Chapter 1634 - 79: Wild Night Second Movement (Part 1)

Chapter 1634: Chapter 79: Wild Night Second Movement (Part 1)

At 10:30 in the evening, just as nightlife on 9th Street was starting to bloom.

However, on this night with a bright moon and sparse stars, the dazzling and vibrant life was shattered by an invisible hand.

People heading to 9th Street discovered that even several blocks away, they were stopped by police with barricades and armed National Security personnel, not allowed to proceed any further. The presence of soldiers and Mecha from the Capital Garrison scattered along the road intensified the tense atmosphere.

Some bold individuals who refused to believe in bad luck attempted to leave the main road and squeeze through alleys toward the 9th District. Without exception, they either got stopped by police at the alley entrances or were pinned against the wall and searched by soldiers or riot police appearing like heavenly warriors, scaring them witless.

The bustling district gradually fell silent. People were persuaded away from their seats in confusion. Seeing police cars and Mecha soldiers everywhere, and equally confused crowds and traffic underneath several emptied Space Cities, even the slowest person knew something significant had happened.

The bases of the Capital Garrison, Ministry of Defense, National Security Bureau, and Military Intelligence Bureau were already in chaos.

When deities fight, common people suffer—no saying fits the situation better.

Ordinary staff and soldiers who didn’t know the details were fine. Despite the huge incident, none of them needed to bear any responsibility. They just went where they were assigned, set up barricades, or guided crowds as instructed; they merely needed to do their jobs well.

After all, after the outbreak of war, Hydefield has suffered attacks from Western Alliance covert agents and terrorists more than once or twice.

The ones truly frantic about this are the senior officials of various defense agencies.

These usually lofty and inscrutable Garrison Commanders, defense department officials, National Security Bureau and Military Intelligence Bureau directors were now like ants on a hot griddle.

Logically speaking, anyone who had climbed to the top power position of these violent agencies would have seen the big picture. They’ve weathered storms of life-and-death situations, dealt with being held at gunpoint, or gone on killing sprees in gunfire and bullets several times, thus seeing someone lying at the entrance of Devil’s Paradise with dozens of people standing dumbfounded doesn’t seem like much.

Yet only they know how complex the power struggle behind all of Feiyang is.

No matter what decision is made, a careless move might turn them into the sacrificial lambs for the dynasties that hold ultimate power in this country.

The Presidential Palace now maintains silence, and the Military Department is also tight-lipped.

The old Military God seems unaware that his granddaughter and that Fatty from the Leray Federation are in the blue starry dome of a Space City in the city center, chatting with a group of this nation’s most prestigious young people. Nor does he know how many guns and Mecha surround Alaska Space City.

The assassination and death of Francis already signify the collapse of world order.

Originally, everyone thought that after the Military God returned, the surface appearance could still be controlled. But nobody expected the old man to strike even more fiercely. The Fatty he brought back from the Leray Federation slaughtered Miller like killing a chicken.

Killing wasn’t enough, he even left the Bu’er family and Heinrich family followers of Miller out cold, continuing to party, drink, and sing as if nothing happened.

Everyone knows who Miller is.

This scum of a man, yet over the years, nobody could touch him.

And now, he’s dead, lying there without anyone collecting his body—a grand exhibition.

If today, Fatty and Margaret gave everyone a chance to clarify the situation and managed to kill Miller holding the gathering, then safely returned amidst joyous laughter, by dawn, Feiyang’s situation would lean towards one side.

No one knows what Fatty and Margaret will talk about with those young people. But it’s certain that it won’t be mere reminiscing. The families behind those young people will receive the most explicit signals and will understand during this night that Hastings remains unchallengeable.

Ten days were already enough for them to make those wavering families, along with the parties, members of parliament, and government agencies under those families’ control, fully side with them. No matter how meticulously the people on Leefer’s side plan, if they lose the battle to steer tonight’s winds of change, they will face utter ruin.

If you don’t dare challenge Hastings, don’t pretend to be a big shot.

Even those who’ve been bribed by them will likely jump ship rapidly at this moment!

The law in human society during wartime is nothing but a piece of waste paper. Though the scale of this struggle isn’t as extreme as all-out civil war, its significance and effects are completely similar. Nobody would be foolish enough to use the law to halt the process. The role of law is simply a tool for victors to persecute losers once the result is produced!

To put it plainly, once they lose the presidential election, what awaits Barbara and the Miller family is legal punishment.

By then, evidence of the President’s assassination will emerge thousands of times over.

Whether true or false, they’ll all be treated as truth.

Meanwhile, the public murder of someone like Miller will be selectively ignored, even if you have a million pieces of evidence and witnesses, they’ll be dismissed as false. The judge will toss them straight into the trash without a glance.