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"Da da da..."

In the dimly lit second-floor corridor, the crisp sound of several footsteps could be heard.

Zhou Ye hunched over slightly, his voice low and deep.

"What's your name?"

He was clearly asking Chen Yuan.

"Chen Yuan".

Chen Yuan answered.

"Um."

Zhou Ye hummed in agreement, pondered for a moment, and then introduced himself: "We belong to the Wuxiang Department at the county level, so we are called the Wuxiang Division. The person with the most power here is the Grand Director."

"Of course, the position of Grand Director here is vacant because the previous Lord Xu died in the mountains outside Huaishan County."

"Of course, you don't need to worry about this. After all, the new Director-General position is none of your business."

Upon hearing this, Chen Yuan's gaze sharpened.

He was the one who cut off Xu Zhihua's head back then.

Thinking of that scene, he clenched his fists.

"By the way, the basic structure of the Wuxiang Division is divided into Wuxiang Guards, five people per group, who can be appointed as group leaders, and ten people per team, who can be appointed as team leaders."

"A department with 100 members can be appointed as a department head."

"If a department has a capacity of one thousand people, then there is a position called the Chief Minister."

"Of course, a department doesn't necessarily have only ten departments; more is also acceptable."

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As Zhou Ye explained, he led Chen Yuan and the other two forward.

Finally, he stopped in front of a door.

There's a sign above the entrance.

Chen Yuan looked up curiously.

Humans and trash are not allowed!

"Um?"

Chen Yuan was slightly taken aback.

Li Wei's gaze sharpened.

Nuomi's eyes darted around curiously as she looked at her surroundings, then she sniffed the air.

Zhou Ye turned to Chen Yuan and smiled, "You can become the captain, but you may need to recruit or build your own team members."

"You can do it like that?"

Chen Yuan's eyes narrowed as he looked at Zhou Ye.

"Of course." Zhou Ye nodded. "It's your right as captain."

"Moreover, you are a human, and I'm afraid no beast-like creature would be willing to follow you and work for you."

Chen Yuan calmly replied, "That doesn't matter."

"If you don't have enough manpower, it will be inconvenient to do anything, and you will also be bullied by those beast-like creatures."

Zhou Ye reminded him.

Chen Yuan glanced at Li Wei and Nuomi beside him and smiled, "That's enough."

Zhou Ye shrugged, no longer arguing with Chen Yuan, and instead pushed open the door and went inside.

Chen Yuan and the other two followed them inside.

This is like a large conference hall, with a huge oval table inside.

A few figures sat scattered around the chairs around the table.

As soon as Chen Yuan and his group entered, all the figures sitting in the chairs turned to look at them.

"Hey, Zhou Ye?"

Some people saw that it was Zhou Ye and revealed a playful smile.

"Zhou Ye, you've got some nerve coming up here?"

"Didn't I say that humans and trash are not allowed to enter?"

A man with a huge vertical pupil on his face looked at Zhou Ye with a mocking expression.

Beneath its enormous vertical pupils, its nose was small, but its mouth was enormous, stretching almost to its ears when it opened wide.

"Director Ma asked me to bring the new team leader here to familiarize him with the environment and his teammates."

Zhou Ye's expression was somewhat unpleasant. Facing this person, his eyes flickered as if he were afraid, but he still spoke in a deep voice.

"Oh? The new captain?"

The man with vertical pupils was surprised, his pupils filled with a faint red light, and he looked at Chen Yuan with a mocking expression.

Among the three, Chen Yuan clearly possesses the qualities of a team leader.

"Yes, that's him, his name is Chen Yuan."

Zhou Ye explained.

The rest of the people in the hall all looked at Chen Yuan, their expressions turning bloodthirsty.

Zhou Ye pointed to the man with vertical pupils, looked at Chen Yuan, and said, "This is the captain of Team Ten, named Li Daye."

Chen Yuan looked at the man named Li Daye, his eyes narrowing slightly.

Damn it, this is an evil spirit!

"Wait here for a moment, I'll go find the captain."

Zhou Ye gestured to a stool next to a table, indicating for Chen Yuan to sit down, and then spoke in a low voice.

"Even among captains, there are ranks, with the captain being the strongest among all the squads."

After a pause, Zhou Ye whispered again, "Be careful, don't offend them. We humans are at a natural disadvantage here, so just bear with it as much as you can."

Chen Yuan glanced at Zhou Ye, the little old man, and nodded casually, "As long as they don't provoke me."

Zhou Ye glanced at Chen Yuan in surprise, but said nothing more and left.

Chen Yuan had no choice but to stand by the table and wait.

But Nuomi obediently sat on the stool next to her.

As soon as Zhou Ye left, Li Da-yan looked over again, his scarlet vertical pupils casting a faint light on Li Wei and Nuomi, and he chuckled:

"Oh, Captain Chen, right? You brought your own teammates?"

"Tsk tsk, they both look quite young, a porcelain doll-like little girl and a chubby little boy... How about this, sell them to me?"

As he spoke, he opened his palm, and two star copper coins appeared in his hand, which he gently weighed in his hand.

He looked at Chen Yuan with a mocking expression.

Two copper coins aren't even enough to buy a steamed bun.

This is no different from outright robbery.

It even carried a sense of humiliation.

The others all looked over, their eyes filled with mockery.

Some of them were drinking tea, while others were drinking alcohol.

Some were meditating cross-legged, but they also opened their eyes and cast amused glances at this place.

"Not for sale."

Chen Yuan spoke indifferently.

Nuomi grinned, revealing a cute yet fierce expression.

Li Wei was itching to make a move.

"Hehe, that's not up to you."

Li Han's mocking voice rang out, "According to the rules, the human captain who comes here for the first time must give 90% of his wealth to everyone for tea."

"And these two little ones beside you are also a kind of wealth for you."

Chen Yuan chuckled, "Hehe, what if I don't?"

"That means you don't know the rules. Didn't Zhou Ye teach you?" Li Han said, walking over and putting his hand on Chen Yuan's shoulder.

Chen Yuan narrowed his eyes slightly, his gaze falling on the hand that was resting on his shoulder.

A bone-chilling coldness came over me, and it felt as if some tiny needles were crawling out of the other person's palm and burrowing into my skin.

The next instant, the skin on his arm cracked open, revealing a series of scarlet eyes.

Those scarlet pupils writhed, gleaming with an eerie light.

Chen Yuan's pupils contracted slightly!

Evil!

This guy called Li Daye is actually an evil spirit!

"Hehe, now you have my evil poison in your hands. You must cut it off immediately, otherwise it will spread throughout your body and you will die a terrible death."

Li Han said jokingly, "This is the result of not following the rules."

The others all wore expressions of amusement, their eyes revealing cruelty.

"Now, are you willing to give these two to me to play with?"

Li Han spoke arrogantly, glanced at Li Wei and Nuomi again, and licked his lips.

"I'll give you paralysis!"

Chen Yuan, who had been calm, suddenly sprang to his feet, slamming his right hand down on Li Han's head and slamming it against the side of the table!

boom!

The heavy solid wood tabletop shattered instantly, accompanied by a spray of blood from Li Han's head!

Immediately afterwards, Chen Yuan slammed his head down onto the ground again, causing a huge impact!

boom!

The ground began to crack, which shows how much force Chen Yuan used.

The others were startled and stood up one by one, staring at Chen Yuan in astonishment.

"Captain, calm down!"

Someone suddenly spoke in a deep voice.

Chen Yuan ignored them, reached to his waist, and pulled out the rusty iron spike from his storage bag!

"Don't act rashly. You've been poisoned by him, and no one but him can cure you."

Another old woman spoke up in a cold voice.

"puff!"

However, Chen Yuan completely ignored him, and with his right hand gripping the iron spike, he stabbed down fiercely!

With a soft "plop," it pierced straight into Li Daye's vertical pupil, penetrating his head through it!

It wasn't over yet. He swung the iron spike, pulled it out, and stabbed it again and again, making a series of "plop plop plop" sounds. He stabbed Li Han's head more than a dozen times until it was riddled with holes like a beehive before he stopped.

"Depend on!"

The crowd, who had expected to watch Li Han humiliate Chen Yuan, suddenly narrowed their eyes, their expressions filled with horror.

Chen Yuan stood up, casually kicked Li Daye's mangled head, flicked the iron spike in his hand, and coldly swept his gaze over the crowd.

"Alright, now it's time to talk about my rules, Chen Yuan."

As he spoke, his arm burst into flames, and the eyes that had appeared on his arm immediately burned with a shrill cry, falling to the ground with thuds and turning into pools of blood.

Li Wei stepped forward proudly, "Chen Yuan's rule is that all of you old captains should give him, the new captain, a red envelope to celebrate."

Chen Yuan nodded, pointed the iron spikes at them, and said mockingly, "Come on, hand over ninety percent of your wealth to celebrate my joining as a newcomer. It is your honor to have me as one of you."

Everyone in the arena froze instantly; they were all veteran captains.

In the past, they would extort 90% of the new captain's wealth.

Now, someone is actually extorting them?

And they even call it a celebration?

crazy?

"Heh, who the hell do you think you are? A mere human brat, daring to..."

An old woman with a mouthful of fangs spoke in a sinister tone, but before she could finish her sentence, Chen Yuan threw an iron spike at her, piercing her between the eyebrows!

"Bang!"

The old woman fell backward, her eyes wide open in death!