Chapter 19 Uprising Plan

Zhou Jing, with Ross, took advantage of the night and the shelter of the houses, skillfully weaving through the streets and alleys.

A group of Hetero-blood Guards relentlessly pursued them, but they couldn't keep up with Zhou Jing's speed and were gradually left behind.

After running at full speed for a while, the urgent sound of bells suddenly echoed throughout the town.

*clang clang clang*

The guards rang the alarm, alerting the entire town.

Teams of disheveled guards hurriedly ran out of the barracks, hastily preparing their defenses.

However, the town's area was so small that even with the alarm, the pursuers couldn't get ahead of Zhou Jing. And the garrison on the city walls was limited, unable to completely intercept them.

Not long after the alarm sounded, Zhou Jing had already reached the foot of the city walls.

This section was sparsely guarded, with only a few soldiers peeking out from the battlements, who spotted Zhou Jing and Ross.

Zhou Jing smoothly climbed onto the city wall passage and turned to look at the guards beside him.

Seeing this, the guards brandished their weapons, seemingly ready to pounce, but the distance between them slowly widened as they moved, as if they had mastered the essence of the moonwalk.

Zhou Jing smirked, ignoring them, and took Ross over the wall and left.

The guards watched helplessly as the two disappeared into the thick darkness, looking utterly frustrated.

After a while, many Hetero-blood Guards finally arrived at the city wall, hearing that the thieves had carried the lord away, and the guards had been useless, they were furious.

"Why didn't you stop them?!"

"Damn it, if you had just hindered them, we would have arrived!"

The Hetero-blood Guards roared.

The guards obediently listened to the accusations, looking frightened on the surface, but rolling their eyes in secret.

Laughable, they didn't want to stop them at all.

The Hetero-blood Guards seemed disappointed, scolding the guards, then left the city and chased symbolically for a while. Feeling it was enough, they returned empty-handed with expressions of defeat.

On the surface, they criticized the guards for not stopping the thieves, but in reality, they were secretly relieved that the thieves hadn't been stopped.

Because during the chase, they had calmed down.

The enemy was suspected of being a Third Order Enhanced… maybe it was better to just let it go.

Everyone was just putting on a show, pretending to try their best, and then going their separate ways.

As for Luther… good luck to him.

Meanwhile, many town residents were awakened by the alarm and went out into the streets to observe, gossiping and inquiring about the situation. Learning that the lord had been kidnapped, they were shocked.

Finally, a hero has stood up for justice!

With Luther in charge, White Plains Town had been declining. Despite the losses of the residents, he remained lord. Many residents had long been dissatisfied, but the empire did nothing, and they were powerless.

Now, suddenly hearing this news, most of the citizens were not angry at all, but rather wanted to celebrate.

As the news of Luther's kidnapping spread, it swept through the entire town like a hurricane that night.

Many people secretly prayed for Luther.

Please, be sure to tear up the ticket!

…

After leaving White Plains Town, Zhou Jing ran with Ross for a while and soon discovered that the pursuers had given up.

"They stopped chasing so quickly, tsk, it seems Luther is really unpopular."

Zhou Jing clicked his tongue and led Ross to a hidden area in the wilderness. They put the unconscious Luther down and woke him up.

As soon as Luther opened his eyes, he saw Zhou Jing's face again. He panicked, sitting on the ground and scrambling backward, wanting to get away from Zhou Jing, stammering:

"How could you still be alive? I saw you die with my own eyes! What exactly are you?!"

He couldn't understand why Jason could come back to life. It had shattered his worldview, his mind was a mess, and he couldn't think at all. He was so scared that he was almost speechless.

Zhou Jing grabbed Luther again and pulled him back between his legs, raising an eyebrow.

"Did you think it was all over, and the dead wouldn't come back to settle accounts?"

Luther trembled like a sieve, his psychological defenses completely broken in the face of the incomprehensible Jason.

He regarded Zhou Jing as a vengeful ghost, his heart filled only with fear.

"W-What do you want?"

"I ask, you answer. Cooperate honestly, or my friend here would be happy to do something to you."

Zhou Jing pointed to Ross, saying casually:

"He is proficient in over a hundred methods of torture, and can definitely help you understand your body structure."

Luther turned to look at Ross and immediately believed it… with that expressionless face, he must be a ruthless killer!

Zhou Jing asked about what he wanted to know.

Luther had already been scared into breaking down, his brain shutting down. He basically answered whatever he was asked, without the courage to resist at all.

Soon, Zhou Jing learned the truth about Luther's assassination attempt, and the deeper secrets behind it.

"...So, you secretly transported benefits to the tribe, accumulating power, in order to respond to that Roman's call, to rebel and split the empire one day, to seek independence?"

Zhou Jing blinked, secretly amazed.

Because of Luther's excessive reaction back then, he suspected there was more to it, but he didn't know that a lord in a remote place like Luther was involved in a seemingly far-reaching rebellion plan.

And the leader of this rebellion plan was a guy named "Roman", who was also Luther's backer, holding a high position in the Terra Empire court. Zhou Jing heard this name for the first time.

All the tribal lords participated in this rebellion plan, connected by Roman's plan, forming an indirect alliance, waiting for the day to rise up together.

Luther only knew part of the list, and was not clear about all the people involved in the plan.

Zhou Jing inquired in detail and roughly understood the motives of these tribal lords.

The empire was established by a tribal alliance, but now it has been secretly trying to weaken the inherent tribal forces. The empire has replaced the original position of the tribes, absorbing a large amount of resources, and its strength has grown.

Many tribes felt resentful, believing that the empire was established with everyone's support, but now there was a tendency to discard them after they had served their purpose, so they decided to respond.

The Terra Empire has been established for more than forty years, and the threat of alien beasts still exists, but the living environment has improved a lot. The tribes believe that there is no need to stick together anymore, and they are increasingly dissatisfied with having an empire governing them. Under Roman's persuasion and considering various factors, many tribal lords had the idea of ​​breaking away from the empire.

Overthrowing the royal family was unnecessary, as that would be a lose-lose situation. Moreover, the various tribes in the Alien Beast World did not value the so-called "throne" much… it had only been forty years since they transitioned from the tribal era to the imperial era, and the legitimacy of the royal family's rule had not been completely established.

Every tribe that has survived from the barbaric era can be regarded as "orthodox."

Because of their support, the empire was established. If they were all independent, would the empire's rule still be justified?

Based on similar judgments, the tribes decided not to obey the empire anymore, planning to become kings themselves and be completely autonomous, breaking away from the leadership of the empire, and then using a mutual defense alliance to make the empire wary and afraid to start a war.

"Want to split a unified regime into a bunch of small regimes, each ruling themselves..."

Zhou Jing thought thoughtfully.

This situation, in simple terms, can be understood as… all the tribes, including the empire's royal family, invested in starting a company. Everyone is an investor, and the royal family is in charge.

But now, the person in charge wants to turn the company into his personal domain, diluting everyone's shares, so the investors are unwilling to continue, planning to withdraw their investment and start their own companies… thinking about it this way, the situation seems clearer.

Zhou Jing could understand the tribes' ideas. Judging from the situation in the Alien Beast World, this kind of independence might really have a good chance of success.

But Zhou Jing was curious about the motives of this "Roman".

Persuading so many tribal lords, secretly gathering a team, planning to split the empire… is this person an ambitious person? What benefits can he gain from this?

Only listening to Luther's description, without personal contact, Zhou Jing found it difficult to form a clear image of this Roman.

Zhou Jing shook his head, temporarily putting the matter aside, and asked about the crew-cut man’s situation… Compared to that, he was more concerned about the crew-cut man’s origins.

However, Luther was unaware of this, only knowing that the crew-cut man had a force behind him, which had a cooperative relationship with Roman. This person was also the secret guard Roman sent to protect him.

Luther's intersection with the mysterious force behind the crew-cut man was limited to providing some supplies every year, such as grain, ore, herbs, and various other things.

And the method of handover was often to transport the supplies to different locations. After Luther's people left, this mysterious force would send someone to take the things away. The two sides did not meet.

But since the crew-cut man died, his intersection with that mysterious force was also cut off.

"Since the handover is on your side, that mysterious force must have a base nearby..."

Zhou Jing frowned and pondered.

Unfortunately, Luther didn't know the location at all, making it impossible to find it, like searching for a needle in a haystack.

Even Luther didn't know the crew-cut man's true origins. However, he had at least obtained a clue.

That ambitious Roman had a deeper connection with the force behind the crew-cut man and must know more.

Zhou Jing asked all the questions he cared about and got the information he wanted.

After squeezing Luther dry of information, he had no interest in a verbal confrontation, and directly cut the person's throat with a knife.

A line of blood appeared.

Luther's eyes widened, covering his bleeding neck, his face showing pain.

He had been guarding against the living, but he never thought that he would eventually die at the hands of a "dead man"...

But inexplicably, he felt a little relieved.

After suffering for more than half a year, living in fear every day, like a walking corpse… Perhaps dying at the hands of this undead man would free him from the nightmare…

Luther fell to the ground, feeling the loss of life, the past flashing before his eyes, as if it were a past life. He slowly closed his eyes.

Zhou Jing didn't look at Luther's body again. There was no reason to let this person go.

Putting the knife back into its sheath, he muttered to himself.

"Someone wants to split the empire… Roman..."

To be honest, it didn't matter to him whether these lords rebelled or what the empire and the tribes would eventually become.

Both sides have their own reasons, and he doesn't have any sense of belonging to the Terra Empire, so he doesn't care that much.

Zhou Jing wondered how he could use this information he accidentally obtained to find a way to earn resources from this event…

"In the eyes of outsiders, I am still a dead person, so it is not suitable to appear in the surrounding areas, lest I be recognized by my former hunter companions.

It seems that it is time to leave the White Plains area… Perhaps going to the capital to get close to the core of power, the information I have obtained can be utilized… And Roman is in the capital, and I can only go there to contact him."

Zhou Jing's eyes flickered.

In addition, the capital concentrates a large amount of resources, which can be used to obtain more Hetero-blood potions and Hunter Breathing Technique resources, and it is very safe.

Perhaps that is a good place for the Eternal Apostle to hang up and develop.