Volume 1, Chapter 23: Director Chen’s "Hint"

Liu Xueqin quickly composed his thoughts and, following the speech he had organized on his way over, began his report to Chen Shuo:

"Director Chen, under the wise leadership of our superiors and through the collective efforts of the factory leadership team, our machinery parts factory has been actively carrying out our work. We have vigorously promoted the necessity and mission-driven nature of enterprise reform, mobilizing the proletarian consciousness of our vast workforce. In a very short period, the results of our efforts have been significant... Currently, 77 employees have responded to the call and voluntarily signed their layoff agreements."

Chen Shuo threw the two pages in his hand onto the desk and looked at Liu Xueqin coldly:

"Does this have absolutely nothing to do with it?"

Liu Xueqin looked...

"Do you see this? This is the gift you gave me!" Li Zixin, his emotions spiraling out of control, clicked off the safety on his gun and yanked Zhao Qiang toward him, the muzzle never leaving Zhao Qiang's forehead.

He looked at Hong Taiji, who was nearly twenty years his senior; in the future, if not him, who else could claim this Great Jin empire?

At that moment, a figure suddenly shot out from the main peak, heading straight for the nearest hilltop. Following closely behind this figure was another, and further back, seven or eight more figures trailed in the distance.

The Ming soldiers on the city walls watched the retreating Jin captives and shouted aloud: "Abatai has been blown to bits! The Jin captives are retreating!" The people in the city also began to cheer! For a moment, their long-held fear of the Jin captives plummeted to its lowest point.

The person behind him paused for a moment in their movements, and a sharp pain radiated from the wound, causing him to knit his brows abruptly.

Deep Blue, who had been hesitating about his next target, finally settled on a direction. He decided that once the affairs in the Snow Region were concluded, he would head to the Far West to find the Beast God and trade for a divine artifact, and incidentally, search for the Sand King's token.

To be honest, if it weren't for the words "eight-star mission" constantly swirling in my mind, I probably would have taken this opportunity, while entering the demon's lair, to give the various bosses here a good thrashing.

"A strange person indeed, but it feels quite pleasant!" The heavenly generals, led by Ying Liu, shared the same thought. To them, any demon beast or demon human in the Heavenly Realm was slated for extermination because they did not belong to this land and had to be purged.

However, the reward for victory was not generous; each player only gained one level, and I was no exception.

There was no other way, so I had to pull back the ten thousand mages from White Rock and arrange for the ten thousand who had just been resurrected to go fill the quota. In any case, with the Temple of Death guarding nearby, nothing unexpected should happen.

"I didn't expect someone from the North like you to know about the Peach Blossom Fairy Valley of the Jianghu; that is truly impressive." Shen Siying nodded gently and then smiled softly.

"Wuyou, there is no need for such formalities; we are all one family. Please rise!" Zhao Gou smiled faintly and said to him.

AK and Kitchen Knife nodded, slung their assault rifles over their shoulders, pulled out the handguns from their thigh holsters, and began attaching silencers. The team members came up from behind and, seeing Ye Yangjian’s stance, immediately understood what was happening. They discarded their backpacks, drew their "Thor" pistols, and prepared to move light.

"Yes!" Caroline continued to smile, hoping to see a look of surprise on Su Rang’s face. Unfortunately, Su Rang disappointed her. It was the same old face, with no significant change in expression.

Huo Qingren smiled: "Great Elder, you can discuss this with your team members." After leaving the tent, the Great Elder called the team members in to deliberate.

Jiang Yubin looked at Ruixin, a blush of coral appearing on both their faces. Ruixin felt embarrassed and turned away to pour more tea.

The charging Japanese soldiers began to fire, and the few soldiers at the rear fell headlong. The trees in the dense forest swayed before Zhao Zhi’s eyes. His head throbbed as if it were about to explode, and the cold sweat from the pain blurred his vision. Beside him, the Medic and Long Mao were also panting like oxen; their physical strength could simply not withstand such a frantic run.

While Chen Ren and Sun Jian were plotting the affairs of Jiangdong, in another corner of the Sun residence, Zhu Zhi and Cheng Yu were selecting spies to be sent to various regions.

"Don't you watch television?" The driver, feeling bored, thought chatting with the customer might help pass the time.

"Also, Sima Qiu tried to give me a gift two days ago, but I refused it. I believe this trend should not be encouraged; the relationship between teacher and student should be the purest of all!" After Teacher Yifu finished speaking, he looked at the judges around him. Their faces changed slightly, and they lowered their heads, including Director Lang.

But once the sound of the empty void rang out, the Qiongqi all emerged and gathered at the edge of the forest and the clearing.

It seemed I heard Xu Yefeng saying something in my ear, but I hadn't heard it at all, and even answering had become difficult. He finally began to follow my gaze, accompanying me as we both focused our eyes on Shu Chang.

Hindered by the presence of the police, Xia Wei silently swallowed these words, holding back his outburst, but his face had turned incredibly ugly.

Yang Bokang was an experienced man and naturally saw the crux of the matter. Guessing that Jiang Mi did not yet know they had registered, he took it upon himself to inform her.

Lu Xia’s smile was wicked and arrogant. He had seen so many criminals, but he had never seen anyone so blatantly wear a smile that sent shivers down one's spine as Lu Xia did.

At noon, she had eaten Norwegian food, but she hadn't eaten much, so he assumed she wasn't used to it.

It’s not just because we were close; more importantly, I feel that I need to take a considerable amount of responsibility for her death.

However, Sun Si was no fool. This time, Sun Si took away half of the Red Flag Gang Chamber of Commerce's ironclad ships—a total of nine ironclad ships and thirty behemoth warships.

Heh, brother, even without using your name, I can handle it. Someone like Xia Zhengran is completely beneath notice, okay?

I collapsed onto a small stool, making do by washing my hands and face in a basin of dirty water.

Now possessing the strength of the Fourth Rank, her movements were exceptionally agile, and she would basically not cause any major disturbance.

After all, the seed was appearing in the Chaos world for the first time; no one knew what the seed was for.

Thinking of this, Chu Xinghe turned his head to look at those gossiping employees in the third group. If he lashed out at them in public, would the system reward him for rectifying the unhealthy atmosphere in the office?

A delicate, slender male palm suddenly appeared on Zhao Zhu's shoulder, slowly reaching toward the memorial he was currently correcting.

I understood what he said; he suspected I wanted to run away with Chen Hong, but he had no evidence, and I had just performed a meritorious service for Boss Wang.

"Where the hell have you been? I’ve been looking for you for ages!" Granny Tian grabbed her arm, so angry she wanted to hit her.

Having said that, Liu Gong threw a mass of evil qi in his hand onto the ground. Looking at that familiar evil qi, Sand Demon Jie was speechless, only able to whimper in terror.

Zhou Li and Tang Wan looked at each other; both understood exactly what status the Prince of Han held for Zhu Qianyun.