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Chapter 660 - 286: That Deeply Rooted Defiant Streak!!

Lu Jiuyuan’s face was grim: "Tier Three? If the Ji Family can easily send Tier Three, or have a way to give Tier Two the power close to Tier Three... this water is deeper than we thought."

The atmosphere in the living room instantly dropped to freezing point.

Just then, the alloy door of the courtyard was silently pushed open again.

Carrying the piercing cold, Fang Qingyu and Jiang Wei walked in.

Both of them had a trace of weariness on their faces.

"What’s going on?"

Fang Qingyu glanced around.

Immediately catching the heavy atmosphere in the living room and Chu Kuanglan’s pale complexion, his brows furrowed instantly.

Wei Banmeng briefly and concisely recounted the critical intelligence Chu Kuanglan brought back and the recent encounter with Ji Wuying’s risky probing.

Lu Jiuyuan supplemented the results of today’s investigation inside the Great Wall that he and Wei Banmeng had conducted.

Once again pointing to the Ji Family of Celestial Frost Castle.

"Ji Wuying... feeling of Tier Three?"

Fang Qingyu’s eyes flashed with cold light, the golden vertical pupils slightly contracting.

He walked to the center of the living room but did not immediately express his opinion about the Ji Family, instead casually raised his hand, reaching into the dense shadow at his feet.

His hand was like reaching into water.

Surprisingly, he directly pulled out a small figure wearing the winter combat uniform of a Garrison Army lieutenant, the whole body stiff, eyes full of fear and despair!

It was the lieutenant he captured at the Skull Ice Valley camp, who returned to probe the cave.

Ji Lang.

Wei Banmeng and the others were already accustomed to Fang Qingyu’s fantastic methods, and Jiang Wei was even more composed.

They merely focused their cold gazes on Ji Lang, who lay limp on the ground.

Like a lamb waiting to be slaughtered.

"Who is this?"

Chu Kuanglan asked in a muffled voice, although he already had a guess in his heart.

Fang Qingyu tossed Ji Lang onto the cold floor of the living room like discarding trash, succinctly explaining: "Life Ghost Camp at Skull Ice Valley, after we left, returned mouse to probe the crevice. Seventh Corps of the Garrison Army, logistics communication company, Lieutenant Ji Lang."

Ignoring the fearful whimper from Ji Lang’s throat.

Fang Qingyu took out a phone, played a video, and pushed the screen directly in front of Ji Lang.

In the footage, there were those dozen kidnappers under Shenxiao’s control, with vacant eyes picking up knives or fingers, performing extremely slow, aware, and cruel self-mutilation.

The silent image was more terrifying than any scream.

Flesh peeled away, bones exposed...

Ji Lang’s pupils instantly dilated to the limit, his body shook violently like a sieve, a choking sound emitted from his throat, and his pants were soaked immediately, the stench spreading out.

Fang Qingyu’s voice rang calmly:

"I have ways to make you tell the truth, even let you watch yourself slicing yourself into pieces, aware through the whole process... it can be prolonged."

Fang Qingyu slightly leaned forward, golden eyes staring into Ji Lang’s crumbling eyes.

"But I can give you a chance. A less painful opportunity."

"If you now honestly answer my questions word for word, I can hand you over to the Federation military tribunal."

"By law, you may die, but you may just be imprisoned for life in Abyss Prison."

"But regardless, at least... you won’t go through the process in the video."

Fang Qingyu’s voice carried a hint of temptation.

"Of course, if you lie, or try to conceal..."

He lightly slid his finger across the phone screen, the paused image just stopped at a face distorted by extreme pain.

"I assure you, the time you experience before dying will be ten times his. And not just laceration. So, will you seize this opportunity?"

Ji Lang’s psychological defenses completely collapsed upon seeing the video.

Hearing the faint but real glimmer of hope after being handed over to the Federation, his strong survival instincts instantly overpowered his fear.

He nodded desperately, using all his strength, tears streaming down his face.

From his throat came an urgent "Uh... uh..." sound, fearing a slow nod would cause Fang Qingyu to change his mind.

Seeing this, Fang Qingyu’s fingers moved lightly.

The golden arcs entwining Ji Lang’s body receded like living creatures.

Released the constraints on his throat muscles.

But still firmly locked the strength of his limbs, allowing him to only speak while lying down.

Almost simultaneously, Fang Qingyu’s phone vibrated.

He glanced at it, it was the encrypted file transfer notification sent by Qin Bin with all detailed archival data of Ji Lang from enlistment to the present, position transfer records, complete communication equipment records for the past three months, and names of all personnel who had close contact with him.

Fang Qingyu quickly browsed through the biography data transmitted to his phone.

While starting the interrogation, his voice returned to that cold flatness:

"First question, were those Tier Two Grandmasters you caught sold to Life Ghost, or given to Life Ghost?"

Fang Qingyu deliberately emphasized the word "given."

Ji Lang coughed violently a few times, greedily breathing air, his voice hoarse and trembling: "I... I don’t know if money was involved... I really don’t know!"

"Us underlings can’t know things from above?"

"But... but I’ve never heard of any order to collect money! After work, the money and resources we get are directly given by the contact person, said to be compensation and family subsidies."

"I don’t know if this is a commission for selling people... or just issued from above..."

His eyes filled with bewilderment, not seeming fake.

Fang Qingyu nodded expressionlessly, seemingly unsurprised by this answer, then threw out the critical question: "Is it your Ji Family of Celestial Frost Castle presiding over this matter?"