Chapter 372: You Can Make Your Move Now
"I've already lost the election now, how could I possibly be satisfied?"
Gu Yuan glared at him angrily, then, a flicker of confusion surfaced in his eyes.
With his network of connections plus the Che family's help, he was very confident he would secure the position of Grand General again. But how could he have ended up with over ten thousand votes fewer than the other two?
Gu Yuan suddenly narrowed his eyes. Someone must have secretly pulled votes away from him to make him lose. He needed to find out who was responsible.
"Uncle, now that the voting assembly is over and the Grand General has been decided, nothing you do will change that. You need to face reality." Feng Jingteng spoke with the last of his patience.
"Who says it can't change? As long as..." Gu Yuan abruptly stopped himself, staring fixedly at Feng Jingteng. "Could it be that you were the one pulling the strings behind my losing the election?"
The reason he suspected this was because countless field-grade officers and above had come out of the Shadow Unit. These people, under the Grand General's protection, had advanced in rank particularly quickly. If all these people were following the orders of the Shadow Unit's highest commander, then...
The more Gu Yuan thought about it, the more terrifying it seemed. He truly dared not imagine what the consequences would be.
Feng Jingteng neither admitted nor denied it. The moment the elevator doors opened, he walked out.
Gu Yuan quickly followed him out, roaring furiously, "Feng Jingteng, you come back here!"
Everyone turned to look at him.
But Feng Jingteng didn't even look back, walking straight out of the assembly hall.
Che Xiunan, who had been standing by another elevator entrance, walked over and said indifferently, "Didn't I tell you? He's an ungrateful wolf you raised."
A hint of malice flashed in Gu Yuan's eyes.
Ever since Zhong Gexin became pregnant with Feng Jingteng's child, Feng Jingteng had acted very docilely.
Whatever Gu Yuan said, Feng Jingteng did. It made him very satisfied, so he gradually lowered his guard. It never occurred to him that his own nephew would, bit by bit, pull away the people around him.
The more Gu Yuan thought about it, the angrier and more disheartened he became.
Fine, just fine, you Feng Jingteng. Not only do you not repay my nurturing kindness, but you also help outsiders to suppress me, your own uncle. You're truly an ingrate who eats from the inside and digs out to the outside.
[吃裡扒外 (chī lǐ pá wài): lit. to eat from the inside and dig out to the outside; fig. to live off someone while helping outsiders, to betray a benefactor for personal gain]
Just then, the elevator next to them suddenly dinged. Wang Yuan and the various Generals of the Mei family stepped out. They looked just like one big happy family, chatting and laughing as they headed towards the main entrance.
Che Xiunan remarked sarcastically, "How harmonious. Wang Yuan securing the Grand General position probably wasn't possible without the Mei family's help."
Gu Yuan didn't look at Wang Yuan and the others. Instead, he looked at Pang Rongli, Han Shen, and the others coming out of another elevator.
Che Xiunan followed his gaze. Seeing Pang Rongli, Han Shen, and the others exit the elevator and then directly leave the hall, he snorted, "All a bunch of fair-weather friends. You're not still expecting them to hang around you like before, are you? I won't even mention Han Shen. Take Pang Rongli, for example. He's now a General, same rank as you. There's no way he'll lower his status to curry favor with you anymore like he used to."
Gu Yuan sneered inwardly: Isn't the Che family the same?
He turned away grimly, left the assembly hall, and got into his own hovercar. Taking out his communicator, he contacted Han Shen: "Let's proceed with Plan R."
The other side was silent for a moment, then said, "Former Grand General Gu, oh no, I should call you General Gu now. I think implementing Plan R right now is very unwise and very irrational. In the current situation, many people definitely won't want to take this risk. I think you'd better not do this."
"Didn't we agree before? Take advantage of all the officers being gathered here, wipe them out in one fell swoop, and then the Diluoya Planet will be ours."
Han Shen said bluntly, "Before, you were the Grand General. But now you're a General."
When Gu Yuan was still Grand General, many of the officers who followed his orders were at the General rank. Now that Gu Yuan had reverted to the position of General, those officers of the same rank, accustomed to giving orders themselves, would never again obey Gu Yuan's commands in everything like before.
Gu Yuan was choked with anger: "You..."
Hearing the anger in Gu Yuan's voice, Han Shen, not wanting to provoke an officer of higher rank, softened his tone: "General Gu, actually, I'm not opposed to implementing Plan R. How about this: if the others still agree to Plan R, then I'll certainly support you to the end."
"Fine." Gu Yuan immediately sent out a group video communication. However, most people rejected the call. Gu Yuan was so angry he nearly smashed his communicator.
He knew Feng Jingteng was behind this, because most of the officers who didn't answer were from the Shadow Unit. A small portion of the officers were Generals, equals in status, who simply didn't want to owe Gu Yuan any favors.
The ones who did answer held lower ranks than Gu Yuan, but they all expressed disapproval of Plan R. With his current military strength, it was impossible to wipe out all the officers here in one fell swoop, so no one was willing to take that risk.
Finally, Han Shen had to remind Gu Yuan: "General Gu, you can first win back the position of Grand General."
This was the simplest method. As long as they killed Wang Yuan and Mei Zhenqiu before they left this place, then the Grand General position would definitely fall to the third-place candidate, Gu Yuan.
Once Gu Yuan sat back in the Grand General's seat, others would surely support him with all their might as before.
Gu Yuan thought it over. Regaining the Grand General position was indeed more stable than Plan R, although it was more troublesome and wouldn't allow him to seize all power over Diluoya Planet in one go.
But if he implemented Plan R right now and succeeded, the position of Supreme Leader might not necessarily fall to him, someone who was only a General.
"Fine, let's do it the way Major General Han suggests." Gu Yuan habitually asked another question: "Who among you is willing to help me deal with those two?"
The officers on the video call remained silent, though inwardly they were endlessly scornful.
If you want to win back the Grand General position, you should naturally send your own people to handle it. Why expect others to help you?
Seeing everyone silent, Gu Yuan suppressed his anger and took a deep breath.
Fine!
Just fine!
Ever since he reverted to the position of General, not one, not two, but everyone was disrespecting him. Once he regained the position of Grand General, he would make these people pay.
Gu Yuan ended the call, very glad he had prepared a backup plan.
He quickly dialed a communication number: "You can make your move now."
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On the other side, Mei Chuanqi had just walked out of the assembly hall with Mei Zhengjun when he received a call from Feng Jingteng: "Chuanqi, you need to leave the assembly hall immediately."
Mei Chuanqi knew something was about to happen and quickly said to Mei Zhengjun, "Father, we need to get out of here right away."
Through the communicator, Feng Jingteng heard Mei Chuanqi's words and said urgently, "Don't go to the Mei family's parking area."
Mei Chuanqi immediately grabbed Mei Zhengjun and ran towards their Shadow Unit's parking spot, asking as he ran, "Feng Jingteng, what's the situation now?"
He knew Feng Jingteng had been monitoring communications between Gu Yuan and his inner circle, so Feng Jingteng would be alerted at the first sign of trouble.
Feng Jingteng's voice was heavy with disappointment: "It's the worst-case scenario we guessed. You get back to the unit right now."
They had long speculated about the worst possible outcome after Gu Yuan lost the election: killing those ranked ahead of him to move up himself.
Just moments ago, he had monitored Gu Yuan's plan, and it was exactly that.
As he ran, Mei Zhengjun looked at the short messages coming in from the family. Everyone had received a warning: no one was to return to the parking area where the Mei family's hovercars were parked.
Mei Chuanqi pulled Mei Zhengjun back to their unit's parking spot and urgently said to Wu Lang and the others, "Quick, quick, get in the car. We need to leave now."
"Yes, sir." Seeing his grim expression, Wu Lang quickly opened the car door.
Suddenly, a huge explosion boomed. The ground shook violently, and instantly, the whole scene descended into utter chaos.
Immediately following, alarm sirens blared.
Officers who hadn't yet moved far from the assembly hall scrambled back inside, activating the protective shields.
Those who had already reached the parking lot sped away in their vehicles as fast as they could.
Mei Zhengjun quickly pushed Mei Chuanqi into the car: "Drive, now!"
Wu Lang and the others immediately started the hovercar, lifting into the air. They could see a certain parking spot in the lot had been blasted into a huge crater by artillery fire.
Thick smoke billowed. Wrecked hovercars lay scattered everywhere from the blast, along with a heap of bodies, some of them charred.
Mei Zhengjun's face was ashen: "That's where the Mei family's hover cars were parked before."
Wu Lang's expression was grave: "Why did an explosion suddenly happen?"
"Look up in the sky!" Lu Kun shouted.
Mei Chuanqi and the others looked out the window. A group of mechs were flying towards them, launching a fierce attack. Down below, continuous explosions rang out across the parking lot as many hovercars were blown apart.
The once solemn and majestic assembly hall now had its exterior reduced to ruins by the blasts.
"Alert! Alert! Terrorist attack! Terrorist attack!"
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