I am weak and friendly

Chapter 344 I am the true founder of the Dragon Group

The two old men conspired to frame Tang Yiping—or rather, Shen Hong framed Tang Yiping.

Tang Yiping was absolutely certain that Shen Hong had deliberately told Lin Po-xiao that his organization was called the Bureau of Anomalies Containment, in order to take advantage of Lin Po-xiao's resentment and intentionally make the organization the third candidate.

After all, neither side wants to be merged into the other.

At this moment, Tang Yiping viewed Shen Hong through the lens of "cunning and shrewdness".

—I really wonder what Lin Po-xiao's expression was when he found out that the organization's original name was the Dragon Group.

However, this "cunning and shrewd" filter immediately shattered, as the two started arguing again over who had control, almost coming to blows.

“Now that we are an organization, I believe we should also have a unified command system,” Lin Po-xiao said. “In terms of both experience and ability, I should be the one to command the Dragon Group’s operations.”

Shen Hong laughed upon hearing this: "Then may I ask, what achievements has your coordination office made, and what useful experience have you gained? Have you completed the negative entropy monitoring algorithm, or have you broken through the blockade between the two worlds and obtained the negative entropy monitoring of the other side? If you continue to be in charge, we might as well not merge at all; at least our actions would still be somewhat useful."

"Our Coordination Office has been safeguarding this world peacefully and stably for many years. You have only been involved in this work briefly. How much do you know about the other side of the world? Our Coordination Office has three major teams: a research team, a technical team, and an action team. We have technical reserves and research in areas such as negative entropy flow and interdimensional channels. We also have dozens of special advisors in different fields, thousands of personnel that can be mobilized at any time, and enormous human and material resources. Even if we take a step back and say..."

Lin Po-xiao leaned back: "I'm a level higher than you, so it's not right for someone of a lower level to command someone of a higher level. I admit you did a good job before, but..."

At this point, Lin Po-xiao noticed Tang Yi-ping glancing at him with a sense of pressure. Feeling stung by the gaze of the "arrogant genius Tang," he quickly tried to salvage the situation, saying, "I acknowledge your strength in software development. Because of Tang's skills, you've done an excellent job. However, this is Tang's personal ability, not yours. Director Shen, you don't think you have the ability to compete with me, do you?"

"What's the use of having so many of you? You're still just a failure..." Shen Honggang wanted to say that you were only brought back by Tang Yiping, but he swallowed the words back down.

He didn't know if breaking this now would cause any adverse reactions.

He leaned back and crossed his arms: "Ten thousand mediocre people are not as good as one genius. We have Tang Yiping's technical skills. Tang Yiping is worth five divisions. How many divisions do you have?"

Tang Yiping: "..."

Old Deng, I still hold a grudge against you!

Don't think that just because you flatter me, I'll be happy or forgive what you just did!
Give me back my "Abnormal Containment Bureau"!

However, I like to hear more, please tell me more!

If you say a little more, I might be able to forgive you.

Noticing the joy on Tang Yiping's face, Lin Poxiao thought to himself, "This arrogant genius Tang isn't so arrogant after all." He picked up his tea, took a leisurely sip, and then said, "Tang's strength can only be used in a useful place. What kind of environment can you provide for Tang? A leaky house?"

Gao Ming quickly kicked a basin in the corner to catch rain. There was no other way; the rain last night was too heavy, and after two consecutive days of rain, the old house was starting to give out.

"We have the manpower and resources. I can introduce Tang to our technical team. I'm sure Tang will really like them... Especially one of our guys, Qian Haoran, who is a technical genius. He upgraded our entire technical architecture and even withstood the cyberattack from the other side. Tang might not even have such a record..."

Tang Yiping immediately remembered Qian Haoran, whom he had met before.

You might not believe it, but I've actually gotten to know your technical team.

He even gave me access to your backdoor.

But now that you mention it, I didn't expect Qian Haoran to be so capable.
I forgot to talk to him more at the time.

However, the way you're saying it makes it sound like you're treating me as some kind of usable resource?

This makes me very unhappy.

I don't want to be your subordinate.

Lin Po-xiao: "Tang is only worth five divisions in your area, but here he's worth fifty divisions!"

Tang Yiping was overjoyed. When are you going to poach me? I'll do anything!

After speaking, Lin Po-xiao noticed that Tang Yiping's lips were about to twitch again, and he felt deeply ashamed of his words.

He put down his teacup, but instead of pressing his advantage, he subtly gestured to one of his subordinates, who immediately began to speak at length.

Seeing that things weren't going well, Shen Hong gave a wink, and Gao Ming immediately joined the fray.

The two sides suddenly shifted from a battle between their individual commanders to a collective confrontation.

However, once the individual battle turned into a team battle, Shen Hong's side immediately fell into a disadvantage, after all, they had fewer people and less experience.

“In that case, I think it’s better if we don’t merge. With the Coordination Office’s capabilities, they naturally don’t need us. Our Dragon Group… the Anomaly Containment Bureau should just operate independently. Brilliant, see them out.” Shen Hong stood up.

Lin Po-xiao quickly came out and said a few words, returning to the scene of the two main generals facing off.

Tang Yiping rubbed his temples, looking somewhat helpless.

As it turns out, although the two "organizations" merged, there was clearly no shortage of friction between them.

Conflicts will exist within any group. Since the coordination office and Shen Hong's group belong to different organizations, they need to work on their cooperation in order to achieve seamless collaboration.

But they've only been merged for less than five minutes, and they're already arguing like this. It's unbelievable.

Tang Yiping realized that although Lin Po-xiao and his group had "joined," they were still holding back their ambitions. Moreover, they felt a strange sense of humiliation that their "coordination office" name had been replaced by "Dragon Group," as if their "number" had been stripped away.

Therefore, they will fight tooth and nail for command, and if this dispute continues, things will not go well for Shen Hong.

Although 50 divisions are far greater than 5 divisions, however...

Never mind, Shen Hong is still the real blood.

Moreover, the argument actually started with a dispute over his ownership, giving Tang Yiping the feeling of a couple divorcing and fighting over their child.

But as the argument went on, the focus shifted from him to other things, and the disagreements grew even stronger.

For example, Lin Po-xiao believed: "Next, we should find a way to open the warehouse passage and engage in a direct confrontation, even bringing devastating weapons to the other side. Our lads are not afraid of sacrifice, and we will definitely be able to complete the mission..."

But Shen Hong argued, "If we fight them head-on, you won't even know how you died! We should defend ourselves to the death and not let them open the warehouse passage. At the same time, we should look for other possible weak points. Besides, we still have too many things we haven't been able to reclaim. Are we just going to let them get away with it? We should gather more strength and proceed slowly until we have a complete decisive advantage before launching a counterattack..."

Tang Yiping's head ached as the argument between the two sides grew increasingly heated.

"Stop arguing!" Tang Yiping slammed his hand on the table.

No one paid any attention to him.

Tang Yiping surveyed the entire room, took a deep breath, and slammed his hand on the table: "I said, stop arguing!"

As soon as he finished speaking, the scene fell silent, and everyone looked over.

Gradually, reverence filled each of their gazes.

Tang Yiping glanced at the scene with satisfaction, and at the prompt that appeared in front of him:
—Already wearing the [Working Mask - Founder of the Dragon Group] Very well, when you guys teamed up to scam me, you didn't expect I had this [Working Mask], did you?

I am the founder of the Dragon Group!
I will not abdicate; you will always be the crown princes!
As it turns out, the [Working Mask] skill, although only a C-rank skill, is still very powerful!
Or rather, ridiculously powerful!
He recalled Gao Ming's training on facial expression management and tried his best to adopt the "Founder of the Dragon Group" persona.

He tapped the table lightly, lowered his voice, and said in a slow but firm tone:
"I once heard a philosopher say that if you don't know what to do, just put one foot in front of the other."

Lin Po-xiao listened to Tang Yi-ping's words with a thoughtful expression.

They were probably wondering who this philosopher was.

“If you don’t know which approach is right right now, then keep moving forward at your own pace. Commander Lin, you first prove that you have the ability and technology to open up channels. Director Shen, you first prove that you can find other weaknesses. Only whoever produces results first can we move on.”

"Yes!" Lin Po-xiao and Shen Hong responded in unison, then... the two looked at each other and frowned again.

I always feel like something is wrong.

Tang Yiping tapped the table again to keep their attention.

"You should share resources as much as possible and exchange information. You shouldn't deliberately create obstacles for each other. Whoever makes progress first should follow that route. You can discuss the rest yourselves. That's all!" Tang Yiping said.

He has tried his best.

He's just a college student who doesn't know anything. What does he know?
As for which route is more effective?
Tang Yiping himself didn't know either.

After he finished speaking, he immediately switched his mask back to the state of "the arrogant genius Tang" and remained silent.

Wait, why should I listen to him?

Did I do something wrong just now?

But... since I've already agreed, this is the only way.

However... there are still many things I'm not happy about.

The quarrel started again.

Tang Yiping was too lazy to care about them anymore. This was all he could do. If his title as the founder of the Dragon Group was useless, he could only watch helplessly.

Otherwise, what else can be done?
He now has another idea.

As Master Tang said, if you don't know what to do, just walk forward and put one foot in front of the other.

When Master Tang said those words to him, he was still sitting in a wheelchair.

Now he can actually put one foot in front of the other.

While Lin Po-xiao and Shen Hong were arguing, Sun Li-cheng, who was standing behind Lin Po-xiao, subconsciously looked up at Tang Yi-ping, who was frowning and deep in thought.

In fact, only Tang Yiping and Sun Licheng knew that they did not need to go through the so-called passage to reach the other side.

Because, not long ago, they had already completed a journey between two worlds.

Although Sun Licheng didn't know how Tang Yiping did it, he knew that this matter must be related to Tang Yiping.

Tang Yiping frowned, pondering how he had managed to do it last time.

Tang Yiping felt that his previous success must have been due to taking a wrong turn.

In other words, this is not a conventional way to travel between two worlds.

This is more like a bug.

But once a bug appears, it can definitely be reproduced.

Once it can be reliably reproduced, who can say this isn't a new mechanism? Right?

At the very least, [Stacking Insect] would say it's great.

For Tang Yiping, a programmer, if a bug appears, the next step is naturally to try to reproduce it.

The best way to reproduce a bug is to repeat the previous steps.

But if I wander around this city, I certainly won't just randomly trigger a "fork in the road." There must be a reason for triggering a "fork in the road."

The last time Tang Yiping triggered [Crossroads] was because he was tracking down the talent that Ban Ge had been taken away.

So now...

Tang Yiping had an idea. He maneuvered his wheelchair and quietly backed away.

The two sides arguing at the table were now red-faced and had entered a heated phase again, but they had not yet deviated from the scope set by Tang Yiping; they had only reached the stage of refinement.

Sun Licheng glanced at Lin Po Xiao's back, gritted his teeth, and quietly retreated as well.

Gao Ming was arguing with the other party when Shen Hong nudged him. He turned around and quietly backed away.

"Tang... Tang classmate!" The two called out to Tang Yiping at the same time, and then looked at each other.

Sun Licheng frowned, about to say something, but after thinking for a moment, he still extended his hand: "Sun Licheng."

"Brilliant." Brilliant's mask of a worker was flawless.

The two let go of each other's hands and then looked at Tang Yiping at the same time.

"Hirako-kun, where are you going?"

Tang Yiping was startled when he saw that someone had followed him out. He breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that it was the two of them.

"I'm going to find someone."

"I'll take you," Gao Ming said.

“I’m driving too,” Sun Licheng said.

Gao Ming shrugged, meaning, "You choose."

Tang Yiping chose Sun Licheng's car without hesitation; it looked big and impressive.

Tang Yiping took out his phone and dialed: "Hey, Sister Gao, this is Pingzi. Is Tongtong home? Do you want to have dinner together tonight?"

(End of this chapter)