Two in the afternoon was the time Jian Fei and Lin Huang had agreed on for the welcoming party.
However, at two o 'clock sharp, the hundred-seat meeting room was sparse with only about sixty people seated.
Jian Fei, Gu Fei, and the other upper echelons did not look too good.
Lin Huang could roughly guess what had happened. He asked Jian Fei via voice transmission, "How many people are missing?"
"More than thirty. I've recruited a hundred people in this batch," Jian Fei did not hide the truth.
"There's no need to wait. Let's begin," Lin Huang replied via voice transmission.
Jian Fei nodded and got up to walk to the center of the podium. He swept his gaze across everyone and spoke.
"I'll first announce something that has nothing to do with the welcoming party. I, Jian Fei, as the acting chief of the Heaven Alliance, hereby officially announce that the rookies who didn't come to the welcoming party will be removed from the Heaven Alliance from now on. "
The moment Jian Fei said that, even Lin Huang was surprised. The other upper echelons had shock written all over their faces.
The sixty-odd rookies below were in a flurry of discussion.
Jian Fei ignored the discussion and continued speaking.
"First of all, we've already informed you two days ago that the meeting will be at two in the afternoon. If you can't make it at the last minute, you can inform me in advance. However, they didn't show up when it's time for the welcoming party. Neither did they inform me in advance. It means that these people don't have the spirit of a contract. Our Heaven Alliance doesn't welcome people who don't have the spirit of a contract.
"Secondly, these people refused to participate in the welcoming party when it's time. It also means that they don't have any sense of belonging to the Heaven Alliance. Since they don't have any sense of belonging to the Heaven Alliance, we welcome them to leave and find a faction that they have a sense of belonging to.
"That's all I want to say. Next, we'll officially begin the process of the welcoming party. "
After Jian Fei was done announcing the removal of the rookies, he began his speech as the acting chief of the Heaven Alliance.
The speech was mainly about the history of the Heaven Alliance and some important matters.
After his speech, he passed the podium to the deputy chief, Gu Fei.
Gu Fei's speech was very simple. In less than five minutes, she passed the podium to Lin Huang.
The moment Lin Huang appeared, the rookies below immediately burst into thunderous applause and cheers.
"Hello everyone, my name is Lin Huang. Perhaps everyone is more familiar with my other name, Lin Xie. But to me, whether it was Lin Huang or Lin Xie, they were just titles. I'm the deputy chief of the Heaven Alliance and the Emperor of Dynasty. I am who I am, and I will not be different just because my name or identity has changed. "
Lin Huang's self-introduction once again drew enthusiastic cheers from the audience.
"That's all for my self-introduction. Today's protagonist is not me, but all of you. As the new members of the Heaven Alliance, you bear the future of the Heaven Alliance. "
After the self-introduction, Lin Huang began his speech.
"Welcome, everyone. From today onwards, you are officially members of the Heaven Alliance. All the members of the Heaven Alliance, no matter now or in the future when they leave the Evil Alliance, will always be our companions. "
His speech was not long. Including the self-introduction at the beginning, it was a total of seven to eight minutes.
After the speech, just when Lin Huang was going to pass the podium back to the acting chief, Jian Fei, he did not expect the meeting hall door to be kicked open all of a sudden.
A bunch of young men barged in. Lin Huang glanced through them and saw that there were over 20 of them.
The leader was a red-haired young man with long dark red hair. He looked at Lin Huang with arrogance in his eyes.
"Lin Xie, I used to admire you a lot. I even treated you as my goal to catch up with. However, you've disappointed me. You've given up on yourself and joined the underground organization. I can't believe I've been treating you as my idol throughout the year. Now that I think about it, I must've been blind. If I hadn't watched the livestream this morning, I might've really been tricked into joining the Heaven Alliance … "
"Who's he?" Lin Huang asked Jian Fei through voice transmission, feeling a little confused.
"He's the Coalition government's God Punisher Army's major general, Li Hongfei," Jian Fei replied through voice transmission with a bitter expression.
"I thought the Coalition government doesn't allow people to join the Evil Alliance?" Lin Huang was surprised to hear that.
"It wasn't allowed in the past. However, they've opened up the access after the New Year this year. As long as you pass the assessment, you can join freely. Throughout the past half a year, there are up to a hundred people who have successfully joined the Evil Alliance from all the armies and agencies of the Coalition government. "
After listening to Jian Fei's explanation, Lin Huang roughly guessed that the Coalition government opening up the access should be related to the upcoming abyssal crisis.
"The bunch of people behind him are basically from the three armies of the Coalition government," Jian Fei added.
"Li Hongfei, am I right?" Lin Huang glanced through the 23 intruders and eventually looked at Li Hongfei who was the leader. "It's great that you guys don't want to join the Heaven Alliance. All of you have been removed from the list."
Although Jian Fei had stated in the meeting earlier that he wanted to remove the group of people who did not come, he did not manage to do that since the orientation party had been going on. Naturally, Li Hongfei and the rest did not receive the notification to remove their names.
The 23 of them were clearly stunned to hear what Lin Huang said.
"What right do you have to remove our names?! You're only a deputy chief. Only the chief or acting chief has the right to remove our names. "
"Li Hongfei, I was the one who removed your names earlier, not Deputy Chief Lin." At that moment, Jian Fei stood up and repeated the reason for removing their names. "As for the reason for removing our names, I've made it clear in front of the 67 new members. There's no spirit of the contract and no sense of belonging to the Heaven Alliance. The Heaven Alliance doesn't need such people. "
"I get it now. So, the Heaven Alliance is on the same side as Dynasty." Li Hongfei scoffed when he heard that. The remaining 22 of them began to look at Jian Fei and the rest with hostility.
"The three armies of the Coalition government have such a low recruitment standard. Are they recruiting people who can't even understand basic logic?" Gu Fei finally could not help but speak.
"Woman, don't slander us." Li Hongfei and the rest of the people from the Coalition government army glared at Gu Fei.
"Did I say anything wrong? According to your logic, Dynasty must've bribed us to trust Lin Huang. There are up to 100 million people supporting Lin Huang on the Heart Network, so they must've been bribed by Dynasty?! You don't even understand basic logic and you're spouting nonsense. How dare you say that I'm slandering you?! "
"You …" Li Hongfei was speechless.
"Li Hongfei, I've made it clear why I removed your names earlier. Moreover, we know more about Lin Huang than what you've heard. It's been almost a year and a half since he joined the Heaven Alliance. We've seen everything that he did, the hardships that he went through, and the doubts that he endured throughout his journey. That's the reason why the Heaven Alliance has chosen to stand behind him. It's because we know that he's trustworthy, "Jian Fei spoke again.
"Only people who don't understand underground organizations would say nonsense like trusting Lin Huang. Do you guys know what position the Emperor of Dynasty is exactly?! The Emperor of Dynasty is one of the few leaders of the underground organizations. He's almost equivalent to our Coalition government's chairman! Do you guys think someone with such an identity is a kind person?! I think your brains must've been eaten by the swine beasts instead! No matter how friendly and trustworthy he is, it's all an act! You guys have been fooled by him! "
"Li Hongfei, I'll ask you two questions," Lin Huang finally spoke again.
"There are at least a few million people working in the 12 safety zones in the Coalition government. Can you guarantee with a hundred percent certainty that not a single one of them deserves to die? None of them are corrupt, none of them are abusing their power for personal gain. Not a single one?! Are you sure you dare to say it?! "
"I …" Li Hongfei was speechless at the moment. He knew very well that such things were not rare.
"I'll ask you again. There are at least tens of millions of underground organization members in the 12 zones. Among these tens of millions of people, are you 100% sure that there isn't a single person who doesn't deserve to die? "
Li Hongfei fell into silence again.
After a moment of silence, Li Hongfei lifted his head to look at Lin Huang again. "I'm not going to argue with you. If I challenge you without summoning my monsters, do you dare to accept it?! "
"Li Hongfei, I don't think your challenge is fair. He's an Imperial Censor while you're a close-range fighter. You're challenging someone without summoning your monsters. Isn't that the same as tying your hands and challenging you? "Gu Fei could not help but speak again.
However, Lin Huang smiled when he heard that. "Why wouldn't I dare to accept it? The 23 of you can fight me together."
"You can't summon your monsters!" Li Hongfei emphasized again.
"There's no need for that." Lin Huang nodded with a smile.
The 60-odd rookies broke into a flurry of discussion when they saw this.
"This person is really thick-skinned!"
"Twenty-three against one, and he doesn't even allow him to summon his monsters. That's enough."
"However, if Chief Lin really summons his monsters, there won't be any suspense, right?"
Lin Huang put his hands in his pockets and smiled at them. "Are you guys ready?"
"Do it!" Li Hongfei bellowed. The 23 of them moved almost at the same time.
But almost at the same time, Lin Huang instantly pulled his right hand out of his pocket. The next instant, 23 silver beams shot out from his sleeve like lightning bolts.
Li Hongfei and company did not even see the trajectory of the silver beams. One by one, their heads exploded as their bodies rapidly disintegrated.
The next instant, the silver beams shot back and disappeared into Lin Huang's sleeve.
His right hand returned to his pocket as though it had never moved.
Everyone present was dumbfounded when they saw the twenty-three figures mysteriously vanish. Apart from a minority of them who saw the silver beams faintly in the air, the rest of them could not even see anything.
After all, Lin Huang's ability was on par with imperial-level purple gold-rank. The difference in ability between him and the rest of them was just too great.
Until then, they just realized that they had been underestimating Lin Huang all this while. They had always thought that Lin Huang could pass the Stairway Tree because of his identity as an Imperial Censor and that he possessed extremely powerful summoning monsters. However, it seemed like Lin Huang's ability was so powerful that it was terrifying.
Many of them knew that half of the 23 people who were killed in a second were on immortal-level rank-9. Li Hongfei did not only have immortal-level rank-9 combat strength, but he was also a supreme genius. His ability could definitely be ranked top 10 among the top organizations in the Evil Alliance, such as the Heaven Alliance and the Hong Alliance.
However, such a powerhouse was like an ant in front of Lin Huang. He was killed in a second and did not even manage to last a round of attacks.
Seeing that the people had yet to snap back from the shock, Lin Huang could not help but speak, "Pack up. We'll continue with the welcome party."
Lin Huang turned his head to look at Jian Fei after he was done speaking. "Chief Jian, send a message to Li Hongfei. He'll pay for the points needed to fix the meeting room door. Get him to look for me if he has anything to say. I welcome him to visit me online or offline. "
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