Now that these Spiritual Realm soldiers have already arrived on the city walls and are busily beginning their defensive work, doesn't that indicate that the death spirit rules and death spirit power invading Deherim are truly even more terrifying?
"Forget it, let's wait and see. Even if Undead Monsters attack Deherim, it actually doesn't have much to do with us Blue Star Humans. After all, it's Deherim and his Spiritual Realm soldiers who are confronting those Undead Monsters. For us Blue Star Humans, who have little combat power, going up the city wall would essentially be no different from causing trouble. Let's just focus on our own matters."
Wu Jian pursed his lips at this moment, then waved his hand and said indifferently to the others, "We just need to do our own things. The remnants of the Diesel Company must be found, searched out, and captured quickly. Our chances of promotion depend on the merits these Diesel Company remnants bring us."
"Understood, Big Brother Wu Jian. Besides, you can rest assured about our brothers' work; it's all stable, and we prioritize stability." The other middle-level managers' leaders all turned their gaze away from the window. After all, what Wu Jian said was right; no matter what happened, these Blue Star Humans couldn't help much. They just needed to pray here, or rather, stay put quietly and not panic.
The actual combat work of fighting those Undead Monsters is carried out by the soldiers of the Spiritual Realm. Just like now, the soldiers standing on the city walls are all from the Spiritual Realm; they are the key main force defending the city.
Now their hearts have also calmed down.
Thinking about Deherim's city walls, over 6 meters high, and the moat, over 3 meters wide and full of water, which can essentially serve as a defensive measure like a city moat, if those Undead Monsters can break through these defensive measures, it's truly terrifying to even imagine.
At that point, even if they panicked, it would be useless. After all, if such defensive strength couldn't hold, then these Blue Star Humans probably wouldn't have any good way to find a path to survival.
"Dong dong dong." Just as they were still chatting, the door outside the room was suddenly knocked.
The sound was urgent, clearly indicating something important.
"Come in." Wu Jian frowned slightly and called out to the person knocking on the door to enter. After all, anyone daring to knock directly on the conference room door like this was definitely his confidant, so letting him in directly at this moment was not a problem.
Moreover, such an urgent knock clearly indicated something urgent. He naturally understood that the other party wouldn't knock so anxiously for no reason.
However, before the other party pushed the door open and tried to say something, Wu Jian still frowned and spoke first, saying, "Why are you knocking so urgently? Didn't I say before? We're having a secret meeting. Don't disturb me if there's nothing important."
"Of course, this is absolutely something very important." The person who came from outside was a younger middle-level manager who usually followed Wu Jian, acting like a secretary. At this moment, he swallowed his saliva and said very anxiously, "According to my trust, those senior managers and their lackeys are taking action. It seems they are coming towards us, and they are all carrying weapons. It seems they have ill intentions."
"What? Those senior managers and their lackeys are coming towards us with weapons? And with ill intentions? What does this mean?! Didn't Big Brother Zhang Bo just leave?" When this younger middle-level manager said these words, a more hot-tempered middle-level manager leader who was with Wu Jian immediately slammed the table and stood up, his face showing gravity and anger, and he turned to look at Wu Jian: "Big Brother Wu Jian, is something wrong? Are those damned scoundrels trying to make a move on us?!"
"That's right, Big Brother Wu Jian! Were those ambiguous words Big Brother Zhang Bo said before because he knew in advance that those senior managers wanted to make a move on us?" Another middle-level manager's leader also stood up directly, looking at Wu Jian, while clenching his fists tightly. During the previous conflict, he had personally exchanged blows with the lackeys of those senior managers.
Now there were still bruises on his chest.
At that time, if others hadn't pulled them apart, he would have really given that old dog of a senior manager, whom he had targeted, a good beating.
So, hearing about this now, he was truly quite angry. His first thought was that those senior managers and their lackeys wanted to take advantage of the dark of night and the sudden Undead Monster attack outside to settle things with their group.
"Big Brother Wu Jian, what should we do? Should we fight our way out?" At this moment, another middle-level manager's leader also stood up and looked at Wu Jian, his face also showing anger: "Before, we maintained restraint. Now they've taken our restraint as weakness. If it really doesn't work, let's go head-to-head with them and let them know who the real tough guys are."
They had all had some conflicts with those senior managers and their lackeys during previous altercations outside, not just verbal conflicts, but even physical ones, only without using weapons.
But speaking of which, it was only a step away from using weapons, and in the end, if their superiors hadn't expressed restraint, it would have really come to knives and bloodshed, or even a few lives lost.
So they were truly quite angry, and these were new grievances, added to the friction they had experienced during leveling up and the old grievances of being ostracized to more remote areas.
Now, irreconcilable contradictions had long arisen between them. If killing could solve the problem, they would kill without hesitation.
After all, it wasn't as if they hadn't killed before, or at least they had seen it done. Three years of the apocalypse had long since made them discard their former moral concepts completely. Only power and suppression, and the comparison of their own strength, were the best ways to measure everything.
Now, when told to fight, to battle, to kill, to shed blood, they showed no fear, only eagerness, and the strength born from the anger in their emotions.
"Alright, I understand the situation. For now, everyone, don't panic." Wu Jian looked at the middle-level managers in front of him at this moment, and after pondering for a moment, he still comforted them: "Let's do this. You organize a group of people to follow me and see what those senior managers and their lackeys are up to. If a conflict breaks out, we'll be prepared early."
"Understood, Big Brother Wu Jian. In that case, I'll immediately go gather our people." The other middle-level managers all nodded, then left the room to gather their own group of middle-level manager subordinates.
Soon, they had all gathered.
And they had all lined up around the room near Wu Jian, with a total of nearly 70 people, all holding their respective weapons. Even some ordinary Blue Star Humans who were not part of the Spiritual Realm Commander's forces also took out their weapons and waited, ready to fight together if anything happened.
Adding up to nearly 150 people.
In response, those senior managers and their subordinates, upon arriving within the sphere of influence of the middle-level managers, all showed slight changes in their expressions.
"What's going on? These damned guys are already prepared." The leading senior manager's expression was very displeased. After all, what they had discussed earlier was a surprise attack, but they hadn't expected that when they gathered so many people to launch a surprise attack and directly carry out a beheading operation, these middle-level managers were already prepared, leaving them somewhat at a loss.
"The news has leaked. We also have an inside mole among us." At this moment, another senior manager slowly spoke, but now was not the time to investigate who was an inside mole and who wasn't. He tightened his grip on the weapon in his hand and slowly reminded them: "Since a surprise attack is no longer possible, then you all be prepared later. We'll say we discovered remnants of the Diesel Company as an excuse to come here. Don't expose anything."
"So does that mean our operation today is canceled?" Several other managers and their subordinates looked somewhat hungry, and at the same time, they frowned. They had had a very unpleasant relationship with those middle-level managers before. When they learned of this sneak attack, they were all very excited, wanting to completely eliminate these middle-level managers.
But now that it was canceled, it was indeed a considerable regret for them.
"It's not canceling the mission. Listen to my orders. Next, I will pretend to discuss the Diesel Company remnants with them. When the time comes, we'll still launch a surprise attack. If we can cut through the other side, it will save us the trouble of searching for those middle-level managers." The leading senior manager, after all, had the closest relationship with Zhou Mo, so his implementation of Zhou Mo's orders was the most resolute: "Anyway, they are all gathered together, and they will definitely not initiate a fight with us. As long as we launch a sneak attack, they will never expect it. When their leader, that guy named Wu Jian, appears before us, I'll take him down first. The rest will just be a group of headless flies for you to deal with."
"We understand." These senior managers and their subordinates immediately showed significant smiles, looking at the street occupied by the middle-level managers that had already appeared before them, and one by one, they instinctively gripped the weapons in their hands.
They were also all ready for battle, and they didn't care about the bloody and brutal fight to come.
Soon, both sides met.
And just behind, Zhou Mo had also quickly arrived. He had, of course, already known about the failed surprise attack, but this did not prevent tactical actions, renewed surprise attacks, and tactical arrangements when they met.
"Didn't you conduct diplomatic negotiations with them before? Then it's still up to you to make the decision to bluff them. As soon as their high-ranking members are all gathered, gathered at the very front, we will be prepared and directly cut through them, leaving no one standing." Zhou Mo reached out and patted the shoulder of a person next to him. This was his most trusted confidant, who had previously acted as the representative of the senior managers to negotiate with Zhang Bo and the leaders of the middle-level managers.
"Understood, Big Brother. I will handle it next. Leave it to me, please rest assured." The former representative of the senior managers revealed a grim smile, then nodded and put away his weapon, inserting it into the scabbard at his waist, and quickly walked to the very front.
After all, he and the representatives of the middle-level managers had previously conversed quite amicably, allowing for tactical deception. Therefore, his walking to the front also represented a facade of maintaining peace.
And indeed, when he arrived at the very front, those middle-level managers also didn't expect it to be him.
"It's him, I know him. He was the one who came out to negotiate with Zhang Bo before." At this moment, among the leaders of the middle-level managers, the leader who had also participated in the negotiation recognized the representative of the senior managers, and his tone became somewhat hesitant.
"Perhaps those senior managers really don't have any hostility. After all, Lord Shen Mu is still here. If they really wanted to cause a conflict, Lord Shen Mu would definitely not let them off." Wu Jian also breathed a sigh of relief at this moment, and a disdainful smile appeared at the corner of his mouth: "They still need to consider Lord Shen Mu's influence, after all, they will also need to get by in Deherim in the future."
At this point, it could be seen that these newly appointed managers actually didn't think that far ahead, and they were ruthless and merciless. They were just a group of middle-level managers who had risen from ordinary people, and most of them had no experience serving as senior managers or corporate executives.
Most of them didn't even know that power struggles were a matter of life and death with no room for compromise. Even democratic consultations were actually just about one faction voluntarily stepping down in exchange for a more dignified outcome.
At this moment, they had become soft-hearted, or rather, they thought too highly of these senior managers, who had already experienced life-and-death political struggles even before the apocalypse.
"In that case, you go and negotiate with them, ask what the situation is, and why they suddenly came to our area. And they're all carrying weapons, isn't there something that might cause us to misunderstand?" Wu Jian said to the middle-level manager leader who had previously negotiated, reminding him, and at the same time, he quietly said: "And try to probe them, see why they came, and if they really found remnants of the Diesel Company? Otherwise, why would they make such a big fuss and come to our side? If they found news of Diesel Company remnants, report it to me immediately. If it's one of our own, then stall them and let us handle it internally. If it's not one of our own in this area, try to stall them as well, so our own people can capture that person first." (End of Chapter)
