Stronger with More Jobs

Taikang Road lies on the edge of the Gray Rock District.

It’s also the shopping street closest to the city center.

It’s huge, covering a very wide area.

It’s currently one of the most profitable zones for the Cyan Dragon Gang.

And the manpower has basically been allocated already.

Everyone’s gaze was fixed on Fang Qingyu.

Fang Qingyu put down the map, his calm eyes sweeping over the crowd before finally landing on Su Wanqing. The corner of his mouth hooked into a smile. "Wanqing, help me buy a super-large Force Field that can cover the entire Taikang Road area."

Su Wanqing froze for a moment, then reacted. "Qingzi, you’re going to..."

Fang Qingyu cut her off. "Yeah. This area, I’ll guard it alone."

"No way! Absolutely not!"

"Taikang Road is that big, if the Celestial Punishment Association brings their whole main force over..."

The conference room instantly exploded.

Even the usually steady Wei Banmeng and Lu Jiuyuan couldn’t help changing expressions, and Jiang Wei’s brows knit slightly.

Let Fang Qingyu defend the front line that’s most likely to be hit by the enemy’s main force all by himself?

That’s basically no different from throwing him out there as a magnet for fire, a living target.

Seeing this, Fang Qingyu raised his hand and pressed down lightly.

The noisy discussion sounded like its throat had been pinched.

It quieted in an instant.

"It’s settled." Fang Qingyu’s voice wasn’t loud, yet it clearly reached every ear, carrying a decisive tone that brooked no argument. "Trust me."

Looking at Fang Qingyu’s eyes, shimmering with starlight.

Everyone fell silent.

Very few people could overturn a decision made by Fang Qingyu.

And the few who, at this moment, might have had the right to change it said nothing.

Then Fang Qingyu turned to Chu Kuanglan. "Old Chu, while we’re holding our defensive line steady here, Su Qiang and Liu San’s expansion can’t stop. Inform Su Qiang to keep following the original plan—integrate resources, recruit people, and stabilize our turf in the Gray Rock District. If they run into a hard bone they can’t crack, or if other major forces try to stir up trouble..."

Fang Qingyu’s gaze swept over the Tier Three experts seated there. "Whoever among you isn’t currently facing a strong enemy, find some time to lend a hand."

"Got it!" Chu Kuanglan nodded hard, a fierce light flashing in his eyes. "If anyone dares jump out now to pick peaches, I’ll twist his head off and kick it like a ball!"

Fang Qingyu nodded slightly, then rose to his feet.

With his movement, an invisible aura spread out, as if all the light in the conference room was converging on him.

"Alright." His gaze swept across each familiar, resolute face, his voice steady and forceful. "That’s all that needs to be said."

Then he paused, and the usual cold lines of his expression seemed to soften a little.

"So what are you all still standing around for?"

"Get moving!"

"Yes!"

"Understood!"

Everyone answered in a roar and stood up.

Chairs scraped urgently against the floor.

They turned, ready to stride out of the conference room and rush to their respective battlefields.

Yet just as they were about to step out of the conference room—

Fang Qingyu’s voice sounded from behind them once more:

"Oh, right."

Their footsteps halted, and they instinctively turned back in unison.

Only to see that the seat at the head of the table was now completely empty.

Fang Qingyu’s figure had vanished at some unknown point, as if he had never been sitting there at all.

Only his final words still echoed clearly in the empty conference room:

"In this operation, your lives matter most."

"When I come back here next time, I don’t want anyone to be missing."

His voice fell, its lingering reverberation curling through the air.

They stared at that empty main seat.

Frozen in place.

Old Chu was the first to react. He split his mouth wide, showing a smile uglier than a cry, and grumbled with a coarse laugh at the empty air:

"Damn, having Qingzi say something that sappy really is pushing it for him, hahaha."

That one crude joke and laugh instantly broke the subtle atmosphere.

Wei Banmeng’s lips curved slightly, Su Wanqing and Lin Yu exchanged a smile, and even a trace of warmth flashed through the clarity of Jiang Wei’s eyes.

Yeah, this really didn’t sound like something Fang Qingyu—the one always calm to the point of near indifference—would say.

But precisely because of that.

It felt all the more precious.

"Alright, alright! Let’s get to work!"

Qi Hao shouted, and was the first to push open the conference room doors.

With their moods lightened just a touch, everyone quickly melted into the night, heading to their respective lines of defense.

An offensive and defensive war centered on the Gray Rock District...

Officially began.

....

On the rooftop of the Cyan Dragon Gang’s headquarters building, the night wind howled.

The city’s clamor was filtered out by the height.

Only the sound of the wind howled past their ears.

Fang Qingyu stood with his hands behind his back at the edge of the rooftop.

His deep Starry Eyes pierced the night, locking from afar onto the Taikang Road area.

Jiang Wei’s figure appeared at his side like a ghost, her crimson long hair lightly dancing in the night wind.

She didn’t speak. She simply followed Fang Qingyu’s gaze into the distance, a faint, hard-to-notice worry in her clear red eyes, but even more than that, a complete and unquestioning trust.

"If you can’t hold it," Jiang Wei’s voice was very soft, yet unusually clear, carrying a seriousness that allowed no refusal, "remember to tell me in time, okay?"

Hearing that, Fang Qingyu was slightly taken aback, then couldn’t help but chuckle.

He turned his head, looking at the girl’s profile, unusually fair and delicate under the night, and unconsciously reached out, naturally rubbing that smooth, silk-like crimson hair of hers. His voice held a pampering smile. "Relax... even I don’t know how strong I really am right now."

That was the truth.

With the Power of a Tier Three Star Shattering Constellation.

To fuse the Starry Sky True Intent, the Tribulation Crystal Body, and the Cyan Lotus Qi Force.

Just how strong that made him—

Even Fang Qingyu himself wasn’t sure.

He needed an opponent of sufficient weight to test it.