At Wangqiao Base, Old Wang had already gained complete control of the situation. The leaders of the Xu Family Ancestral Hall and the riverside district had both been sidelined.
Neither of them had cleared their names, and no one knew whether they had colluded with Master Shan. Master Shan had been eliminated before he could expose the other intermediaries he had planted in Wangqiao Base. But by any reasonable measure, he couldn't have planted only Old Wang among the three districts of Wangqiao Base.
Old Wang had switched sides, yet the puppets in the other two bases had never revealed themselves. This was clearly cause for vigilance.
And when it came to puppets, the leaders of those two districts were naturally the prime suspects. Even if they weren't, given their status and influence, they would be the easiest to rally if they decided to cause trouble behind the scenes. So excluding them from the operation would help it succeed and make it easier for Old Wang to manage everything on his own.
Moreover, based on Old Wang's recommendations, the authorities had also excluded several people he considered suspicious. They had then assigned him several trusted deputies to strengthen his control.
The authorities naturally weren't going to make Old Wang handle this alone.
Once the situation at Tantou Base had been settled, the authorities had swiftly organized a force from Tantou Village as well, and placed it under Old Wang's command.
The people at Tantou Base might have been reluctant, but they had already accepted the authorities' offer of amnesty. To atone for their crimes and secure their right to survive in the future, they had to obey orders.
Besides, declaring war on the agent of the Bizarre Tree wasn't a big deal. With the authorities directing things, the agent of