After depositing the gold and silver into the money house, Xu Jingming finally relaxed, "All the matters are finally completed."

Of course, there was also the Sword King's weapon, Cheng Yanran's jade pendant, etc., hidden in a residential house. The situation was too tense now, so it wasn't suitable to sell them. Selling them now would result in too low a price.

"I'll go take a bath first." Xu Jingming didn't like going to those bathhouses. Instead, he preferred to go to the trouble of boiling some hot water himself, take a nice soak, and change into new clothes.

Wearing official robes inside, draped with a cyan robe, a wine gourd hanging from his waist, and a spear bag on his back, Xu Jingming leisurely strolled towards the South Command headquarters.

"I, this Blood Rain Guard of the Judiciary Division, only went there once on the day I reported. I haven't been there recently. I'm so irresponsible." Xu Jingming mocked himself inwardly, because he was directly managed by Chief Warden Niu of the Judiciary Division. Chief Warden Niu had said that he wouldn't care about him for the next few months, so he was naturally very relaxed.

"The contract for this team of cosmic citizen players in my hands still has more than half a month left. I can't waste it. Whether I can gather 10,000 gold depends on this half month."

"First, I have to find good hunting targets."

Xu Jingming came to the hall where the Judiciary Division stored case files and began to carefully read through them.

Last time, it was to deal with Cheng Yanran, so he read the case files in a targeted manner.

This time...

It was to determine hunting targets, so the scope of reading was wider.

"Gurgle, gurgle." With a wine gourd by his side, occasionally taking a sip, Xu Jingming patiently read through the case files.

From day to night, even at night, candles as thick as a child's arm were lit in the case file hall, illuminating it brightly.

"Hmm."

After reading so many case files, Xu Jingming had some targets in mind.

"Looking at the capital, there are plenty of wealthy people. But most of them are fixed assets! Even if they have cash... it's all in the form of silver notes with secret codes." Xu Jingming thought. Those wealthy merchants and clans generally had silver notes with secret codes for their huge wealth! Even if thieves stole them, it would be useless. If they lost the silver notes, they could still retrieve them with their identity tokens and secret codes.

"What I need is real gold and silver."

"Those who dare to keep so much gold and silver are not easy to provoke." Xu Jingming closed the case file.

The places with the most gold and silver stored were, for example, large money houses! Or the Seven Kill Pavilion headquarters! But these places were heavily guarded with traps and mechanisms. It wasn't something his team could provoke. Moreover, with too much gold and silver, the world's targeting was conceivable.

"There are now twenty to thirty candidates." Xu Jingming roughly defined the scope first. "No rush, there's still plenty of time."

These candidates were all rich and unkind, harming all sides.

Xu Jingming felt that he was acting on behalf of Heaven when he took action!

"Whoosh."

Xu Jingming got up, stretched, and with the wine gourd hanging from his waist and the spear bag on his back, walked outside.

It was already dark outside, and many Blood Rain Guards had left their offices, preparing to have dinner.

"Brother Jing." Xu Jingming was walking in this small town of the South Command when he suddenly heard a pleasant voice.

Xu Jingming turned his head and saw it was the one-armed female swordsman, Qiu Tong. Qiu Tong seemed very happy.

"Sister Qiu Tong." Xu Jingming also walked over happily.

"I heard you came to the Judiciary Division. I looked for you several times but couldn't find you," Qiu Tong said.

"I'm just holding a vacant position now. I don't need to clock in regularly. I just wander around," Xu Jingming said.

Qiu Tong immediately said, "Let's go, let's go. It's rare that we've met. I'm treating today."

"Okay." Xu Jingming didn't decline.

Leaving the South Command, the two found a secluded small restaurant.

There were only two private rooms on the second floor of the small restaurant, and Xu Jingming and Qiu Tong entered one of them.

"Don't look at this place. It looks ordinary, but the craftsmanship is truly extraordinary. I come here every now and then. It's just a little far from the South Command; otherwise, I would come more often," Qiu Tong said with a smile.

Xu Jingming could see that Qiu Tong was living a comfortable life.

"I'll order the dishes," Qiu Tong said enthusiastically.

A girl walked into the private room and said familiarly, "Sister Qiu, you're here."

"Five pounds of soy-braised beef first. Their soy-braised beef is completely different from other places," Qiu Tong explained, and then ordered several more large dishes in succession. "Finally, two large bowls of beef and mushroom rice and a jar of your Green Leaf Wine. Xiao Qin, bring the dishes quickly."

"Don't worry." The girl immediately went to arrange it.

Soon, a jar of Green Leaf Wine and a large serving of soy-braised beef were delivered first.

"Mmm, mmm." Xu Jingming picked up a piece of soy-braised beef with his chopsticks, took a bite, and immediately felt as if his taste buds were exploding. It was crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, with gravy inside. Xu Jingming's teeth were sharp, and he chewed it clean in two bites.

For Xu Jingming, Qiu Tong, and other first-rate experts, after reaching cellular control, their stomach's digestive ability was also very strong. Eating twenty or thirty pounds of meat in one meal was a trivial matter.

Of course, in an intense battle, their weight might also decrease by ten or twenty pounds. Under their control, almost all of the reduction was fat.

"Not bad, not bad," Xu Jingming said, "Does this soy-braised beef have an extra 'roasted' step?"

"Yes, the ingredients are more refined, and the surface is roasted to be a little crispy while ensuring the tenderness inside," Qiu Tong said, also eating.

Dish after dish.

Green Leaf Wine was a relatively light wine.

"Sister Qiu Tong, I feel like you're living a pretty good life. You know all the good food places around here," Xu Jingming said, holding a bone in one hand, listening to Qiu Tong talk about food, and couldn't help but admire.

"Actually, when I first came to the Prison Division, I was quite stifled," Qiu Tong said, drinking wine. "The Prison Division is too boring and tedious. Every day I'm responsible for guarding, guarding prisoners like a blockhead. And there are no daring and reckless thieves who dare to rob prisoners from the South Command headquarters' prison, so every day is really boring. It's only a little interesting to squeeze some oil from the prisoners."

"I heard that if you go to the South Command headquarters' prison, you can't even think about coming out alive without several thousand taels of silver," Xu Jingming said.

"I can't help it either," Qiu Tong shook her head. "This world is very chaotic! Layers upon layers demand benefits. If I don't take what's allocated to me, I'm not fitting in! I'll be ostracized."

Xu Jingming understood this point.

"I'm lucky to be a deputy captain, so I can slack off a bit," Qiu Tong said. "Usually, what I like to research the most is food. The capital is the capital! It gathers the top cuisines from all over the place."

Xu Jingming immediately said, "You have to tell me about them one by one. I'm very free now and can slowly taste them."

At least he was very satisfied with the food at this secluded restaurant.

"Okay, no problem," Qiu Tong nodded and suddenly said, "By the way, have you seen Brother Luo recently?"

"The last time I went to the Fei residence, I heard that he had already moved out," Xu Jingming said.

"Mm."

Qiu Tong nodded, "I found out that he opened a small restaurant and just took in two concubines. I guess he wants to have children and live a peaceful life."

"Took in concubines?" Xu Jingming was surprised.

"He didn't tell me. I accidentally found out when I was chatting with other Blood Rain Guards," Qiu Tong said, "After all, the three of us are from Lanyue City together. Let's take care of his side a little more in the future."

"Mm," Xu Jingming nodded, "Pay more attention."

"Back then, among the three of us, Brother Luo was the worst off. I lost an arm, and Brother Jing, you were the strongest... but now you've been demoted to an ordinary Blood Rain Guard," Qiu Tong shook her head, "I've seen through it. It's really hard to make a living in this place in the capital."

"It is hard," Xu Jingming nodded. He didn't even provoke Cheng Yanran, and it still brought trouble.

His brothers under his command, Zhang Ke and the others, were also innocently implicated.

"I've been in the South Command headquarters for a long time, and I can feel... the world is really chaotic now. Even the Blood Rain Guards in the capital are planning their escape routes," Qiu Tong said.

"Planning their escape routes?" Xu Jingming was stunned.

"The Northwest is completely rotten now, and the South is not much better. Only the East can maintain the most basic order," Qiu Tong said in a low voice, "The Blood Rain Guards in the capital secretly believe that this world won't last much longer, so naturally they're trying to make as much money as they can."

"Four thousand Blood Rain Guards and two hundred thousand auxiliary guards are enough to guard the capital, but wanting to pacify the world... is far from enough," Xu Jingming also nodded.

The two of them were full from eating and drinking. While they were chatting, a quarrel suddenly broke out downstairs.

"There's such a big dead rat in this soup. It's disgusted Sixth Master. If you don't give me an explanation, I'll smash your restaurant!" The loud voice downstairs could be heard throughout the restaurant.

"Let's go down and take a look," Qiu Tong said.

"Let's go," Xu Jingming got up.

The two of them came to the first floor and saw a group of people sitting casually at two tables. One of the leaders was pointing at the soup, "Look, look, such a big dead rat, isn't it disgusting? You're still running a restaurant? You might as well close it down sooner rather than later."

"Sixth Master, Sixth Master," an old man stepped forward and said nicely, "We're willing to apologize. How much do you want? Just name a number."

The sharp-mouthed, monkey-cheeked man stretched out his large palm: "Five hundred taels of silver, and Sixth Master will be generous and forgive you."

"Five hundred taels?" the old man exclaimed.

"Brother Wang, it's them," the girl waiter brought in two patrolling auxiliary guards from outside. The two auxiliary guards frowned when they saw the ten or so people causing trouble.

"Wang Cheng, you've come at a good time," the sharp-mouthed, monkey-cheeked man sneered, pointing at the soup, "Look at this dead rat in the soup. It's really disgusting. If you don't give me an explanation today, how can I, Chang Laoliu, survive in the capital?"

The girl waiter berated, "If there was a dead rat in such a large bowl of meat soup, how could you have drunk more than half of the soup! You've even scooped out all the meat!"

"Don't mention it, it makes me even angrier!" the sharp-mouthed, monkey-cheeked man said angrily.

"You scooped out all the meat in the soup and ate it, but you didn't find such a big dead rat?" the girl waiter berated.

"It's just that coincidental!" the man said angrily, "Stop talking nonsense, five hundred taels of silver. I'll forgive you, otherwise today... my people will smash your restaurant. Don't even mention Wang Cheng, it's useless who you find today!"

The girl's eyes were red with anger, but she couldn't do anything about it.

"Landlord," the old man said in a low voice, "Endure it, endure it."

"This group of people is clearly extorting us," the girl was furious. "My father was forced to his sickbed by these gangs, and now they're still coming to extort us. The yamen wants money, the Blood Rain Guards want money, the gangs want money, and even these gang members continue to want money without following the rules... We're doing business, but what we earn isn't enough for them to extort!"

The sharp-mouthed, monkey-cheeked man scratched his ears and sneered.

Xu Jingming and Qiu Tong, who were walking down the stairs, exchanged glances.

They were Blood Rain Guards!

It was an unspoken rule that all merchants in the district paid the Blood Rain Guards, and now, hearing what the girl said, Xu Jingming also felt it was a bit unkind. But that was how all the Blood Rain Guards in the capital were, and he didn't have the ability to change it.

"Lend a hand," Qiu Tong gave Xu Jingming a look.

She had been eating here for a long time and had a good impression of the girl who ran the business, so she wanted to help. But she was a Blood Rain Guard of the Prison Division and had no authority to directly arrest people!

She didn't have the authority, but Xu Jingming did!

Xu Jingming nodded slightly.

"Huh?"

Xu Jingming stepped forward, his eyes ice-cold, causing the surrounding people to be slightly stunned.

Xu Jingming stared at the sharp-mouthed, monkey-cheeked man, scrutinizing him carefully.

"You are?" The sharp-mouthed, monkey-cheeked man vaguely felt that the person in front of him had too strong a sense of oppression and didn't dare to be too presumptuous.

"The Judiciary Division is investigating a case. This person is involved in an important case." Xu Jingming took out his token and showed it to the two auxiliary guards beside him, pointing at the sharp-mouthed, monkey-cheeked man, "You two auxiliary guards, escort this person to the South Command prison!"

Xu Jingming's token clearly stated "South Command Judiciary Division, Jingming."

"Yes," the two auxiliary guards immediately responded.

The Judiciary Division investigated major cases! Auxiliary guards were required to cooperate.

"I'm involved in an important case?" The sharp-mouthed, monkey-cheeked man couldn't believe it, "Sir, you've wronged me."

"Sir, my Sixth Master..." Someone else started to speak.

"Oh? There are accomplices too?" Xu Jingming swept his gaze over them.

The group of people was so frightened that they shuddered, their faces turned pale, and no one dared to speak.

"Spare me, spare me."

Chang Laoliu knelt down in fright, "Sir, spare me, I'll give you silver, I'll give you all my silver."

That was the South Command headquarters prison! Once you went in, you had to go through layers of leeches to get out. It was impossible to get out alive without several thousand taels of silver. He, a small gang leader, didn't have that much silver.

"Oh?" Xu Jingming looked at him.

"I have a hundred taels of silver," Chang Laoliu said, "Just take it as a tribute to you, sir."

Gang members also had high expenses. It was already very good that he had a hundred taels of spare money on hand.

Xu Jingming lost interest as soon as he heard that.

"Hurry up, escort him to the South Command prison," Xu Jingming instructed the two auxiliary guards, "When you send him over, register it clearly. It's a case investigated by me, Jingming!"

"Yes," the two auxiliary guards responded.

"Brother Jing, don't worry. In your case, no one can take him away without your or your superior's approval," Qiu Tong said with a smile, also showing her token, "I'm from the Prison Division. I'll take you two over."

The two auxiliary guards were awed and respectful. Another Blood Rain Guard from the Prison Division?

"Hurry up."

"Go."

The two auxiliary guards stepped forward, chains wrapped around the sharp-mouthed, monkey-cheeked man's hands, and escorted him out of the restaurant.

"Thank you, Sister Qiu, thank you, Lord Jing!" The girl was extremely excited. Her family really couldn't come up with five hundred taels of silver now.

"If there are any more who don't have eyes, just tell this sister," Qiu Tong said with a smile. With her status, protecting a small restaurant was not a problem.

"Thank you, Sister Qiu." The girl's eyes were wet. With these words, there was hope for her family's restaurant!

The surrounding gang members looked at each other and silently remembered it. This restaurant had the Blood Rain Guards from the Judiciary Division and the Prison Division as their backers.

Soon.

The two auxiliary guards escorted Chang Laoliu to the South Command.

"It's so difficult to run a restaurant, even with good skills," Xu Jingming stood on the street, looking at the dimly lit restaurant and shook his head slightly.

"But they still want to take root in the capital, because there's still some order in the capital. Outside is the real hell, a hell where people don't have a way to live," Qiu Tong shook her head.

Xu Jingming nodded.

The girl was clearly the landlord, but she was also receiving distinguished guests on the second floor of the restaurant.

Her father was seriously ill in bed, and she also had to run the business.

"It's also to make a living," Qiu Tong said, "I'll go to the South Command first. Are you still going to interrogate this prisoner? If you don't interrogate him, I'll give him a few sets of the prison's benefits."

"I'm very busy recently. If he's still alive a month later, I'll go and interrogate him," Xu Jingming said.

"Understood," Qiu Tong also understood.

This kind of small gang leader wouldn't be able to get out of prison alive. The South Command headquarters prison couldn't keep him locked up forever. Keeping him in custody also meant providing food and drink. Without money, according to unspoken rules, the person would be gone within a month.

Qiu Tong returned to the South Command headquarters, while Xu Jingming, with his spear bag on his back, returned to his residence.

"The capital looks quite prosperous," Xu Jingming walked on the road, "But it's so difficult to survive."

He could see the red-light districts in the distance, with some women waving handkerchiefs to attract customers upstairs.

He could see beggars begging in the streets.

He could see gang members walking down the street like a pack of jackals.

He could see important figures riding in carriages, surrounded by a group of guards.

"Different people, different ways of living, but as long as they can survive, they can live tenaciously. The resilience of life is really strong," Xu Jingming understood, "Perhaps, being able to live one more day is happiness for many of them."

Xu Jingming walked back to his residence, which was also the place he rented when he first came to the capital.

"Even in reality, I heard that after some weak civilizations collapsed and were swallowed up by powerful civilizations, the planetary lives of those weak civilizations had very miserable lives."

"There were those who worked year-round on mineral stars, accompanied by wind and sand."

"There were those who were slaves."

"There were those who were exploited to do various jobs. For example, in the Blood Rain World, there were some planetary lives who had their memories erased and went through 'Blood Rain World' lives again and again. After several Blood Rain World lives, they might die of old age in reality."

Xu Jingming himself had not experienced it, but there were many similar news stories that could be found on the virtual world network.

The Blue Star civilization allowed all citizens to practice evolutionary methods, and all citizens had virtual helmets! Among the initial civilizations of the universe, it was already doing very well.

"We must cherish the present. Every day we can live happily is already a very happy thing," Xu Jingming held a spear in the training field of his residence and naturally practiced his spear techniques.

Happiness is a matter of comparison.

The more he saw, the more Xu Jingming felt that every day he was really happy! Although there was the threat after the 'end of the new civilization protection period,' he had a bright future, was the number one genius of Blue Star, had a wife who understood him, a cute daughter, both parents alive, and his grandfather was still alive...

Now he could still train in virtual worlds. Although, looking at the entire universe, he was just an insignificant small character.

But such a life had already surpassed 99% of the people. It was really happy.

"Pretty good."

Xu Jingming practiced his spear techniques, and his spear techniques had a warmth that touched people's hearts.

At Xu Jingming's level, his spear techniques could already reflect his state of mind!

His spear techniques didn't become faster or more powerful. Nor were his moves more unpredictable. But they had a 'warmth that touched people's hearts.' Seeing such spear techniques was like seeing a warm life, seeing steaming meat buns, seeing a father holding his children...