"Bang!"
Then, Zhou Mo directly raised the one-handed axe and, without hesitation, chopped it onto Wu Jian's back of the head.
With a crisp sound of bone cracking, Wu Jian, who was still sitting in the chair, didn't even react. His entire spine suddenly straightened, his head tilted backward, his eyes instantly filled with bloodshot, and his mouth wide open, making gasping sounds but unable to utter a complete word.
He even raised both hands, making a straight-forward grabbing motion, only to slowly lower them. Then, as the bloodshot in his eyes grew thicker, Wu Jian instinctively looked back once and fell heavily to the ground.
He twitched twice and then completely fell silent.
"Brother Wu Jian!!!"
Meanwhile, the five middle-level manager leaders nearby, who hadn't reacted yet and had only heard the crisp sound, suddenly turned their heads to look at Wu Jian. They watched with their own eyes as Zhou Mo forcefully chopped the one-handed axe onto the back of Wu Jian's head, directly splitting his entire back of the head open with a large gash, revealing the white brain matter inside.
Then, Wu Jian, without even speaking, convulsed and fell to the ground, quickly becoming silent. Their eyes suddenly filled with astonishment, fear, rage, and grief.
In that instant, so many emotions appeared in their eyes, but even with so many emotions, it was, in fact, no longer necessary.
"How dare you ambush us! How dare you ambush us!" These middle-level manager leaders roared in anger, but as they instinctively slapped the table, trying to stand up and resist...
"Hmph hahaha ah hahaha!"
The five senior managers sitting opposite them, all possessing the Swadian Militia template, had also drawn the one-handed axes tucked into their belts. They stepped over the negotiation table, trampled on the tabletop, and directly raised their hands, chopping their one-handed axes down towards the faces of those who had not yet fully stood up.
With a dull thud, these five middle-level manager leaders who had come with Wu Jian were directly chopped to death on the spot by their one-handed axes.
They didn't even let out a muffled groan, collapsing completely to the ground with a single grunt.
"What's going on? What's going on? Why did a fight suddenly break out? Oh my god, Brother Wu Jian was killed, and the other five brothers were also killed!"
"Weren't things going well before? Why did a fight suddenly break out? What exactly happened? Or is there something hidden inside? Why did a fight suddenly break out?! Brother Wu Jian is dead, Brother Wu Jian is dead, why?!"
"Oh no! Oh no!!! Do these senior managers want to slaughter us? These senior managers want to surround us, and now we've fallen into an ambush! Brother Wu Jian and the other five brothers are already dead!!!"
"Brother Wu Jian is dead! We must avenge Brother Wu Jian! Avenge the other brothers! Brothers, we must seek revenge against these senior managers!!!"
"Revenge! Revenge! Brothers, we must unite! These senior managers and their lackeys want to kill us all here! We must avenge ourselves! We must unite and resist the slaughter by these senior managers! This is a conspiracy against us!"
At this moment, among the middle-level managers, those near the alleyway watching, including the remaining four or five middle-level manager leaders, watched with their own eyes as Wu Jian and the other five middle-level manager leaders were killed next to the negotiation table in the middle of the alley.
But they could do nothing.
They couldn't make any rescue moves because everything happened too fast. Before they could react, Wu Jian and the five middle-level manager leaders were already killed.
Now, of course, they had reacted. With angry expressions on their faces, they directly raised the weapons in their hands, aimed at the senior managers and their lackeys blocking the alley entrance, and shouted, wanting to charge over and fight them to the death.
After all, they had a very good relationship with Wu Jian before, as Brother Wu Jian had always taken good care of them.
Otherwise, they wouldn't have been called the loyal faction of middle-level managers.
Because their loyal faction itself had a very strong organizational power and was quite united, without any real conflicts of interest in their small circle; everyone worked together.
Now, Brother Wu Jian, their leader, and the five middle-level manager leaders, who were usually highly respected, were all killed on the spot by these senior managers, who had even tricked them into the alley for negotiations.
Killed at the negotiation table, such a shameless act.
The remaining middle-level manager leaders would naturally be extremely angry, and they would naturally lead all the enraged middle-level managers to fight these senior managers and their lackeys to the death!
"Alert! Alert! These middle-level managers are starting to attack us! Everyone guard the alley entrance! Everyone hold your ground!"
At this moment, a commander among the senior managers immediately directed the senior managers and their troops, who were already gathered at the alley entrance blocking it, to pick up their shields and weapons and guard both sides of the alley.
As long as they guarded both sides of the alley, they would be protecting their own safety.
After all, both sides of the alley were walls, so it was impossible for middle-level managers to attack them from the sides for a while. Therefore, they only needed to guard the front and back to ensure their backs were not attacked.
Moreover, because they had ample tactical buffer space, they didn't need to worry about the relentless pursuit of the middle-level managers.
They only needed to form a phalanx of spears and guard both sides of the alley in front of them. Even if their numbers were fewer, they could firmly hold this position by virtue of the advantageous terrain. And as long as the Blue Star Humans realized something was wrong and called for the Deherim patrol or patrol soldiers to maintain order, they would win.
After all, the Deherim patrol would certainly not allow them to continue being attacked here. Even if they wanted to investigate what happened, the first thing they would do is separate the two sides and prohibit further mutual attacks.
This would give these senior managers ample time.
And if the Deherim patrol didn't come, they would rely on the alley to hold their ground, depleting the emotions and stamina of the middle-level managers. Once their stamina was mostly exhausted, they would send out their own well-rested and energetic troops to directly charge out.
How could these middle-level managers possibly stop them then?
Therefore, these senior managers had truly thought of everything.
At this moment, Zhou Mo looked at the scene outside, where the alley was instantly blocked like a cork, resisting the middle-level managers who were attacking the senior managers' troops. A smile appeared on his lips, and he burst into laughter.
"They're truly too stupid, these middle-level managers are truly too stupid. They hold such naive thoughts about us. They're so stupid that we find them innocent."
Another senior manager also laughed and said, "Indeed, they are truly too naive. They thought we were genuinely negotiating with them, genuinely discovering the remnants of the Diesel Company. It's simply adorably naive. They even said such things to us at the negotiation table. This simply makes me burst into laughter; I can't hold it in anymore."
"But Brother Zhou Mo, isn't it time for the second plan now, which is to slander these damned guys?" Another senior manager suddenly couldn't help but laugh out loud, looking at Zhou Mo, who was also laughing beside him. Thinking of the comical performance just now, he couldn't help but say with a smile, "Next, I still want to perform. After all, I think I have a lot of talent for acting, especially performing with these extremely naive middle-level managers. I think it makes me extremely happy."
"Alright, then I'll leave it to you. Don't disappoint my expectations, okay?" Zhou Mo nodded, pointed directly at this senior manager, and said with a smile, "However, the next performance won't be simple. Even those naive guys, no matter how naive, won't fall for it again. If there isn't ample acting skill, I think the chances of them falling for it again are quite slim."
"Where there's a will, there's a way. Who says my acting isn't exquisite? Perhaps with my exquisite acting, I can even trick in some adorable and naive middle-level managers," the named senior manager immediately smiled.
Without hesitation, he directly extended his hand, gripped his one-handed axe, looked at the six corpses already lying on the ground, and brought the axe down fiercely onto the neck of Wu Jian's corpse.
With a forceful chop,
The sharp axe directly severed the neck completely, and this senior manager chopped off Wu Jian's head.
"This is too bloody. He's already dead, and you're still doing this. Isn't this a bit disrespectful to him?" Two or three other senior managers showed helpless expressions, appearing quite pained.
But as soon as they finished speaking, they burst into laughter, clearly showing no discomfort whatsoever with their companion's act of chopping off Wu Jian's head from his neck.
They had all walked through three years of the apocalypse together; what hadn't they experienced?
They had experienced things even more brutal than this, and even betrayal and treachery were commonplace.
It was just chopping off a head.
A very common thing, not worth making a fuss about.
"Just you wait and see."
The senior manager smiled, looking at these guys who seemed to be immersed in an acting performance. He also showed a confident smile, then, holding Wu Jian's head, quickly walked towards the larger crowd of middle-level managers outside the alley.
And over there, the place was bustling with noise, and a bloody conflict had already erupted.
Even these senior managers, who had originally held the geographical advantage and formed a phalanx of spears, had already used their spears to stab seven or eight of the middle-level managers who had charged forward in anger, killing them on the spot.
This directly caused the previously angry middle-level managers outside to see the bodies of their fallen comrades in front of them, and for no reason, they suddenly calmed down.
While they were indeed united, like brothers, facing the threat of death, these middle-level managers were, after all, Blue Star Humans, and each of them valued their lives greatly. Otherwise, they wouldn't have survived the cruel three years of the apocalypse.
At this moment, with their minds calmed, none of them moved forward again. Instead, they simply held their spears or one-handed axes, confronting the senior managers who were tightly arranged in a phalanx of spears in the alley.
"You murderers! You damned murderers! You will pay the price! We will make you pay the price! You will face retribution!"
"We will definitely get revenge on you! None of you will escape! We will remember your faces and absolutely get revenge on you! If you dare to appear outside Deherim, we will directly charge at you and fight you to the death! We will remember your faces and take revenge on you!"
"We will definitely make you face retribution and pay the price! Just you wait! We will definitely engage in the most tragic battle with you!"
Among these middle-level managers, although many were already cowering and dared not move forward, even more were roaring in anger. Especially those who were subordinates of Wu Jian and the five middle-level manager leaders, they roared with even greater fury.
Even if they couldn't directly charge forward and fight these senior managers and their lackeys, who held the geographical advantage, due to the threat of death, it didn't mean they were willing to let these senior managers and their lackeys off the hook verbally.
Moreover, making threats was also a way to reduce the opponent's morale.
However, just as they were roaring, they saw a person appear inside, holding something, and these middle-level managers suddenly fell silent. Their faces were even more filled with anger, and the middle-level manager leaders in the very front even had bloodshot eyes and bulging veins.
Because they had already seen the object held high by that senior manager: it was the head of their always respected Brother Wu Jian! (End of Chapter)