Space Regulations 3

Within the Kokang Special Region, the heads of several major families—families that had long controlled the region’s financial lifeline, even maintained private armies, and ruled like local emperors—had gathered together in a rare meeting.

Just like how there were five Heavenly Kings among the Four Heavenly Kings, the so-called Four Great Families of Kokang actually numbered five. Ming Qichang, the current head of the Ming Family, tapped the table. Though the Ming Family had risen last, it now had the strongest momentum and was expected to take the lead in the special region. As such, they were the most opposed to the current unrest in Wa State and Kokang.

"Bai Lan, it’s fine if your father isn’t coming because he’s unwell, but you have to give us an explanation. That Madman Bai from Wa State—was he your family’s doing?"

Liu Qi’s father was Kokang’s richest man. His family possessed the greatest financial power and had the closest ties with the Myanmar military. Leaning back in his chair and lighting a cigar, he chimed in as well.

"That’s right. If your Bai Family wants Wa State, we have no objections. There’s no need to sneak around, is there?"

Seeing the other families targeting her, Bai Lan felt somewhat enraged. The Bai Family had always been the strongest among the Four Great Families, with businesses spanning real estate, gambling, hotels, telecom fraud, and many other fields. Her father was also the chairman of the Kokang Special Region.

"Heh. If that Madman Bai really were from our Bai Family, would you still dare question me like this?"

As the eldest daughter of the Bai Family, she controlled the family’s gray industries, such as telecom fraud and gambling. Naturally, she was no kind-hearted woman, and she immediately retorted.

"You should have sent quite a few people after him these past few days too, right? So, how did that go? Have they all gone silent…?"

"I hired professional assassins through the dark web, but they’ve been out of contact for two days already. Clearly, that Madman Bai isn’t normal. He’s probably one of those recent… what were they called? Supernatural Ability Users!"

Once those words were spoken, the other families offered no rebuttal. They merely smoked in silence. These Supernatural Ability Users who had suddenly appeared with terrifying powers had caused them considerable trouble.

A few had appeared in Kokang before, loudly declaring that they wanted to take the positions of the major families and causing no small amount of chaos. Fortunately, they had either gotten through it with money and beautiful women, or sent assassins and deployed large numbers of soldiers to surround and kill them. In the end, they had weathered it.

Even now, each family had hired one or two of these "special talents."

Tap, tap.

Since the Bai Family had only sent Bai Lan, their eldest daughter, the eldest and most influential person at the table was Wei Ren, dressed in military uniform. The Wei Family controlled the border defense battalion of the Kokang Special Region and held legitimate military power. He tapped the table and waited until everyone looked over before speaking.

"Each family should find one of those Supernatural Ability Users and strike together. Send the army out as well. Find that Madman Bai and speak to him directly. See what he wants."

"That Lin Qinfu is probably just a puppet. Stop giving him money. If necessary, kill him too."

Wei Ren was not young, but his voice remained full of confidence. Their families had ruled for too long, and each of them had plenty of blood on their hands. They had long ceased to regard human lives as anything important.

Bang! Bang!

The door was suddenly pounded violently, producing dull booms that made everyone jolt. Wei Ren, this "important figure" who had just seemed to hold the lives and deaths of many in his hands, was startled by the sudden sound. His heart pounded violently, and he clutched his chest in pain.

"Which family arranged this security? Haven’t they been trained?"

He bellowed furiously, but the next moment, a hole was blasted through the tightly shut luxurious redwood doors. A hand reached in through the hole and unlocked the door’s security latch from inside before pushing the doors open.

It was a young man with a baby face, wearing a floral shirt, white shorts, and slippers, as though he had just come from the beach.

Yet as he pushed open the door, a heavy bloody aura from the hallway flooded into the luxurious reception room.

Bai Lan instantly covered her nose. She was ruthless, but she never had to kill anyone herself. The slaughterhouse-like stench of blood made bile rise in her throat.

The bodyguards and soldiers brought by the various families in the hallway no longer had a single intact corpse among them.

Every one of them had been beheaded.

Behind the baby-faced young man with short black curly hair was an enormous white sack, blood constantly seeping through it.

Seeing that the heads of the so-called Four Great Families had noticed the sack behind him, Mai casually tossed it over.

Bang!

The enormous sack, filled with dozens of heads, slammed onto the redwood round table. The sack split open, and heads rolled out one after another.

The bodyguards and soldiers all wore twisted expressions, as if they had endured tremendous terror. But what sent chills down the spines of the family heads was that they had not heard a single sound just now.

Those terrified people had not made a sound even as their heads were cut off.

At that moment, the power of a Supernatural Ability User was displayed before them in the most vivid possible way.

The few people they had hired had demonstrated some degree of strength, but they had never shown anything like this.

Mai swept his gaze around and saw that all the major family members were present. He nodded and spoke.

"This is Boss Bai’s gift to you."

Mai had originally been preparing to leave Myanmar and return to East Xia, but Mercenary Tao had suddenly contacted him through the space and asked him to handle this job.

Mai did not want to offend Mercenary Tao. Knowing roughly how strong the few reincarnators hired by these families were, he had not refused.

Wei Ren’s heart felt slightly better now. He said in a low, furious voice.

"What exactly do you mean by this?!"

Mai still wore an unconcerned smile. He walked up to the group, looked around at the extravagant surroundings, and dragged his fingernails across the redwood table.

His Strength and Agility attributes were not particularly high, but they still far surpassed those of ordinary people. His fingernails alone cut through the tabletop, producing a piercing screech.

He seemed to glance carelessly at Wei Ren, and his Mental Power activated instantly. Wei Ren’s face went pale as agonizing pain tore through his mind. It felt as though a giant hand were constantly stirring around inside his brain.

"Ah, what are you doing?!"

Warning: Reincarnator OP47488533, you have used the ability Powerful Mental Attack on a non-reincarnator in the real world, violating Article 3 of the Space Regulations.

You have triggered the Purge Mission (Article 3): Please eliminate all informed individuals within 10 minutes. Current number of informed individuals: 1.

Mai’s baby face still bore a smile. He was already very familiar with Article 3 of the Space Regulations. Using abilities beyond common sense in front of non-reincarnators in the real world would be judged a violation.

However, the punishment and scope of the Purge Mission varied completely depending on the ability used.

The more an ability departed from the tone of the real world and the harder it was for ordinary people to understand, the harsher the punishment would be. At the same time, witnesses were more likely to be judged as informed individuals.

Energy projection techniques, summoning abilities, and transformation abilities were usually among those with harsher penalties.

Someone had once used elemental magic in a city and been witnessed by hundreds of people. In the end, they had been directly erased by the space.

But mental abilities like the one he had used carried much lighter punishments. Basically, only those affected by his ability would be judged as witnesses. He never left survivors anyway, so he did not need to worry about punishment from the space.

Even lighter restrictions applied to martial arts Ability Users and firearms specialists.

Just as Liu Qi and Liu Hong, the representatives of the Liu Family, tried to stand, a tremendous force pressed down on their shoulders.

That strength was completely beyond anything they could resist.

As Mai passed Bai Lan, he even deliberately lowered his head and sniffed at the scent on the woman’s neck. As terrified as he was when facing Mercenary Tao, he was just as relaxed and at ease before these ordinary people.

He was starting to like this kind of work.

Humans truly did always enjoy tormenting the weak.

"Wei Ren, aren’t you very clear on what our Boss Bai wants?"

"Why ask when you already know?"

One hand pressed down on Wei Ren’s head with such force that his body trembled uncontrollably.

"Boss Bai said Wa State is his. Kokang can remain yours, on the condition that none of you are allowed to leave the Kokang region for the next six months."

Ming Qichang’s expression shifted. This condition was not merely lenient—it was absurdly generous. None of their families had intended to seize Wa State anyway. Kokang was more than enough for their families to manage.

The latter condition was even more baffling. They were not allowed to leave the Kokang region? Only idiots would leave!

Their families’ foundations were here, and they had already greased the palms of the Myanmar government. Who would give up a life of ruling like local emperors?!

Although they had witnessed the terror of Supernatural Ability Users today, they would not be scared out of their wits. At worst, they could recruit a few more Supernatural Ability Users afterward…

They had money, beautiful women, casinos, hotels, and everything that could lure a person into indulgence. He did not believe these Supernatural Ability Users could change the situation.

Just like soldiers, what use was being able to fight? No matter how well they fought, they were still only weapons.

Mai did not understand Boss Bai’s intentions either, but he was only responsible for delivering the message.

Seeing that no one objected, he continued.

"Also, considering that you previously sent quite a few people after Boss Bai, Boss Bai wants each family to pay compensation of 100 million East Xia Coins. Just pay Lin Qinfu."

"Don’t blame me for not warning you. If Boss Bai takes action himself, he won’t be as merciful as I am. Ha~"

He released Wei Ren’s head and turned to leave. As the others looked at one another, Wei Ren suddenly stood up shakily, then violently smashed his head against the redwood table.

Bang!

Bang!

He slammed his head down again and again until, with a wet crunch, both his skull and the hard table shattered. Dark red blood and yellowish-white matter spilled out, and only then did he finally stop moving.

This sight thoroughly frightened Bai Lan and the others out of their wits, and they all trembled as they backed away from the table.

Only Ming Qichang retained a trace of composure. He was the first to leave the luxurious hotel. Along the way, he saw that all his own men had also been beheaded.

Wiping sweat away, he made a phone call.

"Hello, Miss Hongye? This is Ming Qichang. Our Ming Family agrees to your conditions."

"Yes, we agree to every condition you mentioned!"

"Besides the craftsmen, technicians, and agricultural workers you asked for, I’ll find another hundred women suitable for childbearing and send them over."

After witnessing the strength of those Supernatural Ability Users today, he no longer had any doubts about the woman who had terrified the Supernatural Ability User hired by his family with just a single meeting.