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

……

After the Yanjing node of the first observation seat disappeared, the ancestral land remained quiet for a long time.

No one cheered.

The members of the collateral branches had mixed feelings as they looked at the shattered old family seal.

Some people have regarded the old seal as the root of the Su family since childhood.

Now that their roots are gone, they don't know who to listen to.

Some people are more afraid of the subsequent liquidation.

The old seals preserved twenty years' worth of meetings and accounts, making it easy to quickly find out who did what.

Several other people had already lined up in front of Wu Jie, voluntarily handing over their account books.

"I am willing to cooperate with the new head of the household."

"I can complete the inventory of collateral medicinal herbs."

"When Su Zhennan was in power, I was just following orders and never participated in live energy supply."

As Wu Jie registered, he said:

"Don't rush to pledge your loyalty. Check the records to see if you've done it or not. No matter how nicely you say it now, it won't make up for it."

An elderly clansman walked up to Su Qingxue.

"Master, the First Observation Seat has been cleared out. The ancestral land cannot remain without a master."

"Although the old seal is broken, the Su family's ancestral rules still apply. According to the ancestral rules, you should inherit control and re-establish the family head seal."

Several people behind him nodded in agreement.

These people may not necessarily still support the old system; they are just used to having one person hold all the authority.

Once a new supreme head of the family is established, they will know who to pledge allegiance to, and their own positions will be easier to maintain.

Su Qingxue did not follow the ancestral rules.

"Deal with the responsibility first."

She instructed Zhou Ye to submit the cleaning list, energy supply records, and information on the involvement of collateral relatives to the lobby.

"From today onwards, responsibilities within the Su family will be divided into four categories:"

"Those who actively participate in live energy supply, identity replacement, and destruction of evidence will be handed over for public review. Who gave the order, who carried it out, and who profited from it will be recorded separately."

"Those who knowingly concealed information and profited from it over a long period of time will have their resources returned and their core privileges revoked."

"Those who were misled but participated in the execution should bear responsibility based on the actual damages they caused, and if they proactively provide evidence, it can be recorded in their cooperation record."

"Ordinary collateral relatives who did not participate can stay. If they want to continue using the Su family's resources, they should re-sign the public charter."

The elder who spoke first asked:

"What should be done about the ancestral rules?"

"Anything that conflicts with current life protection and public responsibility regulations shall be discontinued."

"But the Su family has been passed down for many years, and we can't just abandon it like that."

"Just because it's been rumored for years doesn't mean it can't be investigated."

Su Qingxue retrieved the first load replacement rule.

"This story has been around for twenty years, do you still want to keep it?"

The clan elder opened his mouth.

"They shouldn't have stayed."

"Then we'll examine them one by one."

"But without a supreme patriarch, who makes decisions in an emergency?"

"Emergency access is acceptable, but so are the options for exiting and holding individuals accountable."

Su Qingxue announced the new ancestral land trusteeship structure.

The use of funds was jointly confirmed by Su's public finance department and external auditors.

Medical and biological samples and independent vital data are managed by the medical monitoring terminal.

The array formation technology was jointly authorized by the Shen family's source agent and the Su family's maintenance team.

The handling of the ancestral site accident was confirmed by the investigators, the life guardians, and the energy managers.

No individual can permanently bind authority to bloodlines, nor can they bypass contracts using a family head's seal.

"Is the head of the family also subject to restrictions?" someone asked.

"Including me."

"What if the successor disagrees?"

"If you do not agree to make the bylaws public, you will not continue in office."

The crowd of people from the collateral branches quieted down again.

They originally thought that Su Qingxue was eliminating the First Observer Seat in order to seize the highest power in the ancestral land for herself.

But she did not take control, nor did she recast a family head seal that belonged only to her.

She simply removed the old location.

The elder still wanted to try.

"The Su family must have something to believe in. If all the ancestral precepts are stopped, the people's hearts will fall apart."

Su Qingxue looked at everyone present.

"From now on, the Su family will not believe in God, nor in any ancestral precepts that cannot find a responsible person."

"We only recognize contracts, evidence, and responsibility."

"Whoever says it's for the Su family, should write their own name down. Don't let someone else die for them."

This sentence leads to the homepage of the new charter.

Several ordinary relatives were the first to sign.

They have never been involved in core matters and have not received much benefit in the past.

While the new system requires transparency, it also gives them clear resource allocations and the right to withdraw.

Next, the collateral relatives who were willing to make restitution signed.

In the end, only a few elderly members of the clan remained.

They are reluctant to relinquish their old power, but they are even more aware that there is no room for negotiation now.

The first observation seats were all treated as if they were from twenty years ago; their seniority cannot withstand the current evidence.

……

He Shoushan was still sitting in the closed area.

Su Qingxue did not release the man just because he revealed the secret door.

"The clues you provided will be recorded in your cooperation history. The investigation into disrupting lifelines, involvement in maternal identity reconstruction, and twenty years of concealment will continue."

He Shoushan nodded.

He did not plead for him.

After the old seal shattered, he kept staring at the ground.

After completing his mission of guarding it for twenty years, he found himself wondering what else he could do.

Su Lie walked up to him.

"Did you really think you were saving the Su family back then?"

"Yes."

"And now?"

"I have no idea."

He Shoushan raised his head.

"The ancestral land needs maintenance, and the cracks might actually be real. The First Observation Seat has made mistakes, but if control really stops, what will happen to those outside?"

Su Lie did not laugh at him.

"Then let's find out the truth and then find a way that won't harm anyone."

"What if there isn't?"

"Even if there isn't one, we can't trick anyone into going in."

He Shoushan lowered his head and stopped arguing.

Su Lie understood that this person's thoughts wouldn't change completely in a day.

Twenty years of obsession collapsed, leaving not an immediate awakening, but a vast emptiness.

Accept the review first, then think it over slowly.

……

Lin Wan-jung is currently processing historical identity data and biometric samples.

She transferred her private memories to a personal encrypted library.

Materials related to the Shen family's battle formation diagram will continue to be jointly guarded by both parties, and neither party may access them unilaterally.

Su Qingxue asked:

Should early biological samples be retrieved?

Lin Wanrong said:

"The right to trace the source is reserved. All unused samples will be sealed, and parts that have already formed independent life cannot be forcibly recalled."

Look at YL-001 on the medical bed.

"Just because she has my sample in her body doesn't mean I have to take it back from her."

Shen Banxia examined the separation treatment plan.

"The mother-based authentication interface can be removed gradually, but not all at once. It's too weak right now; it needs to be done in at least three phases."

"Will it affect her consciousness?"

"No. The interface is mainly responsible for authentication and backlash transfer. The memories come from her own twenty years of life activities, but she was asleep most of the time."

Lin Wanrong sat down on the edge of the bed.

YL-001 was not fully awake yet, and only moved her hand slightly when she heard someone speaking.

Lin Wanrong did not touch her.

"Once she can express herself, all treatments will be conducted so that she can confirm them herself."

"What if she continues to be unable to express herself consistently?" the medical staff asked.

"Only do the things necessary to sustain life; everything else can wait."

Su Qingxue signed the guardianship agreement.

The medical ID number will be retained for now, and the name field will remain blank.

She wouldn't give the other person a convenient nickname, nor would she define her life as "another Lin Wanrong".

Lin Wanrong looked at the face that resembled her younger self, and still felt uncomfortable.

It wasn't disgust, but the thought of my own physical data being stolen, and the thought of another person suffering for twenty years because of it.

She used to be afraid that her memories were incomplete, and that others would think that she wasn't real enough.

But this woman in front of me has a more complete physical origin and has borne more ancestral records, so I still can't live in her place.

The truth or falsehood of information is not determined by the amount of data available.

She doesn't remember everything now, but she still thinks of Lin Wanrong.

……

Qin Feng did not participate in the allocation of authority within the Su family.

When Su Qingxue offered him the highest temporary control over the ancestral land, he refused outright.

"I reserve the right to investigate until the review is completed, but I don't want control."

One of the collateral relatives couldn't help but ask:

"Isn't Mr. Qin afraid that someone will bring up the matter later?"

Qin Feng smiled.

"Therefore, records should be made public, and access permissions should be separated."

"How many years can I keep sitting here and guarding against people?"

Su Qingxue looked at him.

"You've made things easy for me."

"I still have to go to the Central Region to collect debts, I really don't have time to look after your ancestral graves."

Shen Banxia, ​​who was standing next to her, burst out laughing.

Su Qingxue couldn't help herself and gently pushed him.

"This is ancestral land, not ancestral graves."

"It almost worked just now."

Those two sentences eased the atmosphere in the hall a bit.

Zhou Ye then completed the outer scan of the black key.

Zhou Ye asked:

"The key can only be used for one official intranet login. Should we use it now?"

Qin Feng said:

"Don't open it yet, just read the offline directory."

Zhou Ye built an independent sandbox and placed the key in an offline environment.

The outer directory did not trigger the login count, nor did it send a signal to the middle domain.

A few seconds later, an agreement cover appeared on the screen.

[Final Agreement for the First Site of the Fengyi Project.]

Su Qingxue looked at the title.

"Isn't Beijing, the ancestral home, the primary location for inheritance?"

Zhou Ye opened the offline geotagging.

The page only displays the region categories, without detailed coordinates.

[Primary Location: Deep Layers of the Middle Region.]

[The ancestral home of the Su family in Yanjing is positioned as a secondary location and a source of peripheral resources.]

The collateral relatives who had just signed the new bylaws in the hall fell silent again.

The ancestral land they had guarded for so many years turned out to be just a secondary site.

The true primary location for this mission was never Yanjing!