I'm not a drama god

It was already late at night when Chen Ling passed through the ashes of civilization and returned to the Gray Realm.

Chen Ling didn't know how many days had passed since he entered the embers of civilization. The first thing he did after arriving in the gray world was to stomp the ground with his feet!

Boom-!

A slight tremor passed through the ground.

After a brief pause, huge figures like ferocious beasts growing from the ground directly smashed the nearby land. Under the hazy moonlight, winding shadows crawled respectfully in front of Chen Ling.

At the front is the red and black Wu Yi, flanked on his left and right are the toad-like poisonous head Chan Yi, and the scorpion-like poisonous head Xie Yi.

"How long has it been since I entered the Embers of Civilization?"

The one who answered was not Wu Yi, but Xie Yi beside him. After all, Wu Yi himself had also entered the embers of civilization, and time was also disordered. As for Chan Yi... its brain was slow to begin with, and calculating time was not its forte.

"Thirty-nine days..." Chen Ling's brows furrowed tighter and tighter.

If it were before, Chen Ling's disappearance for such a long time would naturally not matter, but now he is the Red King of the Dusk Society... The Red King has been missing for over a month, that's...

Ok……

Well, the fifth generation Red King seems to have been missing for many years, and it doesn’t have much impact.

Through conversation with Xie Yi, Chen Ling learned that ten days after he entered the Embers of Civilization, the other two Poison Chiefs, worried about the Ghost Mocking Abyss, took some of the weaker disasters back first. Only these two stayed here, waiting for the king to come out.

Even though he had been missing in the ashes of civilization for so long, these little brothers didn't seem to worry at all that something might happen to him. In their eyes, the king was of course the one who could go anywhere he wanted, and it was already very good that he didn't tear down these ashes of civilization.

"Let's go, get out of here first."

Chen Ling sat down directly on Wu Yi's head. As the many disasters from the Ghostly Abyss began to crawl, his thoughts immediately began to connect with the Gray King and Liu Qingyan.

I don’t know what the situation in the human world has become in the past month or so?

……

Lingxu Realm.

A figure dressed in an amber knight costume slowly walked along the corridor of the base.

The Lingxu base is different from other bases. It is not buried deep underground, but built next to the mountain. Therefore, the structure is not completely enclosed. From the outside, it looks more like a dark gray building full of Russian doomsday aesthetics. One side of the corridor is half open and there are no windows, allowing the mountain wind to blow in.

At this moment, there were still many figures walking around in the base, but each one of them was pale, with thick dark circles under their eyes, and looked so haggard that it seemed as if the next one would faint on the spot... But when they saw the knight coming towards them, they took the initiative to speak:

"Hello, Captain."

"Good evening, Captain..."

"Ah."

When the Amber Knight saw these people, a complex look flashed in the depths of his eyes.

The Knights of the Lingxu Realm were different from the Knights of the Eternal Realm. The latter were ordinary people tightly covered in armor, the executors of order, while the Knights of the Lingxu Realm were more like a symbol... He wore no armor, but simply a half-cloak that symbolized his status. He was tall, with several amber rings on his fingertips, and his temperament was deep and reliable.

He walked straight to a door, knocked gently, and waited until a faint "come in" was heard before he pushed the door open and walked in.

In the office, Lingxu Jun, with messy hair, was sitting on a chair, fiddling with something with his head down. Opposite him stood a man wearing glasses respectfully, as if reporting to Lingxu Jun.

"...In short, the Workers' Rights Protection Federation has a significant impact on the current project progress. Under their instigation, a large number of workers have chosen to strike. In the past week, there have even been hundreds of cases of workers secretly leaving the construction site to reunite with their families..."

"Those workers whose hometowns are far away in other realms are openly protesting and even destroying the already built Akashic Tower. At your request, all those involved have been arrested..."

"However, there's a lot of public resentment about this right now, and I'm afraid..."

Lingxu Jun had no intention of listening to him finish. He lowered his head and interrupted directly: "Akasha Tower, how long will it take to complete?"

The man was stunned for a moment, then replied, "According to the original plan, it should have been completed within fifteen days... But now with the workers on strike and the destruction of the Akashic Tower, the completion time is incalculable."

Lingxu Jun frowned slightly.

"What happened to the workers who led the riot and vandalized the Akashic Tower?"

"He's still in jail."

"Several people?"

"Six."

Lingxu Jun was silent for a long time and slowly closed his eyes.

"Tomorrow morning, drag them to the foot of the Akashic Tower and execute them in public."

"……what?"

The man and the Amber Knight who had just walked in were both shocked.

"Lord Lingxu, although they caused trouble, but... their crimes don't deserve the death penalty, right?"

"Special times call for special measures." Lingxu Jun's tone was eerily calm. "My calculations won't be wrong. I don't know why, but this time it's coming back unusually fast... People are in turmoil, and order is in disarray. At this time, only absolute deterrence and fear can get the halted production capacity back on track."

"But sir, such tyranny will cause public resentment..."

"As long as we find a way out for humanity before public grievances erupt, everything can be salvaged."

"..."

Lingxu Jun had already said this, so the man naturally didn't say anything more. He just nodded silently and turned to walk out of the office.

After dealing with this matter, Lingxu Jun did not look at the Amber Knight.

"You will oversee tomorrow's execution." Lingxu Jun lowered his head, fiddling with his nails, and took the initiative to speak. "Anyone who dares to cause trouble at the scene will be arrested. If the behavior is too violent... they can be executed on the spot."

The Amber Knight's cracked lips parted slightly, as if he wanted to say something, but Lingxu Jun didn't even look at him and continued to speak:

"Besides that, you will lead your men to patrol the construction site every day. If you find anyone trying to escape secretly, you will give each person fifteen lashes and then throw them back..."

"In this way, everything will be back on track in two days at most."

Seeing that the Amber Knight had not responded, Lingxu Jun finally raised his head and looked him straight in the eyes.

"Do you have any question?"

"I just feel... this isn't right." The Amber Knight's voice was a little hoarse.

"If you're unwilling to do it, then I'll find someone else." Lingxu Jun lowered his head and fiddled with his nails again, "But you have to understand... everything we do now is for humanity."

The Lake Knight was silent for a long time, and finally took a deep breath:

"……I see."

After he finished speaking, he didn't want to say another word, turned around and left the office.

boom--

As the office door was heavily closed, Lingxu Jun's hands trembled slightly...

He still had his head down, messy hair hanging down in front of his forehead. His hands, which were fiddling around with his hands, unconsciously increased their strength, even leaving traces of blood on his fingertips.