Chapter 630 - 395: Dust Settles
After the news of the Celestial Gate Patrol Station’s second fall spread, the Upper Court Council of the World Government and the headquarters of the three major enterprises were all shocked.
Following an on-site investigation by the special task force, an undeniable fact confronted these upper echelons — the envoy Luo died in battle at the Celestial Gate, and the Wolf King Fenrir successfully entered the Land of No Master.
In an instant, New Moon City was engulfed in chaos, with the Upper Court Guard and authorities feeling every bit of anxiety. No one knew why this happened.
Undercover in this chaos, Su Mo and others secretly returned to New Moon City without attracting any attention.
Dongdong and Nuobai returned to Edge Mansion, while Su Mo went back to the Royal Special-Level Prison.
It’s worth mentioning, the ugly Prison Director, who bragged shamelessly in front of the prisoners like a dancing clown, was secretly a loyal confidant of Luo.
During Su Mo’s absence from the prison area, he found ways to deceive the Upper Court Guard’s eyes and assisted Su Mo in returning to his cell through the secret tunnel, creating the illusion that Su Mo had been in prison all along, with the entire process fitting seamlessly.
Upon learning of Luo’s death, the Prison Director merely said, "Her death was worthwhile."
When the Prison Director said this, his tone was calm, but for a brief moment, Su Mo saw a hint of tears shimmering in his eyes.
On the seventh day after Luo’s death, the Upper Court Council posthumously honored her as a martyr, conducting her funeral with the highest ceremonial standards and declaring the day as a day of mourning.
However, the effect of this decree was far from ideal. People everywhere did not mourn Luo with grief but with celebration.
The decadent and arbitrary villain, who extravagantly oppressed just people, was finally dead.
No matter how the upper class extolled her loyalty and sacrifice, the people below had no sympathy for her.
This phenomenon was especially severe in New Moon City, where it was practically like a grand festival.
Local netizens poured their joy onto social profiles, cursing Luo with venomous language, wishing her no rest after death, posting with such intensity that even internet monitors couldn’t keep up, eventually forcing major websites to temporarily shut down posting and commenting functions.
The online suppression was met with even greater enthusiasm offline.
Every household in New Moon City hung red lanterns on windows, or pasted red paper if lanterns were unavailable. People wore bright red clothes when going out, the atmosphere was as festive as the New Year.
Even children in schools learned a nursery rhyme of unknown authorship, playing and chanting while patting their hands in the playground after school:
[Luo the Pest, indulged in excess]
[Gluttony filled with fatty intestines]
[Wasted her life, all resent her]
[Venomous heart harmed the loyal]
[Fortunately the heavens show mercy]
[With one strike of the border Wolf King]
[Beheaded her like a ball]
After singing the nursery rhyme, the children always howled like wolves and danced with their hands as claws, pulling at each other, laughing while imitating the ugly scene of Luo’s death.
When Dongdong came to visit the prison, she told Su Mo about these events.
Dongdong is a person who values emotions deeply. The more she hated Luo initially, the more she admired her after knowing the full story.
Hearing of Luo being insulted so greatly, Dongdong felt heartache equal to anyone’s. She spoke calmly, but her eyes were already a little red.
Due to nearby prison guards and possible phone eavesdropping in prison areas, Su Mo didn’t say much to Dongdong.
But both of them knew that if Luo had a soul in heaven witnessing this, she would surely be comforted.
Indeed, the more Luo was hated by the world, the more loyal she appeared to the Upper Court, and the more successful her plan became.
Only in this way can the world move further, closer to illuminating the dawn in the darkness.
A solitary person who can relinquish everything won’t care about how they are evaluated after death, because they’ve long distributed their love equally to everyone.
Luo liked to laugh in her life, sometimes genuinely and sometimes falsely. If she were still alive, she would definitely have the brightest smile now.
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After Luo’s martyrdom, the Upper Court dispatched a new envoy to New Moon City to handle the aftermath.
In the following month, under the new envoy’s orders, another grand-scale purge began.
Zhao Yiming, the former Vice President of the New Moon City branch of Hegemony Company was deemed assassinated. Beijing evaluated this once-dominant regional leader as—
Blinded by greed, narrow-minded.
With these mere eight words, Zhao Yiming’s tumultuous life was characterized.
Zhao Yiming was thus expelled from headquarters, denied any posthumous treatment, and no morgue dared to accept his body, nor any person or force dared to undertake it, eventually resulting in his direct disposal, his body exposed on the street.
The fate of New Moon City’s "King of Mercenaries" Zhou Hanyan remained unknown to this day. After negotiations between the Upper Court and Iron Blood Alliance Headquarters, treatment for defection began, initiating ultimate insurance, triggering the cyborg backdoor program, leading to the dissolution of the Death Scythe Mercenary Corps, with all management personnel detained pending interrogation.
Led by Amir, key figures of New Moon City Council were consecutively dismissed for suspected rebellion. When Luo arrived, they thought their future was bright, yet overnight it turned upside down, from prominent nobles to prisoners in custody, awaiting endless interrogation and an answer they themselves did not know.
On the day of Amir and others’ fall, following orders from superiors, the new envoy released Su Mo and others who were originally imprisoned.
Regarding Luo’s complete plan, except for Su Mo, none were aware. They were imprisoned for nearly two months, oblivious to external events, and upon release, the world was entirely transformed.