Legend of the Cyber Heroes
Chapter 516 - 160 Advance

Chapter 516: Chapter 160 Advance

What is the most important quality for decision-makers? Is it management skills?

No, actually it isn’t.

There are roles like "staff officers" and "assistants" in the world. In terms of specific management skills, they are better than the decision-makers who manage them.

Then, is it professional competence in a certain field?

No, it isn’t either.

There is also the role of "consultant" in the world. Their professional competence in a particular field is absolutely higher than that of their superiors.

So, is it "knowing a little about everything"?

Even less so. Jacks of all trades do not make good decision-makers.

In fact, the capabilities needed by decision-makers are just "courage" and "trust."

They must be able to make decisions quickly and bear the mental pressure of "failure" and "risk."

And to trust the decisions made by professionals, not causing trouble for the executors below.

These two points are the most important.

All other capabilities can be replaced by others. But these two, not so much.

——Ah, of course, this does not mean that "other aspects of ability can be negative". That certainly won’t do. A decision-maker doesn’t need to be highly proficient, but at least they should be a beginner and have the ability "not to be fooled by others." If even this is not achieved, they will either be sidelined, or they will allow a bunch of fraudsters to oust the real professionals.

Although Xiang Shan self-proclaimed himself as a "nerd" and a "bookworm" in the 2030s of the 21st century, his talent as a leader was actually decent. He had demonstrated some fundamental qualities to Jing Hongtu, and had been trained for several years in the complex environment of the Rama Project Secret Garden.

Thereafter, with a clear understanding of the heavy responsibility he carried, Xiang Shan worked for decades shouldering the fate of all humankind.

He succeeded for a time.

Regrettably, Xiang Shan only possessed the qualities that "a decision-maker could accomplish great things," yet lacked other qualities shared by wise and virtuous leaders.

But at least, Xiang Shan did not lack courage.

Sometimes, people with less mental fortitude could not keep up with him.

After hearing Xiang Shan’s next move, Gaoqiao Ziyi lost her composure in an instant, "How can it be like this... Could it be... Could it be..."

She left an impolite summary unsaid.

Solo Kill King’s eyes were glowing, "But this does have a certain feasibility."

"But that is... an enormous organization that has existed for at least a hundred years, infiltrating every corner of the Scientific Knight Order!" Gaoqiao Ziyi said, "We have too few people! And we’re not well-prepared. Then we still need to allocate some people to assist the local Burrow Dragons, Black Hand Master, and others in their retreat... The risk is too great. And we may even have to face the Fire God King!"

At this moment, a piece of information reached Gaoqiao Ziyi’s perception.

[If you dare not charge at mere exposed sneaks, how can you go to Paradox City?]

[It’s just Agni. Although the name is ancient, he is nothing but a dog.]

In Xiang Shan’s view, these are not problems.

Dealing with the Six Dragons Sect is actually much simpler than storming Paradox City. The Six Dragons Sect, just like the government, is neither friend nor foe. Their identities cannot be exposed. This also means that everything they do on Earth must be done without the government’s knowledge.

And hackers are the best at digging out information. Hackers mastering social engineering are even more formidable.

Hartman’s skills had already reached the Divine Realm. The Six Dragons Sect could manage small manipulations and minor actions on various applications and reports, but they couldn’t make major moves.

Of course, there are three scenarios not covered by this deduction.

That is "Hartman himself is a member of the Six Dragons," "the only person stronger than Hartman is a senior member of the Six Dragons," or "other Internal experts of comparable level are members of the Six Dragons."

Based on the memories of the Eighth Martial God, the first two possibilities were impossible. And the probability of the third was pitifully small.

Since they could only engage in minor actions, it also meant that they didn’t have much power to call upon.

It was definitely less than the defensive forces of Paradox City.

Of course, this was just one of the reasons to support Xiang Shan’s execution of this decision.

The motive behind his decision was very simple.

Daijiu Tai’a’s attitude was too strange.

Daijiu Tai’a gave way far too easily. Xiang Shan didn’t even have to make a promise of "I will let you go if I get the cooling device," before he mobilized the power of the Six Dragons Sect and caused that vehicle to crash.

This was not a trade.

Of course, the excuse of "we want to show goodwill to the Martial God" was even more absurd.

Xiang Shan concluded that this guy just wanted to get rid of himself.

Yes, it was that simple.

Xiang Shan came here to get the cooling device, so naturally, once he had it, there was no reason for him to stay any longer.

To prevent Xiang Shan from turning his attention to the Six Dragons Sect, he even went so far as to invoke the name of King Aqini.

The statement "King Aqini will see this" could exert a huge psychological pressure on someone.

Most people would choose to retreat at this point.

But Xiang Shan was not lacking in courage.

[Do you know that the exertion of a body and the acceleration of a fist both have a process? Additionally, apart from a "full-bodied pounce," any exertion is constrained by the body. So when the enemy throws a punch, if you step forward, you can actually disrupt their exertion process, and the damage you receive will be very slight.]

Gaoqiao Ziyi found it somewhat hard to accept: "But that’s King Aqini... That’s not someone who can be contended with by human effort."

"Rushing towards an attack" at times can disrupt the exertion process, but this applies to humans.

If your opponent is something like a jeep, then "rushing towards the attack" is mostly ineffective.

After a start, a jeep may not have any "exertion actions."

[Is that Old Dog really so fearsome?] Xiang Shan smiled, [That’s perfect, the same applies to the other side.]

During the exchange, he had already reached his destination.

It was a base in the northern section of the Pacific Ocean Coast Mountains. The base had basic optical camouflage and appeared to be constructing some installations. Workers were busily engaged, and a few members of the Green Forest were supervising the work.

To prevent Xiang Shan from killing everyone, Heavenly Machine took all signal receptors offline before leaving.

So now these lackeys who were left behind were unaware that the great Green Forest heroes had all been exterminated.

"Hmm, not bad." Xiang Shan nodded, "Now I have all the conditions for a counterattack."

The memories given by the Hermit of Heavenly Machine didn’t include this location, but the other members of the Green Forest didn’t know the value of this information, so they managed their memories lazily.

Xiang Shan learned of this place from other Great Heroes of the Green Forest.

This was a signal station connected to satellites.

Moreover, it had been specially processed to evade the gaze of that Old Dog Hartman to some degree.

And now it couldn’t receive external signals, which meant no one could remotely overwrite it.

"I hope that guy Daijiu Tai’a has already started his journey back." Xiang Shan walked towards the "Righteousness Hall" that was under construction.