Chapter 82: If I’m Not the Villain, Who Is the Villain?
“Name?”
In a small wooden house at the edge of the circular mountains, Lu Yibei asked the man opposite her this very familiar question with an expressionless face.
This small wooden house was temporarily created by her using the God Realm Prototype, specifically for private meetings with members of the Solar Eclipse Society.
As for why it was a small wooden house…
I heard the Elders’ Council of the Solar Eclipse Society has a nest called the Gray Forest Cabin?
This is a tribute, solidifying the identity of Ying Huo’s trusted confidant!
“Hehe…”
“Age?”
“……”
“Gender?”
Wu Gaozhi, a robust man, was being asked about his gender for the first time in his life, and annoyance instantly appeared on his face. “Miss Lan… you must be the so-called Lan Yi, right? I don’t think we need to have this boring conversation, do we?”
Although Lan Yi had just demonstrated impressive strength at the Three Gorges Psychiatric Hospital, even heavily injuring the top member of the Shancheng Siye Society, Zhong Hui, he felt no fear toward her whatsoever.
Despite his low spirit energy fluctuation level, he had been navigating the Solar Eclipse Society for over twenty years and was quite insightful about various situations and tactics.
From his analysis, the current situation was that Zhang Shuisheng had disappointed the Elders’ Council’s trust, was losing power, and would soon be ousted from Shancheng by this suddenly emerging Lan Yi. Whether he could keep his life would depend on Lan Yi’s mood.
And in front of him, Lan Yi, a novice girl, had suddenly taken over various affairs of the Shancheng Solar Eclipse Society’s Elders’ faction from Zhang Shuisheng, bound to be flustered and overwhelmed.
So-called, a hundred-year dynasty and a thousand-year family.
In the last nearly thirty years, the leaders of the Shancheng Solar Eclipse Society’s Elders’ faction, including Zhang Shuisheng, had changed four times.
And every time these leaders took office, they were all arrogant, only to lower their stance and come seek help from these elders when encountering trouble.
No matter how powerful a leader, as long as they’re not Cataclysm Grade, they cannot independently control the power of the Elders’ faction. To live comfortably, they still have to rely on these local snakes.
So, regardless of her being a trusted confidant of the Elders’ Council or a high-level spiritual ability user, as long as the other party still needed him, Wu Gaozhi couldn’t care less.
After hearing Wu Gaozhi’s words, Lu Yibei, who had transformed into Lan Yi through a spell-fixed mask via Zhu Yan, expressionlessly assessed him for a few seconds, realizing something.
She could clearly see from Wu Gaozhi’s face that he felt invulnerable.
“……”
From the content in Ji Yunpei’s memo, among these lower-tier Solar Eclipse Society members, some had been in the society for decades, including her father, and this Wu Gaozhi was also one of them…
His confident demeanor likely stemmed from the belief that he needed local snakes familiar with Shancheng’s situation to help manage the power of the Elders’ faction?
After a moment’s thought, Lu Yibei expressionlessly nodded and said to Wu Gaozhi, “Alright, I’ve understood everything on my end.”
She knew such people existed, quite common in many companies, who felt superior just because they possessed unique skills relevant to the company’s business.
But sadly, Wu Gaozhi’s self-assumed unique skills were utterly useless to her.
From a certain perspective, he was even less useful than Zhipianxian.
With that thought, Lu Yibei turned to Ji Yunpei, “Ji Yunpei, take him down, then bring in the next member.”
Seeing this, Wu Gaozhi couldn’t help but sneer coldly.
He had seen this cold treatment routine more than once, knowing that Lan Yi couldn’t hold out for long.
“Understood, Miss Lan.” Ji Yunpei replied, walking to Wu Gaozhi’s side and gesturing for him to follow.
Wu Gaozhi stood up indifferently and was about to walk out when “Lan Yi’s” voice rang out.
“Ji Yunpei, hurry up, don’t bring someone so inconsequential as him over. After dealing with these small fry, I need to leave Shancheng immediately to fulfill another task from Elder Ying Huo.”
“Additionally…” Lu Yibei continued, pausing slightly, her gaze moving towards Wu Gaozhi as if looking at a corpse, and she coldly said, “Remember to keep it clean; if possible, handle those related to him too. I recall you mentioned he has a…”
“He has a daughter,” Ji Yunpei replied.
“Oh.” Lu Yibei nodded, “Then take care of her too. If her father seeks revenge in the future, it would be a hassle.”
“You know me; I like to nip unstable factors in the bud.”
“Understood.” Ji Yunpei echoed, “Root out the weeds!”
While Lu Yibei and Ji Yunpei’s conversation hinted at some acting, Wu Gaozhi had not faced a d*ath threat from a newly appointed leader for the first time.
However, once his daughter was involved, even knowing she might be putting on a show, he could no longer remain calm.
“What do you mean by that? We live in the underworld; family members should not be harmed. You take someone else’s daughter as a target just because of disagreement, what kind of heroes are you?” Wu Gaozhi shouted.
After saying this, he saw “Lan Yi” tilt her head at him expressionlessly.
That gaze seemed to say, “Open your eyes wide and look; in what way do I resemble a hero? I’m a genuine femme fatale!”
That completely expressionless face made him suddenly feel that Ji Yunpei and Lan Yi were not acting but genuinely intended to deal with him and his daughter.
Realizing this, Wu Gaozhi froze for a moment before shouting, “This has nothing to do with my daughter! If you dare touch her…”
“Nothing to do with her?” Lu Yibei interrupted coldly, “To me, she is your daughter, the most important relationship. If she encounters any misfortune, it would be you who harmed her.”
“There’s no need for more talk. Ji Yunpei, take him down; I don’t want to see him anymore.”
After finishing, she waved her hand, and a stone wall suddenly rose from the ground, separating her, Ji Yunpei, and Wu Gaozhi.
——
It turned out that Wu Gaozhi was not only bad but a bit foolish.
Upon reflection, after mingling in the Solar Eclipse Society for over twenty years and being merely a C-level spiritual ability user, it made sense that he was somewhat foolish in addition to lacking talent.
After leaving the small wooden house where he had a private meeting with “Lan Yi,” Wu Gaozhi was completely consumed by anxiety over his daughter and roared in anger all the way.
Some well-meaning individuals couldn’t help but ask Ji Yunpei what had just happened. She calmly replied, “This ungrateful guy provoked Miss Lan, and Miss Lan told me to handle him and his entire family.”
After that, she followed Lu Yibei’s orders, taking Wu Gaozhi to the empty area created by the ‘人’ shaped mountain divide.
Yes, when controlling the God Realm Prototype and creating that mountain, Lu Yibei deliberately divided the Solar Eclipse Society members into two groups and left some areas empty as a reserve.
According to her plan, without her permission, there would be complete information isolation among these three areas, and using this information isolation, there was much she could do.
First, select some individuals from Ji Yunpei’s memo who had detailed information, emotional vulnerabilities, and were easily influenced, like Wu Gaozhi, to trigger their negative emotions and display them to other Solar Eclipse Society members.
Next, take these emotionally unstable Solar Eclipse Society members and imprison them in the reserved area, secretly spreading the message that they had already been executed by Miss Lan, creating a false impression among the members that Lan Yi was ruthless and merciless.
Then, allow the uneasy atmosphere to brew among the first group of Solar Eclipse Society members for a while, and when they began to show emotional instability, select a few with weaker mentalities to persuade them to defect, promising certain benefits.
Finally, let the already defected Solar Eclipse Society members “accidentally” wander into the area where the second group of Solar Eclipse Society members was located, telling them everything to show the differing outcomes of resisting Lan Yi versus complying with her, subtly shifting their mindsets as well.
These low-level spiritual ability users recruited from Xurich Biotechnology, all bound by the Miracle Cult’s “curse,” mostly had personalities no different from ordinary people.
After a series of operations, Lu Yibei was confident she could make seventy to eighty percent of the members submit under her intimidating… overwhelming pressure.
As for the remaining twenty to thirty percent, they could be discarded. Even if the Siye Society spared them, the Solar Eclipse Society members from the leader’s faction would not let them live in peace.
Reality is cruel.
In this world, how can there be so many perfect outcomes?
The elimination rate in high schools is still over forty percent!
Besides that, Lu Yibei thought, just to be safe, she needed one final insurance—Jumeng’s pregnancy qi.
At that time, she would request some pregnancy qi from Stinky Sister to give the defected Solar Eclipse Society members an impression that it was a poison that could k*ll them at any moment. Anyway, they wouldn’t know what it was and could feel some anomalies in their bodies, so most likely, they would believe it.
“……”
But this involves both threats and temptations, manipulating public opinion and poisoning…
Why does it sound so much like something a villain would do?
Forget it, whatever, I’m already on the Siye Society’s red notice list. If I’m not the villain, who is the villain? Lu Yibei thought.
Thus, in the following hour or so, she brought those carefully selected Solar Eclipse Society members into the small wooden house and used what they cared about to intimidate them.
Things like a wife left home alone, hard-earned savings, and relics left by deceased relatives… there was always something suitable.
No matter what response she received, she could cleverly redirect the conversation, developing a conclusion that she must completely destroy what they cared about.
As if psychologically twisted, unable to stand others having a good life.
Is it bad?
Yes, a definite portrayal of a villain!
However, her kindness was already sparse, and what remained for kind people was nearly negligible, with no surplus left for these somewhat guilty Solar Eclipse Society members…
