This is a routine, Joe Barton is testing Zhang Lan's ambitions, he may be able to accept Zhang Lan's threat, but it does not mean that he can always accept the threat, if Zhang Lan shows too much greed, Joe Barton will not hesitate to choose Zhang Lan's life after the trade is over.

Alice, who was driving, knew Joe Barton's personality too well, he would never be willing to share this empire with anyone, and if he was, he would not accept Zhang Lan's deal, and promised to let Zhang Lan try to eliminate Barton.

Alice didn't know how to remind Zhang Lan that she must not agree to Joe Barton's request, but before she could open her mouth to advise, Zhang Lan had already given an answer.

"Thank you, Lord Cho Barton, for being so considerable, but Zhang Lan may be going to disappoint you this time. It's not that I'm not greedy for power, but I don't agree with the management philosophy of the Imperial Group, and I don't want to change everything here, so I don't want to be involved. However, this does not hinder our cooperation, it doesn't matter what system you are, the important thing is that you all want to continue to live under the huge overlord army. Zhang Lan nodded in Alice's rearview mirror, as if she had seen through the fact that the girl wanted to remind herself.

"It's a pity, obviously you are the second smartest person I have ever met, but you are stupid not to use your wisdom to do bigger things, let's say, there should be other conditions for your negotiation with me."

Joe Barton is not stupid, knowing that there is no such thing as a free lunch, and of course there is no one who voluntarily risked his life to help someone else's host system.

"When it's done, I'm going to take Alice away." Zhang Lan was straightforward.

"I knew you weren't a fuel-efficient lamp." Joe Barton looked down and sneered, "Do you know who she is?" Ranked Heaven-level demigods, Alice's strength alone is comparable to an elite army, and I am even willing to give you an aerospace aircraft carrier, and I will never allow you to take her away. ”

"The twisted melon is not sweet, of course I know the value of Alice, but you have already made trouble in this field, and it is not appropriate to keep her by your side. Of course, since it is a deal, I must show sincerity, I will not let Alice Bai go with me, I can represent the Easy City, promise to produce 100 tons of black odin metal raw materials every year, and transfer it to the Imperial Group as compensation. Zhang Lan also negotiated the contradiction into a deal.

"What is the use of 100 tons of scrap iron?" In Joe Barton's view, there is nothing that can be compared to Alice's value.

"It's better than nothing, right? Or do you have any other requirements that can be met for you? Zhang Lan asked.

"There's nothing I care about but your life. Anyway, the heart that has died can't be saved, as long as you can completely get rid of Barton's personality and connect the core memory card to the Tianyan host, I will fulfill you. "That's probably the most generous of Joe Barton.

"Thank you very much." Zhang Lan nodded sincerely.

It didn't take long for the traveling sedan to finally reach the outside of the Imperial Institute. The so-called Imperial Institute is more like a giant closed fortress.

Its predecessor was the military stronghold of the US imperialism - the Pentagon, after the transformation of the imperial group, the entire building has been armed to the teeth, whether it is the giant city defense cannon in every corner of the top floor, or the ion barrier generator erected in the center of the building, it can resist the attack of a whole army.

If Alice hadn't sneaked inside as an insider and stole the core memory card, I believe that even outsiders would not have thought of entering the slightest.

At this moment, there was already a smoke of gunpowder outside the gate of the Imperial Research Institute, and more than 3 integrated armored units were beaten into piles of scrap metal, and how many zombie regiments died here, just to prevent the invaders named Yuna and Lan Ling from entering the interior.

Panting, Yuna had been burning for almost half an hour, only a hundred meters away from the gate in front of her, but the devil knows how many more people would be able to get there.

Just as another city defense cannon adjusted its angle and aimed at Yuna below, Lan Ling said, "Hey, it's coming again." ”

"Come on, it's best to help burn all the garbage next to it by the way." Yuna grinned.

But the bombing did not come, but a limousine stopped behind them. The three people who got out of the car made Yuna stunned, and she couldn't understand the relationship inside at all.

Zhang Lan and Alice's appearance is not unexpected, but what is unexpected is why Joe Barton came with them? It's like a weasel and a chicken holding their shoulders and becoming brothers, it's unbelievable.

"Zhang Lan? What did you do? Yuna asked, confused.

"We just made a deal, and now we're partners with a common purpose." Zhang Lan said.

"Not a partner, just a threatened compromiser, and I'll only compromise this once." Joe Barton was as uncomfortable as having a bad stomach.

With Joe Barton leading the way, all the guards naturally withdrew backwards, and everyone finally reached the closed gate.

The pure steel gate, which is 10 meters high and more than 2 meters thick, slowly opened with a clattering sound, and it was none other than the mayor of the Big Apple, Francis, who had received Zhang Lan.

"Welcome back, Lord Chobarton." Francis bowed.

"Thank you for your work to keep this group alive to see me, that's why I'm in such trouble." The blame in Cho Barton's words was clear.

"These are indeed my derelictions of duty, but you don't seem to have a reasonable explanation for the leadership of the Imperial Group regarding Chairman Barton's data-based self-transformation and integration into the core memory card, right?" Francis didn't just come to confess.

Obviously, Joe Barton and Barton did everything to bypass the board of directors, and their arbitrary and reckless choices have profoundly infringed on the interests of the imperial group.

"How do you know all this?" Joe Barton was curious.

"A soldier's battlefield recorder filmed your conversation with Zhang Lan, and Patton really dared to digitize himself, which is absolutely not allowed."

"Looks like you know a lot, but that's okay, I'm not going to hide it from anyone anyway."

Joe Barton sighed faintly, without any warning, only to see that he suddenly drew his big sword behind him, and nailed through Francis's body at once, and even pinned him firmly to the wall.

"You dare to kill me?! I am the core leadership of the Imperial Group with Gold card treatment, and my faction is in charge of a third of the Imperial Group, you dare to kill me?! Francis spat blood from his mouth, and what was more unbearable than physical pain was Joe Barton's dog-like disdain.

"So what? Boring parliaments, boring elections, boring systems dominated by the weak. Do you really understand that power is hard to come by? Is it not easy for more than 10,000 people like me to die before a demigod is born? No, you don't understand anything, you think that power is something you are born with, so, obediently die, the next imperial group is no longer a world where you decide the fate of others with endless quarrels. Joe Barton drew his broadsword with a brush, and Francis fell in a pool of blood.

His body was twitching, and within seconds he stopped breathing, ending his political career.