Gao Jianfei was accompanied by his aunt, mother, father, and others who stayed at home. His father, Gao Jin, had his severed limbs regrown thanks to the gene regeneration fluid, and they were now the same size as his body.
Of course, such a reconstructed body inevitably causes some inconvenience when moving around. However, the fact that limbs have grown back is already a miracle. Gao Jin was overjoyed, grinning from ear to ear.
The family was overjoyed. Gao Jin took out some playing cards and dice to play, having a great time. Soon, Chen Xian, Qin Leshi, Zhuo Xiaowei, and others had all returned home. Only Feilong, Tang Bao, Chen Yaohui, and Feilong's wife remained in the capital to handle the follow-up matters.
The family gathered together for dinner.
At the dinner table, Zhuo Xiaowei said efficiently, "Jianfei, according to your plan, tomorrow, news of Shen Bing's death will spread throughout Dragon Ball. Every country and every important figure in Dragon Ball will learn of Shen Bing's death immediately. Of course, we've made some artistic embellishments in announcing Shen Bing's death. We'll make the cause of death ambiguous and won't give a precise answer."
"Let other countries and other forces speculate! As for the true cause of Shen Bing's death, those in the know will keep quiet. You are now a powerful figure in the Northern Continent, and no one will oppose you because you have sufficient strength. Dragon Ball is a very interesting country, different from Earth. Here, national power seems relatively insignificant, emphasizing individual heroism and strength, adhering to the law of the jungle. The primitive rule of the strong and weak. Now that the people of the Northern Continent know of your strength, they will not rebel for the time being." Gao Jianfei snapped his fingers. "My strength lies in the fact that I am not fighting alone; I have you all." After saying this, Gao Jianfei invited everyone to eat and drink.
They were all very happy.
That night, Gao Jianfei displayed his prowess, showering all his wives with affection, and the atmosphere was very harmonious.
The next day, as expected, newspapers, television stations, and online media across the Northern Continent all rushed to report on Shen Bing's death. They even broadcast live the cremation of her body. Just as Zhuo Xiaowei had said, Shen Bing's death was portrayed as a huge, elusive mystery.
Soon, the Dragon Ball caused a huge sensation!
Shen Bing is a formidable figure in Longqiu. He is a Level 7 Exorcist, one of the most powerful men in Longqiu!
He shouldn't have died! There was no reason for him to die!
He had studied medicine and possessed internal energy cultivation, so illness could not take his life. He was an exorcist with superb martial arts skills; no one could kill him, not even Murong Sun, another level 7 exorcist from Dragon Ball.
At worst, Shen Bing could hide in the haunted house.
However, this person, who should never have died, did die!
Moreover, it happened on the northern continent, during an important meeting, at the scene of the death!
This is too bizarre!
Although the news of the death was deliberately concealed, anyone with a brain could guess that it was a murder!
Who killed Shen Bing?
After Shen Bing's death, who will control the five countries in the northern continent?
In an instant, the entire Dragon Ball was in chaos!
Everyone was concerned about Shen Bing's death. However, an even bigger concern was: what would happen to the five countries of the northern continent after Shen Bing's death?
It's important to know that Shen Bing, as one of the two powerful Level 7 Exorcists on Dragon Ball, controls 5...
That country was extremely wealthy!
In an instant, all the exorcists were restless and eager to go to the northern continent to take over Shen Bing's territory and businesses.
However, no one dares to make a move yet!
Even another level 7 exorcist, Murong Sun, dared not move!
The reason is simple: Shen Bing's death was far too suspicious!
This can be classified as a mystery or suspenseful event in Dragon Ball.
What kind of danger is hidden in all of this, nobody knows!
If I rashly enter the Bifang mainland, will I encounter the same fate as Shen Bing?
unknown!
However, no one was willing to be the first to test the waters!
"Since Shen Bing could be killed, I could be killed as well." This was Murong Sun's attitude. "Let's wait and see! Send the other exorcists to check first. I just need to closely monitor their movements." Murong Sun remained still. Although the other exorcists were of lower rank than Murong Qiu, that didn't mean they were all fools. Everyone began to wait patiently. Only a few telegrams were sent symbolically to the various countries of the Northern Continent. Of course, these telegrams were all for probing purposes. However, under Gao Jianfei's control, the matter was kept airtight, becoming increasingly elusive and mysterious.
In just one day, dozens of different versions of Shen Bing's death have appeared on Dragon Ball.
And these are all things that Gao Jianfei hoped to see.
In order to dominate the entire Dragon Planet, and for those 1.5 billion experience points, it's almost fair to say that all the exorcists on Dragon Planet have become Gao Jianfei's enemies.
By the afternoon, Gao Jianfei knew that no one would come looking for him easily. Not even Murong Sun.
Gao Jianfei and his women had arrived in Shen Bing's office in the capital of Hengnuo. He sat in an expensive swivel chair, toying with a throwing knife and sipping rich coffee.
It's somewhat like a cuckoo taking over someone else's nest. The entire office area exudes opulence. It's a garden-like setting, planted with rare ancient trees and valuable tea flowers. They even keep some animals: tigers, lions, pythons, and so on. However, these animals are now all mentally disabled. Thinking about it, it makes sense. These animals, well, to be precise, these ferocious beasts...
Previously, they must have been tamed by Shen Bing using her rudimentary ghost possession ability to become her bodyguards. Now that Shen Bing is dead, those level 1 ghosts possessing wild beasts immediately lost control and vanished into thin air, while the wild beasts became idiots and morons.
In the evening, someone called.
Gao Jianfei answered the phone, a feeling that something was exactly as he had expected. The callers were the Shangguan brothers, Longfei and Chuxiong.
"Brother Gao, Shen Bing is dead! Shen Bing is actually dead! It's unbelievable!" Shangguan Longfei and Shangguan Chuxiong's voices rang out simultaneously from the other end of the phone, both expressing extreme shock and excitement.
“Yes, he’s dead. The whole world knows he’s dead. His body has been cremated. That’s a fact,” Gao Jianfei said with a smile.
"Did you do it?" Shangguan Longfei was still somewhat unsure.
Gao Jianfei, feigning mystery, gave a noncommittal smile and chuckled, "Heh."
"Good, good, Mr. Gao, our plan is complete! It's finally complete!" Shangguan Longfei said impatiently.
"Excellent! My long-cherished wish has finally come true! So, Mr. Gao, according to the plan we agreed upon before, you may take over one of the five countries in the Northern Continent and become its king. The other three countries will be taken over by our Shangguan Gang!"
For many years, the Shangguan brothers have dreamed of taking control of the five countries in the Northern Continent.
Those are five of the most politically and economically developed countries in the world.
Gao Jianfei suppressed a laugh and said with difficulty, "Alright then, come over. Come to the Northern Continent and redistribute the territories and industries here. To be honest, I've never been a manager before, and I don't know how to manage national power." "Okay! We'll come tomorrow!" Shangguan Chuxiong's voice rang out. He was always mature and composed, but at this moment, he had lost control of his emotions and spoke these words with a trembling voice.
The two parties ended the call.
Tianyi Kingdom. The headquarters of the Shangguan Gang.
Shangguan Chuxiong and Shangguan Longfei have issued orders for all the high-ranking members of the Shangguan Gang to immediately assemble for the most important meeting since the gang's founding.
Furthermore, in a short period of time, they gathered all the elite experts cultivated by the Shangguan Gang over the years, preparing to travel to the Northern Continent tomorrow to take over Shen Bing's businesses.
The headquarters of the Shangguan Gang was also decorated with lanterns and colorful streamers.
Of course, Shangguan Longfei and Shangguan Chuxiong also had their doubts about Shen Bing's death and about Gao Jianfei himself. They discussed it among themselves.
"If Shen Bing really died at Gao Jianfei's hands, then it proves just how terrifying he is. He could even kill Shen Bing… Would such a powerful figure be willing to share a large piece of the spoils with our Shangguan Gang? I doubt it!" "Not necessarily. The reason Gao Jianfei was able to kill Shen Bing is because he's a hidden exorcist. Apart from us two brothers, no one else knows he's an exorcist! He could easily have ambushed and killed Shen Bing! And if he wanted to deal with us two brothers, it wouldn't be so easy. After all, we know him inside and out." "If Gao Jianfei were to genuinely ally with us, then we'd share a kingdom..." "Give him the family, it doesn't matter. That way, the three of us exorcists can unite and contend with Murong Sun. If Gao Jianfei harbors any disloyalty, we'll kill him. Then, we'll plunder the wealth of the five northern kingdoms as quickly as possible! We'll retreat to Tianyi Kingdom immediately. We can't contend with Murong Sun, so we must act decisively, gather our wealth, and leave!" "Yes, decisive action is necessary! If we can obtain a huge fortune, our goal will be achieved. The five northern kingdoms are rich, but we can't consume them all. If we try to force them, we'll inevitably be devoured by the other exorcists." "Unless, Gao Jianfei can cooperate with us!" "Hmm. However, when Murong Sun comes to attack later, we can also push Gao Jianfei out as a scapegoat!"
"Hahaha, big brother, that Gao Jianfei is just a plaything for us, manipulated at will! Hahaha!"
"Well, anyway, we'll talk about it again when we get to the Northern Continent tomorrow!"
Chapter 653 Plan
"The Shangguan Gang will be coming tomorrow," Gao Jianfei said to his family and women during dinner. His tone was full of smiles. "I reckon they'll bring all the gang's elite forces."
"Going to Hengnuo together will put pressure on me." He paused, then, chewing on a piece of steak, said, "Today, news of Shen Bing's death has been widely disseminated."
As Lou Men had predicted, the other exorcists on Dragon Ball remained largely inactive. No one wanted to be the first to act. After all, Shen Bing's death was far too mysterious. Even powerful figures like Murong Sun dared not risk their lives. Since the Shangguan gang wanted to take advantage, let them have their way! We'll give these guys a good welcome... hahaha..." Gao Jianfei said, laughing mockingly and maliciously.
His companions were also laughing loudly. Tang Bao laughed so hard he almost choked. "Nephew Jianfei, I'm telling you, you're just a tiger in pigskin, waiting for a bunch of pigs in tigerskin to come and eat you. Hahaha... I want to see how that so-called Shangguan Gang will coerce and exploit you, hahaha! In fact, you don't even need to lift a finger. A few of us can probably handle those stupid nieces, Xiaowei and Xiaoxian. They're both diamond-level ability users now. With a flick of their wrist, they can unleash a natural disaster and absolutely wipe out those Shangguan Gang bastards." Gao Jianfei smiled. "The people on Dragon Ball don't know what ability users are. As long as you come with me to meet the Shangguan Gang, find the right opportunity, and launch a surprise attack in an instant, they'll be dead." Gao Jianfei didn't take the Shangguan Gang seriously at all. He felt a bit aimless. As for the soul of Ximen Chuixue that was pieced together this time, it would take more than two months to get results. While Gao Jianfei was pursuing his domination plan on the Dragon Ball, he waited for Ximen Chuixue's soul to be pieced together. He also studied the terrifying smile of the Sword God.
While Gao Jianfei was on the Dragon Ball, in the office of the brilliant game development genius of the Dragon Realm Kingdom on a distant ocean planet.
Today, Excellence is holding its second meeting.
The main purpose of the meeting was for staff to discuss and suggest ways to enhance the playability of the Super Ghost Instrument software and make more players fall in love with the game.
The pretty young woman, Meiling, offered some valuable suggestions yesterday, which made Zhuoyue look at this girl-next-door-like young designer with new respect. Uh… actually, Meiling is a bit older than Zhuoyue. However, Zhuoyue is more mature, so he maintains the authority of a boss and a game design genius in front of Meiling.
"Ms. Meiling, please tell us your proposal first," Zhuoyue said, looking at Meiling with encouraging eyes.
Meiling took a deep breath, took out a notebook about the size of her palm. This computer was also a highly intelligent computer, and instantly projected some data and text into the air.
This is a solution.
Everyone in the office, including those at Zhuoyue, was intently studying the proposal. Meiling pointed to the text on the proposal while explaining…
"Master Zhuoyue, and everyone else, I stayed up all night last night to develop a plan for our Super Ghost Instrument game software. I have some suggestions for you all to consider."
In fact, we are not only the designers of the great game software "Super Ghost Instrument," but we also play it. We all know that upgrading in "Super Ghost Instrument" is quite difficult. Initially, the developers intended to limit the software's lifespan by preventing players from reaching the top level too quickly. However, many players lack patience and give up halfway through, usually around level 67 (Exorcist) because upgrading becomes increasingly difficult. Players on our Ocean Planet are better off; the system issues high-level tasks monthly. Players on other planets are less fortunate. They must eliminate evil figures on their planet or perform good deeds to gain experience. However, we all know that later upgrades require a huge amount of experience; simply executing ordinary villains is insufficient. Based on this drawback, I propose holding a competition! A competition for all "Super Ghost Instrument" players! This competition will be conducted in an arena battle format! Players at the Super Ghostly Realm primarily focus on learning Ghostly Combat Skills, i.e., various martial arts. While they might learn life skills in the early stages, they become less important later. Therefore, our arena tournaments are mainly combat-based. Our system will distribute experience points based on the outcome of each battle. For example, winning against an opponent grants 100 experience points. Winning the championship grants 10 billion, or even 100 billion experience points… This way, we can assure everyone that… as long as you participate in the competition, you have the potential to gain an insane amount of experience!”
"Excellent!" Zhuoyue applauded first upon hearing Meiling's suggestion. "Originally, players were indeed getting a bit tired of doing quests. Why not have the system directly issue quests to players, using an arena format that players will all enjoy and won't refuse, to gain experience! Of course, we'll build a virtual arena where players can determine a winner, but there won't be any real deaths. It's a classic suggestion! As for which players are eligible to participate in this arena competition, how many rankings to set, the experience gained for each win, the experience for the top few, and the experience the champion should receive, I'll have to trouble Miss Meiling to draft a plan after she goes down!" Meiling continued after Zhuoyue's approval.
"Master Zhuoyue, everyone, I have a few more suggestions. One is that, to increase the hype of this competition and create a sensation on Ocean Star, the participants we invite shouldn't be limited to players from Ocean Star. We can teleport all the players from other planets to Ocean Star! We all know that players who have accepted our Super Ghost Instrument software, regardless of which planet they're from, are already bound to our central control room and can be teleported over at any time! Moreover, the culture, civilization, and appearance of the humans on the planets where we deploy the Super Ghost Instrument are similar to those on Ocean Star. Teleporting them over won't cause any chaos. No strange alien creatures will be teleported over and frighten the people of Ocean Star. In fact, teleporting alien players is also a form of interstellar communication. However, to demonstrate our humanistic side, we can release this information to all alien players beforehand. Those who agree to participate in this competition can register, and then we will teleport them over. If they disagree, we won't force them. Because we can't rule out the possibility that some alien players are unwilling to leave their own planets."
“Excellent! Very human-like!” Zhuoyue and some staff members all strongly agreed with Meiling’s suggestion.
"Furthermore, everyone, we can also gather all the players together and teleport them to some planets with huge evil forces to annihilate these evil forces, which can also be considered as eliminating a scourge for the people."
"Maintaining interstellar peace. Such missions can also offer a large and generous reward of experience points." Meiling became more and more enthusiastic as she spoke.
"Alright. Miss Meiling, I'm entrusting this matter entirely to you. Draft a notice immediately, and then send the news of the arena competition to all Super Ghost Instrument players on Ocean Planet, as well as all alien players, through the main control room! I'm already very much looking forward to this grand event! This event will undoubtedly boost the popularity of our Super Ghost Instrument game software to an extremely high level! I believe our game's ranking will also rise as a result!" Zhuoyue's eyes were red with excitement.
"Attention all units, from now on, everyone must do their utmost to cooperate with Miss Meiling's work, and strive to start this arena competition in a few months! I believe everyone is eagerly anticipating it! Of course, completing this arena competition will require a lot of tedious work, such as calculating data, counting the number of exorcists from outer planets, interstellar coordinates, and so on. It is not something that can be done in a short time."
However, this step was undoubtedly a momentous event that propelled the Super Ghost Device software to its peak!
All the staff at Excellence Group put in their best effort and worked diligently to carry out this remarkable feat.
Dragon Ball. Hengnuo Kingdom.
The capital of Hengnuo Kingdom. Capital Airport. Gao Jianfei, dressed casually, waited in the departure lounge, smoking as he went.
Zhuo Xiaowei, Tang Bao, Chen Xian, Song Ying, and others, also dressed in brand-new clothes, accompanied Gao Jianfei, waiting.
They were waiting for Shangguan Bang's private plane.
In the afternoon, several super-large passenger planes that flew from Tianyi Country in the south landed at the airport.
The two men, Shangguan Longfei and Shangguan Chuxiong, both in high spirits and wearing trench coats, got off the plane.
More than 100 henchmen accompanied them, all of them extremely fierce and clearly skilled in martial arts, and each carrying a weapon.
These henchmen were the elite of the Shangguan Gang, loyal to Shangguan Longfei and Shangguan Chuxiong. At this moment, these more than 100 henchmen all had expressions of almost resignation to their fate.
They knew their mission before even setting foot on Hengnuo's soil. Today, the Shangguan gang had to completely destroy Gao Jianfei and seize profits from him!
Perhaps a battle, a massacre, is inevitable. And these suicide squad members are ready to sacrifice themselves for the gang at any moment.
However, when the Shangguan gang members got off the plane, they were somewhat stunned. Apart from Gao Jianfei, there were only a few beautiful women and a few men among the people who came to pick them up at the airport.
There was no one else!
Logically, in this situation, Gao Jianfei should have gathered a large group of henchmen to present a powerful and imposing image to Shangguan's men, but...
"Hmm?" Shangguan Longfei and Shangguan Chuxiong exchanged a glance. Then, Shangguan Longfei whispered.
"Brother, does this mean that although Gao Jianfei killed Shen Bing in a sneak attack, he hasn't yet taken control of Shen Bing's former business empire? In other words, he hasn't yet taken control of Shen Bing's underground power group!"