The newbie's voice wasn't particularly pleasant, but at this moment, to Old Wu, it sounded like music from heaven.
Even though he only heard the newbie's voice and didn't see him, just that voice alone was enough to back Old Wu up.
The moment he heard it, Old Wu shook off the dejected air from just now. The back that had been hunched a second ago straightened up as if a steel plate had been nailed into it.
Just a second earlier he had been scared stiff, but now his face was already full of vigor and confidence. The speed at which he changed expressions was truly something to marvel at.
He twisted his shoulders on both sides, slipping free from the grip of the two security guards who were still stunned.
Then he lifted his head, tugged at his collar, and before the guards could react, he strode quickly toward the office.
The two guards snapped back to their senses and were about to chase after Old Wu, but then they saw Notch and the newbie walking out together from the game pods.
Seeing Notch come out, the two guards froze for a moment. They stopped and turned to glance at the company executives standing by the door.
"You two can leave." One of the executives tilted his head slightly, signaling the guards to go out. He himself stepped into the office, about to speak, but was interrupted by Notch.
"I already know what happened. It has nothing to do with Old Wu."
"And besides, is now the time to be holding someone accountable?"
"Has the server been restarted? Has the downtime announcement been sent? Have the players been appeased?"
With each question Notch asked, he stepped closer to the executive. The pressure coming off him forced the executive to retreat several steps in a row.
It was the first time the executive had seen Notch with such an overwhelming presence. Sweat instantly started forming on his forehead.
"Uh… well…" The executive wiped the sweat from his forehead, just about to pass the blame, when Notch spoke again, "If nothing's been done, then what are you still standing here for?"
"What is the company even keeping you people for?"
At this point, Notch glanced at Old Wu and said, "Why are you still standing here? Doesn't restarting the server require testing?"
"It's already chaos outside and you, the head of the programming department, don't even bother managing it?"
"Yes, yes… I'll go right now!!" Old Wu replied, and it was like the soles of his shoes had been greased. He slipped out of the office immediately.
After watching Old Wu leave, Notch turned his gaze to the newbie again and said, "Next, you take over the PR side. Just coordinate with Old Wu on the server restart."
After saying that, Notch looked at the company executives again. "I've already briefed the newbie. He represents me fully. From here on, just listen to him."
"After the servers are back up, I'll take over everything inside the game. You just cooperate and handle the external PR."
Hearing this, the newbie looked at Notch with a blank face, then raised a hand and pointed at himself. "Me?????"
But Notch didn't give him any time to refuse. He immediately pushed both the newbie and the executives out.
After waving and smiling goodbye to the newbie, Notch shut the office door with a "bang."
Although what Notch did was basically throwing the newbie under the bus, he didn't have much of a choice.
The PR matters he had just assigned were actually small issues. The newbie would definitely be able to handle them well.
The more troublesome part right now was everything inside the game.
First, there was J.
J was still trapped in the Nameless Land and had no idea what had happened.
Then there was how to arrange things for J afterward, which also needed Notch to deal with personally.
On top of that, the many living beings inside the game didn't know what had happened before the shutdown. Relying on word of mouth between them would be far too slow.
At the moment, only Notch, who had obtained all the power, could deliver this information to all living beings at the first moment.
To Notch, these matters were obviously far more important than handling PR for the game, so he could only hand the external matters over to the newbie.
After being "sold out" by Notch, although the newbie had been forced into it, he quickly started taking charge of the various tasks in a convincing manner.
Even though he had never worked on PR before, he was still a genius.
For ordinary people, stepping into an unfamiliar field might take a long time just to reach the entry level.
But for a genius, there was basically no barrier to crossing into other fields. With just a bit of understanding, they could draw connections and figure things out.
Because of that, not long after taking over, the newbie had already brought the chaotic company operations into orderly shape. Under his arrangements, the servers were restarted.
Since Notch had been waiting inside the game pod early on, the moment the server opened, he entered the game.
The instant he entered, J's huge face rushed up to him. "What the hell happened? What just happened?!"
From J's flustered expression and the anxiety on his face, it was obvious he had already sensed something.
Facing J's urgent questioning, Notch didn't answer immediately.
He slowly raised his head, his gaze fixed on the sky above the Nameless Land. Then he slowly lifted his right hand, his palm turning slightly in the air, as if grabbing hold of a button and twisting his wrist.
The moment he made that motion, the entire sky of the Nameless Land seemed to be controlled by some mysterious force, beginning to spin rapidly at an astonishing speed.
Notch's eyes stayed locked on the wildly twisting sky. His wrist moved back and forth as if adjusting a precise instrument, as though searching for a certain angle or balance point.
Time passed second by second. The speed of the sky's rotation grew faster and faster, making it feel like the whole world was about to be torn apart by this overwhelming force.
Finally, after a tense period of adjustment, Notch's wrist stopped moving, and the sky's rotation came to an abrupt halt.
After finishing all this, Notch walked slowly up to the Execution Dragon, who was on guard and ready to attack him, and said softly, "It's all over. Xu Yuan is fine."
After speaking, Notch slowly raised his hand. A cluster of golden aura began to gather in his palm. "Everything that happened during this time is in here."
Hearing this, the Execution Dragon hesitated, then slowly leaned her head closer, half-believing, half-doubting.
The moment she moved close to Notch's palm, the golden aura suddenly came alive and actively burrowed into her mind.
The instant it entered, a segment of memories that didn't belong to her appeared in her head.
After going through those memories, the Execution Dragon finally let down her guard toward Notch completely.
Seeing this, Notch reached out and cautiously moved his hand toward her. When he saw that she didn't resist, he gently placed his hand on her head.
At the moment his hand touched her head, the Execution Dragon suddenly felt that all the memories in her mind about her fate with the Wither Sla, the hatred, and everything related to it had completely disappeared.
As she felt confused, Notch's voice sounded by her ear, "Go to Xu Yuan's side. Be an ordinary dragon, carefree and without worries."