Ke Shoulin clenched his right fist as he listened to his adjutant's report. An invisible cyclone immediately spread out.
"How dare they!" Ke Shoulin growled with a dark expression.
Feng Qian glanced at Ke Shoulin who had lost his composure and said to his adjutant, "You can leave first."
The adjutant glanced at Ke Shoulin and only left when he saw Ke Shoulin nod.
"What happened? Did you hit a wall with Qi Yuan?" Feng Qian asked softly.
Of course, he knew that Ke Shoulin would use underhanded means, but he didn't expect Ke Shoulin to fail.
"Ling You killed one of my dogs and even allowed Qi Yuan to hang the corpse on the Iron Chariots' walls!"
Ke Shoulin's eyes seemed to be burning with anger. Ever since he became the Deputy Head of the combat division, no one had dared to embarrass him like this. This time, Ling You didn't just embarrass him. She simply placed his face on the ground and ruthlessly trampled on it!
"Ling You!" Feng Qian was surprised.
"Where did this Ling You come from? A few days ago, she found an excuse to destroy one of the strongholds of the Black Gold Chamber of Commerce. Not only did she take all the assets, she even accused the Black Gold Chamber of Commerce of colluding with the Xu family. She almost dragged the entire Black Gold Chamber of Commerce down with her."
"Hmph!" Ke Shoulin snorted coldly.
"This woman's background is very deep. If I'm not wrong, there must be a board member behind her!"
Feng Qian frowned. Before this, because of Qu Shan Hai, he had tried to test Ling You. Unfortunately, Ling You had blocked all his attempts. Otherwise, Qu Shan Hai wouldn't have been able to survive until now.
Qi Yuan was now in cahoots with Ling You. If Ling You really had a board member behind her, it wouldn't be good news for him.
"Although Ling You has advanced to rank four, she's just the leader of a stronghold. What right does she have to be on the board of directors?"
"Ling You is not as simple as you think!" Ke Shoulin's tone was gloomy.
"Before this, someone from the military had a conflict with Ling You. One of my rank 4 lieutenants met Ling You by chance in the wilderness and took a fancy to this woman. In the end, not only did he not succeed, he was even crippled by Ling You. When I heard about this, I was about to teach Ling You a lesson, but I was stopped by Duanmu Longxiang!"
Feng Qian narrowed his eyes. Duanmu Longxiang was the head of the combat division. Although he wasn't a member of the board of directors, his authority wasn't weak at all. In the entire Black Steel Shelter, there weren't many people who could make him show his face.
"Could it be that Duanmu Longxiang is keeping it outside …" Feng Qian probed. He didn't finish his sentence, but he knew that Ke Shoulin would definitely understand what he meant.
As the head of the combat division, Duanmu Longxiang was powerful and didn't have many bad hobbies. The only thing he liked was women. Moreover, he liked powerful women.
Many people knew about this hobby. Duanmu Longxiang didn't hide it too much. He even openly arranged for his women to enter the combat division. For example, his adjutants and lovers were all beautiful women. Moreover, they weren't weak.
This Ling You was powerful and pretty. She should be to Duanmu Longxiang's liking.
However, Feng Qian's guess was rejected by Ke Shoulin.
"It's not Duanmu Longxiang!" Ke Shoulin shook his head and said.
"Duanmu Longxiang isn't the kind of man who hides his secrets. If Ling You is really his woman, he wouldn't be able to hide it from me. There's someone else behind Ling You."
"If the person behind Ling You isn't a board member, how would she dare to be so arrogant in front of me? How would I let her live until now?"
Ke Shoulin's words were filled with murderous intent. However, there was nothing he could do.
Feng Qian fell silent. No matter who was behind Ling You, as long as he didn't provoke her, she would be fine. However, he didn't know how deep the relationship between Qi Yuan and Ling You was.
"Do we need to make some preparations for the battle between Ke Long and Qi Yuan?" Feng Qian asked.
Ke Shoulin frowned. At this moment, there was another knock on the door.
"Come in!"
The adjutant pushed the door open and entered. He whispered a few words into Ke Shoulin's ear. Ke Shoulin immediately stood up from his seat.
A violent aura was released. It was as though there was a hurricane in the room.
"Who gave her the guts?!
She killed my men and wants me to save her subordinates!
She's going too far! "Ke Shoulin roared like an angry lion.
Feng Qian was also stunned. From Ke Shoulin's roar and the news from before, he quickly guessed what had happened.
Not only did Ling You kill Feng Qian's black glove and hang his corpse on the city wall, she even sent the injured subordinates to Ke Shoulin's doorstep for him to save them!
Although Ling You didn't come into direct contact with Ke Shoulin, Feng Qian could almost see Ling You slapping Ke Shoulin's face a few times.
Ling You's craziness had indeed exceeded Feng Qian's imagination.
At the same time, Feng Qian was also glad that his previous attempts at testing Ling You were all superficial and didn't touch her bottom line. Otherwise, he might end up like Ke Shoulin.
This time, Feng Qian didn't say anything. He wanted to know how much Ke Shoulin, who had always been hot-tempered, could endure after being slapped repeatedly by Ling You.
If Ke Shoulin chose to kill Ling You's subordinates and take revenge on Ling You, he might be able to force the person behind her to come out.
With Ke Shoulin's position, even if the board of directors came personally, they wouldn't fall out. At most, both sides would take a step back.
After the furious Ke Shoulin paced back and forth in the office a few times, his anger was finally suppressed.
"Send them to the hospital. After they're treated, get them out of here!" Ke Shoulin said coldly.
"Yes!"
After the adjutant bowed, he quickly turned and left.
Looking at Ke Shoulin who had calmed down again, Feng Qian's eyes flashed with surprise. With Ke Shoulin's personality, he was actually able to swallow his anger. It seemed that he was really afraid of Ling You.
However, Feng Qian quickly thought of the news.
There was news that Duanmu Longxiang might leave his post as the Head of the Combat Department and be transferred to the Doomsday Munitions Headquarters. The board of directors was preparing to choose one of the remaining Deputy Heads to take over the Head of the Combat Department.
If this news was true, Ke Shoulin's choice to swallow his anger was expected.
The Combat Department was the most powerful department in the Black Steel Shelter. If Ke Shoulin wanted to become the Head of the Combat Department, he had to have a good relationship with the board of directors. Offending a board member because of Ling You was definitely not something a smart person would do.
Since Ke Shoulin was afraid of Ling You and Qi Yuan was related to Ling You, then the previous plan had to be modified. Feng Qian thought with a gloomy gaze.
Fortunately, for this matter, he had already made many plans and had a way to deal with it.
"I have a suggestion for Ling You," Feng Qian suddenly said.
Ke Shoulin let out a long sigh and said in a low voice, "Tell me about it."
No matter which board member was behind Ling You, as long as he took the initiative to lower his head and send her subordinates for treatment, this matter would be considered settled.
However, this did not mean that Ke Shoulin could pretend that this matter did not happen. The anger in his heart would not be extinguished so easily.
"Since Ling You is so disrespectful, then we don't have to care too much about her feelings. If Qi Yuan really dares to fight, then let him die in the arena!" Feng Qian said.
"No matter how domineering the person behind Ling You is, he will not stand up for a Stage Two Wild Hunter."
Since he could not touch Ling You, then he would touch Qi Yuan!
He had to let Ke Shoulin vent his anger.
"Hmph!" Ke Shoulin snorted coldly.
"You don't have to worry about Qi Yuan. Even if Tanqiu gave him a Stage Three potion, he will not be able to enter the Shelter easily."
"Don't underestimate him," Feng Qian said.
"Although Qi Yuan is not very strong, he is good at dealing with women. First it was Tanqiu, then it was Ling You. The fact that he can get involved with these two difficult women is enough to prove that he has some ability."
"We have to plan for Qi Yuan to enter the Black Steel Shelter!"
"How do you plan to deal with him?" Ke Shoulin asked.
Although he had prepared a backup plan to prevent Qi Yuan from entering the Black Steel Shelter, Ling You's appearance made him realize that the world outside the Shelter was not so easy to control.
"First, this Qi Yuan must die!" Feng Qian's words directly determined Qi Yuan's fate.
"Since he is involved with both Tanqiu and Ling You, we can't do anything secretly. The battle between the berserkers is the best chance to kill him!"
Ke Shoulin furrowed his brows. Of course, he wanted to kill Qi Yuan.
Since he was unable to kill Ling You, killing Qi Yuan could be considered as venting his anger. However, if he allowed Ke Long to kill his opponent in front of so many people, it could very well affect Ke Long.
Feng Qian seemed to have guessed Ke Shoulin's concerns. He lowered his voice and continued speaking.
"The most important rule of the game in God's Sanctuary is that the winner takes all!"
"Ke Long defeating and killing Qi Yuan head-on will have some negative effects, but we can think of a way to minimize this effect!"
"You have a way?" Ke Shoulin squinted his eyes and asked.
"It's very simple!" Feng Qian said in a low voice.
"We can arrange a few more battles to divert the audience's attention from Qi Yuan's death to the berserkers and Ke Long's victory!"
"With the berserkers' capabilities, as long as Ke Long wins a few consecutive battles, it will be enough to make him and the berserkers go down in history together."
Ke Shoulin's heart skipped a beat. He quickly realized the feasibility of this method. As long as Ke Long defeated Qi Yuan, the audience would quickly forget about Qi Yuan, the loser.
They would only remember that Ke Long had defeated many opponents and that Feng Qian's berserkers had defeated many Tier 3 mechanical equipment and successfully reached the top!
Winning one battle after another would not only minimize the impact of Qi Yuan's death, it would also push Ke Long and the berserkers to the clouds of glory.
Ke Long could use this battle to gain fame and fortune and then advance to Tier 4. His future in the Army would be paved.
Even if he didn't become the head of the Combat Department, Ke Long's experience was enough to make him a lieutenant with real power.
"Other than the people from the Black Steel Shelter, you can also invite a few opponents from other Shelters!" Feng Qian said.
Ke Shoulin pondered for a moment before finally nodding his head.
If it was only the opponents from the Black Steel Shelter, although he could guarantee victory, with his identity, there would definitely be people who would suspect him of fixing the match. However, if Ke Long defeated the opponents from the Black Steel Shelter and then defeated a few opponents from other Shelters, these doubts would disappear.
Compared to the opponents from the Black Steel Shelter, defeating opponents from other Shelters would be more exciting!
Although inviting opponents from other Shelters would increase the risk, Ke Shoulin had fully witnessed the strength of the berserkers in the past few days of combat testing.
Just as Feng Qian had said, the berserkers were stronger than any Tier 3 mechanical equipment currently in service. Moreover, it wasn't just by a little bit, it was a whole generation stronger.
Whether it was the Quicksand Shelter or other Shelters, all the Tier 3 mechanical equipment currently in service couldn't even withstand a single blow from the berserkers!
However, thinking that the battle was just around the corner, Ke Shoulin frowned.
"Time is tight now. If we want to invite a few suitable opponents from other Shelters to fight in three days, I'm afraid it will be a little difficult!"
"I have an idea!" Feng Qian smiled.
"When we were promoting the berserkers, a few of my old opponents sent out challenge invitations. I haven't given them an accurate reply. Since they want to show their faces, then let them be Ke Long's stepping stone!"
"We can put the battle between Ke Long and Qi Yuan as the first match. After killing Qi Yuan, we can immediately move on to the next matches. The last few matches will be the finale. After Ke Long defeats all his opponents and reaches the top, no one will remember the dead Qi Yuan. They will only cheer for Ke Long's victory!"
Ke Shoulin's expression darkened as he nodded his head. He did not have the slightest bit of doubt regarding whether Ke Long could kill Qi Yuan. What he needed to do was to remind Ke Long that after killing Qi Yuan, he needed to restrain himself a little when facing other opponents. He could not be too ruthless. If Ke Long was too ruthless, it was extremely likely that he would be labeled as a butcher.
"Qi Yuan better pray that he is blocked outside the gate of the Shelter. Otherwise, his body will become Ke Long's first stepping stone!" Ke Shoulin said viciously.
"Remember to remind Ke Long not to go too far when fighting Qi Yuan. I still have use for his body!" Feng Qian said.
Ke Shoulin looked at Feng Qian and said, "Do you really think he is a new human being?"
"Not a suspicion, but a certainty!" Feng Qian said calmly.
Through his investigation, he had already found the source of Tan Qiu's experimental material. He was surprised to find that the person was Qi Yuan.
From Feng Qian's point of view, the reason Tan Qiu supported Qi Yuan was not only to use him as a stepping stone, but also to lure Qi Yuan into her laboratory and use him as a living subject.
Judging from the results of Tanqiu's project, Qi Yuan was not only a homo sapiens, he was also a homo sapiens who had a very successful genetic modification. Although he did not know which shelter he had escaped from, such a valuable living specimen definitely could not fall into Tanqiu's hands. Even if he could not obtain it, he had to destroy it!