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Chapter 268: Undercurrents beneath the sea

Upon hearing Zhang Bo’s words, the Blue Star Human who had just entered immediately showed expressions of astonishment, surprise, and delight.

“Understood.” He said nothing more, directly took the token from Zhang Bo’s hand, nodded, and turned to walk out of the Town Area residence, quickly disappearing into the street, unnoticed by anyone.

He was originally a spy sent by Green Leaf Group, an insider previously hidden within the Diesel Company.

However, with the Diesel Company being dealt with by Deherim, he naturally came to Deherim and became a spy and insider for Green Leaf Group near Deherim, which made it even more convenient for him to cooperate with Zhang Bo.

For example, when Zhang Bo wanted to convey information now, he didn’t need to go himself; he could completely entrust it to him.

This Blue Star Human would not attract the attention of the Lingjie Human Race, senior managers, or middle-level managers.

After all, there were as many as twenty to thirty thousand Blue Star Humans in Deherim’s Town Area; the number was truly too large. Moreover, it was extremely crowded, and it was impossible to manage everyone completely.

Being able to generally know some names and gather them together roughly already showed that the middle-level managers had relatively strong control over the lower levels.

However, regarding those more individual Blue Star Humans who wanted to handle some private matters, the middle-level managers and senior managers did not know, and besides, they had no ability to know, as everyone had their own thoughts and could not easily tell others, and everyone had their own little secrets that they could not fully reveal.

For example, this Blue Star Human easily walked out of Deherim’s city gate and then headed towards the native Blue Star World buildings that had not yet been covered by Deherim’s light.

He quickly arrived at the bottom shop of that apartment, pushed the door open, and then waited quietly in the room.

“Why are you here?” At this moment, a Green Leaf Group employee who had completed 60% of his Wood Elf transformation walked out from the shadows, climbed through the window, and entered the room.

“To convey Master Zhang Bo’s message.” This Blue Star Human took out the token Zhang Bo had given him and handed it to the Green Leaf Group employee.

“Understood, speak.” The Green Leaf Group employee checked the token, confirming it was indeed the one he had memorized, so he returned it, looked at the Blue Star Human spy he knew, and nodded, indicating he could speak.

“The grand plan can begin.” This Blue Star Human panted heavily a few times, then looked at the Green Leaf Group employee: “Master Zhang Bo said the grand plan can begin.”

“The grand plan can begin?” After this sentence was spoken, the Green Leaf Group employee was also stunned. Immediately, his expression subtly changed, and his breathing also became a little hurried; even his tone of counter-questioning carried some solemnity.

Because for Green Leaf Group, anyone who knew about this grand plan knew what it meant for Green Leaf Group.

It could be said to be new life, it could be said to be the future, it could be said to be a brand new beginning.

“Yes, that’s right, the grand plan can begin.” This Blue Star Human nodded seriously again, and very solemnly instructed: “According to Master Zhang Bo’s intention, the grand plan can be implemented tonight. All his preparations are complete, including the magic tools which have already been transferred into the Castle District, so General Yang’s troops can get ready.”

“Okay, I’ll go back and relay it immediately.” The Green Leaf Group employee did not hesitate at all, immediately nodded. At the same time, he clenched his fists, his voice full of solemnity and reverence: “This is our beginning, a brand new beginning.”

“Indeed, a brand new beginning.” This Blue Star Human also clenched his fists and vigorously swung them.

At that time, they all held positions within Green Leaf Group, but with the arrival of the death spirit rules in the Blue Star World, their lives were in peril, and they had no choice but to leave their important posts.

Previously, their welfare and benefits at Green Leaf Group were quite good; although it was not a formal establishment, just a private enterprise, the welfare and benefits they received were even more than those of public officials with formal positions.

They also had holidays during festivals, plus they never lacked rice, noodles, and oil, and from time to time there were red packet bonuses, and they even had various gray incomes when conducting urban greening and environmental protection surveys.

It made them feel like they had reached the highlight of their lives within Green Leaf Group, which is why their cohesion towards Green Leaf Group was so high.

Before the death spirit rules had descended, Green Leaf Group in Long City was one of the top enterprises and groups in terms of welfare and benefits.

After all, Green Leaf Group, which monopolized the entire Long City’s green plants and environmental protection equipment, could almost be called a leading enterprise comparable to a state-owned enterprise, and countless public officials were trying to find ways to get their relatives, friends, and even their children into Green Leaf Group to take up positions, which indirectly led to Green Leaf Group becoming even stronger.

And the welfare and benefits also got better and better. For anyone, they all liked Green Leaf Group very much, and everyone was also relatively humble and modest with each other because they could earn money, and the atmosphere was very good.

There was no need to worry about being fired or reprimanded; everyone had the same background, and working was easy, as long as they obtained government approval.

Instead, the cohesion of Green Leaf Group became deeper and deeper. Now, many of them are unwilling to leave Green Leaf Group, plus the children General Yang of Green Leaf Group sponsored in orphanages or welfare homes, after growing up, also entered Green Leaf Group to work diligently, which indirectly allowed Green Leaf Group to have both upper-level connections and a lower-level group that worked hard, developing better and better, and the atmosphere also became better and better.

Ultimately, by now, almost everyone who has worked at Green Leaf Group helps each other.

And the key is that after the death spirit rules descended, General Yang of Green Leaf Group obtained the Lord’s Mark, which instead protected his employees in Green Leaf Group, making everyone’s cohesion even higher.

This is one of the reasons why the Diesel Company always wanted to eliminate Green Leaf Group but never succeeded.

In terms of organization and cohesion, Green Leaf Group was actually higher than the industrial company, though this was only a past comparison between the two.

Now, compared to Deherim, they found that Deherim’s cohesion and organization were getting higher and higher, and its strength was increasing very rapidly, especially Green Leaf Group, which, without participating in the encirclement and suppression of the Diesel Company and without gaining any benefits, could only watch Deherim grow stronger and stronger.

Their own organization and cohesion were no longer able to defeat Deherim, so they could only take this opportunity to quickly eliminate Deherim.

Once Deherim fully matured, it would be an unbearable burden for their Green Leaf Group.

“I’m leaving.” The Green Leaf Group employee immediately flashed out of the room, quickly moved through the green belt, and soon disappeared near Deherim, because he himself was a relatively flexible Wood Elf inheritor. His Wood Elf transformation had given him better physical enhancement, and in terms of speed and agility, he was the most reliable in the entire Green Leaf Group.

And this Blue Star Human also left the room and returned to Deherim, but he did not enter Zhang Bo’s Town Area residence again. Instead, he came to a corner of an alley nearby and simply squatted there.

He even deliberately stretched out one leg, as if it had some injury and couldn’t be curled up, so he could only let it stick straight forward, directly facing the window of Zhang Bo’s Town Area residence.

“Hello.” For Zhang Bo, he already understood that the plan had been perfectly completed. These humans, whom he usually trusted greatly, had completed the task of transmitting the message, and Green Leaf Group, having received the message, had begun preparations. As he said, they would act tonight, and the grand plan would begin.

Zhang Bo’s mood was also very excited, but this was not the time to be overly excited. He turned to another window, looking at some Blue Star Humans clearly gathered in the distance, and the smile on his lips grew wider and wider.

Watching those humans seemingly arguing, his smile became even more efficient, and he was quite excited.

This was how his plan’s details looked.

As long as these Blue Star Humans could not quickly unite to fight against the Skeleton Legion of the Seventh Dynasty Black Arrow Tower Dynasty that was coming to attack Deherim.

Or even if they turned on each other, causing a huge conflict.

If they attracted the attention of the Lingjie Human Race soldiers in the Town Area and Castle District, then it would be a very good thing for him. Because he would then use the hidden teleportation gates within the three magic tools already left in the Castle District, and send all the main forces of Green Leaf Group to surge in and directly carry out a beheading operation, which would also be a great help.

“But right now, I can’t let these Blue Star Humans clash. I need to find a way to make them delay until evening.” Zhang Bo’s eyes suddenly darted, and he thought of a good idea.

Then he went out to arrange for his little monsters to first convey his message, but instead of one little monster, he arranged for two.

One little monster went to the senior managers’ office.

And the other little monster went to the gathering place of the loyal middle-level managers.

This was the prelude to the storm.

Seemingly calm, yet with surging undercurrents.

Soon, these two little monsters found the Blue Star Humans they were supposed to find and conveyed Zhang Bo’s message that he wanted to meet them, and also expressed his suggestion to mediate and persuade both sides not to actually break out into any conflict.

And this time, the senior managers’ office and the loyal middle-level managers each sent one person, who followed the little monsters to Zhang Bo’s room.

After all, Zhang Bo was Zhang Caidong’s confidant, and he also had a very close relationship with Shen Mu. And they also knew why the remnants of the Diesel Company appeared; it was a task Shen Mu had given to Zhang Bo.

Of course, these were all their own conjectures; Zhang Bo had not described these in too much detail, only subtly implying that it was so.

So they all believed it was so.

Moreover, they all had ulterior motives.

The senior managers wanted to take this opportunity to directly massacre these policy managers who had betrayed them. They wanted to act ruthlessly, making these middle-level managers lose the chance to provoke them, completely slaughtering them. Then, the entire Deherim team would be under the control of these senior managers.

Even Zhang Caidong would have to consider their combined opinions, and any matters would need to be discussed with them. If they truly united, perhaps even Zhang Caidong would have to consider whether their opinions were correct, which would be a form of alternative disempowerment.

As for the middle-level managers, they instead wanted to take this opportunity to completely eliminate these senior managers, making them lose their current power and trust, and instead promote themselves to become new senior managers.

This was a revolution; for these middle-level managers, this was the current situation. They wanted to seize power, and now was a very good opportunity.

Therefore, they all harbored ulterior motives and wanted to eliminate each other.

So, this instead made them somewhat hesitant, not daring to truly act during the day, which also gave Zhang Bo an opportunity to seemingly mediate but actually to stir up trouble again, completely igniting both sides’ anger, but it could not be fully ignited yet; it needed to be suppressed until evening, or just after nightfall, which would be a good time for a conflict to occur.

And so, it came to this moment.

“I am very happy that you can come to my Town Area residence, it shows that you trust me. Come sit down. Don’t look so serious, after all, everyone is human and in Deherim, there’s no need to be so stiff.” Zhang Bo, with a smile on his face, personally walked over, holding a Blue Star Human executive with his left hand and a middle-level manager’s leader with his right, and brought them to his chair to sit down.

At the same time, he turned his head and said to the middle-level manager’s leader next to him: “There was a reason why I avoided you when you came to me before. Now, you see, both sides are here, haven’t I met everyone? If I met you alone, it would seem like I was taking sides. Now we can all have a good talk.” (End of this chapter)

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