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Chapter 551 The Death of Pang Haichen! (10,000 words, please vote!)

Perhaps not expecting Qiu Tu to suddenly kill someone, Pang Haichen's eyes were bloodshot as he struggled to reach out and touch Qiu Tu!

However, since Qiu Tu has already taken action, how could he possibly be merciful?

So Qiu Tu hugged Pang Haichen's neck from behind, covered his mouth with his hand, and continued to poke him while reassuring him, "Take a deep breath, it's okay, it's okay, dizziness is normal."

In reality, the two are currently in a soul state and would not experience those feelings at all.

So what is visible to the naked eye is that Qiu Tu is constantly stabbing Pang Haichen's body with a knife, while Pang Haichen's body is constantly repairing itself!

However, it was clear that as Qiu Tu stabbed him more and more, Pang Haichen's breathing became weaker and weaker.

His eyes widened as he stared at Qiu Tu, his gaze seemingly bloodshot, and he struggled to ask, "Why? Why?"

While continuing to wear down Pang Haichen's soul and consciousness, Qiu Tu casually made up a story, "Blame it on your carelessness for leaving a hidden danger for the Kou family. They were worried that your affairs would implicate them, so they offered a high price to have me silence them."

Although Pang Haichen wasn't stupid, he probably didn't believe that Qiu Tu could be so ruthless as to frame someone until the very last moment!

So, he was actually pondering why the Kou family had silenced him!

And so it went, with one cut after another!

Soon, Pang Haichen's soul and consciousness were completely annihilated! He vanished from this world!

Even in his last moments, his eyes remained wide open, and he died with his eyes still open.

Clearly, he couldn't understand why he was dying in such a place...

At this moment, seeing that Pang Haichen was completely dead, Qiu Tu wiped the sweat from his forehead, waved his hand, and the dagger in his hand turned into specks of light and disappeared into the air.

In fact, once consciousness is transmitted to other dimensions, it is very difficult for the catastrophic beings to die.

Putting aside the fact that such teleportation requires the consent of the catastrophic beings, the beings that are teleported there are usually of similar strength, making it difficult for them to harm other participants.

Moreover, even if someone were to disregard the cost like Qiu Tu and directly begin to wear down the opponent's soul, it would be useless...

Because... in most spaces, attendees can disconnect and return to reality on their own.

Therefore, over the years, very few people have gotten into trouble for participating in such secret gatherings.

This resulted in Pang Haichen being unprepared.

After all... he could only guess that Qiu Tu was planning to hold him back in the "Spirit Mirror Space," and he never imagined that Qiu Tu not only had the means to "restrict his soul from leaving," but was also willing to risk the destruction of his own soul to kill him.

Or rather... he never imagined that Qiu Tu would kill him: after all... he was the head of the "academic faction"!

The "Academic Faction" is the third largest faction in the shelter, deeply entrenched within it. Even if Rao Shou and Tang Wanfeng wanted to uproot them, they would have to be careful.

His survival will certainly be beneficial to the smooth transition of the shelter this time.

Therefore, he believed that Rao Shou and Tang Wanfeng would definitely prefer to keep him alive.

This also meant that he never expected Qiu Tu to be so audacious, completely ignoring Rao Shou and Tang Wanfeng.

If Qiu Tu had heard his thoughts at that moment, he would have truly scoffed at them.

Pang Haichen already knew his third biggest secret, so how could he possibly leave Pang Haichen alive?

What if Pang Haichen goes to the shelter and then starts spouting nonsense?

Qiu Tu would not take that risk.

Therefore, from the moment Qiu Tu stopped pretending, Pang Haichen's fate was already sealed.

All that's left is Qiu Tu playing along with him.

Thinking this, and looking at the now completely silent "spiritual realm," Qiu Tu slowly transformed back into the little demon.

Then, on a whim, he left that space.

The "Spirit Realm Space," as the main communication tool of the "Hidden Mist Society," was created with a rigorous identification system.

Only souls bound to this "Spiritual Realm Space" can enter or leave this space through this system.

That's why Qiu Tu transformed into Mu Ye last time, and this time he transformed into Little Yaksha to come to this space.

In fact, in order to lure Pang Haichen over, Qiu Tu even went to Zhao Ji to borrow the little demon.

For the past two days, Zhao Ji has been researching the cataclysmic ability on Xiao Yasha that is suitable for Qiu Tu. She is actually somewhat dissatisfied with Qiu Tu's decision to borrow it.

So, after everything is over, Qiu Tu still needs to take the little demon back...

With that thought in mind, Qiu Tu returned to the real world.

Back in the real world, Qiu Tu picked up the landline on the table, dialed a few numbers, and said, "Disaster Zone, Hill City, in the closet of room 6 at Sunset Hotel."

Upon hearing Qiu Tu's words, the person on the other end quickly responded.

Half an hour later, a giant emerald green dragon soared into the sky from New South Wales and flew towards the disaster zone!

Meanwhile, a convoy of trains departed from a city on the outskirts of New South Wales, heading in a grand procession towards the disaster zone!

After making the call, Qiu Tu put the receiver back on the landline, then walked to the floor-to-ceiling window of his study, gazing at the already beginning to lighten the night sky, his eyes devoid of joy or sorrow...

at the same time.

The shelter, Beiyunzhou, Nanquzhou, Shangchuanzhou, Xiajingzhou... apart from the four states controlled by Qiu Tu, the other seven states are also undergoing earth-shattering changes.

The doors of many middle and high-ranking officials were knocked on, many generals were taken away, and many troops were placed under temporary martial law.

Rao Shou and Tang Wanfeng had extensive experience in "countering coups." The first thing all the states controlled was the armory.

Without an armory, even if some escapees manage to take control of the army, they will be unable to form an effective fighting force.

Next, they took control of the army to ensure it did not become chaotic. Finally, they began to arrest the prisoners one by one.

With these three guidelines in place, even though there were "academic" resistance forces that wanted to rebel, they didn't cause much of a stir.

Especially Beiyun Prefecture. Because it was a key target for defense, Pei Jing didn't even go to Beiyun Prefecture. Some of his subordinates who had already been transferred from Beiyun Prefecture were directly arrested and brought to justice.

The entire cleanup operation was incredibly swift, and despite its massive scale, it had almost no impact on ordinary people.

So, the next morning, the people of all the states in Shelter 8 went to work as usual, but they did not notice that some of the middle and upper-level officials in their cities or states had all disappeared overnight.

However, while it's easy to keep such things from the general public, it's difficult to keep them from other factions.

Rao Shou and Tang Wanfeng's large-scale operation against the "academic faction" clearly alarmed the other three major factions.

Upon receiving the news early in the morning, Wang Guochuan, the leader of the "Reformists," Hu Jie, the leader of the "Freedom and Democracy Faction," and Lei Laosan, the leader of the "Local Armed Alliance," were all taken aback.

It's a bit of an exaggeration to say that the six major factions are all "closely connected" these days.

However, it's still fine to say "sincere cooperation".

Rao Shouhe and Tang Wanfeng's sudden attack on Pang Haichen has clearly touched a nerve with them.

After all, if Rao Shou and Tang Wanfeng dared to suddenly target the "academic faction" today, they might target their own faction tomorrow.

This kind of breaking of unspoken political rules is not much different from a major purge.

So, after a brief discussion, the three of them first made a phone call to the high-ranking members of their respective factions who held military power, gave them a few instructions, and then went together to see Rao Shou.

Meanwhile, Rao Shou and Tang Wanfeng were fishing in the courtyard, patiently waiting for news from Qiu Tu.

Almost all the people they had been monitoring and controlling over the past few days were apprehended last night.

There has been no news yet about Qiu Tu, who was in charge of the most critical mission.

Perhaps because Pang Haichen was just too important, the outcome of the entire operation would have been completely different with or without him.

Therefore, even the shrewd and calculating Rao Shou and Tang Wanfeng lost their usual ease and comfort while waiting.

While quietly fishing, Tang Wanfeng slowly said, "Old Pang is still very alert."

"He must have discovered the clues early on and figured out our delaying tactic."

"Afterwards, he deliberately instigated a mutiny among his 'academic' cronies, while he himself quietly fled."

At this point, Tang Wanfeng paused for a moment and added, "Qiu Tu sent word last night that Pang Haichen has fled to the disaster zone to evade punishment."

"Judging by the dates, they must have escaped four or five days ago."

Upon hearing Tang Wanfeng's words, Rao Shou nodded slightly and hummed in agreement.

Then he said, "Our old friend... is still as decisive as ever."

"That was a decisive and ruthless move."

"He found the only glimmer of hope."

Upon hearing this, Tang Wanfeng nodded slightly, then remained silent for a moment before continuing, "It's a pity he ran into Qiu Tu."

"Qiu Tu is quite capable. He figured out his hiding place in just a few hours."

Rao Shou nodded slightly, his gaze fixed on the calm water surface...

After a moment, he spoke, "Are you sure that Old Pang was the one who stole the nuclear bomb blueprints?"

This topic might be too sensitive. Tang Wanfeng frowned slightly and said carefully, "I've been investigating for seven years, and all the clues point to him."

"But if you say it's 100% him, I can't guarantee that."

"We can only wait until we catch Lao Pang, then slowly interrogate him and decrypt his information."

At this point, Tang Wanfeng slowly said, "However, fortunately... I had always worried that this day would come, so I stored the three technologies separately. He only got the least important one."

The three technologies Tang Wanfeng mentioned are clearly referring to the technology for refining nuclear weapons raw materials (uranium enrichment), nuclear weapon design blueprints, and the issue of nuclear weapon delivery.

Of these three items, "nuclear weapon design blueprints" are clearly the least important.

After all, blueprints alone are not very useful. The most important factors in making nuclear weapons are the extraction technology and equipment for enriched uranium, as well as how to deliver it.

Therefore, even if the nuclear weapons design blueprints were leaked seven years ago, it wouldn't have made much of a difference.

After all, the evil god neither knew how to refine raw materials nor how to distribute them.

Even if they accidentally created a "nuclear bomb" through other means, it would just be a giant firework.

Hearing Tang Wanfeng's words, Rao Shouwei nodded slightly, then said with a touch of emotion, "Yes. I just didn't expect him to be an inside man."

At this point, Rao Shou analyzed, "However, his ability to become an internal traitor clearly wasn't something he gradually degenerated into later."

“Our shelter has given her almost everything it could, from treatment to power.”

"The evil god can't offer him any more money."

"Therefore, I am more inclined to believe that he may have come into contact with the evil god before he founded the sanctuary."

Since it was just casual conversation, Tang Wanfeng was quite relaxed.

He nodded and said, "Yes. The probability is indeed higher if one came into contact with evil gods before the creation."

At this point, Tang Wanfeng paused, then added, "But it's okay... we should be able to see Lao Pang tomorrow."

"When the time comes, you can just ask him any questions you may have."

Upon hearing Tang Wanfeng's words, Rao Shougang prepared to say something.

Just then, Tang Wanfeng's communicator suddenly rang.

Tang Wanfeng picked up his phone and glanced at it, a relaxed expression immediately appearing on his face.

He showed it to Rao Shou for a moment, and then answered the phone.

The next second, the call connected, and Tang Feifei's voice came through the receiver, "Master..."

She had barely begun to speak when Old Tang coughed.

Tang Feifei paused for a moment, then said in a formulaic manner, "Old Tang, according to the information given by Garrison Commander Qiu, we did indeed find Pang Haichen's location after a long journey."

"After we trapped him, we broke down the door. We didn't encounter any resistance at all."

"Forget about the warning defense array, we could hardly even find anyone..."

"Finally, we found him in the closet of his hotel room."

"But...that's when we were shocked to discover...he had stopped breathing."

Upon hearing Tang Feifei's words, neither Elder Rao nor Elder Tang reacted at first.

As a result, Tang Feifei paused, and the two of them immediately realized that something was wrong.

"Wait a minute. What did you say? Pang Haichen is dead?"

Upon hearing this, Tang Feifei on the other end of the phone gave a deep "hmm" and then said, "Yes. He died before we arrived."