As soon as the Human Emperor Banner came out, I became the Lord of the Old Ones

Chapter 63 I want them all!

Long Jianhuan curled his lips.

The great catastrophe a hundred years ago completely changed the civilization of the Age of Heroes.

More than two-thirds of the population died, disappeared, mutated, and became puppets of the remnant souls of the past.

More than half of the land and almost all of the ocean have become "polluted areas."

The top ten or even twenty metropolises in the world were all shrouded in the doomsday that once destroyed the old civilization, and once again tasted the ultimate fear of billions of years ago.

Only a very few lucky ones, hiding in shelters deep underground, barely escaped the catastrophe.

It was a full ten years later that people dared to leave the shelter, huddled together for warmth, worked together, and with great difficulty restored order and continued civilization.

After a full century of hard work, the Alliance of Heroes, composed of hundreds of former refuges, barely stabilized the situation in the core area.

But in a border area like Dawn City, there is a shortage of manpower, material resources, intelligence, weapons, seal cards... It is impossible to cover everything.

Not to mention the planned area outside Dawn City.

The so-called "planning area" means "it has been planned and will be protected by the alliance in the near future."

In other words, the current planning area cannot be considered a true alliance territory.

The Security Bureau doesn't have much power here.

There is only a patrol team of seven official operators and several temporary members to maintain the most basic rules of the game.

The rules are simple.

Conflicts between gangs should be resolved by the gangs themselves.

Do not maliciously infringe upon the interests of civilians on a large scale.

Don't hurt the big guys' business.

Don’t let the old monsters in the wilderness area sneak into Dawn City through the planned area.

"This is a typical gang vendetta."

Jiang Yuan said, "'Silver Tongue' Riley used to be the driver of the Rolling Stones and was very close to the club's big boss. As a big tree attracts wind, it's normal for someone to try to take advantage of him.

"Since no innocent people were harmed, according to custom, this matter will be left to the big boss to handle."

The murderer was cruel and clean.

It doesn't matter, the big boss will do it more cruelly and more cleanly.

"Captain, I doubt it's just a gang vendetta."

Long Jianhuan changed his address back to the original one and took out a notebook from his bosom.

"Oh, come prepared!"

Jiang Yuan looked at the notebook, which was filled with densely packed tiny handwriting and covered with notes and clippings, and was almost twice as thick.

"It was the erosion spirit 'Gravedigger' that I let escape."

Long Jianhuan's expression was serious, and he spoke each word with great emphasis, "I suspect, no, I am certain, that the gravedigger is in Rolling Stone Castle. He is the murderer who killed 'Silver Tongue' Riley!"

"continue."

Jiang Yuan remained noncommittal. "The Gravedigger is an ancient evil spirit. The body he currently occupies is cannon fodder Dr. Hyde procured on short notice. Before Dr. Hyde journeyed deep underground, he was last seen at Rolling Stone Castle. There aren't many people in Rolling Stone Castle qualified to trade with Dr. Hyde, and 'Silver Tongue' Riley is the most likely candidate."

Long Jianhuan stated his speculation, "The gravedigger followed this clue all the way here and eventually tracked down 'Silver Tongue' Riley.

"By the way, last night at the Rose's Shadow bar, a guy named Zhou Jianqing mysteriously disappeared after winning a fight. He used to work for Silver Tongue Riley. You know that, don't you?"

"I know. Zhou Jianqing is also a broker and has connections with many wilderness gangs."

Jiang Yuan said, "People like this die every night in Rolling Stone Castle."

"It's not the Wilderness Bandits. Zhou Jianqing's victory in the ring last night was very strange. Many people speculated that he had the help of a mysterious card maker. Some people also saw him respectfully invite a stranger into the VIP box for a drink after winning the ring. Later in the night, he helped the drunk stranger out and then disappeared. I strongly suspect that this stranger is the gravedigger in disguise."

Long Jianhuan stared at Jiang Yuan intently. "Is it possible that the gravedigger first targeted Zhou Jianqing, then tortured him to reveal the whereabouts of 'Silver Tongue' Riley, and ultimately used him to create this... scroll before us?"

"so what?"

Jiang Yuan pondered, "The Gravedigger came to seek revenge on Silver Tongue Riley. Now that his vengeance has been exacted, it seems he has no reason to stay in Rolling Stone Castle."

"It's not revenge, it's torture."

Long Jianhuan's eyes flashed with a sharp light, "Believe me, I know the gravedigger's style better than anyone else. He is like an extremely sharp scalpel and will not do anything meaningless.

"'Silver Tongue' Riley is just a broker, bringing the buyer and seller together. The buyer, Dr. Hyde, is dead, but who is the seller? What is the origin of the body he's currently using? Is it in trouble? Can he find more information, resolve the conflict between his residual soul and body, and fully unleash his body's potential? Can he leverage this body's social connections to leverage more resources and integrate into a whole new world? I think these are what the gravedigger truly wants to understand."

"So, you've come to a conclusion?"

Jiang Yuan pinched his nose lightly, looking like he had a terrible headache.

"big boss."

Long Jianhuan said, "Dr. Hyde bought twenty brainwashed cannon fodder from Rolling Stone Castle in one go. They all have a certain level of strength, enough to conduct an old investigation.

"Let me ask you, apart from John Carter, the boss behind the Rolling Stones and known as the 'Big Boss,' who else could provide such a large quantity of 'high-quality goods' in such a short period of time?"

Jiang Yuan stared at Long Jianhuan for a long time.

His eyes gradually moved to the box of steam-smoked meat on the ground.

The corners of his mouth twitched and his face was full of regret. He seemed to regret why he was so greedy and wanted to eat Long Jianhuan's bacon just now.

"You want to touch the big boss?"

He asked quietly.

"I know he's the leader of the underground order in Rolling Stone Castle and has connections with many important figures in Dawn City, but now, he was the one who broke the rules first."

Facing his boss's death stare, Long Jianhuan refused to back down. "These twenty cannon fodders can't all be gang members who commit crimes. There must be some innocent people among them, right?
"Brainwashing innocent people, turning them into weapons, and selling them to the Black Dream Organization. If the big boss really did something like this, shouldn't he be taken action?"

Faced with the young people's enterprising spirit, Jiang Yuan's already messy hair became even more messy, like a bird's nest swept down by the autumn wind.

"When the director handed you over to me, I was prepared to deal with the trouble you brought, but I didn't expect it to be this troublesome."

Jiang Yuan sighed, "So, Big Boss and Gravedigger, who are you coming to Rolling Stone Castle to catch?"

"Children make choices."

Long Jianhuan spread his ten fingers and clenched them into two iron fists with a "click" sound. "I want them both!"

(End of this chapter)