Chapter 85: Spiritual Energy Research Institute, The Deep Meaning of Key Targets
“Zhao Yu from the Analysis Team.”
“Zhao Yu!?”
Hearing the name, everyone was somewhat shocked, but also relieved to some extent, as they weren’t particularly familiar with him.
Among those present, the only one who was familiar was Bai Yu, who was of the same age.
However, Bai Yu joined the group later and hadn’t interacted with these people for long, so no deep bonds were formed.
Conversely, those who were in the same group as Zhao Yu might find it hard to accept him after spending time together.
After listening, Li Yunbin said, “I will inform Director Yang. He will surely make excellent arrangements for this matter.”
Unknown spies are dangerous!
Known spies are opportunities!
“Then I’ll talk about the second piece of intelligence, which is about tonight’s auction.”
“According to the intelligence gathered so far, the Alien Race seems to have united and plans to carry out assassinations on multiple key targets during their return journey after the auction.”
“Of course, the enemy’s methods might not be that simple. I’m not clear about the specific preparations from higher-ups.”
“Did your divination reveal this information?”
Upon hearing this, Bai Yu let out a wry smile.
Assassination?
Heh~! It’s an open attack!
He didn’t reveal it immediately, wanting to see how much the officials had uncovered.
“Captain, can you elaborate?”
“Based on what has been investigated so far, the key target I know of is the Director of the Spiritual Energy Research Institute, Professor Kong Shen, who primarily researches spirit gathering. Speaking of which, this auction is also significantly related to him.”
“Spirit gathering, as a branch of spiritual energy research.”
“For example, spiritual plants can rapidly gather spiritual energy. Or, how some ordinary minerals can become spiritual mines through spirit gathering. This theory is one of the most important in the extraordinary realm.”
“Professor Kong Shen is highly renowned in this field, several levels above Professor Wang Wen.”
“Furthermore, according to the information I have, Professor Kong Shen has recently made a significant research breakthrough, which might be why he is being targeted.”
With just a few simple sentences, Bai Yu could understand the importance of this individual.
“How does the official side plan to protect him?”
“I’m not entirely sure, but he will definitely be accompanied by at least someone at the Half-Step Spirit Sea Realm.”
Half-Step Spirit Sea Realm refers to someone who is in the process of condensing their Spirit Sea. This process is quite long, potentially taking six months to a year.
“Of course, I’m not privy to the specifics. But I speculate that there will likely be someone in the Spirit Sea Realm providing covert protection.”
Bai Yu asked a few more questions, wanting to see if the captain had any further intelligence.
However, their ranks were too low.
Even with the backing of the Li Family, Li Yunbin couldn’t uncover more inside information.
If they could get inside information, that would be truly extraordinary, a blatant interference by the Ancient Martial Arts world into official matters.
But based on the current information, the officials should also be prepared.
However, the officials likely didn’t anticipate that the enemy would be so well-prepared, planning a direct, large-scale attack on the auction house!
The officials’ arrangements were likely for ambushes encountered on the road, or perhaps they had deeper plans that I’m unaware of.
‘But based on the available information, the number of monsters is likely to exceed a thousand!!’
‘And a previously unheard-of Savage Tribe has suddenly emerged as a main participant, which might be a key factor.’
‘Regardless of whether the officials have uncovered the inside story, I must pass on the information.’
After Li Yunbin finished speaking, seeing Bai Yu’s expression still extremely solemn, he couldn’t help but ask, “What information did you divine?”
Upon hearing the question, Bai Yu took a deep breath, scanned the room, and said with a grave tone, “This incident is definitely much more serious than imagined.”
“The Vampire Clan, Fishman Race, Lizardman, and Savage Tribe, along with several other Alien Races, have united. They plan to launch a large-scale attack at the auction venue!”
“The number of Alien Race creatures participating in the attack could exceed a thousand, and there will definitely be someone in the Spirit Sea Realm involved!”
“What!? Are you sure?”
Hearing this, everyone became restless and stood up.
The Alien Races had actually chosen to join forces, and there were over a thousand Alien Race creatures!
Although, during the previous Cloud Lake Battle, there were indeed over two hundred Fishman monsters, which was a considerable number.
But that was caused by a supreme treasure like the Dragon Pearl, a rare artifact.
The Fishman Race making such a big move was expected. But regardless, it was only a unilateral action by the Fishman Race, and not many elites participated.
But this auction involves many important figures, and the security personnel are numerous and their strength is not to be underestimated.
The information they had investigated so far only suggested that the Alien Races intended to use this opportunity to launch sneak attacks or assassinations on the road.
But the Alien Races’ direct objective was to launch a full-scale assault on the entire auction venue!?
If that were truly the case, the situation would be extremely dire!
And such arrogant behavior clearly far exceeded everyone’s expectations.
Li Yunbin quickly pondered and said, “This auction will be held at Mote Manor. That area is sparsely populated, with only two residential buildings within a kilometer radius of the manor.”
“How could over a thousand Alien Race creatures suddenly gather?”
Bai Yu: You ask me, who do I ask?
“Precisely because we can’t imagine it, the Alien Races might be able to catch us off guard!”
“But this attack will definitely happen! Some members of our team might also die.”
As he spoke, Bai Yu carefully looked at these teammates he was familiar with.
Upon hearing this information, Li Yunbin clenched his fists, his knuckles cracking.
This news was too shocking for him.
It was even to the point of being difficult to handle.
Reporting it to Director Yang might not even be effective!
To deal with over a thousand Alien Race creatures, the required preparations would definitely be more than five times what they currently had.
But if the city’s forces were depleted and a major incident occurred, they wouldn’t be able to take responsibility.
If they were to mobilize and find nothing, it would be even harder to resolve.
Thinking about these things, Li Yunbin slowly sat back in his chair and said, “I need to think about how to tell Director Yang.”
“I hope Director Yang can give a clear answer on whether we should attend this auction or not.”
“Mm!”
“By the way, Captain, the attack launched by the other side isn’t aimed at total annihilation; there are a few key targets on their list.”
This clearly didn’t sound like something obtained through divination.
But at this point, it was time to say it!
Otherwise, if I keep hiding it and by the time humanity is half-dead, who will I tell?
Will I go to their graves to mourn?
“Who?”
“Professor Kong Shen is one, and high-level executives of Yunan Group, such as Zhang Kun, are others.”
Hearing this, Qin Wanqing, the daughter of a director at Yunan Group, who was nearby, looked puzzled.
“Yunan Group executives?”
“Yes. Sister Wanqing, can you think of any important information?”
Qin Wanqing’s expression was confused. She thought carefully and said, “I know all of these people. They have some strength themselves. However, to be honest, if they were killed by the Alien Race, the group’s operations wouldn’t collapse; they would just need to be replaced.”
Her words sounded somewhat indifferent, but they were the truth.
These executives were not high-level research talents like Professor Kong Shen, who were irreplaceable.
But at this moment, Zhao Bin pushed up his glasses and exclaimed, “Blood Demon!”
Hearing this, everyone instantly found a direction.
Blood Demon, replacing high-level officials!
Besides its basic industries, Yunan Group also had massive investments in the extraordinary realm.
If these individuals were to infiltrate, it would undoubtedly be a disaster!
Upon hearing this speculation, Bai Yu’s heart also tightened. He had initially wondered why the Alien Race’s key targets included these wealthy individuals.
Logically, shouldn’t they be targeting talented, capable, and gifted individuals like himself?
Now it seemed, they all had a purpose!
Seeing that there was trickery involved, Bai Yu naturally disclosed the other targets as well.
As for the situation of his own Seventh Group, he also mentioned it. Bai Yu guessed that this might be related to him!
Around ten o’clock.
Inside the Jiangnan District Investigation Bureau.
Director Yang had already received the information and was currently in a special room.
Inside was a very special instrument – an armillary sphere, considered his exclusive ‘divine artifact’.
The spiritual energy within him began to flow continuously, and the massive armillary sphere started to rotate.
Streams of inexplicable information flooded into his mind.
However, even with the armillary sphere, he couldn’t detect any anomalies today.
But deep down, he had a special premonition: someone was obstructing the trajectory of fate.
Strong individuals who were overly confident in their abilities would likely not believe Bai Yu’s exaggerated claims.
But just like the matter of the Cloud Lake Dragon Pearl…
At the moment the Dragon was born, he felt immense luck, and only then did he help Bai Yu conceal the Heavenly Secrets, which was why the Priest couldn’t detect it.
From that moment on, he had taken on a thread of Bai Yu’s fate!
Through this thread of fate, he could sense that the other party was speculating, suspecting that the Investigation Bureau had a master strategist, and that this strategist was himself, having enhanced his abilities.
Director Yang followed this line of thought, like a guiding star, leading the enemy into a misconception.
This action was essentially tampering with fate and concealing Heavenly Secrets.
In reality, it was acting against heaven and would eventually incur divine retribution!
The so-called divine retribution might not be punishment from the world’s heavenly dao, but could also be a fatal trap set by the Alien Race after detecting the target.
And he was the one standing in front of this divine retribution.
“Reporting this matter upwards doesn’t seem to change the original fate.”
“There are still pests…”
Thinking this, Director Yang looked at a small red star within the armillary sphere.
This was just a small pest within the bureau, Zhao Yu, who couldn’t cause any major waves.
“Blood Demon creatures, however, are quite unique.”
“On the chessboard, everything remains as usual.”
“Only outside the chessboard can fate be changed.”
“Then… let’s go meet an old friend.”
Room 401.
Bai Yu held the Moyuan’s Divine Brush and quickly drew Lightning Strike Talismans.
The Lightning Strike Talisman matched his attributes, giving him a success rate of 30% to 40%, which was quite impressive.
With the help of the Moyuan’s Divine Brush, the success rate for the Blood Dissolving Talisman was only 20% to 25%.
With the intelligence about the Open Acupoint Pill, he was already considering handing over the technology for the Blood Dissolving Talisman.
Feeling a bit tired, he stretched and glanced at the over fifty Blood Dissolving Talismans and over a hundred Lightning Strike Talismans on the table.
“I’m so damn rich! A hundred Lightning Strike Talismans cost about two thousand, not including the materials lost from failed attempts.”
“The actual consumption is probably six to seven thousand Contribution Points!”
“The average cost of a Blood Dissolving Talisman is 15. Due to the low success rate, the cost is also not low.”
However, it was fortunate that his earning ability was strong! Otherwise, he really couldn’t afford these things.
He glanced at the White Dragon beside him.
At this moment, Bai Ling was lying on a water spirit pearl the size of a soccer ball, absorbing spiritual energy.
This single water spirit pearl was worth a thousand Contribution Points!
Looking at his card balance, he only had five thousand Contribution Points left.
Raising pets and making talismans were truly expensive!
“Bai Ling.”
“I’m here! Brother Bai Yu, are we leaving?”
“Yes, we’ll depart in half an hour. This battle will be quite dangerous.”
“Don’t worry! Ling’er will protect Brother Bai Yu and the other brothers and sisters.”
“You take care of yourself too.”
Just as Bai Yu was packing his talismans.
“Knock, knock, knock~”
There was a knock on the door.
Bai Yu’s eyes narrowed. Could it be that guy Zhao Yu?
