Chapter 544: Lan Qingyou Firing on All Cylinders

"You might not believe it if I say it, but the Supreme Council is pretty much on the verge of disintegration."

Hmm?

Disintegration?

Lan Qingyou was taken aback.

It had been about three years since the Supreme Council first flooded the screen on the world channel.

Although it was only three years, it was undeniable that with the help of a group of people, the Supreme Council had established its ruling position.

Although there were quite a few people who were unconvinced and established their own states.

But it had to be said that the Supreme Council had its own set of governance methods and means.

They still held the right to mint coins, the Adventurer's Guild, and the Adventurer Cities—three great weapons.

And it had only existed for three years.

"Three years is already a long time."

Chu Yuan shook his head.

"Actually, since its inception, the internal struggles and attrition within the Supreme Council have never stopped."

"To be honest, if it weren't for the Star Dragon King's essence blood you provided, which gave the Supreme Council a certain amount of speaking power, it might have collapsed long before the Adventurer's Guild was even established."

...

Well, although Lan Qingyou also knew that the Supreme Council was unstable internally, she truly hadn't expected it to reach this point.

But she heard there were dozens of councilors in the Supreme Council; even after she executed one, there were still quite a few left.

"Haha, there's a share of my credit in this too."

At this time, David, the Magician, laughed triumphantly.

"You have a share too?"

"I do. Remember those sky screens? Public opinion is such a useful thing. With a little hype, these damn guys will mess up their own formations to cover it up."

So that's how it is. Lan Qingyou nodded repeatedly as she listened.

It was completely normal to stir up trouble at times like this.

After all, he was an existence stripped of his power by the Supreme Council. Now that he caught such an opportunity, how could he not perform well?

It's just that... why did it feel like something was missing?

The nodding Lan Qingyou suddenly frowned.

Although the affairs of the Supreme Council had nothing to do with her, she always felt that something was amiss...

Right!

"Wait, then what about my materials? How will they be handled?"

Lan Qingyou suddenly remembered that the Supreme Council still owed her nearly ten years' worth of supplies. If it disintegrated now, wouldn't she have worked for nothing?

"Someone will naturally take over this. This is something that was written in the contract from before."

Chu Yuan glanced at Lan Qingyou and rolled his eyes.

"Oh right, I actually forgot about this."

Lan Qingyou slapped her forehead; this matter had indeed been forgotten by her.

To be precise, because she had been conducting research in her shelter for a while previously, everything else had been thrown to the back of her mind.

But who took over wasn't important; what was important was that she could get her share.

As long as the contract was still binding, nothing else mattered.

Besides, if worse came to worst, she could just launch an armed wage collection campaign.

She believed there were still quite a few 'reasonable' people in the Supreme Council.

"Good heavens, you can even forget this kind of thing."

Ruan Qingyi, the Star, gave Lan Qingyou a thumbs-up; this was her affirmation of Lan Qingyou's open-mindedness.

"Can't be helped, who asked me to be a busy person."

Lan Qingyou made a little joke.

But unexpectedly, Chu Yuan started complaining instead.

"Speaking of which, your credit is also in this matter."

"Me? Credit? Since when?"

Lan Qingyou, pointing her index finger at herself, looked at Chu Yuan, who was crossing his arms, with a confused face.

"The matter of the Supreme Council's disintegration."

"Oh? Why? I haven't even stepped out of my shelter during this period."

Lan Qingyou showed a look of sudden realization, which made Chu Yuan want to hit someone, but he couldn't, so he gave up.

Then, gritting his teeth, he explained the ins and outs of this matter.

"It's about the Isabel incident. Because your Witch Race's sudden attack directly beat Isabel to death."

"Originally, a councilor dying is no big deal, but you destroyed the place without occupying the Rolling Thunder Wilderness, which created a power vacuum."

"So those guys, like sharks smelling blood, rushed up and started scrambling for it."

"This directly publicized some contradictions that could have originally been suppressed."

"The final resulting consequence is the precarious situation now."

...

What was this?

Was she some kind of butterfly that could influence the situation?

To actually be connected to herself like this, it was indeed somewhat speechless.

The key was that the series of events unrolling from Chu Yuan's mouth were still very reasonable, leaving Lan Qingyou unable to find any unreasonable points to complain about.

Forget it, disintegrate if it must.

Anyway, this kind of power zone could never have a vacuum. When someone leaves, someone else will naturally fill in; it's just that there will be a difference in form.

But what did this have to do with her? As long as they provided the things every week, it was fine.

"Then what about the matter of investigating the Blue Star Demonic Humans?"

No longer worried about her supplies having no source, the relieved Lan Qingyou then asked about the matter she had entrusted Chu Yuan to investigate previously.

"In the current situation, who still has the mood to do this kind of thing? Even my investigators have been temporarily transferred back to handle other matters. Didn't you see how heavy my dark circles are now?"

Oh, right, so that gloomy air was caused by these dark circles.

Although she knew what Chu Yuan said was a fact, Lan Qingyou still couldn't help but feel a bit regretful.

The deeper she researched that toxin strain, the more Lan Qingyou felt that the research team behind it was formidable.

Now that it couldn't be carried out because of this mess, it would be a lie to say she wasn't regretful.

Hmm!?

Regretful!?

Wait...!!

Lan Qingyou suddenly widened her eyes and looked at Chu Yuan.

"Do you think there's a possibility that the disintegration of the Supreme Council is related to the investigation of the Blue Star Demonic Humans?"

"Ah?"

Chu Yuan, who already hadn't slept well for more than ten days, was somewhat unable to recover from Lan Qingyou's sudden attack.

And taking advantage of the gap before the other party recovered, Lan Qingyou quickly voiced her thoughts.

"I mean, because the Supreme Council planned to investigate those Blue Star Demonic Humans, these guys struck first and scattered the Supreme Council, so that no one could investigate them, right?"

"You must know that even Isabel was one of their people, so there must definitely be other guys inside the Supreme Council."

"As long as these guys coordinate inside and outside, it would be hard for the Supreme Council not to disintegrate."

"Right, it must be like this. These damn animals and bedbugs really don't know how to stop even in another world."

"Apart from being shit-stirring sticks, they don't know anything else. Truly a dog can't change its habit of eating you-know-what."

"And they even have the fucking nerve to say they are the most outstanding race in the world."

"I see it's more like a bunch of degenerate species."

The more she spoke, the more Lan Qingyou felt her analysis made sense, and she directly activated her venomous tongue mode, spraying directly in front of all the Manor members and Catherine's group of guard witches.