Huh? Isn't this an adventure kingdom building game?!-Chapter 756 - 732: Truly Precious?

The traitors within the Bear Clan were caught by the guards descending from the sky before they even realized what was happening.

Wasn’t it said that the Communication Stone was highly confidential and could only be accessed and used by oneself?

They had been so well-hidden before, never revealing any hints, so how were they suddenly fully exposed?

Even more frightening, the City Lord knew the entire content clearly!

Caught with the bear spoils, they had no reason to argue, and in fear of punishment worse than death, they all prostrated on the ground, crying and begging for mercy.

"In the past, we feared the terrifying beasts above the Wilderness during the day. For the people’s sake, so they could rest and recover, we set up rules to hide by day and emerge by night.

Now, having received the City Defense Array bestowed by Mr. Jiang, which consumes a large amount of Spirit Stone day and night, we simply make them mine the flame stones at all times without distinguishing between day and night."

City Lord Ming folded his hands behind his back and paced slowly, with a faint smile on his face, "Take them away, first parade them through the streets, then send them to the mines!"

Mined day and night without rest, having to continuously cultivate to resist the high temperatures and flames. Wouldn’t that mean draining their life force until they’re unable to withstand the heat and are burned alive?!

At this thought, the cries and pleas grew even louder.

The wails reached City Lord Ming’s ears, his smile deepening, feeling quite content!

"You, Ming! Sitting in a high position, what do you know of the people’s suffering? We only wish to live better, to move to the Silver Valley and never be threatened by the cold poison, what’s wrong with that?

If not for oneself, heaven will destroy us, you’re the City Lord also for personal gain, no one should say otherwise.

I just can’t stand you, I’m not convinced by you, if you have the ability, kill all the clan members who can’t stand you!" A sharp voice suddenly emerged from the chaotic pleas, accusing loudly.

Soon, a well-prepared Angry Fire Bear left only a shadow, its figure shooting skyward attempting to escape.

[The left-behind false shell: The Angry Fire Bear used the one-time Magical Treasure—Golden Cicada Shell, given by the mastermind Shi Kesong. This false image can bear all the constraints on its body, allowing the true body using the treasure to escape freely.]

All eyes were drawn to the main body suddenly fleeing into the sky, but Jiang Yuan stepped forward curiously and touched the "shell" left behind, finding it indeed tightly bound in place unmovingly, while the real Angry Fire Bear had run away.

This Magical Treasure is interesting, I wonder how much it costs, if the value is high, it’s worth preparing a few more.

"Bang!" A loud explosion echoed from the sky, causing the townspeople to look up in unison.

Then they saw the charred Bear Demon falling straight down, hitting the ground with a heavy thud.

[A Bear Demon within the city attempted to violently breach the array, automatic defense mechanisms have intervened, default force against violence is Level Three, heavily injured]

The automatic cruise mode is indeed effective, discerning between violent and non-violent incidents, Jiang Yuan noticed only a few Spirit Stones were consumed, clearly this level of violence wasn’t much of a challenge for the array.

Watching him escape and then get beaten and almost killed, City Lord Ming, using Sword Control, gazed down from above and said loudly, "Let all clans know—he was a mole bought by Shi Kesong, one of Silver Valley’s five treasonous merchants, betraying the clan for glory, a crime beyond pardon!

He just attempted to escape and has already been heavily injured by our new City Defense Array, using his life to exhibit the array’s power. As for the rest of you, confess your crimes if you want less suffering or else..."

She let out a cold laugh and gestured for all the traitors to be paraded through the streets.

"Squeak! Squeak!"

The little golden monkey, seeing everyone gather to watch the hapless Golden Cicada Shell victim, chirped softly.

Hou Ze whispered softly, "In fact, City Lord Ming has done quite well. In the Wilderness, weakness is a sin, haven’t you seen how many Clan Leaders disregard their people’s lives for their own gains?"

"Squeak!"

"You don’t understand, the stronger one’s power, the more their inner desires swell. There’s no shortage of those who commit deeds relying on their strength.

Even mortals who can’t cultivate, as long as they have a bit of power, they grab money and establish harems, let alone so many temptations in the Cultivation Realm. That’s why I say City Lord Ming has done well, the city lords we’ve met, don’t they all look down on people?

Even the market owners won’t let you enter without gifts, imagine if you had a whole city to mess around with at will, would you still be so timid and afraid?"

Hearing this, the little golden monkey thought for a moment, then proudly puffed up its chest and raised its head.

"Now, that’s more like it!" Hou Ze smiled, leaning in whispering, "We all need cultivation, cultivation means correcting one’s actions.

In fact, City Lord Ming is somewhat arrogant and self-absorbed, normal for those in high positions, like Mr. Jiang’s modesty, that’s truly remarkable."

Jiang Yuan, who happened to be checking the system annotations: ??? 𝕗𝐫𝚎𝗲𝘄𝐞𝕓𝐧𝕠𝘃𝕖𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝚖

Me? Remarkable?

He couldn’t help but laugh, thinking to himself, I’m just a normal person who received education on Marxism and Maoism.

Just like most citizens of Flower Country, treating people as people, being a little kind, a little greedy, liking farming, doing my best in my work, while offering a helping hand to others in need.

Precisely because he understood he was just an ordinary person, he cherished the opportunity to bind with the system even more.