Light Fortress
Chapter 284 - 260: The Hand of God

Chapter 284: Chapter 260: The Hand of God

Resurrection—an act even gods cannot accomplish.

But by condensing Extraordinary Essence... Gu Shen could!

The power of the "Iron Throne" was all stored in Chi Huo, and Tie Wu’s fate—that was inching toward its final stop—actually hinged on a single thought from Gu Shen.

A fine drizzle began to fall over the wilderness.

Tie Wu’s gaze started to become distant.

The figure of the young man squatting in the rain began to overlap with that of the once "Wine God," a call of destiny seemingly summoning him to bow his head in submission.

Tie Wu was silent for a long time, struggling to squeeze out words from his mouth.

"I..."

"I... want to live..."

Gu Shen smiled.

He reached out his hand, signaling Tie Wu to rise.

A gust of wind swept across the wilderness, causing the rain threads to scatter. Tie Wu felt a warm force helping him to his feet, as a gentle voice resonated beside his ear.

"Of course. You can live on."

...

...

Gu Shen awoke from the Spiritual World.

He slowly exhaled.

He hadn’t expected to actually succeed.

An "Angel Envoy" of the Source Tower had been brought under his command... Although it was only the first step in a prolonged war, it was still of extraordinary significance, and Gu Shen found the achievement somewhat unbelievable even now.

Tie Wu’s wavering loyalty could be attributed to the right time, place, and people.

Gu Shen felt... that his success was still majorly attributed to good luck.

If it had been Qin Ye instead of Tie Wu... he would likely have failed.

Due to the destruction of his flesh, Tie Wu was left with only a frail spirit, one that had been overly preoccupied in recent days. After making the decision to live a life of ignoble safety, he fell into a brief period of deep slumber from sheer exhaustion... Although Gu Shen possessed the "Four Seasons Wilderness," there was still a gap between him and the top powerhouses who had solidly forged their own Spiritual Domains. While the wilderness could nourish the spirit, its effects were mediocre at best for now.

It might take a while for Tie Wu to awaken.

But.

There was no rush.

The man was already his, what was there to worry about?

As for how to use Tie Wu after winning him over, Gu Shen didn’t have a good plan yet.

After his consciousness returned to the real world, Gu Shen checked his email.

His teacher hadn’t contacted him.

Neither had his senior sister.

After Qin Ye’s suicide... all those officials who had been eagerly waiting to pry open a significant chunk of the Source Tower’s dark history from the decade-old case of Lion Alley had deflated.

The case files, documents, evidence they had prepared through sleepless nights once again became worthless paper.

However, Qin Ye’s death was not without impact.

Perhaps... the attitude of the East Continent Council towards the "Awakening Bill" would change as a result.

As Gu Shen was checking his email, a message popped up on the interface of his virtual glasses.

"Dr. Xiao Gu, this is Jiang Wan... Do you have time to meet today?"

Gu Shen frowned slightly: "Jiang Wan?"

He had given his contact information to Jiang Wan back at the clinic, but why would she suddenly reach out to him?

"There’s something I can’t decide on my own and wanted to discuss with you... It’s about the ’Freedom Hall’ event."

The Freedom Hall event?!

Somewhere in his mind, Gu Shen had a faint idea of what this could be about, so he promptly replied: "Where are you now? I will come find you."

...

...

It was hard to imagine that an ordinary, thrifty laboring evening paper journalist would have parents ranked within the Huazhi Board of Directors.

Foregoing a life of leisure.

Working tirelessly as a journalist?

Jiang Wan was that kind of person... She arranged to meet with Gu Shen at a coffee shop not far from the old city district where the environment was simple and the crowds scarce, unlikely to attract attention.

Today, she shunned her usual style of dressing, donning only a tracksuit and a duckbill cap before heading out. No makeup, bare-faced, and not a single piece of excess jewelry worn.

So much so that when Gu Shen walked in, he almost didn’t recognize her at first glance.

"Over here, over here."

As soon as Gu Shen entered, he saw a plainly dressed woman waving at him, and on closer inspection, he recognized it as Jiang Wan... Without those accessories, Jiang Wan no longer looked so aristocratic, but instead appeared several years younger.

"It’s safe... No presence of Transcendents detected in the vicinity."

The Spiritual Link was always maintained... Chu Ling was scanning the surrounding 3D map, reporting in real time.

Gu Shen had reservations.

The meeting with Jiang Wan needed caution; the Changjiu Foundation’s fanatics were still being dealt with... He might be followed, and besides, he had a vague premonition.

This meeting might involve something very important.

"Dr. Xiao Gu... You finally arrived."

As Gu Shen took his seat, Jiang Wan let out a big sigh of relief, clearly having been on edge until now... Without waiting for Gu Shen to ask, she took the initiative to say, "Take a look at this first..."

From across the table, Jiang Wan pushed over a chain necklace.

In fact, the real "protagonist" was the hidden camera embedded in the necklace’s pendant.

Gu Shen took the pendant, pressed it lightly, and a storage card popped out, which he inserted into his augmented reality glasses. A blurry image appeared before his eyes... It was Freedom Hall seen from the perspective of the crowd.

The angle became shaky.

Because the recorder had fallen asleep... Strands of hair were scattered about, but this did not stop the embedded camera from functioning, recording the entire hall where everyone was in a strange slumber, and the music was still echoing slowly in the hall. While all were asleep, a man appeared in the frame.

This man was... Zhao Qi!

At that point, Gu Shen decided not to watch any further.

Indeed... His premonition was quite accurate. Xiao had cut off all surveillance feeds of Freedom Hall, severing the Deep Sea connection, but he couldn’t stop the independent recording of a closed-circuit camera from operating, and in a sense, such prohibited items were never allowed in the hall.

But there was one exception.

Jiang Wan!

Gu Shen stopped the video and quickly asked, "Have you shown this footage to anyone else?"

Jiang Wan pursed her lips and shook her head, saying, "No one else but you."

She murmured, "I don’t understand... why everyone in the hall fell asleep... I also don’t understand what this footage means, but I have a feeling that perhaps by finding you, Dr. Xiao Gu, all these questions would be resolved. So, I thought about it for a long time and sent you the message."

As expected.

Upon finding Gu Shen, the anxiety in her heart vanished.

Gu Shen asked again, "Has the footage been uploaded?"

"No."

Jiang Wan shook her head and said earnestly, "I’m not stupid. I recognize the guy in the footage as Zhao Qi. His father, the councilman, holds the highest authority over Deep Sea Metropolitan Area. If this footage gets uploaded, it could be recognized by Deep Sea. Then this footage might be erased from the cloud."

"It’s too unbelievable..."

Hearing this, Gu Shen finally breathed a sigh of relief and said with emotion, "Journalist Jiang... I thank you on behalf of the people of Da Du. You are the best journalist I have ever seen."

This praise was without the slightest bit of flattery.

Jiang Wan was still a bit bewildered.

She didn’t realize what the extraordinary world of Da Du was brewing, and what her coincidental actions meant.

The final act of Da Du had yet to conclude.

If Huazhi, facing immense external pressure, stubbornly continued to push the Awakening Bill... then inside the Dadu District, a storm of blood and violence was about to unfold.

The footage inside this embedded camera held enough damning evidence to bring down Huazhi!

This unassailable proof was like a divine hand.

After the Angel Envoy assassination scandal, Lu Nanzhi became the most important person in Da Du.

Until the interim councilor handover, the East Continent Council had to ensure her safety.

And at this critical moment—

If Zhao Qi’s assassination attempt inside Freedom Hall were to be exposed... then his father, and all of Huazhi, would face severe consequences.