Under One Person: The End of Technique, Company Building

Liu Yanyan opened her mouth, but couldn't utter a single word.

"Shen Chong's 'usury' needs to constantly devour other people's Qi to maintain, which means he must fight and kill people constantly."

"Xia He's ability is innate, but she can't control it, or rather, she doesn't want to control it at all. So those who have been affected by her suffer mental breakdowns at best, and the destruction of their families at worst."

Zhuge Qi's voice wasn't loud, but everyone in the car could hear it clearly.

Jiang Bai, sitting in the front row, pushed up his glasses and thought to himself, "The section chief is trying to persuade this young lady."

"You think joining the Quanxing Sect is like joining a martial arts sect, where someone teaches you kung fu, someone backs you up, and if you lose a fight, your fellow disciples will help you get revenge?"

Zhuge Qi shook his head. "No. Quanxing doesn't have these rules. Quanxing only has one rule—whoever has the biggest fist gets to call the shots."

You might be on their side today, but they could betray you tomorrow. This isn't betrayal; it's the rule of the Quanxing sect, because the Quanxing sect has never had any concept of loyalty.

Liu Yanyan's face turned completely pale.

She remembered what Shen Chong had told her before.

"Mission accomplished, just come with us now."

Is it really that simple?

No ceremony is needed? No oath is needed?

At the time, she thought the Quanxing were quite casual, but now she realizes that it wasn't casualness, it was complete indifference.

"And there's something you might not know." Zhuge Qi leaned back in his chair, his tone returning to its usual nonchalant manner. "Joining Quanxing doesn't require any missions. You just need to publicly say, 'I am Quanxing,' and you're already a member of Quanxing."

The Quanxing sect never sets thresholds, because their threshold is the absence of any bottom line. As long as you have no bottom line, you are a member of the Quanxing sect.

Liu Yanyan suddenly raised her head, her eyes filled with shock: "No mission? Then they want me to steal corpses..."

"They just treat you like a tool to be used," Ma Hong in the front row couldn't help but interject. "They use you and then throw you away, and when something goes wrong, they shift the blame. Typical Quanxing behavior."

Liu Yanyan was stunned.

She recalled how, in order to complete this task, she had traveled a long way to that dilapidated village, scouting the location and disguising herself, working hard for several days.

In the end, it turned out that it wasn't a membership test at all; they were just being used as pawns.

"I...I've been tricked?" she murmured, her voice filled with disbelief.

Zhuge Qi didn't speak, he just looked at her calmly.

Silence spread through the car.

Liu Yanyan clenched her fists, her nails digging into her palms, her eyes reddening, but she bit her lip, desperately trying to hold back her tears.

She didn't want to cry in front of this bespectacled guy.

That would be so embarrassing.

After a long while, she asked in a hoarse voice, "So now... am I considered a member of the Quanxing?"

"You haven't officially joined yet, so strictly speaking, you're not," Zhuge Qi said. "However, you've done things for Quanxing, and that will be investigated in the world of supernatural beings. Stealing corpses is also illegal."

Liu Yanyan trembled.

"There's another thing I need to make clear to you." Zhuge Qi's tone became serious. "The Quanxing organization is easy to get into, but difficult to get out of."

Even if you're not a member of the Quanxing group today, once you've become associated with them, it won't be so easy for you to sever ties later.

Those people from Quanxing won't let you go just because you said 'I quit.' On the contrary, they'll think you know too much and can't be allowed to stay."

Liu Yanyan's body began to tremble slightly.

She belatedly realized that she had almost jumped into a pit from which she could never climb out.

If she hadn't been arrested today, and had gone with Shen Chong and the others, officially becoming a member of the Quanxing Sect, then...

She dared not think any further.

"So now you know, right?" Zhuge Qi's voice softened a bit. "You're not unlucky, you're incredibly lucky. If you hadn't met me today, you'd probably be on Quanxing's pirate ship by now, never to get off for the rest of your life."

Liu Yanyan lowered her head, and finally couldn't hold back her tears, which fell onto the back of her hand.

The car fell silent.

Ma Hong and Jiang Bai exchanged a glance, both seeing a complex expression in each other's eyes.

The section chief is really good with words.

He managed to make a stubborn little girl, as stubborn as a mule, cry with just a few words.

Moreover, upon closer reflection, everything the section chief said was to the point; it wasn't the kind of thing he said to scare people.

This kind of skill is something that most people can't learn.

After a few minutes, Liu Yanyan's emotions calmed down a bit. She sniffed, wiped her face haphazardly with her sleeve, and looked up. Her eyes were red, but the stubbornness in her gaze had not completely disappeared.

"So... what do you plan to do with me?" Her voice was a little hoarse, but her tone was no longer as harsh as before.

Zhuge Qi thought for a moment and then held up two fingers.

"Two choices. First, I'll take you back to western Hunan and hand you over to your father so he can take care of you."

"Stay-at-home orders: you cannot leave your home without permission, you must report your location twice a day, morning and evening, and keep your mobile phone on 24 hours a day for random checks."

Liu Yanyan's face immediately fell: "I'm not going back!"

She'd rather go to jail than go home.

In that rigid family, all I did every day was practice martial arts and listen to the old man's lectures. I couldn't even play on my phone freely. What was the difference between that and being in prison?

No, being in jail is more comfortable than being at home.

"Then the second option is fine," Zhuge Qi said calmly. "You stay at the company, serving your sentence while working. Specifically, you need to complete a certain amount of mandatory labor under the company's supervision."

During this period, you cannot leave the designated area, cannot contact any Quanxing members, and must report to your supervisor periodically. Good performance may shorten this period; poor performance will result in a longer sentence.

Liu Yanyan was taken aback: "Working at the company?"

"Yes, you've heard of NaDuTong Express Company, right?" Zhuge Qi smiled. "We have a special program for superhumans. For first-time offenders like you with minor offenses, this program is applicable. To put it bluntly, it means working for the company and using your labor to offset your criminal liability."

Liu Yanyan's eyes lit up for a moment, but quickly dimmed again: "How long will it take?"

"It depends on your performance and the company's evaluation." Zhuge Qi didn't give specific figures, "but I can tell you that if you choose the second option, I will be your supervisor."

Liu Yanyan looked up at him, her eyes filled with a hint of confusion.

"I've always been quite lenient with young people." Zhuge Qi pushed up his glasses, his gaze behind the lenses carrying a kind of inexplicable trust. "As long as you work hard, I won't make things difficult for you. Besides, staying at the company will at least allow you to learn something, which is better than messing around outside."

Liu Yanyan remained silent for a long while.

She was thinking.

Going home is out of the question; I would rather die than go home.

Stay at the company...

It doesn't sound that bad?