Chapter 1061: Chapter 255: The Sun’s Temperature

Before this conversation could delve deeper, a sky-piercing roar interrupted the two.

The ground began to tremble violently. Through the window, Ethan vaguely saw a mushroom cloud rising into the sky. About a minute later, the urgent alarms echoed over the First Special District.

"It wasn’t me."

Ethan immediately clarified to the bald-headed man, vouching with his character that since arriving in Holy City, he hadn’t planned any terrorist attacks, at least not yet.

He was also sure that Lindong’s special settings on bizarre magic couldn’t possibly trigger a mushroom cloud on the outskirts of the First Special District.

While clarifying, he carefully observed the bald man’s expression.

Could it be that his previous words had literally blown up the Lord of the Holy City?

He meant it in the literal sense of the explosion. 𝚏𝕣𝕖𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚋𝚗𝐨𝐯𝕖𝕝.𝕔𝐨𝕞

However, responding to Ethan were the astonished eyes of the bald man. Ethan almost immediately confirmed that the Lord of the Holy City had already left the bald man’s body; the Chief Prosecutor had just awoken from his "slumber" and hadn’t had the chance to grasp what was happening.

"The High-tier Council has sounded the alarm!"

The Chief Prosecutor hurriedly walked toward the door. The urgent alarms signaled a catastrophe facing the Holy City, a meaning he’d only read about in the ancient regulations of the Ministry of Justice—alarms triggered only by disasters threatening the city’s survival.

That mushroom cloud wasn’t a coincidence; he had to get to the High-tier Council immediately.

"Take me with you!"

Seeing the interrogation room’s door about to seal shut, Ethan quickly issued a temporary team-up invitation to the Chief Prosecutor, "Another teammate means better odds!"

"You?"

The Chief Prosecutor paused, scrutinizing Ethan with a suspicious look.

In fact, he didn’t even know why this young man was here, nor could he remember exactly when he had walked into this interrogation room.

"I can help!"

The sudden mushroom cloud also gave Ethan a bad premonition. Clearly, the Lord of the Holy City hadn’t anticipated the explosion’s occurrence, and Lindong had never suggested she intended to detonate a small nuclear bomb within the Holy City—this was undoubtedly a bad omen—someone had simultaneously concealed this from the Lord and the First Seat, causing such turmoil right under everyone’s noses.

What made Ethan even more uneasy was that, in the Lord of the Holy City’s eyes, he was undoubtedly the number one suspect.

"Stay close to me!"

There was no way the Chief Prosecutor could refuse a young man with a heart of gold. He accepted Ethan’s teaming invitation, and the two who were prisoners and interrogators moments ago now rushed into the elevator of the Ministry of Justice building for the same goal.

As the elevator descended to the first floor, the emergency assembled arbitration team from the Ministry had already departed for the High-tier Council Building.

Through a simple inquiry, both the Chief Prosecutor and Ethan realized the situation was more severe than they had imagined—the chairman only sounded the alarm but didn’t have time to issue any instructions to the Ministry. When they tried to contact the High-tier Council Building, they found all communications had been cut off.

The chaotic situation made Ethan retract his previous view.

The cracks in the framework of the Holy City’s Lord were more severe than he imagined; it was already severe enough to start leaking.

Ethan was honored to board the Chief Prosecutor’s floating car. It was his first time riding in a floating car, and through its windows, he had a bird’s eye view of the street scenes of the First Special District. The Chief Prosecutor issued orders in his ear, establishing contact with the arbitration team’s commander and quickly formulating an action plan.

The floating car would hover over the roof of the High-tier Council Building, the two along with a mechanical dog would enter from the top floor, while the arbitration team members and a Holy City Navy platoon would attack from below.

They were completely unaware of the situation inside the High-tier Council Building, the only certainty being that it was not safe.

An advance team from the Holy City Navy had already lost contact, with their communication devices cut off after transmitting screams, but no one knows who—or what—attacked the High-tier Council Building...

"Your Excellency, Chief Prosecutor."

Ethan had to interrupt the bald man, pointing to an object approaching them from afar, asking, "Is this also arranged by you?"

The Chief Prosecutor was momentarily stunned when he followed Ethan’s direction, answering concisely with just one word.

— "F***!"

The Chief Prosecutor’s expletive was drowned by a deafening explosion, with a wave of heat engulfing the two in an instant.

The blast’s aftershock shattered several floors’ windows, sending the Ministry of Justice’s floating car hurtling like a kite with a broken string toward the bottom of the Council Building.

Alright, Ethan decided to retract his previous bias against the Lord of the Holy City. He never thought he’d be shot down by a missile while in the First Special District, sitting in the Ministry of Justice Chief Prosecutor’s floating car. Until the missile detonated right in front of him, Ethan thought it would suddenly veer, leaving a hole in the High-tier Council Building, followed by their floating car making a heroic entrance.

"Am I... dead?"

The Chief Prosecutor’s weak voice sounded from the wreckage of the floating car. He could still feel the scorching heat; such an explosion, even if his entire body was replaced with implanted parts, would instantly be consumed by the high temperature from the missile. The billowing black smoke made him momentarily unable to tell if he was in the afterlife or reality.