Facing the crazy revenge of the rank 7 Mo Sheng, they had no choice but to back down.
Now, facing the laboratory that held the key to their technology, they were once again forced to back down. This caused Yan Wang to feel extremely unresigned.
"Are we just going to let this go?" Yan Wang said unwillingly.
"The storm that Mo Sheng and Qi Yuan have stirred up this time has already negatively affected us. I can even feel that many of the plans that we could normally smoothly carry out have already been obstructed, whether in the open or in the dark."
"If we let this matter go without a cause, the consequences will be even worse."
"We need to use our brains to solve problems," Nie Qianfan said.
"Although this matter was caused by Qi Yuan and Mo Sheng, we don't have to hold onto them and not let them off. If we want to make those people stop, the method is actually very simple. It's just a method to make an example out of them."
"It's just that you have to pick a good chicken. You can pick a typical example from those who are jumping the happiest. Be ruthless, and the rest of the people will naturally be afraid."
Yan Wang nodded. He was too good at making an example out of others.
"What about the laboratory, then?
The technology of the rank 7 genetic warrior is too important for us. We have to get it. "
"Don't worry," Nie Qianfan said.
"I will make use of the Qi Yuan incident to test Mo Lin. Even if we can't force them to reveal their latest technology, we can at least make them reveal some traces. They won't be able to hide this technology for long."
"Let me remind you one more time. Qi Yuan's background is too complicated. Don't interfere with his affairs. I will handle it personally."
Yan Wang hesitated. "I heard that Qi Yuan himself seems to be planning to go to the frontlines to carry out battlefield maintenance."
Nie Qianfan paused.
"Is the news accurate?"
"It came from the laboratory. I'm not too sure about the exact source, but someone heard Tan Qiu and Cao Yansheng talking about this. They didn't hide it from anyone else," Yan Wang said.
Nie Qianfan frowned.
"Mo Lin has recently stopped opposing the idea of sending Qi Yuan to the frontlines. So this is the problem."
"Could this be a smokescreen from the lab?" Yan Wang asked.
Even if they didn't go to the frontline, they knew how dangerous the frontline was. If it weren't for the annihilation energy weapons and Duanmu Longxiang's presence, the frontline base would've been breached long ago.
Currently, the Mech Dynasty hated Qi Yuan to the bone. If he were to head to the frontlines at this time, even if he had reached the Type 4 realm, he might still be killed by the Mech Dynasty.
Nie Qianfan was also wondering if this was the laboratory setting up a trap, retreating in order to advance. Or perhaps they already knew that Mo Sheng wanted to protect Qi Yuan with her life, so they wanted to use Qi Yuan to incite conflict between Mo Sheng and himself.
If Qi Yuan really died at the front line, Nie Qianfan had no doubt that Mo Sheng would fight him to the death.
But what was the point of this to the laboratory?
After thinking for a long time, Nie Qianfan became cautious. It didn't matter if this was the laboratory's scheme or not, he had to make a clean break. The best way was to kick the ball to the public order department and let them decide on Qi Yuan's punishment.
However, letting go of the matter so easily seemed to be taking Qi Yuan's problem too lightly. If the laboratory was taking a step back in order to advance, and he took the initiative to withdraw his request for Qi Yuan to go to the frontlines, he had undoubtedly stepped into the laboratory's trap and lost a condition to negotiate with them.
"Don't get involved in this matter. I will talk to Xia Shixun personally." Nie Qianfan said.
Yan Wang nodded. He really did not wish to continue entangling himself in the matter of Mo Sheng and Qi Yuan. Based on the current situation, his side was completely unable to touch the two of them.
"How's Gu Jing doing recently?" Nie Qianfan asked.
Speaking of Gu Jing, Yan Wang's expression was a little complicated. As a Rank 7 New Human, Gu Jing should've been the pride of the new humans. However, this defeat had completely crushed Gu Jing's pride.
"I went to see him once. His injuries have recovered, but he seems to want to go out and enter the red zone to hunt Rank 7 Zergs."
"That's good." Nie Qianfan nodded.
"Because we hide our strength, our high-ranking powerhouses rarely fight head-on with others. That's why they don't realize the shortcoming of their lack of combat experience."
"Those powerhouses' genetic sequences can allow us to gain great strength faster, but they can't give us the combat experience to temper ourselves. Compared to Mo Sheng and the other old humans who relied on their own strength to fight their way up, the difference might not be obvious at the lower ranks. However, as our ranks gradually increase, the difference in combat strength between both sides will increase."
"At Rank 6, Gu Jing wasn't Mo Sheng's match. At that time, Gu Jing was still thinking that he could suppress Mo Sheng when he reached Rank 7. However, he didn't expect that when Mo Sheng also reached Rank 7, the difference in strength between them would be so huge."
"This failure is not only a wake-up call for Gu Jing, it is also a wake-up call for all of us."
"There was a saying in the old era, 'Every gift of fate has a clear price.'"
"Power that's obtained easily and power that's gained through tempering are two completely different things."
"Although hunting in the wilderness is dangerous, it's also the best way to temper one's combat strength. If Gu Jing can come back alive, I believe he'll become even stronger."
"We need a true Rank 7 powerhouse. We don't need those who are piled up with resources. They only have strength and rank, but they don't have much combat strength."
Nie Qianfan's voice became stern. Yan Wang lowered his head, not daring to say anything.
"It's not just Gu Jing who needs to be tempered. Everyone else needs to be tempered as well. Go and arrange for all the newly promoted Intermediate aptitude users to take turns hunting in the wilderness. Capture some powerful insectoids in the wilderness and send them to the ninth floor of the prison."
Yan Wang didn't understand. Capturing insectoids alive was much more difficult than killing them. Moreover, insectoids alive were worth a lot. They could be used to make mutated energy weapons. Why were they locked up in the prison?
Nie Qianfan was silent for a few seconds.
After a few seconds, he slowly said, "I don't know who provoked the butcher in the prison, causing him to go crazy again. Not only did he kill almost half of the prisoners on the ninth floor, but our people were also almost killed on the spot when they went in last time."
Yan Wang's eyes were filled with fear. There were rumors circulating outside that the butcher on the ninth floor had unfathomable strength and had once killed a Rank 7 powerhouse. However, because he was too bloodthirsty, he was locked up in the prison. Later, for some reason, he became the guard on the ninth floor.
Only a few people knew that this rumor was true. Moreover, he didn't just kill a Rank 7 powerhouse. In fact, he killed two Rank 7 powerhouses while fighting one against two. The Rank 7 powerhouses he killed were all New Humans.
The first thing the butcher did when he entered the ninth level of the prison was to kill all the high-level prisoners there.
No one knew how much blood was stained on his butcher's knife.
He was a real butcher, a butcher who killed Rank 7 powerhouses!
Compared to Mo Sheng, this butcher on the ninth floor of the prison was the biggest victim of the new humans.
However, his terrifying strength made the New Humans not dare to take revenge. They even took the initiative to cover up the truth.
"Hasn't the butcher not gone crazy for a long time?
Who provoked him? "Yan Wang asked tentatively.
Nie Qianfan sighed and said, "I sent someone to investigate.
The butcher seems to be forging a mutated energy weapon. That's why he went on a killing spree. Before he completes the weapon, try not to go to the prison. "
Yan Wang nodded. Every time the butcher went crazy, more than half of the prisoners in the prison would be killed by him.
Due to some hidden reasons, the Butcher hated Homo Evolutis. When he went berserk, whenever a Homo Evolutis appeared before him, he would attack them indiscriminately.
If anyone dared to stop him, there would only be one result: they would all die under his knife, along with the prisoners.
There was only one way to calm him down, and that was to throw more powerful creatures into the prison for him to kill. Only when he had vented all his killing intent would he slowly calm down.
In the past, every time the butcher went crazy, the New Humans would find a way to send prisoners into the prison to appease him. This was because they didn't dare imagine what kind of effect the butcher would have on the New Humans once he walked out of the prison.
"I'll arrange it now," Yan Wang said.
With the compromise of the New Humans, the surging undercurrent slowly calmed down.
With the support of Mo Sheng and the laboratory, Qi Yuan, who was originally at the center of the whirlpool, safely weathered the storm until the disciplinary department came to announce the final punishment.
As a show of respect, the disciplinary department didn't even summon Qi Yuan to the disciplinary department. Instead, a deputy minister accompanied by Tan Qiu personally came to the laboratory to announce the punishment.
To the disciplinary department, this was undoubtedly a loss of dignity, but no one raised any objections. This storm involved too many sensitive people and issues. Being able to safely close the case was already the greatest fortune.
Ma Qin, who had dealt with Qi Yuan before, was personally called to the laboratory by Xia Shixun.
Just as the two of them entered the laboratory, Tan Qiu noticed that something was wrong. In Qi Yuan's laboratory, there were more than ten seedlings of the Tree of Annihilation.
This gave Tan Qiu a bad feeling. His previous guess seemed to be coming true.
In order to keep the key technology of creating the annihilation weapon a secret, almost all annihilation weapons were assembled at the headquarters before being distributed to the frontlines.
Although this was more troublesome and increased the risk of transportation, it also minimized the possibility of the secret being leaked to the greatest extent.
All the big consumers of the annihilation power were concentrated at the headquarters. There was only one reason why Qi Yuan would cultivate so many Trees of Annihilation, and that was to prepare for the frontlines.
"Why are you cultivating so many Trees of Annihilation?" Tan Qiu asked with an unfriendly expression.
Qi Yuan's expression didn't change and his heart didn't skip a beat.
"Didn't you say that I might be sent to the frontlines for battlefield maintenance? I'm preparing for a rainy day by accumulating some seedlings of the Tree of Annihilation. If I'm really sent to the frontlines, the annihilation power will be self-sufficient."
Tan Qiu rubbed her forehead with a headache. She was completely sure that Qi Yuan was ready to go to the frontlines.
"Can you stop for a moment and do your experiments quietly?" Tan Qiu said helplessly.
"You've caused so much trouble here. Mo Sheng and the Chief spent a lot of effort to help you resist the pressure from the new humans. Now you want to go to the frontlines. What are you trying to do?"
Qi Yuan was also a little embarrassed. There was no way to explain this kind of thing, so he could only say righteously.
"It's not that I want to go to the frontlines. It's the new humans who are forcing me to go to the frontlines."
Qi Yuan glanced at Ma Qin and said with a smile, "Department Head Ma, are you here to announce the results of my punishment and prepare to send me to the frontlines for battlefield maintenance?"
Ma Qin looked at Tan Qiu awkwardly.
It wasn't until now that he slowly recovered from the conversation between the two. Qi Yuan actually wanted to go to the frontlines himself!
No wonder the laboratory and the new humans gave up fighting on this point at the same time and even handed the decision to the public order department.
However, Department Head Xia Shixun was also a smart person and had no intention of getting involved in this dispute.
Since the new humans could let go and hand over the decision to Qi Yuan to the public order department, the public order department could also turn around and hand over the decision to Qi Yuan.
"I don't want to care about this matter anymore. Just looking at him gives me a headache. Just announce the results," Tan Qiu said grumpily.
Ma Qin understood. He coughed and said, "Qi Yuan, although you killed Wen Zhuo and four other genetic warriors and violated the rules of the Black Steel Shelter, according to the law, you should be banished to the wilderness. However, since Wen Zhuo and the others attacked first and there was a reason for it, the public order department has decided to be lenient with you."
"After discussion, we've decided on two punishment methods. You can choose."
"The first punishment method: Pay 10 tons of Asterite."
"The second punishment method: Go to the frontlines of the battle with the Mech King's Court and undergo battlefield maintenance for half a year."
"Which punishment do you choose?"
Qi Yuan looked at Ma Qin. He didn't expect the public order department to be so slippery as to hand over the decision to him.
However, this wasn't a bad thing. At least he didn't have to find those messy excuses.
"I don't have 10 tons of Asterite, so I choose the second punishment. Go to the frontlines for battlefield maintenance," Qi Yuan said.
So it was like that!
Tan Qiu looked at Qi Yuan expressionlessly.
"Although I don't know why you want to go to the frontlines, I have to warn you. The warriors of the Mech King's Court are far more dangerous than you think. If you die at the frontlines, I'm afraid there won't be anyone to collect your corpse."
Can't you say something nicer?
I haven't even left and you're cursing me to die in the wilderness?
Qi Yuan couldn't help but complain in his heart.
However, he said, "I'm only going to the frontlines for battlefield maintenance. I'm not going to the frontlines to fight the Mech King's Court head-on. I won't encounter any danger and will definitely return safely."
Tan Qiu didn't say anything. She just looked at Qi Yuan like she was looking at an idiot.
Ma Qin also heaved a sigh of relief. No matter what Qi Yuan chose, he had finally completed his mission and could return to report.