The corridor was about thirty meters long, dimly lit, with cement walls on both sides and no rooms.

Gu Baisun, Wei Xiangzuo, and the others were blocked near the exit, watching helplessly as more than twenty people approached.

As the distance closed, the burly man leading the group shouted at Wei Xiangzuo again, "This isn't your business. You can leave!"

"What are you pretending for? What do you want?!" Guo Zhengdao took a step forward, unbuttoning his coat to reveal six or seven grenades strapped to his waist. "What's this about?! Huh?!"

Wei Xiangzuo waved his hand at Guo Zhengdao, signaling him to stay put. He faced the unfamiliar burly man and said, "Let him come out."

"I told you to leave!" the man emphasized.

"Shua!"

As soon as he finished speaking, four men behind him revealed micro-Cs.

The atmosphere in the corridor became extremely tense. Wei Xiangzuo shifted to the side, using his body to shield Gu Baisun. He ignored the burly man and shouted, "Don't hide behind there. If you have something to say, come out and say it!"

At the corridor entrance, Yu Mingyuan frowned, head lowered, and remained silent.

"Are you not leaving?!" The burly man pointed his finger at Wei Xiangzuo. "Do you know what you're doing?"

"I'll leave your mother! Get out of the way!"

"You're not leaving, huh?!" The burly man, who had been pointing at Wei Xiangzuo, suddenly lunged forward, grabbed his shoulder, and pulled him to the side. At the same time, he raised his right hand, aimed the gun at Gu Baisun's head, and pulled the trigger without hesitation.

"Bang!"

A gunshot rang out, and blood splattered.

Niu Feng, who had been standing in front of Gu Baisun, didn't hesitate to step forward when the man raised his arm, hitting his arm with his right hand, causing himself to take a bullet to the shoulder, where blood gushed out.

"Brother Niu!!" Gu Baisun's eyes instantly turned red. He kicked the man, shouting, "You son of a bitch! I can't even do this?! Then let's go!"

As he spoke, everyone on Gu Baisun's side revealed their guns.

"Don't move!"

Wei Xiangzuo stood between the two groups, also pulling out his gun and pointing it at the corridor entrance, shouting, "I'm telling you, today either you kill me, or we all leave together. There's no third option!"

At the corridor entrance, Yu Mingyuan, who had been lowering his head, listened to Wei Xiangzuo's words and resolutely stepped into the corridor, bringing Zhou Tonghui and Kong Zhenghui with him.

"Brother Wei, get out of the way," Yu Mingyuan shouted.

Wei Xiangzuo looked at Yu Mingyuan, gripping his gun, and said in a trembling voice, "Ming... Mingyuan, things have come to this. What's the point of messing with Little Gu? If you get rid of him, who will be the association president? Who will help Lao Li get things done?!"

"If I get rid of him, we'll elect a new president," Yu Mingyuan replied calmly.

"It's already like this. Why are you still clinging to the past?" Wei Xiangzuo roared angrily. "We're all in the same boat. Why do you have to...?!"

"Brother Wei, I've already given you enough face by coming out here!" Yu Mingyuan interrupted, shouting, "He killed my dad! If it were you, would you let this go?!"

Wei Xiangzuo stared at him and replied, "You killed his dad too! Wasn't my shifu killed by you guys?!"

Yu Mingyuan gritted his teeth and pointed at Wei Xiangzuo, replying, "I'll say it one last time. My grudge with him is a matter of self-awareness. Neither you nor anyone else can truly understand it, understand?! Second, what kind of dogshit is Gu Tongshan?! He sells drugs and incites Xu Hu to block our trade routes. We've tolerated him several times, but he won't budge. We didn't start the conflict. He's the one who wouldn't give us a way out, so his death is deserved!"

"I'll go to your mother!" Gu Baisun threw a punch, roaring like a madman, "I didn't come after you because I was afraid of you?! If Su Tianyu wasn't protecting you, I would have sent you to heaven a year and a half ago!"

"I just don't understand where you get the courage to say that!" Kong Zhenghui, holding his gun, raised his arm over Wei Xiangzuo, ready to fire.

"Tread, tread..."

Just then, a series of footsteps came from the corridor as Su Tianyu arrived with Hou Guoyu.

He hadn't wanted to show up because he could easily guess what would happen after the conference, but he couldn't avoid it.

He had received a message from Yu Mingyuan in the backyard.

In the corridor, the two sides faced each other with guns. Su Tianyu stepped forward, looking at Wei Xiangzuo with a blank expression.

Wei Xiangzuo desperately protected Gu Baisun, saying in a trembling voice, "Liu Zi! To let Lao Li win, to set up this situation... on the day Yu Zheng died... I had to step on Little Gu's shoulders and shoot him twice with a shotgun. Those two shots... basically crippled him. His bones are all shattered... I'm just asking you... who on your side would be willing to do that for Lao Li?"

Su Tianyu was silent.

"If we're talking about loyalty, you guys can gain Lao Li's trust by doing one thing, but even if Little Gu does a hundred things, he'll never have as high a position in Lao Li's heart as you do! He doesn't have parents. He just wants to protect his own life!" Wei Xiangzuo's eyes were red as he looked at Su Tianyu very frankly. "That's right... I was the one who told everyone else to vote for Little Gu at the last moment... I don't want to fight for that damn president position! I gave him the position because I wanted to protect him!"

"Brother Wei, feelings... there's no reasoning with them," Su Tianyu said, standing next to Yu Mingyuan.

Hearing this, Wei Xiangzuo clenched his fists and roared at Su Tianyu, "Then you just kill me too!"

"We're friends, brothers!" Su Tianyu stepped forward and grabbed Wei Xiangzuo's gun-wielding arm tightly. "Get out of the way!"

"Don't force me!" Wei Xiangzuo roared with red eyes. "Even if my shifu was wrong, he only had one son. I can't let his line end!"

Su Tianyu pulled at his wrist. "Then shoot me!"

"Gudong!"

Wei Xiangzuo was thrown aside by Su Tianyu, his body slamming into the wall.

Su Tianyu never paid attention to Gu Baisun. He just held down Wei Xiangzuo's gun-wielding wrist and roared, "Don't move!!!"

"Bang!"

A gunshot rang out, and the chandelier on the ceiling shattered instantly, plunging the room into even darker light.

Zhou Tonghui pulled Yu Mingyuan back a step, and Kong Zhenghui pointed at Gu Baisun, shouting, "Kill him!"

"Come on! You sons of bitches, let's all die together!"

Guo Zhengdao pulled the pin on the grenade and instantly took the lead.

...

Outside the district.

An Ze City sat in the military conference room, interlacing his fingers as he looked at the chief of staff and asked, "What's the situation?"

"The public vote conference has ended, and the code workers' association has withdrawn."

"Mm." An Ze City paused for a moment. "Unplug all the phone lines above the rank of major in the headquarters. Damn it, we're closing the country's doors. No matter who looks for us, we won't go out!"