Someone finally showed a bit of conscience, but soon forgot about it again.
"Alright, you two just keep guarding outside, and don't let anyone discover your family's existence."
After giving the instruction, Li Chonglou left the passage again.
The three chirping beasts obediently returned to guard outside the cave entrance.
With two previous experiences, Li Chonglou took only about ten minutes to successfully kill the third unfortunate victim.
However, thinking that returning so soon would likely be a wasted trip, he processed the body and continued to explore forward.
He had originally intended to hide all the bodies in the same place, but as he ventured deeper, this clearly became unrealistic, and Li Chonglou had to find another burial spot.
In this manner, he explored a section of a direction, then returned to the underground mine to check.
Time flew by and a day had passed.
Meanwhile, Donghai Island had entered its final phase of recovery.
Following the successful encirclement and suppression beforehand, the island nation's guards had virtually collapsed across the board, and the General Bureau had gone all out to raid their stronghold.
No one had expected the island nation's invasion issue to be resolved so simply and quickly.
In fact, the entire process didn't take much time; the ones who truly consumed time were the people from Heilin.
These fellows had reverted to their true nature and resorted to their specialty, guerrilla warfare. Their contribution to the swift resolution of the island nation's situation was undeniable.
After all, kicking a dog when it's down was something the Heilin people were exceptionally skilled at.
However, this tactic was ineffective against the General Bureau.
"Guerrilla warfare? Heh, do they not know we made our fortune with that?"
Old Mad scoffed at this.
Although it took considerably more time, Donghai Island's situation had become clear.
Just then, an unusual sound began to spread across the island.
"Do you know that our current victory is all thanks to the efforts of Lord Li!"
"What? You don't know about Lord Li? No worries, let me tell you all about it."
"You don't know, but the people in power now actually want to declare Lord Li as dead by accident. Passing the exam was Lord Li's lifelong aspiration! They are too unfair!"
Some bewildered villagers and guards, upon hearing this, could not help but feel a surge of anger from their hearts.
In their view, if it weren't for Lord Li's strategy, the island nation wouldn't have attacked Heilin first, nor would they have lost a Colonel.
This was a crucial link that could have directly impacted the outcome!
The island nation's people had been on Donghai Island for quite some time. They had also attempted full-scale offensives before, but all had been in vain.
This was primarily because the island nation had dug nearly impregnable defensive lines in their area, and to completely capture it would require far more personnel than they had!
But now, they had actually abandoned their defenses and launched a full-scale offensive, which gave Old Mad and his men an opportunity.
When considered this way, Li Chonglou naturally became the greatest contributor.
However, their praise didn't stop there.
The matters of the underground mine made them sincerely respect the Lord Li they spoke of.
"No, we cannot let such a heroic figure sacrifice in vain. Come, let's go find Captain Feng!"
Thus, from all corners of the island, the guards and villagers who empathized with the situation spontaneously headed towards the building to protest.
Of course, the leader among them was Tian Yi.
Inside the building.
Bang!
Old Mad slammed the table with a grim expression.
"Nonsense! When were we capable of deciding matters of the General Bureau's new recruit exam!"
Old Mad was about to go mad with anger. His reputation had already taken a hit due to the island nation's affairs, as not everyone could understand his difficult circumstances like Old Gao.
Now with this incident, according to the information Old Gao had gathered, he was becoming a thoroughly heartless scoundrel!
Considering that Donghai Island would be managed by him in the future, how could he carry out his work with such a reputation?
Old Gao also looked helpless.
"How should I know? I don't even know who this Lord Li they're talking about is."
Old Mad felt like he was going to explode. After contributing so much to this island over the years, his reputation was almost spotless, and today it was almost ruined!
"No, quickly summon their captain, Wang Bing, here. I need to confront him in person about this matter!"
Old Gao nodded repeatedly.
Meanwhile, on the first floor of the building, Wang Bing and Wu Di, among others, were also gathered there.
Even the host, Old Mad, knew about this matter, so how could they not?
What's more, the protestors were currently gathered outside the main entrance, protesting in unison.
Wu Di, Liu Tianzhi, and Wang Bing wore peculiar expressions. The former two were completely surprised that Li Chonglou had reached such a point, while Wang Bing couldn't comprehend the so-called ruling of death.
When had he announced the exam results?
Liu Tixing suddenly sneered, "I think they've all been fooled by that kid. With his character, would he do something like this?"
This fellow clearly still harbored resentment, or rather, jealousy towards Li Chonglou.
Liu Tianzhi also found it a bit unbearable and couldn't help but say, "He's dead now. There's no need to target him anymore."
Wu Di also chimed in, "Brother Liu, the deceased should be respected. Moreover, regardless of anything else, he did bring honor to our General Bureau. It's not appropriate to speak like this anymore."
Good heavens, before his exam results were even announced, they were already referring to themselves as the General Bureau.
Wang Bing secretly rolled his eyes and was about to speak when Old Gao walked up from downstairs.
The true area of the building extended beyond the ground floors. Similar to the hiding places where the Heilin people had previously concealed themselves, the truly safe areas were underground.
"Captain Wang, our captain wishes to see you."
Wang Bing nodded. He didn't need to guess to know what this was about, as the protestors outside were not calling his name, Wang Bing.
After nodding to Old Gao, Wang Bing said to everyone, "None of you are to leave this place. Wait for me to return and announce the exam results, and then we'll head back to the General Bureau together."
"Okay, Captain Wang, you go ahead and handle it."
"Don't worry, Captain Wang, we'll stay put."
Wu Di and Liu Tianzhi quickly responded. Liu Tixing's mood was still preoccupied with Li Chonglou, and he merely nodded.
After Captain Wang left, the others couldn't help but discuss amongst themselves.
"It hasn't been announced yet. Without that kid, we might not have all passed."
"Alas, it's a pity. Such a genius. If he hadn't died, I would definitely have befriended him!"
"You're just saying that after the fact. I recall you were also part of the group badmouthing him before."
"That was listening to villains..."
The speaking man noticed Liu Tixing's unpleasant expression and quickly changed his words.