Chapter 170: Project Team and “Risk Hedging”

Chu Feng’s words were like a massive boulder thrown into a calm lake, instantly stunning everyone inside the private room.

Go raid that senior’s old lair?

Now?

Outside, the Lei Family and Heavenheart Holy Land were blocking the exits with two major forces!

How was this any different from主动 sticking one’s head into a tiger’s mouth?

“President, please reconsider!”

Feng Zhiruo was the first to step forward. Her pretty face was taut, her voice filled with urgency,

“The Lei Family and Heavenheart Holy Land have already laid down a dragnet. If we go out now, it will be no different from walking straight into a trap!”

“In my opinion, we should hold our ground in Thousand Illusions Pavilion, seek Pavilion Master Yao Yue’s protection, and plan things carefully in the long run!”

Jian Wuxin also spoke up rarely, his voice hoarse:

“Fellow Daoist Chu, the Gui Xu Rift is the number one most dangerous place in the Mortal Realm. The laws there are chaotic, spatial turbulence runs rampant—even Deification Ancestors would not dare to venture deep lightly.”

“With just this bit of manpower we have…”

He did not finish his sentence, but the meaning was obvious.

With just the few of them, charging into a forbidden land for immortals was no different from delivering themselves as free kills.

“Protection? Planning in the long run?”

Chu Feng laughed. He shook his head and walked to the window, looking down at the bustling City That Never Sleeps below, his gaze deep.

“Advisor Feng, you must understand one principle.”

“In commercial competition, ‘time’ is the most valuable ‘asset’.”

“If we hide now, it may look safe on the surface, but in reality, we are wasting the most precious ‘development window’.”

“By the time we go out again, the yellow flowers will have long gone cold. The Lei Family and Heavenheart Holy Land will already have turned the entire Mortal Realm upside down searching for us.”

“As for danger…”

Chu Feng turned back, his gaze sweeping across everyone before finally landing on that metallic skeleton,

“Any ‘high-return’ project is inevitably accompanied by ‘high risk’.”

“A CEO who does not dare to conduct ‘risk investment’ can only lead the company to wait for death inside the ‘comfort zone’ forever.”

“So, this trip—we must go. And we must go immediately!”

His tone was decisive, leaving no room for doubt.

Zhao Wuji immediately took out his small notebook and began scribbling furiously, muttering to himself:

“High risk, high return… development window… risk investment… every word from the President contains profound business principles!”

Seeing that everyone still looked grim, Chu Feng shifted the topic and smiled:

“Of course, I am not a reckless brute who only knows how to shout slogans. Before launching the project, the first thing we need to do is reasonable ‘team division of labor’ and ‘risk hedging’.”

He looked at Leng Yanran:

“CPO, your task is the heaviest.”

“This skeleton, I will take it with me. But the basic technical information flow inside it—I have already copied a portion.”

“You will immediately return to our ‘Ten Thousand Souls Cavern R&D Center’ in Qingyun Sect and use the soul power of the Divine Kingdom to accelerate the analysis of this technology.”

“I need you, before I return, to give me a complete practical plan for ‘Industrial Cultivation 1.0’!”

Excited light flickered in Leng Yanran’s eyes as she nodded heavily:

“I guarantee completion of the mission!”

This skeleton’s attraction to her was no less than that of any heavenly treasure.

Being able to come into contact with this kind of subversive knowledge at the earliest possible moment was exactly what she desired.

Chu Feng then looked at Jian Wuxin:

“Fellow Daoist Jian, as our ‘venture capitalist’, you will not participate in the frontline ‘project execution’ this time.”

“Your task is to immediately return to Myriad Sword Sect and, using your connections, help me accomplish two things.”

“First, spread the word loudly—say that my Ascension Group offended the Lei Family and Heavenheart Holy Land in the City That Never Sleeps and is now hiding in Thousand Illusions Pavilion like rats crossing the street, too afraid to step outside.”

“Second, find a way to draw the main forces of the Lei Family and Heavenheart Holy Land over to the Eastern Wasteland. Say that the skeleton has already been sent back to Qingyun Sect’s main base through my secret channels.”

Jian Wuxin was stunned for a moment, then immediately understood Chu Feng’s intention.

This was feinting east and attacking west!

A smokescreen!

Using himself and the Ascension Group as bait to attract everyone’s attention, thereby creating an opportunity for Chu Feng’s real actions!

“A brilliant plan!”

A trace of admiration flashed in Jian Wuxin’s eyes,

“However, this move carries enormous risk. I fear…”

“There is no ‘however’.”

Chu Feng interrupted him,

“Remember, this is a case of ‘commercial fraud’, meant to disrupt ‘market expectations’.”

“You only need to spread the ‘false information’. Leave the rest to the ‘market’ itself to ferment.”

After arranging these two, Chu Feng’s gaze fell upon the remaining Zhang Daniu, Zhao Wuji, and Feng Zhiruo.

“You three will be the core execution team of this 【Gui Xu Exploration Project】.”

“Zhang Daniu, ‘Project Security Director’.”

“Zhao Wuji, ‘Project Secretary and Meeting Minutes Officer’.”

“Feng Zhiruo, ‘Project Localization Consultant and Guide’.”

“As for me…”

Chu Feng smiled,

“I will be your project manager.”

“Wait!”

A cold yet resolute voice interrupted Chu Feng’s appointments.

Murong Xue stepped forward. She looked straight at Chu Feng, her eyes showing not the slightest retreat.

“President, you forgot that the Group still has a ‘Chief Risk Control Officer’.”

“For such a high-risk S+–level project, if there is no risk control officer following it throughout, once ‘systemic risk’ appears, who will take responsibility?”

Chu Feng frowned:

“No. It’s too dangerous.”

“Danger is precisely my job responsibility.”

Murong Xue did not yield an inch,

“The personal safety of the CEO is the Group’s largest ‘risk exposure’.”

“I must stay by your side and conduct ‘real-time monitoring’ and ‘dynamic management’ of this greatest risk.”

“This…”

Chu Feng was momentarily rendered speechless.

He realized that the crooked logic he had taught Murong Xue was now being returned to him in full, and she was using it quite smoothly at that.

Looking at Murong Xue’s unquestionable gaze, Chu Feng knew there was no point in persuading her further.

He sighed helplessly and nodded:

“Fine. Chief Risk Control Officer, I approve your ‘attendance application’.”

“But let me be clear beforehand,”

His eyes turned serious,

“During project execution, all actions must obey my command.”

“This is the ‘project manager responsibility system’. Understood?”

“Understood.”

The corner of Murong Xue’s lips curved upward slightly, almost imperceptibly.

Thus, a rather bizarre “startup adventure team” was officially assembled.

A project manager full of crooked business logic.

A simple-minded security guard who only knew how to fight and shout “President is awesome”.

A fanatical secretary ready at any time to record “President Quotations”.

A great-family young miss who was forced onto the ship and responsible for leading the way.

And a beautiful risk control officer who forcibly joined the team, ready at all times to nitpick the CEO.

“All right, family members!”

Chu Feng clapped his hands and announced spiritedly:

“Since the team has already been assembled, let’s not waste any time!”

“Target—Gui Xu Rift!”

“Depart!”

Under Yao Yue’s secret arrangements, the group of five quietly left Thousand Illusions Pavilion, boarding an utterly inconspicuous invisible flying vessel. Like a drop of water融入 the ocean, they vanished into the vast night of the City That Never Sleeps.

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