At this moment, atop the checkpoint building connecting Mulan City and the Exotic Beast Forest, an invisible Owl-Class Fighter was still parked.
Zong Ruoan sat in his Owl-Class Fighter, listening to his subordinates report on the work situation of the past few days.
"Reporting, Colonel Zong, according to Lieutenant Xu, who is in charge of this operation for the Mulan City Guard, a total of three thousand people have applied to leave Mulan City for the Exotic Beast Forest on the North Side in the past three days."
"After their inspection, two thousand eight hundred of them were Humanoids Lowly People. They were detained on the spot, and a riot reportedly occurred, resulting in all of them being executed by the local guard."
"The other two hundred people were normal humans, belonging to the civilian class. They couldn't provide a valid reason for going to the Exotic Beast Forest, so they were all rejected."
"No Humanoids Slaves have been discovered passing through this checkpoint so far."
"The rumor of a Humanoids riot at the Plantation cannot be verified for its authenticity, as all humans and Humanoids in the Plantation are dead."
"Also, the Humanoids sent from Da Fu Prefecture today have arrived, including Lowly People and Slaves. They were sent by the Disciplinary Department directly under the Governor's Office of Da Fu Prefecture for handover here."
Zong Ruoan nodded calmly, "I also find the Humanoids Slaves riot a bit suspicious."
"But this matter is being investigated by other departments. Tell the subordinates to hold on for two more days. We'll withdraw after the Grand Prince's funeral."
"Yes, Colonel Zong!"
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In the queue outside the checkpoint, Xia Chujian and her team followed the orders from below, sitting motionless in the Flying Vehicle that had already stopped at the airport.
Several technicians from the Mulan City Guard boarded their Flying Vehicle with instruments to check for any illegal contraband.
Xia Chujian carried her gun case, feeling a little uneasy.
Ye Shijie also raised an eyebrow and said to the squad leader of the guard who came to inspect, "We are a registered team of the Dark Night Hunter Association of Mulan City. This Flying Vehicle belongs to the Dark Night Hunter Association and is lent to us for missions. It is not our property. Please be gentle during the inspection. If we break it, we won't be able to explain it, and we'll have to answer to you."
The guard technicians were initially quite arrogant.
But upon hearing that it was the property of the Dark Night Hunter Association, they immediately became uneasy.
They exchanged glances, and the squad leader sent a message to his direct superior without saying a word.
His direct superior was just a small boss.
Having been in Mulan City for so many years, everyone knew that although the Dark Night Hunter Association was not an official organization, it had countless connections with the officialdom, had cooperated on many missions, and had surprisingly great power, and was also quite protective of its own.
They, as small fries, couldn't afford to offend such a behemoth.
The direct superior immediately replied, "Inspect according to regulations, don't... create unnecessary complications."
The guard squad leader understood.
They had been secretly taking a lot of kickbacks and benefits during these days of inspection.
Any Flying Vehicle entering Mulan City from here had to give them some "benefits."
These people today were not people they could afford to provoke.
Therefore, the squad leader's attitude softened a lot, and he quickly said, "Understood, don't worry, we're just checking according to regulations. You know, it's been uneasy lately, we can't let all sorts of strange things run into Mulan City..."
Ye Shijie nodded slightly to Li Fu.
Li Fu understood, and with a smile, he stuffed a black storage bag filled with cash into the squad leader's hand: "...Thank you for your hard work, it's cold, buy some wine for the brothers to warm up!"
The squad leader didn't expect these people to be so cooperative.
Moreover, the other party came with both hard and soft tactics, a combination of stick and carrot, and the inspecting guard technicians were all convinced.
They had originally wanted to act according to the rules, but now they were all laughing and joking.
The squad leader waved the testing instrument casually and said with a smile, "You hunters are too polite. You are registered members of the Dark Night Hunter Association, and the Flying Vehicle is to be returned to the association, how could there be any problems? We won't disturb you, it'll save us some time!"
Sure enough, taking the bribe made things easier.
Xia Chujian had long been accustomed to this in the past three years.
She still remembered being so surprised that her mouth couldn't close the first time she saw Li Fu do this.
Now she could remain calm, only sighing in her heart that even if she knew it was easier and more efficient to do this, she wouldn't do it.
It wasn't that she was particularly noble, but that she couldn't bear to spend money in such places...
With the money to bribe the guard technicians, she might as well give it to the caregiver of her aunt!
After the guards' technician went down, he stamped their pass.
Actually, it was just pressing a "pass" button on the checkpoint system.
This meant they were cleared to go.
But just then, someone brought a large group of Humanoids over, lining up not far from them, to be inspected.
As soon as the Humanoids arrived, the electromagnetic shielding was activated, preventing even the Flying Vehicle from taking off.
They had no choice but to wait until this batch of Humanoids was inspected and cleared, and the electromagnetic shielding was deactivated, before they could take off.
Xia Chujian looked out of the Flying Vehicle, bored.
The ones queuing over there were said to be Lowly People Humanoids migrating from Da Fu Prefecture. Most of them appeared to be adults, and most were parents with children.
The children wore tattered coats, their little faces filled with fear and unease, clutching their parents' hands, their small bodies trembling.
They were the children of Humanoids, and among the more normal ones, belonging to the Lowly People class, allowed to live in the South District of Mulan City. That's why they could queue here, preparing to enter the city.
Those Humanoid Slaves who couldn't maintain a human shape were only inspected at the outer checkpoints, then transported directly to the Plantations south of Mulan City via large transport planes. They wouldn't pass over Mulan City, and certainly wouldn't go through the entry procedures here.
Relatively close to Xia Chujian's Flying Vehicle, there was a family of Humanoids dressed relatively neatly, although their clothes had many patches, they were clean and tidy.
Their little girl was fair-skinned and clean, standing out among the group of dirty and strangely dressed Humanoid children.
But this difference didn't seem to bring her luck, but disaster.
Because a man wearing a khaki uniform coat was lifting the little girl's chin with one hand, chuckling twice, and was about to drag her away from her parents.
The little girl, of course, didn't want to, and neither did her parents.
She struggled desperately, crying shrilly, and the whole family grabbed the little girl's arm together.
The man in the khaki coat darkened his face, pulled out a whip, and with a *crack*, he lashed the little girl's father.
A deep bloody mark instantly appeared on the male Humanoid's face, and then his head, in full view of everyone, turned into a sheep's head.
This Humanoid couldn't control his emotions and partially transformed.
"You dare to resist?! It's her blessing that I want your lamb daughter! Don't be ungrateful!"
The man with the whip was even angrier than the sheep-headed Humanoid. He lashed out again and again, whipping the Humanoid until he fell to the ground. After rolling a few times, he fell silent.
"Serves you right! Take him away—what a damn jinx!" The man in the khaki uniform cursed, threw the whip away, and waved for people to take the motionless Humanoid away.
The Humanoid little girl was so frightened that her eyes were glazed over, her whole body shaking like a sieve, not even daring to scream, clutching her mother's sleeve tightly.
Her mother was crying her eyes out, but didn't dare to say a word, just desperately protecting her two children.
"...Did he beat him to death?" Someone whispered.
But everyone could see clearly that the sheep-headed Humanoid was still breathing, his chest was rising and falling slightly. He wasn't dead, just unconscious.
But the other party used a body bag to carry the sheep-headed Humanoid away.
Even if he wasn't dead, he was as good as dead.
This man in the khaki uniform coat seemed to have a very high status, because after he made his move, he even loudly berated a garrison soldier of the Mulan City guard. The garrison soldier lowered his head and didn't say a word.
Xia Chujian narrowed her eyes, one hand even subconsciously reaching for her gun case.
Ye Shijie grabbed her arm, glaring at her warily.
"Don't cause trouble!" He squeezed out a sentence through his teeth.
Li Fu, Song Mingqian, and Ping Qiong also looked at her, shaking their heads together.
"Little Chujian, we're about to enter the city soon, and there's a very precious Blood Kirin in the Flying Vehicle. We really can't attract the attention of anyone," Li Fu patiently explained to Xia Chujian.
Xia Chujian silently lowered her head: "...I know."
She wasn't an impulsive person either.
That was just a subconscious reaction just now.
When she really picked up the gun, Xia Chujian knew that she probably still wouldn't fire.
It's just that at this moment, only the gun could give her a sense of security.
Outside the Flying Vehicle, the man in the khaki uniform seemed unable to swallow his anger.
He said coldly to the Mulan City Garrison Captain, "Separate all the Humanoids pups under the age of thirteen for me! Mulan City doesn't raise these little pups who can't work!"
The Mulan City Garrison Captain shuddered, but didn't dare disobey the order.
He turned to relay the order to his subordinates.
Soon, the Humanoids queue erupted in chaos.
Those Humanoids parents with children were naturally reluctant to have their children taken away.
Just then, a Humanoid in the queue blocked the Mulan City Guards rushing to grab his child, shouting, "Don't even think about taking my child!"
As he spoke, the Humanoid suddenly transformed, sprouting two wings from his back, looking like an owl.
He took off quickly with his child in his arms, but before he could fly more than a few meters, a Mulan City Guard sniper on a nearby high-rise building expressionlessly pulled the trigger, aiming at the transformed Humanoid.
Bang! The gunshot rang out, and the Humanoid who had just taken off was blasted into a cloud of blood mist, scattering from the air.
The child in his arms was instantly terrified, and didn't even switch out his wings in mid-air, falling straight down.
Fortunately, just before he hit the ground, someone suddenly intervened, allowing him to land gently on the ground.
The Lowly People in the queue watched this scene with their own eyes, their nerves, which had been tense for days, reaching their breaking point.
"Run! We're going to die anyway! Everyone, stop enduring! Run for your lives!"
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