CHAPTER 526: CHAPTER 248: JI LU’S SECRET (6K)

The relationship between Xiao Teng and Lao Jiang is not without cause.

Just like others who undergo transformation into witches and subsequently adopt witch-like thinking, Xiao Teng is no exception.

Even though he internally acknowledges his father, when faced with Bai Yi’s interests, everything must be set aside.

And as someone who became Bai Yi’s subordinate earlier, appointed to develop hidden lines, Xiao Teng naturally holds a higher position.

Even if Lao Jiang externally appears as the owner of the Jiang Group, it’s still the same.

As for why not directly transform Lao Jiang into a witch in one step?

In fact, Xiao Teng himself had considered this plan, since no matter how you put it, that is his father, and transforming into a witch doesn’t completely erase emotions.

It’s just that there is some change in thought patterns.

For instance, the way one loves their father changes, such as pulling the other into becoming a witch too, together serving His Highness.

But in the end, this wasn’t done; instead, he used a special serum obtained from Bai Yi, which provides solely the gene for Swarm Consciousness.

This consideration is for His Highness’s plan, as the head of the group, his father often needs to appear publicly. If his image changes drastically, it would go against His Highness’s secretive development plan.

Compared to His Highness’s plan, her own thoughts seem trivial.

Though unable to transform her father into a witch, allowing him to experience the goodness of His Highness and turning him into an ally is feasible, and even aligns with His Highness’s plan to control the company.

Thus, when she learned her father came to pick her up at the Star Port personally upon hearing her news, she already had an idea.

With cooperation from four others who had also become allies, they presented a unified story. Facing the unprepared Lao Jiang who came to the airport, the flawless strategy took effect, subduing everyone and administering the serum.

Because there was only one gene, the entire transformation process was very swift.

Additionally, since it was their group’s private airstrip, no one dared to intrude where the group leader operated.

All transformations were completed without leaving a trace until the end.

But before they could leave, news arrived that Ji Lu, a Tier Seven, collaborating with the group, was coming.

Initially, the news about the approaching Tier Seven, whom Xiao Teng was quite familiar with, surprised her indeed.

Despite the nearly intertwined relationship with the company, she had not initially included Uncle Ji Lu in her plans.

Moreover, Ji Lu’s arrival this time was quite peculiar. According to information Lao Jiang obtained, Ji Lu had a fight with a newly ascended Tier Seven in the Starry Sky’s neutral zone.

Whether he won or lost is another matter, but this fight occurred almost three to four hours ago!

Why did Ji Lu just send word that he was leaving the neutral zone and heading this way...

Though Xiao Teng and Lao Jiang were puzzled, it didn’t prevent her from thinking this was a great opportunity to gather a Tier Seven for His Highness.

Initially, she did not include him in the plan because Ji Lu frequently trained himself, rarely staying within the company, and without a valid reason, asking him to come over would seem too deliberate.

But now, since he has voluntarily come, she certainly won’t miss the chance.

With simple consultation with her father, how to convert him into an ally later, hold him for now.

Then Lao Jiang concocted the story of her successful harvest this time, requiring a teacher to improve her talent, thus retaining Ji Lu.

But now the issue is, while he was retained...

How to enable him to accept the transformation has become a problem.

Even Lao Jiang was forcibly subdued before injected with the spore for transformation, but can she do the same against a Tier Seven?

She fights a Tier Seven? Seriously?

Even though she received genetic enhancement, allowing her to reach Tier Six strength without any prior training and completely unfamiliar with her own superpower, it’s barely reaching.

If truly asked to fight, she would have to rely on her robust attribute panel to overpower everything directly; maybe even a random Tier Six with some combat experience could easily beat her down.

Let alone Ji Lu at Tier Seven.

If this method doesn’t work, they have to think of other strategies; otherwise, keeping Ji Lu around brings no benefits and might alert him to their peculiarities, realizing His Highness’s gradual erosion of the company.

"What if we mix the spore into food, let it naturally infect?"

"Tier Seven’s prowess isn’t so simple, abnormalities in food can be easily detected."

"How about, we present it as a newly developed gene, and blend the spore into it?"

"This could be tried, though the likelihood seems low because Uncle Ji Lu is aware of our genetic technology’s status. Believing in our potential breakthrough pales compared to believing His Highness might rule the Starry Sky tomorrow.

Although this thought process seems viable, we could say our excursion to the neutral zone yielded results, and we’re researching it as a pretext..."

"Alright, during this period, you temporarily become his student to keep him here."

Having decided on a temporary plan, Lao Jiang immediately begins to act, arranging it.

Though the plan sounds simple, flawlessly executing it is no easy task.