This was also what the Sun Moon Empire hoped for. They believed that if Orange joined Star Dou through legitimate means, Star Dou would be more cautious, and Orange, despite gaining some benefits, would ultimately return to the Sun Moon Empire due to a persistent disconnect with the higher-ups. This would bring Star Dou's internal intelligence to the Sun Moon Empire.
Furthermore, the promises made by Ju Zi's superiors were very tempting, and he did not believe that Ju Zi, who was not valued by the higher-ups of Xingdou, would eventually escape his control.
But reality is always... full of magic, and it's not... impossible for an undercover agent to become the boss.
Seeing that Ju Zi had regained her fighting spirit, Chen Fu smiled silently, then casually found a seat in the reception room and sat down, gesturing for Ju Zi to make herself at home.
Ju Zi stood up and sat down respectfully opposite Chen Fu, clasping her hands together under the table. Her eyes were fixed on the Xuan paper on the wooden table, and she dared not look directly at Chen Fu. Her heart was still filled with trepidation.
Although the person opposite her didn't seem to blame her, and even seemed to be making a promise to her, Ju Zi, who knew that serving a ruler was like walking on thin ice, wouldn't place all her hopes on empty words.
Although the Star Dou Force currently has a strange organizational structure, possessing clearly defined land and population, and claiming to be a harmless force, it is gradually acquiring the basic elements that a country should have.
Originally, Star Dou was just the Star Dou Great Forest and the surrounding area; Star Dou was merely an inland power. However, when Chen Fu used the Pandora Core to purchase land from the four nations, Star Dou already possessed the potential to become an empire.
Do the four kingdoms not know that the constellation is trending towards becoming a nation?
They knew, and not only knew, but in a sense, they even hoped that Xingdou would become a nation.
Stars bound together by a "nation" are relatively easier to deal with. Scattered star systems are the nightmare of all the imperial high command.
For example, if Di Tian were a soul beast, he could simply rush over and kill whoever he wanted without any hesitation. But if his position were something like the highest military commander of a star-dou system, no matter how powerful he was, it would be impossible for something like "a certain highest military commander traveled thousands of miles alone to kill the emperor of a certain empire" to happen.
The Star Dou Great Forest is chaotic, while the Star Dou Empire is orderly. By moving from chaos to order, the high-end combat power of the Star Dou Empire will at least be constrained by national order, which will allow Star Dou to go further.
Of course, Chen Fu only gave the four countries two choices: either engage in high-level warfare or fight a national war.
The four countries will definitely choose to fight a national war; what's the point of fighting a high-level war!
In this growing empire, Chen Fu's status is very complex. Soul beasts basically listen to him, and the soul masters and soul instructors of the Spirit Academy and the Engineering Academy can basically be said to be his students. Moreover, the Pandora soul masters who joined later were directly awakened by him.
The title "uncrowned emperor" might be used to describe Chen Fu's status in Xingdou. However, Chen Fu generally preferred to stay in the laboratory and never expressed any intention to become a governor.
"I have high hopes for Xu Tianran."
Chen Fu took out the tea for the interviewees from her storage space, poured a cup for Ju Zi first, then filled her own cup before continuing:
"The promise of the Sun and Moon Empress is most likely to be fulfilled."
Subconsciously accepting the tea from Chen Fu, Ju Zi's anxiety eased somewhat. Before reaching the Star Dou level, she might have had some confidence in concealing her identity, but once she officially came into contact with the [Heavenly Dao], she was almost certain that she was already invisible.
She was also involved in intelligence warfare. Many of the plans that enabled Xu Tianran to secure his position as the Crown Prince of the Sun Moon Empire were carried out by her.
Therefore, she is the one who understands best how terrifying the "Heavenly Way" is in blocking information.
Besides reasons related to the Sun Moon Empire, her curiosity was also a significant factor in her decision to come to Xingdou.
"But the four kingdoms of the world will eventually be submerged in history, Dean."
Orange carefully lifted the water glass with both hands, took a small sip, and a relaxed and satisfied look appeared on her face. Then she continued:
"Even the Sun and Moon Empress might be tied to the gallows..."
As she spoke, Orange's gaze became somewhat broken, like that of a helpless girl who had lost her ideals and had no hope for the future.
"Ah, what is false can be true, and what is true can be false."
Looking at the helpless girl who was starting to act up in front of her, Chen Fu chuckled and said, "I wonder, in your eyes, when are you the real you?"
Chen Fu didn't know how to best describe the intellectual and delicate young woman in front of her.
According to [Azure]'s information, this seemingly delicate girl almost conquered the multi-functional mining truck R&D team with her innocent intellect, and then obtained the recommendation spot that was originally fiercely contested with the help of the entire team.
Chen Fu admitted that Miss Orange possessed the ability of a soul tool, but what surprised him most was her seemingly harmless scheming ability.
Because her harmlessness is both genuine and an act.
Including but not limited to her gentleness, her innocence, her helplessness, and her despair…
These are all fake, but they are also real.
"what?"
Hearing the man opposite her, who controlled the most violent organization in the world, say this, Ju Zi was somewhat surprised and subconsciously looked up at Chen Fu. She saw nothing in the man's dark, abyss-like eyes, and then immediately lowered her head as if frightened by something.
"Let me be frank. Right now, I only have one identity: your dean. This is an interview and assessment, a two-way selection process. If you don't meet my requirements, or we don't meet your expectations, then we will let you go back safely. You can take everything you've learned back with you; this is what you deserve as someone with a recommendation quota."
Chen Fu, who always tries to squeeze every last drop of time into atom-like space, feels that "interviews" still need to be done quickly.
Unlike some interviewers who ramble on for ages over the smallest job postings, only to end up telling you to go home and wait for news.
He thought highly of the girl in front of him, so he wanted to give her a bigger stage.
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Starry Sky Engineering Institute, Dean's Office.
After Chen Fu finished stating her bottom line, Ju Zi on the other side was visibly stunned for a moment.
Chen Fu was telling her not to worry about the future; their "interview" would only determine her future stage, but would not affect the future she had originally fought for herself.
And what stands before her is no longer the uncrowned emperor of Star Dou, nor the swordsman, nor the president of the Douluo Alliance of the entire continent, but simply the dean of Star Dou Engineering Institute.
And she, Ju Zi, was one of Chen Fu's students.
After a moment of silence, the gentle girl propped her head up with one hand, turning slightly towards the window so Chen Fu couldn't see her expression, and then quietly said:
"Dean, everyone outside is saying that you are the devil who is most good at manipulating people's hearts. I have deduced your fate many times, from the Ascension to Godhood incident to the Douluo Alliance incident, and then the Pandora incident. The more I deduced, the more I felt that they were actually wrong, right?"
Following Ju Zi's gaze, Chen Fu also looked out the window. Compared to the unchanging furnishings and constant lighting inside the room, the world outside the window was bright and colorful.
The girl's voice reminded Chen Fu of the preparations he had made for each of these important moments. After a long while, he sighed:
"We have one thing in common, and that is the will to live."
In Chen Fu's words, the Crown Princess of Sun and Moon, who would become the future Empress of Sun and Moon, was someone who, like him, wanted to live.
"As expected, nothing can be hidden from you, Dean."
When Ju Zi heard Chen Fu say this, she felt a strange sense of comfort. It was like holding up an unlit oil lamp in the scorching daylight. Some people might think she was crazy, but others could see the darkness in her eyes.
"Actually, the life I want most is to go back to my hometown, open a restaurant in a small town, and live a peaceful and healthy life."
Looking out the window, the girl's eyes were filled with longing. It was hard to imagine that she, who had once been the Crown Princess of the Sun and Moon Kingdom, had such thoughts.
"But fate has been pushing this idea further and further away from me ever since I was forced into the war. Constantly demonstrating my value, yet ultimately unable to extricate myself—Dean, you should be able to understand this feeling, right?"
Chen Fu did not answer Ju Zi's question; he was now a listener.
However, Chen Fu didn't need to answer, because Ju Zi quickly continued:
"No, Dean, it's different. You directly accumulated strength and successfully overturned the table."
As Ju Zi spoke, she seemed to remember something, so she turned around and looked directly into Chen Fu's dark eyes, which revealed no color, and asked softly:
"After Shrek Academy was destroyed, almost all information about the dean was circulated among the four countries without reservation."
"Based on multiple verifications, the most plausible explanation is that the Dean plotted against almost everyone who treated you unfairly at Shrek Academy."
"For example, Shrek Academy once wanted your Energy Ark technology, Dean. Then, Dean bought himself enough time with the initial version of the Ark model, and eventually gradually eroded everything that belonged to Shrek Academy."
"Even the final plan to ascend to godhood was plotting against Shrek's top management, and also plotting against Shrek's godhood."
"I tend to believe these inferences, but I don't agree with their claims about the two divine punishments."
Chen Fu refilled Ju Zi's glass with water and pushed it in front of her, gesturing for her to continue.
"Thank you, Dean."
Taking the water glass, Ju Zi took a small sip to moisten her throat, and then continued:
"The prevailing view is that the Dean's theory of sin against God angered the gods and caused the second divine punishment to descend, which ultimately truly harmed... you, Dean."
"But I think that if it weren't for the Dean's sin-based God theory defining that God, then the Dean would be in danger."
Looking at the girl in front of her, Chen Fu's eyes flickered with an inexplicable light.
"I don't think the Dean has forgotten the grudges from Xingluo."
Orange brought up another matter that Chen Fu had kept hidden in her heart.
The Xingluo incident may seem to be over, but some people with a keen eye know that they've fooled the wrong people.
“I have deduced the Dean’s rise to power, which is why I hate the Star Luo Empire so much.”
When Ju Zi said this, she made no attempt to hide the hatred in her eyes.
Her life was being pushed toward the abyss by the invasion of the Star Luo Empire.
"They forced the Dean to hide in Shrek City, then forced him to establish contact with Shrek, and eventually turned him into the nightmare of all empires."
Chen Fu's face remained expressionless as she calmly downed her tea, finishing it in one gulp. Only then did she speak in a composed tone:
"When living peacefully and healthily becomes a luxury, then this world should no longer exist."
Chen Fu responded to Ju Zi's inner pursuit of life with her own words.
"So what does the dean plan to do?"
Orange's eyes gleamed as she stared intently into Chen Fu's calm, dark eyes.
In Orange's original plan, she had a great chance of becoming the Sun and Moon Empress. However, the Star Luo Empire forced all the empires to create a super enemy. With her keen political sense, Orange could almost conclude that her status as the Sun and Moon Empress would not allow her to spend her later years in peace.
She felt gratitude towards Xu Tianran, but even more so fear, because no matter what she did, her life was still not her own. In fact, the more she spent with Xu Tianran, the more she couldn't bear to leave him, otherwise she wouldn't survive the next day.
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