NOVPUB27: Chapter 27: Mu Xiu Appears!
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27: Chapter 27: Mu Xiu Appears!
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The origin of Dawn City can be traced back to the chaotic period after the Great Catastrophe.
The founders of the Federation named the city after witnessing the beautiful dawn when they arrived at this land.
As the oldest fortress city of the Federation, Dawn City is also one of the Federation’s most prosperous commercial cities.
Three of the top fifty conglomerates of the Federation are based in Dawn City, where a population of 28 million people resides within this massive fortress city.
The rest is just a simple introduction to the economy and livelihoods, which He Ao glanced through briefly before clicking on a few keywords he was more interested in.
The Great Catastrophe:
Refers to the disaster that destroyed the prehistoric civilization, with the sudden appearance of a large number of exotic beasts and mutated plants.
The prehistoric civilization was destroyed overnight, and the remaining humans on the planet established the Original Federation on the ruins of the prehistoric civilization.
Barrier City:
Humans built high walls to isolate the danger of the wilderness, and the cities that flourished within these walls were called barrier cities.
Currently, over 99% of the Federation’s population lives in barrier cities.
Federation (referring to the Second Federal District of the Original Federation):
The current Federation government is the government of the Second Federal District of the Original Federation, consisting of 113 barrier cities from the Original Federation’s Second District and 32 newly built barrier cities, for a total of 145 barrier cities (not including 3 barrier cities that are under construction), with a total population of approximately 200 million.
The Federal President is the supreme leader of the Federation, and each barrier city, in principle, is under the jurisdiction of the Federal Central Government.
Original Federation:
The unified government of civilization established by humans in the ruins of the Great Catastrophe, divided into five districts.
*Ten years after the founding of the Original Federation, a storm engulfed the great oceans, communications were severed, and the other four districts were lost.
Beneath these entries were detailed explanations of the terms, which He Ao briefly browsed through before closing these windows.
He had originally thought that the Copy World was a future world but realized it was a world reconstructed after the apocalypse.
He thought for a moment and tried to find information about the prehistoric civilization prior to the Great Catastrophe on the network, but came up empty-handed.
Only some fragmented posts on the network discussed the prehistoric civilization, but without exception, they were all unfounded speculations.
It was as if the prehistoric civilization was completely submerged in that great disaster, leaving no trace behind.
After a moment of silence, he turned to search for ‘Talent Sequences’ on the network, still finding nothing.
The search engine displayed a mix of unrelated information; it appeared that this information had been deliberately ‘erased.’
So he searched for ‘Mechanical Modification’, and this time numerous advertisements from Dawn City mechanized body companies appeared.
He Ao briefly browsed through them but did not find any useful information.
Just as he was about to search for ‘Evil God’, a piercing alarm suddenly sounded inside the vehicle.
Selena sat up instantly, and the electric car door opened simultaneously.
Her voice was stern and cold, “Mu Xiu has appeared.”
He Ao looked up at the windshield display.
At that moment, all the surveillance feeds had changed to a single image.
In the center of this image, shrouded in a black hood, a figure marked by a red frame was taking steps toward the entrance of the casino.
Seeing this figure, He Ao immediately crawled out the other side of the car door, following in Selena’s footsteps, who by now had already run to the center of the street.
Beep——
A harsh horn sounded, and a huge bus drove past in front of Selena.
Selena didn’t hesitate for a second; with a light leap, she directly flipped onto the roof of the bus, then after running two steps along the top, she leaped off the bus roof.
Quite cool…
He Ao marveled at Selena’s maneuver, and then, honestly using the crosswalk, ran across the street.
The figure in the black hood didn’t look back, but he seemed to realize Selena was pursuing him.
The leisurely pace he had been maintaining suddenly exploded into a terrifying speed, as he bulldozed through the people ahead of him and darted into the casino entrance.
Selena leaped through the crowd, nearly on the suspect’s heels as she followed him in.
In theory, with Selena’s speed, catching up to the suspect who looked like Mu Xiu should have been an easy task.
However, when He Ao entered the casino, he saw Selena being stopped at the entrance.
“Miss Selena, please remain calm,” said a gaunt man in a silver suit, emerging from inside the casino, “We are still conducting a ‘self-examination’, and as soon as we’re finished, we will naturally let you search.”
“Move aside, I just saw a suspicious person enter.”
Selena’s face was as cold as frost.
He Ao looked at the man in the silver suit and suddenly recognized him.
This seemed to be the man who had been dealing with the Wilderness Wanderer in illicit trades a few hours ago.
He Ao had personally seen him taken away by the Dawn City Police Department.
“He’s been bailed out,” Selena explained casually, as if aware of He Ao’s confusion, “Under Dawn City’s bail system, as long as the bail is paid in full, one can go home early and just show up for the trial.”
Lucky guy.
With money, you can do as you please.
“Move aside,”
After speaking with He Ao, Selena’s gaze turned back to the man in the silver suit, her tone ice-cold.
After all, the suspect resembling ‘Mu Xiu’ had already run into the casino, and if he started a slaughter there, it would be too late,
“Ludo, I know you need time to clean up your dirty deals, I won’t bother with those trades, my only target is Mu Xiu.
You know what he’s like – if we wait until he starts killing, it’ll be too late.”
“Miss Selena, what are you implying?” Ludo laughed, “We are a law-abiding company conducting legally permitted trades.
We are just not done with our ‘self-examination’; we cannot let you in.
If we catch ‘Mu Xiu’, we will deliver him to the Federal Bureau of Investigation ourselves.
And it’s not like you can presume someone suspicious just because you say so, right?
We should wait until our checks confirm that.
Miss Selena, please go back.”
“Ludo, you!”
At that moment, Selena realized that Ludo was probably harboring a grudge about an earlier incident and was deliberately making things difficult for them.
“Eek,” Ludo took half a step back, “Miss Selena, you’re quite intimidating.
Could it be that you’re going to use force against us?
The hero of the Federal Bureau of Investigation who eradicated the Wilderness Cult, are you going to assault a law-abiding Citizen?”
“You!”
Selena was choked by his words.
She didn’t have concrete evidence that the man who had just entered was Mu Xiu, but her analytical software told her that person had a 98% resemblance to Mu Xiu.
Even during a mission, the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s authority to kill was limited.
Unless the suspect brandished a gun or made an obvious attack, she couldn’t just point a gun at someone’s head.
However, just as this thought crossed Selena’s mind, a dark, cold object was already pressed against Ludo’s forehead.
“Excuse me,” He Ao said with a smile, as he firmly gripped his handgun, watching Ludo’s complexion grow increasingly stiff, “Let me introduce myself, my name is Ande.”
“Officer Ande, what are you about to do?” asked Ludo, his voice trembling as he swallowed, “Are you threatening a Federation Citizen?”
“Mr.
Ludo, please let me finish my introduction,” He Ao tilted his head slightly, “My name is Ande; my parents died in an accident five years ago.
I have no siblings, no wife, I’m not married, and I don’t have a girlfriend.
And of course, I have no children either.” 𝔫𝔬𝖛𝖕𝔲𝖇.𝖈𝖔𝖒
He smiled gently, his index finger resting on the trigger, “If I press this, I might face twenty years of imprisonment, all alone.
But you, you’ll meet God.
Would you like to trade places with me?”
