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Since then, Lin Mo has had a new, taciturn but fierce general under his command. No one knows his origins or what abilities he possesses.

But one thing is certain: no one, including Xu Chu, was willing to approach him.

Because he exuded an aura that defied description: domineering? cold? terrifying?

In short, it can cause a suffocating discomfort.

Lin Mo would often deliberately keep a certain distance from Xiang Yu, for a clear reason.

Getting close to him will increase your corruption level!

Although it's absurd, that's how the system is set up.

Perhaps the system's original intention was to allow the host to quickly accumulate corruption points and gain control of Xiang Yu in the shortest possible time.

But Lin Mo, who didn't want to completely fall into darkness, was in distress.

The army marched for three days, and on the morning of the fourth day...

A foul odor began to fill the air, and Lin Mo, who had experienced many battles, knew it was the smell of dead people.

The surroundings were very calm, unusually calm.

Soon after, the scouts who had gone ahead reported that there was a corpse not far away.

Lin Mo took the lead and rushed forward.

There was no campfire there, only the embers of a fire were clearly visible.

Upon closer inspection, Lin Mo's mouth dropped open, and he was speechless for a long time.

Countless dead people were stripped of their clothes, and sharpened wooden sticks were inserted into their anus and exited their mouths.

The distinctive flags of Dongpango fly high.

Along the decaying boardwalk, a row of wooden stakes were driven deep into the damp earth, nailed to them skinned corpses, rotting, bright red, and wet.

Lin Mo knew that there were more than two hundred corpses; those who hadn't had time to leave the village were all here.

One of them had a severed arm, and another had a bamboo tube stuffed in its mouth containing a piece of paper, the wax seal on the paper still intact.

Upon opening it, it was clearly written: "Lin Mo, the Butcher of the Great Xia Dynasty, Jidong will be your burial ground!"