Above Destiny

Chapter 754 Urgent

The changes in the coastline affect more than just Rohde Island.

The impact on Ro Island is actually the least significant. After all, given Ro Island's size, it already has complete control over the coastline. This is merely an internal adjustment and won't cause any major disruptions.

However, with the comprehensive increase in employee benefits and salaries, the competitors in Haizhou and Middle-earth began to get restless... Even though the wages have increased to the point where they are only barely on par with the minimum wage stipulated in the Federal Central City, it is already enough to achieve a dimensional reduction attack on other counterparts in Wilderness and Middle-earth.

What's more, there are insurance and bonuses, as well as an employee cafeteria and employee market that operate entirely without pursuing any profit, and discounts and benefits for employees purchasing company products... including hard currency for the wilderness like tricycles, pickup trucks, vans, and tractors!

Dude, are you fucking raising assassins here?

Faced with a massive number of high-achieving employees leaving the company, the industry was furious!

In a fit of extreme anger, everyone raged several more times... After wiping away their tears, they clutched the contract tightly in their hands and began to painstakingly calculate how much of a raise they could get.

if not?
Are you using underhanded tactics?

Are you kidding? In the wilderness of Haizhou, the coast is now a behemoth that can control everything. It has always been the security team that goes out to collect debts, commit murder and arson. How could anyone else have the chance to use dirty tricks?
Even if you complain to higher authorities, where can you really complain?
Haizhou Garrison Command?

In the Middle Kingdom, you have the Tacheng Security Operations Bureau as your backer on the surface, the Chongguang Church as your guarantor and strong support among the people, and the emerging White Bond Restoration Army watching you from the shadows!

In this chaotic world, what are you so upset about that you'd want to commit suicide?

Under these circumstances, Xinquan Town began to expand once again.

Construction sites, centered around the coastal factory area, expanded outwards significantly. A large number of garbage collectors were recruited, and after intensive training, they were put into the construction sites and assembly lines, working behind the construction machinery.

With the gathering of a large number of people, more service and catering businesses quickly sprang up from the wilderness outside Xinquan Town.

It was as if an invisible force was pulling the various settlements scattered across the wilderness together, and the massive influx of people was drawn towards Xinquan like a magnet.

In the wilderness that was once vaguely connected by messengers and logistics, a brand new hub is gradually emerging...

The whole thing started late at night when Isis issued her notice.

"I see, I understand!"

Old Gou, who hadn't slept a wink all night staring at the map of Haizhou, suddenly slammed his hand on the table, realizing what was going on. His bloodshot eyes widened, and he burst into wild laughter: "Mr. Ji is planning to build a new Jinan!"

"What the hell?"

Yu Shu was shocked and dumbfounded: "No, Lao Gou, are you serious?"

No, does everyone learn the same federal language? Why have I been looking at the employee regulations for so long and not figured out anything other than discipline and safety?
Did you secretly tear out two pages?
"if not?"

Old Gou retorted, "At this point, what need is there for improvement on the coast? Hasn't the boss been strictly enforcing safety in production? Why repeat the same old tune?"

It's definitely for the sake of being enterprising!

"Ah this..."

Yu Shu hesitated, then said, "How about we just ask them directly?"

"No need to ask anymore. Look, Secretary Yi didn't say anything either."

Gou Er smiled meaningfully and patted him on the shoulder.

Xiao Yu, you're still too young! How could you possibly ask such a question!

If we don't ask, then it's just the subordinates speculating wildly. It doesn't matter if they make mistakes or do things poorly. But if Mr. Ji personally intervenes and it doesn't have any effect, wouldn't that just damage his prestige and cause unrest?

"This matter, in a broader sense, is about the new city of Quancheng; in a more immediate sense, it's just the expansion of Quancheng Town. It's not something that can be accomplished overnight. Let's start working on it and lay a solid foundation!"

Gou Er was completely fired up, his withered and sallow face flushed with excitement as he gesticulated wildly: "Besides, is it really impossible to build a new Quancheng?"

I think it's bound to happen sooner or later anyway!

Otherwise, wouldn't it be a waste if Mr. Ji had put in so much effort and hard work to build such a great business, without even asking for any profit or return?

Yu Shu then fell silent.

Perhaps the goals and starting points are different, but Yu Shu has never doubted anything about the future.

New Spring City?
It sounds a bit far, but as long as Mr. Ji is around, how could it be anything too difficult?
"Don't worry, Xiao Yu, I won't mess around. You don't need to make a fuss. We just need to keep things in mind and do our job well so that everyone can give it their all."

Previously, Mr. Ji always did everything himself. Now, this is a rare opportunity to let Mr. Ji see the capabilities of us subordinates!

Gou Er stood with his hands behind his back by the window, gazing at Xinquan at four o'clock in the morning. His eyes shone brightly, as if he were looking at a rising sun.

No one understands the boss's domineering mind and ambition better than me, no one!

I already understand everything!
Mr. Ji, I, Xun... no, I, Gou Er, will absolutely not let you down!

Break the magnetic field of a million lackeys!
Starting today, let's ride horses, chop wood, and build a new Jinan!
As a result, the little figures that appeared when Ji Jue's vision went black began to increase in number and jump around more and more enthusiastically!
"No, Isis, I've had blackouts seventeen, eighteen, or nineteen times in the past two days, like I ate some kind of mushroom. The hallucinations are getting more and more bizarre. Is this normal?"

Ji Jue pressed his buzzing head, feeling that something was not quite right.

"That's normal, sir."

Isis calmly replied, "From what I've observed, everyone is quite supportive of the regulations you've introduced. They're all expressing their willingness to contribute to your grand plan and dedicate themselves so that you can get a new outfit."

Surely you wouldn't refuse your employees' kind offer?

"Is that so?" Ji Jue asked, bewildered.

"Yes, that's right."

Isis nodded decisively.

That's probably it, although something seems off.

However, Chixiao's secret ritual was progressing steadily, and it could even be said that the effect was outstanding. In just two or three days, Ji Jue felt that the heavy pressure on his body had been reduced by 50 or 60 percent, and a kind of illusory lightness appeared around him.

It was as if invisible hands were gradually lifting him up.

According to the Nine Forms, when all the heavy pressure that made each step difficult disappeared, and the swordsmith felt a sense of exhilaration as if he were in harmony with the power of heaven and earth in his movements, then the foundation of the Crimson Sky was considered to be completed.

As for how things will develop from here, that's entirely up to fate.

Unfortunately, there are simply too few cases.

For hundreds of years, few of the Ye family's ancestors were so successful that they established their own businesses overseas.

Aside from the six ceremonial swords prepared for the emperor during the earlier Eternal Empire, there are very few other examples to refer to. And none of them can truly be considered successful. Even the few instances of imitation were all used by the main lineage to suppress rebellions from the branches, proving highly effective internally but disgraceful externally.

Can't count on it at all.

I have to do it myself!
Today, the impact of truly orthodox Tengen is immediate.

Leaving aside Xinquan and Zhongtu, the entire Luo Island visibly stabilized, no longer in a state of panic, and resumed its orderly operation.

It didn't suddenly improve overnight, but rather it changed gradually as if it were a matter of course.

Perhaps it's the influence of the power of Tianyuan, but Tianyuan is formless and intangible, and everyone is involved in it, so who can really explain it? If you really want to ask, everyone's answers will be all over the place.

Mr. Ji isn't worried, so what's there to panic about? The hotline is working, there's nothing to be alarmed about. The coast guard is still paying wages daily; the leafy greens are looking good today, I need to go early and bring back a lot. The patrols are still going on, aren't they? Once you get used to those metal lumps, they're actually kind of cute… sea locusts? Ah, yes, there was such a thing; last night I saw a whole bunch burned to ashes. They were really fast, but the noise was too loud, keeping everyone awake. Could you please report this to me?
Perhaps it was the power of Tianyuan that stabilized the situation, or perhaps it was only after the situation was stabilized that Tianyuan had the space and foundation to exert its power. Which one is more or less, which one comes first or which one comes later, is like the chicken or the egg dilemma. Although it doesn't mean much to delve into the details, when you really think about it, it seems to give you a deeper understanding and insight into the highest good.

The so-called brocade of supreme virtue, which gathers all things from the past and the future and combines all phenomena, is it not just composed of these insignificant fibers intertwined and entangled?
Tiny specks of dust gather to form mountains, and countless insignificant mortals contribute a part of them with their lifetime of hard work and sacrifices, coloring this thread of fiber with their joys and sorrows.

Even the chosen ones, high above all, are merely nodes woven from the threads of destiny. Even the most magnificent sages, when viewed in the context of the past and the future, may only be a single pattern within it.

And what am I in all of this now?

Is it a knotted error? Or a stain that tarnishes the entire painting?

Ji Jue stared out the window at the seemingly unchanging night scene, and after regaining his senses, he sighed self-deprecatingly.

Stop aiming too high and continue to focus on the present.

Under the same night sky, flames roared across the sea.

A massive surge of blood flames spread, igniting countless rotting corpses of calamity beasts. Amidst the artillery fire, the locusts that had been gathering around the city were successfully annihilated.

Amidst the triumphant cheers, the Yamen Fleet cruised in a grand procession, showcasing its strength in defending its homeland, and was met with cheers during the live broadcast.

In the distance, the heavily guarded core city of the Yamen Islands is brightly lit, seemingly still bustling and prosperous. Unfortunately, the surrounding areas are dimly lit, or even shrouded in darkness.

After days of earthquakes and storms, the only sounds in the dilapidated slums, filled with piles of shacks and the buzzing of flies and mosquitoes, were the only sounds.

The narrow, foul-smelling streets were deathly silent. Amidst the ruins, garbage and even unclaimed, rotting corpses lay scattered everywhere. *Click*.

A soft, rustling sound.

Beneath the ruins of the shacks and garbage, the broken body of a locust suddenly throbbed. From the torn eggs in the slime, a palm-sized larva hatched.

In the narrow crevice, it struggled to shake its body, shake off the liquid, and wriggled along following the smell of decay, biting into the rotting corpse and feasting.

Soon, after a hearty meal, the newborn locusts grew to the length of an arm, swimming in the dirty water. Their scales and shells gradually hardened, and they grew several slender legs. The outline of wings appeared on their backs, but they did not have enough nutrition to fully develop.

Thirst, still hungry.

Following the smell of decay, it thrashed about, devouring the remaining corpses and bones, but it still wasn't enough. Following an even sweeter scent, it burrowed into a crack in the sewer.

I saw a young face covered in grime and filled with confusion.

The child curled up inside.

food!

Instantly, it let out a joyful cry and pounced on it eagerly. But what its compound eyes saw next was not fear, but the child's delighted smile.

Filled with joy.

He grinned, revealing his broken teeth.

food!

Bang!
A rusty steel bar suddenly pierced the locust from the side, pinning the newly launched locust to the ground. Immediately afterward, two or three people, holding their breath, rushed forward and desperately held the locust down. Steel bars and hammers rained down on its head indiscriminately until the newly hatched locust stopped moving completely.

The thirsty people rushed forward, tearing the sea locusts apart and sharing them. Even the children, who were used as bait, received pieces the size of two fists.

The child, holding a bloody chunk of flesh in his hands, crawled hurriedly through the sewer, stumbling and falling several times, before finally disappearing into an abandoned pipe.

In the stench, a huddled figure, covered by half a tattered blanket, raised his swollen, pus-filled face.

"Look, Mommy, meat! There's meat!" The child held a large piece of meat to her mouth. "Mommy, eat! Mommy, eat!"

"Yes, Mommy ate, she ate."

She took a small, gentle bite, and a smile seemed to appear on her swollen face as she held the child: "Good child, eat, eat quickly."

The child still held his hand up.

Mom takes a bite, I take a bite.

After finishing her meal, the mother fell into a deep sleep nestled in her child's arms. The child bent down and gently kissed her, then crawled off on all fours to find new food.

Just outside the narrow edge of the sewer, wastewater gushed forth, emitting a foul stench.

In the distance, it seemed as if shouts and screams could be heard.

There was also crying and wailing.

In the surging square, torches and lights rose continuously, and disheveled disaster victims gathered together, raising simple banners and signs, and shouting slogans in a disorderly manner.

Soon, it was dispersed by the high-pressure water cannon.

Only a mess was left on the ground.

The torch went out, and in the dirty water, a law on minimum wage in seven cities and a leaflet promoting social relief gradually blurred.

Just as the bolt was being pulled back, a foot wearing a military boot rolled through the dirty water, and the leaflet was mixed into the mud and could no longer be identified.

No one cares either.

Time passed day by day, and Luo Island continued to operate steadily. Apart from the occasional small swarms of sea locusts, everything seemed normal.

The once overwhelming monstrous beasts seemed like an illusion, and were forgotten by everyone.

It's been over a week, and there's been no news for so long. Maybe it's already over?
But only Ji Jue knew that there was no end at all, and it hadn't even begun yet.

In his observation, the tyrant's covert corruption was still spreading... secret and swift, without disturbing a single blade of grass or tree, yet it was abnormally fast!

It's almost as if they secretly made a copy of the key and stole the company seal while the company was closed for the weekend, and they even knew the location of every single camera.

This feeling of familiarity and ease is not the first time I've experienced it!

"That bunch of useless Sukarno..."

Ji Jue was so angry he was practically grinding his teeth to powder. He never expected that he would have to clean up the mess left by these bastards. He was furious: "Isis, double their workload!"

"Ok."

If you can't kill them, then kill them!
These good-for-nothings deserve it!
Collaborating with a tyrant is like seeking a tiger's skin—it's one thing to be completely careless, but to be so blatantly ...

According to Sano's testimony, the cooperation between the Sukarno family and the tyrant had been going on for a long time, dating back hundreds of years to the early days when the Sukarno family established their base on Ro Island.

At that time, the two sides were already of the same ilk and hit it off immediately. According to their agreement, the Sukarno family would be responsible for regularly providing the tyrant with healthy living people, regardless of race or gender.

They can then borrow the power of tyrants to travel dangerous routes, thereby expanding their own businesses, or secretly suppress the power of other families and then disguise it as a disaster or accident.

Over the years, everyone has colluded with each other, some even going so far as to create something as sinister as the Bloodstained Mother.

The main reason is that the Lord of the Abyss cannot go ashore, and the Sukarno family cannot go to sea. They each have their own needs, otherwise, they would not have been able to maintain such a long-term cooperation.

Now that Sukarno's family is gone, the thousands of people who were originally scheduled to be sent to Haiyuan this quarter have all been thrown into Ji Jue's factory and accepted by him.

Although I don't understand what significance this group of people has for Lord Yuan, the fact that Lord Yuan isn't jumping up and down in a hurry amidst old and new grudges is a real problem.

When the Lou family was still around, he naturally didn't dare to show his face, but once the storm hit, the situation changed completely... After drinking two ounces of cat urine, he has now rallied and is quietly reaching into Luo Island again.

But where exactly did this hand come from?
Ji Jue was completely baffled.

With eyes lowered and mind focused, a large number of hidden drones carrying Chun Jun's spiritual blades had already flown all over Luo Island, relying on a wisp of deadly fire sealed within the blades.

Through his unnatural reaction, he carefully sensed the traces of the other party's influence.

The invisible law of tyranny radiates outwards, blooming from the center... and the very center of the erosion is actually the reservoir in the center of Luo Island!
The reservoir built around Roh Island's only freshwater lake is undoubtedly the lifeline of the entire island and its largest source of drinking water.

Following the sampling conducted by Ji Jue during his routine patrol, he was finally able to determine the direction and specific source of the Tyrant's Law—it was at the bottom of the reservoir, in a fissure that resembled a spring, connecting to the underground water veins!
The crack has existed for who knows how many years. Washed smooth by the water flow, it has become incredibly smooth, as if it were naturally formed, and fresh water is still slowly seeping out.

Despite the narrow opening, Fei Ming reacted with incredible intensity.

If Ji Jue's guess is correct, this rift was very likely opened by the former tyrant himself!

Even though it is so small, less than the size of a palm, a thousand-mile dike can be breached by an ant hole.
There's an old saying, "Don't drink from a thief's spring when you're thirsty." Sometimes, this saying isn't about moral principles, but rather a practical way to save your life!
The premise for the formation of a contract is exchange.

Once you've eaten the pie that fell from the sky, you're no longer in control of how much you have to pay for it!

Tianyuan's contracts are usually fairly fair, with the most that might involve adding a little interest. Even the most unfair contracts are always clearly stated and written down.

But all the loans issued by the tyrant were usurious, the kind that snowballed interest rates!
You don't even need to give your consent. You might be playing a game and your phone accidentally scans your face, and then there's a "ding" sound, and the loan is approved... Before you know it, the debt collection team is already standing at the door.

If Ji Jue's guess is correct—for hundreds of years, the water drunk by everyone on Luo Island has been mixed with more or less the spring water bestowed by the tyrant!
This includes Ji Jue himself!

Even if it's just a small act of kindness, a tyrant can demand a huge return in a critical moment!
Even the tyrant himself probably didn't expect that the trump card originally intended to control the Sukarno family would now be used against Ji Jue.

If there were no prior preparations, and the enemy launched a forced attack amidst a sudden locust infestation, internal and external troubles, and a state of utter chaos, Ji Jue dared not even imagine the terrible consequences it could cause.

I'm afraid even I will fall into the control of the tyrant!

Well, if he didn't have the identities of the Undead Flame, the Unoffensive Hand, Pan Ying, Zhan Lu, Ju Que, the Foundation of the Crimson Sky, the Curtain, the Fly King, the Swordsmith, the Heavenly Origin Position of the Emperor's Hand, the identity of the White Deer Wolf, the Demonic Flame, and even the Doomsday Special Train of the Celestial Orbit Group, etc... then he would be at the mercy of others.

As for now, Ji Jue watched as the usurper's hand reached in from the outside and secretly rummaged around, and he was also caught in an unexpected dilemma - with so many good things, which one should he use to entertain the guests?

And what is this bastard dawdling for?!

You've been plotting and spying for so long, why don't you come in and have a seat?
I even took out my Crimson Sky Foundation to build a nest...

Why won't the fish bite?
He was anxious.

It wasn't just Ji Jue who was anxious; everyone else was anxious too.

Beneath the turbulent surface of the sea, in the abyss beyond measure, amidst the dilapidated palaces shrouded in eternal darkness, a voice once again urged:
"Luo Island is within reach, and all conditions are in place. This is such a rare opportunity, why is Lord Yuan hesitating?"

(End of this chapter)