Chapter 404: Chapter 404

"Is it difficult for me, the omniscient and omnipotent emperor, to know the name of an ant?"

Chu Yi spoke calmly, staring at the information on the life and death ledger. A glimmer of light, using bloodline as a link, quickly expanded like a seed, spreading out the names of nine clans, their places of birth, birth dates, lifespans, and so on, all laid bare.

This is simply a divine artifact for exterminating entire families!

"Sir, what do you want to ask? I will hide nothing."

Ye Bufan suppressed his unease, as if he had no secrets in front of this mysterious person.

He had just started to enjoy his success in the organization, enjoying wealth, women, and power for less than a year. He didn’t want to die young.

"You have your family’s contact information, right."

Chu Yi spoke nonchalantly.

"I do. We don’t use Star Rings; we use biological chips in our brains, though they’re monitored by my superiors."

Chu Yi’s handsome face revealed a sinister smile.

"Find your organization’s treasure trove for me, as well as all members in Upper and Lower Yaoguang City."

"As the main person in charge of Yaoguang City, there shouldn’t be any omissions, right?"

"If you provoke me, I will wipe out your entire family."

Ye Bufan was shocked once again. What does this person want?

Overthrow the Illuminati branch?

Does he understand how powerful the Illuminati are!

It’s a superpower spanning over a thousand cities!

Anyone who dared to challenge the Illuminati, except the resistance leaders, almost met a terrible end!

"This, this is a bit difficult for me."

"It’s not that I’m unwilling, but the branch data is controlled by my superiors, and permission needs to be applied for."

His eyes flickered, trying to buy time, waiting for backup from higher-ups.

Chu Yi retracted his foot, saw Ye Bufan standing dumbfounded, and waved his hand over the life and death ledger.

The lifespan column for a name instantly dropped to zero.

The life and death ledger has two functions: the first is to consume souls to investigate the target’s nine clans.

The second is to set a death date, requiring no face-to-face meeting and disregarding spatial distance. As long as the name is on the ledger, it can directly control a person’s life and death, effective only on targets with a far lower status than oneself.

If it evolves to a higher level, it can even allocate lifespans, replenishing lifespan.

"Make a call, your mother is dead."

Ye Bufan was stunned, seeing that Chu Yi wasn’t paying him any attention, he immediately used the chip in his brain to call his mother.

Meanwhile, he was also stalling for time.

On the other end of the line.

"Hello, who is this?"

Ye Bufan’s heart tightened because the voice on the phone was a man’s.

He knew his mother always loved beauty, and since he became the person in charge of Yaoguang City, he had been capturing pretty girls for her to play with, peeling off their skin and turning it into casing with the organization’s technology—celebrities, campus belles, noblewomen, and so on.

"Are you a relative of this lady? Please come to the Pet Beast Recovery Hospital."

"What happened? What’s wrong with my mom?"

Ye Bufan was stunned and looked at Chu Yi beside him, anxious and uneasy.

Is my mom really gone?

"This lady didn’t watch while crossing the road and was hit by an honorable griffin flying vehicle, sent flying a hundred meters away. Pieces scattered everywhere; she’s covered in blood. Some parts even went down the sewer and can’t be pieced back together."

Ye Bufan was dumbfounded, then clutched his head in agitation: "You’re joking, right? Are you deliberately deceiving me? I’ll kill your entire family!"

"Stop this nonsense, hurry to the hospital and sign. Your mom violated the noble privilege agreement by not yielding to the noble lord, and you still need to pay compensation."

"He hit someone, and I have to pay?"

Ye Bufan couldn’t believe it.

"Damn it, are you the son of this cheap woman? Your mother dressed up like a zombie in the middle of the night and jumped out, frightening my griffin. Do you know how expensive this pet beast I bought is?"

"If you don’t pay, doctor, directly cremate her and scatter the ashes in the dung pit. Are you going to pay or not, you commoner!"

"Damn you! Wait till I get back and deal with you!"

Ye Bufan was trembling with rage because his work with the Illuminati meant he hid his identity, and he was merely a commoner back home.

Chu Yi applauded, enjoying the whole spectacle, replicating the Federation’s lower-life hardness one-to-one, witnessing the cruelty of hierarchies.

"Time to work for me."

Chu Yi smiled lightly. The causal strings controlled Ye Bufan, who finally understood the curse laid by this gentleman. Bearing the hatred for his mother’s death, he managed a smile.

"Well done, sir. I’m willing to be your dog, woof woof!"

"Good, let me reward you with a relative."

After some praise, Chu Tiandi, in high spirits, made another stroke on the life and death ledger, killing one of Ye Bufan’s uncles.

Ye Bufan’s face was stiff, obediently leading the way, not daring to have any thoughts.

At a certain seaside villa.

The grey mist descended, lowering countless tentacles, peeling back a layer from the underground experimental base.

"Enemy attack, enemy attack!"

"This, this is an Evil God invasion, run!"

"The Master of Grey Mist is attacking? What about the City Defense Army? Are they not going to do anything about such a huge commotion?"

"Is this Evil God the pet of that forbidden one?"

"King of Black Robes!?"

"Sir, spare us, I’m willing to be your dog, woof woof woof!"

"Yes, yes, sir, we’ve switched allegiance to you, all to be your faithful dogs! Woof woof!"

"Sir, I’ll lead the way for you, this way, please!"

The giant submarine sprouted dense mouths, and the staff within the base were horrified as tentacles from the cabin grabbed them.

"Is this a bizarre incident?"

"The power source is damaged, Captain, we can’t get out! The organization hasn’t sent any messages either!"

"Sir, spare us, I’m willing to be your dog, woof woof woof!"

"Sir, this is the deep-sea treasure, the 13th Forbidden Item, named Deep-sea Tact—please accept it."

Ye Bufan watched as eight bases were blown into blazing fire across the sky, staring blankly at one group after another of the experimental base’s subordinates kneeling to a majestic Sun God, face drained of color.

He was filled with deep despair.

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As the branch head, he secretly gave a few fake positions leading to his whole family paying for his mistake; his uncles and clansmen were all gone.

He was too powerless to curse.

As for all those who acted as dogs, they shared one common trait.

The pain of losing their mother.

Orphans were an exception.

Strangely enough, despite losing loved ones, they became even more loyal to Chu Yi.

This was the terror of the causal strings, controlling those beneath his status to become mere puppets, obedient to his every word.

Even Ye Bufan himself, unknowingly, was swiftly transformed, already turned into a doll at someone else’s disposal. Chu Yi could make him sell himself if he wanted to, always considering his master’s needs, even preparing lubricants himself.

They were just like colonized people, only to please their master.

"Sir, you’re too high-profile."

Ye Bufan found Chu Yi, sighed and said.