Captain's Authority

A few days later, on the morning.

Luo Yan, dressed in ordinary worker's clothes and wearing a baseball cap, walked through the complex alleys and scattered shops of the city without looking out of place at all.

Looking around, the red brick and iron sheets of varying heights are supported by rows of dark utility poles, covered with all sorts of small advertisements, from dentists to people offering large sums of money for a child.

Above them was a complex grid of countless crisscrossing power lines, like a net tightly trapping the residents below.

This is a no-man's-land in Qingyang City.

It's Dragon Snake of all sorts of people, from all walks of life.

It's also a favorite place for black witches and other organizations of all sizes.

This place is a den of iniquity; women wearing shorts and showing off their white legs can simply stand in any stairwell and solicit business.

You can start selling breakfast by pushing a small tricycle with a stove made from an oil drum on it.

Everyone is trying to survive in their own way. In Luo Yan's eyes, whether it's a girl who works in the sex trade or a street vendor who works from dawn till dusk, they are all the same, without any distinction of high or low status.

The only difference is who lives longer.

After walking up a few stone steps to a corner at a higher position, looking towards the city center, you can clearly see the huge gap below the holographic canopy.

And countless 'Spidermen' working at heights while secured by safety ropes.

The catastrophe caused by Chaos resulted in the loss of nearly a quarter of the Undercity's urban area, with a vast affected area and a death toll exceeding 100,000.

The disaster area is now being rebuilt.

When Luo Yan arrived, he saw that many scaffolds had been erected there, and various construction machines were in operation.

The high death toll has created numerous jobs, providing opportunities for some people who previously had none.

After this disaster, some people will be better off, while others will be worse off than before.

That's life.

This was true before the natural disaster, and it remains true after the natural disaster.

Human societies always operate according to their own unique laws.

A moment later.

Luo Yan saw the ' Vermilion Building ' on the street corner.

Last time, in order to put on a show for Zhang Ze, Luo Yan blew up the ' Vermilion Building ' in his mecha.

The ' Vermilion Building ' has long since been rebuilt, and it's quite conspicuous.

The Zhu Zi and roof are still vermilion, but the old, dilapidated building has now been redesigned with a hipped roof.

Various exquisite ornaments are also carved on the arched openings below.

The magnificent Vermilion Building seemed out of place amidst the distant factory chimneys, the barking of dogs and crying of children in the nearby streets, and the lingering ringing of bicycle bells as people passed by.

It's like a refined young lady awkwardly posing among a group of unshaven, burly men.

The art style is different.

Luo Yan pulled up his baseball cap and walked into the Vermilion Building. Behind the gate, two stunningly beautiful girls in cheongsams, revealing their white legs, frowned when they saw Luo Yan in his worker's clothes.

But when you finally see the face under the baseball cap, it's clear that the eyes seem to sparkle with starlight, and the whole face is beaming like spring flowers in bloom.

They came to greet them.

One left and one right.

She hooked her arm around Luo Yan's.

"Oh my, Master Chi, what wind blew you here so early in the morning?"

"Little brother Red Demon, I've missed you so much. Touch my face, I've gotten thinner from missing you these past few days."

Luo Yan remained expressionless, neither pulling his hands away from the two women's embrace, and simply asked, "Where is Boss Yu?"

Last night, he received a message from Yu Qiushui, asking him to come to Vermilion Building this morning to meet her.

"The boss is here, come with me."

A moment later, Luo Yan led him to Yu Qiushui's office.

One of the daring women in a cheongsam left a sensual lip print on Luo Yan's face before laughing and leaving.

Luo Yan wiped away the lipstick mark without blushing or skipping a beat, then pushed open the door and went inside.

Inside the room, Yu Qiushui was still wearing a white suit and watching television.

The screen was showing news reports about the disaster situation in Qingyang City and the post-disaster reconstruction efforts.

Hearing the door open, she glanced towards the doorway and said, "You're not dead? That's great!"

"I was really worried you'd died. Looks like you're quite lucky."

Luo Yan looked at the television and said, "I wasn't in the Undercity a few days ago."

"When we returned, we learned that this place had been Giant Beast Invasion."

Yu Qiushui picked up a small knife and began peeling an apple. "This Undercity has been built for three years, and this is the first time it has been Giant Beast Invasion."

"It seems that even Undercity aren't absolutely safe."

Luo Yan said calmly, "Where in this world is there that is absolutely safe?"

"That's true."

Yu Qiushui cut off a piece of apple and handed it to Luo Yan.

Luo Yan shook his head.

She brought it to her lips and, with her pearly white teeth, gently took the apple from the knife.

Black hair, white suit, rosy lips, and a subtle charm in her slender phoenix eyes.

All of these examples perfectly illustrate what it means to be a femme Calamity Water.

A glint of something unreadable flashed in Qiu Shui's eyes. Yu Qiushui leaned back in her chair, slicing an apple as she said, "I've taken care of your matter."

"You are now the captain of the 7th team of the Xuanming Department."

She opened the drawer, took out a cell phone, and pushed it to Luo Yan.

"We'll contact you via this phone if there are any tasks assigned later."

"There's a file inside you can take a look at. It explains the permissions of the platoon leader and the password to log in to our organization's internal network."

"Also, you can now take over Zhang Ze's team, but how many people you can take over depends on your own abilities."

Yu Qiushui put down her things and clapped her hands.

The door opened, Wen Zou, fake Taoist dressed in a purple robe, walked in.

Yu Qiushui smiled and said, "Wen Zou is on my team now, but no one knows about this yet."

"I'll lend him to you. He used to play for Team 7 and is quite familiar with their situation."

"He will help you gather your team members and, at the same time, act as a bridge between us."

Luo Yan glanced at the fake Taoist indifferently. "You're quite straightforward too, just blatantly throwing a chess piece next to me to monitor me."

Yu Qiushui shrugged. "That's just my style."

"You can refuse if you can't stand it, but the position of captain of Team 7 will be out of your reach."

"These are my conditions."

"After all, we're not familiar with each other."

Luo Yan nodded and picked up his phone.

Power on the computer and access the files.

First, the authority of the unit commanders was divided.

There are several permissions.

First.

The platoon leader can recruit a team of 10 to 30 people, with a maximum of 30, to complete various tasks.

At the same time, the captain can build his own power base to conceal his identity, just like Yu Qiushui's ' Vermilion Building '.

Independent forces are not included in the organization's evaluation. Simply put, the organization only assesses the strength of the main force when issuing missions.

This has both advantages and disadvantages.

The advantage is that if you build a large enough force on your own, you'll have a higher success rate in carrying out missions.

The tasks assigned to you by the organization are evaluated based on your core team.

The downside is that no matter how powerful your influence is, even if you're at the level of Chu Zhao or Hong Dongxing, it won't last.

They also cannot obtain missions exceeding the captain's level because there is a limit to the number of people in the main team.

This setup is likely intended to limit the power of the division commanders and prevent them from becoming too powerful, thus affecting the authority of the division heads.