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Combating those stubborn elements of organized crime is the very purpose and responsibility of our company, NaDuTong.
Zhao Fangxu continued drinking his tea, while Erzhuang stared in disbelief at the computer screen next to him. The two of them were looking at the new report from Shanxi Province together.
To be fair, the local powerful families in Shanxi Province were incredibly resilient, with a total of 487 people dying in the process.
This number is not small.
After all, although there are far more superhumans in the superhuman world than the estimated 15,000, they are not NPCs that refresh automatically.
Moreover, with Lu Xuan's continuous killings, there are not many Quanxing and aristocratic families left who dare to take action.
The number of more than two hundred people also includes the Quanxing people who gathered from other places, as well as the people sent by the aristocratic families in Jin Province who support them from behind the scenes.
The deaths of 487 extraordinary individuals have completely shattered the mentality of the aristocratic families and the Quanxing sect, who wanted to rebel.
Today, not only in the pilot North China region, but also across the country, long queues have formed outside the doors of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions for those who have surrendered and their families have come to surrender.
Next, those powerful families and new "capital forces" that were still secretly fighting against Nadutong Company will probably never dare to show their faces again.
Zhao Fangxu silently drank his tea, wiping away his sweat as he did so.
Fortunately, after Lu Xuan wiped out the Wang family, he smoked all night and then chose to retire gracefully.
If I had chosen to fight head-on in that moment of weakness, it probably wouldn't be a matter of "reputation before and after death," but rather a matter of how I would die!
"Is Inner Mongolia next?"
"Yes, the train that Director Lu is on will take us through Inner Mongolia to enter the area beyond the Great Wall."
However, what was on Zhao Fangxu's desk was not a new battle report.
Instead, it was a message:
A message from Lu Xuan, through the Na Du Tong Company, declaring war on the remaining members of the Extraordinary Ones and those powerful families.
Lu Xuan didn't want to run down the ranks one by one; instead, he wanted to have one last battle with the remaining Quanxing and aristocratic families in this sparsely populated area.
It might just be Lu Xuan's twisted sense of humor.
He chose the Xilin Gol Grassland as the battlefield for this time as well.
Chapter 198: Boring, where is the bloodshed I was most looking forward to?
Everyone expected this to be a major battle, even those within the Nadotong company thought so.
Of course, as a state-owned enterprise, Nadutong Company certainly couldn't directly release Lu Xuan's original words about challenging them to a fight; Nadutong has its own principles.
"The First Xilin Gol Grassland Unrestricted Fighting Tournament?"
"Nadutong Company has specially invited its consultant, Daoist Lu Xuan, to provide guidance. We sincerely invite all Quanxing members who are interested to participate. No registration is required, and one-way travel expenses will be reimbursed..."
Zhang Chulan read the official information released so openly on the NaDuTong website, his face full of black lines.
Looking up, the Xilingol Grassland is covered with blue sky and white clouds, and the horizon where the view meets the green grassland stretches to the horizon.
Although it was only September, with gentle breezes and bright sunshine, the strong winds blowing across the flat grassland already carried a hint of chill.
But none of them felt as cold as Zhang Chulan's heart.
Damn it, why did they put an intern like me in charge?
Looking at the professional team behind him, and then at Bao'er who was eating a cucumber beside him, Zhang Chulan was speechless.
Logically speaking, after the Old Celestial Master semi-retired, Lu Xuan had undoubtedly become the leader of the righteous path in the world of supernatural beings—
Although Lu Xuan never wanted to be the leader and ignored the olive branches extended by those powerful forces, he made many struggling aristocratic families hate him to the core.
But for the vast majority of people with supernatural abilities, Lu Xuan, who wiped out the Quanxing Sect, eradicated the aristocratic families, and promoted the implementation of the regulations for managing people with supernatural abilities, was undoubtedly the true leader of the righteous path.
Lu Xuan's every word and action will be amplified among his growing number of admirers, and his influence has undoubtedly surpassed that of the Old Celestial Master.
In this situation, Lu Xuan's declaration of war against the remaining Quanxing and the barely surviving aristocratic families through the company's channels was undoubtedly a major earthquake.
In the past, the "good versus evil narrative" promoted by the powerful families would probably have triggered factionalism and a polarized war between good and evil in the entire world of supernatural beings.
Logically, at this point, Nadutong Company should undoubtedly step in to stabilize the situation and nip the fighting in the bud.
But the reality is...
Nadutong directly set up a challenge for Lu Xuan through official channels, and even Zhang Chulan silently praised their emotional intelligence.
And within the world of supernatural beings...
Upon hearing the news that Lu Xuan had declared war on the remaining Quanxing and those aristocratic families, some were encouraged, while others clamored to completely wipe out Quanxing.
However, the turmoil in the world of supernatural beings that Zhang Chulan had initially anticipated did not occur.
After careful consideration, Zhang Chulan realized...
The world of supernatural beings has indeed changed.
After the temporary management regulations for extraordinary individuals were implemented by the Nadutong Company, one powerful family and force after another perished.
No one believes the "narrative of good versus evil" touted by the powerful families anymore.
The opposition between good and evil is an objective reality, as is the evil of the entire nature. However, the opposition between good and evil is not the main contradiction in the world of superhumans, nor is it the root cause of the problems in the world of superhumans.
What truly affects the world of supernatural beings is always the conflict between the vast majority of supernatural beings and the powerful and influential families.
Once the outsiders saw through the true nature of the powerful families, although they all wanted to completely wipe out the Quanxing, no one was willing to be used as a pawn by the powerful families anymore.
They were willing to believe Lu Xuan, and they began to believe that the state-owned Nadutong Company could solve the problem instead of resorting to private feuds.
As trust gradually grows between the vast number of outsiders and the Nadutong Company and things get back on track, the power seized by those aristocratic families and emerging capitalist forces through the "opposition between good and evil" is rapidly slipping away.
This can be seen from the current fervor on the forums for the strange and unusual regarding Lu Xuan's sweeping of the Quanxing sect, and from the fact that in reality, no one is willing to be incited by the powerful families to become cannon fodder.
Instead, one can see this by observing the cooperation between Nadutong Company and Lu Xuan.
The world of supernatural beings has indeed begun to change, just as Lu Xuan said!
Even Zhang Chulan, who always liked to hide himself and never revealed his true thoughts, could clearly feel this change.
A sense of conviction is never gradually changed through cognition, but rather awakened in an instant.
Even Zhang Chulan has begun to actively participate in the plans of Na Du Tong Company, instead of secretly plotting as before, which is enough to illustrate the changes in the world of supernatural beings.
However, what Zhang Chulan is thinking about now is...
The world of supernatural beings may have become a little too good!
Where are the people who were supposed to be there?
Why didn't any members of the Quanxing sect come?
I'm curious too!
Lu Xuan lay listlessly on a rock, a blade of grass he had casually picked up dangling from his mouth.
The master-like demeanor depicted in anime is all fake. Who really has the same imposing aura as the Celestial Master and can just stand there all the time?
If you foolishly wait and stand there all night, wouldn't that be like a tiger?
Lu Xuan preferred to lie down rather than sit, and instead lay down directly on the rock.
But so far, not a single person has come.
The long-awaited "foundation" of the supernatural world, the counterattacks from the renowned figures of the Quanxing Sect, as well as those powerful families and forces, never happened.
Faced with Lu Xuan's terrifying record and high efficiency, no one was willing to die and become a member of the list of casualties on the Nadutong official website.
Even the official website of Nadutong Company has a dedicated page for Lu Xuan, detailing his battle achievements and information, especially the number of deaths in each battle.
According to official statistics, the number of superhumans who have died at Lu Xuan's hands is already close to three thousand.
According to the official data previously released by Nadutong Company, this means that Lu Xuan has killed almost one-fifth of the population in the world of supernatural beings, which is terrifying.
Even the Quanxing sect doesn't grow out of the ground, so how could they possibly kill so many people?
Not to mention that the Quanxing faction's power has now completely collapsed.
Now, Lu Xuan's stated goals have been achieved.
Because now no one in the world of supernatural beings dares to call themselves Quanxing anymore, all the Quanxing members in each region are lining up to turn themselves in.
Even if some slip through the net, anyone who shows any sign of wrongdoing will be taken to the All-in-One Company or dealt with by the concerned public.
Not to mention those aristocratic families that are barely clinging to life; when it comes to fighting for their lives, they are all cowards.
Even the most effective method of inciting conflict between good and evil has failed, so they won't be foolish enough to actually come and die.
This resulted in Lu Xuan waiting on the Xilingol Grassland for a whole day without seeing a single hair.
In this vast world of supernatural beings, is there not a single true warrior to challenge Lu Xuan, this demon?
Countless disciples of noble families wept, hoping that some fearless warriors would bravely step forward.
"Fuck, what the hell is this?"
Zhang Chulan and his professional team were bored out of their minds and were grumbling about whether they could do something, when their jinx came true.
Everyone's eyes widened like saucers, staring intently into the distance.
At the edge of the horizon, where the blue sky, white clouds, and boundless grassland once met, a cold, austere atmosphere rapidly spread.
Are those cumulonimbus clouds?
Zhang Chulan was speechless.
It's normal for storms to occur on the grasslands.
But the weather forecast clearly said it would be sunny today!
Q: What should a group of extraordinary people do when facing a storm on the grassland?
A: We hold a banquet at home, a grand and extravagant affair.
Even these extraordinary beings appear incredibly fragile in the face of nature's power.
But soon, Zhang Chulan realized that he had been too optimistic.
That vast and cold aura rapidly approached, and the chill in the wind blew open his thin coat, causing Zhang Chulan, a cultivator, to shiver.
The expressions of the professional team members present quickly mirrored Zhang Chulan's, plunging them into fear.
Because what I see before me is a desolate and bleak world.