Du Jinlong, the former main person in charge of the intelligence front of Modu and now the head of the Special Service Department of Chixian City, is well-experienced in information analysis.

In the intelligence field, divergent thinking is a necessary ability, which is commonly referred to as having a wild imagination or fantasizing.

Therefore, after understanding the background of the Mo Family's three ancestors, he subconsciously linked the skeleton to them.

Although Du Jinlong's speculation can be described as whimsical and without any evidence.

Yet, both Lin Ziming and the people at the command center seventy kilometers away, upon careful consideration, found some plausibility in this idea.

After all, this is the residence of the Mo Family's three ancestors, and a Core Formation Realm cultivator feigning a distant journey and then stealthily returning to his manor isn't technically challenging.

More crucially, if this skeleton is indeed one of the Mo Family's three ancestors, then the mystery of the ancestor's disappearance is perfectly explained.

But this raises more questions about this underground secret chamber:

When exactly was the ice coffin placed in it?

What caused the death of the skeleton, suspected to be one of the Mo Family's three ancestors?

One must know that the secret chamber is about thirty meters below ground; discovering the chamber and exiting it are two different concepts. With a Core Formation Realm cultivator's abilities, it shouldn't be possible to silently die there, right?

One must know that, according to Patriarch Wei, the ancestor was only in his early nineties when he roamed.

And a ninety-plus-year-old fifth-layer Core Formation Realm cultivator is absolutely worthy of being described as vigorous and robust, unlikely to die suddenly—he's not a programmer, after all.

Therefore, considering possible anomalies in the underground secret chamber, Lin Ziming specifically sought out Chu Jian to renegotiate the construction timeline.

"...That's the situation, Company Commander Chu, if we don't rush the schedule and focus on stability, how long would the excavation take?"

Chu Jian thought for a while, gestured with his hands to indicate height, and explained:

"Colonel Lin, under optimal geological conditions, a large drilling rig would take approximately four to six hours to drill a depth of thirty-four meters.

And due to the length of the drill on our medium-sized drilling rig, it would take about twice as long to drill the same depth, roughly eight to twelve hours.

Additionally, after drilling the hole, lateral manual excavation underground is required... According to the original plan, the entire project's timeline is estimated to be around two days.

However, if we want to pursue caution, this time could be extended significantly. For instance, some precise testing equipment needs to be brought over from the command center, conservatively estimated at five to six days."

After hearing this, Lin Ziming pondered for a while and finally decided:

"Let's simply make it a week then, as we're not short on time. Also, remember, when excavating underground, a cultivator must be present to assist, and any anomalies must be reported immediately!"

Although the peak cultivation of the Mo Family's three ancestors wasn't beyond the fifth layer of the Core Formation Realm, even if there's some hidden tactic left behind, it's far from causing catastrophic trouble based on the rabbits' capabilities.

But don't forget.

This is the Mo Family Manor in Sheepback City, surrounded by many civilians.

No one knows if the skeleton might suddenly awaken in its death throes, shouting "the bone from the realm of sin shall reign" and causing a major incident.

If such combat power goes insane within the city, the casualties would be very high indeed.

Although the possibility of such an event occurring is very, very low, being cautious is always better, even if it results in some project damage.

After assigning tasks for the excavation site, Lin Ziming then found Zhang Yaqing, who was responsible for the Mo Family's investigation... ahem, inspection task:

"Company Commander Zhang, have any of the other teams found anything during their inspections?"

Zhang Yaqing nodded and took out a paper document from the briefcase beside him.

This document was a finger-thick, with each page having one or two colorful photos of items printed on it, and he pointed at these photos and explained:

"Colonel Lin, our reconnaissance company divided into twenty-two teams in accordance with the layout of the Mo Family to carry out the inspection task.

Up to now, we have discovered 689 mundane valuable items such as jewelry, calligraphy, paintings, and furniture, as well as fifty-eight sets of cultivation magical artifacts—not including those on the captured prisoners.

And we found about five hundred spirit stones in stock—though this number is a bit low, you should know that the Mo Family didn't have a beast tide attack this time, so their income from open-source resources is basically zero."

Lin Ziming nodded slightly; previously, Yang Hengjun had explained that the Mo Family's apparent interest in Chixian City was due to the veins, while the core reason was the lack of spirit stone income due to no beast tide attack.

Therefore, the command center had prepared for a low number of Mo Family spirit stones, so he wasn't very surprised by this result.

Then Zhang Yaqing glanced around, approached Lin Ziming, and lowered his voice:

"Additionally, an hour ago, our team in the B6 area discovered a library warehouse with many cultivation techniques inside."

Upon hearing this, Lin Ziming raised his brows and whispered:

"Oh? Cultivation techniques? What's their value?"

Zhang Yaqing thought for a moment and shook his head slightly:

"The value isn't very high; after all, since the Mo Family's three ancestors disappeared, the Mo Family is just a quasi-Core Formation Realm family.

After identification by President Qiangsheng, these techniques are relatively ordinary, but they are numerous and varied, ensuring the diversity of cultivators' techniques."

Zhang Yaqing's result isn't particularly good but also not bad, at least it's beneficial for the rabbits at this stage.

After all, those top techniques have certain requirements for aptitude. For example, Teacher Mingmou's "Great Deduction Technique" requires a mutated singular spiritual root.

Therefore, most four spiritual root warriors can only cultivate such ordinary techniques—at least until the field is broken through.

After understanding the relevant information, Lin Ziming temporarily parted ways with Zhang Yaqing to handle other matters.

......

Two days later, at the vegetable market in Sheepback City.

At this moment, outside the main vegetable street of Sheepback City, a crowd of five to six thousand residents of Sheepback City had gathered.

It could be said that drums and gongs were resounding, firecrackers were going off together, colorful flags were fluttering, and there was a sea of people.

If it weren't for the limited capacity of the vegetable market, today's attendance could have easily surpassed twenty thousand people.

The reason these city residents gathered here was simple:

At this time and place, members of the Mo Family, who had poisoned and oppressed Sheepback City for two hundred seventy-nine years, were about to face the iron fist of justice!

Considering the limited capacity of the vegetable market, the rabbits had specially set up over a dozen live viewing points elsewhere in the city, even at the iron mines.

The residents of the city were very excited, and the command center, even the core team, attached great importance to today's trial.

Because this was the first real step towards establishing the rabbits' image after taking control of Sheepback City — previous appeasement efforts were merely small favors, and to completely gain acceptance from these city residents, the Mo Family issue had to be resolved to demonstrate their difference from the Mo Family.

The animosity Sheepback City's residents held towards the Mo Family could be seen from the constant sound of firecrackers since the entry into the city and the endless queue outside the complaints office in the city's east that lasted three days.

At the place where the criminals were publicly announced, the warriors had to stop over a hundred civilians daily who intended to rush forward and attack the Mo Clan members.

It was no exaggeration to say that the actions of the Mo Family in the past were hard to describe even with the phrase 'too many to tally'.

For example.

When the auditors compiled the total document three days later, they found that the Word document used to register the Mo Family's crimes exceeded 25GB!

For a normal Word document without images, solely recording individual events, it usually measures just 200K to 500K.

Even Sun Xiaochuan might have to say he's no match upon seeing this statistic.

At the vegetable market, over a hundred of the most heinous Mo Family members were facing the public, kneeling on the execution platform temporarily set up by the rabbits.

These Mo Family members included both men and women, such as Mo Lisen, Mo Daolin, Mo Daoran, and so on…

The local translator, Shi Yin, stood on an adjacent high platform, holding a script and reciting the evil deeds of each Mo Family member.

Shi Yin was among the first translators to arrive in the Damo Realm after the trade mission returned. She was also the first translator to officially speak in public without assistance from Wei Niandong or translators.

At this moment, this short-haired, smart girl was angrily reciting the crimes of a Mo Clan member:

"Mo Facheng, male, 43 years old, a direct descendant of the second branch of the Mo Family, President of the Mo Family Commerce Association, has long oppressed the people with no conscience, once led Mo Clan members to the wild to hunt refugees for fun, calling it courage training, with as many as 39 refugees dying at their hands… Based on the above crimes, our city has decided to execute him by shooting!"

As soon as her words fell, the crowd beneath the execution platform displayed a standard collective expression:

Some pointed at the stage cursing and swearing, some laughed heartily to the sky, others stood silently with tears streaming down, and some were so agitated they almost rushed into the scene…

On the high platform, Shi Yin continued her speech:

"Mo Lisen, Patriarch of the Mo Family, now 67 years old, the current highest villain of the Mo Family, first killed a servant at six years old…committed incest at fifteen…ambushed and killed his own father at twenty-two to seize the clan leadership…at twenty-five…"

As Shi Yin's clear and forceful speeches continued, the emotions of the vegetable market crowd gradually reached a peak.

Shi Yin maintained her speed and took a full fifteen minutes to read out Mo Lisen's crimes.

Finally, she took a deep breath and said firmly:

"Based on the above, Mo Lisen is unforgivable, and shall be executed by shooting!"

The moment the last few words were spoken, the whole city trembled, and some of the house tiles shattered.

At the same time, Lin Ziming, standing to the side, clenched his jaw muscles a few times and shouted loudly:

"Everyone, load up!"

Click—

At the command, the warriors on the execution ground filled their bullets and loaded their rifles in unison.

Accompanying the loading sound were the Mo Clan members' pleas, curses, and cries.

For instance, Mo Lisen, at this moment, with unknown strength, suddenly turned his head, glaring as if he wanted to devour, muttering venomous curses under his breath.

An angry or resentful aura gathered above the vegetable market, and the sky unknowingly filled with dark clouds, as if evil spirits were roaring in the heavens.

Lin Ziming snorted coldly, fearlessly locking eyes with Mo Lisen.

"What are you looking at, do you think I'm Li Ronghao and will feel inferior just because I see a pair of big eyes?"

Then he ignored Mo Lisen and raised the five-star emblem high, the palm-sized emblem shining brightly, fearlessly facing the dark clouds.

He shouted in a loud voice:

"Execute!"

Boom—

With a row of gunshots, the sky's dark clouds suddenly dispersed.

All evil dissipated.

Justice descended.

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