Doomsday Summoning Frenzy

"There's one more thing, the Sea King and Skyry want to talk to you."

"Not meeting! You can handle it directly, just notify me when you need me to step in."

These two seem to be not as smart as Li Quan'an...

They haven't recognized their own positions.

Upon hearing Wen Yu's words, Fran stopped mentioning those issues, but the communicator didn’t hang up. Fran hesitated, wanting to say something but stopping short. After a while, he finally asked Wen Yu, "Um, Lin Haifeng contacted me earlier and mentioned the issue he discussed with you. Do you have a decision now?"

"…"

"Let's talk about it later; I still have something unfinished."

"I think… forget it. Once you finish your matters, we can have a good discussion."

As the communication ended, Wen Yu fell into brief contemplation, while Fang Yuqiong remained silent beside him.

Fang Yuqiong was very smart—smart enough to guess what the two were discussing...

About the Beijing commander-in-chief issue.

From Lin Haifeng's pre-written will, one could discern his thoughts at the time.

The will clearly stated that Fang Yuqiong would become the commander-in-chief of Beijing—when Wen Yu decided to drive out the celestial gods from the Layered Battlefield, Lin Haifeng may have already had a premonition that this matter would lead to a full-scale conflict. Perhaps at that moment, he felt concern for his own safety, or maybe he had already set this plan in motion.

In any case, Lin Haifeng at that time wanted to hand the position of Beijing commander-in-chief to Fang Yuqiong.

At that time, Fang Yuqiong did not show fear of the battlefield, and coupled with his personality, which was more suitable than Lin Que's to be a leader, Lin Haifeng indeed made a wise choice.

He "gifted" Lin Que to the oath keeper, which might have also meant eliminating Fang Yuqiong's competition.

However, looking at this matter now, it does not seem proper.

For the sake of the plan, Fang Yuqiong killed Lin Haifeng, and there is nothing more to say about that—Fang Yuqiong not only bore no guilt but rather achieved great merit.

However, the issue of fleeing from the battlefield was indeed a stain—why was the position of the guardian established in the past in Beijing? Wasn’t it because the commander-in-chief’s combat power was not strong enough?

Lin Haifeng had always avoided this flaw with his charisma and exceptional intellect, but Fang Yuqiong's shortcomings had already been exposed before he took office.

This could also be seen from Caius's attitude toward Fang Yuqiong; it was apparent how low the tolerance of the upper echelons in Beijing was regarding this matter.

In the apocalypse, a leader who cannot fight might be a good leader, but subordinates will inevitably feel that something is lacking.

Moreover, after sealing the celestial gods and the earth's will, the situation in the Layered Battlefield and the earth's homeland had changed once again. From now on, the two would be merged into one again, with Wen Yu holding absolute dominance.

Thus, Lin Haifeng came up with a not-so-wise solution—make Wen Yu the commander-in-chief of Beijing while eliminating the guardian position!

Let Wen Yu dominate alone, being the absolute authority in Beijing!

Or to put it more clearly, Lin Haifeng willingly relinquished Beijing; he wanted to completely integrate this once-mighty force into Wen Yu's hands!

The determination that Lin Haifeng displayed was indeed admirable to Wen Yu, and upon reflection, this matter could actually be negotiated.

Gaining all the power of Beijing without any effort, well, although Wen Yu didn’t think much of it, he had to admit that the hidden strength of Beijing was indeed not to be underestimated—at least it wouldn’t be weaker than the soul puppet legion.

As long as Wen Yu nodded, it would effectively double his usual forces, and with the talents gathered in Beijing, along with Fran handling internal affairs and the intelligent Lin Haifeng, and in terms of combat power… well, no need to mention that.