Chapter 96

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Guo Xingxing stood with a cold smile and disbelief, staring intently at Li Shier: The method he came up with took a lot of thought, and he didn’t believe that this muscle-headed guy could come up with a strategy to match it!

Li Shier laughed, then, leaning on his cane, he strode up to Gu Shaodong and the Niumang gang, pointing his cane with a domineering air: "Gu Shaodong, right? You might not recognize me, but my name is Li, and I’m called Li Shier. People call me..."

Before he could finish, Gu Shaodong interrupted him: "Rage Gun Li Shier? You’re Rage Gun Li Shier?" His face was full of surprise and fear.

Rage Gun Li Shier, the disciple of the famous Gun Master Li Shuwen, was said to have already mastered the divine gun techniques and would eventually reach the peak of martial arts. Everyone knew about him. It turned out to be him. Who did I offend? "But, but, your leg..."

"Have you heard of me?" Li Shier wasn’t surprised, "At least you saved me some saliva. You guys, pay attention!"

Without warning, in the narrow space, he performed a series of heaven-defying kicks. His leg and cane flew about, generating powerful gusts of wind. Suddenly, he kicked the wall of the carriage, "Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!" Four loud thuds echoed, making everyone’s eardrums buzz and the entire train car tremble.

When the gusts of wind finally dissipated, everyone focused their gaze and collectively drew in a sharp breath.

On the wall of the carriage, there were four large, neatly arranged footprints. They weren’t just indented; they were completely pierced through, allowing sunlight to shine through. Gu Shaodong and the Niumang gang knew that the outer layer of the carriage looked like wood, but it actually had a layer of fine steel in the middle. Even though it wasn’t thick, it was still fine steel! To have it pierced through, how much foot strength must he have?

Looking at Li Shier’s feet, his bare feet were unharmed, but... his shoes were gone! After such a collision with fine steel, even the sturdiest shoes couldn’t withstand it, completely worn out and destroyed.

If Gu Shaodong had any doubts before, now he had none. This cripple was indeed the legendary Rage Gun Li Shier. Even if it wasn’t Li Shier, he was still a top-tier expert in the world.

"The dead people and the events of the past two days, I don’t want anyone outside of us to know..." Leaning down, Li Shier said in a condescending tone, "Otherwise..." He pointed to the holes in the wall.

"We know! We know! We understand what to do! We understand!" Gu Shaodong and the Niumang gang nodded rapidly.

Li Shier stood up, satisfied, and turned to Dugu Fu and Guo Xingxing, grinning, "How about it? Pass or not?"

"..." Guo Xingxing’s face was gloomy, but in her heart, she knew Li Shier had definitely passed.

This strategy, at first glance, seemed to lack technical content, but when one’s strength reached a certain level, brute force was also a method, and often the most effective one.

"It’s my turn." After Li Shier’s performance, Dugu Fu stepped forward, asking Guo Xingxing for something and saying a few words to the boss. The item was a small black ledger, and the words were, "Sister Wei, follow the design I described, blablabla..."

Like Li Shier, he walked up to Gu Shaodong and the Niumang gang, "Rip! Rip! Rip!" tearing the pages of the black ledger and stuffing them into the burning furnace.

Gu Shaodong and the Niumang gang stared with wide eyes.

"You..." Guo Xingxing tried to speak but was held back by Li Shier.

Amidst the puzzled gazes, Dugu Fu burned the pages of the black ledger one by one, explaining calmly, "You’ve heard, right? This is an exam, testing how to make you keep the events of the past two days to yourselves, never to speak of them. This one used intimidation," pointing to Li Shier. "This one used coercion," pointing to Guo Xingxing.

"But let me tell you, this matter isn’t that complicated... I already know your names and birth dates!" As he spoke, he completely burned the black ledger to ashes, and it was clear that Gu Shaodong breathed a sigh of relief.

He wasn’t that stupid.

No, to be precise, he wasn’t stupid at all. Previously, he had to choose between his life and his family, and he chose the former. But if he could also protect his family, that would be even better!

After burning the black ledger, Dugu Fu stood up, picked up a Niumang, and brought him to the window, hanging him outside the carriage.

The train was moving very slowly, otherwise, it wouldn’t take two days to travel from Changsha to Shanghai. The Niumang hung outside, staring blankly at the rice fields of the Jiangnan countryside and the power poles along the railway, moving backward, feeling utterly confused.

At this moment, Dugu Fu let go. "Plop!" He dropped the Niumang into the rice field, water splashing everywhere, but he was unharmed.

What... is he doing? Looking at Dugu Fu, then at the Niumang in the rice field, who had just stood up and was staring blankly at the departing train, Gu Shaodong and his companions were completely baffled: Is he... letting him go? Why? On what basis? Can you explain?

A few seconds later, the train had already pulled away by more than fifty meters, and Dugu Fu began to explain.

He pointed to the sky with one hand and drew a circle on the ground with the other, stomping his feet and muttering incantations: "Heavenly wind, earthly fire, follow my will. All evil be banished, all methods repelled! Aaah!" Suddenly, he glared fiercely and pointed at the Niumang in the rice field.

At this moment, the boss understood and triggered the design.

"Snap!" A faint sound of a whip crack was heard, whether from the wind or the train... Then, Gu Shaodong and his companions saw the power lines along the railway suddenly break, right where the Niumang was standing.

The power lines plunged into the rice field, "Aaaah..." The Niumang convulsed and screamed, his body surrounded by electric sparks, in a state of hysteria.

In just a few seconds, as the train pulled away to a hundred meters, the Niumang turned into a pile of charred remains, no longer moving, with wisps of smoke rising.

"!!!" Gu Shaodong and his companions looked at Dugu Fu as if they had seen a ghost.

Dugu Fu grinned, "Did I perform too quickly? Did you not see clearly?"

"We saw clearly! We saw clearly!"

"Really, I don’t mind performing again."

"No need! No need!" A group of people waved their hands frantically, jokingly, who knew if the next performer would be themselves? They didn’t know that the dead Niumang wasn’t chosen at random but was the one who, after comparing statements, truly deserved to die. Another one? There was no one else to choose, except for Gu Shaodong. But Gu Shaodong couldn’t die, at least not now.

"Do I need to say anything more?"

"No need! No need! We understand, we understand!"

"Good." Dugu Fu smiled and turned to Guo Xingxing, "What about you? Do you understand?"

Although she was gloomy, Guo Xingxing nodded, "I understand." She truly understood that while her method could pass, it had hidden dangers.

What hidden dangers?

For the sake of life, people can endure; but for the sake of wealth and power, people can take risks.

The method of coercion through leverage made people feel threatened, like a thorn in their hearts that wouldn’t be comfortable until it was removed. The method of coercion through force and the threat of supernatural powers, however, made people choose to remain silent in the absence of a conflict of interest.

Would they not? Could you kill all the powerful people who could potentially harm you?

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