The bloody scene that unfolded before his eyes was starkly displayed in Emperor Yan's pupils. The imperial guards held torches, and the flames ignited the world, burning down all sight.
This is far more than just the phrase "rivers of blood" can describe it.
The ground was littered with severed limbs and broken bones.
The ground was covered with a blurry mass of flesh and blood.
One corpse after another.
Even in their dying moments, their eyes remained wide open, the trembling fear etched deeply into the eyes, faces, and every inch of skin of these corpses.
"Da..." Emperor Yan's pupils constricted, and he took two steps back in fright.
"vomit--"
"vomit--"
The civil officials, who were usually high and mighty, had never seen such a horrific scene before. They covered their mouths and noses and began to retch, feeling extremely uncomfortable.
Before arriving, Emperor Yan had imagined many scenarios, thinking of the worst and most terrifying possibilities. But at this moment, he was horrified to find that those imagined scenes were not even a tenth as shocking as what he was seeing before him.
A huge blood hole appeared on his forehead.
A hole in the throat from a bullet.
Can people in this era imagine a mangled corpse blasted at close range by a grenade? Can they imagine a parallel future where a country could manufacture such a terrifying weapon?
No, it's not possible.
Emperor Yan's legs went weak, and he quickly grabbed Eunuch Ma's arm. His eyelids twitched wildly, his heart tightened, and he shook his head in horror: "How could this be... a weapon of mass destruction? What kind of weapon is it?!"
"What kind of weapon could create such a scene? I... I don't know how to imagine it, I've never heard of anything like it!"
"Two thousand men against twenty, and they lost so humiliatingly."
"Zhou Cheng, the Zhou family..." Emperor Yan turned his gaze away, his back to the corpses strewn across the field, not daring to look at the bloody and horrific scene any longer.
The ministers froze, utterly silent.
One second he looked at the warden with a questioning gaze, the next second, the questioning vanished, and the disdainful look he had given the warden gradually turned into acceptance.
They finally believed the warden's words.
Now I finally understand why the warden was so terrified in the Golden Phoenix Hall. It turns out that this one-sided battle was several times more terrifying than the warden had described.
"Your Majesty, the Chief of the Secret Guard has arrived!"
"Greetings, Your Majesty."
The sound of fearful kneeling from the side made Emperor Yan open his eyes abruptly.
He gritted his teeth, staring down at the head of the secret guards, his anger and fear mingling as he questioned, "Raise your head, and let me see clearly, see carefully, is this the Zhou family you've been monitoring?"
"Tell me, what have you been secretly observing the Zhou family these past few days?!"
"How could Zhou Cheng possess such a weapon? My Imperial Guards, prison guards, and other elite troops number nearly two thousand. How could they be no match for even twenty-odd members of the Zhou family? How could this be?!"
"And what about the imperial physicians who were sent to stay at the residence? Tell them to get out here! Tell me everything!"
The head of the secret guard hung his head in utter misery, still not understanding why this was happening.
His men were constantly monitoring the Zhou family, especially Zhou Cheng.
Zhou Cheng's every move and every word was carefully observed.
But how could this be!
How did things suddenly turn around?
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