My dream connects to three thousand years later.

Chapter 54 Lockdown (Bonus Chapter for Monthly Tickets)
Chu Zhu continued on the same timeline as before, heading straight to the guild headquarters as quickly as possible.

"Mr. Zhu?" The guard at the door saw Chu Zhu and his eyes lit up.

Chu Zhu showed no emotion in response and stated directly, "I issue this order in my capacity as the former General Secretary of the Trade Union."

Upon hearing this, the two guards' pupils contracted, and their backs instantly straightened.

"From now on, all the staff, cadres, and street directors stationed in the various shantytown redevelopment areas shall immediately mobilize the men, women, and children of all ages in the shantytown redevelopment areas. Then—seal off the shantytown redevelopment areas, allowing entry but not exit."

"Give orders to the three major industrial districts in Jinghai City, telling the factory owners to strike today! If they ask for a reason, just say it was me, Chu Zhu, who said it."

"The entire factory security force is mobilized, and the entire reserve security force is also mobilized and incorporated into the factory security force!"

"Members of the security team are not allowed to leave the shantytown redevelopment area. However, they must be prepared to strike hard against anyone who enters the shantytown redevelopment area and attempts to disrupt its order. At the same time, they must crack down hard on any problems that arise in the shantytown redevelopment area."

"If anyone dies in the chaos, the head of the neighborhood committee's union security team and the neighborhood director will be fired!"

After a moment's thought, Chu Zhu continued, "I once established an emergency food system. Now, let's move out the food stored by the union in the various emergency food depots in the shantytown renovation area and activate the work-for-relief system that I set up in Proposal No. 52 when the union was first established."

"All men, women, and children who participated in the mobilization will receive a temporary ration. The porridge cooked with the ration must be thick enough that a chopstick inserted into it will not fall over."

"Complaints are allowed to be made by men, women, and children of all ages."

Chu Zhu emphasized again, "The issue of food is the most, most, most important thing! If there are some problems in other places, I will at most take their hats, but if there are problems with food and famine occurs—I want the head of the culprit."

A dead silence.

"Yes!" The guard on the left spoke first, hurriedly pulling a pen from his pocket and frantically taking notes.

The guard on the right was a beat slow, then nodded hastily. He immediately looked at the other guard who was recording, his expression stiffening, as if the sky had fallen… How could you be so cunning?

Of course, while both were trying their best to remember, they were also puzzled as to why Chu Zhu would suddenly appear and issue such an order. Undoubtedly, however, both realized that something serious had happened!
Emergency mobilization system!
This is a system that Chu Zhu single-handedly pushed forward when the union was first established.

It is this system that has truly integrated the previously scattered and almost unsystematic shantytown redevelopment areas into a unified whole. This has given individuals in the shantytown redevelopment areas room to resist and negotiate when facing powerful figures like factory owners and large capitalists.

It is precisely because of this system that the mortality rate of individual workers and the elderly, weak, sick and young in the shantytown renovation area can be kept to a minimum without pushing factory owners to the extreme.

Watching the two quickly disappear into the headquarters building, Chu Zhu let out a long breath, calmed himself down, and then entered the building expressionlessly.

Although a complete blockade was implemented, Chu Zhu didn't expect to find any clues about the assassins—

Let alone an assassin who could kill Chu Zhu silently! Even if Chu Zhu wanted to now, she could easily bypass the blockade of the shantytown and escape into the city.

Even if a superhuman is only at the first stage of body refinement, there is still a huge gap between them and ordinary people.

Upon returning to the Director-General's office, Chu Zhu did not force the door open; instead, she stood quietly with her hands behind her back, waiting patiently.

A moment later, hurried footsteps sounded. One after another, people in work clothes appeared beside him.

Only after the footsteps stopped did Chu Zhu turn around and glance at the people present: four men and one woman. "Hmm, looks like everyone's here." "Um!" The deputy general manager, who was in the lead, cautiously raised his hand. "Brother Zhu, President Zhou hasn't arrived yet, has he? Should we... Also, some people have already gone home! We should send someone now..."

"Forget about those people going home." Chu Zhu suddenly exerted her strength and kicked the wooden door.

With a muffled thud, the bolt burst open.

The next instant, the huge, heavy wooden door crashed to the ground.

Four men and one woman: "!!!"

Before they could even be shocked by Chu Zhu's incredible strength, they were astonished to find Zhou Ze's head hanging from the ceiling light.

"Wh-what..." The deputy director-general's pupils slowly widened, unable to believe what he was seeing. He rubbed his eyes, looked again, rubbed his eyes again, and repeated this several times, still doubting that he was hallucinating!
"Ouch!" Another male officer cried out in pain. The women's affairs officer next to him nodded, looking confused, and said, "So it was just a dream! No wonder it didn't hurt."

"That's because you pinched me!" the male officer gritted his teeth, glancing at the ceiling every now and then.

"Wait a minute!" The third captain of the union's guard team raised his hand tremblingly. Recalling Chu Zhu's words earlier, he asked incredulously, "What you said before, 'Don't worry about those people going home...'"

"If nothing unexpected happens, something has happened to them!" Chu Zhu said coldly. "And that's the fundamental reason why I ordered the shantytown renovation area to be sealed off and initiated an emergency mobilization!"

Immediately, his gaze sharpened, like a sword, sweeping across everyone present. "You should all know very well that more than one officer died at the same time... including Zhou Ze! Without guidance, what will the final outcome be?"

No one spoke.

They looked at each other, their hearts first filled with fear, anger, and confusion... but in the end, it all turned into relief!

They were glad that Chu Zhu was there.

Strictly speaking, although they could be considered high-ranking members of the union, they mostly held deputy positions.

If it weren't for Chu Zhu, this matter would have suddenly come to light! Even if they wanted to control the situation, they wouldn't have been able to do so due to their prestige and other reasons.

This is no longer just a matter of chaos! It has shaken the very foundation of the union—in this dire situation, only Mr. Chu Zhu, the creator of the union and the founder of the guard team, can keep things in check.

"That's settled then!" Chu Zhu nodded. "We've had a brief meeting! You probably understand why I did this, and then..."

"Let's begin."

"We must find the killer!" Chu Zhu said, enunciating each word clearly. Even though he had no hope of finding the killer, that was a different matter from whether or not he had given the order to find the killer.

If he hadn't emphasized that, it would have been hard to say what his subordinates would have thought.

After all, this leaves too much room for conspiracy theories, even if Chu Zhu was the founder of the guild.

"Yes." Everyone present responded loudly, their faces serious.

(End of this chapter)