Ling Cage: I am a spiritual master, devouring source matter to become a god.

The Lightbringer coldly said, "Execute him!"

After being whipped several times, 4068 roared furiously, "Why are you hitting me? I just helped them!"

The executioners showed no sign of stopping.

Charles came to watch the spectacle, but the hunters not only gathered a large amount of supplies, but also suffered relatively few casualties.

Breaking through the encirclement in such a dangerous place further enhanced Mark's reputation.

Charles, finding no other outlet for his anger, could only vent it on a commoner.

In the territory of the Wilderness Hunters, those who hunt the Wilderness Hunters, even if they are only beating a commoner, are still slapping the face of the Wilderness Hunters.

4277 and 4079, who were carrying supplies nearby, saw their friend being beaten and rushed over to stop it.

Da Jingyuan pulled 4277 aside, signaling her not to go over.

Then Jingyuan stepped forward and stopped the priest.

"what are you doing?"

The priest glared at Jing Yuan.

Jingyuan applied a little force with his fingers, and the priest, unable to bear the pain, released the iron whip.

The iron whip struck the ground with a loud clang.

At this moment, Mark stepped forward and said, "Chief, if you cripple him, I'll have one less person to do the work."

Jing Yuan also said, "He used civilian weapons, which I authorized! Special circumstances require special treatment, otherwise, are we just waiting to die in the face of the Devouring Beast?"

"You have no right to authorize a commoner to use a weapon of the commoners!" Charles roared at Jing Yuan, this time, he was very angry.

Mark had no choice but to step forward and say, "Jingyuan is right. Special circumstances require special handling. We can't just stand there and wait to die."

For a moment, the atmosphere was tense.

Even the group from the law institute dared not make any rash moves when faced with the hunters.

After a brief standoff, Charles resumed his fake smile and said, "Alright, since both captains have pleaded for this mortal, the remaining flogging will be noted for now. If he commits another offense, it will be carried out together."

“Yes!” The Lightbringer and the Law Priest stepped back behind Charles.

"Go slowly and don't send me away!"

4277 and 4079 helped 4068 up.

Watching Charles and his group leave, 4068 angrily said, "A bunch of unreasonable bastards! I clearly protected the supplies!"

Mark turned around and said, "Watch your words. Protecting the lighthouse is the duty of the Upper Citizens. As a Dust Citizen, you must always remember your identity!"

"Based on genes, what makes you think you can succeed?"

"Superior genes mean a higher survival rate; that's the rule of the apocalypse."

Upon hearing these remarks, Jingyuan quickly stepped forward and said to Mark, "Alright, alright! He knows, you don't need to be so harsh!"

Then he turned to 4068 and said, "Captain Mark is saying all this to help you! If you keep talking nonsense, they'll drag you back to the law firm and beat you up again. At that point, we won't be able to protect you! When surviving on the Lighthouse, you must always remember to be careful with your words and actions!"

4068 said something in a fit of anger, but he didn't think about the consequences at all, nor did he realize that Mark was helping him!

Jingyuan pointed it out directly; anyone who still didn't understand would be a fool.

"Thank you!" 4277 said to Jing Yuan.

4068 is starting to get annoyed again!

He shook off 4277 and turned to leave.

Jingyuan was also very angry when he saw this.

Jingyuan said to 4277, "Go back and give him a good talking to!"

"Okay!" 4277 and 4079 quickly followed.

Jingyuan was speechless. If it weren't for the fact that 4068 saved Penny, he wouldn't have bothered with it.

At this moment, Jingnan walked over.

"It seems the hunters have returned with a full haul this time, and I'm not the only one who wants to come and express my gratitude!"

Mark chuckled and said, "Why aren't you in the control room? What are you doing wandering around here?"

Jingnan stated his purpose directly: "The city lord has instructed you and Jingyuan to attend the court meeting."

Chapter 77 Announcement

When Jingyuan heard that he was to attend the court meeting, he knew what would happen if he went.

He walked up to Mark and said, "Mark, let's talk in private!"

Jingyuan and Mark went to a secluded spot and whispered, "When we go to court later, don't tell the city lord about seeing humans on the ground!"

"why?"

Jingyuan looked at Mark and said, "Have you ever thought that everything on the Lighthouse, the Lighthouse's three laws, and the Lighthouse's faith are all based on the fact that it is impossible to survive on the ground? If you say this in public, no one will believe you."

"So I plan to go down and investigate this matter further."

“We will definitely go down to investigate, but you don’t need to tell the city lord about this.”

Jingyuan knew that Morgan must know about the existence of humans on the ground.

But Jingyuan didn't know why Morgan was hiding these things.

Before he traveled through time, this part of the story hadn't been covered.

In order to prevent Morgan from interfering with their search for Bai Yuekui, they had to keep Mark silent for now and wait until he successfully became the city lord.

Jingyuan said, "Promise me, we'll discuss it after the court meeting is over. Then, I'll go down with you to look for it."

Mark then nodded.

After the two finished discussing, they left with Jingnan.

In the elevator, Mark said to Jingnan, "The gravity body is starting up slower and slower! If Jingyuan hadn't given the order to start the gravity body in advance, there might have been two more injuries because of the slow start-up."

"That depends on how much of the supplies you brought back this time can be used to improve gravity bodies."

"I'll give you a week. Can you improve?"

"A week later?" Jing Nan's tone was a little strange.

Looking at Jingnan's expression, Jingyuan wondered if something important was going to happen in a week.

Yup!

Today, Morgan announced that Mark will succeed as Lord of the city, with a ceremony to be held in a week.

Judging from Jingnan's expression, did she know beforehand?

"You can't sit still as soon as you get back? Haven't you ever thought about getting an office job?"

civilian?

Jingyuan was listening nearby; Jingnan must already know.

"This is my fate! I had no choice, did I?"

"That's hard to say!"

Jing Nan's expression and tone... it's confirmed, she definitely knew in advance that Mark would succeed as the city lord.

But why would Morgan tell her in advance?

Jingyuan hadn't figured this out yet.

Central Command Hall.

Department heads gathered together to begin their work reports.

When it came to this field collection mission, since there were few casualties, Charles no longer had any grounds to accuse Mark, but he still wouldn't let Mark off the hook.

Therefore, he tried his best to take on all the functions for Jingyuan.

Mark returned with a full load this time, but Charles actually knew that Jingyuan had not done as he had said.

But he had no choice; not wanting Mark to have too much credit, he could only transfer it to Jing Yuan.

Jingyuan didn't say a word about it.

It doesn't matter.

Morgan didn't really care.

After all, he was about to announce that Mark would be the city lord.

Mark followed Jingyuan's advice and did not tell Morgan about his encounter with humans on the ground in public.

As the court proceedings drew to a close, Morgan suddenly stood up and said, "My health is not what it used to be..."

"The lighthouse's route is still very long..."

"This person needs to have noble character and unwavering will..."

Upon hearing this, Charles unconsciously took a small step forward and straightened his chest.