Chapter 5
Chen Jian wore a smile and looked with interest at the twisted expressions of the leaders who changed sides on the spot but had to submit to him in the end, but he felt heartbroken in his heart.
He felt that he had overacted. Why were so many people staring at him... Damn it, did he say something wrong? He was too mysterious. Why were there people staring at him even from behind?
Several direct descendants indeed fixed their eyes on Shen Jian, and some were even too lazy to hide the longing in their eyes that could burn people to death.
Shen Lanhe managed to restrain himself and suppress the instinct to surrender that arose from Shen Jian's almost complete suppression of this group of leaders.
Little did they know that Shen Jian was sweating from being stared at by them.
He didn't even realize that the leaders of the organizations below his seats, who had just openly or covertly announced their transition to the medieval camp, were trying their best to suppress their trembling.
Mo Yi stood there, still wearing a seemingly gentle smile, not knowing what he was thinking, and stared straight at Shen Jian.
Who could have imagined that Wu Yan Tower would take advantage of the situation and screen out all the organizations that might betray Wu Yan Tower.
Many leaders who switched camps thought about it, took deep breaths secretly, and tried their best to relieve the suffocation brought by the overwhelming aura of Shen Jian above them.
They didn't even dare to apologize before Shen Jian spoke.
The sky was almost dark, and the huge venue looked like a cemetery. Shen Jian could only hear his own forced shallow breathing.
“…”
Chen Jian's face was relaxed with the corners of his lips curled up, but underneath he was secretly hiding his slight trembling by crossing his hands.
Chen Jian knew very well that he had just deliberately not explained at the first time that what the Wuyan Tower had cracked was the replacement instrument. This was not only to deal with the [Middle Ages] who used the Wuyan Tower to rise to power, but also to screen out organizations that were hostile to the Wuyan Tower.
As long as we support these organizations, the day when we can destroy Wuyan Tower and return home for the New Year will surely be just around the corner!
After a while, Shen Jian finally couldn't stand the suffocating atmosphere anymore, and tried to make up for his aboveboard spying behavior just now.
"Everyone, I think we can sit down and talk. There is no need to be so reserved. There is no evil in the Wuyan Tower..."
Malice.
As soon as Shen Jian finished speaking, dozens of leaders stood up in an instant.
Shen Jian:?!
The leaders looked pale and were afraid to sit on the stools as if their butts were burned.
Since Shen Jian has already confirmed which organizations are trying to betray him through the reversal scene just now, then doesn't the next sentence represent a sarcasm?
If I don't stand up now, will I open my eyes tomorrow to find that my organization's headquarters has been bombarded by quantum weapons?
Shen Jian took a quick look and inexplicably discovered that these people were the ones who had just consciously stood in line and wanted to support the Middle Ages.
What are they thinking, what are they doing standing up?
Shen Jian began to despair. He found that his brain circuits were never on the same line as those of these big guys.
He kept his hands crossed stiffly and motionless, watching the man in a black suit and a red brocade cape walking towards him.
Shen Jian's heart was beating like the sea in a stormy day, and she racked her brains to recall the man's information.
Then he watched helplessly as the boss of the Spirit Exploration Company, the technological tycoon who managed hundreds of laboratories under him, put aside all their pride and knelt down in front of him.
Shen Jian: “…”
Shen Jian: ???
"Mr. Shen." The man calmly untied the cloak behind him, "Even if I have nearly a thousand laboratories, I still can't crack the video surveillance of the Wuyan Tower."
"You know, our survival depends on video surveillance. So, if there is even a slight problem with the video surveillance, the soul detector will definitely fail. So I just..."
The man paused, his tone stiff, his face finally showing a little panic: "Just now, I carried, carried..."
He hesitated several times, still not daring to say the word "betrayal". In the end, he skipped the explanation obscurely and put his cloak in place in silence.
"So... I hope you can forgive us." The man held the cloak, raised his hands, lowered his head, and said no more words.
Shen Jian: What?
He once again fell into the same confusion as when Xu Yinmo handed him the sword.
He understood every word the spirit-detecting boss said, but what he just expressed was that he should not care about what happened just now, right?
But before he could hesitate to say anything, the cadre behind him spoke first.
The cadre closest to Shen Jian stood up, staring at the motionless soul-detecting leader with a half-smile, and said gently and slowly: “Mr. Lawrence, I thought you also knew that the ceremony of allegiance should not be so simple. Are you looking down on us, or are you looking down on Mr.?”
Even though Shen Jian never emphasized the so-called sense of ritual when selecting his subordinates, and even though the cadres understood that Tan Ling was really afraid, this still could not be a reason for him to be so simply loyal.
“The Middle Ages are still here.”
The medieval who made you betray the Tower of Invincibility is not dead yet.
He bit the three words "Middle Ages" and spoke in a softer tone. His fluffy chestnut hair made him look even more harmless. "You just kneeled down like that?"
Having said that, he, like Shen Jian, had not even glanced at the Middle Ages since the beginning.
Shen Jian blinked, raised his hand and gently stopped Shen An behind him from finishing his words.
Shen An suddenly fell silent, walked forward a few steps in silence, and stood behind Shen Jian.
To be honest, the Shen family cadre that Shen Jian least wanted to confront was Shen An. Even when he was an ordinary person, he knew that the boss of Wuyan Tower had a dog named Shen An who often bit anyone he saw.
It is said that his original name was Chen An - but later the name was changed for some reason.
But now he wants to thank Shen An, because he said so much, Shen Jian can roughly understand what Tanling Company means.
Shen Jian's original intention was to protect the soul-hunting organization - he only screened out a soul-hunting organization that could be considered a high-level organization this time, and he must not let this unique organization that might be hostile to the Wuyan Tower in the future be destroyed!
But he also had to keep it secret from the officials of Wuyan Tower.
Shen Jian thought for a while, glanced at the soul-detecting leader whose arms were shaking from holding up the cloak for a long time, and then glanced at Mo Yi who had been motionless since just now.
He knocked on the table and said casually, "Chen An, how did you get into the Wuyan Tower in the first place?"
“Sir…” As soon as these words came out, Shen An knew what Shen Jian wanted to do. He put on a smile that seemed reserved and mocking, and glanced at Lawrence casually, “Strangled an organization that was not very obedient.”
That organization sold some things that were expressly prohibited by the Wuyan Tower. Shen An spent two months to clean up that organization without missing a single person. Shen Jian had read the information about this.
——Every loyal cadre in Wuyan Tower has a pledge of allegiance that can shake the upper world. Obviously, even if Lawrence is the leader of the soul-hunting team, without a pledge of allegiance, there is nothing.
Lawrence obviously thought of it as well. He clenched his teeth, closed his eyes, and stopped trying to argue.
Shen Jian observed his expression and couldn’t help but knock on the table.
He was a little afraid that the man would just jump up and kill him, but he had to continue.
"You also know that I do not accept the leader's allegiance, right?" He stood up, walked to Lawrence and squatted, looking straight at the first leader of this organization whose headquarters was almost as huge as a tower.
“It doesn’t matter.” Shen Jian’s expression was very calm, “You can betray me at will.”
Lawrence's heartbeat suddenly stopped. Unspeakable fear made him feel like he was falling into the deep sea. The cold sea water poured into his limbs and head, and everything in front of his eyes was dark.
He knew that sentence was not redemption. That sentence did not mean that Shen Jian forgave him, but——
"Because you will eventually have to return to the Wuyan Tower... Nothing can surpass the Wuyan Tower, just like what happened just now." Shen Jian said.
The leader of the Wuyan Tower smiled gently, took off the cloak, and put it back on Lawrence, "So, it doesn't matter."
Because the Wuyan Tower will never fall, and because Shen Jian will always sit in the main seat of the spire meeting, he doesn't care about their betrayal, so Lawrence doesn't need to take off the cloak that represents the token of power.
Shen Jian didn't care, because all betrayers had only two outcomes from beginning to end: surrender a second time, or be destroyed.
Shen Jian thought, this reason should be valid for both sides, right?
He didn't realize that his words, though gentle, were full of sharpness. At least Lawrence's back was soaked with cold sweat, as if he had just crawled out of the sea.
Lawrence didn't even need to look back to know that the leaders of the organizations that had also surrendered to the Middle Ages had completely given up the idea of resistance.
Such a terrifying level of control...
He lowered his head again and smiled silently.
How is it possible that there are still people who would have the thought of resisting?
"Yes, sir," he said dryly, raising his sore arm to pull at his cloak, "I will never betray you."
He watched Shen Jian stand up and look down at him.
Lawrence paused, then added: "I swear, sir. No one can resist your temptation, sir."
What did I tempt you with? I think we just made a very satisfactory deal, didn't we?
Shen Jian thought numbly that he was almost accustomed to the way of thinking of these big bosses who thought ten thousand times after saying one thing.
"I feel like I'm very gentle." Shen Jian endured it, and in order to avoid being immersed in the threat of being carefully guessed at by others in the future, he finally gave a tactful reminder.
"...Yes, yes. Thank you for your kindness."
Why did he look more terrified?
Shen Jian silently watched the soul-searching boss return to his seat, his doubts almost overflowing the screen.
Forget it, I can’t figure it out, next one.
When Shen Jian looked up, he saw the dozen or so standing leaders staring at him like the most energy-consuming light bulbs.
Shen Jian paused as he raised his foot to return to his seat, then subconsciously retracted it.
The gazes relaxed a little, then became anxious, as if they were waiting for him to say something.
Shen Jian was shocked to find that he could actually read these gazes, and said decisively: "I have forgiven Tan Ling."
Seeing those leaders slumped down as if they had survived a disaster, Shen Jian was indeed a little confused.
He felt that the people present would understand what he had just said to Tan Ling. Since he could forgive Tan Ling, who had the highest interest in him, why should he care about these organizations?
It seemed that as long as he didn't let go, they wouldn't dare to confirm that they were really let go.
“Good show.”
Mo Yi chuckled and clapped his hands, "Mr. Shen, have you cleaned up the remnants? If this hadn't happened today, I'm afraid these people would have already occupied the other side of you?"
"You have room for them, too."
"Yes." Upon hearing this, Shen Jian raised his head and glanced indifferently at the medieval leader with a raised corner of his mouth, and also smiled gently, easily avoiding his provocation.
"But I may not be able to tolerate you."
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