Ling Cage: I am a spiritual master, devouring source matter to become a god.

In other words, a large number of photos were deleted.

Jingyuan suddenly became serious.

This is a very insignificant matter, but if the air traffic control room gives the edited data to the command center for evaluation, it may lead to incorrect conclusions.

After considering the information, Jingyuan thought about it briefly and already had an answer in mind.

Jingyuan had just come out of the navigation control room when he bumped into Jingnan.

"Sister Jingnan!" Jingyuan covered up his embarrassment with a smile.

"How dare you! You should address him as Lord Jingnan!" a woman behind Jingnan reprimanded.

Jingyuan looked completely bewildered.

"Alright!" Jing Nan raised her hand to stop the woman from speaking further. She looked at Jing Yuan in confusion, "What are you doing here?"

Jing Yuan said frankly, "I have a friend who works here, so I came to see him."

Jingnan had no doubts, nor did she ask who his friend was. She nodded and walked past Jingyuan.

Jingyuan watched Jingnan's departing figure and thought to himself that although she usually seemed approachable, the people around her were a bit domineering.

"Lord Jingnan? Hmph!" Jingyuan muttered under his breath.

Jingyuan always viewed these people from the perspective of an outsider; he didn't think these high-ranking officials were particularly noble.

But in Jingnan's subordinates' eyes, what level are you? You're clearly a lower-ranking person, how dare you try to get close to your superiors like this? Where do you place me, a mid-level manager?

For example, in a law firm, you, an ordinary citizen, might call someone "Brother Cha" in front of a lawyer!

Will the Light Bearer whip you?

You must call him Headmaster, you must call him Lord He Guangzhe.

Therefore, whether it is a law firm or a navigation control room, they are essentially the same.

A rebuke from Jingnan's subordinate wasn't enough to anger Jingyuan, but it made him realize one thing: Jingnan was at the top of the Lighthouse, one of the few people at the very top of the pyramid.

She may seem to have no soldiers or power, but she has Lord Morgan!

Whether she is a biological daughter or not is unimportant, and whether she is a woman or not is also unimportant.

Morgan was willing to pass the reins to Mark; he actually valued ability more.

Although in the original story Morgan seems to want to pass the throne to Mark, did he really not want to pass it to Charles?

No! Why would he give Charles the position of head of the Light and Shadow Society if he didn't want to pass the throne to him?

Mark, Charles, and Jingnan—these young people in high positions—are likely to be targets of Morgan's consideration.

It was at this moment that Jingyuan suddenly understood why Charles was willing to let Jingnan go to the Hall of Dawn with him.

Even without Jingyuan making this request, Charles would probably have tried every means to get Jingnan to the Hall of Dawn.

If Jingnan becomes pregnant, she will have no power whatsoever in future power struggles.

Thinking of this, Jingyuan couldn't help but smile helplessly.

Charles always handles things in a meticulous and interconnected manner, achieving multiple goals at once!

……

After breakfast, Jingyuan went to the armory for his daily training.

Because they had just finished a mission, the hunter team did not force everyone to come to training.

For Jingyuan, it seemed that if he didn't train, he couldn't find anything else to do.

Not long after Jing Yuan arrived at the armory, a message came.

The notice for the selection of a deputy captain within the Hunters has been officially issued.

The vice-captain will be selected from all members of the Hunters; everyone can apply.

However, after registration, the first round of selection will be reviewed and chosen by the higher authorities.

If the review is approved, a public announcement will be made. If there are no objections, the process will proceed to the second round.

The second round is a ring competition, a one-on-one singles battle. The winner advances, and the final winner will be appointed as the vice-captain.

Upon seeing this, Jingyuan smiled.

The first round of selection was clearly a pre-selection process, yet they still put on a show to make it seem like the selection was fair.

To ensure fairness, the authorities also mandated that every hunter must register!

The second round of the competition is a standard procedure for the selection process.

However, Jingyuan couldn't quite understand the design of this series, so he could only wait and see.

If everyone signs up, it's the same as if no one signs up.

How to arrange it is up to the higher-ups.

After leaving the armory, Jingyuan went to sit in the workshop for a while.

4277 continued to forge throwing knives in the workshop as usual.

Upon seeing Jing Yuan arrive, 4277 asked, "I heard that you hunters are selecting a vice-captain?"

"You know about this too?" Jing Yuan was somewhat surprised, as he had just learned of the news from the armory.

"Of course, it's all over the lighthouse."

"So what do you think about this?" Jingyuan asked.

"What do you think?" 4277 laughed and said, "Just watch it as a spectacle!"

Jing Yuan smiled. As for the common people, who became the captain and vice-captain had little to do with them.

Just watch it as a spectacle.

There are no entertainment activities on the lighthouse, so this selection competition is essentially an event.

The results of the review and selection were released on the second day.

When everyone received the list, they were quite surprised.

This list is full of people from Mark's faction.

Including Jingyuan.

After all, most people believed that Jing Yuan's support for Mark in the cafeteria meant he was already considered one of Mark's people.

But they're all from Mark's faction. Can other departments, like Charles's Shadow Society, really make this happen?

Thinking about this, Jingyuan suddenly understood Charles's intention.

Chapter 40 Mark's View

Jing Yuan looked at the second round of the list and shook his head helplessly.

Charles truly is a master at manipulating people's hearts.

On the surface, Charles, as a leader, wins over his subordinates by giving them money and women, which makes him seem like a good leader.

But is he really that simple?

Doesn't he have a backup plan?

Charles's backup plan was to make Jingyuan offend all of Mark's faction.

The last time Jingyuan executed Xuefeng at the Light and Shadow Society, his purpose was to make Jingyuan offend Xuefeng.

This time, the selection of vice-captains seems to be a fair selection process, with everyone able to participate.

But in reality, they just select specific targets to watch you fight amongst yourselves in a cage.

Which person on this list doesn't have more qualifications and experience than Jingyuan?

Whose contribution is not greater than Jingyuan's?

Which one's relationship with Mark isn't deeper than Jing Yuan's?

Anyone on this list is more qualified than Jing Yuan to be the vice-captain!

Jingyuan asked for this official position in front of Charles.

Charles agreed.

The opportunity has been given to you; it's up to you whether you can seize it.

Charles's goal was simple.

The goal is for you, Jingyuan, to rise to power by stepping on a bunch of Mark's cronies.

So, do you want this spot or not?

After figuring this out, Jingyuan felt a headache coming on.

It's not that he absolutely needs the position of vice-captain.

By participating in this selection competition and fighting his way up to the position of vice-captain, he had climbed to the top by stepping on Mark's confidants.

If you don't participate and deliberately lose, Mark's brothers will think you're looking down on them.