Lin Wen would certainly not miss his target. It was just that this guy looked completely black at first glance, but before he fired, the "No colorful phoenix in body" alarm actually went off.

Upon closer inspection, it turned out that there was a huge amount of void black energy surrounding this guy, but his actual body was only half black.

In other words, he had the intention of being completely black, but hadn't had the chance to carry it out yet.

Upon closer examination, it was clear that this guy's energy was in a state of strong internal contraction, indicating that he was very afraid.

The energy was a mixture of blue, green, and yellow, just like Old Xie, except that it was half black. The energy itself was like an inflated balloon, and it was a bit like Fang Dashan.

This was a typical mundane person who loved money, power, women, and scheming, except that Fang Dashan gained power by training the army, Old Xie gained status through hard work, and this guy chose an unforgivable method.

It must be an environmental issue, Lin Wen thought.

He had been influenced too much, and his mind was full of these calculations, sacrificing his personality and conscience in order to avoid punishment.

These kinds of people were usually handed over to Fang Yaobo for handling, and after their crimes were investigated, they were executed by firing squad.

This was considered a "public execution," and had nothing to do with him.

Unless they confessed under duress, the facts were unclear, and wrongful convictions were made, otherwise, no matter how innocent the person was, they would have no karmic retribution.

If the criminal was completely black and was caught by him, then even if it was a "public execution," their good karma would not be diminished.

The logic behind this was also very clear. If the criminal he didn't catch, they wouldn't go looking for death on their own. If they were caught by him, it was the cause, and being executed was the effect, so they had good karma.

As for non-black individuals, even if they were "publicly executed" after being caught by him, the premise was that they had violated the legal provisions of the secular world, so they had no bad karma.

Unless the legal provisions were distorted by him into extremely unfair ones, otherwise, it was all bad karma.

Fang Yaobo had executed this matter very well. His anti-human crime system had basically taken shape. Lin Wen thoughtfully gave him a few books, "Criminal Law," "Legal Intent," and "The Essence of Law" (selected excerpts from the declaration) as a reference, allowing him to reconstruct the empire's laws based on the basic principle that "laws are ultimately meant to serve the people."

Now, anti-human crimes were no longer the actions of a madman who killed people on sight, but were divided into "principal offenders" and "accomplices."

Accomplices in anti-human crimes had the opportunity to reform, which was equivalent to a suspended sentence.

As for principal offenders in anti-human crimes, they started with no suspended sentence, and were basically all sentenced to death, and all were immediately executed upon sentencing.

Lin Wen glanced over and saw that there were only over five hundred captured soldiers, and about one-sixth of them were completely black.

He mainly used black energy to judge the attack targets in the mud pit, and the completely black ones were the primary targets, and he had already killed many of them.

Lin Wen thought to himself, "Now I can make use of them first, and then hand them over to Fang Yaobo for trial when I return."

Waving his hand, he said, "Alright, you are now the human security forces of Changshan County. Go and clean up the battlefield immediately."

He then said to Yun Zhixing, "You send someone to keep an eye on them."

Yun Zhixing, regardless of being covered in mud, said loudly, "Alright, Lord Wen, I'll go now."

Lin Wen didn't like this title at all. "In the future, if you want to express closeness, please call me Comrade Lin Wen."

"Com…rade," Yun Zhixing struggled with the pronunciation, "What does that mean, Lord Wen?"

"It means people with the same aspirations. From now on, everyone in Changshan County should address each other this way. Don't call me Lord Wen, it's annoying to hear."

After saying this, Lin Wen turned and left. A special agent came up and said, "Sheriff, the head of the household is asking for you to come over."

This was the first time Lin Wen had heard the special agents under Qin Luoshuang address her this way.

"The head of the household."

"It's Miss Qin. She trains us, manages us, gives us hope, sets goals for us, establishes house rules, and plans everything for us. She is our head of the household."

Alright.

It was indeed just a shell for the KGB.

The Qin Clan group was truly a family power, and even the secret service organization was family-oriented.

Following the gray-clothed man, Lin Wen arrived at a large house in the county town.

As soon as he entered, he saw Rock State Liu Henshi and several members of the Democratic Party arguing with Qin Luoshuang.

"We must go and save them!"

"The Farmers' Movement is an organization of farmers just like us. They are only opposing those corrupt officials and bullies, and are just trying to find a way out for the farmers."

"Rock State is now crazily taxing the people. Over five hundred people in Nangang Village resisted the taxes and injured several tax officers, and immediately faced cruel retaliation."

"The loyal and brave army of Rock State captured Nangang Village and used extremely cruel methods to torture and massacre them, such as cutting out hearts and peeling skin, dismembering with knives, burning alive, and burying alive, and over five hundred people did not survive, leaving only a few dozen children who were sold to human traffickers."

"Their tax police openly shouted, 'If you don't pay grain, you pay with people,' 'Resist taxes and don't pay, exterminate the family and the clan,' 'Attack the tax police, uproot the grass and eliminate the roots.' The brothers of the Farmers' Movement told us that the western area has already been wiped out, and many villages are empty, becoming ghost towns, with corpses littering the roads and wild dogs tearing apart the flesh everywhere."

"Rock State has blocked all information and cut off all communication. The Farmers' Movement resisting them now only has over a thousand people left, and they are besieged in Huaibei Town. They have no way to escape, and only we can save them."

"But, they have already organized and fought against the state government's army." Qin Luoshuang argued back, "According to the empire's laws, they are standard bandits and rebels, and we are imperial officials. If we help the bandits resist the official army, it is treason!"

"But, but…" Ye Ying's eyes were filled with tears, "Aren't we, aren't we Sheriff Lin's team? Sheriff Lin didn't say, didn't say…"

She burst into tears, and big tears rolled down her face.The room was silent until Lin Wen walked in.

Everyone's gaze turned to him in an instant.

Lin Wen spoke briefly.

"Now."

"The entire army will depart for Huai Bei Town."

"Good!" The butcher bellowed, "Worthy of being Sheriff Lin, I, Old Zhang, indeed didn't misjudge you!"

Ye Ying broke into a smile through her tears, while Rock Liu Henshi turned to look at Qin Luoshuang.

Qin Luoshuang, as if she had been waiting for these words, immediately stood up.

"Understood, Sheriff Lin."

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Lin Wen's forces, all added up, totaled no more than 1,200 men.

Among them, 600 were KGB agents, well-trained and well-equipped. Although they originated from intelligence work, they were also adept at small-scale combat, excelling in ambushes, street fighting, and assassinations.

Their commander, Qin Luoshuang, had undergone complete militarized training, was familiar with various military theories, and had a resume even more impressive than Fang Dashan's. She had even passed the third level of special forces trials.

In the prophecy of "No colorful phoenix in body," she was one of the only two military leaders in Changshan County deemed reliable, alongside Yang Shaohu.

Fang Dashan was not among them.

Lin Wen was well aware that without changing his nature, he could never become a decision-making leader of Changshan County's military.

There were also over 500 prisoners in the troops. Qin Luoshuang's original intention was to execute these prisoners before heading into battle lightly, but Lin Wen vetoed this proposal.

He called over the four captured battalion commanders and said, "Take up arms, lead the charge, and if you survive, it's your own merit."

Upon hearing this, Xu Chaogong immediately shouted, "Understood! Long live Sheriff Lin! Smash Chang Shengkai's dog head!"

The other three battalion commanders were half a beat slower, each seething with annoyance, knowing that this was a declaration of loyalty, and failing to follow would not earn Sheriff Lin's trust.

They themselves were also the governor's private soldiers, a type of informal troop created by governors to circumvent the Supreme Assembly's restrictions on troop possession in various states and regions.

Their organization was covert, distinct from the unorganized mercenaries.

The quality of these troops varied greatly, as did their treatment. Some were even more well-trained than the regular army, while others were more like pacified bandits.

In the minds of Xu Chaogong and others, they were all paid to eat; who they served didn't really matter.

Today they might be the governor's private soldiers, tomorrow Sheriff Lin's; there was no difference.

Although a sheriff ranked much lower than a governor, the former wielded three powers: martial law power, military power, and financial authority, combined, they formed an independent kingdom.

In terms of authority, they had more power than the overall governor. Chang Shengkai was not an overall governor, with very limited military and financial power.

Changshan County might have a smaller territory, but its willingness to oppose the governor indicated a powerful backer.

Thus, siding with Sheriff Lin was also a good choice.

Moreover, the most crucial point was that Sheriff Lin himself was a modified human. Knowing this, if they didn't join, the only other possibility was to be silenced.

Xu Chaogong instantly sorted out the complex relationships in his mind, thus making the decision to switch allegiances without hesitation, and took the initiative to leave a good impression in Sheriff Lin's heart before the other three battalion commanders.

"Hmph."

He thought to himself, "Even in a new place, you're still a step behind me, and you'll still have to listen to me."

The other three battalion commanders were filled with regret; they weren't fools and quickly understood the situation.

The leader of the Benevolence Group, Jiang Jin, whispered, "Gentlemen, we must take the initiative to attack later. We didn't gain much under Governor Chang, but we must seize some benefits under Sheriff Lin."

The other two battalion commanders nodded repeatedly, resolute in their decision.

At the rear of the troops.

Lin Wen was conversing with Qin Luoshuang and Rock Liu Henshi.

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Rock detailed their observations during the seven days they had been in Rock State.

Rock State had organized a large number of grain conscription teams, which were extorting everywhere, causing public outrage and chaos.

In the central regions of Rock State, Gan Nan and Hu districts had already experienced massive uprisings over a month ago. An organization called the Gan Nan Resistance Army led hundreds of thousands of peasants to kill all local officials, violently resisting taxes and rents.

The governor of Rock State was leading all military leaders to suppress the resistance army.

Lin Wen had long found it strange; Rock State was no different from a time of chaos, with rebellion, war, slaughter, robbery, plunder, and even open human trafficking—no semblance of civilized order.

It was completely different from places he had visited like Ling State and Yaojing.

He asked, "Doesn't the Empire care?"

Qin Luoshuang shook her head, "The governor is responsible for all affairs in a region. Unless impeached, the Supreme Assembly won't manage local affairs directly over the governor."

"So such blatant slaughter is allowed? Even if the borders are closed, aren't there any news reporters? No public oversight?"