After returning to the Heiguang District, Xu Shen asked Chen Han to lead a team to patrol various places in the Heiguang District.
This is his base camp, and he must first ensure that the Black Light Zone is under his absolute control.
What's more... this is also a rare opportunity to coordinate many scattered resources and concentrate strength and wealth.
Buzz!
Tanks and light armored vehicles raced and hummed through the streets.
Some fog people were walking on the street, groping along the chains, and heard strange noises, but they didn't know the reason.
Other pedestrians had already moved to the side of the road and stood on the road often walked by the fog people.
The war made the class distance between them weak and even difficult to distinguish at this moment.
In the wealthy areas, some wealthy people have already taken the lead in gathering resources, retaining cash and valuable hard currency, rare metals, etc., ready to move to various areas at any time.
During this period, the number of people applying for passes to the inner city increased dramatically. Many wealthy people heard the news and were ready to leave this turbulent place at any time.
Xu Shen naturally would not let these little lambs escape.
In the Xu Secret Bureau, Xu Shen found a diary, which was something in the package that Su Shuang had sent him before.
The diary records many secrets of the wealthy.
Now Xu Shen no longer needs to rely on these secrets to threaten these wealthy people, but some of the secret information in the diary is still useful.
Xu Shen asked Chen Han and other captains to split up and go to "negotiate" with these wealthy people.
In addition, Wei Yan was arranged to contact the Inspection Office and the City Defense Bureau to seal off the Black Light Area.
All important roads were sealed and guarded by soldiers to prevent the wealthy from leaving without permission.
Unless someone can hire Ertai to take them to escape through the Xu Realm, the garrison troops cannot lock down the entire Black Light Zone with their current strength, and can only let them leave.
But there are very few wealthy people who can hire the second state, and there are even few in the entire Black Light District.
"Let the tax bureau retrieve the data. These vampires know best who are the truly wealthy and who are the fat ones."
Xu Shen leaned back in his chair, with his feet naturally resting on the director's desk, and gave instructions to Wei Yan, the nominal director beside him.
Wei Yan's eyes flashed, and he thought to himself that Xu Shen was thoughtful. If he asked the tax bureau for assistance, even some hidden rich people would be exposed. After all, when it comes to taxes, no matter how important it is, they have to show some respect.
Some people's relationships are even bought with generous tax payments.
Only by paying enough taxes can you have enough confidence to slam the table and speak.
Each district branch of the tax bureau also has its own performance and requirements, which allows some wealthy people to take advantage of this to move around in various areas and maximize their own interests.
"What if they don't want to?"
Wei Yan had dealt with that gang before. The Tax Bureau was the ant queen's money bag, so his attitude was naturally self-evident. Looking down on others was considered polite.
"No?"
Xu Shen said calmly: "Put the barrel of the gun against their heads and ask them again. Harboring heretics is a capital crime!"
Wei Yan looked stern, nodded, and immediately turned around to issue the order.
Not long after, his subordinates reported back that the Tax Bureau did not cooperate. After all, this was top-secret information of the Tax Bureau and could not be leaked easily as it concerned the interests of too many people.
Wei Yan could only report the situation truthfully to Xu Shen.
Xu Shen didn't hesitate to contact Chen Han and asked him to go there in person.
Chen Han understood Xu Shen's idea, agreed, and called his soldiers to dispatch two tanks.
A rumbling sound was heard in front of the tax bureau.
The tracks of two tanks rolled over and when they arrived in front of the tax bureau, they still did not stop and rolled up the steps. This made some of the people on duty at the door panic and they retreated one after another.
They were hired bodyguards and doormen. They were good at dealing with petty thieves, but the people before them were the military.
Going against the military is a capital crime.
As the tank's gun barrel turned, the crowd dodged in panic.
Chen Han waved his hand.
Many soldiers jumped out of the light armored vehicles at the back, holding rapid-fire rifles, and rushed into the tax bureau, immediately controlling the chaotic scene.
"You, what are you doing?"
The director of the Tax Bureau, his secretary, and several senior leaders were dragged out of their offices by the sergeants and thrown under the barrel of the tank.
Chen Han stepped on the hood of the tank, picked up a cigarette, looked down at the fat middle-aged man in front of him, and said with a smile: "I heard that you are hiding a heretic here, is it you?"
The tax bureau chief was shocked and said, "How is that possible? Don't wrongly accuse me."
"Then why are you unwilling to provide the annual tax list of this district?" Chen Han raised his eyebrows.
The head of the tax bureau suddenly realized that the military in front of him was following orders from the Xumi Bureau. He was shocked and angry, and said, "This is top secret information. Unless authorized by Your Highness, no one has the right to view it..."
"It seems that we need to change the director." Chen Han picked his ears, smiled, and then snapped his fingers.
whoosh!
The coin flew out and accurately hit the tax commissioner's knee.
A pig-slaughtering scream rang out. Chen Han looked at the middle-aged man who was wailing and rolling around on the ground, hugging his knees, and couldn't help but feel helpless: "This is nothing. Compared with the injuries we usually get in battle, it's nothing. You useless people are worthy of sitting here and enjoying yourself?"
The middle-aged man was sweating profusely, with a painful expression: "You are betraying His Highness..."
"It seems that the heretic is you."
Chen Han's expression was cold. The second coin was thrown out and the screaming stopped immediately.
"Who among you wants to be the new director?" Chen Han looked at several other senior leaders.
They were so frightened that their faces turned pale and they all knelt down and begged for mercy.
Chen Han selected a person, and the other person quickly climbed up with tears of gratitude and ordered someone to prepare the information.
Chen Han felt a little bored. This kind of thing was just a piece of cake for him. It would be a waste of his talent for him to personally take action to deal with these good-for-nothings who could only kill people at the wine table.
Not long.
The tax information was handed to Xu Shen.
Xu Shen didn't read it for long, he just asked Wei Yan to hand it over to the Intelligence Department, and then asked the Intelligence Department to retrieve the locations of the wealthy people in the information and let the military cooperate to negotiate one by one.
The entire Black Light District was in turmoil.
Many of the top villas in the wealthy area were surrounded by military tanks.
Many wealthy people still maintained their superior status and tried to argue with confidence, refusing to obey. However, due to the rude and arrogant attitude of some soldiers, they were soon beaten. Even their wives and daughters were not spared and lost their virginity in front of them.
Riots, rape, murder, death, wailing.
The wealthy area that was once coveted by everyone has now turned into a living hell.
Some wealthy people were sensible and chose to surrender and cooperate, and were transferred to Xilin Square outside the Black Light Cult headquarters.
The Rand Chamber of Commerce here is full of people. There are heavy military guards downstairs, and three two-state surveillance.
However, some wealthy people had bad tempers and came into conflict with soldiers, or their wives and daughters were arrogant and spoiled and offended the soldiers, which led to tragedies.
The classes of the entire Black Light District have been reshuffled, and all order has vanished. Under the strong suppression of the army, the old order has been rewritten, and a new order and a new leader are being born.
Except for the wealthy areas, the high-end areas where the middle class gather have their doors and windows tightly closed. They live in fear at home, with their cell phones bombarded with calls, and they try to learn about the outside situation and the chaotic situation from their friends, teachers, colleagues, bosses, etc.
In the Secret Bureau of Ruins, Xu Shen was in control of the overall situation. He knew that everything was undergoing tremendous changes, and that there would be sacrifices and tragedies under these changes, just like when a high-rise building collapsed into ruins, it would always crush to death some small lives hidden in it.
And once upon a time, Xu Shen was also a little life among them.
Now, he is trying to climb out of his own ruins.
Next to Xilin Square, apart from the Rand Chamber of Commerce and the Black Light Cult headquarters, the rest is the City State Guardian Station.
However, at this moment, Lou Haiyin, Lin Xiao and other personal guards were sitting inside the city-state guardhouse.
Several guard captains and priests stood by with complicated expressions. A lawyer nearby carefully handed Lou Haiyin a cup of coffee with a four-leaf clover outlined in milky white. It was the flavor Lou Haiyin had chosen.
She took a sip and said with a smile, "It tastes good, almost the same as what I had in the Snow Palace."
Is it the smell of coffee, or something else?
The chief judge in charge of the city-state's guardhouse was a gray-haired old man. After hearing Lou Haiyin's words, he sighed and said, "It may be difficult to maintain this taste."
"Why?" Lou Haiyin asked.
"Because everything is always changing, and the softer something is, the faster it changes." The words of the presiding judge are thought-provoking.
Lou Haiyin looked at him with interest and said, "That's not called change, that's called integration."
The old judge smiled and sighed: "At my age, I just hope for peace. When people get old, what they fear most is change, which means death."
"But if we don't change, we may be closer to death." Lou Haiyin said earnestly.
The old judge looked at the young girl and suddenly laughed: "That's right, how does the coffee taste?"
"very good."
"You have plenty of time these days, so you can come over for a drink often." The presiding judge invited.
Lou Haiyin smiled and nodded.
In the next few days, great changes continued to take place in the Black Light District, and every household was trembling with fear, fearing that their family would be discovered to be a heretic by the military.
Everyone was hiding at home, but screams could still be heard from neighbors and the building opposite from time to time.
Apparently, "heresy" had been detected in those places.
From the initial chaos to the gradual order of rules today, people have gradually acquiesced to this cowardly silence.
During these days, the city-state guardhouse was very quiet. Many priests, guard captains, and the chief judge accompanied Lou Haiyin and other personal guards to drink coffee and chat about various interesting things, including some strange cases, astronomical scenery, etc.
In the Xu Secret Bureau, Xu Shen is injected with Xu Cleansing Agent every day.
Increase the dosage from 6 tubes to 7 tubes.
In this way, after waiting for about a month and a half, he will reach the two-state limit.
Xu Shen discussed the extreme state with Chen Han. This is the state in which the power of the universe reaches saturation and can be mastered naturally. It is not like the critical state after the initial state, which requires a specific impact to be stimulated.
Mastering the Jixu state does not mean you can become a king.
The difference between the king and the second state is as huge as a chasm. Even Chen Han doesn't dare to try.
During the discussion, Chen Han learned that Xu Shen was not yet at the second state limit, and his heart was traumatized again.
Furthermore, this discussion also means that Xu Shen is really just in two states, not a hidden king.
Otherwise, there would be no need for Xu Shen to act with him.
After the conversation, Chen Han thought about it for several nights, but he still couldn't figure out how a mere second-level state could control an A-level ruins.
How could he defeat me so easily?
"Report."
Xu Shen basically lived in the Xu Secret Bureau these days, and Wei Yan served as his assistant.
"explain."
Wei Yan immediately told the information he had just learned. It turned out that a wealthy man had entrusted another district to escape from this district and was applying for a pass to the inner city.
When the name of this wealthy man was thrown into the Rand Chamber of Commerce, other wealthy people immediately provided information about him. He was a very well-known top wealthy man in the wealthy circle of the Black Light District, and his assets were enough to rank among the top three wealthy people.
As for how much invisible wealth there is, there is no way of knowing.
Such a fat sheep ran away at the first opportunity. Xu Shen asked, "Have you gone to the inner city?"
"Not yet. I just tracked it down and heard that it's in the process of processing the formalities. There are too many people processing the formalities recently and it's not my turn yet." Wei Yan said.
Xu Shen was very interested: "The place to handle the inner city procedures is in the Queen Mother District, right? There is no personal guard team in charge there, and it is probably controlled by the Queen Ant's close confidants. Can they still enter and leave freely now?"
"Yes, it looks like nothing has changed over there." Wei Yan said.
Xu Shen nodded slightly, and immediately called Lou Haiyin via communication.
Lou Haiyin, who was drinking coffee in the city-state guardhouse nearby, was summoned over immediately. She looked at Xu Shen in confusion.
"Take some people with you to the City Guard Bureau in the Mother Queen District to apply for passes. Ask them for a list in our name, and bring another person back." Xu Shen instructed Lou Haiyin and told him the whole story.
Lou Haiyin suddenly realized and immediately agreed to the order.
In order to avoid trouble, Lou Haiyin chose to take Chen Han with him.
The Queen Mother Area is no different from other areas. There are many hidden talents and crouching tigers there. If she encounters a tricky second state, she may not be the opponent.
The suppression of the Black Light District is coming to an end and does not require too many manpower. What remains is to establish new rules for these wealthy people.
As for those who didn't follow the rules, they were stripped naked.
It only took half a day to go back and forth, and Lou Haiyin returned overnight.
Also brought back was the fat sheep that had escaped earlier, and the other party was escorted back by Chen Han.
"The City Security Bureau seemed to know the situation in our district and did not make things difficult for us." Lou Haiyin recounted the entire process, which went very smoothly overall.
In addition, a document of application for customs clearance in the Heiguang District was submitted to Xu Shen.
Xu Shen flipped through it casually.
It contains the list of pass applications for the Black Light District over the past three years.
Some of these applications were rejected.
Although some applicants have obtained passes, their properties are still in the Black Light District. At this moment, amid the turmoil, they are blocked in the Black Light District and are quietly transferring their assets in preparation for evacuation.
Although the border of the Black Light Zone is blocked, money is the stepping stone.
"Um?"
Suddenly, Xu Shen saw a familiar name in the list.