The Ambitious Zuo Family

The results of the investigation infuriated Zhu Jun. He could now roughly guess the Zuo family’s intentions behind sending Zuo Lanruo. Everyone knew that General Mo deeply loved his wife.

The Zuo family, aware that Zuo Lanruo was impulsive and irrational, had sent her a gun, hoping that in her emotional outburst, she would end up killing Mo Mo. The Zuo family had long instilled in Zuo Lanruo the belief that Mo Mo was beneath her in status, unworthy of marrying into the Zuo family. Zuo Lanruo believed that even showing interest in Mo Mo was already a huge favour to him.

With such a mindset, if Zuo Lanruo realized that Mo Mo had no interest in her, the contrast between her expectations and reality would surely lead her to want to kill him. Unfortunately for the Zuo family, although Zuo Lanruo was indeed impulsive, her hatred was directed more toward the beautiful Ye Mo, which ultimately ruined the Zuo family’s plan.

Thinking about this, Zhu Jun snorted coldly. The Zuo family’s use of him would not end so easily.

When Zhu Jun presented the gathered information to Mo Mo, he shared his deductions. Mo Mo agreed that Zhu Jun’s theory seemed quite plausible.

Mo Mo immediately sent the information to his second-in-command, Zhang Mao. Zhang Mao, a very competent officer, was relaxing in his office, listening to music when the file came through. After glancing at it, he broke into a cold sweat.

Zuo Ming had nearly managed to bribe people in Zhang Mao’s inner circle! This meant that if even one of his close aides had been bought, Zhang Mao could have ended up with his throat slit.

Zhang Mao quickly gathered his most trusted subordinates and shared the report with them. “What’s wrong with us? General Mo isn’t here, and yet we’re the last to know about something this serious. If he hadn’t warned us, we might not even have realized we were dead by the time they made their move!”

Zuo Ming’s ambitions were huge. He clearly wanted control of the entire District 8. But District 8 wouldn’t be so easy to take.

Before long, Zhang Mao and his team rounded up all the interstellar warriors under their command under the pretence of a training exercise and discreetly removed them from the base. Among these soldiers were those Zuo Ming had already bought. Of course, they couldn’t act inside the military base, but once outside, they were dealt with.

The men Zuo Ming had bribed were completely eliminated. When the soldiers returned, Zuo Ming realized something was off. His informants had all disappeared.

As Zuo Ming prepared to flee, he felt a blade at his throat. Turning around, he saw Zhang Mao smiling coldly, “Zuo Ming, your family is quite bold, aren’t they?”

“What do you mean by this, Deputy General?” Zuo Ming asked, trying to maintain his composure.

“What do you think I mean? Oh, by the way, I’ve sent a team to Planet 8. I heard that Master Zuo Yi bought the most advanced gun and gave it to Zuo Lanruo. She used it in an attempt to assassinate Madam Mo. Zuo Ming, what exactly is your family planning? Over the past weeks, you’ve bribed a total of 203 men, all of whom have been sent to their deaths. Zuo Ming, what else can you do?”

Realizing that his family was doomed, Zuo Ming said, “My family’s actions are separate from my own. What I did has nothing to do with them.”

“Whether that’s true or not, you can explain it to General Mo when he returns. Take him away!” Zhang Mao ordered.

Zuo Ming was dragged away by two soldiers. As he was being led out, Zhang Mao added, “Oh, I forgot to mention—your sister was shot in the head by the General of District 7. She’s now rotting in the wilderness, and no one has bothered to recover her body. What a pity.”

Although Zuo Ming wasn’t particularly fond of his sister, she was still his biological sister, and hearing about Zuo Lanruo’s fate enraged him. “Are you people even human? How can you treat a young girl like that?”

“Tch! She was a spy sent to assassinate the general. Spare us the ‘young girl’ nonsense.”

“Exactly! A spy is a spy, and all enemies are the same to us.”

“Couldn’t agree more!”

Zuo Ming’s struggles were futile. His grand plans had crumbled. His sister was supposed to assassinate General Mo, after which he would take control of the military, and with his father’s power, their family would rise to be the most influential in all of District 8. But his dreams had been shattered by reality.

As Zuo Ming was taken to prison, he saw his father, Zuo Yi, locked in the adjacent cell. In that moment, Zuo Yi, who had once looked youthful for his age (40 years old), seemed to have aged decades (80 years old). His hair had turned completely white, and his once imposing demeanour was gone.

“Father, Lanruo is dead!” Zuo Ming finally uttered these words.

“I know,” Zuo Yi replied with a deep sigh. He wasn’t sure if he regretted his decisions or not. He and his son were now prisoners, while the rest of the family had been exiled to a remote, irradiated planet in District 8—a death sentence.

Zuo Yi blamed himself for the downfall of the family. Had he known things would end like this, he would have severed ties with the family before acting. At least that way, his actions wouldn’t have dragged the entire Zuo family down with him.

Zuo Yi sighed again. It was too late for regrets now.

Meanwhile, Mo Mo received the report from Zhang Mao. He scoffed, thinking that Zuo Ming had only managed to bribe more than 200 people, yet Zuo Lanruo had dared to make an attempt on his wife’s life. The audacity and stupidity of it all!

Mo Mo and his team had nearly finished constructing the wormhole. In fact, to build this long-distance wormhole, it needed to combine the technology of the intergalactic realm with the teleportation arrays from the cultivation world, Mo Mo had been the key to building it.

Two days later, the wormhole was complete. They could now use it to travel directly to the planet with vitality water.

Mo Mo led his team through the planet with vitality water and then teleported to the Green Plant Planet, intending to construct another wormhole to return to District 8, making future travel more convenient, where people from District 8 can travel to Green Plant Planet.

Constructing long-distance wormholes had become second nature to them by now.

On the tenth day after Zuo Lanruo’s assassination attempt, Mo Mo and Ye Mo returned to District 8. Before Ye Mo went to the district, she asked Aunt Yu if she wanted to go back to District 8. Aunt Yu refused. She stayed directly at the elf treehouse and even reclaimed a piece of land and started farming.

What made Ye Mo feel gratified was that her aunt had a few more suitors around her. As for Aunt Yu’s choice, Ye Mo felt that it was up to her own preference. After all, Aunt Yu was already an adult.

Upon their return, their arrival made the news. When Grandma Yu saw the news, she became emotional. That troublesome girl is finally back! She must go see her!

(End of Chapter)