I manage female characters in all the heavens.

She stared intently at the conduit in the gap, quickly analyzing its trajectory. Instantly, a structural diagram of the entire building appeared in her mind, which she compared with the trajectory.

Without hesitation, she grabbed the crowbar and left, going to another opening. She pried it open, and sure enough, the same situation was inside.

After noting the trend, she quickly went to other floors to check other gaps. She recorded the cable routing in all the gaps and compared it with the building's structural diagram.

In an instant, she deduced that the materials being transported by these conduits were converging on a certain point on the 66th floor of the building.

She quickly arrived at the location of the elevator, but there was nothing there. Her mind raced, and she soon came to a guess.

She pressed the button to call the elevator, and as soon as it arrived, she went inside to check. Wisdom was on display at that moment, and inspiration gathered as various traces in the elevator became clues that kept flooding into her mind.

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As the elevator doors closed, the elevator began to move upwards, but stopped after only a moment, as if it had just shaken.

The next moment, *ding*.

The elevator doors opened, and a completely unfamiliar floor, one that Su Xiaoqian had never seen before, appeared before her eyes.

This is the 66.5th floor!

It could also be described as a room. Compared to other formal floors, this floor is much smaller in both area and height, lacking the extravagant and wasteful atmosphere that a grand building should have. It appears compact, making the most of every inch of space.

Exposed wires covered the walls, ceiling, and floor, emitting an eerie red glow that illuminated the entire floor.

At the edge of the field of vision, a futuristic, semi-transparent crystal platform stands there, where all the conduits converge and connect to the platform, as if supplying it with nutrients.

As she approached, Su Xiaoqian noticed that the center of the platform was concave, like a small pool, with scarlet liquid rippling quietly within it, slowly increasing in volume.

A transparent cover was placed on top, and it was locked, I don't know if it was to prevent dust from settling in or to prevent theft.

She suddenly realized that this was what the conduit was transporting. The mysterious, almost gaseous substance was transported to the platform, where it was concentrated and transformed into a liquid, forming this small pool of red liquid.

Such an arrangement could not have been recently completed; it must have existed from the very beginning of the construction of the Weiwu Building, and was built along with the building itself.

Su Xiaoqian was immediately shocked, realizing that she had discovered the Weiwu Group's unspeakable secret.

I wonder if the chairman knows this secret. If he does, then what happened today...

“Xiaoqian, I’ve always known you’re smart, but I never imagined you were this smart to be able to find this place and discover the secret that my Chen family has kept hidden for so many years.”

A familiar voice sounded from behind. Su Xiaoqian's body trembled, she gripped the crowbar tightly, and slowly turned around.

An elderly figure appeared before her, dressed in a loose white robe, with a familiar smile on his face—a smile that was both serious and indulgent.

Su Xiaoqian immediately sighed and raised her hands: "Old Chairman, you're not dead! I didn't mean to!"

She quickly glanced around the entire floor and spotted Chen Weiwu, who was tied up and unconscious in a corner.

Mr. Chen, what are you doing? Get up and snap the ropes to knock your dad out with one punch!

Chen Tianjiao, the eldest son of the Chen family, father of Chen Weiwu, and founder of the Weiwu Group, smiled slightly and pulled out a pistol from his waist.

"Xiaoqian, I'll say it again, you're very smart, you should know what your fate will be."

Seeing Chen Tianjiao's resolute determination to kill her, Su Xiaoqian immediately dropped her pretense and gritted her teeth, saying, "Chen Tianjiao, you son of a bitch, I really misjudged you! You're actually such a schemer!"

“For five years, I served as your son’s secretary and assistant. I served him from the moment he became chairman, working hard without complaint. I’ve run thousands of red lights for him, it was truly a life-or-death situation!”

"I played a huge role in helping him secure his position as chairman. You can't treat a loyal and hardworking employee like this!"

Chen Tianjiao chuckled: "Do you know why, out of so many people, I specifically chose you to assist Weiwu?"

Su Xiaoqian's expression changed, and she crossed her arms and took two steps back: "You like me?!"

Chen Tianjiao's face twitched: "In terms of narcissism, you and your damned father are exactly the same."

"To tell you the truth, you are also a member of the Chen family. All the preferential treatment you enjoy in the Weiwu Group is a gift from me. You are my granddaughter."

Chen Tianjiao suppressed his smile, his expression turned serious, and a sense of authority that had long held a superior position slowly rose within him.

“I used to have a daughter, a strong and sensible older sister, but one day she eloped with your father and gave birth to you.”

“This infuriated me, so I ordered that all traces of her existence be erased, as if the Chen family had never had this daughter.”

"But after discovering your existence, I couldn't bear to sever this family bond, so I arranged for you to join the Weiwu Group and stay with your uncle until now."

"You should have noticed long ago that Weiwu favors you. This isn't without reason. You look a lot like your mother. He knew who you were the moment he saw you and has been secretly taking care of you."

Su Xiaoqian quietly moved closer to the stone platform and complained, "This is too melodramatic. I don't believe it. If you really care about me, why would you only pay me 20 yuan a year?"

Chen Tianjiao shook his head: "You've got everything except your salary. You're second only to the emperor. Isn't that enough?"

"You're just a young girl. You can rely on the group for everything, including food, clothing, and shelter. What do you need so much money for?"

Where's your mother? And what do you, an old man, need so much money for? To buy a burial plot?!

Su Xiaoqian finally reached the edge of the table, breathed a sigh of relief, and pointed at Chen Tianjiao:

"Whether you are my maternal grandfather or not, it seems you have no intention of letting me go. After all, you can even harm your own son, so you probably don't even consider me, your granddaughter, a threat!"

She pointed to Chen Weiwu in the corner, but Chen Tianjiao remained noncommittal.

Su Xiaoqian took a side step to the front of the platform, crouched down under it to cover her body, and at the same time raised the crowbar and swung it over the pool.

"Don't come any closer, or I'll smash your precious thing to pieces with this stick, and you'll have gained nothing!" she threatened, suppressing her urge to drink the liquid.

Despite being threatened, Chen Tianjiao remained calm and even put away his pistol.

His smile was somewhat cold: "Can you feel that urge within you? Do you want to drink the liquid in front of you?"

“That is your bloodline yearning to awaken, the bloodline of my Chen clan.”

Su Xiaoqian was startled, but stubbornly replied, "I don't know what you're talking about!"

Chen Weiwu slowly stepped forward and walked towards the platform, completely ignoring Su Xiaoqian's threats.

Su Xiaoqian's eyes hardened, and she raised the crowbar to smash it down!

Damn it, you think I'm joking?

It's just crystal, very fragile. Her strike embodies her unwavering determination to go all out and perish together with others. She can break anything, and she can certainly destroy this mere crystal in one fell swoop!

when!

"Well!"

The crowbar flew high into the air and fell to the ground. Su Xiaoqian clutched her hand, cried out in pain, and staggered back. Her palm was already torn and bleeding.

The attacked crystal platform didn't even suffer a single scratch!

"Don't even mention a mere crowbar, even a rocket launcher wouldn't be able to cause the slightest damage to this 'Celestial Crystal Platform,' which was built based on the technological knowledge of ancient civilizations." Chen Tianjiao stroked the Celestial Crystal Platform, revealing a mocking smile.

"Any resistance you offer is doomed to failure."

"What exactly are you trying to do?" Su Xiaoqian asked angrily, covering her hand.

Chen Tianjiao sighed, leaned against the crystal platform, and looked on with a sigh.

"Legend has it that in ancient times, there was a ritual that could help people transcend the mundane, master extraordinary powers, and even achieve longevity. This ritual was called ascension."

"Fifty years ago, some friends and I accidentally entered an ancient civilization site and obtained some information about the ascension ceremony. We spent several years combining modern technology to recreate it and built this magnificent building."

"Twenty years ago, we found the key item to start the ascension ceremony—holy blood, and so we couldn't wait to start the ceremony."

"Unexpectedly, the ritual failed. Of the nine of us, five melted and died on the spot, while the four survivors suffered different injuries."

"After researching the materials, we found that the ascension ritual requires a spiritual power rich in fierce and malevolent energy as an offering to provide energy for the ritual to succeed and produce a usable ascension elixir."

"As long as you use enough spiritual liquid and withstand the transformation, you can become an ascendant and gain extraordinary power."

“In those primitive times when people ate raw meat and drank blood, everyone was a battle-hardened and ruthless warrior. As long as a ritual was performed, enough sacrifices could be easily provided.”

"Nowadays, perhaps only the group of assassins in the shadows of the world can meet the requirements in large quantities without provoking the anger of the authorities. This is the real purpose of our promotion of this Ascension Conference."

"My first ascension attempt failed, and I was severely injured, with my bodily functions greatly impaired. I survived only thanks to some mechanical modifications, but this was not a long-term solution, and my mechanical body could not ascend."

"I am unwilling to give up what I have been pursuing for decades. After an extremely painful struggle, I finally made up my mind to take away my vigorous and healthy body and start ascending again."

Upon hearing this, Su Xiaoqian finally couldn't hold back any longer and exclaimed in shock, "You, you want to possess someone?!"

Is this scientific?!

Su Xiaoqian's mind was trembling, filled with disbelief.

The previous ascension ceremonies and such were nothing beyond her comprehension; to put it simply, they were just a technological means utilizing ancient civilizations, which was quite scientific.

The world already has cyborgs, so it's not unacceptable to have something called an "Ascended"—a biologically enhanced human.

But if you suddenly bring up things like taking over a body, that's possession, and she can't accept that.

Not scientific!

Chen Tianjiao explained, "It's actually very scientific. I obtained an instrument from ancient civilization ruins that can extract a person's consciousness and inject it into another person's body."

"After a brief period of suppression and fusion, once the consciousness completely dominates the body, the process of changing bodies is complete."

"Actually, if my Chen family weren't descendants of ascendants, with extraordinary power in our bloodline, giving us a much higher chance of successfully ascending than ordinary people, I wouldn't have chosen Weiwu."

“You were originally one of my choices, but in the end, your bloodline is too distant, and you are a woman, which doesn’t quite meet my needs. After much thought, Weiwu is still the most suitable. He is young, strong, and can inherit my group.”

At this point, Chen Tianjiao couldn't help but sigh:

“Originally, we didn’t need you, and this matter had nothing to do with you, but you were too clever and found your way here and discovered everything.”

"With such a huge commotion this time, more than half of these nearly two thousand assassins will probably become idiots after this. The retaliation from the assassin community will definitely be severe."

“If I leave you here, and you expose me, even if I successfully ascend, I will not escape death. The world’s six kings of assassins are all ascended beings. I can’t beat them. Only the dead can keep secrets.”

He raised his gun, about to pull the trigger in Su Xiaoqian's terrified gaze, but then lowered it.

Before Su Xiaoqian could even catch her breath, the gun was raised again, then lowered, then raised again, then lowered again...

Su Xiaoqian: "???"

Are you exercising here?

Chen Tianjiao slapped himself across the face and muttered:

"Now that things have come to this, I'm actually feeling a little soft-hearted. I shouldn't have done that..."

Su Xiaoqian realized that the opportunity was not to escape, but to fight back!

I haven't even tasted the Ascension Elixir that I desperately wanted yet, why am I running? I must fight back!

Besides, how could a person possibly outrun a gun?

I, Su Xiaoqian, must take emergency precautions and act in self-defense today!