If the head of the Lu family wanted to command the guards, it would have to be relayed through layers of people. But if she wanted to command a secret army, she only needed to give a word.
However, it would take time for the secret army to arrive.
Lu Yunzhao stood in front of the window and could almost hear the sound of the guards running.
Those hastily assembled, untrained, and virtually unarmed staff members couldn't hold out for long.
Those guards, who could fight ten against one but were few in number, couldn't hold out for long.
She sighed; she was still giving too much power to her subordinates.
People who live too long may occasionally relax, make small mistakes, and get into minor troubles.
It's good to be weakened by war; it brings in fresh blood so that military power can be regained in the future.
While I was thinking, there was a knock on the door.
"Enter."
Lu Danggui came in.
Lu Yunzhao glanced at her: "What are you doing here?"
In that brief moment, her thoughts raced through a thousand different minds—
Is Lu Dangui being raised like a wild animal, and is she secretly siding with Xia Chuhe? Is she planning to use the life of the Lu family head to pave the way for her?
Or are they eager to seize power from the Lu family? Do they want to take advantage of the chaos to get a share of the spoils?
It's a pity that Lu Danggui, with such a good vessel and superpower, is wasted.
Originally, I wanted to keep her as a backup or train her to be a capable assistant like Zhao Ning.
but……
Thinking about Lu Dangui's ability to create clones, Lu Yunzhao found things getting interesting.
Should we just kill Lu Danggui?
Her ability to create clones is too troublesome. Who knows if the one that comes is actually a clone? Offending a small monster that's hard to kill is always a hassle.
Or will he take over Lu Dangui's body, use Lu Dangui's hands to kill Lu Yunzhao, and rise to power as an outsider through bloody means?
It's quite difficult. Even for someone with the bloodline of Elder Lu, it was so hard to rise to power, let alone an outsider with no blood relation.
Sigh, in the end, it's still Lu Yunzhao who played his good hand terribly, leaving her with such a huge mess.
Lu Dangui had no idea that the person in front of her was thinking so much just by looking at her. She answered politely, "Those people will be here in ten minutes at most. I would like to ask the head of the family to take cover."
Lu Yunzhao hadn't expected her to come for this reason, and asked with great interest, "Where are you going?"
Lu Dangui: "Basement."
This is a good place.
The only place on the upper level that is underground.
Everyone knows that Lu Yunzhao is arrogant and looks down on people without upper-class blood. Who would have thought that she would listen to Lu Dangui and hide in the basement?
Lu Yunzhao followed Lu Dangui to the entrance of the basement. She stood on the descending stairs, half of her body hidden in the darkness, but her face was illuminated by the light.
Lu Yunzhao asked, "Why are you helping me? I haven't treated you well."
Lu Dangui pressed the light that had never been turned on before, held the door open for her, and said softly, "I'm not helping Lu Yunzhao, I'm helping the head of the Lu family."
Lu Dangui lowered her head, exposing her soft neck to the world: "I will always obey my great-grandmother's orders. You are the one chosen by my great-grandmother."
Upon hearing Lu Dangui's reply, Lu Yunzhao revealed a mysterious smile and slowly walked into the basement.
Instead of locking the door immediately, Lu Dangui asked, "Master, do you need me to send someone to deal with them?"
"No," Lu Yunzhao laughed, "Besides this body, do you have no other clones outside?"
Lu Dangui hummed in agreement: "My great-grandmother told me to take them all back. She said there was no need for the upper echelons to bother with these things, so I haven't used them since."
Lu Yunzhao said calmly, "Good child."
Lu Dangui couldn't help but look up at her, his eyes filled with surprise, his fingers unconsciously curling up.
Lu Yunzhao did not speak again.
...
Facing people who had not received systematic training, the guards advanced swiftly and decisively to the foot of the office building.
Lu Xing, who was directing operations from the rear, received the long-awaited ceasefire order.
Her first instinct was to order the guards to retreat.
But the deafening shouts of battle filled her ears, making her realize that it was too late to stop now.
Stopping now will only lead to Lu Yunzhao's ruthless elimination. Only by taking Lu Yunzhao hostage can we have a chance of survival.
Downstairs in the office building, several powerful evolved beings stood guard, working together to barely halt the advance of the guards.
However, they could stop the guards, but they could not stop Changsheng.
Upon seeing these powerful evolved beings, Changsheng felt much more at ease.
With such a powerful person guarding this place, it must be the head of the Lu family inside.
Chang Sheng accelerated the flow of time, rushed into the office building, and searched every office and meeting room...
Changsheng searched every corner of the office building, but could not find Lu Yunzhao.
The chaotic battle downstairs wasn't over yet. Changsheng, huddled in a corner on the top floor, sent messages to everyone: "Can't find the Lu family head."
Xia Chuhe: [It's alright, I'll do my best.]
Wang Mei: [Safety First]
03: [As expected]
Just as Changsheng was about to search again, he suddenly heard the shouts of battle downstairs growing louder and louder. The guards were in high spirits, and some of them even broke through the defenses.
Behind the guards, another group of about two or three hundred men rushed over, and the leader seemed to be carrying a head in his hand.
When this group caught up with the guards, they immediately began to slaughter them, quickly defeating the guards at a rate of one kill per step.
Although they are outnumbered, they are clearly superior in strength.
Changsheng: [The Lu family head's reinforcements have arrived, they're very strong, retreat.]
Upon receiving the news, Xia Chuhe did not covet the warehouse supplies. Instead, he set several fires and left with Xin Diao.
Wang Mei insisted on burying all the explosives before leaving, and it was fortunate that she could teleport and was very fast.
Changsheng told others to retreat, but he himself stayed.
She finally managed to get online, but everyone else had already completed their tasks while she hadn't gained anything yet.
If the Lu family head's knife fell into her hand, she would have to break several... hundreds of them.
Even the most powerful evolved being, let alone fighting a hundred or even a thousand, would find it difficult to exert their full strength when their movements are slowed down by a hundred or more times.
Changsheng closely observed the battlefield, and seeing that the two sides were almost dead, he immediately rushed over and picked off enemies as easily as cutting melons and vegetables.
"What kind of filth got in here?"
The support team was indeed formidable; they noticed something was amiss after only losing about ten men.
Several people shouted, "Don't stay still! Each teleporting evolver should bring at least two other evolvers. Move!"
The opponent's strategy caused Changsheng a little trouble, slowing down her kill-collecting speed, but no strategy could stop the arrival of death.
The only way to make Death leave is if Death gets tired.
...
Changsheng arrived at the rendezvous point before he was completely exhausted. The special operations team hijacked a cargo plane full of supplies and disembarked the plane in the same way it had come up.
As for the upper echelons, with the help of the secret army, Lu Yunzhao firmly secured his position as the head of the Lu family and officially began the purge.
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