Cataclysm King - #44 - Chapter 44: assassinate the governor

  Chapter 44 Assassination of the Governor

“arrive!”

   Someone gave a soft drink, and Ji Xun looked out through the window.

   Surrounded by a strange and dark wilderness, the headlights illuminated some low mounds ahead that looked like graves. There are some barren trees on the mound, and there are strange birds like crows or something on the branches, and there is a faint mist in the air.

  Nothing special, this is the weird desertedness that the wilderness should have.

  Ji Xun looked at the place where the lights converged. There was an explosion in front of the track, and a steam train with more than ten knots was overturned to the ground.

   It looks like someone blew up the railway ahead, and then the train derailed and overturned.

   Looting trains of supplies is not uncommon in the city of innocence.

   Especially plundering the supplies of the upper nobles and gentlemen, although the risks are high, the benefits are also great.

  The big gangsters in the city love to do it.

  Originally, similar incidents had happened before, and this was regarded as a welfare incident for the corpse collector.

   But as soon as they arrived at the scene this time, everyone noticed something was wrong.

  Getting out of the car, Ji Xun only glanced at the scene, and immediately found something unusual in his eyes.

   The battle is over.

   There were more than fifty corpses scattered on the ground, but the traces of the battle did not look intense.

   It stands to reason that since the looters blew up the railway tracks, they were naturally prepared to rob. Why did so many people die?

  Although the supplies on the train were scattered near the track, they were not looted.

   Said it was a robbery, but it looked more like a one-sided massacre.

  The so-called “predators” are all a bunch of overwhelmed rookies?

   Obviously not.

  Ji Xun looked at the corpses in front of him. The fatal injury was a smooth cut on his chest, and even the mechanical exoskeleton was severed.

   This is a wound caused by a large-scale wind card.

  He immediately had a judgment in his mind: “At least the second-level wind spell card master made the move.”

  Looking at the traces of the battle in the distance, there are obviously signs of fire element and thunder element cards bursting.

   Obviously there is more than one master.

  It seems that the unlucky looters didn’t know that there was a high-level spell card master accompanying the train. They blew up the rails and wanted to rob, but were killed instead.

   Ji Xun immediately thought of the key point.

  Why are there multiple high-level spell card masters on the freight train?

   Is there something special about this train?

   Before Ji Xun thought about it, the roar of a steam boiler suddenly came from far away.

   Taking a closer look, another convoy appeared on the north side of the track.

  The speed of the convoy is very fast, and it can be seen clearly that it is an elite army in a blink of an eye.

   On the body of the vehicle, there is the “Halberd and Double-headed Falcon Clan Emblem” of Governor Cao’s family.

   Ji Xun’s pupils rolled as soon as he saw it, and he realized that this might not be an ordinary robbery.

  Seeing this convoy, Captain Dong Jiu muttered to himself: “It’s strange, why are the elite Frost Knights guarding the Governor’s Mansion here?”

  Because their body collectors got the news in time and the car drove desperately fast, they arrived at the scene almost immediately.

   Even one step ahead of the elite army of the Governor’s Mansion.

  The corpse collectors looked puzzled as they watched the dozen or so military armored convoys galloping towards them.

  The armored vehicle had just approached the derailment site, and before it stopped, a group of majestic heavy armored soldiers in white armor rushed out of the vehicle.

   Nearly a hundred people stood on guard around the wrecked carriage.

  Majestic, well-trained and disciplined.

   This is a regular army that is completely different from the stragglers and rogue hunters in the city of innocence.

  Ji Xun took another look, then looked at the fine white armor on those guys, and thought that he had heard of it.

   This is the famous “Frost Knight”.

  Governor Cao’s family has an orderly path [Six of Spades – Punish Iron Guard], and these heavily armored warriors are private guards trained in this sequence of Cao’s family, with extremely strong combat effectiveness.

   It is said that in legion battles, one can defeat ten.

  I heard about it when I asked about it before.

   Normally, this kind of train robbery can be handled by a few law enforcement officers, but now there is an entire bodyguard army?

  Seeing this, the doubt in Ji Xun’s eyes turned into relief. He seemed to think of something, and murmured in his heart: “It seems that I have bumped into something that some big people can’t see. Tsk, it’s getting more and more interesting.”

  Minister Gong Xu has very senior qualifications, and he is also very popular in Golden Oak Security Company.

  As soon as he came, several field agents from the headquarters who arrived first all greeted: “Brother Gong, you came very fast. We just arrived, and you came here.”

  Gong Xu smiled, then gestured to the motorcade of the Governor’s Mansion in the distance, and asked casually, “Old Ma, what’s the situation over there?”

  With people from the Governor’s Mansion intervening, the people from the Golden Oak Tree seemed redundant.

  But the relationship between the company and Shangcheng is very ambiguous, not hostile, at best neutral, and there is no conflict.

  The leading field agent spread his hands and said, “I don’t know either. But it seems that there is a certain important person from the upper city on the train.”

“oh.”

  Hearing this, Gong Xu also shrugged his shoulders, not being too curious.

  Secrets involving high-ranking nobles are not something people of their level can inquire about, and they are not interested.

   Due to their professional characteristics, corpse collectors often come into contact with some special murder scenes.

   It’s like the last event in the Tailor Street Cellars.

  But this time, it was obviously different.

  Ji Xun smelled a hint of conspiracy.

  But instead of feeling bad, his scalp felt slightly numb.

   That familiar feeling…is back.

   Ji Xun stared at the people in the Governor’s Mansion over there.

   Not only him, but everyone is curious about what happened.

   Before long, the puzzle was revealed.

  As soon as the guards from the Governor’s Mansion arrived, an overturned compartment suddenly lit up with dozens of complicated magical barriers.

  It was only then that everyone discovered that it was a special carriage disguised as a freight carriage.

  The heavy armored door of the carriage opened, and a middle-aged man with a mustache and a big belly came out surrounded by several well-equipped Frost Knights.

   As soon as this mustache came out, the Frost Knights and law enforcement officers who came to reinforce them all half-kneeled on the ground, saluting respectfully: “Your Excellency!”

   This voice echoed in the empty, dark cemetery, especially piercing.

  Governor?

   When Ji Xun saw this, he realized that Governor Cao Sihai himself was on the train!

   No wonder the elite guards from the Governor’s Mansion are here.

  But the dignified Governor of Innocence City, the Federal Councilor, why are they secretly hiding in the freight train?

  And the looters just blew up the train with the Governor in hiding?

  For a split second, his eyes brightened: “This is getting more and more interesting.”

  Ji Xun was still guessing which important person from the Cao family would be in the carriage, but he didn’t expect it to be the most important one.

  In the current situation, it doesn’t feel right if nothing happens.

   Cao’s family had an accident, he was happy to hear about it!

  The fourth young master of the Cao family chased him all over the city.

   Now if his father dies

   Tsk tsk, the city of innocence is going to be lively.

  Thinking of this, Ji Xun didn’t rush forward excitedly like other corpse collectors to restrain the corpses approaching the train, but quietly opened some distance.

  Intuition told him that a change was coming.

as expected.

   Almost at the moment when the governor appeared, a loud shout was heard in the distance.

   “Everyone be careful, a different dimension is coming!”

   This is the wilderness of the eastern suburbs, and the light only illuminates a small corner in the dark. Before the words were finished, the diffuse black mist beyond the lights in everyone’s field of vision had already hit like a tide.

  The speed was so fast that no one even had the chance to drive away.

   Before everyone thought about it, the fog had already drowned out all the lights.

   The surrounding scene changed, and it had become pitch black.

   The fog came quickly and dissipated in an instant.

  Large-scale coverage is unavoidable.

   But after the vision was clear, Ji Xun looked at the changing environment around him and tilted his head: “I was really involved.”

   It was the scene of the robbery in the railway cemetery just now, but now it is in a huge underground labyrinth.

   This is the different-dimensional space that the former team leader Dongjiu talked about—[Great Cemetery Labyrinth].

  There is no light source, the visibility is very low, and some blurred outlines can barely be seen.

   Surrounded by at least 100-meter-high black rock walls with no roof to be seen, the passages in the maze are more than 30 meters long. One can imagine the scale of this maze.

  Ji Xun’s brow revealed a moment of thought.

obviously.

  These body collectors were affected by an attack on the governor.

Accident?

Probably.

   But certainly not all.

  [JOKER]’s path was chosen by Ji Xun himself.

   It seems that only at such times can he feel some. The soul is no longer as silent as dead ashes.

  「You have entered the Maze of the Great Cemetery」

  「The death rate in this maze: 29.4%」

  「Assessed disaster level: D」

  「Space exploration progress: 47.1%」

  「Keyword: puzzle solving」

  「Task: You need to find the correct way out in the maze of skeleton monsters piled up」

  ”Clue: Three thousand years ago, 300,000 laborers were murdered, and the lingering resentment formed a labyrinth that no living being could leave.”

  Ji Xun watched Qidi appear, and his expression showed a hint of thought.

   After all, this is a primary space. The known information is that this maze is not very difficult except for the trapped people.

  Although Ji Xun didn’t have information on how to move the maze from the Hunter Union, he wasn’t in a hurry.

  Difficulty level D, others can get out, there is no reason why you can’t get out.

  He thought of something else instead: “Is this trying to trap that Governor Cao with a maze and then kill him?”

  The labyrinth is full of low-level skeleton monsters, which theoretically pose no threat to the Frost Knights in the legion.

Ji Xun was thinking quickly, and deduced the thoughts of the people behind the scenes, but he also complained: “That’s not right, hunting and killing the governor is such a big layout, no matter what, you have to be a bit of a moth. Let alone waiting for the Frost Knights to come.” Let’s do it, I want to solve it together. Just the maze is not enough.”

  In the city of innocence, no matter who is assassinated, I am afraid that the assassination of the governor will not make as much noise as the assassination of the governor.

  The opening of a grand performance usually requires a gorgeous and shocking opening.

  The current start is far from worthy of such a big show.

   I don’t know if it’s Ji Mou who has a crow’s mouth, or the person behind the scenes, and he didn’t disappoint.

   At this time, enlightenment appeared for the second time.

“Hidden plot trigger: The intruder touched the sleeping mechanism of the maze, the door-sealing stone fell, and the exit of the maze was locked. The immortal ‘Keeper of Secrets’ has awakened, and they will wander in the maze, killing all living humans .”

  The catastrophe level has become “unknown” again.

   “Sure enough, it’s here.”

  Seeing this, Ji Xun’s eyes narrowed slightly.

  It was only then that he felt that this was the right way to start this grand assassination.

  (end of this chapter)