A look of panic flashed across Jin Shu's assistant's face.
He clearly hadn't expected that the other party would order his arrest without even asking any questions.
"What are you doing? Why are you arresting me? What right do you have to arrest me?"
A hint of disdain flashed across the prosecutor's face as he picked up a press release from the table beside him.
"We have received orders from higher authorities to quarantine all 1.25 million people in your core area within the country. Anyone who tries to leave the area will be arrested on the spot."
Upon hearing this news, the assistant felt as if thunder was churning in his mind.
He immediately understood why the previous communications had been interrupted and why a city-wide manhunt for the rebels was underway that night.
This was false information released by Lu Yuan. There was no pursuit by any rebels. It was just a pretext for Lu Yuan to deploy troops in advance and surround their area.
He glanced in the distance and saw a spot two hundred meters away, just like theirs, which was also an exit.
However, the exit was blocked by several military vehicles, with machine guns set up next to them and some military and police personnel guarding the area.
He could hear footsteps coming from several places nearby, and then he saw some people laying barbed wire in the distance.
"You...you have no evidence, why are you arresting us? I want to see Mr. Lu!"
The other party let out a cold laugh from his nostrils: "Mr. Lu? You think you can just see Mr. Lu whenever you want? Who do you think you are? Arrest him."
Several soldiers nearby immediately nodded, stepped forward, pulled the man out of the car, handcuffed him, and stuffed him into a large fence in the distance.
When he entered the fence, he discovered that he was not the only one who had been arrested; there were dozens of other people inside with their hands and feet locked up.
He recognized all of these people; they were all core members of the organization.
Although he was Jin Shu's assistant and didn't hold a high official position, he was still a core member of the inner circle.
Seeing these core members huddled trembling in the corner of the fence, he immediately went over to them.
"You...you were discovered too?"
Upon hearing his words, the person in the corner immediately looked up and glanced at the assistant in the dim light.
"Yes, Lu Yuan has discovered our secret. They have begun to deploy their plan, and the guns and ammunition they distributed were all empty. Where would they get any ammunition?"
"Yes, the guns and ammunition were all moved. They discovered our plan a long time ago and were just waiting for us to fall into their trap step by step. We're finished this time!"
"Sigh, the operation was over before it even began. I have to say Lu Yuan discovered us first. We'll just have to wait to be dealt with!"
"I hope they will let us live and not kill us outright. There are over a million of us. If they kill us outright, how many people will die!"
"Lu Yuan definitely won't make a move, don't worry. Killing over a million people, how could that be possible? Besides, we have our own reinforcements, and the people of the United States are waiting to help us from within!"
"..."
The more they talked, the more excited they became, as if they already felt that Lu Yuan wouldn't harm them.
However, just as they finished speaking, they heard a series of heavy footsteps coming from afar.
Then a dozen or so people came forward.
"Now, I pronounce your sentence: because you joined the rebel organization led by Jin Shu, which has had a very negative impact on the entire camp, I, on behalf of Shang Chang, hereby sentence you to death, to be carried out immediately!"
After the other person finished reading the note in his hand, he immediately nodded to the soldier next to him.
Then the soldiers stepped forward one by one.
"What are you trying to do? You can't kill us!"
"Help! Help! Someone's trying to kill me!"
"Don't kill us, give us a chance! We were blinded by greed!"
"Don't lay a hand on me, I confess, I'll tell you everything, Jin Shu hid the grain in..."
However, no matter how much the crowd below pleaded, the soldiers looked at them coldly.
Then he raised the water gun and sprayed it at them.
They originally thought the soldiers would shoot them dead, but they never expected that they would die from being frozen to death.
Icy water kept pouring down from above, and they scattered to dodge, but the thick jets of water left them with nowhere to escape.
Soon, their cotton-padded clothes were soaked through, and they were completely drenched from head to toe. There was no cover around them.
The cold wind kept blowing, and the temperature was still around minus ten degrees Celsius. In this kind of weather, if a person loses body temperature, they will quickly go into shock and then die.
This type of death is a relatively common form of execution carried out in the camp.
These people huddled in the corner, shivering, their nerves tingling from the icy water.
A few minutes later, everyone stopped moving, the water on their bodies began to freeze at a visible speed, and they soon stopped breathing.
Those arrested were mostly core members, the organizers of this operation. Lu Yuan had no pity for them whatsoever; he would simply kill them as soon as he caught them.
Those who try to leave this place are basically seeking help. They are all brought here, and without trial, they are sentenced to death with just a few simple words.
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