Gu Xuanyuan slept peacefully, but in some places, some people still could not sleep soundly.
In a private room of a teahouse, a man was drinking tea while talking to someone with a small object the size of a soap … This object was called a mobile phone, an object from before the apocalypse. Ever since the invention of personal terminals, the functions of mobile phones for communication and entertainment were all replaced by personal terminals. As time went by, mobile phones no longer existed in the world.
But this man was talking to someone with a mobile phone. There was a lot of meaning in this. It meant that at least in secret, there was a mobile phone communication network. Obviously, this network was independent of the network monitored by the highest level artificial intelligence, Tomono Kakaze.
"Master, I've done what you asked me to do. Now the public opinion is fermenting. Soon, that old guy Liu Lei will be exhausted!" the man said respectfully.
"I see. You didn't leave any clues, did you?" The master on the other end of the phone asked.
"Don't worry, Master. I've done everything secretly. When necessary, I can remove all the spies. I guarantee that we won't be implicated."
"Humph, that old fox Liu Lei can guess that we did it without any evidence. But without evidence, he can't use this opportunity to show his power … Tell the media that we control to keep reporting this matter. I want the entire Yuzhang City, no, the entire eight base cities, to know what Guhan has done. I've been a bad guy all my life. Now, I want to be a good guy who upholds justice!"
"But Master, Guhan is Liu Lei's apprentice. Won't this cause Liu Lei to retaliate? Both sides will suffer!" the man said with some fear.
"You!
You don't understand. Liu Lei has a bad temper. A little disturbance won't affect Guhan. Only when the whole city is in an uproar, the public will be angry, and the seven cities will question him. Only then will Liu Lei be afraid and hand over the position of Master of the Sword Pavilion! "
The master said coldly, "Liu Lei is giving the position of Master of the Sword Pavilion to a little rat. Does Liu Lei want to occupy the highest power in the entire Yuzhang City?
This time, we must help Chan 'er get promoted. Either the chairman of the Sword Committee or the master of the Sword Pavilion, Liu Lei can't take all the benefits! "
"Also, Lord, should we expose the fact that Guhan is the Military Governor and the Military Governor is Guhan?" the man asked again.
"… Forget it, there's no need to reveal this."
The Lord was silent for a while before replying, "This Guhan is a powerful guy. Sooner or later, he will rise to the top. Moreover, Liu Lei will never bring him to justice. He will grow up sooner or later, so we can't be too ruthless.
Also, we need a trump card in our hands. If this Guhan wants to fight us head-on, his identity as the Military Governor will be his Achilles heel. "
"He's very proud of himself on the internet. I don't think he wants to ruin the reputation of his other identity, right?"
"Yes, Lord. I'll do it right away!"
Just as the mastermind had planned, more than half of the TV stations in Yuzhang City suddenly began to follow up and report on Guhan's murder.
Soon, the whole thing was exaggerated by the media and outlined in a simplified way.
First, a video of Guhan's killing was posted on the internet. In the video, Guhan's decisive killing intent and clean swordsmanship made the people who saw the video shudder. When these people saw the video, they felt as if they had been beheaded. They were both afraid and angry of Guhan.
Then, they began to describe the life of the dead man, such as how many good things this old man had done!
How many model awards he had won!
What a kind grandfather and father he had been at home!
The neighbors missed them so much. In any case, they wanted to say that such a good old man, such a law-abiding old man, an old man who risked his life for the sake of the company's assets, had been killed by Gu Han for no reason.
As for the reason for Gu Han's murder, it was vague. The funniest thing was that a television host actually said that Gu Han couldn't afford a hovercraft, so he wanted to take advantage of the chaos to steal one from the government for his own use … He didn't even think about it. Every engine was registered with the government, so how could it be stolen and used by someone else?
Anyway, the media spared no effort in spreading the news. Soon, the whole of Yuzhang City knew about Guhan's atrocities. Then, almost everyone expressed anger and condemnation toward Guhan. Even the media in the other seven cities began to pay attention to this matter.
On the second day, there were already a few hundred people marching in front of the temporary service center for the sword-bearers. With each passing day, the number of people in the group increased. Soon, the number of people in the group exceeded a thousand. A storm was brewing in the dark against Gu Han and Liu Lei.
Gu Xuanyuan wasn't ignorant of these things, but she didn't show the slightest worry, as if this matter had nothing to do with her. She ate and drank as she liked.
On the contrary, Lu Yin was very concerned about this matter. He constantly searched for information on this matter on the Internet, and gradually became a person who hated Guhan to the core … This idiot didn't think that Guhan's surname was Gu, and so was Gu Xuanyuan's. Even if he couldn't guess that Gu Xuanyuan was Guhan, he should have guessed that these two people were related.
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Today was the last day of the semi-finals, and it was also the day that the top eight and top four would be decided.
There would be one match in the morning and one in the afternoon. The one in the morning would be the top eight, and the one in the afternoon would naturally be the top fourteen.
However, this was different from other competition days, where different groups of sword-bearers would compete at the same time. When it came to the top sixteen, the matches would be held at different times. After a pair of opponents finished their match, the other team would take over. This way, all the matches could be seen by the audience.
After all, it was the top sixteen, and those who could enter the top sixteen were all absolute experts among the sword-bearers. Their matches were all very exciting.
Guhan's match was in the fourth place, which meant that he was in the fourth team to fight. The order was also decided by drawing lots.
Guhan didn't look down on his opponents just because he was sure that he would win. Whether it was before or after his match, Guhan carefully observed them and discovered a few talents that were worth paying attention to.
The first to fight was a female player called Glass of the Seven Seas. This female player was also a Swordmaster. She used a glass sword and her swordsmanship was quite good. Her opponent's Swordmistress was forced to retreat, and she used a majestic combo to defeat her opponent.
This made Guhan a little suspicious. There were more and more Swordmasters appearing recently. Had Swordmasters become worthless?
There was another opponent in the top sixteen for Guhan. Like Guhan, he had a few scars on his face.
This guy's name was set to be hidden … Even if it was a competition, there was no restriction that players had to reveal their in-game names. Players could choose to hide their names. This way, all sorts of system notifications would label the player with a nameless and a serial number.
For example, the opponent in front of Guhan was called Nameless 8765. This meant that he was the 8765th player who chose to hide his name.
Guhan felt that this opponent was worth paying attention to, because his fighting style was very wild, and because the Sword Maiden in his hand was actually a very rare Shinto Sword Maiden. His fighting style was to summon all kinds of Spirit-branded Shikigami to fight, and the Poso Maru in his hand could actually summon 30 Sky Evil Demon Red Shikigami at the same time.
Although the Scarlet Heavenly Evil Ghosts' Attack and Defense weren't strong enough, they had a unique skill that allowed them to provoke their opponents and force them to attack them.
As a result, Guhan unexpectedly encountered a rather difficult battle. These Scarlet Heavenly Evil Ghosts indiscriminately rushed to Guhan's side and began to taunt Guhan. Whenever Guhan attacked his opponent, the surrounding Scarlet Heavenly Evil Ghosts would turn into flying meatballs and quickly crash into Guhan's body, causing quite a bit of damage.
In the end, these Scarlet Heavenly Evil Ghosts actually managed to whittle away 20% of Guhan's shield energy. This was the first time since entering the semi-finals that Guhan had lost so much shield energy. Even the commentator was amazed. He felt that there was a possibility that Guhan would fail miserably.
Unfortunately, Guhan quickly used his actions to slap the commentator in the face.
At first, Guhan wanted to avoid these Scarlet Heavenly Evil Ghosts and directly attack his opponent, but in the end, he was taunted and had his hands and feet tied.
As a result, Guhan changed his mind and decided to kill these Scarlet Heavenly Evil Ghosts first … As a result, the Scarlet Heavenly Evil Ghosts' taunts lost their effect. Once Guhan decided to kill these Scarlet Heavenly Evil Ghosts first, these Spirit-branded Shikigami would only have one path to death. These Scarlet Heavenly Evil Ghosts' HP was very low to begin with, and they couldn't even withstand a single strike from Guhan. In less than two minutes, more than 30 Scarlet Heavenly Evil Ghosts were all killed by Guhan.
Seeing this, Nameless 8765 could only smile bitterly and admit defeat.
His sword essence seemed to only be enough to summon 30 Scarlet Heavenly Evil Ghosts. Now that the Scarlet Heavenly Evil Ghosts were all dead, he had also lost the ability to fight. It was impossible for him to be a match for the famous Military Governor, so it was better to admit defeat.
What made Guhan feel fortunate was that this Nameless 8765 did not take advantage of Guhan's immobility to kiss him like his three opponents did the day before. Instead, he respectfully asked Guhan, "Sir Military Governor, what do you think of my abilities?"
"Not bad, you have the ability to catch people off guard!" Guhan commented honestly.
"Thank you, sir!"
This Nameless 8765 bowed to Guhan and thanked him before disappearing from the arena. This left Guhan a little confused, not knowing what this guy was thinking.