Chapter 15 The Armor

In the piercing cold wind, the figures stood firm, their gazes sharp.

This world never lacked passionate youths, nor courageous men who would risk their lives to make the powerful bleed.

Take the famous assassin Jing Ke in history, for example. He faced the Qin King, the most powerful man in the world, alone, and still dared to draw his sword!

What courage was that?

But even Jing Ke died after drawing his sword in anger. Facing an overwhelmingly powerful opponent, he had only himself, a sword, and fearless courage.

So he was destined to die.

Whether the assassination succeeded or failed!

The world is not short of courageous people, but those who can maintain their composure after a burst of passion and use their wisdom to ensure their own safety are extremely rare.

Like Li Tianran at this moment.

He knew what he would face once he took down Li and Guo. The deaths of two councilors would definitely cause a huge storm!

The council, the military police!

The two most powerful departments in the Yanhuang Federation!

Yuan Zhenghong couldn't possibly not suspect him!

Facing the machinery of the state, Li Tianran's current strength was not enough to fight against it head-on. He had only possessed the system for a short time and was far from being able to confront them with his own hard power. If he had a mecha-level combat berserker now, he could try it.

When faced with an unavoidable, extremely sharp sword, trying to break it by force is not always the best solution...

Or trying to put on a layer of armor might have miraculous effects!

Li Tianran had Bai Jingyan's people break into the military police bureau's database, find the information on those accounts and the detained personnel in the cult case, and completely restore the cause and effect of the cult case, publishing it all.

As a result, the entire South City was in an uproar.

Li, Guo, and all the big shots who appeared in the accounts became pariahs, hated by everyone!

And Li Tianran, as the heroic figure in the story, was admired and respected by all the people who paid attention to this matter.

A lone young man bravely breaks into the demon's nest and confronts the dark officialdom...

This kind of story has been popular for thousands of years. Regardless of the dynasty, all the people have a natural trust and love for "heroes" who have similar identities, status, and origins as themselves. And with a little guidance, this trust and love will turn into a fervent desire to protect!

When they saw the posts on the Internet and learned that Li Tianran might be arrested and tried for his excessive behavior in the cult case, the anger in their hearts completely exploded.

When they saw in the posts that the heinous Li and Guo were released, it pushed the people's emotions, already on the verge of collapse due to the world's changes and food shortages, to the brink. The news that Li Tianran might be arrested became the last straw that broke their reason.

They walked out of their homes in anger, accompanied each other, and came to Li Tianran's farm as if by agreement, waiting for nearly three hours in the biting cold wind, using their own flesh and blood to build a fortress for Li Tianran!

This fortress, the wind can enter, the rain can enter, but the military police... cannot enter!

"This is the armor you built for yourself..." Yuan Zhenghong looked up at the farm hidden in the darkness behind the figures, with only a faint light on the small building: "I underestimated you."

...

Council office building.

It was already nine o'clock in the evening.

But the council hall was still brightly lit.

An old man with white hair sat at the head of the meeting, with dozens of people sitting in two rows below. These people were between the ages of thirty-five and sixty, and they had a common identity: councilors of South City!

And the leading figure sitting on the right hand side of the white-haired old man was the deputy speaker, Wang Dongchuan.

At this time, there was a trace of impatience and hidden anger in his eyebrows.

He looked at the tablet in front of him, browsing the news on the web page, and the gloomy look on his face became more and more intense.

"What do you all think of this matter?" the Speaker asked in a deep voice.

The councilors looked at me, I looked at you, and remained silent.

Wang Dongchuan was silent for a moment, then opened his mouth and said, "The information about this matter has spread on the Internet. It is useless to seal the posts now. The posts can be sealed, but the memories in the people's hearts will not disappear... The most important thing we should do now is to stabilize the situation."

"I suggest that the council and the military police bureau jointly establish an investigation team to investigate the attack on Councilor Li and Councilor Guo, and find out the truth of this matter! And we must let our technicians find the information of the poster, lock the other party's IP, and find out the mastermind behind the scenes."

"I suspect that this is a planned and large-scale spy group. They are taking advantage of the aftermath of the cult case to stir up trouble and release this kind of true-or-false post to create chaos, wanting to make the council and the military police department lose their prestige in the hearts of the people, in order to achieve their ulterior motives. Their intentions are extremely vicious."

Wang Dongchuan understood the art of speaking.

His words downplayed the black material about Li and Guo on the Internet, and focused on the negative impact these posts would have on the council!

Sure enough, after the councilors heard Wang Dongchuan's words, extremely solemn expressions appeared on their faces.

The fact was indeed so.

If the matter was allowed to continue to ferment, I am afraid that the council would become a pile of stinky shit in the hearts of the people!

From ancient times to the present, the relationship between the official and the people has been like water and a boat.

Water can carry a boat, but it can also capsize it. If the South City Council loses its credibility and prestige, then even if the people can't clean them up, the higher-ups will let them pack up and leave.

"The key question now is... is the information in those posts true?"

Suddenly, a middle-aged man opened his mouth and said, he looked directly at Wang Dongchuan: "Are Li and Guo criminals in the cult case? Are the accusations against them fabricated out of thin air, or are they true? After the victim identified the location of the account, he was retaliated against and killed. Are there any surviving members of the cult, or are there other people involved?"

As soon as these words came out, the temperature in the entire council hall seemed to drop a few degrees.

The middle-aged man was one of the four council members, second only to the Speaker and Wang Dongchuan in status, but he had an extremely tough temper and was upright. At this time, his words were extremely sharp, pointing directly to the key points!

Wang Dongchuan's cheeks twitched involuntarily when he heard the words.

"Who can answer me this question?" The middle-aged man stood up, his eyes swept over the council members, and finally landed on Wang Dongchuan's face: "You? Or the dead Li and Guo?"

Wang Dongchuan took a deep breath and said, "I can't guarantee that Li Ting and Guo Xuanjun were framed, but I can tell you that I can cooperate with all investigations to explore the truth of this matter!"

"Good!" The middle-aged man applauded, with a stiff and indifferent expression on his face: "With Vice Speaker Wang's words, I can rest assured."

"Okay." Seeing this, the Speaker stepped in to smooth things over, and said: "The most urgent task now is to find the murderer who killed Councilor Li and Councilor Guo... Who has any ideas?"

Wang Dongchuan suddenly opened his mouth and said, "I suspect someone."

...

"Can we talk?" Outside the farm, Yuan Zhenghong dialed Li Tianran's number, his tone a little heavy: "Don't you think you are being a little shameless by doing this? These people are obstructing law enforcement, and their behavior is already illegal!"

Listening to Yuan Zhenghong's words in the microphone, Li Tianran suddenly laughed: "Inspector Yuan, do you know? When I hear the words 'law' now, I feel extremely ridiculous!"

"..." Yuan Zhenghong was silent.

"Many people are qualified to accuse me, but only your South City military and political departments are not, because you don't deserve it." Li Tianran said calmly: "If you want to arrest me, I will not resist! I also want to see what kind of crime our South City court will give to a hero who cracked the cult's nest!"

"If you can cross that line..."

The phone hung up.

Yuan Zhenghong looked at the line of defense composed of the people, and a sense of powerlessness surged in his heart.

He could break through this line of defense, very easily.

But he knew that once he used tough measures to break through this line of defense, what he would defeat would not only be these people, but also the last bit of light and hope in the hearts of these people!

Li Tianran was no longer an ordinary person at this time, but more like a symbol!

If this symbol were to be knocked down, I am afraid that the entire South City would be turbulent!