Chapter 289: Chapter 236 Continue Using (Seeking Subscription!)_2 Upon hearing this, Guan Kun lost his calm and said with a serious expression, "What? Who else knows about this?" "Just us for now," the adjutant replied. "Alright, wait here, I’ll notify the other ’Cabin Leaders.’ If we’re the only ones to enter, many questions are going to arise," Guan Kun thought for a moment and then added, during a time like this, it’s not about grasping benefits. If he were the first to enter, someone would certainly accuse him of wrongdoing. Moreover, he couldn’t handle the combined forces of several families. Next, Guan Kun informed the other four ’Cabin Leaders,’ and they decided to march towards the manor together. Currently, communication with the manor was also cut off. The situation inside was certainly ominous, and almost everyone had some ideas. The Cabin Leaders, leading their people men toward the manor, wearing full armament, a force of more than a thousand men, some even have light potassium transport vehicles, which looks quite impressive. At the same time, by take head count, each ’Cabin Leader’ discovered that some of their spies had been removed. The closer to the manor, the more victims they saw, smelled fear in the Cabin Leaders’ heart. In the dark of the night, the enemy was able to silently deal with so many people— an utterly terrifying capability. When they arrived outside the manor, they encircled it. At this time, there were only the sounds of insects and birds around the manor, it had lost its usual hustle and bustle. There was no one on the enclosure wall, and the main gate was tightly closed. Several Cabin Leaders inhaled a cool breeze, a chill swept over their spines. It seemed that everyone inside was dead. "You there, open the gate," Guan Kun ordered one of his men. The subordinate didn’t dare to refuse. Seeing so many big shots watching, if he showed any sign of fear, Guan Kun might simply shoot him in the face of everyone. He slung the AK hanging around his neck behind him, rushed to the door, pushed it vigorously, found it was locked from inside, and then climbed over the wall with the help of several people. "Ah..." As soon as he saw the situation above, the man screamed in horror, which couldn’t be helped as he had just climbed up to come face-to-face with a dead man’s face even with mental preparation, but it wasn’t this kind of mental preparation. "What happened?" Guan Kun hurriedly asked. That man, suppressing his fear, slowly climbed up the wall, looked around, turned around, and said in a trembling voice: "Dead, they’re all dead," while slightly trembling his legs. The people outside were also scared by the scene they imagined. Guan Kun, who had weathered many storms, ordered directly: "Alright, you go in and open the door." "Yes." That subordinate flipped over and in, opened the big door, and walked in with a group of people looking at the dead people on the ground, and drops of blood dripping down from the watchtower. It was horrifying. Those who were slightly religious almost knelt down. Sharp-eyed people saw that it was a one-sided battle, Naidan’s 100 plus ’guards’ didn’t even have a chance to open fire. Guan Kun pushed open those wooden houses used for accommodation. Inside were ’guards’ who had their throats slit. Seeing the scene before them, the ’Cabin Leaders’ fell silent until Guan Kun broke it. "Let’s go and check Naidan’s house." Entering the room, they found Naidan, his brain pierced by a peanut, lying on the bed without any sign of life, his eyes wide open as if he had seen some monster. Guan Kun’s adjutant came forward and said, "Commander, all the women have been rescued, and the weapons don’t seem to attract them.". Do they think these people would be interested in a few weapons? "Did you find out where Naidan hid his things?" Guan Kun asked in front of the several ’Cabin Leaders.’ Now that Naidan was dead, those properties were naturally ownerless. If anyone wanted to monopolize them, it would be impossible. They could only be divided among everyone. 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝒆𝔀𝒆𝙗𝓷𝒐𝙫𝒆𝙡.𝒄𝓸𝓶 "There’s a cellar in the armory, inside which are a lot of raw gemstones. It seems that those high-value jade, gemstones, and gold have been taken away. Shall we give chase? From the direction they cleared the sentry shed, it seems they withdrew from ’Cabin Leader’ Shacai’s blockade," the adjutant said. "They’ve already left our territory. What good is it to chase them?" Shacai said impatiently from the side. He hadn’t said anything all the way, because Guan Kun had been giving orders. Besides, they fled from his region, making him the most accountable. If they agreed to pursue, they would let him do it, but he wasn’t interested in taking up that task. "Yes," the adjutant said with a forced smile. In his heart, he was saying it would be a ghost who wanted to chase those chilling guys. "Let’s hold a funeral for Naidan, burn them all to prevent any diseases, and then discuss afterward about where we go from here," another ’Cabin Leader’ Ban proposed. "I agree." "I agree too." The purpose of the funeral was to terminate the ’orthodoxy.’ The discussion that followed was the real deal. As for vengeance, they might as well forget it. They were already dissatisfied with Naidan for killing his own father. No one would think of avenging him. Besides, they didn’t even know who did it. Why bother to provoke such a powerful enemy? As they secretly harbored ill intentions, everyone wanted to take over Naidan’s regions and become the leader. Therefore, everyone knew that if the negotiations went south, they would be in deep trouble. If they ended up fighting, they would likely be defeated and steadily incorporated by outsiders. At the same time, they had other things to do, receiving those mineral resources. Previously, it was Naidan’s people who were in charge. Now they tacitly took control of the minerals in their regions. A busy time was coming up. They had to grow first, then slowly negotiate. Just like in Bangkok, they were being calculated endlessly by those people in the command room. How could they have too much time to sit down and talk? What they couldn’t anticipate was the series of dramas that were about to debut. Before they could even react... their era was already over. ..... Tang Qing listened to their conversation in the command room, with a hint of a smile on his lips. Tang Qing found today’s tricks to be especially useful. It felt a bit like how America dealt with nations under dictatorships that held many mineral resources. These countries were full of countless contradictions internally, but because of a strong big brother figure suppressing them, they were relatively restrained and dared not cause chaos. Then America took action. First, they’d take down that ’cornerstone,’ then defeated their main forces. In the end... they could officially say that they were withdrawing due to domestic public pressure, funding, or the persuasion of other countries, and left a huge mess. Afterwards, things became easy. Without the ’cornerstone,’ all the evil spirits emerged. America didn’t need to make any further effort to achieve their goals. If one actually thought that America withdrew the army due to public pressure, it would be incredibly naive. It was all a calculated move. In a war, how could they not take public opinion into account? It was all a drama where everyone fooled around until the goal was achieved. Then, the world collectively created a glorious history of ’how awesome I am, my protest worked, forcing even the powerful America to withdraw.’ Thinking about it sometimes seemed quite boring. So, in his previous life, Tang Qing rarely paid attention to or commented on such news because he always felt it was silly and naive to get involved with it. There really was no point in participating in a conspiracy plotted by others. Of course, it cannot be denied that this method’s effect is terrific. Tang Qing had used it two times, once in Bangkok, once here, and he might use it again in the future, or use it a lot. After all, America had played it over and over and planned to keep playing it, seeming quite tireless. PS: Asking for votes.