Under One Person: I, Jiaqian Jushi, work from nine to five

Upon hearing Zhang Chulan's request, Zhou Fengliu raised an eyebrow.

Is Zhang Chulan also going to the island?

He stroked his chin, then spoke into the phone without any hesitation:

"I refuse..."

Zhou Fengliu would have been very happy to have such a great job, earning two salaries.

But this time was different. He went to Nathan Island to fire shots secretly and lead a team to stop Behemoth. Going with Zhang Chulan would affect the pace of the operation.

"..."

Faced with Zhou Fengliu's decisive rejection, Zhang Chulan was instantly dumbfounded.

Why was the refusal so decisive?

Could it be that the money wasn't enough?

The key point is that I didn't say how much money I would give...

"Brother Liu, if you think the money is too little, I can add more... Sister Bao'er has money."

Zhang Chulan gritted his teeth and said that Feng Baobao was not short of money.

"If I were Bao'er, I would definitely beat you to death... I've been busy with work lately, and besides, how much money could you possibly offer... I'm hanging up now, I still have work to do."

Hearing Zhang Chulan say he wanted more money, Zhou Fengliu remained unmoved, replied with a single sentence, and then hung up the phone.

Looking at the phone that had already been hung up, Zhang Chulan felt that Zhou Fengliu's question, "How much money can you give me?" had been incredibly presumptuous...

Not right.

Something's definitely not right.

He glanced at the sun outside the window, then muttered to himself:

"That's right, the sun rose in the east today, so why can't the lay Buddhist offer more money?"

Zhang Chulan felt as if the world had shifted when Zhou Fengliu changed his ways today.

Brother Liu, oh Brother Liu...

Your "pay-to-win" persona is crumbling...

They don't even make money when they have it... Have they really made enough money?

Or is it... that something big is really going to happen in South China recently? Are they just too busy to focus on other things?

Zhang Chulan sighed.

never mind...

If they can't come, then find someone else.

Zhang Chulan thought for a moment and then called Wang Ye again, but unfortunately, Wang Ye answered the phone and said he didn't have time after learning about the matter.

I tried to find two groups of people, but none of them could join me...

This made Zhang Chulan realize the coldness of human nature.

...

P.S.: I pray for everything as usual. Goodnight and sweet dreams to all my godfathers.

Chapter 366 King Nathan: Is Zhou Fengliu really the heir to the throne?

Just as Zhang Chulan was unable to find anyone, on Nasen Island, King Nasen, though not in the same place as Zhang Chulan, felt the same resonance at the same moment.

Inside Nathan Palace, King Nathan was speaking on a satellite phone with Spencer, a director of the European Jade Society.

"Behemoth's actions are undoubtedly a betrayal of the agreement! This was not the agreement we made with this world in the first place, and none of you have the right to interfere with the ceremony of the king's succession."

King Nathan spoke to Spencer in an angry tone.

“My lord, our Emerald Society has always upheld the agreement with your Nathan Island. It is Behemoth who is interfering with your cause. You should be protesting to them…”

Faced with King Nathan's anger, Spencer calmly replied.

"You should have already tried to communicate, right? Since you were able to make this call, it means the communication was ineffective, and they ignored your attitude, right?"

"..."

King Nathan remained silent for a second upon hearing this.

indeed.

Her stance on behalf of Nathan Island was completely ignored by Behemoth and his group.

The weak have no voice, and Behemoth, at the height of his power, clearly intends to take over Nathan Island, which is why she is so anxious to seek help.

Although Nathan Island is known as the island of the supernatural, it could not withstand the onslaught of firearms.

"For thousands of years, we have been prisoners of this world on Nathan Island, never causing any turmoil to the world. Is that not enough to leave us alone?"

"Haven't we sacrificed enough, Spencer?"

Hearing King Nathan's words, Spencer responded with sympathy:

“Your Majesty, we at the Jade Society do not wish to offend you, and we deeply sympathize with your plight, but this matter... is beyond my power to help.”

"However... I can give you a suggestion, and if you take it, this matter might take a turn for the better."

"explain..."

"Destroy the sacred tree."

Spencer pointed out Behemoth's most fundamental interest in Nathan Island.

"?"

King Nathan paused for a moment upon hearing Spencer's suggestion.

What kind of bullshit suggestion is this?

Destroying the sacred tree... that's tantamount to killing all the Nathan people who believe in the sacred tree on a spiritual level, and the entire Nathan Island would then have no reason to exist.

"Spencer...you're kidding, aren't you?"

“If you think I’m joking, then maybe I am…” Spencer responded.

“Behemoths are different from you and me. They are essentially a group of businessmen. If there's no profit in it, they'll naturally let Nathan go…”

"Of course, I have to admit that the sacred tree of the King of the Forest is the greatest witchcraft I know. Perhaps in that era when witchcraft was rampant, your decline was indeed regrettable."

"But after thousands of years of continuation and the changing of several eras, the civilizational order formed by the sacred tree of faith really has no reason to exist."

"..."

King Nathan remained silent for a long time in the face of Spencer's taunts.

As the queen of Nathan, she only has the obligation to dedicate herself to the sacred tree and protect her people, and has no right to consider whether the Nathan values ​​formed by the sacred tree are correct.

After a moment of silence, she slowly began to speak again:

"Spencer, you probably know that my father is from China, and I know quite a bit about Chinese culture. There's a saying of theirs that I really like..."

"It is called, 'Heaven has the virtue of cherishing life.'"

"Even what you consider rotten, backward, unbearable, and ignorant, we are still a living civilization... To continue life is our instinct."

"Our civilization... also has the right to survive."

"Even if no one helps us, we will persevere to the very end."

After saying that, King Nathan hung up the phone.

The call did not help Nathan resolve her predicament at all, but it strengthened her resolve to stay committed to the sacred tree.

On the other side, Spencer, whose call was hung up on by Nathan King, was not angry.

He looked out the window at the setting sun, his eyes, somewhat cloudy behind his square-framed glasses, showed not a trace of regret for the impending invasion of Nathan Island by Behemoth.

Although their ancestors had close ties with the ancestors of Nathan Island thousands of years ago, that is all in the past.

The values ​​upheld by Nathan Island have been out of touch with the times for far too long.

Throughout Nathan Island, the cycle of killing continues endlessly in pursuit of the throne, and the unrestrained people of God worship only the power of the individual.

It was a brutal, survival-of-the-fittest jungle environment.

While this environment reflects the laws governing the world and even the universe, Nathan Island has amplified these laws far too much, rendering its inhabitants almost inhuman wild beasts...

Such values ​​of civilization... really have no value in continuing.

At least... that's how they see it from the perspective of the Jade Society.

...

As for whether Nathan Island can stop Behemoth...

Without a doubt, the answer was clear in Spencer's mind.

impossible.

It is absolutely impossible.

According to his knowledge, Behemoth deployed an aircraft carrier as a maritime platform this time, and the weapons and ammunition it carried were mostly modern products.

For a barbaric civilization like Nathan Island to resist the power of such modern firearms, the only way would be for the divine tree to truly manifest its power.

No.

It's not just a miracle.

It would have to be a manifestation of the divine tree, like an atomic bomb explosion... that the divine tree would take off and blow up the aircraft carrier, otherwise it's really impossible.

So...

So isolated and helpless, what can King Nathan do now?

The question flashed through Spencer's mind.

Perhaps all that's left is the sacred tree for prayer?

...