She led Qin Tan upstairs.

"The people who protected me back then were not from the Xia family."

"On the contrary, the Xia family hates me because the Dawn Project was initiated and invested in by the Sun God."

“I made their billions go down the drain.”

"They wanted to take my head, but they failed."

"You entered the First District with me. This news has probably already reached the Xia family. In the future, the Xia family will come looking for trouble with you."

"I don't feel sorry."

"And you need to be prepared."

She stood on the opposite side of the Xia family, which meant that everyone standing beside her was an enemy of the Xia family.

When the elevator doors opened on a high floor, Qin Tan saw people waiting outside.

The other party merely glanced at Qin Tan before looking at Xia Shuang.

"You're back?"

It was someone Xia Shuang knew, but their tone wasn't warm; instead, it was barbed.

His contempt for Xia Shuang was directed at the loser.

“I’m in charge of this project now, and I don’t need you to be my teammate.”

"I especially don't want anyone else in my team to die because of you."

"Xia Shuang, even though you've been gone for so many years, the sins you committed back then are hard to wash away."

"It is because of your mistakes that we have made no progress for so many years."

"Xia Shuang, you should commit suicide to atone for your sins."

The unwarranted accusations were tinged with condescending disdain.

During these words, the other party did not give Qin Tan a single extra glance.

"If your surname weren't Xia, you would have already..."

She was about to say something when Qin Tan raised her hand and gestured for silence.

"The captain is standing here not because of her surname, but because she is entitled to stand here."

"You are different."

"I won't comment on what happened back then, but after all these years, with you leading the team, the plan has still yielded nothing. Doesn't that just prove your incompetence?"

So are you just barking incoherently?

Qin Tan sneered.

That's quite a show of force.

This person was being used as a pawn.

With such a mindset, being the captain of Project Dawn only proves that he is nothing more than a puppet to be manipulated by others.

If she has to keep backing down when dealing with this kind of person, she might as well turn around and go back to Wangcheng.

Qin Tan's words undoubtedly struck at the other party's weakness.

He became furious.

His eyes turned red, and he reached out to grab Qin Tan with one hand.

"Who do you think you are? You have no right to interrupt me."

"She's just a lowly commoner. Does she really think she can get on the Xia family's big ship through her?"

“She herself is an abandoned child of the Xia family. If you follow her, you will get nothing.”

"In that case, I'll take you back now."

His cold tone carried a strong murderous intent.

The opponent's first move was a killing blow.

His move was sudden, but judging from the expressions of the onlookers, they clearly knew this was going to happen.

Or perhaps, even if she doesn't resist, the other party will find a reason to attack her.

It's a show of force, and also a warning to others.

Xia Shuang said that in the next few days, people from other districts would be coming one after another.

She took the lead, and those who came after her naturally dared not act recklessly here.

But if I use her to establish my authority, will she agree?

"Tsk!"

Qin Tan remained calm and composed in the face of the opponent's attack.

With a simple sidestep, he easily removed the other person's fingers.

The next moment, Qin Tan saw a triumphant smile on the other person's face.

Fingers that should have just brushed past each other suddenly produced a bone knife from the palm of the hand.

The white bone knife had a sharp, bloody edge, clearly indicating that it had been used to kill.

The bone knife slashed towards Qin Tan's head.

The actions showed no sign of leniency.

The other party was after Qin Tan's life.

As the other party said, in their eyes, Qin Tan was just a lowly commoner, and the life of a lowly commoner was naturally not worth mentioning.

Qin Tan scoffed.

She turned her head, and with a flick of her right hand, the Grim Reaper's Scythe appeared in her palm, clashing with the bone knife.

The princess meowed and jumped off Qin Tan's shoulder, obediently squatting to the side.

Qin Tan wouldn't need to use his full strength to deal with the opponent.

A state of partial resonance is sufficient.

"You play melee combat? That makes sense, does I too."

"Let me see whose knife is faster."

Qin Tan's counterattack came even faster than Jiang Yongwang had anticipated.

In Jiang Yongwang's view, Qin Tan was nothing more than an ignorant nobody from a small place.

Even if someone has participated in some battles, they can't possibly be as experienced as you are.

Because of Xia Shuang, he had already investigated Qin Tan thoroughly.

A newcomer who has only been with Dawn's Central Command for a short time.

No matter how talented someone is, they are destined to obediently kneel at his feet and listen to him.

But in reality, things are developing in the opposite direction to what he envisioned.

Qin Tan's knife was faster and colder than his.

The blade of the Grim Reaper spun past, and the aura emanating from Qin Tan was not that of a friendly sparring match, but that of a killer.

That intense killing intent drew people's attention.

Perhaps he underestimated Qin Tan.

Jiang Yongwang gritted his teeth, and a bone knife appeared in his left hand.

His ability is to manipulate his own bones, which can transform into various shapes.

The blade shape is his fighting stance.

With the two swords wielded, sparks flew everywhere.

Deep knife marks appeared on the walls inside the Dawn Pivot, but no one paid any attention.

In a short while, the blades will return to their original state.

The entire Dawn Hub is constructed using a special memory metal, making it indestructible in this battle.

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