"Dark Swallow …" Wang Baole's expression was solemn. After carefully reading through the entire plan, his heart sank.
The so-called Dark Swallow was, in fact, an ambush!
However, the ambush wasn't in the Federation or the Dao Palace, but … an unknown outside world!
Many years ago, around the beginning of the Spirit Inception Era, the Federation had used some special methods to find out about the existence of several other civilizations around the Solar System.
This special method included the runes at the core of the Solar System Array Formation that Li Xingwen had mentioned to Wang Baole, as well as a few ruins that existed on Earth. In the information regarding Project Dark Swallow, Wang Baole even saw … a record of Lin Tianhao's father, Lin You!
In this record, it was clearly described that Lin You had disappeared in a ruin in his early years. A year later, he had appeared in the ruin. At the same time, according to Lin You's description, he had been sent to another civilization and brought back some simple information about the civilizations in the cosmos.
In addition, there was another name that made Wang Baole's pupils contract. This name was … Xie Haiyang!
The information mentioned that Xie Haiyang's strangeness was noticed after his disappearance in Ethereal Dao College and his reappearance in the Dao Palace. At one point, the Federation thought that his strangeness was related to the Dao Palace. However, the relationship with the Dao Palace at that time wasn't the same as it was now, so it couldn't be investigated.
However, after the end of the war, the Federation's Black Ops started investigating again. Xie Haiyang's origins attracted the attention of the Federation. Even the game that he had collaborated with Wang Baole was within the scope of the investigation. If not for Wang Baole's noble and special status that no one doubted, he would have been investigated secretly as well.
In the end, the members of the Dark Tribe were unable to find an answer, but they were able to come to a conclusion. They believed … that Xie Haiyang was a trial taker from an even larger civilization!
Other than that, there were more than just these two or three people who had been investigated by the Dark Ops over the years. Wang Baole had seen more than a hundred people in the files. These people were from different walks of life and had different identities, but they all had two things in common. Either they had a strange experience of going missing and then returning like Lin You … or there were various signs that indicated that they were not from the Federation civilization!
Among them, the names of Zhuo Yifan and Zhuo Yixian were also included. According to the investigation of the Dark Unit, they were suspected to have been transported out of the solar system by some unknown force!
All these matters had no choice but to draw the attention of the Federation. Hence, the Hundred Seedlings Plan and the Dao Palace's subsequent plans were developed, and that was … Project Dark Swallow. The main point of this plan was to arrange for people with certain specialties who could be trusted to venture out of the Solar System to explore other civilizations beyond the Solar System!
The method of venturing out was similar to what happened to Lin You back then. The files mentioned that the Dark Unit had gained control of forty-three locations over the years … that were suspected to be able to be transported!
As they couldn't be easily tested, the Federation didn't know how many could be transported in the end. However, the mission of those who participated in Project Dark Swallow was to gather information. If they were successfully transported, it would be best if they could hide. If they couldn't hide, they had to gather as much information as possible while ensuring their own safety. This would allow the Federation to have a better grasp of the surrounding civilizations.
After all, according to the cases that the Federation had in their possession, although most of those who disappeared through teleportation didn't return, there were still some who would return in a few months or years.
Originally, it would have been difficult for the Federation to achieve this with just the power of the Federation. After all, to ensure safety, those who participated in Project Dark Swallow had to possess spells or artifacts that could conceal, conceal, and transform life forms. There were also language requirements, as well as a certain level of cultivation.
However, with the integration of the Dao Palace, all these difficulties were easily solved. The Federation had already created more than half of the artifacts that could conceal and transform life forms. After absorbing the Dao Palace's system, Zhao Pinfang had recently completed the creation. As for language, the Dao Palace could solve that as well.
Hence, this plan was restarted. It seemed a little hasty, but in reality, the Federation had been preparing for many years.
Wang Baole fell silent as he looked at the files. He wanted to stop Zhao Yameng and the others, but he didn't know where to start. The Federation's approach was right. They needed to understand the outside world and the nearby star systems. This way, regardless of whether it was establishing diplomatic relations or the invasion of future existences, the Federation wouldn't feel as hopeless as it did during the battle with the Dao Palace.
The advancement of a civilization wasn't something he could achieve alone. It required the hard work of countless people. On the path to the rise of a civilization, there were bound to be too many people who needed to shine.
The plan seemed dangerous, but Wang Baole noticed from the information that the Federation had prepared extravagant equipment for everyone who participated in the mission. Even the second-generation Anti-Spirit Bombs, which could pose a threat to Soul Conduit realm cultivators, had been prepared with more than ten second-generation Anti-Spirit Bombs.
At the same time, everyone's genes were also left behind. Using the Dao Palace's methods, a part of their souls was left behind. This way, if they were to die in the outside world, they could be revived to a certain extent after the Federation made a breakthrough in spirit science technology.
Therefore, the only thing Wang Baole could do was to give Zhao Yameng and the others Dharmic Armaments that he had created himself. At the same time, he used his cultivation to condense several clones and gave them to Zhao Yameng and the others as trump cards!
In order to prevent his avatars from exuding waves of cultivation and bringing unnecessary trouble to Zhao Yameng and the others, Wang Baole tried his best to seal and compress the avatars he sent out. At the cost of weakening their ability to sense his avatars, he made sure that their auras and waves of cultivation were almost completely wiped out. However, that didn't change the fact that they were his trump cards!
After doing all this, in the following days, Wang Baole sensed that more than half of the clones he sent out had disappeared from his senses. He knew that those that disappeared meant … that they had left the Solar System.
His mood was a little gloomy. He left his home and walked alone in Ethereal City. He looked at the people and cars coming and going on the streets and listened to the hustle and bustle around him. Aimlessly, he came to the side of the lake where the Ethereal Dao College was located. He sat there and stared at the lake and the lotus leaves on its surface. Wang Baole thought about many things.
He thought about his childhood, his life as a student, and his experiences in the Dao Palace. Finally, the battle with the Leisurely Taoist and the line that extended into the depths of the cosmos on Zi Yue's Soul Seed surfaced in his mind.
Slowly, as time passed and dusk arrived. When the moon shone brightly in the sky, Wang Baole's eyes shone again. He didn't notice that a figure had appeared behind him at some point in time. It was a young man with a wooden sword on his back and a flagon of wine in his hand. He leaned against the Big Tree beside him and drank while looking at Wang Baole. There was a thoughtful look in his eyes as if he was pondering how to comfort him.
Wang Baole, who didn't notice at all, began to mutter as the light in his eyes intensified.
"They have their missions, and so do I. The stronger one is, the greater one's responsibility. Even if I, Wang Baole, am indifferent to fame and fortune, like a wild crane, free and unfettered in the world, for the sake of the Federation, I can only take on the heavy responsibility of being the President of the Federation!
"There's no other way. I, Wang Baole, have a heaven-defying cultivation base, a righteous heart, and an appearance that crushes everything. The people need me, the Federation needs me, and yes … the entire Federation needs me to be the President!"
After hearing this, the young man leaning against the Big Tree had a strange expression. He slapped his forehead and swallowed the words of comfort that he wanted to say to Wang Baole.
"I can't immerse myself in parting," he murmured. "I need to cheer myself up and explode with the aura of being the most handsome man in the Federation!" As Wang Baole muttered, he stood up suddenly and raised his head to look at the cosmos. He was about to shout a few words of encouragement to himself, but before he could open his mouth, coughing and exasperation sounded behind him.
"Little Junior Brother, your way of cheering yourself up … is very special."
When Wang Baole heard this, his body went stiff, and then he trembled. He whipped his head around and saw the young man leaning against the Big Tree. It was none other than his Senior Brother, Chen Qing!
Wang Baole stared at Chen Qing. He didn't speak as he usually did. Instead, he fell silent.
Chen Qing didn't say anything either. The two Senior Brother and Junior Brother stood by the lake, allowing the wind to blow past them, causing ripples to appear on the surface of the lake and their hair to flutter about.
After a long moment passed, Chen Qing rubbed his forehead and sighed. He tossed the flagon of alcohol in his hand to Wang Baole. Eyes shining with sincerity, he spoke softly.
"Baole, it's inevitable that smart people are sensitive. I only found out after coming here, so don't misunderstand. The knot in your heart wasn't caused by me. "
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