Under One Person: I, Jiaqian Jushi, work from nine to five.

"Here, I offer my sincerest apologies to everyone."

King Nathan first expressed his apology, then bowed to the audience and continued speaking:

"Of course, I'm not doing this to play a silly joke on everyone. I believe you all already know what happened last night."

"Someone is trying to assassinate me. As for who is behind it, that's something I'll be telling everyone about next..."

"The golden branch... has been broken."

"?"

Upon hearing King Nathan's words, everyone present changed their expressions.

The foreign representatives of supernatural forces who knew what the Golden Branch was frowned, while the foreign dignitaries who did not know what the Golden Branch was were very curious about it.

...

P.S.: I pray for everything as usual. Goodnight and sweet dreams to all my godfathers.

Happy 521...

Chapter 362 Nathan's Grand Stage, Come and Try If You Dare! (First Update)

"I believe many people here know what this means for what's to come..."

"Only one of me can survive, the one whose golden branch is broken."

King Nathan explained the two ways of succession to the throne in front of everyone.

The so-called golden branch is actually a branch from the divine tree.

Having the Golden Bough is equivalent to having a ticket to challenge the old king. A challenger with the Golden Bough can successfully inherit the throne and become the new King Nathan by causing the old king's death in any way.

This golden branch cannot be broken by just one person. Anyone can approach the divine tree, gain its approval, break a branch, and gain the qualification to challenge it.

However, no matter how many people break their golden branches, only one can survive in the end.

The crowd below listened as King Nathan explained the succession to the throne.

They felt that Nathan Island was like a fighting arena, and the current Nathan King was the master of that arena.

Nathan's Grand Stage, come if you dare...

"Of course, none of the above is really relevant to you all." After explaining the rules, King Nathan changed the subject and said:

"I have invited you all to meet here because our ancestors on Nasen Island made a pact with your predecessors that we would relinquish the land and no longer appear before you."

"And you all must no longer cause us any trouble. There is an additional condition: the Nathan throne abdication ceremony cannot be carried out privately."

"This fair duel will be completed in your presence..."

"So, I'm here to fulfill our original agreement. However, I don't know the challenger's identity yet, and showing up would be extremely risky. Therefore, I coerced the employees of NaDuTong to play a joke on you all."

"I just wanted to confirm whether the other party already knew my true identity. Now that the situation has been made public, according to Nathan's agreement with this world, Nathan Island is open to everyone from now until the end of the ceremony. You are welcome to visit the island and observe the ceremony at any time without being expelled..."

King Nathan announced this momentous news in front of everyone.

You should know that Nathan Island used to be completely closed off. Once you went to the island, you were either expelled or you could only join Nathan Island. Now that Nathan Island is completely open, this has given some people with ulterior motives an opportunity to take advantage of the situation.

As Nathan King calmly recounted his story on stage, the expressions on the faces of the representatives from the various supernatural organizations below the stage all changed to varying degrees.

...

The meeting has ended.

Representatives from various Inhuman organizations relayed the news to headquarters, and the entire Inhuman world became interested in the change of the throne on Nathan Island.

Because it was a time of royal transition and danger was ever-present, King Nathan did not linger in Shenzhou.

With the help of NaDuTong, a private jet was parked at the airport, ready to take off at any time.

Nathan King was preparing to board the plane with Nadu Tong and his group, including Zhou Fengliu, whom Nathan King had specifically requested to see.

“Zhou... is he a playboy, right?” King Nathan asked slowly, looking at Zhou Fengliu not far away.

"Hmm." Zhou Fengliu nodded in response.

"Thank you for what happened this time... If it weren't for you, I probably would have been the one assassinated..." King Nathan expressed his gratitude to Zhou Fengliu.

"I've already paid you to do this job, there's nothing to thank me for, just remember to send me the money."

Zhou Fengliu said that everything else was superfluous; all he wanted to do now was see his one million US dollars arrive in his account.

To everyone's surprise, King Nathan did not respond to these words, but instead gave Zhou Fengliu a small hug.

This feeling...

As Nathan approached Zhou Fengliu's chest, he felt a sudden pang of fear.

She seemed to have heard something, heard... the whispers of the sacred tree?

"Anyway, thank you..."

Nathan King had no intention of taking advantage of the situation and quickly parted ways with Zhou Fengliu.

This abrupt behavior seemed quite reasonable to her, representing a gesture of gratitude.

Nathan Wang left, and she still hasn't given a direct answer to Zhou Fengliu's demand for money...

Nathan Wei followed closely behind her until they were almost boarding the plane. Elijah, as if remembering something, turned back and spoke to Zhang Chulan:

"Zhang Chulan, do you need to talk to me alone?"

"?"

Zhang Chulan, who was called out, was taken aback at first, and then whispered to Elijah beside him.

From Elijah, he learned that there was a Chinese person on the island, whom some people called "Seventeen".

...

seventeen.

This sounds like a code name... but who does it refer to?

Zhang Chulan didn't know, but he was certain of one thing: Elijah had deliberately revealed this to him, and Elijah was definitely connected to the person behind Ma Xianhong.

...

After confirming this, Zhang Chulan immediately went to Zhao Fangxu to apply to go to Nason Island to find out what was going on, but Zhao Fangxu refused outright.

The reason given was: the water around Nathan Island is very deep, you can't handle it...

indeed.

After King Nathan announced the start of the ceremony, the inhuman organizations in this world began to stir in secret.

In just one day, Gao Erzhuang, a temporary worker from Northeast China, and the network department withstood countless intrusions targeting NaDuTong's network.

They all wanted the CCTV footage from the night Zhou Fengliu was assassinated...

Not only was there a cyber intrusion, but also a number of online trolls began spreading rumors that the assassination of King Nathan and the true and false kings were all orchestrated by Nadotong.

As for the purpose of this scheme... it was naturally for Nathan Island, to turn King Nathan into a puppet of Nathan, and thus gain control of the Divine Tree...

In this situation, Nathan Island became like a giant whirlpool, stirring up waves on the previously relatively calm sea...

In this situation, let alone sending Zhang Chulan, even if the official Nadu Tong organization sent someone, they would be targeted by other forces and become the target of everyone's attacks...

The only thing Nadutong can do now is to wait and see, and wait for the first person to show their face.

...

Soon, the first "person" to show his face couldn't sit still any longer.

Four days after King Nathan announced the start of the ceremony, all the supernatural organizations around the world received a notification from Behemoth, the beautiful country.

The notice is as follows:

The barbaric, decadent, and bloody massacre on Nathan Island goes against the values ​​of modern human civilization.

Therefore, after unanimous discussion and decision by the entire Behemoth Board of Directors, it was decided that Behemoth would land on Nathan Island to stop this atrocity, and if necessary, Behemoth would take over Nathan Island.

This announcement undoubtedly heralded the start of Nathan's grand stage.

The fact that the word "takeover" was used in a formal announcement demonstrates Behemoth's ambition.

Nathan Island was undoubtedly a huge pie of profit for them, especially the divine tree on the island that could transform ordinary islanders into superhumans... it was constantly tempting them.

Chapter 363 Is Xiao Zhou Going to Become a Director? (Second Update)

When Behemoth chose to intervene militarily on Nathan Island with seemingly legitimate reasons, the change of the Nathan throne became quite interesting.

No matter which country's supernatural organization it is, they wouldn't be happy to see Behemoth take over Nathan Island and control the Divine Tree...

After all, the Divine Tree's ability to transform superhumans on a large scale is far more efficient than Ma Xianhong's broken furnace.

Possessing the sacred tree means possessing the power to break the world's population red line.

This is something that no other organization can allow, and it's also something that other countries' supernatural organizations don't want to see.

...

At four o'clock in the morning, the conference room at the headquarters of Nadutong was still brightly lit. After learning that Behemoth was going to land on the island, several directors held a board meeting.