"The game can end now. Is anyone willing to go?"
Tang Zhe smiled:
"I’ll go, I’m the most suitable. After all, I’ve been there once."
Clark and Li Weiwei were still slow.
Wen Xishu nodded and said:
"Go ahead. You know what to say."
"Additionally, tonight some employees need to work overtime. Don’t worry, the overtime points will be in your own hands. As long as Zone D doesn’t know, this score is to protect you from getting beaten."
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Zone D.
Tang Zhe indeed knew what to say.
He told Lorenzo Wen Xishu’s calculation process. He also let Lorenzo know, those from Zone A labeled as "old, weak, sick, and disabled"—
weren’t actually "old, weak, sick, and disabled" as imagined.
Because the debt from the loan falls on Zone D, but the hp borrowed belongs to the employees.
They turned from half a life at 57 hp to more than half a life at 69 hp.
This statement meant to tell Lorenzo that we can work overtime, we will work overtime tonight.
In other words, after tonight, our scores will significantly lead yours. If you’re going to take action, you’d better weigh whether you have the qualification to act.
Will acting result in failure.
After saying this, Tang Zhe added:
"If you abide by the rules, we won’t impose any sanctions on Zone D."
Afterward, Tang Zhe safely returned to Zone C.
Although Lorenzo was angry, he also understood that Wen Xishu’s population wasn’t artificially inflated; many people could work overtime.
So whether it’s population, points, or potential... Wen Xishu is above him.
For Lorenzo now, the best strategy is to maintain peace.
It’s not that he loves peace; a significant part of his plan to acquire Zone A’s assets was their "action level."
But now, the team strength in Zone C is beyond his capability to provoke.
If he doesn’t keep peace, Wen Xishu can help him achieve peace through force.
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Time continued to pass.
On the eighth day, the game introduced a new variable: the dual boss system.
On the eighth day, a new boss would be added to the game.
Two bosses would manage the team together.
Employees could vote for a second boss they desire.
The second boss has the same authority as the first boss, but the team would be divided into two halves with equal population, and the second boss would take half of the first boss’s undistributed points.
Wen Xishu sensed the game’s sinister intentions...
If Zones A and B were still alive, these two trash bosses would probably start infighting.
But it happens that Zones C and D have no such infighting.
All Zone D members were bewitched.
Having a boss would only make them Lorenzo’s puppets.
In Zone C, Wen Xishu appointed Tang Zhe as the boss, and no one dared to vote against it.
Tang Zhe had no ambition or desire to conquer, which is why he was immune to Lorenzo’s manipulation.
Furthermore, Tang Zhe excelled in calculations.
Tang Zhe also understood that the emergence of the second boss’s rules was to balance the first boss.
If the first boss is not skillful, the second boss could trigger internal strife.
This increases the number of variables.
But as a boss, Wen Xishu commands everyone’s respect.
Especially after comparing with Zones A and B, everyone admired Boss Wen even more.
Tang Zhe harbored no ambition for power, even if he did, he considered himself no match for Boss Wen.
Thus, the eighth day’s second-in-command system did not cause any ripples in Zones C and D.
On the tenth day, Zone D’s boss Lorenzo sent a declaration.
"Zone D declares gratitude for Zone C’s help."
On the tenth day, Zone D cleared its debt.
But undoubtedly, Zone D had reached a precarious state. Earning 87 points in three days caused many employees’ dr values to plummet.
Even being manipulated, Lorenzo’s efforts only increased their loyalty.
Employees like D02 and D03 could still maintain their thinking and judgment abilities.
Simply put, Zone D employees were only implanted with a basic code to "be loyal to the officer," but fundamentally, they were still themselves.
Zone D’s gratitude was because Zone C truly didn’t strike against them.
Now the score gap between them has reached three digits.
Zone D’s disposable points are five, but Wen Xishu has exceeded over a hundred points.
Next, unless Zone D works desperately, regardless of cost, it’s impossible to initiate an action.
If they can’t surpass in scoring, Zone D must accept the result of defeat.
Lying down might actually grant them some dignity in the end.
The turning points of the sixth and seventh days swapped many times, but the final victory still belonged to Wen Xishu.
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...
The following days were calm and uneventful.
The game added several new segments, such as selecting outstanding employees, who could enjoy a 1.5x overtime score privilege.
Also, employees could vote on the boss’s ratings, both first and second bosses.
On the eighteenth day, the game had another variable: the first boss would disappear for three days. Then on the twenty-first day, the second boss would disappear for three days.
If these segments were in competitive areas... they might shift the turning points.
But the governance in Zone C was too strong.
So much so, these segments had no impact on the situation.
However, during the three days Wen Xishu was gone, he indeed encountered some issues.
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The eighteenth day.
A mission for boss external visits appeared at Wen Xishu’s workstation. Accepting this mission would cause the boss to disappear for three days.
Wen Xishu knew these serial missions tested a boss’s cohesion and management capability.
He had confidence in his team.
So he accepted the mission.
Wen Xishu disappeared.
On the electronic screen, everyone saw "The first boss is away for three days, during these three days everything will be under the second boss’s control, the second boss will have absolute command in three days."
If it were any other team, the second boss might exclude dissidents and make the first boss’s people work overtime during these three days.
But Wen Xishu’s team was very self-disciplined.
Although some individuals internally thought... this was the time to seize points, it was confined to internal thoughts, with no one daring to voice it to Tang Zhe.
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...
In the dark space, suddenly there was light.
The game continued, Wen Xishu did not worry about any problems within the team.
Now, his focus wasn’t on the team, but the man in front of him.
"Let’s go, Boss Wen... or should I call you Fourteen?"
"Oh, let me introduce myself, I’m Thirteen. Gua Shisan."
The man in a suit exuded a hint of death and morbidity, appearing uninterested in everything.
Yet Wen Xishu sensed that this person was very strong.
The kind that, once encountered in Slaughter Tower, you’d have to run from.
"Where am I going? You call me Fourteen... does this mean I’ve been hired by Three Towers Company?" Wen Xishu said.
Gua Shisan nodded:
"Let’s walk and talk."
Gua Shisan began to lead the way.
Although Wen Xishu had Three Phases, facing Gua Shisan, he didn’t know if he could win.
If he were Fourteen...
Does it mean there are only thirteen ahead? Does the company only have thirteen people?
Wen Xishu didn’t speak, but Gua Shisan said:
"Generally speaking, you’d be confined for three days during which you’d lose power, stripped by the second boss."
"But as a boss, you’re more stable than any of us imagined, there are actually two game events later, but none threaten you."
"You’re so stable that even Gua Er won’t allow you to be confined. It’s odd he treats you so well?"
Wen Xishu couldn’t comprehend it, but he knew he had performed well in the game.
"Am I considered an official employee?"
Gua Shisan nodded:
"You’re about to be."
In reality, Gua Shisan didn’t say that Wen Xishu was more formidable than an official employee because it’s the special ops group that gets numerical designations.
"Since we’ll be colleagues, can you tell me what Three Towers Company actually does?" Wen Xishu couldn’t help but ask.
Gua Shisan responded:
"Lord Qilin will tell you."
Wen Xishu was taken aback:
"Qilin seat?"
At this, Gua Shisan was somewhat surprised; he turned back, looking at Wen Xishu puzzled:
"You know Lord Qilin?"