A Core Ship From The Start

Chapter 342: Chapter 267: Ripple_1

The senator’s murder was a big deal, of course, and soldiers and police officers quickly sprang into action, cordoning off areas and conducting searches —— but to no avail, there were clearly no results.

Instead, Leon seemed uneasy.

“Claire…”

“Yes?”

“That big guy said he’s here for work, right?”

“Yes…”

“What do you think his job is?”

“I have no idea, do you?”

“I can kinda guess…”

Despite its classified nature, considering his relationship with Claire, Leon told her about the encounter with Duanmu Huai when Ashley was kidnapped. Upon hearing Leon’s account, Claire was astonished.

“Are you serious? You’re saying that big guy killed over a thousand people in the village?”

“Yes, we conducted an investigation afterwards, and there were no survivors.”

“That’s… No, he might well be capable of doing it.”

Claire’s first instinct was to deny it outright, but when she thought back to Duanmu Huai’s baleful face, she realized —— who would believe that he hasn’t killed anyone?

At this point, Claire also caught on to what Leon was implying.

“Wait, you’re saying he came here to do something similar? But this isn’t a small village, it’s a city. And there’s no cult worshipping here, let alone any infection…”

Her voice trailed off and Claire’s face showed dawning realization. She and Leon exchanged glances, and simultaneously blurted.

“Trichain Pharmaceuticals!”

“Boom~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~!!!! !!”

Almost as if to applaud their correct answer, a deafening explosion suddenly shook the city, followed by an enormous black cloud billowing upwards. Seeing the direction of the explosion, a chill ran down both Claire and Leon’s spines.

Their hunch turned out to be correct.

By the time the police and fire brigade rushed to the scene, Trichain Pharmaceuticals was nowhere to be found. The entire pharmaceutical company and its campus had been obliterated, leaving behind a huge crater. Besides the residue from the extreme heat, everything else was gone.

This naturally shocked the higher-ups. Soon, orders were given to Leon and his team to investigate thoroughly —— they had to, if not for the humanity of the population, then for the military who were shocked beyond measure by the scene. The fierceness of the explosion had them wondering how it was even possible. It was not the work of a hydrogen or nuclear bomb, that’s for sure!

According to a technical expert’s final assessment, there were multiple detonation points. This implies that a certain type of bomb was installed, which obliterated Trichain Pharmaceuticals completely.

However, to have such a devastating blast contained within a certain range is rare indeed. The question also arises: one day the bomb is under a pharmaceutical company, what if the next day it’s under the White House?!

They had to investigate thoroughly, what exactly is this Tribunal organization?

Moreover, they dared to murder high-ranking officials in foreign territories without notice! Such behavior is absolutely unacceptable! No matter what the reason, it’s absolutely unacceptable!!

Of course, if Duanmu Huai knew about this, he’d scoff at it, unfazed.

After all, to the Tribunal, all land under the sky is the king’s land, all who inhabit the land owe allegiance to the king. The Tribunal doesn’t need to answer to anyone —— who do you think you are?

However, Duanmu Huai isn’t bothered with these trivial matters right now, because…”Ah, it’s finally over.”

Duanmu Huai got up from the bed, stretched, yawned, and sighed with relief.

Just now, he had exchanged all the remaining points. The total points acquired in the final chapter were 23,000. So, Duanmu Huai used 20,000 to exchange the remaining Shelter Buff, and the rest was all converted into experience values — after all, with his current level getting harder to increase, Duanmu Huai is now a Level 40 Judge, and Level 5 God of Destruction. To get to the next level of God of Destruction, he needs 1.8 million experience points……

He had no idea when this would end, this was even tougher than being a Great Judge.

“Knock, knock, knock.”

Just as Duanmu Huai was contemplating what to do next, there was a knock at the door, and then Lorena’s voice came from outside.

“Sir Knight, are you there? I have something urgent…”

“Oh? Lorena, come in.”

The door opened quickly, and the Missionary Priest ran in, panting heavily.

“Something terrible has happened, Sir Knight, down below……Something has happened!”

“Below? You mean that planet?”

Duanmu Huai paused for a moment, then understood what Lorena meant, and she nodded vigorously.

“Yes, there has been an incident there…I…”

“Don’t rush, tell me slowly…”

Duanmu Huai gestured for Lorena to sit down. Audrey soon brought over a cup of tea, and after taking a sip, Lorena caught her breath and started to talk to Duanmu Huai.

“Here’s what happened…”

What Lorena recounted was what she’d encountered during her mission — Yes, even though she had moved to another world, she hadn’t forgotten who she was. But instead of spreading her own religion, she was now helping Duanmu Huai spread the doctrine of the Tribunal.

After all, strictly speaking, the doctrine of the Tribunal did not conflict with the faith that Lorena professed. Protecting humanity and repelling invaders is an imperative duty. Since the people of this world were unable to believe in her doctrine, then believing in the Tribunal was a good choice.

So, Lorena spent her days trudging through mountains and rivers, patrolling with the Star Realm Army, greeting and preaching to any group of nomads they encountered… It had to be said, Lorena’s success rate was pretty high. Whether it was due to her persuasive approach or the effect of the Bomb Gun-wielding, Power Armor-clad Star Realm Army behind her… was uncertain.

Of course, this work was tiring and harsh, but Lorena enjoyed it. After all, running around watching the stars every day was quite boring. This way, she was able to see the scenery and exercise on long marathons, as well as preach and protect innocent people, which was the best possible scenario for Lorena.

Today was no exception. Lorena was patrolling with a group of Star Realm soldiers when they came across a group of nomads. Several of them seemed to be injured and ill, in urgent need of treatment. So, Lorena helped stabilize their injuries and then brought these sickly nomads back to the settlement.

Lorena saw this as a usual occurrence, but she didn’t expect to be stopped by other nomads after she brought these people back to the settlement! They said that what these people had contracted was not an ordinary disease, but a terrifying plague! This plague was not only contagious but also could turn people into monsters!

And once turned into monsters, they would attack other people, and if anyone was hurt or killed by these monsters, those people would become monsters too!!

At first, Lorena was quite surprised to hear this, but soon, many nomads stepped forward to testify that they had heard or even seen something similar. In fact, some of the nomads had come here because the settlements near them had been hit by the plague, and they felt unsafe, so they fled preemptively…

At this point, Lorena sensed something was off. To be cautious, she arranged for the refugees to be temporarily quarantined in another location, and then immediately reported the situation to Duanmu Huai.

“A plague that can turn people into monsters and is also contagious?”

After hearing Lorena’s report, Duanmu Huai felt speechless, helplessly looking at the Dream Crystal on his windowsill — this can’t be her doing, right? Why else would it be so timely? I’ve just finished killing zombies in the Linked World, and now this planet has a T-virus outbreak?

Is this even possible?

“Fine, I’ll go and have a look.”

As he spoke, Duanmu Huai once again glanced at the Dream Crystal.

Is this connection… just a coincidence?