When system cheat becomes rampant!-Chapter 660 - 485: Bloodless Reshuffle

At this moment, Qiu Junyou's mind was entirely focused on how to cooperate with Elder Luo to protect the safety of Jiuzhou. He was even too preoccupied to care for his own potted plants, determined to perform his job well.

Protecting the safety of Jiuzhou, supporting Elder Luo's stance, and opposing Lady Qiu had indeed become his current priorities!

There was no time to delay!

"Work hard," Xiang Beifei patted Qiu Junyou's shoulder.

"Yes!"

Qiu Junyou's attitude towards his work had undergone a complete 180-degree change.

Xiang Beifei didn't say much else.

Controlling others was not Xiang Beifei's intention, and he didn't like using this method. Puppet-like governance was meaningless.

But extraordinary times require extraordinary measures. If he needed to make everyone in the alliance cooperate with the Su Alliance's actions to handle the beast eggs and protect Jiuzhou, then this was currently the best method.

The alliance's departments themselves were very problematic. The system of favoring higher ranks allowed all kinds of incompetents to flourish within the alliance, and with someone like Lady Qiu involved, internal strife within the alliance was severe.

Elder Luo had long been reluctant to change the alliance because it was too troublesome to change. Only direct iron-fisted suppression might effect change, but such methods could easily allow desolate beasts to take advantage of the situation.

But Xiang Beifei was different.

He didn't need to worry about the suppression by higher ranks over lower ones nor worry about his abilities being countered by someone like Lady Qiu; his "Respected as a Criterion" could completely alter the thoughts of people like Qiu Junyou.

As for Lady Qiu, his "Respected as a Criterion" likely still couldn't affect her, but Xiang Beifei didn't need to bother with her.

The reason Lady Qiu was confident was that she had garnered a large number of people who were fiercely loyal to her. These people either revered her UR system, sought power and status from her, or were controlled by her system abilities.

However, Xiang Beifei's "Respected as a Criterion" was superior to Lady Qiu's systems!

He just needed to turn all of Lady Qiu's subordinates!

Once that was done, no matter how powerful Lady Qiu was, she would just be a commander without troops!

Without anyone to command, what waves could she still make?

When Lady Qiu realized that the subordinates who used to obey her suddenly turned against her, she would probably go mad with rage!

"It seems I need to make a trip to every important department."

Xiang Beifei stretched lazily.

For his mentor back home, he just had to run these errands.

Jiuzhou was too vast, and it was unrealistic to control everyone, but he could control the leaders of all departments within the alliance, making them honor Elder Luo's commands and defect to his side.

As for the others—

"You two know what to do, right?" Xiang Beifei called out to the people outside the door.

Two people quickly entered from outside.

It was none other than Wu Wen and Yang Chengze!

Wu Wen was from the Archives Building, an Awakener of the S-rank Persuasion System, who had always worked in the archives department dealing with the unemployed. He used to persuade lower-rank Awakeners to take jobs they didn't want, but later, Xiang Beifei directly reversed the persuasion on him.

Yang Chengze, a teacher at Qingzhou University, had awakened with the SR-rank Subliminal Influence System, which could implant his thoughts into others' minds, altering their cognition. Initially, he was the one who helped Zhu Xinjue completely make over.

"Yes, boss, we understand," Wu Wen and Yang Chengze both responded respectfully.

"The employees in the alliance, those below S-rank, Wu Wen, you handle them. SR-rank, Yang Chengze, you handle them. Make sure to tell them to oppose every person on this list, firmly support Professor Luo, obey Professor Luo's orders, do their jobs, and protect the entire Jiuzhou."

Xiang Beifei handed a list to Wu Wen and Yang Chengze.

On it were Lady Qiu and some other UR-ranked masters who specifically aimed to eliminate Elder Luo. Xiang Beifei still didn't have the capability to eliminate these people, so he had to settle for making these people mere commanders without troops!

"Understood!"

Wu Wen and Yang Chengze quickly left.

Yang Chengze was responsible for handling part of the alliance's SR-rank and all S-rank employees, while Wu Wen was in charge of some S-ranks and all R and N-rank employees.

As for Xiang Beifei, he would handle those SSR-rank and UR-rank employees who hadn't reached Heavenly Connection, making all of them align with Elder Luo!

Now, with desolate beasts hungrily eyeing the situation, the alliance also needed a proper transformation!

Unbeknownst to everyone, a silent storm had already swept through the entire alliance.

The alliance was quietly changing!

——

A week later.

Chang Furong was still researching the matters concerning desolate beasts, and he had recently discovered that the most likely gathering place for the Marsh Black Monster's eggs was at the wastewater treatment plant.

"The wastewater treatment plant is again under the management of the Alliance Development Department. What a hassle."

Lately, Chang Furong had been dealing with these issues and understood how significant the obstacles the Su Alliance faced in handling this matter were. The Alliance Development Department was simply uncooperative; investigating a place could be delayed for a long time.

He had no choice but to consult Elder Luo.

"The people in the Alliance Development Department, this department really needs a thorough overhaul!"

Elder Luo was extremely annoyed inside. This department was supposed to protect the safety of Jiuzhou, yet it was extremely negligent in such a critical matter, which made him very angry.

It was clear without thinking that Lady Qiu and her cohort were the ones thwarting them behind the scenes; the old witch roamed around casting spells every day. It was bad enough that she did not cooperate with handling the beast eggs, but she even sabotaged their efforts secretly!

"Let's go, I'll go myself," Elder Luo said.

He immediately took the Su People with him to the wastewater treatment plant.

By this time, Lady Qiu had quickly gotten word of it and stealthily made her way over.

She had been having a pleasant time lately. Whenever she saw Luo Yunxian heading somewhere to deal with beast eggs but achieving minimal effect, she found it very gratifying.

"Luo Yunxian, oh Luo Yunxian, although you are powerful in combat, when it comes to power struggle, you are still too green to wrestle with me!"

Lady Qiu stood on the second floor of a building, looking at the distant Luo Yunxian and sneering repeatedly.

Over the years, she had firmly controlled nearly two-thirds of the top level of the alliance. These senior Awakeners, each of them looked up to her as their leader, daring not to disobey.

The remaining one-third included some who were from Liu Laosan's faction. Although there was competition among them and Liu Laosan was also of the Idle Faction, perhaps the two did not get along in other aspects, but when it came to dealing with Luo Yunxian, Liu Laosan and he definitely stood together.

"Junyou, now you should understand how to deal with this matter, right?" Lady Qiu stood with her hands behind her back, looking at Luo Yunxian and a group of Su Alliance members getting ready to dig into the wastewater.

A group of Su People were surrounding the wastewater treatment plant, surveying the terrain, and they were about to find a person in charge to assist them.

"Understood," Qiu Junyou stood behind, nodding seriously.

"Very good, you don't need to go down there yourselves, just let them handle it. They will have to drain the wastewater to search for the beast eggs. Just say the wastewater is blocked, and you don't have the capability to dive, let them dig through the wastewater themselves! Also, you must tell him not to use Spiritual Power to evaporate the wastewater, or it will damage the equipment," Lady Qiu instructed.

She planned to let Qiu Junyou subtly sabotage Luo Yunxian's efforts. Agreeing outwardly, but without actually taking action, would allow all the work to fall on Luo Yunxian and his team, while the others simply watched the show.

"Understood."

Qiu Junyou nodded slightly, then left to go towards the Su People.

The Su People were frowning at the wastewater pool; the pool was very deep, a massively large wastewater pool. Here, the wastewater was not simply evaporated or dumped into the external desolate wilderness.

The resources in Jiuzhou were limited, and the domestic wastewater also contained many recyclable materials. If directly dumped into the external wilds, many resources would be wasted. Therefore, they needed to purify the useful materials in the wastewater for reuse.

The wastewater treatment plant was also one of the sustainable energy sources of Jiuzhou, which could not be taken lightly; it was strictly forbidden to destroy it directly using Spiritual Power.

"I feel this matter might also be difficult to handle; they probably won't cooperate with shutting off the wastewater, let alone let us destroy it directly. We might only get their cooperation once we confirm there are beast eggs inside," Chang Furong said.

Since it was only a guess that there were beast eggs inside and not a confirmed fact, using harsh measures to destroy it would cause significant losses if they did not find anything.

The Su Alliance's inspection efforts met obstacles at just such a point. Without complete certainty, they had to follow each department's regulations, otherwise, using harsh measures resulting in large losses would lead to condemnation from the alliance.

That was also where Lady Qiu and her cohorts could trip them. Once the Su Alliance destroyed something but failed to find beast eggs, she could exploit the situation to incite others to condemn the Su Alliance, thereby discrediting Luo Yunxian.

Elder Luo looked at the dark wastewater pool and said, "Go find their person in charge and ask."

"I'm here, I'm here! I've seen Minister Luo!" Qiu Junyou came running over, a smile all over his face.

Elder Luo's face darkened upon seeing Qiu Junyou.

"Not this guy again!"

How could he not know who Qiu Junyou was? This guy was Lady Qiu's grandnephew, who often took advantage of Lady Qiu's status to lord it over others in the alliance, and as the person in charge of the Alliance Development Department, he was often the least responsible.

"Why are you here?" Elder Luo grunted.

Qiu Junyou wiped his sweat and said with a face full of awe, "I learned that you were coming here to search for beast eggs, so I specifically rushed over. Minister Luo, please state whatever you need, and I will make sure they comply!"

Elder Luo narrowed his eyes. How could he believe a word Qiu Junyou said?

In the distance, Lady Qiu chuckled to herself and muttered, "Excellent, outwardly compliant but inwardly defiant, smiling on the surface but harboring a knife—Junyou, this lad, really understands my mind well!"

First pretend to agree, then unexpectedly strike them down. If Luo Yunxian created difficulties, she would appear immediately. By then, she would be able to stand on a moral high ground and point the finger. In front of so many people, she would surely make Luo Yunxian lose face.