The Star River Era! The Dimensional Freedom Demon

Municipal government meeting room.

Mayor Zhang Jing, both nervous and excited, shook hands with the city's leading figures one by one at the entrance.

The prominent figures entered the conference room. They had been informed on the way that they were not allowed to bring any electronic devices with them, and they also went through multiple security checks upon entering.

But having a vague idea of ​​the purpose of the meeting, they wholeheartedly agreed and had no doubts.

After seeing that almost everyone had arrived, Mayor Zhang Jing took a deep breath, turned around, and walked into the conference hall with high spirits.

Since the tech aristocracy disappeared into underground bases some time ago, almost vanishing without a trace, the bureaucratic group that was suppressed by the tech aristocracy has begun to secretly collude, trying to take this opportunity to completely sweep the tech aristocracy into the dustbin of history and put their own power in their place.

They were confident of this as well.

According to reliable sources, the genetically modified hybrids that the tech elites have cultivated with tremendous effort have suddenly gone out of control, plunging many of their military bases into chaos.

In fact, due to the sudden changes, quite a few high-ranking generals have already died.

Upon receiving this news, even knowing that many abnormalities had recently occurred in society, the bureaucratic class of Jixi Province still decided to seize this hard-won opportunity to overthrow the technological aristocracy, clean up the secret remnants, and then send a telegram to the whole country to amend the constitution.

"Gentlemen, I have gathered you all here today..."

Mayor Zhang only began to speak after confirming that no one had any electronic devices that could be monitored.

He was full of vigor and confidence, and immediately stated his purpose. Then, facing the faces of the political and business representatives, some of whom had changed color or were nervous, he pointed out the advantages and disadvantages.

"I, Zhang, am naturally aware of the risks involved, but all of this is a necessary investment. Just think—"

His face turned indignant:

"Just a tiny, insignificant transgression could lead to serious illness the next day, or even being 'forced' to commit suicide! Can you really endure such a life?"

"Let's not even talk about distant examples. Take Chu Mingrui from your Chu Group, Director Li, for instance. He merely had a slight affair with outsiders, and you didn't even give him the dignity he deserved in court or prison. He was directly 'forced to commit suicide' at home! Ha! Aren't you even a little bit heartbroken?!"

Director Li, a slightly overweight, middle-aged man, immediately adopted a posture of feigned sympathy upon being called upon.

"Brother Chu, you're in trouble!"

Director Li's performance was extremely smooth; tears fell as easily as they came, showing no trace of the ruthlessness she displayed more than six months ago when she forced Chu Junhui to give up his seat on the board of directors.

At this moment, the scene of brotherhood resonated with the other representatives in the room, and they were all indignant, especially after Zhang Jing revealed that he had the full support of the Public Security Bureau.

Everyone quickly reached a consensus. Amidst the clinking of glasses in the room, Director Li approached Zhang Jing.

"Mayor Zhang, my nephew..."

Zhang Jing understood and promised:

"He's already been detained by the Public Security Bureau. Judging by the time, he should have been executed by now, or at the very least, arrested and brought to justice. Don't worry, I'll take care of things. Sooner or later, the Chu Group—no, I should say the Li Group—will be yours, Director Li."

Zhang Jing arrived early, and because she was afraid of being eavesdropped on, she had already left her mobile phone and other communication devices aside, so she was unaware of the changes in the situation at Happiness Apartment.

A ruthless glint flashed in Director Li's eyes as he clinked glasses with Zhang Jing.

When he woke up today, he learned that "Chu Junhui" was incredibly skilled, having single-handedly killed dozens of people, including several combat squads, which terrified him greatly.

To prevent himself from being retaliated against by "Chu Junhui," he did his best to cooperate with Zhang Jing in order to gain political protection.

Just as the people here were happily dividing up the spoils, tense and fierce gunfire suddenly broke out outside.

Everyone's expression changed drastically.

"What's going on?!"

"Didn't they say the Lin family had gone into hiding and stopped showing themselves in public?"

"Calm down! A brutal assault is not how those people purge dissidents; there must be more to this than meets the eye!"

But just as Zhang Jing had finally calmed the unease of the political and business representatives, the appearance of a guard with blood on his waist and abdomen completely rendered his efforts futile.

"Mayor! The security force has suddenly mutinied, and chaos has broken out outside. We cannot hold them off. Please, Mayor and all representatives, evacuate as soon as possible."

Zhang Jing's expression changed completely.

The guards were very close to the bureaucratic class, and they often provided benefits to the guards, so they thought they were completely corrupted.

However, at this crucial moment, the guards' repeated actions were a slap in the face to them.

"Go! Go quickly!"

"If we leave here, we still have the police! We can still turn things around."

Zhang Jing was both comforting the panicked representatives and comforting herself.

But before they could retreat, the sounds of intense gunfire rapidly approached.

Then, to the pale faces of Zhang Jing and the others, officers in black armor, surrounded the area under the protection of their men.

"Leave? Mayor Zhang, where do you think you're going?"

Liu Wei, the head of the guard regiment, looked at Zhang Jing with a mocking gaze, as if watching a clown perform.

Everyone crouched down with their heads in their hands like quails after this person appeared.

Zhang Jing's forehead was covered in cold sweat. She knew her chances were slim, but she still asked in a trembling voice:

"Commander Liu, how did you know I was here?"

"And what about Security Commissioner Li Ling?"

Regiment Commander Liu walked up to Zhang Jing, gave him a hard whack with the butt of his rifle, and then said slowly:

"You think you can confuse people by dividing the invitees into three groups, selecting them at each level, and holding fake meetings in different locations?"

Commander Liu looked at Zhang Jing, but his thoughts were not as derogatory as he made them out to be.

As the mayor of a city, Zhang Jing was naturally no ordinary person. In order to select representatives who were truly willing to resist the technological aristocracy, he used psychological manipulation to determine the inclinations of all the invited political and business representatives on the way to the meeting. Then, government officials held a real council meeting to divert any potential attention.

Even the truly selected "patriots," if suspected by him, will be negotiated one-on-one by a designated person, instead of being brought here.

It can be said that those who can come to this real conference room are all true traitors.

Commander Liu touched Zhang Jingjing's neatly tailored uniform and saw him pinch out an extremely small insect, only one-third the size of an ant.

"The methods employed are beyond your comprehension. You think eliminating electronic devices will prevent surveillance? Scent, tracking insects specially designed based on your genetic characteristics... ..."

"Even if we don't intervene, you'll still suddenly die from your genetic disease, if it weren't for... ..."

At this point, Commander Liu suddenly fell silent.

But what Commander Liu said had already silenced everyone.

By the end, he had collapsed to the ground, so frightened that he soiled himself.

But at that moment, Commander Liu, who was already confident of victory, suddenly changed his expression, and the smugness in his eyes disappeared completely, all because of a series of screams that suddenly came through his earpiece.

A series of shrill screams, inhuman and agonizing, exploded in the headphones, interspersed with fragmented words like "monster" and "secret weapon."

Almost simultaneously, gunfire erupted again in the nearby area, where the exchange of fire had just been quelled by the guards!

But this exchange of fire was unusually brief, rising and falling in an instant. Then, the deadly screech grew louder as it approached, like the footsteps of death itself, heading straight for them.