The group was stunned by Luo Jiang’s words. They had long since heard the news that a Water Supply Unit in the Northeast had been blown up—a unit rumored to be experimenting with biological weapons on human subjects. Later, they heard that Japanese military camps outside major cities from Hacheng to Beiping had been bombed by aircraft, resulting in heavy casualties. The Japanese troops in Beiping, in particular, had been so terrified that they surrendered, with fewer than a thousand left. These major events had already spread across the Dragon Kingdom, but until today, no one knew which organization was responsible. Hearing it from Luo Jiang, they realized he was the one behind it all.
Lu Nanfeng’s only nephew had joined the suicide squad, preparing to head out to sea to destroy Japanese warships. Every brother in Hongmen knew that such a mission was a near-certain death sentence, yet out of loyalty and righteousness, they had scrambled to volunteer, finally resorting to a lottery to decide who would go. Lu Nanfeng’s older brother had died in a previous failed uprising, leaving behind a son for Lu to raise as his own. Though he had his selfish concerns, they were all Hongmen brothers; he could not favor his own flesh and blood and send another man’s son to die in his place. Despite his reluctance, he had no choice, especially since his nephew had been the first to volunteer. While he was proud that his brother had a worthy successor, he did not want to see the boy go to his …
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