Then let them show their loyalty!

Chapter 593: Speaker Qiu Tu approaches the core of the 7th shelter (7k monthly ticket request)
Hearing Qiu Tu's words, Guan Xiao, who was kneeling at Qiu Tu's feet, spit out the sweet chocolate bar and responded, "Yes! Speaker!"

After saying that, she thought for a moment, then raised her head and confirmed again, "But, Speaker, do you really want to let the jackal go?"

“Does this count as letting the tiger go back to the mountains?”

Although Guan Xiao always listened to Qiu Tu and did whatever Qiu Tu said, she was a human catastrophist after all, and was naturally wary of evil gods.

In particular, the jackal is also a level 6 evil god.

You know, in the three major shelters in the entire northwest region, apart from Qiu Tu, there is not even a level 6 Catastrophist.

The 6th level is much more powerful than the peak of the 5th level. Therefore, if Qiu Tu lets the tiger go back to the mountains, the situation in the entire northwest region may suddenly become a mess.

Therefore, as Qiu Tu’s chief secretary, Guan Xiao must fulfill his responsibilities.

However, compared to Guan Xiao’s simple analysis, Qiu Tu has a trick.

After yesterday's interrogation and questioning, coupled with Qiu Tu's combination of kindness and force, the jackal's loyalty has risen to 75 points.

With this level of loyalty, it is almost impossible to betray unless there is a major change.

So, Qiu Tu reached out and touched the back of her head, and said soothingly, "Don't talk, just keep eating."

Hearing Qiu Tu's words, Guan Xiao gave Qiu Tu a charming look, then lowered her head and continued to eat snacks.

Qiu Tu continued to sit upright in the chair as before, closing his eyes and enjoying the experience while explaining,

"Don't worry. I'm pretty accurate in judging people and evil gods."

"The jackal should really want to join us now. This is also an opportunity to buy a horse bone with a lot of gold."

"As long as we operate well, we will have many evil god allies in the future."

At this point, in order to dispel Guan Xiao's concerns, Qiu Tu rubbed her head and said,
"Besides, even if he really is acting, it doesn't matter."

"He's just a small sixth-rank evil god. I can kill him with a flick of my hand."

While listening to Qiu Tu's words, Guan Xiao was eating a chocolate bar while thinking about the recent wind direction in the entire northwest region.

In fact, a few months ago, after Qiu Tu and Zhao Ji teamed up to kill Xiao Yasha and Mei Renfeng, the top leaders of the three major shelters in the "Northwest Region" promoted Qiu Tu to the position of the strongest in the "Northwest Region".

However, you have to know that those who can become high-ranking officials in the shelter may be bad, but they are definitely not stupid.

Although they recognized Qiu Tu's strength, they had also been quietly verifying Qiu Tu's strength.

Not long after the deaths of Xiaoyasha and Meirenfeng, the three major shelters secretly sent people to the "Maoji Area" to investigate the situation of the war at that time.

Similar to what the jackal had investigated, in the broken "Trade Zone", the major shelters did detect the presence of Zhao Ji, Xiao Yasha, Mei Ren Feng and Qiu Tu.

However, the proportion of the first three is very high. In comparison, Qiu Tu's aura is almost negligible.

This shows that Qiu Tu did not inspire much energy in that battle. Or to put it more directly: Qiu Tu hardly exerted any effort and was just there to make up the numbers.

This caused many senior executives to doubt: Is Qiu Tu really as strong as he boasted?

Could it be that he just slept with Zhao Ji and then took advantage of her to bully others?
The result is that although everyone dares not to provoke Qiu Tu because he now controls many evil gods, they are secretly trying to figure out Qiu Tu's true intentions behind his back.

After all, having your own strength is different from borrowing the strength of others.

In the former case, the power belongs to oneself and no one can deprive it. But in the latter case, it can be broken at any time due to various reasons such as the relationship, interests, and positions between the two parties.

This is also the reason why the top leaders of the major shelters, although they respect Qiu Tu’s current strength, are still taking a wait-and-see approach to everything.

As a result, at this time, Qiu Tu proved himself with two battles.

In one incident, he faced a sneak attack from a jackal. With his peak fifth-level strength, he beat the sixth-level evil god jackal alone for three minutes and drove the jackal away.

This directly let all the shelter's top leaders know that Qiu Tu's true combat power had reached the level of level 6!

The other battle was the one two days ago: he joined forces with Zhao Ji to fight against the nine-headed lion and jackals.

——This was the battle that established Qiu Tu’s position in the human camp.

The entire "Xialing area" was destroyed by the four people. Xialing City was also directly broken apart and almost destroyed.

After the battle, the leaders of the three shelters all secretly investigated the atmosphere left by the battle, hoping to recreate the battle.

As a result, they were surprised to find that Qiu Tu played a very large role in that battle, even almost as much as Zhao Ji.

This shows that in that battle, Qiu Tu played almost the same role as Zhao Ji.

To be honest, this really makes it difficult for all the major forces to understand Qiu Tu's strength.

Could it be that Qiu Tu is actually quite strong, and is not relying on Zhao Ji, but is on equal terms with Zhao Ji?

How else to explain why the total amount of aura between the two people is almost the same?

It couldn't be that Qiu Tu fought with the jackal and the nine-headed lion for a long time, and Zhao Ji ended the battle with just one move, right?

This is even more bizarre than the 50-50 split between Qiu Tu and Zhao Ji!

However, no matter what, the details left over from that war did help all parties to have a more comprehensive understanding of Qiu Tu.

They analyzed the intelligence and roughly deduced Qiu Tu's strength range:

The realm should be at the early stage of level 6, but the actual strength should be between the middle stage of level 6 and the peak stage 6.

After all, only this can explain why Qiu Tu was able to intervene in this level of war between evil gods.

However, no matter whether it is the early stage of level 6 or the peak of level 6, Qiu Tu's current strength is undoubtedly the first in the Northwest region.

Even in the entire human camp, it can be ranked around the top 10.

Such strength and status make Qiu Tu like the uncrowned king of the "Northwest Region" and he has many legal rights and interests.

It just so happened that Qiu Tu was a relatively "ambitious" person. Although he had reached the top of the human camp in terms of strength, he was not like other masters who ignored worldly affairs and practiced peacefully. Instead, he actively expanded his territory and expanded his political influence.

Therefore, Qiu Tu’s close associates and confidants are now full of cohesion and enterprising spirit.

After all, expanding territory is the fastest ladder to advancement. If one can make outstanding contributions in this war to unify the northwest region, then not only can he become the Speaker of the State Assembly, he may even become the garrison commander of two states or the head of a shelter.

So, someone like Guan Xiao, who had clearly become the vice-president of Dongye Prefecture in charge of the security bureau system, found an excuse that "the security bureau system wanted to help infiltrate the 7th shelter" and ran to Qiu Tu to show off his face.

Hmm. As I was brushing, I found myself under Qiu Tu's desk.
Just like that, Guan Xiao continued to work hard on "slurping" the popsicle. After "slurping" for half an hour, Qiu Tu finally fed all his snacks to Guan Xiao.

After drinking the melted water from the popsicle, Guan Xiao raised her head, cast a charming glance at Qiu Tu, and said, "Sir, today's breakfast, Ningde shrimp noodles, is really delicious."

Qiu Tu:
I have to say that Guan Xiao is indeed a considerate and polite subordinate.

It's just a pity that his mouth is so childish.

So Qiu Tu touched her smooth face and said, "Rinse your mouth, and then get down to business."

Guan Xiao was able to become Qiu Tu's most trusted and closest subordinate in just one year, which shows that he has his own abilities.

Hearing Qiu Tu's words, she argued with a sweet smile, "Chairman. In my heart, you are my heaven. Therefore, your business is the most important business."

"As for the rest, I just did it to please you~"

"How can this be considered serious business?"

After hearing Guan Xiao's words, even though Qiu Tu didn't like to hear compliments, he couldn't help but smile.

At that moment, he suddenly understood why Zhao Ji had been so obsessed with him.

As expected, everyone likes people who speak nicely.
Even though her loyalty was as high as 90, Guan Xiao was still a woman with a strong sense of career. So, after flattering Qiu Tu, she went to pass on the message with a swaying figure.

As for Qiu Tu, he looked at her charming back, and his thoughts couldn't help but drift away.
Now, his enemies should also be very anxious and start to make their own choices.
As for whether we can take over the Seventh Shelter within two days, in addition to our own efforts, it also depends on how they choose.
night.

When the sun's afterglow was completely swallowed up by the darkness, the sky seemed like a huge piece of black silk, spreading over the entire world.

The moonlight was cold, shining on the huge, complex, and twisted buildings of "Shelter No. 7 - Zhao Family".

The Zhao family's mansion, which covered several thousand hectares, was like a giant beast sleeping there. The mottled light and shadows of the buildings intertwined on the ground, like a monster with bared fangs and claws, swaying gently with the moonlight, adding a bit of gloom to the night.

Late at night, in the dark and quiet alley of the building complex, at some point, there was a sound of footsteps and a suppressed voice calling out, "Quick, quick, come this way."

Along with the sound, a small team of about 7 people were crouching down and moving along the wall towards the outside of the mansion.

They were wearing black night clothes, making it difficult to tell their identities and appearances, but from their behavior and actions, it was obvious that they were not ordinary people.

At this moment, just when the small team was circling around the house, avoiding the patrolmen and finally got outside, they began to move towards the outside of the city.

The second person in the squad suddenly lowered his voice and asked the leader in a low voice, "Dad, why do we have to retreat so urgently?"

"Is Qiu Tu so scary? If we can't defeat him, we can just surrender."

"In order to ensure his rule over Shelter 7, he should also let our Zhao family go."

As he spoke, the pedestrians walked to a street lamp. Under the dim light, the face of the leader suddenly appeared.

It turned out to be one of the three giants of the 7th Shelter, the head of the Zhao family, Zhao Pan, who threatened to resist Qiu Tu to the end.

At this time, hearing his son's question, Zhao Pan looked at him with a sinister look, and then said with a bit of regret, "A gentleman should not stand under a dangerous wall."

"What's the difference between putting your life in the hands of a thug and putting a knife to your neck?"

After hearing what Zhao Pan said, Zhao Pan's son was obviously still a little confused.

He muttered, "But, I heard Qiu Tu has a very good reputation and character."

"Even some of his former enemies, as long as they sincerely surrendered to him, he would accept and reuse them."

"It seems that this person has no flaws in his character except that he is a little bit lustful."

"At worst, we can just send my sisters over there. By then, he might even call me brother and you father-in-law."

Hearing his son's nonsense, Zhao Pan slapped him on the back of the head with a sullen look on his face, and scolded him, "Beast!"

"Based on the looks of your sisters, can Qiu Tu eat them?!"

"You think our family isn't dying fast enough!"

"Besides, I heard, I heard. Your information all comes from hearsay. Is it as accurate as our official channels?"

Seeing that Zhao Pan got angry, Zhao Pan's son quickly shrank his head and dared not speak.

Seeing this, Zhao Pan's chest heaved with anger, and he was too lazy to scold his good-for-nothing son anymore: Anyway, he didn't count on him.

Thinking of this, after sending the group to the off-road vehicle that had been prepared earlier, Zhao Pan said to his son with a gloomy face, "Do you remember what I told you?"

Hearing Zhao Pan's words, Zhao Pan's son nodded quickly. He said, "Dad, I've written it down."

"We will disguise ourselves as a caravan traveling between the disaster zone and the planned area, then pass through the coalition forces of Qiu Tu and Princess Xi and enter the disaster zone."

"After arriving at the disaster zone, leave everything behind, travel light, and head directly to the border area between the disaster zone and the "Boundless Heart Sea"."

"Then I'll use the 'Positioning Altar' to summon you here."

Seeing that his son did remember it clearly, Zhao Pan finally relaxed a little. He reached out his hand, patted his son's shoulder heavily, and glanced at the other members of the team calmly.

At this time, the other members of the team were all scattered around, vigilantly paying attention to any movement around them.

Obviously, they were all security personnel arranged by Zhao Pan for his son.

Retracting his gaze, Zhao Pan pressed his son's head, then moved closer and whispered, "Son, don't take off the tattoo on your arm."

"It contains all the wealth that our entire Zhao family has accumulated over the years, as well as experimental data from various research projects."

"I have encrypted it. No one else can open it except me."

"This way, even if you encounter danger on the road, or those guards rebel, you will have some bargaining chips."

Seeing that Zhao Pan spoke so seriously, Zhao Pan's son nodded slightly and then touched the snake-shaped tattoo on his arm.

Obviously, it was a storage-type catastrophic artifact that could be integrated with the body.

Maybe because Zhao Pan was so abnormal tonight, Zhao Pan's son finally became serious.

He nodded vigorously, his eyes full of determination, "Dad, don't worry. I will definitely complete the task."

Just like that, under Zhao Pan's watch, the team of men in black drove away from the center of Shelter No. 7.
Looking at the team going away, Zhao Pan's eyes were full of determination and ruthlessness.

"Only a fool would not run!"

"Qiu Tu has 90% already known our identities. He dared to attack the shelter so recklessly this time. If he said he had no backup plan, who would believe him!"

"So, borrowing the power of the 3rd, 4th, and 5th shelters at the meeting is actually just to disrupt the situation, release smoke bombs, and delay time."

"Given Qiu Tu's combat power, which stands at the top of the human camp, and his relationship with the evil sisters, who would want to provoke them for no reason?"

'The 5th Shelter is too busy to take care of itself. Although the 3rd and 4th may be interested, they will probably just send a delegation to try and smooth things over.'

"If you believe them, you will be sold out badly."

"So, let the Wei and Han families hold on, and we'll run first."

'This way, even if it turns out to be a false alarm, at worst we can just come back.'

Thinking of this, Zhao Pan tightened his hooded cloak and walked quickly into the dark night.
at the same time.

Shelter No. 7, Han Family.

Han Qidong, the head of the Han family, was walking back and forth in the study room. His brows were furrowed, and he was obviously thinking about something extremely important.

After a moment, he raised his head and his eyes became extremely solemn.

"That guy Zhao Pan seems to be planning something."

'Call for help? Surrender? Or. Escape?'

'But it doesn't matter, whatever he's planning, it's useless.'

'If Qiu Tu didn't know the identity of our "Wu Yin Society", no matter what we did, Qiu Tu would keep our three major families for the sake of peace and stability.'

'After a few years of transition, we will gradually weaken our influence and strength.'

'But if he knew the identity of our "Wist Hidden Society", with the "strategic planning" he has shown over the years, could he really not have guessed Zhao Pan's actions?'

'So Lin Hai's evaluation of Zhao Pan was really correct: cherish your body when doing great things, and forget your life when seeing small gains.'

'I like to be smart, but after a lot of trouble, I find that it is better to go all out.'

Thinking of this, Han Qidong's eyes became extremely sharp.

Although he also felt that with the strength of the Han family, it was like a mantis trying to stop a chariot to confront Qiu Tu.

However, at the moment of life and death, he had no other choice but to fight hard!
Meanwhile, in Shelter 7, the center of the Wei family.

Wei Zhengze, the head of the Wei family, was holding the receiver and smiling obsequiously at the person inside. "Yes, yes, Director Guan, you are right."

"We, the Wei family, have always welcomed and supported Speaker Qiu's visit to Shelter No. 7 to provide guidance."

"No, no, it's not 'Come to Shelter 7', it's 'Return to our Shelter 7' to lead our development."

"Look at my mouth."

At this time, Wei Zhengze, who was over fifty years old, with white hair and beard, and already a grandfather, was as flattering as a grandson.

The person on the other end of the phone was obviously Guan Xiao, who was in charge of the intelligence and espionage work for the "7th Shelter Unification War".

Compared to the succubus look in front of Qiu Tu, Guan Xiao is a completely different person when she is working.

She said with a fake smile on the other end of the phone, "Elder Wei, it's good that you have the awareness to say this."

"But you have to know that no matter how nice the words sound, it is not as good as actual actions."

"Whether the Speaker is willing to accept you depends on what you plan to do next."

Hearing Guan Xiao's hint, Wei Zhengze quickly patted his chest and promised, "Chairman Guan, don't worry."

"I, Old Wei, have no other ability but to keep my word."

"Tomorrow, you will lead the army along the route I give you. I will ensure that all the cities along the way will surrender."

"You can easily cross three states and create a passage to the core of Sanctuary 7!"

Seeing that Wei Zhengze finally showed his sincerity, Guan Xiao finally smiled.

She said, "Okay."

Soon, Wei Zhengze told Guan Xiao his suggested marching route and explained the reason for this route - all of it was the territory controlled by his Wei family.

He had already secretly communicated with the garrisons of those states, asking them not to offer any resistance tomorrow.

As the person in charge of intelligence for this war, Guan Xiao was already familiar with the personalities of the heads of the Han, Zhao, and Wei families.

The head of the Zhao family, Zhao Pan, is insidious and cunning; the head of the Han family, Han Qidong, is smart but reckless; compared with these two families, the head of the Wei family, Wei Zhengze, is more cautious and stable.

Therefore, his secret surrender was most likely a real surrender.

After all, he didn't surrender, Qiu Tu won, and for the peace and stability of the 7th Shelter, it would not affect the prosperity and wealth of their family.

But if his surrender was fake, Qiu Tu would destroy their family just for the sake of face and reputation.

In this situation where the risks and benefits are completely disproportionate, the authenticity of the Wei family's rebellion is as high as 99%.

So, just like that, the two of them talked in detail about tomorrow's attack route and plan, and then hung up the phone.

Because it is wartime now, even in the middle of the night, Qiu Tu's war machine is still running.

So, not long after, the news of Wei Zhengze's rebellion was secretly passed to Tang Feifei, the commander of this war.

At this time, Tang Feifei had conquered another state, so her aura was more condensed, and her strength on the "Destruction-Conquest" path was obviously more advanced.

When Tang Feifei received the secret information from Guan Xiao, she had not yet slept. She was in the strategy room, studying the future trends of the war alone.

When she got the key information from Guan Xiao, her eyes condensed slightly, and then she waved her hand, and the table in front of her suddenly changed "click-click", and a few seconds later, the sand table of the entire control area of ​​Shelter 7 appeared on the table.

According to Guan Xiao's confidential intelligence, Tang Feifei moved her finger over three states and more than a dozen cities, deducing the situation.

We simulated the situation in which everything went well, and also simulated the situation in which it was a trap.

Just like that, accompanied by the solitary lamp, Tang Feifei studied for three or four hours before she stood up confidently, her eyes full of determination!

The outcome of a war is determined by many factors, such as equipment, the quality of soldiers, weather, terrain, and morale.

Although Qiu Tu and Princess Xi's side are a coalition force, their morale has been high because they have two outstanding generals, Tang Feifei and Huang Shangzong.

In contrast, on the side of the 7th Shelter, the three giants either held their ground, some fled, and some surrendered.

The entire combat command system is in complete disarray.

The result was that the defenders of Shelter 7 had no idea what to do.

In addition, Wei Zhengze issued a "no resistance" order to the cities under his control.

Therefore, the coalition forces of Qiu Tu and Princess Xi, who had been recuperating in Fengqi Prefecture for two days, directly began to sweep across the surrounding cities.

Huyuan City, Yumu City, Meixi City, Luohu City, one city after another fell, and the defense line of the entire 7th Shelter began to be destroyed like an avalanche.

In a war, collapse is contagious. Obviously, at the beginning, only the Wei family's territory did not resist, but when the coalition forces broke into the heart of the 7th Sanctuary like a whirlwind, all the cities surrendered wherever they went.

In this situation, Tang Feifei, who had good military talent, of course seized this opportunity keenly.

She simply began to gather the remaining troops from various cities and used them as the vanguard. The coalition forces provided support and supervision, and then began to attack the cities.

The advantage of this was that the coalition forces expanded rapidly. Originally there were only more than 40 troops, but in a short period of time, more than 10 troops were added.

Wei Zhengze's original idea was to let the coalition forces penetrate the three states and attack Huanglong like a blitzkrieg, forcing the other two families to agree to restore the Lin family's status.

As a result, Tang Feifei directly turned the "blitzkrieg" into a "flat push".

Three states and more than forty cities were all conquered by her in one day.

The 7th Shelter has not been strong due to the "Partridge Terrace Incident" and the suppression of "Beauty Wind" over the years. At most, there are only 8 states, which is similar to the previous 8th Shelter.

Now Tang Feifei has taken over four states in one go (plus Fengqi State), which is equivalent to directly occupying half of the 7th Shelter.

And just like the goal last night, after occupying four states, the coalition forces also approached the center of the 7th Shelter.

This battle in Shelter 7 has always concerned all the other shelters.

No matter what happens, all kinds of information and news will fly quickly to major shelters along with radio waves.

Before the war started, everyone had guessed that under Qiu Tu's strong pressure, Shelter 7 would not be able to win the war.

However, no one expected that Shelter 7 would lose so completely.

In just one week, the four states were lost and the army was blocked at the center.

This can be said to be something that has never happened since the establishment of major shelters, except for the "Partridge Terrace Incident".

Coincidentally, during the "Partridge Terrace Incident", the 7th Shelter was also the center of the attack.
What is even more coincidental is that the 7th Shelter also requested support from all the other shelters, just like the "Partridge Terrace Incident".

What's even more coincidental is that reinforcements for the 3rd and 4th shelters are indeed on the way.

Theoretically, if Shelter 7 can hold out for another 4 days, there will be a chance for a comeback when the coalition arrives.
Unfortunately, unlike the "Partridge Terrace Incident", in this war, the 6th and 8th Shelters did not stand on the side of the 7th Shelter.

Without their help to delay time, and with the presence of a traitor, Shelter 7 would not have been able to delay until 4 days later.
In fact, because of the internal strife among the three families, they have begun to become chaotic.——

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