Beijing.
In the private room of the tavern.
"Come on … Old Bi, let's continue." When Huang Boren saw that the glass in front of Bi Youlong was empty, he immediately picked up the bottle with a smile and poured beer for his old buddy. He was only satisfied when the beer foam overflowed from the other party's glass.
"Old Huang." Bi Youlong looked at the glass on the table in front of him. "It's already very late. If you don't go back, will the family be okay?"
"You're not like me. I'm alone and too comfortable … That's not good, right?"
"It's okay!" Huang Boren raised the beer and clinked glasses with Bi Youlong. Then, he drank the beer in the glass in one gulp and wiped the foam from his mouth casually with his hand.
"Haven't we been working overtime recently? Once we've had enough, we'll go back to the office and spend the night there. Your sister-in-law has never asked too much. Instead of worrying about me … she's obviously more concerned about the children."
"Besides, I'm not in the mood to mess around outside. I'm just having a few drinks with you after work. If something really happens … can you not be my witness?"
"If your sister-in-law knows that I'm with you, she'll probably believe that I'm not messing around outside. Who doesn't know that you've never been the kind of person who likes to play?"
"…" Bi Youlong was speechless.
"How many years has it been since we became the company's directors? Today … seems to be the first time you've asked me to drink alone."
"Nine years." After Huang Boren filled his glass to the brim with beer, he raised his head and drank the little bit of 'Fulgen' left in the bottle. Then, he took out a new bottle from the beer box on the ground and flicked the bottle cap onto the table with a 'bang' sound.
While pouring beer for Bi Youlong, he smiled and said, "I know this kind of things.
"I remember this kind of thing very clearly. After all, I have become a director of the company and have to deal with more problems than before. How can I live as carefree as before? After I'm done with the work at hand … I can't wait to lie in bed and sleep for a few days straight."
Bi Youlong heard this and gave a rare smile. Then, he picked up the glass and looked at Huang Boren opposite him. He said, "Do you have time today?"
"Tsk …" Huang Boren smiled and shook his head. He clinked glasses with Bi Youlong again, but this time, he didn't finish the beer in his glass. He only drank half of it before putting the glass back on the table.
"Old Bi, I know that you have always looked down on those of us who work in the rear. Indeed, you frontline employees are often the main force in solving problems. However, you can't just look at the surface. The work in the rear … also requires suitable people to handle it."
"Our hardships are different, but I admit … you frontline employees bear the greatest risks. Everyone is a very respectable warrior."
"If you blame me for not drinking with you alone for a long time, then … I'll punish myself with another drink today."
After saying that,
Under Bi Youlong's smiling gaze, he finished the rest of the beer in his glass in one gulp. Then, he poured himself another glass and downed it again.
"Drinking in such a hurry, what's on your mind?" Bi Youlong looked at Huang Boren who was pouring wine for him again and felt a little puzzled because he had never seen Huang Boren not selling any wine like today. Instead, Huang Boren drank a few more cups than him.
"Something on my mind?" Huang Boren was slightly startled when he heard the words. He almost spilled the beer on the table, but then he smiled and shook his head, saying,
"What else can I have on my mind? It's nothing more than that. I just feel that if I don't seize the opportunity to drink, in the future … I might not have the chance to drink again."
"After all, we don't know what Yinggou wants to do, but we know very well that he must be coming for us."
"Coming for us?" It was the first time Bi Youlong heard such words.
"Of course." Huang Boren put down the bottle in his hand and said with a relieved look in his eyes, "If he wasn't dissatisfied with the current society, why would Yinggou say that he wants to target everyone?"
"Humans have caused society to become what it is now, and those of us who have some power in our hands, aren't we more guilty than ordinary people in his eyes?"
"Then … can't he just target us directly?" Bi Youlong picked up the wine glass and said with a slightly puzzled look in his eyes.
"No …" Huang Boren shook his head and denied, "Because those of us who have some power in our hands are chosen by the ordinary people outside, so in the eyes of Yinggou … I'm afraid they are also guilty, just lighter than us."
"If …"
"Yinggou still has some humanity left in him. In the future, he won't wipe out all humans. However, we will definitely bear the brunt of his casualties. Perhaps even Chairman Zhao won't be spared. How can you and I … be fine?"
"Hmph." Bi Youlong obviously snorted disdainfully at this, "In the future, who will lose and who will win is not certain. I admit that Yinggou is indeed terrifying enough. He even has the ability to casually destroy the Wang and Lu families by himself."
"But the Company is different. Not to mention the Wang and Lu families, even the Righteous Master Taoism on Mount Longhu can only choose to cooperate against their will if we want to force them to cooperate with us in Tenshi Province, unless … they don't want to live in this world anymore."
"Old Huang, even if the strength of Yinggou alone is comparable to the strength of the entire Taoist Mutants, and even surpasses the combined strength of all the Taoist Mutants, don't forget … this time, it's not just the Company who wants Yinggou dead, it's all the humans in the world."
"The Company, the Taoist Sect, the Buddhist Sect, the Ten Brothers, and other major Mutant sects, as well as the ordinary people who can crush the Mutants at any time … How can we lose?"
"Right now, the biggest problem we're facing is just how much we've lost."
"Do you think we will definitely win?" Huang Boren held the wine glass and looked at Bi Youlong with flickering eyes, but in the end, he didn't speak his true thoughts.
Because …
Until now, he only had some guesses and couldn't confirm the exact number of people who actually hoped that Yinggou would win. He couldn't even be sure if there were such people in the upper echelons of the society!
If things were really as he 'imagined', it wasn't difficult for Huang Boren to guess that the so-called 'victory of the Company' might not be in the general direction of the future from the beginning.
Once …
There were also people in the upper echelons who hoped that Yinggou would win, and they occupied the majority of that position. Then the 'victory' … could only belong to Yinggou alone.
But if that was the case, even if they lost in the future, they wouldn't lose too badly …
Yinggou would win without any losses;
Ordinary people and Mutants would win with losses;
And by then, the Company might not be needed anymore …
"Of course." Bi Youlong obviously didn't guess his old friend's thoughts. After hearing the other party's question, he still said solemnly, "There's no possibility that we will lose.
"There's no possibility of us losing at all. We just need to minimize the losses we'll incur when we destroy Allnature and Yinggou."
I hope so.
But if it's now …
I do hope that this so-called 'wild imagination' will come true.
After all, I really wanted to see if the society that no longer needed companies would be as idealistic as some people imagined … and continue to develop.
If this could come true, then the pain wouldn't be so hard to accept …
Huang Boren looked at Bi Youlong, who made a solemn vow to reassure him. In the end, he didn't treat the other party's words as useful information. Instead, he raised his wine glass again without denying or agreeing.
"Come! Let's continue! It's not easy for me to find you for a drink! Drink with me until dawn … Do you dare? "
"Cheers!"
…
Under the relatively stable social order, the Eight Strange Skills had undoubtedly become a technique to stir up chaos due to the existence of Mutants and the attitude of ordinary people towards Mutants.
If ordinary people's attitude towards Mutants wasn't to let them wear themselves out according to the so-called rules of the martial arts world, but to rationalize and manage them like ordinary people, gradually using time to transform the martial arts world in the minds of Mutants.
If the Mutants didn't feel excluded and didn't have any sense of security from the beginning to the end …
Perhaps only a 'lunatic' like Yinggou would crave more power in a situation where the living conditions were good, right?
Of course.
At that time, apart from Yinggou, there might be other lunatics like the Wang Family and the Lu Family who would never be satisfied. Only the 'strongest' would settle down and focus on life. But such people … would only be a minority at any time.
Any existence with a normal mind.
Even for Mutants who had always been influenced by the rules of the martial arts world, if their lives were good … Who would be willing to live a life of licking blood on the tip of the blade?
Who wouldn't want to focus on the various pleasures of life brought by modern society?
Liu Xiaojiang could understand the attitude of ordinary people towards Mutants. He also knew that his idea sounded too naive and if it were to be realized, it would be 'cruel' that most people wouldn't be able to accept.
But he felt that 'cruelty' was necessary to realize his idea. It might even be a temporary pain in the transition of society. As long as he could get through it safely … the future society would definitely make more people feel comfortable.
When that time came, no matter if it was ordinary people, Mutants, Elves, or himself as a Mutant, at least they wouldn't be 'xenophobic' and feel that they were taking risks all the time.
People wouldn't feel that their survival was threatened, so naturally, they wouldn't crave too much for power. As long as they had the strength to protect themselves at all times … that would be enough.
As the saying goes, 'Life is born of worry and death is born of ease and happiness' …
But after all, no creature would reject true ease and happiness. Moreover, China wasn't the only country in this world. How could worry … be caused by their own internal problems?
If they wanted to fight against outsiders, they had to settle the internal problems first.
Combining the actual situation and focusing on the external problems was enough for China. If they had the ability … there was no need for internal problems to exist all the time!
Since Liu Xiaojiang had decided to improve his living environment, how could he not consider the extremely common theory of 'born of hardship and die of ease and happiness'?
On the contrary, it was because of this that he didn't take action.
He didn't prioritize killing all the barbarians on the outside because the development of this land required external troubles. And after everything was over … it might be an important factor to unite the people on the inside.
Although Liu Xiaojiang was rather selfish, it was for his own survival that he embarked on such a 'cruel' plan. But he wasn't an extremely selfish person. That was why while satisfying his strong desire, he didn't wish to hurt others too much.
If he were an extreme person who only thought for himself, this series of things would be much simpler. He just needed to rely on his strength to continue killing and one day … he would be able to obtain a suitable living environment for himself.
But at that time …
The others would have to live in fear forever. And this … wasn't the outcome that Liu Xiaojiang wanted the most.
He needed the land under his feet to continue developing, and he needed everything at hand to improve with the development. He did not need all humans to live in fear of him, to the point that they would spend all their time thinking about developing military force to deal with him for many years to come.
In this way …
How could he enjoy the interesting things that humans constantly created in his almost infinite lifespan?!
Carefree … Could it be that he just wanted to live a carefree life and hide in the mountains and forests to live a primitive life?
He didn't want to live that kind of boring life!
As he thought about it …
Liu Xiaojiang had arrived in front of a small tavern in Beijing. He looked up at the drunkard behind the glass door who didn't come home even though it was late at night. After pondering for a moment, he pushed the door open and entered the tavern.
"Welcome, Sir. How many people are there?"
As soon as he entered …
Even though they were already very tired in the middle of the night, they still forced themselves to smile and walk over. All of them were expressing to Liu Xiaojiang the hard work that an ordinary person had to put in for a living.
"Hello …" Liu Xiaojiang nodded politely at the waitress and said,
"You don't have to worry about me. I'm just here to look for someone. Those two old men who didn't come home late at night … should be on the second floor, right?"
Hearing this …
The waitress was slightly stunned. Then, she remembered that there were indeed two customers above the age of 60 in the tavern, so she maintained her professional smile and said,
"213, sir, do you need me to lead the way for you?"
"No need …" Liu Xiaojiang immediately shook his head and refused.
"By the way, give me a bottle of wine. I want the most expensive one in your shop. I'll bring it up myself later."
"Okay!" When the waitress heard this, the smile on her face became much more sincere.
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