Beneath the Upper City

No one knows when it began—

But the world was split in two.

Those in the Upper City live in the sunlight, on vast lands, warm and free.

Those in the Lower City survive in a crampe...

Chapter 986 Ma Yuxiang

"Hello, Commander Ning."

Ma Yuxiang's attitude was quite polite.

This is somewhat different from the image of "man-butcher" in the legend.

"I'm Ma Yuxiang, former commander of the Southern Defense Force of Region F."

"I've heard a lot about you."

Ning Fan said this softly, then asked directly, "The one who took away Su Wanjun's body earlier should be Commander Ma's subordinate, right?"

Guan Shanyue suddenly looked at Ning Fan.

He really didn't expect Ning Fan to ask so directly.

"Yes."

Ma Yuxiang smiled and said, "But the word 'grab' is too broad. I prefer 'take over'."

"My team was originally supposed to escort the body back to Yecheng, but they were attacked by an unknown force along the way, which ultimately led to the body being lost."

Ning Fan scoffed, "How can this be called a reception?"

"No, no, no, Commander Ning misunderstood."

Ma Yuxiang remained calm. "The ones transporting the bodies were Commander Bai's City Guards. As far as I know, you recruited the City Guards only after they arrived in Yecheng. In other words, the City Guards at the time were not Commander Ning's men."

"When I heard the news of Commander Bai's unfortunate death in battle, I was deeply saddened. Then I realized that if Su Wanjun's body wasn't properly handled, there would be some hidden dangers."

"As soon as I thought of this, I had no time to grieve. I quickly ordered someone to bring Su Wanjun's body back. Even if something went wrong, it would appear here."

"After all, I'm still here, and the city guards at the time were leaderless. No matter how you look at it, it's safer to have them on my side."

Ning Fan's face remained expressionless as he listened to Ma Yuxiang's eloquent nonsense.

"Then may I ask Commander Ma, is Su Wanjun's body still in your hands?"

"certainly."

Ma Yuxiang said generously, "If Commander Ning needs it, I can send his body to you at any time."

After hearing this, Ning Fan probably knew that the value of this corpse should no longer exist.

Ning Fan had no idea what the exact value of Su Wanjun's body was.

But what is certain is that it must be related to his strength of the [Ten Thousand Souls Level].

Now that Ma Yuxiang has handed it over so openly, whether it is sincere or fake, it at least proves that he has squeezed out the value of this corpse.

Could it be that someone...

Inherited Su Wanjun's spiritual servant?

Ma Yuxiang?

Bai Qiming?

Or someone you don’t know?

"Speaking of which."

Seeing that Ning Fan didn't speak, Ma Yuxiang took the initiative to say, "I've also heard some news about Yecheng recently. Under the leadership of Commander Ning, Yecheng can be said to be thriving. As far as I know, Yecheng has already controlled most of the lower city, right?"

Ning Fan regained his composure.

Regardless of the value of Su Wanjun's body, what he needs to know now is what Ma Yuxiang's plan is.

To be precise, what is the tail of the table-turning plan?

"That's a bit too much."

Ning Fan smiled and said, "Aren't there two more regions already under Commander Ma's control?"

"Commander Ning, don't say such things carelessly!"

Ma Yuxiang immediately became serious: "First of all, we captured Area C in order to survive and find a place for the Southern Defense Force to stay!"

"Besides, we've only had some conflicts here in Region B. A region that large cannot be conquered with just the 200,000 Southern Defense Forces."

Ning Fan frowned slightly.

After a pause, he whispered, "But according to the intelligence I've received, isn't Commander Ma already prepared to attack Region B?"

"Excuse me, Commander Ning, but is your source of information... Lin Song from District B?"

Ma Yuxiang asked.

Ning Fan admitted, "It seems Commander Ma is also very familiar with the Chief of Staff of Region B!"

“I haven’t seen him, but I’ve dealt with him.”

Ma Yuxiang laughed and said, "But Commander Ning, please don't listen to outsiders' instigation! After all, we all come from District F. We can fight District C and District B, but we can't let any rifts arise between our own people."

Ning Fan raised an eyebrow and said, "Oh? So, if District B chooses to join the Wild City camp, Commander Ma is willing to give up attacking here?"

"Of course, if Region B knows how to assess the situation and is willing to unconditionally submit to Region F, we naturally don't want to resolve the issue on the battlefield! After all, as long as we go to the battlefield, our own people will bleed."

Ma Yuxiang said seriously, "Commander Ning, you only need to inform us whether Region B has surrendered. If so, I will let the brothers stay where they are."

"Commander Ma is truly righteous!"

Ning Fan sighed, then lowered his voice, "If that's the case, by the time we successfully reunite with Commander Ma, we'll have basically taken 90% of the city!"

"Of course! District Chief Xia's plan to overturn the table is exactly what he wants!"

Ma Yuxiang said loudly: "Lower city, all of it belongs to our F District!"

"Yes! But I really didn't expect that District Chief Xia would arrange Commander Ma to help me accomplish this. If I had known earlier, I wouldn't have let Commander Ma work so hard. He was left alone and helpless, relying only on the 200,000 brothers of the Southern Defense Force to survive this difficult year."

Ning Fan sighed, "Thank you for your hard work during this period, Commander Ma!"

On the other side, Ma Yuxiang gradually narrowed his eyes.

He noticed several key points in Ning Fan's words.

help.

Two hundred thousand brothers.

To put it bluntly, Ning Fan was emphasizing one thing.

What you did before was helping me.

When we successfully reunite, you will be the heroes.

minister!

At the same time, Ning Fan mentioned the number of 200,000 to give Ma Yuxiang a reference.

You only have two hundred thousand.

And Yecheng...

With two million soldiers!

If you, Ma Yuxiang, are really helping me to unify the lower city, then all the previous things will be easy to deal with.

But if you really have any evil intentions...

Please consider your own weight first.

“It’s not hard work.”

Ma Yuxiang didn't show much emotion, and simply said, "I'm just working for District Chief Xia."

When he said this, everyone in Ning Fan's car looked at Ning Fan.

Everyone in the car understood.

Including Guan Shan Yue.

"The departure of District Chief Xia is indeed regrettable."

Ning Fan narrowed his eyes and whispered, "I will follow the faith she left behind and fulfill her dream!"

"Commander Ning is indeed a young and promising man with a heart of righteousness!"

Ma Yuxiang first praised: "With your words, I feel relieved. I thought that Commander Ning would be corrupted by power and want to seize power!"

Ning Fan smiled and said, "I wonder whose power Commander Ma is seizing?"

"Of course it's the bloodline left by District Chief Xia and Commander Bai."