30: Chapter 30 The Overwhelming Force 2

"If you want to report it, go right ahead. The Pioneers Legion does things openly and above board. We protect our own for the country, owing nothing to the Federation or the law, and we fear no one's investigation."

As his voice fell, he flicked his hand gently, and the imprisonment divine runes enveloping Wang Guo instantly shattered inch by inch, dissipating into nothingness.

"Wang Guo, come back with me."

Commander Li's tone was calm, yet it carried an irresistible absolute authority.

Wang Guo, whose divine energy was tense all over and whose heart was filled with fury, instantly relaxed his breath. He glared fiercely at the pale-faced Ye Jinglun, reined in his killing intent, bowed in acknowledgment, and stepped behind Commander Li.

Watching the scene before him, the Inspector Elder knew the general trend was lost and he was powerless to stop them further; he could only clench his fists in stifled frustration.

He knew deeply that they had completely fallen behind today, and if they continued to entangle themselves, they would completely offend the Pioneers Legion, losing more than they gained.

After weighing the pros and cons, he could only back down and compromise, speaking in a deep voice: "Regarding this case of cross-border assassination and students being ambushed, the Deity Administration Bureau will follow up throughout the entire process, mobilize archives, screen clues, and thoroughly investigate to the end. We will never condone anyone who colludes with other realms or deliberately commits murder!"

This statement seemed fair, but it was actually a convenient stepping stone to completely take over the name of tracking down the assassins and tracing the mastermind behind the scenes, disguisedly concluding the storm of accountability for Wang Guo's private fight.

At this point, this high-level confrontation that shocked the top-tier pattern of Cangnan City came to a complete end.

Commander Li didn't spare the Ye family another look. Taking Wang Guo, he turned and soared away, a blood-red glow enveloping their figures, vanishing into the end of the firmament in a flash—overbearing yet composed.

The group of law enforcement officers from the Deity Administration Bureau didn't dare to linger either. They successively reined in their formations, and with full hearts of solemnity and dread, they marched out in formation from the Ye family estate, preparing to organize the files, report to the general headquarters, and initiate case screenings.

The deafening battlefield instantly grew desolate. The sporadic onlookers and surrounding on-duty personnel all dispersed, leaving only widespread wreckage in the massive Ye family estate. Broken pillars and shattered bricks were everywhere, presenting a scene of ruin and desolation.

Ye Jinglun, who had just been pretending to be innocent and composed, completely lost the calmness on his face. His aura was gloomy and terrifying, and his eyes were filled with lingering fear and hostility.

The accusation of colluding with other realms and subverting the Federation had almost completely crushed the entire Ye family!

If Commander Li had pressed a few steps further just now, and if the bureau hadn't backed down in time, today would have been the doomsday of the Ye family's destruction!

"Idiots! Complete and utter idiots!"

Ye Jinglun violently turned his head, staring fixedly at Ye Feng, who was standing to the side with lowered head and an unwilling expression, lowering his voice to fiercely reprimand him, his tone full of monstrous fury and lingering fear.

Ye Feng trembled all over, but still gritted his teeth and raised his head, his eyes holding not a shred of repentance, only extreme malice and unwillingness: "Father, I did nothing wrong! Lin Ye is merely a trash god who has repeatedly insulted and suppressed me; I am utterly unwilling to accept this!"

"Unwilling?" Ye Jinglun's chest heaved violently with anger. He raised a hand to fiercely suppress the fury in his heart, gritting his teeth as he said, "Do you know you almost buried the entire Ye family just now! If I hadn't stabilized the situation, our entire household would have been pinned with the felony of treason today!"

Daring not to delay any longer, he immediately gave a deep order, his movements swift and decisive: "Initiate the family trace-clearing protocol immediately! Erase all black market transaction records, capital flows, and personnel contact traces across the entire network!"

"All clues related to today's assassins, Lu Ren, and the campus disputes must be completely zeroed out, and not a single trace is allowed to remain!"

With the order given, all of the Ye family's hidden undercover personnel were dispatched to comprehensively erase all criminal evidence pointing to Ye Feng, cutting off all possibilities of backtracking.

Having done all this, Ye Jinglun cast a cold glance at Ye Feng, his tone icy and hard: "Starting from today, you are grounded in the estate. You are not allowed to step out of your room by half a step, you are not allowed to provoke Lin Ye in private again, and you are not allowed to use any family power to act recklessly!"

"Without my order, you are not to go out. If he dares to step out by even a step, break both of his legs for me right away!"

As the severe confinement order fell, Ye Feng's body suddenly stiffened. His pent-up grievances and hatred completely erupted, yet he didn't dare to resist his father's order.

He clenched his fists so tightly that his nails sank deep into his palms, bleeding without him even noticing. Within his lowered eyes, there was no fear, no repentance, only an increasingly crazy, increasingly paranoid, and monstrous hatred.

Today's humiliation, today's grievances, and today's wretchedness were all blamed by him entirely on Lin Ye.

In his view, if it weren't for Lin Ye's stubborn toughness, refusal to accept his fate, and repeated counter-attacks against the odds, he wouldn't have lost face entirely, the Ye family wouldn't have fallen into a crisis of destruction, and he wouldn't have been grounded!

All the faults, all the evil consequences, were entirely caused by Lin Ye!

"Lin Ye……"

He ground his teeth in a low voice, every word dripping with blood. The killing intent rolling in the depths of his eyes was like an abyss, and the intense hatred almost swallowed him whole: "You just wait for me!"

"During the days of confinement, I will cultivate crazily and evolve my dependents with all my might!"

"In the city-wide simulation league half a month from now, I will personally crush your disguise, blow up your Divine Kingdom, and return every bit of humiliation you brought me today a thousand or ten thousand times over!"

The blood-red glow sped through the sky, swiftly taking Commander Li and Wang Guo away from the Cangnan City urban area, arriving at the heavily guarded and heavily garrisoned Cangnan base of the Pioneers Legion.

Inside the airtight and solemn Legion command office, the murderous aura was completely reined in, leaving only a heavy, oppressive atmosphere.

Commander Li cast off the biting chill of the battlefield, his expression deep and cold. He turned to look at Wang Guo, whose hostility had still not dissipated and whose fists were tightly clenched, and opened his mouth with a stern reprimand.

"Impulsive! Reckless! To think you are still a veteran battle general who has guarded the borders for many years, yet you couldn't even grasp this bit of discretion!"

Tapping his fingertip lightly on the table, his tone serious and every word ringing with metallic force: "I know you are eager to protect your own, and the two children almost died tragically at the hands of black market assassins—anyone in your place would find it hard to calm their anger. But you openly started a True God-level private fight in the urban area, destroying a large area of buildings and giving others something to gossip about. This was essentially handing them a handle against you!"

Wang Guo stood with his posture drooping, reining in his surrounding divine energy. His heart was full of stifled grievances, yet he had no way to refute.

He knew that he had indeed lost his discretion today, being blinded by anger and only caring about seeking justice for his children, ignoring official rules and worldly public opinion.

"The Ye family has deeply cultivated Cangnan for many years, with intricate connections, and most of the local municipal administration has profit ties with them. If you suppress the Ye family in public, they will never let the matter rest." Commander Li analyzed the situation with cold eyes, his tone calm yet precise and thorough, "Just wait, someone will probably contact me shortly."

As soon as his voice fell, the encrypted dedicated telephone on the desk suddenly rang urgently, its piercing ring breaking the indoor silence.

The caller ID showed the highest command level of the provincial army—the Division Commander.