Senior Sister..."

At this moment, the junior sister Xuan Qingzi spoke up as well. She looked at her senior sister and asked softly:

"I really want, I really want it all..."

"What's wrong?" Xuan Youzi asked, somewhat surprised, as she looked at her junior sister.

This was the first time Xuan Youzi and Xuan Qingzi had gone on a mission together, even though they came from the same sect and had always been together. Even after joining the Qionglan Sect, they rarely separated.

However, apart from this time, this girl has never been on the same team as him when carrying out missions.

"This kind of thing is normal, what's so strange about it?"

"But, but they..."

Xuan Qingzi looked at the group of people, "Even if they deserved to die, what about their relatives and friends..." Xuan Youzi looked at her junior sister, remaining silent for a while before sighing.
"Junior sister, your personality is still the same as before, it hasn't changed at all."

After saying that, she shook her head, her eyes turning sharp:

"But have you ever thought about how many people sacrificed their lives for these people?"

"Even if they are indeed innocent in their own mind, and have never done anything bad since birth, and have only done good things."

"But objectively speaking, how many people died in exchange for their rescue?"

"The Qiongyuan Law stipulates that once a true disaster breaks out in a star sector, the primary responsibility of all local officials is to save the people, and to do so at all costs to maximize the preservation of the population."

"But what about now? Junior sister, look at this Pine Blue Realm, such a vast star sector. Even after spending so much time, how many people have we saved?"

"And as for the number of households here in the past, I think you must have seen the data, right, junior sister?"

Xuan Qingzi didn't speak, but simply lowered his head.

Seeing her like this, Xuan Youzi turned her gaze to the officials who were prostrate on the ground, and then to the people behind them. Her gaze pierced through the doors of the hall and reached outside, to those who had survived the calamity but did not know their ultimate fate.

"They are all going to die."

"There are no exceptions."

After saying that, she lowered her head and gently patted her junior sister's shoulder, "I know you don't want to do this, so I'll do it for you..."

"Do you want to live?"

Just then, her words were suddenly interrupted, and the two of them immediately looked up at Wang Wu in the crowd.

Although these cultivators were acting under orders, they actually had a certain degree of discretion. Although the order was to kill them all, it was also possible to spare some.

However, according to Xuan Youzi's own values, this mission would definitely involve killing everyone.

She won't leave any of them behind.

"What do you want to do?" Xuan Youzi asked after hearing Wang Wu's words.

“I want to play a game,” Wang Wu said, turning around, addressing both her and the officials.

As he spoke, he raised his hand, and light emanated from his palm, as if he were holding up a sun:
"This Asura Star in my palm will be aimed at you all at once, as well as everyone outside. When it is released, they will rush towards their respective targets until they kill each other."

"And what you have to do is survive under this Asura Star."

"No matter what means or methods you use, as long as you can dodge one attack, then you have succeeded."

"It will only attack once, and will only kill one person. It will not actively attack others."

"No matter what means you use, as long as you can avoid the first time, you will survive."

"Although the orders are to kill you all, we have a certain degree of freedom, so..."

He then looked at Xuan Youzi again, remaining silent, clearly waiting for the captain's reply.

Xuan Youzi stared at the small sun in his palm for a while, then raised his chin.

"boring."

"Haha." Wang Wu grinned upon hearing the other party's reply.

"Then let's begin."

After saying that, he flew into the sky.

At this moment, all the officials on the ground below were stunned and looked up.

"What, you don't actually think I'm going to give you time to prepare, do you?"

Above the dome, suspended high in the sky, Wang Wu looked at the astonished expressions of the people below and laughed heartily.

"Asura Star!!!"

In an instant, the points of light transformed into countless stars, shooting off in all directions.

This trick is Killer Bro's skill. Last year during the Spring Festival, when he sent Killer Bro a red envelope, the other party taught him it. It's quite useful, at least when it comes to showing off.

Those were countless shooting stars, countless dying shooting stars, trailing long flames, searching for their destined ones.

At this moment, this world has been transformed into an endless purgatory.

(End of this chapter)