Back to the Peak

Chapter 38: The Judge

Although getting stood up felt a little uncomfortable, Cheng Xuze didn’t care too much. After all, the Cheng family benefited greatly..

After seeing Shi Qingyang and listening to his experiences, Cheng Xuze even had a better impression of I don’t want to starve. Would an ordinary person care about the grievances of a child? Yet Not Starving had planned so much for Shi Qingyang, and had even given him a precious prescription.

Cheng Xuze had appreciated Shi Qingyang’s ruthlessness in bandaging his wounds before. Now after knowing that he was a good friend’s apprentice, he liked him even more. He soon expressed his willingness to take those who had chased Shi Qingyang to the judge as soon as he returned to the city.

“Thank you,” Shi Qingyang sincerely expressed his gratitude. Despite knowing how precious the medicine was, after knowing that someone could prepare it, Cheng Xuze didn’t rush to meet that pharmacist but instead was willing to help Shi Qingyang solve his problems. This was enough to show Cheng Xuze’s sincerity.

In his last life, Pengcheng Wanli taught him a lot. In this life… Although Shi Qingyang had paid a lot, if he hadn’t met Cheng Xuze, he wouldn’t have had such a good result.

At the entrance to the city, Cheng Xuze could not wait to jump out of the van, and took off his anti-radiation suit at a speed rarely seen by the elderly: “Finally, I’m in the city. These are the most uncomfortable clothes to wear!”

Wang Qing collected their radiation protection suits and sent them to the largest cleaning shop at the entrance to the city. At this time, Liu Qilin had dragged Red Hand and the others outside.

Cheng Xuze gave Red Hand a hard blow, and even now Red Hand still hadn’t woken. The radiant energy in his body was in a mess. The radiant energy in the other people’s bodies had recovered, but they were afraid of Cheng Xuze and were tied up again, so they didn’t dare to make a noise.

So many people being dragged out of the vans soon attracted the attention of others. There was not much news going on in Spark City, so some people even began to take photos with their contact terminal, and some people called the police.

Red Hand was in a coma on the ground, not attracting attention at all. But when the contact terminal on his hand rang after connecting to the city network, many people paid attention to him. The shopkeeper who had just taken the anti-radiation suit from Wang Qing suddenly said, “Isn’t this Red Hand?”

The ordinary people in Spark City didn’t know Red Hand, but those who often dealt with the people entering and leaving the city were no strangers to him.

“You know this murderer?” Wang Qing asked indifferently.

The boss shook and quickly returned the radiation protection suit to Wang Qing: “Murderer? You can’t talk nonsense. You’ll be sentenced if you frame others. Be careful lest you be sent to till open the wasteland!” These days, if you had committed a crime, you wouldn’t be given a cell to support yourself. You could either be directly executed or sent to open up wasteland.

In fact, the so-called land reclamation was to lay the foundation for a new city. Each city needed to be built for decades before it could be completed and perfected. Both active rad-warriors and criminals built these cities. Criminals with radiant energy would do the hardest and most tiring work. Criminals without radiant energy also needed to do work in the warehouses and transportation in mobile towns, which was extremely difficult.

There were many small and large mobile towns. The small ones were usually only used to transport goods, while the large onescould have tens of thousands of people living in them. People living there couldn’t connect to the Internet. Naturally, it was not as safe as living in a city. A mobile town was used only for transportation. Those who lived there were on their own… Within this city was full of crime and evil. Some people even deliberately didn’t register the children of the criminals living there, turning them into unregistered residents.

The boss didn’t dare to accept Wang Qing’s business. He left without a word. Wang Qing paused, asked Liu Qilin for detergent, and brushed it himself.

Before Wang Qing had finished brushing his two sets of outfits, the police came. The man in front was surprised when he saw the situation in front of him: “What are you tying eople up for? This is illegal!”

“Brother Zhao, Brother Zhao…” a man beside Red Hand shouted.

“Officer, these people wanted to commit murder, and they used contraband grenades!” Liu Qilin immediately said.

“You can’t talk nonsense. What evidence do you have?” The man called Brother Zhao frowned. The Yang family had already approached him and asked him to pay attention here. He thought things would be fine, but he didn’t expect to see such a scene

After winking at the people behind him, someone stepped back and fidgeted with a contactor.

“The field video recorder on the car recorded everything. I came to Spark City to meet someone, and found a place to rest and eat while on the way. I saw these people chasing this boy, and after being spotted by us, they wanted to kill us! They threw seven or eight grenades!” Cheng Xuze became angry after being suspected.

Cheng Xuze was 70 years old. He was powerful and had been in a high position for a long time, so he was very dignified. It was a pity that the people opposite him did not take him seriously: “Even if you want to make up a story, you should make it believable. Last time two wasps broke into the safety zone, a level-3 rad-warrior completely obliterated it with six grenades. What are you?”

What was a grenade? What was a level-3 rad-warrior? Cheng Xuze grew up in Yangtze City. The strength of a level-3 was nothing there!

However, he also knew that evidence was necessary for everything. Even the largest families in the country could not easily deal with others without evidence, or they would be sprayed to death.

The power of ordinary people could not be underestimated. Because some powerhouses were arrogant enough to commit crimes in the city, they finally provoked public anger were executed via the death penalty.

“You want evidence? Of course we have it! Wang Qing, release and send it to the Internet!” Cheng Xuze immediately said.

Just like a person’s contact terminal could record a person’s death, there were similar devices on the armored vehicle. In case of danger, the driver could use the field video recorder to record the surrounding situation, and the data would be placed in the car’s black box. Even if the vehicle exploded, the black box would be fine.

When Cheng Xuze saw that someone was attempting to murder a teenager, he started it up. Everything Red Hand did was all recorded. This recording did not even stop after the explosion.

Not only was it recorded there, but Wang Qing and Shi Qingyang’s contact terminals also had recordings.

As for Cheng Xuze himself… He had never suffered losses in the wild, and accidentally forgot his contact terminal could also do it…

Wang Qing directly uploaded the video to the network, and at the same time, he did not know how to get it right, so he used his own contact terminal to connect to a large screen with advertisements next to it.

Wang Qing was really an all-around butler. The video on his contact terminal was high quality. Although the picture was not clear because of the radiation in the field, the image of Red Hand smashing the window with a wind blade and, without saying a word, cutting people with a knife composed of radiation; the scarred Shi Qingyang asking for help… All of this was recorded. When the explosion sounded, many people subconsciously shook.

Then they saw Cheng Xuze holding up the protective cover

Although the old man who was in a hurry to remove the shield looked unreliable, his strength was absolutely strong! For a while, everyone’s expression changed when they saw Cheng Xuze. At the same time, they also had a new understanding of Red Hand.

They only knew that Red Hand would rob other people’s prey. But now he could kill people with impunity? It was someone else this time, would it be them next time?

The inspector of Spark City was Yin Hao, Yin Tiancheng’s father. Naturally, many people were close to the Yin Family, but now, the moods of these people changed.

But Wang Qing coldly took back the contact terminal and looked at the policemen: “I have also recorded what everyone looked like just now.”

The policemen were so surprised that they dared not make any expressions any more.

After all, the criminal evidence was conclusive, they knew from first glance that Cheng Xuze was not easy to fool, so the group was soon brought to the court where the magistrate was located.

The court was a building connected from top to bottom, and was specially responsible for handling various cases. However, because the public security in the city was now very good, there were generally few accidents within the bounds of the city’s safe area, so this place rarely appeared in public view.

Upon arriving there, a young woman in her twenties welcomed them. At the same time, she looked at Shi Qingyang and the others curiously: “You all, follow me. All of you must verify your identities first.”

She led the way in front and brought everyone to the computer next to the first floor of the building. That is, at this time, another man and woman came here and looked at Shi Qingyang and the rest with unpleasant expressions on their faces.

Seeing this scene, Shi Qingyang guessed that Yang Haitao was trying to suppress the incident.

However, just now Wang Qing had uploaded the video to the Internet. Now the best result was to let Red Hand bear all the blame.

It was just that Cheng Xuze was the victim this time. How could things end that simply? The Yang family could certainly be implicated, and even the Yin family would face some trouble.

The reaction of the patrol team outside the city, the police, and even the people in the court showed that the Yin Family was too arrogant.

Shi Qingyang stood in front of the terminal computer. As soon as he brushed the contact terminal in his hand, all his experiences came out. Even his parents’ experiences were shown on it.

Later, the man and woman saw this scene and gave Shi Qingyang a sombre look. If they hadn’t been afraid of being caught, they might have said something sarcastically.

“Senior, it’s your turn.” Shi Qingyang didn’t care about all this and retreated to the side with a smile.

Wang Qing came forward first. Once he swiped the contact terminal in his hand, some information was displayed, but only the name, age, gender. The family status and personal experience were not shown, with a few words below – D-level encryption.

Level D encryption was the lowest level of encryption. If the situation was serious, the judicial officer of Spark City could directly access the encrypted content, but to even get D-lelvel encryption was enough to show that Wang Qing was not simple.

Moreover, Wang Qing’s attitude towards Cheng Xuze was excellent, even completely subordinate…

Cheng Xuze walked sideways in Yangtze City. After arriving at Spark City, people repeatedly provoked him, yet he didn’t even get to meet the person he wanted to see. He was in a very bad mood. At this time, with a cold face, he directly reached out and brushed on the computer.

There was no name on the computer this time, only three words – A-level encryption.

A-level encryption, that was an A-level encryption! The young girl who brought Cheng Xuze in secretly glanced at Cheng Xuze. If it weren’t for the fact that things here couldn’t be spread out, she would want to show off to everyone she knows – where could ordinary people get to see A-level encryption people?

The kind of information encrypted there, even the City Lord wouldn’t be able to access it if he tried!

Compared with the pure excitement of this girl who had nothing to do with the Yin Family, the other two had received some money and intrustctions from the Yin Family. They had come to “investigate the enemy situation”, and now were subconsciously stretching out their hands to wipe their sweat.

Even the Yin Family leader only had D-level encryption…

D-level encryption could be obtained as long as one contributed to the efforts of the country, but A-level encryption…

Not only the people in the court were stunned, but also Liu Qilin and others who were brought along behind Cheng Xuze. When they first entered the city, they wondered if it would be too reckless for them to do so, but they didn’t expect to see this kind of situation now!

Liu Qilin thought that Shi Qingyang was lucky before, but now she thought that Shi Qingyang was magic. After she learned from He Ming that Shi Qingyang fought with Yin Tiancheng, she immediately went to check Shi Qingyang. All his information was very ordinary. How could he now have gotten to know such a big man?

Liu Qilin soon thought of the young man, Cheng Ran.

The data here was soon transmitted to headquarters. Before long, the judge of Spark City hurried down the stairs and showed great respect to Cheng Xuze.

At this time, Cheng Xuze became a little reticent, and stood beside him with a straight face without saying a word. He completely let Wang Qing negotiate. Wang Qing was naturally cold-faced. People who knew his character wouldn’t think there was any problem, but the judge of Spark City didn’t know him.

The official, who had always been close to the Yin Family and was supported by the Yin Family, was full of cold sweat, but he didn’t even dare to wipe it. If he hadn’t been worried about fainting, he would have fallen down.

Wang Qing didn’t take him seriously at all. He explained the whole story clearly and left a copy of the video as evidence. Then he asked indifferently, “Can we go now?”

“Yes, yes!” The judge nodded.

Wang Qing looked at the judge without expression: “Shi Qingyang is the victim. Those people are just passers-by who helped…”

“Everyone can go!” The magistrate immediately made way.

“Can those criminals go?”

“No, those people are so vicious that they should all be taken into custody!” The judge didn’t even think about it. The Yin Family could not afford to offend an A-level encryption person. At this time, they could only wring their own hands.

With this, Cheng Xuze was finally satisfied and walked out of the court slowly. Although his pace was very slow, no one of Liu Qilin and the others dared to walk in front of him.

“Old man, who the hell are you? You’re too strong!” A young man in his twenties under Liu Qilin’s command spoke in admiration.

“Buddha said, cannot say1.” Cheng Xuze’s expression eased, and then he smiled again: “Besides, how do you know I’m strong?”

“Old man, aren’t you strong? You connected to the billboard at the entrance of the city to send a video before, so if you’re not strong, it was just because you hacked the computer?” There was also the human feeling of awe toward an A-level encryption, which seemed so distant it was hard to believe.

If this kind of terminal computer could perform such shady work, this world would be the world of hackers! The suspected Cheng Xuze’s anger bubbled up and he glared.

Liu Qilin also knew that her subordinates had crossed a line. After scolding the man who talked disorderly, she said goodbye to Cheng Xuze, and then quickly left with the group of subordinates – she found a lot of bad news for the Yang family and the Yin family over the years, so she should go back and sort it out.

Seeing these people go away, Cheng Xuze’s eyes re-focused on Shi Qingyang.

“Where is your home?”

“My home is not far away. Do you want to go to my home, elder?” Shi Qingyang asked.

On the way back, Cheng Xuze knew that Shi Qingyang’s parents had both died, and now he lived with his pharmacist friend.

Cheng Xuze admitted that he was eager to get the recipe right away, but once it got dark, he would be disturbing others, and wouldn’t even have a place to stay.

Moreover, his eldest grandson was living here in this city by himself. Since Cheng Xuze had come, he must go and visit him.

“No, I won’t go to your house today. I’ll visit you tomorrow. Leave me your address and  let’s exchange contact numbers.” Cheng Xuze smiled at Shi Qingyang.

Shi Qingyang could guess Cheng Xuze’s plan, but he couldn’t reveal anything now, so he just sent the address of Cheng Ran’s villa to Cheng Xuze.

Cheng Xuze glanced at the address and said, “Your friend knows how to make that potion. You must not tell others about the method.”

“I know. My master told me. I can only tell you.” Shi Qingyang smiled. Cheng Ran would never tell anyone. The only person who might know was Gu Changjin, but even if Gu Changjin knew, he would not let anything slip either.

He just didn’t know what Cheng Xuze would ook like when he sawCheng Ran…

“Thank you.” Cheng Xuze smiled, and then looked at Wang Qing: “Please contact Old Gu and ask him to send the address. Let’s go.”

“Yes.” Wang Qing nodded and soon contacted Gu Changjin.

Shi Qingyang reluctantly found that the two had no intention of exchanging addresses at all, while Wang Qing had already called out the navigation and planned to go to Cheng Ran.

“Elder, I’ll go first!” Shi Qingyang smiled. After leaving Cheng Xuze, he took the path to the villa. He had been delayed the entire day without Cheng Ran being able to get in contact with him, so maybe he’d be worried right now?

When he entered the city before, he had received a delayed message, but had no time to go back…

When Shi Qingyang just arrived home, Cheng Xuze and Wang Qing, who followed the navigation, also arrived at the door of the villa.

After looking at the house number of the villa, Cheng Xuze felt it looked very familiar. Subconsciously, he looked at the information sent by Shi Qingyang before.

Why did it look the same?

Footnotes

1 – 佛曰，不可说: A buddhist saying; according to baidu MTL, It is said that the truth can be proved and known, but it cannot be explained by words. [return]