Handong: Sha Li wants political achievements? I'll shut down the entire province.

Scorpion looked at the 500 million yuan claim form and the warning about cutting off water and electricity below it.

My head exploded with a "buzz," as if someone had stuffed a stun grenade into it.

Cold sweat instantly streamed down his bald head.

His cheap floral shirt was completely soaked with wet, slippery sweat.

It was pressed tightly against the horizontal muscle of the back, and was jolted by the cold air from the central air conditioning.

A bone-chilling coldness shot straight up from the tailbone to the top of the head.

The cold made his upper and lower jaws chatter uncontrollably, making a "clucking" sound.

My stomach is still full of cheap, bulk liquor I drank last night, mixed with undigested grilled kidneys.

It thrashed and pushed up into the esophagus.

The sour stench made him nauseous, and his Adam's apple bobbed dryly twice before he forced back his gag.

"Impossible... Who does Yan Qingfeng think he is, daring to shut down my internet?"

Scorpion Brother trembled as he reached his thick fingers into his pocket.

It took two tries to pull out the smartphone with the cracked screen.

My hands were shaking so badly that I almost dropped my phone into the shards of glass on the floor.

His thumb, wrinkled and sore from being soaked in cold sweat, pressed against the fingerprint unlock button and slid it three or four times before it finally unlocked.

Open the dark gold "Lingxiao Life APP".

These thugs usually love to compare who has more points.

But now, the number in the upper right corner that symbolizes one's wealth has turned into a lifeless gray-white.

"0.00".

Below, in the account status bar, hangs a glaring red padlock that reads "Permanently Frozen".

Scorpion Bro refused to believe it and his eyes turned bloodshot from staying up all night.

He frantically exited the interface and started tapping the WeChat and Alipay icons.

My fingers tapped the screen with a "bang, bang" sound.

A system notification box with black background and red text popped up in the center of the screen.

"Network request blocked. Your Cloud Layer access has been physically severed."

Even the public Wi-Fi in this duty-free shopping mall has put him on an absolute blacklist.

Legal exploitation is like an invisible net.

They gripped Scorpion's neck tightly, sucking the air away bit by bit.

In the present-day Handong Province, there are no Lingxiao points.

This is more agonizing than being sentenced to death and executed immediately.

Having no money, he walked out of the mall and couldn't even buy a meat bun for two yuan on the roadside.

Even if his bladder is bursting and he wants to pee at the smart public toilet on the street corner.

He couldn't open that glass sensor door.

He was a perfectly healthy person, but the conglomerate used a string of code to turn him into a dead body walking in the sunlight.

Fear, a truly suffocating fear.

Like a venomous snake, it burrowed into Scorpion Brother's limbs and bones.

His two thick calves twisted into a pretzel shape instantly.

The intense cramps and spasms were excruciating; the fabric of my trousers was rubbing against my body hair, making me feel incredibly uncomfortable.

It simply couldn't support a body weighing over 200 pounds.

"thump!"

A dull, loud bang.

Scorpion's knees buckled, and he knelt upright on the shards of glass scattered on the ground.

The sharp shards of the whiskey bottle pierced through the thin fabric of the trousers in an instant.

It pierced deep into the flesh of his knee.

Fresh blood gushed out and flowed down his shinbone.

Mixed with the pool of expensive, brownish-yellow liquor on the floor tiles, it emitted a strong, pungent smell of rust and blood.

But now it's like his nerves have been severed; he can't feel even the slightest pain.

He crawled forward two steps using both his hands and feet, like a mangy dog.

She clung tightly to the slightly overweight lawyer's right leg with both hands.

His greasy face was pressed against someone else's shiny, high-end custom-made leather shoes.

Snot mixed with tears was smeared onto the leather shoes without any dignity.

"Lawyer, you bastard! I was wrong! I was so mean!"

Scorpion Brother wailed loudly in a hoarse voice, his voice so mournful it sounded like a funeral procession in a mass grave.

"I'll kowtow to Master Yan! Please don't stop my mother's life-saving medication! Please don't cut off our power!"

He desperately slammed his blood-stained forehead against the hard marble floor tiles.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

In no time, a large patch of flaky skin was broken off his forehead.

Bright red blood vessels ran down his eyebrows and into his eye sockets, causing him excruciating pain in his eyes, making it impossible for him to open them.

The slightly overweight lawyer pushed up his frameless glasses on the bridge of his nose.

The lens reflected a cold, emotionless light.

He looked down at the wailing mass of flesh at his feet and frowned in disgust.

"Let go of my hand, my shoes are freshly polished."

The lawyer's voice was cold and indifferent, without the slightest inflection.

He suddenly pulled his right leg back.

Scorpion lost his grip and fell forward.

His chin slammed hard against the shards of glass, leaving a bloody gash.

The slightly overweight lawyer pulled a snow-white handkerchief from the inside pocket of his suit.

He bent down and carefully wiped away the snot and bloodstains from the tips of his leather shoes.

The fabric rubbed against the leather surface, producing a dry, slight sound.

After wiping it clean, he didn't even glance at it.

He casually tossed the filthy handkerchief aside.

The white cloth fluttered down, landing precisely on Scorpion's face, which was streaked with tears and stained with blood.

It blocked his desperate screams.

The lawyer gave a wink to the two security guards standing not far away.

The security guard in black understood immediately and strode forward.

The military boots crunched on the broken glass, making a teeth-grinding sound.

The two were like butchers dragging dead dogs in a slaughterhouse.

Without saying a word, one of them grabbed one of Scorpion Brother's ankles.

The large, iron-like hand gripped the joint tightly.

"Let's go, are you still going to stay here and make a fool of yourself?"

The security guard snorted and suddenly pulled backward with both arms.

Scorpion Brother's body, weighing over 200 pounds, was dragged backwards towards the door like a tattered sack.

The back of the shirt rubbed against the floor tiles, instantly chafing the skin.

On the marble floor, there were two bleeding knees.

Two long, glaring dark red bloodstains were dragged out.

The stench of blood wafted through the air conditioning, making one feel nauseous.

The local shoppers quickly made way for a wide passageway.

A group of people watched this tragic scene.

There was no sigh, nor a trace of sympathy.

After a brief period of deathly silence.

One of the women in the crowd, carrying a shopping basket, slapped someone first.

Immediately afterwards, thunderous applause erupted in the hall.

"Good riddance! These social cancers should have been dealt with long ago!"

"That lawyer's letter from Master Yan was so satisfying! It's more effective than a prison sentence!"

The enthusiastic cheers and applause almost lifted the roof off the mall.

Outside the revolving glass door.

A black Hongqi limousine without license plates had just come to a stop.

The car door opened, and Li Dakang crouched down and crawled out.

The cold wind after the rain carried a damp, muddy smell, which blew directly into his loosely buttoned white shirt collar.

He was so cold that he shivered all over.

He had just straightened up when he bumped into two security guards in black.

They were throwing Scorpion, who was covered in blood and looked like a dead dog, into the stinking ditch by the roadside.

Li Dakang stared at the glaring bloodstain on the ground that stretched deep into the mall.

Then they heard the deafening cheers of the people inside.

The bitter, acidic liquid in my stomach surged up to my throat in an instant.

He covered his mouth, forcibly suppressing the urge to vomit, his eyes filled with a deathly pallor.

Secretary Xiao Jin ran over from the passenger seat, holding a black umbrella in her hand, her voice trembling.

"Secretary Li... this setup is too strange. Legal Officer Lin is already waiting for us in the conference room upstairs."

Li Dakang clenched his teeth tightly, making a soft "clucking" sound.

He swallowed the metallic taste in his throat and stepped into the Lingxiao Building.

"Let's go."

His voice was hoarse, and his tone conveyed a sense of resignation, as if his spine had been utterly shattered.

"When we get upstairs, Lin Yubing will take out the development agreement. Don't worry about what deadly clauses are written on it."

Li Dakang closed his reddened eyes.

"Shut up and don't ask any more questions. Just sign the document. I don't want my whole family to die of thirst on the streets of Jingzhou tomorrow."