3:00 AM.
When Mu Qingtong took off her lab coat and left the laboratory, she received some frustrating news.
Mr. Xia had been arrested again.
This time it seemed more serious than before, charged with treason and heresy, his trial at the Judgement Tower was set for 6:00 AM in accordance with the Moon Spirit Judgment—a situation she couldn't remedy even if she wanted to.
However, from the information about Xuanwu provided by the Holy Department, she had guessed the underlying reasons.
Garden implicated a large number of elites, some were arrested, some died, the elite class of Zone 51 was already in chaos, but the real mastermind behind it all was still sitting comfortably, even managing to shift the blame onto Xuanwu.
The decay in the Empire was as she suspected, a toad dressed in gold sitting high; what the nation needed was not exposure of the truth but a sweeping and drastic change of blood.
Such monumental reforms often require a great leader.
