Chapter 160: Yes, I Question Aurora City

Wen Shilin’s words had some effect. The faces of the three enforcers visibly darkened, but it changed nothing… obeying orders was their duty.

“As you wish,” the enforcer in the middle grit his teeth and replied.

They focused intently on the rapidly approaching train. As their domains expanded, their aura surged, and three Level 5 psionic energy fluctuations suddenly descended!

Their three distinct domains overlapped, even distorting the sunlight filtering from the sky. From a distance, it looked as if a thick, dark cloud hung over Aurora City’s walls!

Any one of these three Level 5 powerhouses could single-handedly overpower the enforcement systems of the Seven Districts outside Aurora City.

Now, with the three of them working together, even the surging black tide in the distance sensed danger. The densely packed Runic Eels stopped in their tracks, not daring to advance further.

Only a black train, its wheels wreathed in flames, broke free from the tide of calamity and sped towards Aurora City without the slightest deceleration!

Chen Ling stood atop the train’s front, clutching several Runic Eels he had pulled from the tide. He gazed at the oppressive and terrifying domain aura above the city wall, his expression as calm as still water…

As expected of Aurora City. Over the years, the Seven Districts had only produced one Level 5 expert, Han Meng, yet Aurora City could directly deploy three Level 5s to jointly confront a single train… If these three Level 5s truly attacked, the train definitely wouldn’t withstand it. This plan was a sheer gamble from the start.

He was betting on the humanity behind that city wall, betting that Aurora City wouldn’t dare to obliterate them outside the city under the pressure of public opinion. This was also why he had manipulated the emotions of those inside the carriage.

“Chen Ling! Are we really going to be destroyed?” Zhao Yi’s anxious voice came from the control room.

“Just drive your train properly; don’t worry about anything else,” Chen Ling calmly replied.

At this moment, even with the three enforcers poised for action, Chen Ling still didn’t believe he would lose… He was testing Aurora City’s bottom line, and Aurora City, naturally, would test his.

Boom—!!

Just as the auras of the three domains reached their peak, an anomaly suddenly occurred!

A much larger domain suddenly unfolded from within the wall, instantly enveloping the domains of the three Level 5 enforcers. A brutal and furious aura raged over the city wall, as if a ferocious beast was slowly opening its bloodthirsty eyes…

“That’s…” Chen Ling’s eyes narrowed slightly.

“What’s going on?!”

The moment this new domain appeared, the three enforcers on the city wall were startled simultaneously. They felt their own domains being forcefully suppressed, and the suppressing domain seemed even more solid and powerful!

They turned in astonishment to see a figure in a black overcoat stepping through the air, walking towards the city wall, one step at a time.

Below him lay the sealed White Dove Plaza and the main avenue. Countless agitated citizens watched the black-clad figure walk through the air, and they were all stunned, whispering in confusion, seemingly questioning his identity.

“Han Meng?”

The Five-Marked Enforcer on the city wall recognized Han Meng at a glance. His brow furrowed tightly as he roared, “Han Meng, what do you think you’re doing?!”

Han Meng was still wearing the four-marked overcoat he hadn’t had time to change out of. It was stained with dark red blood from his battle with the calamity, interwoven with frost left by the wind and snow, making the worn-out coat appear grim and chilling.

Han Meng’s bloodshot eyes fixed on the three enforcers on the city wall as he slowly spoke:

“…Let them into the city.”

“We haven’t received orders from Headquarters.”

“This isn’t an order from Headquarters…” Han Meng lifted his foot and stomped heavily in the air!

Boom—!!

The domain extending from him crashed down once more upon the three overlapping domains on the city wall, producing a resounding clang like a massive bell. The three domains began to tremble continuously, and the three enforcers’ expressions drastically changed!

As Level 5 enforcers themselves, Han Meng’s single domain had actually suppressed all three of them!

“This is my order.”

The moment he uttered these words, all the enforcers and officials around the city wall were astonished. That voice was far too jarring… It sounded almost like a direct defiance, or rather, a challenge to the will of Headquarters.

Seeing this, the three Five-Marked Enforcers immediately retorted in fury,

“Han Meng, you’re merely a chief enforcer from District Three. Do you really think you’re qualified to give us orders?”

“Han Meng, are you claiming your orders supersede those of Aurora City? Who gave you that authority?!”

“Don’t forget who granted you your enforcer status! Everything you have comes from Aurora City! Han Meng! Are you openly questioning Aurora City’s decisions?”

The series of questions echoed above the city wall. The three enforcers were enraged. As Five-Marked Enforcers within Aurora City, they held high positions in the enforcement system in terms of status, authority, and seniority. How dared a local enforcer from the countryside challenge them?

As soon as they spoke, they invoked Aurora City, placing Han Meng in direct opposition to the entire enforcement system, using this as a threat.

The figure in the worn-out overcoat did not stop his expanding domain. Instead, under everyone’s gaze, he slowly and deliberately aimed his gun at the three enforcers.

“Yes,” Han Meng said calmly.

“I question Aurora City.”

At that moment, everyone present, both citizens and enforcers, fell silent.

The enforcers stood frozen. After a few seconds, they came to their senses, looking at Han Meng in mid-air with incredulous stares… Their eyes were like those looking at a madman.

Did he even know what saying those words implied?!

“Han Meng, you will pay the price for those words,” a Five-Marked Enforcer rasped.

“I am willing to bear the cost,” Han Meng slowly pulled the trigger, “but today, that train must enter the city!”

The moment Han Meng’s voice fell, intricate patterns began to spread frantically beneath his feet, instantly covering every inch of space reached by his domain.

Endless black chains extended from the void, firmly binding the three enforcers and all other law enforcement personnel on the city wall in place, like “defendants” being brought before a tribunal, locked to cold prison chairs!

At this moment, Aurora City’s enforcers became prisoners awaiting judgment, while the outsider in the worn-out overcoat held the authority of “enforcement” in his hands!

The Great Sin Judgment, now in session.