Konghai seemed to have made some grave mistakes and was kicked out of contention for that spot

A chill shot up Yang Yong's spine.

"What kind of catastrophe could Mechanical City possibly face?"

"I tried to analyze it, but there was always a veil of mist in the way."

"And then, in the end..."

Cao Xianming took a deep breath.

"Hu Xian'er said she'd found Wei Yu and proposed leaving Mechanical City with Huang Xiaojuan."

Yang Yong jerked his head up.

Even Hu Xian'er wanted to leave?

"That was when I really couldn't sit still anymore."

Cao Xianming said, "I started frantically calculating every last detail."

"And finally reached a conclusion..."

He looked at Yang Yong.

There was something in his eyes that Yang Yong recognized.

Fear.

"The Survival Convoy's foothold in Mechanical City actually rests mainly on you, the Deputy City Lord, and me, the Third Elder."

"I first calculated my position as Third Elder and found no changes."

"Then I calculated yours..."

Cao Xianming stopped.

Yang Yong stared at him. "Tell me."

"Yang Yong, your position as Deputy City Lord..."

Cao Xianming enunciated every word.

"Follows a headless curve."

The hall was silent for three whole seconds.

"A headless... curve?"

Yang Yong's voice was very soft.

His fingers, however, unconsciously fiddled with the Nine Nether Yuanchen White Bone Ring on his wrist.

"What does that mean?"

"It means... when one particular event happens, Mechanical City will push you out."

"Your position, your power, your status will all be wiped out in an extremely short time."

Cao Xianming stared into Yang Yong's eyes.

"Yang Yong, City Lord Sevian gave you your position as Deputy City Lord."

"Could Sevian strip you of that position someday?"

Yang Yong thought it over carefully.

Impossible.

City Lord Sevian had stripped away her seven emotions, turning them into the seven emotional incarnations.

He himself was an extremely rational being.

Yang