Chapter 255, Chapter Two Hundred and Fifty-Four: An Unexpected Turn of Events
It was given to Guan Yunji by Shan Fengyang back then.
Yan Shi stared intently at Guan Yunji.
Guan Yunji's eyes were gray and misty. Wrinkles formed at the corners of her eyes, making her resemble her grandmother in her memory.
Like an ordinary old man in the world.
However, Guan Yunji is only two hundred years old this year, and theoretically she still has a very long life ahead of her.
Yan Shi suddenly laughed, raising an eyebrow with a hint of barely perceptible coldness: "So what if it's true?"
She picked up the stack of documents on the table and slowly began to read through them.
Following the supreme pardon document on the first page are dense supplementary regulations and the grant document.
Yan Shi turned the pages one by one, when suddenly a photograph floated out from among the documents.
The photo floated lightly to the ground, the back of the photographic paper facing up, with a string of names signed on the blank paper.
The three characters “Shan Fengyang” are written in a very elegant style, right in the center of this string of names.
Guan Yunji's gaze fell over, and her expression changed slightly. She subconsciously stepped forward quickly: "That's my photo. It might have been accidentally placed in the wrong place."
But just before she could reach out, a hand had already picked up the photo.
Yan Shi flipped the photo over and then paused, stunned.
The photo was taken in a forest. There are seven people in the photo, six of whom are wearing the Bureau of Evils uniform, and the one on the far right is an elf, Ishmael with short hair.
A very familiar photo.
Yan Shi looked down at the photo, pondered for a moment, and remembered where he had seen it before.
A long, long time ago, not long after she discovered the comic, in the Forest of Life, the High Priest gave her a memory stone.
The scene engraved in the photo stone is this photograph.
At the time, Yan Shi didn't recognize the people in the photo, but now she can accurately identify the two people.
In the very center is Shan Fengyang, and to Shan Fengyang's right is Linxi Bridge.
To Shan Fengyang's left was a white-haired woman. The woman smiled warmly, her expression gentle. She was Xiao Jingqiu, the city lord of Wine City, whom he had met just two days ago.
Guan Yunji is not in this photo.
"Your photo," Yan Shi looked up and put the photo aside, "isn't it you in it?"
Guan Yunji's fingers curled slightly, her knuckles turning white.
She didn't respond, but simply lowered her head, her thin lips pressed tightly together.
Yan Shi seemed to be deep in thought: "I'm very curious now, does this document really belong to Ms. Guan?"
“It’s mine.” Guan Yunji’s voice suddenly turned cold. “As for other things, they are my private matters and are not within the jurisdiction of the Bureau of Extraordinary Affairs.”
The flames licked at a corner of the document, then spread. The snow-white paper curled and crumbled in the firelight, leaving behind fine ash, and finally...
Yan Shi let go and patted the hem of her clothes: "It's gone now." She stated calmly.
Guan Yunji's expression changed slightly.
Sheng Chunqiu said, "Director Yan, this is an official document from the Bureau of Foreign Affairs."
"I know," Yan Shi replied casually, shrugging.
“What did I do?” She looked at them, her eyes cold. “There are only two serious criminals here, and a precinct chief who assisted me in making the arrest.”
“Director Duan,” Yan Shi glanced at Duan Yunchen, who had been sitting silently to the side, “did you see anything?” She lowered her voice.
Duan Yunchen immediately shook her head: "I don't know, I don't know." She looked confused. "Did anything just happen?"
The act was rather stiff.
Yan Shi paused for two seconds, then sighed: "...Take this Ms. Guan back to her room."
"Yes." Duan Yunchen stood up abruptly. "Ms. Guan, let's go." She walked briskly toward the room door.
Yay, time to get off work!
She cheered silently to herself.
Duan Yunchen didn't understand the human race, but he felt that the atmosphere in the room was quite oppressive.
Given that it was the middle of the night, all she wanted to do was leave and go back to her warm bed to watch her anime.
"Duan Yunchen".
Before Duan Yunchen had even stepped out the door, she suddenly heard Director Yan calling her from behind.
She turned around stiffly: "Director Yan, is there any other instruction?"
“I think you should know what to say and what not to say,” Yan Shi said slowly.
Duan Yunchen shuddered and nodded repeatedly, "Of course, Director Yan." She raised her hand and made a zipping motion to her mouth.
Yan Shi withdrew his gaze: "I hope you can keep an eye on her this time."
Let's prevent a repeat of the situation where someone else stayed in Guan Yunji's room and Duan Yunchen knew nothing about it.
Duan Yunchen: "Absolutely, Director Yan, you can rest assured!"
The two of them went out.
Only Yan Shi and Sheng Chunqiu remained in the room, and it immediately fell silent.
Light from the ceiling fell down, casting a short shadow, and the air was still filled with the burnt smell of lingering paper ash.
Even after the documents were burned, Sheng Chunqiu remained completely calm, showing no emotional fluctuation whatsoever.
His emotions were even more stable than Guan Yunji's.
Yan Shi's gaze fell on her, and after a moment's pause, she said, "Sheng Chunqiu." She repeated, "You have violated multiple provisions of the Peace Protection Regulations. Now, on behalf of the Bureau of Extraordinary Affairs, I formally request your arrest."
Sheng Chunqiu did not issue a second pardon document.
She only chuckled softly, "As expected of you, Director Yan."
Yanju and Yanlan are actually quite similar in many ways.
For example, Director Yan abides by the rules, but he will also resolutely and without hesitation burn the documents.
As expected of a Gemini.
Yan Shi was somewhat puzzled by Sheng Chunqiu's reaction.
Sheng Chunqiu emerged as a "winner" amidst the complex personnel relationships within the General Administration after Shan Fengyang's departure.
Yan Shi felt that Sheng Chunqiu should not have acted so recklessly, completely disregarding the consequences and acting madly on his own.
Not to mention, Guan Yunji described Sheng Chunqiu as having "astonishing strategic acumen."
Yan Shi couldn't understand, so she asked directly, "Director Sheng," she called out.
Sheng Chunqiu: "Hmm? Director Yan, I'm here." Her answer was just like before.
"Besides the previous breach of the world barrier," Yan Shi asked in a deep voice, "what else have you done?"
Sheng Chunqiu: "Is it to interrogate the criminals?" She paused, her eyes softening. "Of course, it's to achieve my goal."
Yan Shi: ?
Sheng Chunqiu looked out the window, his tone serious: "I have done everything I wanted to do. So now, I accept the judgment, there is no room for luck, and I have no way to defend myself."
She knew all her mistakes: "I don't deserve to live in the new world either. But the new world will come eventually."
Yan Shi stared at her, sensing that something was subtly amiss.
Her phone suddenly rang at that moment, and the caller ID showed "Shu Zhijing".
Yan Shi connected to the communication.
"Director Yan!" Shu Zhijing's voice was very urgent and breathless: "I went to the three nearest anti-bombing propaganda points on the map according to the documents you sent me."
“Each propaganda booth was located near the boundary gate, consisting of only a single stand. And the boundary gate itself was broken.”
Yan Shi's expression changed.
Shu Zhijing continued speaking intermittently: "Director Yan, there should be more than just these three places... I'm worried there might be no fewer than ten, or even more."
Sheng Chunqiu slightly curled the corners of his lips: "Director Yan, it's really true, the opportunity is too good. It's hard for me to convince myself to give it up."
"What did you do?" Yan Shi suddenly looked at Sheng Chunqiu. She stood up, and the fire spirit instantly condensed into a blade. The tip of the blade was pressed against Sheng Chunqiu's neck, and it also lifted her head.
“It’s nothing…” Sheng Chunqiu said haltingly, “First, I’ll send a portion of the spiritual energy to the surface world so that it can get used to some changes.”
"The spirits of the surface world will become more active, and more and more cultivators and powerful individuals will emerge." Blood flowed from the spot on her neck where the knife was pressed against her skin.
"Slowly, some people will discover the other world. Some people will be dissatisfied with the status quo, and the barrier between worlds will eventually be completely broken."
The anti-bombing propaganda was originally intended to prevent the world barrier from being destroyed, and it is a propaganda project that hopes all beings in the Otherworld will become part of maintaining the world barrier.
Now, its implementation has become part of Sheng Chunqiu's plan.
Yan Shi was probably in a coma for about half a year. She couldn't understand what her Information Department, Execution Department, and Control Department were doing.
Yan Shi was so angry he laughed.
“Do you know how many tragedies similar to yours will happen in the real world in the next six months,” she said?
Sheng Chunqiu: "I know. That's why I accept all judgment."
She never thought of running away.
"Of course I know." Sheng Chunqiu slowly smiled, his expression exactly as calm as it had been in the past, when he was still the head of the executive department, during meetings.
"The world will become a better place, and it will all be worth it."
"Yan Shi, it's alright." The blazing sun, finally understanding what Sheng Chunqiu meant, whispered a comforting voice, "The world's barrier is easily breached because the authority of the spirits is not in its proper place."
Once everything is in place, the barrier will automatically reset once, repairing all cracks and holes.
That cannot change what has already happened.
There is no turning back from any death. The departed souls and the memories of despair cannot be repaired.
It will be a nightmare for those who experience it for the rest of their lives.
Yan Shi withdrew her hand, the flames scattering from her fingertips: "I've changed my mind," she said coldly.
Yan Shi originally only intended to imprison Sheng Chunqiu in the void.
But now she felt that compared to the countless tragedies that had already happened in the surface world and the piles of work that might be done, locking Sheng Chunqiu in the void was too cheap.
Yan Shi: "I will abolish all your cultivation and spiritual veins, and then send you to the scene of every tragedy in the outer world to personally experience everything the victims went through."
"Since you believe that all death is worthwhile, then you should experience all of death first."
"I see." Sheng Chunqiu's smile faded, and he lowered his eyes. "As expected of you, Director Yan."
Yan Shi said, word by word, "I think, for you, it can be considered that you have gotten what you asked for."
There's no time to waste.
Yan Shi quickly sent messages to Jie Sheng.
[Yan: What's the situation in Baiyujing?]
[Yan: Issue a notice that at 6:00 AM, all team leaders of the Enforcement Division will be summoned to headquarters for an emergency meeting.]
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