Already Prepared

Cheng Shuili pondered this, then suddenly knitted her brows. Since such cards existed, these kinds of incidents would surely not be rare.

Communication between faction members would have to be handled differently.

Cheng Shuili had originally thought that since there was a channel, there was no need to create a separate group chat, but she had not expected that a group chat would be safer after all.

No...

She silently corrected her own thought.

In this godforsaken place, as long as something was tied to the system, there was nothing that was absolutely safe.

The root cause of the faction channel being compromised was actually that it was a larger target. Everyone knew it existed, and as long as it was being used, someone could sneak in and steal information.

Group chats were different. There were countless group chats in this hellhole, and just searching for one would take a significant amount of time. Furthermore, group chats displayed the number of members, so it would be quite obvious if someone suddenly appeared.

Cheng Shuili cut off her train of thought and opened her private message page to check if Xinxue had woken up yet.

If nothing went wrong, she would certainly be awake.

Cheng Shuili briefly described the matter and told her to go acquire a group leader card.

【Xinxue Chuji】: Boss, no need to buy one, we have them. This isn't a rare item anymore; when I was reselling items before, people were using these for trades! How many do you need?

How many did she need?

Cheng Shuili was momentarily speechless, and then suddenly remembered something. She frowned and asked, "The business of opening a private group behind my back, that was your doing, right?"

Xinxue really hadn't expected the matter to come up here. At the time, she had been on pins and needles for quite a while, terrified that the boss would come looking for trouble.

But Cheng Shuili hadn't said anything back then, so why would she suddenly settle old scores now?

Xinxue struggled for a good while before simply admitting her fault: "I was wrong, Boss!"

Although she only sent five characters, the remorse contained within them was as endless as the waters of the Yellow River.

Xinxue was currently cowering with her head tucked in, looking completely guilty.

Cheng Shuili had only mentioned it in passing and didn't actually want to hold it against her, so seeing this, she felt a bit like laughing instead.

【Crow Takes Flight】: Alright, don't give me a group leader card. Just pull me into that small group of yours and we'll use that one.

This...

Xinxue stared at the message for a while before understanding Cheng Shuili's meaning. She was being incorporated!

The small group she had started suddenly had official status?

Xinxue felt a complex mix of emotions and hurriedly pulled Cheng Shuili in, immediately transferring ownership of the group.

The moment the system prompt for the transfer of group leadership disappeared, a few lurkers who had been watching the screen popped out.

【Wanyi】: I thought it was the main faction group created by the boss that had transferred ownership. It gave me a scare; I thought something major had happened.

【Aimili】: So this group chat wasn't disbanded? I tried looking for the previous chat history last time but couldn't find the entry.

Cheng Shuili watched the messages popping up on the screen and tapped her fingertip against the panel twice.

Still having time to chat, it seemed none of them were busy.

They had arrived just in time.

【Crow Takes Flight】: @Aimili, you and Xinxue, hurry up. Pull all our faction members into this group. Follow the list; don't let any more problems occur. From now on, important matters will be discussed here.

【Crow Takes Flight】: @Wanyi, stop with the chatter, look at the group name! "What to Eat Tonight," quite farsighted, isn't it? Time to go make dinner!

The group went silent for a second.

Immediately after.

【Xinxue Chuji】: Received! Boss! I guarantee the task will be completed!

【Aimili】: Understood! Starting to pull people in right now!

【Wanyi】: ...Understood! Boss! Going right now!

Cheng Shuili watched the group chat become efficient in an instant and closed the interface with satisfaction.

There was one more thing.

Cheng Shuili tapped open the small five-person group and sent invitations to Glory and Chen Qingshan.

This small group served as an internal core group, while the other group chat would temporarily serve as a replacement for the faction channel and might eventually become a group for Black Feather's secondary core members.

But that was a matter for the future. For now...

Not retaliating had never been Cheng Shuili's temperament. Since there was no way to declare a faction war, she would resolve it between individuals. It wasn't as if one couldn't be targeted by a designated player duel card after becoming a faction leader.

To put it bluntly, the other party had already climbed onto Cheng Shuili's head to defecate. If Cheng Shuili stayed silent and continued to play along with him, that would be far too spineless.

Cheng Shuili glanced at Su Rui, who was beside her, and she immediately perked up: "Are we heading back?"

Heading back.

Heading back to continue using the designated player duel card!

...

Meanwhile, over at Broken Iron's side, there was a sudden knock on the door of his vehicle.

He stood up and thought for a moment, reached under the sofa to fish out a handgun, gripped it tightly, tucked it behind his waist, and only then walked to the door and asked in a low voice: "Who is it?"

"Boss, it's me. As you instructed, I used a designated player duel card to find you."

Broken Iron relaxed and reached out to pull the door open.

Standing outside was a subordinate who had followed him since the first partition, a sturdy man whose ID was, however, "Soft Little Puff."

Broken Iron still felt speechless whenever he recalled the man's name, but he glanced at him and told him to come in and sit.

However...

Broken Iron's pupils dilated slightly, and a sentence blurted out: "Tu Dou Bro is dead?"

What he had instructed this man to do was to keep a close watch on Tu Dou Bro's avatar; once the person died, he was to immediately use a designated player duel card to find him.

Broken Iron had even specifically emphasized that he must come immediately after the person died, but he could not come beforehand.

How could... he have arrived so early?

Broken Iron's first reaction was that Soft Little Puff hadn't followed his arrangements.

But the man looked completely bewildered and showed no signs of guilt, clearly having followed his instructions to the letter.

Broken Iron still wouldn't give up. He opened his chat page himself and saw the grayed-out avatar, and his entire body felt as if he had fallen into an ice cave.

Dead? How could he have died so quickly?!

How long had it been since Tu Dou Bro used that card? At most, only an hour or two!

Broken Iron hadn't even had time to receive any feedback on valuable information, and the person he sent had just vanished like that?!

He was in the middle of considering all the possibilities when he received a private message from Crow Takes Flight.

【Crow Takes Flight】: Boss Tie, have the goods I requested been processed yet?

This wasn't a request to speed up delivery; this was a death warrant.

Perhaps the other party had already used a designated player duel card, and if it weren't for his early arrangements, he would already be headless!

Looking at it this way, the moment he shoved someone into Black Feather's channel, they were immediately discovered by Crow, who had eliminated them with swift, thunderous force.

The other party was sending a message now, seemingly to urge the processing of the leather armor agreed upon earlier, but the cold murderous intent contained beneath the calm tone was almost enough to pierce through the screen, freezing Broken Iron's fingers until they were stiff.

She knew!

She definitely knew everything!

This was her giving him a final chance, or rather, it was a polite notification before his execution!

Broken Iron's heart hammered against his ribs, and his brain raced at high speed.