Who wants to become a god? Aren't you all forcing me?

"Deal with?" Li Chenqiu's eyes narrowed slightly: "Deal with what?"

"Everyone in the underworld has their own tasks and missions, and I am no exception, nor are you," Yan Luo Wang said calmly.

Li Chenqiu grinned: "The underworld has always helped me unconditionally. Actually, I'm quite apprehensive. I always feel like you're planning something to坑(kēng) me. It's good to have a mission. I'm relieved if there's profit to be made."

Yan Luo Wang: "…"

Seeing that Li Chenqiu had no objections, Yan Luo Wang continued: "King Jiang of Chu, how much do you know about the Antong Division?"

"Antong Division?" Li Chenqiu thought for a while and said: "It gathers the most outstanding 天命者 (tiānmìngzhě - Heaven's Chosen) in the entire Federation, represents the highest combat power of all mankind, and is a behemoth that determines the direction of civilization. That's what they say on TV."

Yan Luo Wang nodded in agreement: "That's true. The original intention of establishing the Antong Division was to manage the 天命者 (tiānmìngzhě - Heaven's Chosen) of the entire Federation and eliminate all 复苏者 (fùsūzhě - Resurgents) that pose a threat to humanity. And it has indeed done so.

Its power covers the entire Federation, surpassing all institutions. It is a truly powerful organization."

Li Chenqiu's eyes darkened, and his fingers tapped rhythmically on the teacup: "If what you said earlier is true, then this Antong Division should also be completely controlled by the consortiums, right?"

Yan Luo Wang shook his head: "The Antong Division faces the entire Federation. The consortiums can only control the top of the tower. They can't reach below that. And this huge, unowned energy has become a sweet treat in the eyes of the consortiums.

The Division Chief of the Antong Division has naturally become a truly powerful position. The people below may not recognize the consortiums, but they will definitely recognize the Division Chief.

Because the Antong Division is a powerful organization established by the Li, Zhou, and Ying consortiums, who formulated the laws, the position of Division Chief naturally fell into their hands.

But there is only one position of Division Chief, so how could it be equally divided? So they made an agreement: the position of Division Chief rotates every ten years in the order of Li, Zhou, and Ying, and a new generation begins every thirty years, starting the next round of rotation."

A trace of puzzlement flashed in Li Chenqiu's eyes: "That's not right. Since the age range is so large, why are the Division Chiefs on TV all middle-aged?"

This time, before Yan Luo Wang could speak, Thousand Faces leaned over to explain to Li Chenqiu: "You don't know this, do you? People from these consortiums can basically live to be one hundred and fifty years old through some special means.

They generally don't start to age until they are one hundred and twenty years old. Those middle-aged people you see on TV are basically old men in their seventies."

"He's right," Yan Luo Wang echoed.

"One hundred and fifty years old, that's really long!" Li Chenqiu exclaimed from the bottom of his heart.

The average lifespan in the Tianyuan Federation is just over seventy years. These people are good, they directly have double that. It's too outrageous!

A few seconds later, Li Chenqiu came back to his senses, feeling a little confused, and looked at the two of them in confusion: "Thanks for the科普 (kēpǔ - popular science), but what does this have to do with me?"

"Of course it has something to do with you," Yan Luo Wang revealed a friendly smile: "The ten-year rotation period is almost here. The mission the underworld has arranged for you is to become the next Division Chief."

The air fell silent, and no one spoke for a long time.

"Ah?" Li Chenqiu pointed at himself, and said with a dumbfounded expression: "I'm going to be the Division Chief?"

Yan Luo Wang raised his arm to signal Li Chenqiu to calm down, and said: "I know you have many questions in your heart, but don't ask yet, let me slowly explain to you."

Li Chenqiu sat up straight, with one hand half-fisted beside his mouth, posing as if he was listening attentively.

Yan Luo Wang picked up the glass of red wine and took a small sip, then turned his gaze to Li Chenqiu: "The current Division Chief is from the Zhou family. According to the agreement, the next one should be a direct descendant of the second generation of the Ying family.

But due to an accident, almost all of the direct descendants of the second generation of the Ying family died. The survivors were also disabled, and no one could stand up to be the Division Chief.

Out of desperation, the Ying family had to let the third generation of direct descendants take the stage and select the strongest one to be the Division Chief. Whether it is the Ying family, the Zhou family, or the Li family, they all use one method to select the Division Chief, and that is merit points.

Merit is the individual's contribution to the Federation, and points are the concretization of the size of the merit. Merit points are used for ranking and are distributed by the Antong Division.

When rotating the Division Chief, the person with the highest merit points will serve as the next Division Chief. King Jiang of Chu, do you know what this means?"

Li Chenqiu pursed his lips into a straight line. After a few seconds of愣 (lèng - blanking out), he tentatively opened his mouth and said: "Um… does it mean that a younger Division Chief is being replaced?"

"Yes," Yan Luo Wang's eyebrows curved: "The merit points accumulated by the direct descendants of the second generation of the Ying family are too high, it will be difficult for you to surpass them, but the third generation is different, the oldest is only forty or fifty years old, you have a complete chance to catch up…"

"Wait a minute," Li Chenqiu raised his hand to interrupt Yan Luo Wang: "I'm not from the Ying family either, so how can I catch up? Also, isn't this task a bit too arduous?"

"You don't have to worry about the Ying family's problem. You only need to consider the merit points. When the time comes, the underworld will find a way to solve this problem. As for arduous…"

Speaking of this, Yan Luo Wang paused for a while, then shook his head with a smile: "Actually, it's not arduous at all, because the underworld will also assist you in secret. You can contact me directly if you have anything you want to do or want."

Li Chenqiu shook the teacup, and said with some凝重 (níngzhòng - gravity): "The risk is great!"

As soon as these words came out, the big stone in Yan Luo Wang's heart finally fell. How could he not understand the meaning of Li Chenqiu's words?

"Risk and opportunity coexist. The higher the merit points, the greater the power you will have. I believe that even if I don't say it, you will do things like abusing your power for personal gain."

Li Chenqiu smiled knowingly. If one could ascend to the heavens in one step, who would want to become stronger in a规规矩矩 (guīguījǔjǔ - well-behaved) manner?

"I can do it," Li Chenqiu raised his eyes to look at Yan Luo Wang: "But the premise is that the underworld helps me investigate something."

"What is it?"

"I want to investigate Xu Yue's whereabouts. Yan Luo Wang, you know who Xu Yue is, right!" Li Chenqiu's tone was calm, and there was not a trace of波澜 (bōlán - waves) in his deep eyes.

"Xu Yue?" Thousand Faces tilted his head, and asked in puzzlement: "Is it the Xu Yue we're thinking of?"

"Yes," Li Chenqiu nodded in response.

Yan Luo Wang said in confusion: "Isn't Xu Yue already dead?"

"There should…" Li Chenqiu's hand, which was placed in the blind spot of the two's vision, trembled: "There should still be a possibility of survival. After all, there is no corpse of Xu Yue, you are right!"

Although Yan Luo Wang did not agree with Li Chenqiu's view in his heart, he still agreed: "Okay, the underworld will investigate."

Li Chenqiu smiled, and stretched out his hand to Yan Luo Wang: "It seems that we will have to deal with each other often in the future."

Yan Luo Wang reached out and shook it: "Happy cooperation."

"Hey, hey, hey, what do you mean, ignoring me?"

Thousand Faces raised his voice, got up and拆开 (chāikāi - took apart) the hands that the two were holding together, then stood his hand in the center: "Add me, let's continue to shake!"

Yan Luo Wang: "…"

Li Chenqiu: "…"