Qi Yuanbao rose abruptly and put on the white fur again. Without looking at the intruders who had been surrounded on the surveillance light beams, he strode out of his office.
At the door of the office, the ground slightly protruded, and a round floating disc was separated. The arc-shaped stripes on the edge were shining as it revolved slowly.
Standing on the floating disc, Qi Yuanbao moved quickly in the headquarters of the Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors. Very soon, he reached the lift tube that was designed for the senior managers.
Inputting his fingerprints, voiceprints, and iris data, Qi Yuanbao obtained the permission to control the lift tube and descended from the 97th floor to the 33rd floor.
This was the main meeting room of the Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors, which was the largest and most advanced meeting room in the headquarters. It was not open easily.
At this moment, it was also the battlefield where he would decide his fate!
Taking a deep breath, Qi Yuanbao opened the gate of the lift tube and flew out on the floating disc.
The enormous meeting room occupied more than ten floors. It was a super enormous space that was as splendid as a palace but as dark and deep as a cave. It was enough to accommodate ten thousand people for a meeting at the same time.
The most advanced remote holographic projection system, on the other hand, could allow the managers or shareholders of another Sector thousands of lightyears away to project their encrypted and camouflaged shadows to this place instantly, allowing the representatives of the interests of the Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors in a hundred Sectors to be gathered in the same place.
At this moment, a thousand managers and shareholders had been gathered in the meeting room. To stabilize the market as soon as possible, a thousand business partners who were deeply cooperative with the Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors had also been invited to attend the meeting.
The number of people who participated in the meeting through remote holographic projections was more than three times the number of people who were actually present.
Narrowing his eyes, Qi Yuanbao glanced around coldly and gloomily.
As he expected, other than the managers and shareholders of the Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors, the influential warlords, Sector Masters, and local magnates at the peripheral worlds of the Imperium had all sent their representatives to see what was going on. Even a lot of middle-level managers of the four families were hiding among the holographic projections.
Those people were probably marching to the Seven Seas Space Zone on their warships at this moment.
However, their projections or spokespersons still couldn't wait to know how to protect their interests.
If they could see Qi Yuanbao's strength and strengthen the belief that the Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors would win, they would probably change sides in the upcoming battle of Seven Seas.
That was Qi Yuanbao's goal.
When Qi Yuanbao came to the big conference room, it was already full of people arguing endlessly, as lively as a market.
Everybody had learned the news of Jin Yuyan's death from Qi Yuanbao and Wuying Qinxin. With the final battle around the corner, such a piece of news was certainly devastating.
The middle class of the four families who were in cahoots with the Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors in secret were all as anxious as ants on a hot pan, scratching their heads, not knowing what to do.
They wanted to cut ties with the Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors, but they also felt sorry for the resources that they had invested in the Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors. They were also worried that the Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors would expose all of them at the moment of doom and drag them to die with them.
The warlords, Sector Masters, and local magnates who had invested their lives in the Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors and were determined to follow the reformists, on the other hand, did not have so many concerns and hesitations. They simply roared, hoping that the leadership of the Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors could come up with a plan to clean up the mess after Jin Yuyan's death.
Qi Yuanbao intentionally kept those people waiting for another five minutes. The moment he showed up, everybody's scorching eyes immediately fell on him, making him the new center of the Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors.
Qi Yuanbao faced everybody's stare calmly and confidently, but he secretly looked at Wuying Qinxin and received Wuying Qinxin's affirmative reply. The influential members of the "Wuying group" in the Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors would all support him.
That was enough.
Qi Yuanbao smiled and slowly flew to the center of the grand conference room on the floating disc. Pressing his hands down softly, he declared loudly, "Don't be hasty, everybody. The sky has not collapsed yet. As long as we work together, the sky will not collapse!"
The crowd was silent for ten seconds, before exclamations echoed again. All the investors and stakeholders were full of confusion and had countless questions to ask.
"Quiet, everyone, please be patient and listen to me. Just listen to me for three minutes, that's enough!"
Qi Yuanbao's voice contained a few streaks of spiritual energy, which shook the entire conference room and temporarily suppressed everybody's exclamations and doubts. He said unhurriedly, "I do not want to keep it a secret from you. Half a day ago, a tragedy took place at the periphery of the Commodity Market. Director Jin of the Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors was assassinated shamelessly by the assassins of the four families. He has unfortunately … perished.
"Yes, such an incident at the critical moment of the final battle has dealt a heavy blow to the market's mood and even the morale of our armed forces. However, the situation has not deteriorated to the point of no return. Or rather, we have the situation under control, and everything is under control.
"The Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors is an organization of the people who advocate freedom most in the universe in the first place. We boast the most advanced and stable structure. What pushes us forward is the surging torrents of money and capital, which will not dry up because of the fall of a certain leader. In that case, what are you worried about?
"I believe that even if Director Jin were still alive, he would've liked to see us all united, believing in the power of free capital, and fighting the brutal, greedy big nobles to the end!
"Everybody, everybody, regarding Director Jin's assassination, we have preliminarily found out the truth. It was the four Kurfürst families who bought 'Bloody Skull', the most elite assassin organization under the Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors, and 'Red Lady', the leader of 'Bloody Skull', did the job in person. The relevant files will be sent to your crystal processor terminals right now. You will know whether or not they are true after you read them."
Shua! Shua! Shua!
Shua! Tremendous data was sent to everybody's crystal processor. All the evidence matched each other without the slightest doubt. It couldn't be more real.
The managers, shareholders, and investors nodded quickly, not finding the slightest loophole.
"After the assassination, the majority of the members of the Blood Skull Assassin Group were suppressed by us. Only a small number of extremely vicious backbones followed 'Red Lady' and fled in panic. Right now, they are still resisting stubbornly. Don't worry, everyone. Almost a third of the forces in the entire Seven Seas Grand Market are involved in the hunt. 'Red Lady' definitely won't be able to escape.
Qi Yuanbao suddenly changed the topic and said, "You must be very curious. Regarding the murderer of Director Jin, we have only sent one third of the forces to hunt him. Where are the remaining two thirds of the armed forces?
"It's very simple. It's because 'Red Lady' is not the mastermind of the whole scheme. We even have reason to believe that even the case of Director Jin's assassination is just a disguise for a greater scheme.
"An enemy ten times more dreadful than 'Red Lady' has snuck into the internal area of the Seven Seas Grand Market, hoping to cause greater damage and chaos before the coalition fleet of the four families arrives, thereby ruining our chances of victory!
"The enemy is exactly — Vulture Li Yao!"
"Shua!"
Hardly had Qi Yuanbao finished his words when Li Yao's enormous head that was grimacing immediately flashed on the light beam around him.
It was taken in public when Li Yao was the best fighter of the reformists.
This huge portrait made everyone suck in a breath of cold air, and let out incredulous voices of doubt.
"There's no need to be surprised. Vulture Li Yao has betrayed the reformists and defected to the four Kurfürst's side. It's a piece of undeniable news from the capital. I believe that you all have your own sources of intelligence and have received the same news, haven't you?"
With his hands behind his back, Qi Yuanbao smiled and said, "Vulture Li Yao has just defected. Naturally, he can't wait to make great contributions so that he can consolidate his position and win the favor of his new master.
"The assassination of Director Jin alone is not necessarily enough to shake the foundation of the Business Alliance of Ten Thousand Sectors, because the five senior deacons can all replace Director Jin after receiving the authorization of the meeting.
"However, if you can distract the attention of most of the defense forces with the chaos caused by the assassination of Director Jin, and you can take the opportunity to sneak into our central database and destroy all the transaction data, just think about it. What kind of consequences will there be?
"Yes. Of course, the transaction data is backed up. We have more than one super crystal processor center, too. However, the destruction of the core data will disrupt our transactions for at least three to five days. All the information on funds, logistics, stocks, futures, and bonds will be messed up and paralyzed!
"As a result, the whole market will be in extreme panic. All the forces will lose confidence in us and even think that we cannot support such an enormous capital and logistics network at all!
"If the coalition fleet of the four families takes the opportunity to launch a general attack on us, will it be our doom?"
The horrifying picture that Qi Yuanbao described astounded all the deacons, shareholders, and investors.
Everybody looked at each other in bewilderment, finding it hard to believe Qi Yuanbao's alarmism. A white-haired, prestigious deacon asked solemnly, "Deacon Qi, this is an important issue. Do you have any evidence for your deduction?"
Qi Yuanbao smiled casually and clapped his hands. "Of course I have evidence. Otherwise, how could I be bold enough to talk nonsense in front of so many investors and partners?
"Now, let's enjoy a good show!"
As he clapped his hands, more light beams were lit up. All the light beams displayed the complicated tubes and gaps between the inner district and the shell not far away from the headquarters.
Through the combination of the light beams, it could be clearly seen that the ignorant intruder was still wriggling attentively, while the defenders around had already set up a dragnet and surrounded him without a sound.
"Let's take action."
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