306 The Qing Consortium changes hands (2/2)

When Qing Zhen walked into the conference room, he headed straight to the end of the table and sat down.

There was no one next to Qing Zhen. All the members of the Board were seated across from him, as though he were taking on the entire Qing Consortium.

The elder in the seat of honor said calmly, \”Do you know what you did wrong?\”

Qing Zhen also said calmly, \”What wrong did I do?\”

The elder's eyes narrowed slightly. He never expected that the 21-kilometer-long mountain road would be unable to make Qing Zhen lower his head.

\”Murder, mutiny, privately raising an army, and being disrespectful.\” The elder said, \”All of these crimes are enough to sentence you to death.\”

Qing Zhen asked, \”And I must die for that?\”

\”If you don't die, I will not be at ease.\”

These words were the true thoughts of everyone on the Qing Consortium's Board. This Shadow who never respected the rules was starting to make them afraid.

They had never been so afraid of a Shadow before, so this Shadow had to die.

…

Qing Zhen's troops had already been disbanded. Some of them had been tamed after getting incorporated into the various fighting forces, while others who were stubbornly loyal were chained up like dogs in the stronghold. As such, Qing Zhen's influence in the military seemed to have been weakened to almost nothing.

Luo Lan had been placed under house arrest in Stronghold 88.

It seemed like Qing Zhen had even lost his last beam of support.

So when the plan was revealed, the Board was confident of their victory. They were pulling out all stops to ensure Qing Zhen's death.

Qing Zhen got up and walked to the window on one side of the conference room barefooted. Someone shouted angrily, \”Qing Zhen, how dare you still act so arrogantly at this time!\”

But Qing Zhen whirled around and asked Secretary Zhou loudly, \”Zhou Qi, I've already thought it through. How about you?\”

While on the 21-kilometer-long mountain road, Secretary Zhou had asked Qing Zhen twice in a loud voice. But now, it was Qing Zhen who was asking him back.

The world outside the floor-to-ceiling windows was vast and wide!

He did not want to be a Shadow anymore. He wanted to be the CEO of the Qing Consortium. 'Breaking custom, I'll shatter positions and destroy countries for me; without the turning of the world, there is no recovery!'

Qing Zhen asked again loudly, \”Have you thought it through yet?!\”

Secretary Zhou smiled. \”I'm glad to be of service to you.\”

Secretary Zhou, who had at some point placed himself behind the elder, grabbed a stream of thin air. The transparent stream split and flowed towards the necks of the members of the Board.

A cry of surprise from someone startled the security troops stationed outside the conference room, but Secretary Zhou was already prepared. The transparent stream further split itself and shot through the conference room's solid wood door. Screams came from outside and then it went silent.

Continuous gunfire rang out on the mountainside as though to suggest an intense battle was taking place.

At the foot of the mountain, the soldier named Zhang Yuge shouted, \”Everyone, today is the day we succeed!\”

With that, a large group of soldiers emerged from the wilderness. Although he rushed up with them, the blood he spilled in battle flowed down the mountain road and melted away the thin layer of snow.

Meanwhile, in Stronghold 111, the manhole covers on the street were suddenly pushed up as troops dressed in black rushed out and headed for all the key military zones in the stronghold. When they encountered the regular troops of the stronghold, this army dressed in black was surprisingly brave and fearless in battle!

One of the soldiers in black sat down on the ground slowly after being shot. One of his comrades tried to help him up, only for him to grab his comrade's hand and say with a smile, \”The day has finally arrived. Don't worry about me. Tell our commander that we've been waiting for this day for too long!\”

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Secretary Zhou smiled at Qing Zhen and said, \”Was it because you weren't sure about me that you didn't want Luo Lan coming back here? We were friends who played in the mud together when we were young. You've made me really sad.\”

On the mountainside, Qing Zhen had said he and Luo Lan used to play in the mud next to the river and ate frozen persimmons. But what he didn't say was that Zhou Qi was also among those that played together with them.

Many people thought that Secretary Zhou had always treated Qing Zhen as a thorn in his side. This was also why the Qing Consortium's Board liked to get Secretary Zhou to target Qing Zhen.

However, Qing Zhen and Zhou Qi had never been on bad terms. In the early years, they already had thoughts of changing the world.

After being questioned by Zhou Qi, Qing Zhen also smiled. \”I really was a little worried about you. After all, when you were young, a fortune teller once said you had rebelliousness written in your stars.\”

Zhou Qi choked. \”Fuck that bullshit!\”

The previously cultured and respectable Secretary Zhou suddenly did not look that cultured and respectable anymore.

The elder in the conference room said coldly, \”Aren't you afraid that Qing Yi will deploy the troops back here and kill you?\”

Qing Zhen said, \”What a coincidence. Qing Yi is also one of mine.\”

\”What do we do now?\” Zhou Qi asked, \”We've revolted, so we can't leave any loose ends.\”

Qing Zhen said, \”Just kill them all. I was planning on making them walk that 21-kilometer-long road in the snow. But now that I think about it, there's no need to be angry with them anymore.\”

Victors should be magnanimous.

As soon as he finished speaking, the \”fluid rope\” on the necks of the board members tightened. They were shackled to death.

Zhou Qi looked at Qing Zhen, who was standing in a trance by the window, and asked, \”What are you thinking about?\”

Qing Zhen came back to his senses. \”Oh, I was just thinking that I might not have time to cultivate flowers anymore in the future.\”

Zhou Qi listened to the gunshots coming from the mountainside and adjusted his glasses. \”You and your flowers…\”

The board members did not die immediately. They wanted to rip off the \”rope\” around their neck but realized they couldn't do anything about a supernatural being's powers. The fluid rope felt just like a physical cable.

Winner takes all!

The Qing Consortium had changed hands!