In middle age, one's comprehension becomes extraordinary.

Hearing Li Yuan's retort, Deputy Commander Zhou felt refreshed and invigorated.

He knew Li Yuan and always thought that Li Yuan, with his rather introverted personality, wouldn't be that good at speaking.

Li Yuan's performance exceeded his expectations.

In terms of eloquence, they can always retort.

Even people like Tang Wenlou can be at a disadvantage when it comes to eloquence.

When they threw dirty water on Li Yuan, they never expected him to react this way.

What explanation? It's pure bullshit, utterly useless.

If you face rumors and slander, then return the favor in kind.

You accuse me of harassing other female colleagues, and I'll accuse you of sexually harassing female subordinates and having many illegitimate children.

If you're so capable, then explain it to me.

The more you explain, the muddier the water becomes.

Sure enough, after being rebuked by Li Yuan, Tang Wenlou didn't know what to say.

His lips twitched; the feeling of wanting to say something but being unable to express it was truly distressing for him.

At the same time, Deputy Commander Zhou immediately stepped forward to respond.

"Deputy Commander Tang always acts this way; he's very impulsive."

If you believe everything you hear, you're likely to make mistakes.

Mr. Li Yuan, please don't mind.

His words, seemingly meant to comfort Li Yuan, were actually more about disparaging Tang Wenlou.

Tang Wenlou had not expected that the rumors he had spread would be debunked so easily.

This counterattack and rebuttal significantly reduced the influence of rumors and gossip surrounding Li Yuan.

On what basis does he say that Li Yuan's harassment of Zhuang Meng is true?

It's true that Li Yuan said Tang Wenlou had sexual harassment of his female subordinates and had an illegitimate child!

Hesitantly, Tang Wenlou directly avoided the topic.

"Deputy Commander Zhou, the tasks within Wugang City have already been taken over by someone."

Li Yuan simply walked away when we needed him most.

"Are you coming back now to steal the credit?"

Tang Wenlou's plan was to seize half of the mission.

He can resolve half of the issues on his end, and he can also explain the situation to his superiors.

If Li Yuan solved most of the problems, it would be really hard to explain.

Tang Wenlou was actually quite worried about Li Yuan's outstanding performance.

The central large machinery in Wugang City was started by Li Yuan.

Their report to their superiors indicated that Li Yuan was irresponsible, disobedient, and incompetent.

That's why so many things happened afterwards.

But if Li Yuan comes again and resolves all the troubles, how will they explain themselves?

Tang Wenlou said all this in an attempt to suppress Li Yuan.

"Deputy Commander Tang, what do you mean by 'leaving without a word'?"

Our Lanwu Trial has always been based on a system of accepting missions.

Having accepted the task, I seek to complete it.

Is it irresponsible of Mr. Li Yuan to refuse tasks due to personal matters?

You have quite the nerve, even changing the rules.

Deputy Commander Zhou, who was standing to the side, spoke up to argue his case.

Xia Zhan, the commander-in-chief who was sitting in the middle, also spoke at this moment.

"The person that Deputy Commander Tang found is very good at solving machine-related tasks."

Now that we have such a person, there is indeed no need to break up the series of tasks.

If everything is coordinated and handled by one person, things will go much more smoothly.

The arrangement of factory machinery should also be appropriate.

One person coordinating everything saves a lot of trouble.

As the commander-in-chief, Xia Zhan still needs to appear fair on the surface.

Everyone knows he favors Tang Wenlou, but when he speaks, he has to stick to a reason.

The meeting was recorded. Xia Zhan is the kind of person who wouldn't give others any ammunition to attack him.

As they spoke, Deputy Commander Zhou was still thinking about how to defend himself.

But the meeting room door was suddenly opened.

The messenger strode in and, seeing that there were other personnel besides the commander, hesitated for a moment.

"Just say what you have to say. Our enemy is a ferocious beast, and no one will reveal secrets to it."

Deputy Commander Zhou instructed the messenger to report in front of everyone.

His move was very clever.

If the information were reported privately, Xia Zhan, the commander-in-chief, would very likely have obtained it.

Reporting it to everyone made it impossible to hide it from him.

The messenger must have been in a hurry; upon hearing this, he couldn't wait to discuss it further.

"The small team sent out by Deputy Commander Tang ran into big trouble when they were removing the damaged machinery."

An explosion occurred due to an error in the demolition process.

The loud noise attracted a ferocious beast, and the garrison warriors have gone to rescue it...

The moment these words were spoken, the entire conference room fell silent, and everyone's face became serious.

Just now, everyone in this meeting room was arguing about the allocation of tasks.

Deputy Commander Zhou needs to allocate a portion of his duties, while Tang Wenlou's side needs to take over the entire task.

Xia Zhan, as the commander-in-chief, felt that it would be better to have one party coordinate everything in a unified manner to reduce communication costs and errors.

There's no need to discuss it now; the people Tang Wenlou sent have caused a major incident.

Given this situation, it's unclear whether the mechanical engineering professor he invited has survived...

Xia Zhan and Tang Wenlou exchanged a glance and immediately left the conference room with their men.

The meeting was thus abruptly adjourned.

Deputy Commander Zhou called over those who had sided with him, including Li Yuan, and brought them all to his office.

Chen Moying had a faint smile on her face.

In her view, this was God giving her an opportunity.

Tang Wenlou and his group wanted to compete for these tasks, and after much arguing, this is how it ended.

Seeing Chen Moying's expression, Deputy Commander Zhou frowned.

"Don't think of this as a good thing; the current troubles aren't so easy to resolve."

Seeing the leader looking at him like that, he then said these words.

Chen Moying was somewhat confused.

"Their plan has failed, so they shouldn't be able to compete with us."

How could this not be a good thing...?

Upon hearing this, Deputy Commander Zhou could only suppress his impatience and explain to her.

"The professor Tang Wenlou invited this time is from the School of Mechanical Engineering, an expert who specializes in this type of research."

Think about it carefully; he caused such a big problem during the demolition.

How difficult are these tasks?

Yes, the opportunity has now fallen to us.

But are we capable of completing these tasks?

Hearing this, even someone as slow-witted as Chen Moying could understand.

Yes, that person was someone Tang Wenlou went to great lengths to invite. He must have been certain of their abilities to have gone to such lengths to invite them.

All I can say is that the task was way too difficult.

Those damaged machines were so difficult to disassemble that even mechanical experts would make mistakes.

Could a martial artist like Li Yuan really accomplish this?

Before this incident, Deputy Commander Zhou still had some confidence.

But now, he is genuinely anxious.

Taking charge during times of crisis can earn you prestige and reputation.

But if the hosting is poor, it can make the problem even worse.

Then there's absolutely no way that Deputy Commander Zhou could advance any further.

"If possible, I would appreciate it if Deputy Commander Zhou could give me some confidence; it should be possible."

Amidst the silence of the crowd, Li Yuan stepped forward and spoke.

But such words are not encouraging at this moment.

"Wait a minute, let's see how the rescue goes before we talk."

"Even the experts from the School of Mechanical Engineering have had accidents, there's no need for us to be in such a hurry."