I lent my brother 500 yuan, and he offered his wife as collateral.

……

When the Holy Tower Hall reopened to the public, none of the old clans had left.

The Grand Master fell from power, and the golden seal shattered.

But the Holy Tower's mining area, medicine shop, array pavilion, and resource warehouse are still there.

Who gets these things is what everyone is most concerned about right now.

Some have already prepared a temporary takeover plan, intending to dismantle the resources of the Holy Tower and give them to the old tribes for joint management.

Some were waiting for Su Qingxue to speak. As soon as the Su family proposed to take sole ownership, they could immediately raise the banner of "outsider forces seizing power."

Su Qingxue stepped onto the platform, and instead of looking at the resource directory, she opened the temporary permission management page.

"Request to establish a temporary whitelist for Santa Cruz."

The old family gathering became quieter.

The old woman in the Fengyi branch asked first:

Who decides on the whitelist?

"The rules are public, and the list is also public."

Su Qingxue submitted the first restriction.

[The core authority of the Holy Tower may not be transferred, mortgaged, or used in exchange for benefits from the old clans.]

The second one followed immediately.

[A public record must be kept of all historical archive accesses; any verbal orders are invalid.]

The third point is written in more detail.

[Life remnants must not be moved, cut, copied, or used to power arrays without authorization.]

Several representatives of the old clan who were originally preparing to apply for joint custody of the Shen family's relics silently closed the page.

The fourth restriction has been lifted.

Original evidence is read-only and must not be overwritten. All copies must retain the provenance number.

Article 5 pertains to the witness section.

[The original family members may act as witnesses in the proceedings, but they have no right to directly access the original files or the individuals in question.]

When the last item appeared, even Xiao Henian read it again.

[The temporary supervisory custodian is Su Qingxue. All high-level access requests are subject to double review. The review process is jointly handled by the public system and the legal guardian of the deceased's remains.]

A representative of the old clan couldn't help but ask:

"You even lock your own access permissions?"

Su Qingxue looked at him.

"If you don't lock yourself up, why should you be expected to follow the rules?"

"You now have the highest available access to the Holy Tower. In a real emergency, double verification would slow down the process."

"Didn't you see how many people the Supreme Disaster Preparedness Authority just harmed?"

The man stopped speaking.

He originally believed that Su Qingxue would take the opportunity to turn the Holy Tower into a stronghold for the Su family in the Central Region.

As a result, the first thing Su Qingxue did after taking office was to write down what she could and could not do into the system.

This rendered all the preparations made by the old clan useless.

Su Qingxue didn't press them for their attitude; she simply made arrangements for personnel.

"Qian Shao is in charge of the allocation of Santa's assets, mineral veins and non-living energy. Any resource released must have its purpose and receiving end recorded."

Qian Shao accessed the system via a remote channel.

"Boss, let's get this straight first: I'll just make sure the accounts are clear. If anyone tries to pressure me with ancestral rules, I'll bring out all the ancestral debts I owe them."

The steward of the Xiao family felt his eyelids twitch.

The Xiao family has just submitted their high-level account, and now they're burdened with compensation liabilities. If Qian Shaozhen goes to dig up the old accounts of the mine, they'll inevitably have to pay another sum.

But at this moment, no one dared to stop it.

Su Qingxue continued:

"Zhou Ye is responsible for log solidification and cross-regional backup. All critical records are kept in triplicate, and if any copy is modified, the source is immediately identified."

"It's already in progress. One copy for the Central Region, one for Yanjing, and one for the public system, each with its own independent numbering," Zhou Ye replied.

"Shen Banxia is in charge of inventorying the Shen family's life remains, registering their life status, historical data, and source rune ownership separately."

Shen Banxia raised the data box in her hand.

"Let me ask you this first: after the inventory is completed, can we calculate the wages?"

Qian Shao interjected:

"You want wages for your own family members?"

"Even close brothers need to keep clear accounts. I'm working for the Su family now, and that doesn't conflict with my surname being Shen."

Su Qingxue said:

"Settlement will be based on the highest standard of array masters in the Central Region."

Shen Banxia nodded immediately.

"The boss is generous. Anyone who dares to touch the relics will be put on the taboo list, and then have their hand chopped off."

Su Lie glanced at her.

"I don't need you to cut off my hands."

"Okay, leave the professional work to the professionals."

The atmosphere in the hall relaxed a bit.

Su Qingxue then made the following arrangements:

"Su Lie is in charge of physical isolation and maintaining order at the site. No one is allowed to enter the ruins area without a system receipt."

"clear."

"Wu Jie, the custodian, is also investigating the connections of people associated with the old medical clinic."

Wu Jiegang had just arranged for the three recorders to sit down separately.

Upon hearing the mission, he immediately asked:

"Which level have you investigated?"

"A collateral branch of the Su family, former gatekeeper, and maintainer of the ancestral land."

"Should we tell them I'm in Chazu's territory?"

"cannot."

Wu Jie thought for two seconds.

"Then I'll check the medicinal herb procurement from the old medical clinic. People can hide, but someone still needs to deliver food and drink. If they don't even need to eat, then I'll check the delivery of medicine and the replacement of materials."

Upon hearing this, Qin Feng felt that their approach was correct.

Wu Jie may not understand advanced formations, but he does understand how people live their lives.

The old medical clinic could have survived for twenty years, not just by relying on a piece of access code.

After the division of labor was completed, Su Qingxue submitted the whitelist to the public system.

The old guard can supervise, but cannot interfere with core authority.

While Su can carry out the mission, he cannot take the resources of the Holy Tower back to his own home.

Xiao Henian was the first to sign the testimony:

"The Xiao family accepts the temporary whitelist."

The other members of the old clan looked at each other and then signed their names one after another.

They may not be willing, but they can't find a more suitable reason to object.

Qin Feng did not participate in the signing.

He stood in front of the catalog of the Shen family's relics, reviewing all the retrieval records from seven days ago.

Shen Banxia has reclassified more than one hundred numbers.

Thirty-seven of them only contain historical data.

Sixty-two copies retained parts of the organization.

Seventeen still have their own independent rhythm of life.

In addition, there is another item that is not listed in the life catalog, but only has an empty number on the old materials page.

[Shen Family Zero Original Source Pattern.]

[Original guardianship status: Santa Cruz closed custody.]

Current status: Transferred.

[Reassignment date: Seven days prior.]

Shen Banxia zoomed in on the record.

"That's it."

"Who gave the order?" Qin Feng asked.

"On the surface, it is the superior central hub."

"The superior central authority has not fully awakened seven days ago."

"So there's something wrong with this command."

Continue investigating the receiving end.

The record was transcribed twice and ultimately landed on a historical identification number.

[Receiving end: Lin Wanrong's former identity.]

[Reason for retrieval: To restore the integrity of the maternal lineage.]

[Retrieval method: Valid bridging.]

Shen Banxia cursed under her breath.

"Who approved the use of my Shen family's Origin Mark to complete the identity of a Su family member?"

Su Qingxue did not shy away from the issue just because her mother's name was on the receiving end.

"Continue the investigation. First, confirm the current location of the source pattern."

Shen Banxia placed her hand on the historical source agent.

The source pattern is connected to the Shen family bloodline. As long as it is not completely erased, she can read the most basic rhythm.

The first attempt to track down the source yielded no results.

The second time, only a very weak return flow was received.

The third time, the direction finally became clear.

[Currently connected area of ​​the Zero Primal Source Pattern: Ancestral Land of the Su Family in Yanjing.]

[Life Beat Output Status: Continuous.]

Output target: Unknown identity client.

Qin Feng stared at the word "continue".

Source patterns are the origin of array formations and should not possess life rhythms.

What it is currently outputting is likely not its own power, but rather the power connected to the Shen family's remnants through the Holy Tower.

"Inspect the seventeen living entities," Qin Feng said.

Shen Banxia immediately switched back to the table of contents.

Initially, all seventeen beats were within a stable range.

Even after the Santas ceased providing energy to living beings, they still received minimal public maintenance.

A few seconds later, the first beat suddenly dropped.

Next came the second one.

The third one.

Shen Banxia's hand froze in mid-air.

"This is not natural failure!"

Above the lobby, life monitoring alarms lit up continuously.

[Shen Yiqi, ID number 17, is experiencing a rapid decline in his lifespan.]

[Shen Erjiu, whose life rhythm is rapidly declining.]

[Shen Siyi, ID number 41, is experiencing a rapid decline in his lifespan.]

All seventeen surviving members of the Shen family entered a state of danger within the same minute!