Sizzling——

Inside the official headquarters building of the Capital City.

In a room hidden within a special space, three people with tense expressions sat in the corner.

They stared intently at each other as one of them held a smooth, transparent crystal ball, watching as the Zodiac Snake sighed and slowly put it down.

Director Long and the Zodiac Rabbit simultaneously asked, "How is it? Is there a change?"

Seeing the anticipation in their eyes, the Zodiac Snake took out a tablet with a complex look and slowly and heavily wrote a note: "It changed, Wu Liang was right."

This thoroughly extinguished Director Long's hopes.

He collapsed powerlessly onto the sofa, his eyes constantly moving as if pondering some issue.

As he thought, Director Long gradually sat upright from his previously relaxed position on the sofa, trying to loosen up.

He finally let out a long sigh and said, "Zodiac Rabbit, go and have the Public Relations Department rush the video production. I need to see that every city is notified within three days. Wu Liang, assist with the promotional work."

"Snake, leave the recent Awakened deployment work to you and the Zodiac Pig. Contact him."

"I'll go discuss the 'Supernatural Objects Open Plan,' 'Defense War Plan for the South Heavenly Gate,' the 'Utopia Plan,' and the 'Peach Blossom Spring Plan for the Tianshan Mountain Range' with the old man."

"Originally, a month and a half was planned to gradually ease the public into the issue of the second Supernatural Calamity, but now there's no time. It needs to be condensed into ten days, followed by twenty days for the public to prepare."

"The upcoming battle will determine the nation's survival. Please, take it seriously."

In just a few sentences, Director Long divided tasks among everyone present, and the casual laziness he usually carried was replaced by a familiar feeling.

The Zodiac Snake looked expressionlessly at Director Long; her little brother had already appeared like this in a future moment she had once glimpsed.

She had been prepared for it.

The old man was not a qualified family member or elder.

But he was a competent, even exceptional leader, both in his personal performance and in cultivating successors.

Heh, Grandpa, I don't know if your honor or sorrow, after all, from this moment on, you've lost the only child who still held a bit of familial affection.

Now the little brother…

He is already the second you, and from now on, he won't call me sister anymore.

Wu Liang and the Zodiac Rabbit exchanged a glance, nodded silently, and left the room.

They were not fools; they could naturally hear the difference in Director Long's tone at this moment.

This feeling was distinct from the serious demeanor Wu Liang showed after being left in the Capital by the old man for training and returning from the Tianshan Mountain Range three months later.

In the past, even if Director Long was serious about work, the Zodiac Rabbit could still occasionally go to his office to mess around with jokes.

Because she knew that deep down, this guy was still the head of their Zodiac Department. Nominally, he was already acting as the official leader, but essentially, he was still the same Minister Long.

But just now, at that moment, the Zodiac Rabbit felt that—Minister Long was gone.

"Do you have any objections? If not, start acting." Director Long glanced at the Zodiac Snake, silently staring at him, and asked.

"None." The Zodiac Snake wrote these two words on the tablet.

Immediately, she left the secret room that was originally hers.

At this point, she couldn't just hide in the room every day, only responsible for predicting and managing electronic information work.

Once she stepped out of this room, she was no longer related by blood to Xudong or the old man.

She was only the Snake of the Zodiac Department.

Just a cog in the entire official machine, about to start large-scale operations.

...…

.......

Wu Liang followed the Zodiac Rabbit, hurrying to the original photography studio.

Earlier, those photographers and assistants had shown the semi-finished video to other colleagues in the building, and no one experienced a soul-level resistance.

So they returned to the studio to complete the subsequent content.

Unexpectedly, upon returning, they found that Director Long and Wu Liang were missing and couldn't contact them, leaving them no choice but to wait in the studio.

"You're finally back. The subsequent shooting content, we thought of it like this..."

This time, Wu Liang's face didn't show that lifeless expression.

Instead, he used his excellent acting skills to create the perfect image of an 'official hero.'

Even the photographer, who only calmed down his resistance after leaving the studio, had to be surprised.

This kid who made people want to punch him at first sight, no matter what pose, expression, or even line suggestions he made, he could meet expectations perfectly in the next second.

This is practically a complete turn from his previous lazy attitude!

Thinking about this, the photographer felt his resolve harden.

His fists hardened too…

He really wanted to hit someone!

After all this time, it wasn't that this kid couldn't do the shooting job well!

Due to Wu Liang's outstanding performance, the shooting process, which was scheduled for a whole day, was completed in just half a day.

"Really… Thank you…We'll deliver the edited product to Director Long within two days..." The photographer's voice was somewhat biting at this moment.

He didn't even know why, but the longer he spent with Wu Liang in the studio, the stronger his urge to eliminate him became.

Now, he was even starting to occasionally look around for any sharp objects or handy tools, with his mind full of smashing this guy to pieces.

"Two days? The situation is special now, and Director Long has given you one day to complete the entire announcement video. We need to see the finished product ready for use by tomorrow night. If you feel like you can't handle the overnight work, I can help," Wu Liang said seriously.

He didn't want the announcement video's quality to drop due to rushing.

If necessary, he could use the Nightmare Mask to forcibly adjust these photographers' and assistants' mental states to perfection and maintain it for an entire day.

Of course, there are some side effects.

"Now you're rushing us, huh?" The photographer instinctively cursed.

Soul-level resistance made him grab a nearby camera stand and throw it without understanding why.

Wu Liang casually pressed the stand down, making eye contact with the photographer, who immediately rolled his eyes and passed out.

Seeing this, the Zodiac Rabbit shrugged and told the other assistants, "Take him to the infirmary to rest, and then find someone who hasn't interacted with this kid to edit the video."

"Given his current state, if he edits it, I can hardly imagine what kind of mess you'd look like under soul resistance..."

She already learned about the soul resistance stuff from Director Long.

After arranging for the video editing, the Zodiac Rabbit, turning her back to Wu Liang, said, "I need to notify the official branches in each city nationwide about the video and let the staff at Beijing Headquarters know about the second Supernatural Calamity in advance. Things will probably get chaotic in the building later; do you want to help?"

"Heh, the video stuff doesn't matter, but would you really dare let me help comfort them in reality?" Wu Liang laughed.

The Zodiac Rabbit was silent for two seconds before clicking her tongue and leaving the studio.

Indeed, if Wu Liang were to help, let alone help and manage order, just his appearance would make matters worse.

Sigh, tonight's chaos is only the beginning.

In three days, when the nation learns of the second Supernatural Calamity, then the real chaos will begin...

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