The Demonic World I designed-Chapter 679 - 669

"These days... really are boring..."

Shao Junyi started yet another tedious day, clocking into work, handling seemingly pointless clerical tasks, and then, as usual, got called away to inspect tax collection in a state-owned enterprise’s database on the west side of the city.

Her job as a legitimate tax inspector was the envy of commoners for its perks, yet scorned by scions of noble families, for it was clearly a position meant to be a safety net for those family members deemed to lack ambition.

Usually, if you didn’t turn your fortunes around within two generations in this position, you’d lose your right to spouse, lest you continue to burden and waste the family’s resources—something not desirable at all in their social rank.

Of course, that’s the norm. Children of noble families, especially the capable ones, tend to have at least ten offspring each. Only one or two might stand out; most descendants are like lumps of clay that can’t be propped up. The Central Federation’s noble families have thrived for over a hundred thousand years due to a relatively complete system of their own. Mediocre scions should be given up on to prevent dragging the family backwards, but that’s for most people.

She is not one of them. Unknown to many, her status in the Immortal Executioner Realm is no less than that of the top direct descendants, and she is among the top echelons within the Shao Family.

But because she was initially not seen as promising and because of her illegitimate birth, the family had a different arrangement for people like her. Their primary mission was to secretly gather important intelligence for the family, covertly assist capable family members in gaining power, and once they reached a certain age, the family would naturally provide them with a proper treatment.

However, that was the situation under normal circumstances. Now things were different for people like them.

"Bored? You mean restless, right?" Beside Shao Junyi, a man who appeared to be in his late twenties casually brewed his tea and said, "The progression to the new world is in full swing. Everyone, big and small, can hardly wait to grab the first fruits. Those old folks who prioritize their families can’t help but step in personally. We...are the ones who lose out the most."

Having heard this, Shao Junyi suddenly found the Yunyin Leaf tea from the Brahma Sound Temple in her cup less fragrant.

The man’s words were quite sensible. As undercover agents, they couldn’t easily reveal themselves, and most of the offspring had no clue about their existence. Natural resources that required an official identity to claim were thus out of reach for them.

How could they be content with such a state of affairs?

Everyone knew that world is the future. Chen Qing alone could overthrow the Federation and utterly subdue the Western Federation with no resistance. Who wouldn’t be envious of such terrifying military strength?

Falling behind even for an instant could lead to a world of difference in the future.

"Being the first there doesn’t necessarily mean you’ll have an advantage. Weren’t you and I latecomers who rose to the top?" Shao Junyi pressed as she sipped her tea.

"Do you believe that?" The man scoffed, "How difficult was it back then? And how lucky were we? Do you really think you can replicate that success in a new world? Successful people can still be successful in a new environment. Do you really believe that saying?"

Shao Junyi drank her tea in silence. Being experienced, she naturally didn’t believe this. Success depended mostly on opportunity—a good ninety percent—with effort and talent making up at most ten percent. Avoiding the benefits of the era to take on challenges needlessly would be foolish.

"I for one am not going to wait any longer," the man said. "I’m going to write to those above that I must have a spot in this round to the new world. I’ll also demand the rebirth conditions due to me. As for that damn disintegration procedure, they can arrange it however they like."

"Why are you telling me all this?" Shao Junyi asked with a smirk, "Are you trying to get me to make a fuss with you to those above?"

"Well... might as well strike while the iron’s hot." The man rubbed his hands and grinned, "Those commoners dare to make a fuss now, what’s stopping us? Do you really want to sit around waiting?"

"And what do you think is the outcome for those commoners?"

"All I know is that if we miss this opportunity, no amount of compensation later on may make up for it. Junyi, we can’t miss out on the dividends of a great era. We don’t have any disintegration procedures to worry about. As long as we can enter that world first and secure a relatively good starting point, I don’t believe we’ll do worse than those so-called legitimate descendants. Now is the best time to shine before the noble families have established their influence in the new world."

Shao Junyi frowned slightly and after thinking it over, said, "I’ll consider it..."

As they spoke, she seemed to have received a message, then instructed her AI, "Tell Mister Wang to wait for me in the hall, I’ll be right there."

"Mister Wang?" The man was startled, "Which Mister Wang?"

He was well aware of his friend’s situation. It was almost time for the inspection of the disintegration program’s security, and at such a time, the higher-ups shouldn’t be sending any missions that could delay her.

"Oh, it’s that Wang Ye from the New World."

"Him??" The man stood up abruptly, staring intently at the other person, "What do you want to do?"

"What do I want to do?" Shao Junyi chuckled, "The Federation allows Mister Wang to visit any department for friendly exchanges. I’m simply following orders to entertain him - what are you thinking?"

"Such a coincidence, huh?" The other narrowed his eyes slightly.

"Do you want to check the official paperwork from above?"

The other person laughed, "Ha ha, I was just saying. Why are you taking it so seriously?"

"Your joke isn’t funny," Shao Junyi gave him a glance and stood up, "Time isn’t early anymore, I should get going. After dealing with that guy, I still have actual work to do."

"That’s not real work for us," the man seemed to relax his vigilance and continued to complain, "This is the Family wanting to control any grassroots who might stand out. What does that have to do with us?"

"If they stand out, many of our Family’s children won’t be able to make it. Of course it matters to us, since our descendants will also benefit from it. Are you deliberately overlooking that?"

"Looks like you’re content with the status quo."

"What can we do if we’re not satisfied?" Shao Junyi stood up and stretched, "I’m not like you. Even if I say nothing, the Family will arrange a position for me; perhaps not as good as those of the main lineage, but not too bad either. With such a safety net, don’t try to stir me into opposing the higher-ups. I won’t do such thankless work."

"That’s all the ambition you have!" Coldness crept onto the other person’s face upon hearing this, "How are those newly promoted youngsters better than us? Why should they enjoy the best benefits? You’ve seen the intelligence, there aren’t many good positions available. Do you really think there will be any left when it’s your turn? Settling for leftovers - is that what we should get after all these years of restraint?"

"Enough..." Shao Junyi interrupted him coldly, "Stop it, I don’t want to hear this. Go find someone else; I’m certainly not interested."

"You’ll regret this, Shao Junyi..." the other said darkly, "The future... is earned by oneself. Give in once, and you’ll give in even more in the future."

This time Shao Junyi couldn’t be bothered to respond, and walked straight out of the room.

After Shao Junyi left the room, the man changed his demeanor and dialed a network call, saying directly, "I’ve tested him. There shouldn’t be any problems."

"Hmm... then that’s good..." On the other end of the video call, if Shao Junyi had stayed, he would certainly be surprised to find that the man was none other than the current Family Head of the Shao Family, Shao Junfu!

What neither the man nor Shao Junfu on the video call could see was, beneath the conference table in the room, hidden in the shadows, an eye observed all his movements vividly!

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"I wasn’t wrong, was I?" Wang Ye opened the intelligence left by the Thousand Eyes Technique and spoke with a smile.

"I’ve worked with him for so many years, yet I never knew he was sent by the higher-ups to monitor me," Shao Junyi’s voice took on a chilly tone.

"Your job may seem peripheral, but it’s crucial—responsible for the data security of most of the western city, as well as for scheduling such tasks. If you had a problem, the entire western city’s data would be at risk. Of course, they have multiple other layers of protection, but better safe than sorry, right?"

Wang Ye smiled faintly. Employing a loyal yet competent family member to handle such important data maintenance, while secretly having others monitor and balance power—this tactic was something he had often seen under a certain Emperor.

Of course, identifying it still relied on Tianji’s divinations. The divinations indicated that cooperating with the person before him was auspicious, while collaborating with that particular individual would be most ominous.

Chen Qing was indeed far-sighted in leaving this man here.

"Now... what do you want me to do?" Shao Junyi took a deep breath and asked.

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