Chapter 464: Kill the Old Dog

On the third day, just after Lin Wen finished hammering the ground, he received a message from the Supreme Council asking him to go for questioning.

Lin Wen didn't think much about it and went there directly.

Shenjing.

Imperial Conference Room.

The four great elders sat high on the stage.

Two rows of imperial garrisons stood on both sides. Lin Wen glanced at them, wanting to see how they were different from the modified body he encountered at the Council base.

But unfortunately, it was not successful.

"Lin Wen, do you know that your death is approaching?" said the great elder Ping Yuan.

Lin Wen sensed it, but there was no response from [Without a Colorful Phoenix]. It was obvious that he was just trying to scare him.

"I have no idea."

"Yu Zhongxian came to us yesterday and gave us a video of the base's special forces operations. Your face was on it."

"Oh, that's fake, it's just special effects."

"According to Article 137 of the Imperial Special Combat Unit Regulations, the deployment of special combat units above Level 4 must be reported to the Imperial Garrison Headquarters."

Great Elder Ping Yuan looked at Lin Wen.

"Violators will be punished according to the severity of the consequences. Those whose losses exceed one billion yuan will be subject to the death penalty."

"Yu Zhongxian reported losses of up to 2 billion."

"Oh, I don't know. Ignorance is innocent."

The great elder Pingyuan said coldly: "Do you think we dare not kill you?"

The words sounded murderous, but [Shen Wu Cai Feng] would not lie to him. The other three were busy with their work and didn't even look up at him.

Lin Wen flatly denied it: "Of course I'm scared."

"Okay, forget about the death penalty, I'll fine you 1.5 billion, payable next month when you repay the loan."

Lin Wen's eyes widened. He used [Luan Zhao Shui] to test the consequences of not paying back the money.

suicide.

"No?"

Lin Wen was immediately anxious. "Are you kidding me? I'm in the middle of a massive development and construction project. I only eat one steamed bun per meal just to save a dollar to build my empire as quickly as possible. How can I survive if you deduct 1.5 billion steamed buns from me?"

The Great Elder said: "You got more than this amount of money from Yu Zhongxian."

Lin Wen flatly denied it: "You are wrongly accusing a good person. I didn't go there at all."

The Great Elder took out two photos and placed them in front of him. One of the photos was of Lin Wen sitting in a helicopter, flying from Tianzhou to Changshan County.

Judging from the angle, it should have been a secret shot by an observer somewhere. The focus is accurate and the picture is clear, showing Lin Wen's heroic figure flying the helicopter one-handed to the fullest.

The other photo was obviously taken by a satellite, with a resolution of about ten meters, but you can still barely see that the helicopter is parked on the open space of the Changshan County biochemical base, and countless black spots like ants are carrying supplies.

This cannot be used as irrefutable evidence in a trial.

But in the eyes of those in power, it is enough.

The elder said calmly, "Go back, County Chief Lin, and just pay the fine on time."

Lin Wen was anxious. "No! Changshan County's vigorous development is at a critical juncture. You can't add to our burden! Otherwise, it will cause that "Gulumi effect." The Empire's 190 billion and Changshan County's 110 billion investment will be wasted!"

"Aren't you good at making money? How many people have you killed in Changshan County? I have enough dirt on you to fill a container."

"That's slander! I didn't kill anyone. The money in Changshan County only came from donations from kind-hearted businessmen."

"They donated all their property and then committed suicide, right?"

"That's because I touched their hearts with love. They felt guilty and donated all their property to atone for their sins. They committed suicide to atone for their crimes. My files clearly describe their crimes."

The Great Elder said coldly, "Lin Wen, extraordinary times call for extraordinary measures. When you first arrived in Changshan County, you had no capital, so there was nothing wrong with using bloody means to accumulate capital. You wanted to completely transform Changshan County, conquered many places, and repeatedly challenged the bottom line of the empire. We can forgive you. What is truly unforgivable is incompetence."

"I hope you'll always remember this."

"Okay, okay, I've got it. Can you waive the 1.5 billion? Changshan County's finances are already depleted."

The Great Elder said: "Changshan County has just established a pharmaceutical company. Judging from your posture, your ambitions are probably not small. Your finances are very healthy."

Lin Wen angrily said, "My new drug empire will not approve it!"

"What new medicine?"

“Cure cancer.”

“How many phases of clinical trials have been conducted?”

"Five issues."

"Where did it?"

"Computer simulation."

The Great Elder looked at him, not knowing what he was thinking. After a moment, he said, "Okay, I'll give you special approval. Don't make a fuss about the money anymore."

Lin Wen's brows lit up, but he quickly put on a sad face: "Great... It's okay."

"Go back, and remember not to violate special warfare regulations again."

Lin Wen asked curiously, "Why don't I see this in the imperial law?"

"Didn't Li Longxing tell you when he gave you the super special combat body?"

"Varied……"

Lin Wen suddenly came to his senses and quickly corrected himself, "Uh, no. Maybe I did, but I wasn't paying attention."

"This is a regulation signed by a group that possesses super special combat bodies. It is a restriction imposed by the Empire on them."

Pingyuan gave a rare explanation.

"Imperial Garrison Commander, I'll send him a copy later."

Lin Wen suddenly remembered something and said, "I encountered an enemy in the Council's base who was similar to the Imperial Guardian, but he didn't have a stun gun."

The four of them raised their heads at the same time.

That aura made Lin Wen feel a little guilty: "Uh, well... I mean, my super special combat body is at the Council's base..."

"Lin Wen, you don't have to tell us about this."

Lin Wen scratched the back of his head and said, "Well... I'm just worried that you'll fail."

So far, the Supreme Council is still beneficial to him. It is certainly far from being an ally, but there is mutual benefit and assistance.

If the overconfident Supreme Council accidentally fails and the villain Yu Zhongxian succeeds to power, Changshan County will be in great trouble. Although he can die bravely, such a death would be too depressing even if it is a perfect reincarnation, and there may be side effects.

At least Qin Luoshuang has to take the position and stabilize Changshan County for a year before he can get rid of the possible bad karma.

The Great Elder understood the failure as a loss of interests.

Judging from the structure of the conversation, this is obviously not the beginning of an exchange of interests.

They were a little surprised that there were people in the empire who actually considered the interests of the Supreme Council.

"Boy, you've given yourself away," the Great Elder said coldly, "It seems you don't really understand the Empire's special warfare."

"A colony-modified body is a half-human, half-machine body that has been modified into a colony-modified body."

"The Primarch is the core, and the manufacturing technology has been lost. If any guardians die outside, we will recover them."

"But over the years, there have always been some accidents, coupled with some other reasons, the colonization original has spread."

This was the first time Lin Wen had heard such inside information. It finally resolved some of his doubts about this bizarre empire, but it also left him with more questions. He curiously asked, "Why don't you take it back?"

"There are many historical issues involved."

"Why didn't you break the Primarch?"

"Where do you think the Empire's advanced biotechnology comes from?"

Lin Wen suddenly understood, "Yu Zhongxian saw that there was no hope of solving the mystery, so he took a different and evil path, right?"

The Great Elder did not answer his childish question which was obviously biased.

"Before the emergence of bio-modified bodies, the Empire's special warfare capabilities were limited to colonized bodies. However, bio-modified bodies are currently extremely immature, less powerful than colonized bodies, have extremely low intelligence, and are uncontrollable."

"You're right," Lin Wen said hurriedly. "Biochemical monsters are garbage. We don't know when they'll come up with the T or G virus, which will destroy the world sooner or later. Let's execute Yu Zhongxian by slow slicing."

The Great Elder Pingyuan said calmly, "Let's talk about this later."

Another elder asked, "Are you from the Weapon Victory Sect?"

"Destructive weapons may emerge, and the biological and chemical routes may not be fruitless."

Lin Wen tried his best to persuade him: "Destructive weapons are bound to appear. Biochemical monsters are anti-human. If we are not careful, humanity will be destroyed. The empire can just use physical weapons..."

The Great Elder Ping Yuan shook his head slightly.

"You have to think about it from the perspective of the empire. Having one trump card is better than having no trump card, and having two trump cards is better than one."

Lin Wen wanted to say more, but the conversation was over.

"That's it. Go back and build Changshan County as soon as possible, and open up the east-west passage as soon as possible."

Two imperial garrison commanders came forward.

"Chief Lin, please."

Lin Wen sighed lightly, knowing that he could not persuade him, so he could only go back with the imperial garrison commander.

A moment later.

Li Huideng, the empire's chief financial officer, trotted in respectfully.

"Your Excellency Pingyuan Jun, do you have something to ask me?"

"Issuing a fine from Yu Zhongxian for violating a regulation on colonization and biochemical modification."

Li Huideng was stunned for a moment, his expression not looking good, but he immediately bowed deeply and said, "Yes!"

"Have the relevant areas of Changshan County seen any improvement?"

“There’s been a slight improvement.”

"data."

"Changshan County's local engineering projects are generally average, with only five million people working on them. So far, no disruptions have occurred. Construction progress is only less than twenty times our expected rate. Activity in Laqa has increased slightly by 129%, and related market circulation has increased slightly by 617%."

"Okay, go down."

"yes!"

After Li Huideng left.

The elders were silent for a long time before speaking.

"The situation is dire and we are running out of money."

"War bonds?"

"It only sold for less than 30 billion, and the major groups hardly bought anything."

"We can only wait for Li Longxing's victory."

"Send him a telegram."

"Urge to attack?"

"No, tell him that all is well in the empire."

——

To the Winter Palace.

Yu Zhongxian issued the latest instructions.

"Our main target is Li Longxing. The day the Emperor returns triumphantly will be our day of destruction. Changshan County is nothing but a dog in a tangle."

Wang Xinwei gritted his teeth and said, "One day, we're going to skin this dog and eat it."

Another council chairman said: "That day is not far away. As long as we destroy their economy, he will be dead without a burial place."

Priest Dror whispered, "We've suffered a tremendous loss this time. It's shaken to our foundation. Enzyme 281 was our treasure trove for two years. Now even our undead experiments are becoming difficult."

Yu Zhongxian said coldly, "Put aside other projects and focus on the Undead Project."

A council chairman said, "Elder Mo delivered another batch of insectoids. He urged us to find more and better raw materials as soon as possible."

Yu Zhongxian ordered: "Dero, I leave this matter to you."

De Luo took the order and left.

Medical Director Tian Pu said: "General, substandard medical products have caused great dissatisfaction and resulted in the deaths and injuries of more than 5,000 people. Our reputation has been affected..."

Yu Zhongxian asked indifferently: "How much money did you make?"

"Net profit is less than 1 billion."

"Let my company file lawsuits against those shell companies for counterfeit and shoddy products and demand exorbitant compensation."

"Master General, if we have to pay compensation, we have to share some of it with those unlucky people."

“Just shut down.”

Yu Zhongxian said coldly: "Let a few scapegoats go to jail, and let our media publicize this matter."

"This... Mr. President, we worked so hard to open this shell company and just abandoned it like this... We didn't make much money."

"Repeat it a few more times. The control is strict now, so it can only be a little troublesome."

"yes."

Chief Medical Officer Tian Pu took the order and left.

"Wang Xinwei," Yu Zhongxian ordered, "I'm giving you the insectoids, half of the giant troops, and all of the gray-clothed men. You're responsible for destroying Changshan County's economy."

"Yes." Wang Xinwei laughed gravely and said, "That bastard will regret it."

——

early morning.

While Lin Wen was waiting for this week's good fortune, he received the good news from An Mosi.

"Mass production of the new drug has been completed, and the first batch of 100,000 doses has been delivered to Changshan County Pharmaceutical Company."

Lin Wen smiled, this was double happiness.

"Notify all departments in Changshan County and the marketing genius Xia Xiaoxiang to fully promote the product."

"I want the entire empire to know that cancer is no longer an incurable disease for the poor, no longer the source of nightmares and tragedies. Treatment can be this cheap, and medical care can have a little conscience."

"I'm going to squeeze the council so hard that it can't sell any of its products."

"Fuck the old dog."

(End of this chapter)