Chapter 332 Good News

Shangguan Yan picked up the paper cup and turned to leave. Wuyin Goro and Baihe were both outside. In addition to the people from the three departments, there were also Kurid and Jack.

"You all care about Xiao Xia." Shangguan Yan chuckled.

"Minister, do you want to send support?" Baihe asked.

"No, after thinking about it, I also agree to wait and see for the time being. Sometimes, sacrifice is inevitable.

After comprehensive consideration, I think it is better to retain the existing combat power.

In the future, our three departments may be short of manpower for a while, so everyone should work hard."

Baihe frowned and fell silent with Goro.

The minister's words were almost ruthless.

Her inclination was already very obvious, she wanted to give up Xia Shou.

As subordinates, they couldn't say anything. Although Baihe and Goro both thought that Xia Shou, the junior, was very good, after all, the three departments were still established with Shangguan Yan as the core.

If the minister decided to abandon a member of the department, they had no reason to complain.

When the agreement was made, this was a condition that had been agreed upon, and Xia Shou should be the same.

Shangguan Yan patted the two's arms, bent down to get a glass of water at the water dispenser, and sighed imperceptibly.

Although she still wanted to continue to fight, she really couldn't be tough anymore.

Fang Yulong felt that she was partial to Xia Shou. From the current situation of the mission, she really shouldn't risk sending more support.

If she continued to be stubborn in this situation, it would be easy to give others the impression that she had an unusual concern for Xia Shou. If this impression was not removed in time, it would also be easy to give Xia Shou an illusion.

And she had three rules with the devil:

[1. All interactions with others must be based on the concept of "transaction". ]

[2. Do not let others regard your behavior as unrequited goodwill help. ]

[3. If you have a good impression of others, do not let the other party notice your good impression. ]

If you let that impression develop, it would be equivalent to violating the second and third rules.

Therefore, she must be cold and ruthless, and must put interests first.

When Shangguan Yan returned to the conference room, the others were already in place.

Shangguan Yan had decided to give up supporting Xia Shou and instead strive for other interests, so that others would think that her previous tug-of-war was all for the purpose of exchanging the lives of her subordinates for political resources.

In addition, if Xia Shou failed, the other ongoing mission to defeat the monster would also be doomed to fail, because the postponed ceremony had not been arranged.

And Xianna would also fail.

What a heavy loss, Shangguan Yan thought to himself.

"Bang!"

The door of the conference room was suddenly knocked open, and a liaison officer rushed in excitedly and said, "The stone demon has been solved!"

"What?!"

Several ministers present showed surprised expressions, and even Shangguan Yan was slightly surprised.

The stone demon is a monster that must be defeated by setting up a ceremony in the past.

If Xia Shou's steps to set up the ceremony are missing, the defeat of the stone demon will become extremely difficult.

But now, the stone demon has been killed!

This means...

"Is the ceremony effective?" Shangguan Yan asked restrainedly.

"Yes, it went smoothly. The garrison troops didn't expect it to be so fast!"

This speed is indeed much faster than the original plan, and it proves that some of Xia Shou and his team have entered the Beast King's Tomb and arranged the ceremony.

Fang Yulong pondered for a moment and said, "From this point of view, the situation of Xia Shou and Lin Rize is not so bad that they can't act. Perhaps they are in a state of equal strength."

Li Luo, the head of the first department, said, "If we choose the right people to help them escape to the corresponding position, forcefully cross the Seven Branches Gate, and teleport back to the present, is it feasible?"

Everyone was about to start a new round of tactical discussions when the second liaison officer ran over again: "Miss Xianna sent a message. I heard that you are discussing something related to Commissioner Xia. I hope you can answer it, Director!"

"Come in and put it directly on the projector." Feng Ruohui looked steady.

The next second, the image on the wall flashed, and a slender woman wrapped in bandages appeared in the picture.

She was in a bumpy car, obviously back to the modern era.

"I heard about Xia Shou. I have a special situation to report."

"Please go ahead."

"My team originally planned to launch a crusade against the three-color demon the day after tomorrow. Before that, we patrolled the status of the three-color demon every day.

But yesterday, the three-color demon turned into a sculpture-like object wrapped in a pile of paper."

After that, the screen switched, and a lifelike sketch appeared in the projection.

Xiana's explanation continued:

"There are many unknown words recorded on these papers, as well as known words such as English, Chinese, and Latin, which seem to be all poems. In addition, the abnormality of the three-color demon seems to have been completely eliminated, and there is nothing special about these papers."

Shangguan Yan stood up and carefully observed the sketch, and asked: "You didn't launch an attack, right?"

"Yes, the three-color demon was eliminated just like that, but I don't know if it happened on Xia Shou's side, because in addition to Xia Shou and me, there are people who are responsible for the crusade in another time period, and it may be from there." Xiana said.

Li Luo lifted the veil of her hat and murmured to herself: "An attack that penetrates time is really not simple."

Feng Ruohui: "Thanks, Xiana, this information is very important, do you have any other discoveries?"

"No, that's all. I'm returning to the Control Bureau now. If there's any new discovery, I'll contact you as soon as possible."

After saying that, Xianna interrupted the communication.

Everyone in the conference room was silent.

The news came one after another, but something was not right.

For example, it was like the emperor sent a general to lead 50,000 troops to repel 50,000 enemy troops and rescue the kidnapped prince.

As a result, after the army set out, a war report suddenly came from the front line, saying that the enemy was not 50,000, but one million elite troops.

So the court and the public were shocked, and the civil and military officials were panicked and divided into two factions.

One side proposed to send another 10,000 troops for reinforcement, while the other side said that 10,000 reinforcements were a drop in the bucket, and distant water could not save the nearby fire. It was better to simply cut off the arm of a hero, gather troops, and station at the key pass for defense.

During the discussion, 20,000 remnants of the defeated generals fled back to Kyoto from the front line and reported the fierce battle situation on the front line, the bravery of the general, and the stalemate and pessimism of the situation.

Although they didn't know why the general could fight against a million enemy troops, the court started arguing again.

When the two ministers were arguing, there was another urgent report from the front line, saying that although the general did not repel the million enemy troops, he had rescued the prince!

The court was shocked again. The court officials were amazed at the general, and at the same time they wondered why 30,000 remnants could rescue the prince from a million troops.

But before they could figure it out, another urgent report came from 800 miles away! It said that a million enemy troops had been annihilated!

The situation in the conference room now is almost like this.

Just like the emperor and the ministers would never think that it was the general who led the 30,000 remnants to annihilate a million enemies.

The people in the control bureau would not think that Xia Shou had the ability to cross the timeline and directly kill the three-color demon that only the fifth-level finisher could deal with.

At the door, Wuyin Goro and Baihe were listening to the discussion of several leaders, and suddenly a hand patted Goro's shoulder from behind.

"Why are you all here? Where's the minister? Is he in a meeting?"

"Stop making noise!" Wu Lang shook his hand impatiently.

As soon as he finished speaking, Wu Lang was suddenly stunned, and felt that the voice just now was a little familiar.

Xia Shou, who was carrying the bone fragment package, moved his feet obediently, found a good angle, and looked inside.

He saw the sketch projection on the wall, which was the giant monster he had seen in the underground palace, so he walked into the meeting room.

Before Wu Lang turned around, Xia Shou had passed by him and walked into the meeting room.

"Minister, if you are studying this thing... I can explain part of it." Xia Shou said.