"These prisoners have committed heinous crimes and will be executed without mercy today!"

No sooner had the words left his mouth than a furious shout rang out from the crowd: "Bullshit! I think you're the ones who are the most heinous criminals! You bunch of traitors, working like dogs for foreigners and killing your own people, do you even have a shred of humanity left?!"

"You foreign dogs, how dare you act so arrogantly in our area? You'd better get back here right now!"

The foreign officer was furious. He immediately raised his matchlock gun, aimed it at the crowd, and shouted, "I'll count to three. If you don't retreat, I'll fire!"

"three."

"Go to hell!"

"two."

"You try it yourself!"

Just as the shout was about to be given, a soldier rushed up behind the foreign officer and whispered a few words in his ear. After hearing them, the foreign officer's expression changed drastically, and he hurriedly led his men back.

"call--"

On the high platform, Jin Changge watched the foreigners retreat in the distance and finally breathed a sigh of relief.

She knew that if things continued to escalate, another conflict might break out today, and countless unarmed civilians would die.

And now, these foreigners are running frantically, seemingly in a great hurry.

Jin Changge frowned slightly, then noticed that almost everyone was looking behind them, which was the direction of the sea and the back of the execution ground.

The bearded man spoke up then: "Why are they all looking back? What are they looking at?"

——

Under the blazing sun and the azure sky, a fierce wind blew, causing the sea waves to rise one after another.

The seagulls circled in the air, but dared not land on the sea. They could only cry out in the air, their cries rising and falling, as if singing in the wind.

On the shore of the port, everyone had their backs to the execution ground and gazed at the vast ocean.