The scavengers had been repelled for the time being, but that didn't mean the matter was over.
This was just the beginning of chaos.
Odd Zhuo was still pressing on with his questioning of Cleone.
On the other side, the various forces were also making their own moves.
The towering Huaguo Water Curtain Group building was empty.
Everyone had been evacuated in advance.
Only the men in black who had been sent out earlier were left to report on their work.
Sun Yiyuan's face was exceptionally ugly.
He hadn't expected so many people to be involved this time. Not only were overseas foundations and combat sects involved, but even the main alliance was also involved.
Furthermore, it seemed that these forces had branches that were secretly fighting each other.
"Legend has it that the foundation has a scavengers team, which are killing machines specially bred by the foundation. I never thought it would actually be true … "
When the men in black finished their report, Jiang Xiaoche also had a very surprised expression.
Then he frowned deeply. "Master, I'm afraid we've already exposed our identities by getting involved this time."
Sun Yiyuan glanced at Jiang Xiaoche and shook his head. "No, the truth is that our operation this time was secretly instructed by the main alliance. Otherwise, do you think I would have the guts to get involved in this matter? "
"Instructed by the main alliance?" Jiang Xiaoche was even more surprised.
"To be exact, it was directly instructed by His Excellency …"
"It's actually His Excellency!"
Jiang Xiaoche's eyes widened.
"Judging from the outcome of this operation, the situation is worse than I thought."
"Since His Excellency instructed me to get involved, it proves that there might already be a spy in the main alliance that His Excellency doesn't trust …"
Saying this, Old Man Sun frowned slightly.
It was just that they still didn't know where on earth this spy came from.
Was it someone from the foundation? Or was it an unknown force from somewhere else?
None of this was known at the moment.
Sun Yiyuan was a veteran.
A company could never be above the state; he understood this principle.
Although Huaguo Water Curtain Group was astonishingly wealthy, Sun Yiyuan wouldn't get involved in this matter without authorization.
Of course, as a businessman, the more Old Fox Sun took the risk to get involved this time, the more conditions Huaguo Water Curtain Group would raise.
Sun Yiyuan didn't lack anything in his life, be it wealth, beautiful women or any novel objects.
Everything a secular person wanted was fleeting in his eyes.
The only person he treasured was his granddaughter.
As long as Lotus Sun's "Yin and Yang Death Tribulation" wasn't resolved, he would be on tenterhooks.
Thus, Sun Yiyuan's condition was that after this matter was over, he wanted the headquarters to do their utmost to break the Yin Yang Death Tribulation.
"Looks like we have no choice but to interfere in this matter."
When Jiang Xiaoche heard this, he understood Huaguo Water Curtain Group's current situation.
Judging from the current events.
The General Alliance might have lost the trust of that lord because of the 'traitor'.
That lord had no choice but to ask the Huaguo Water Curtain Group to secretly investigate.
They were already involved in this matter, so it was naturally impossible for them to escape unscathed.
However, there was one thing that Jiang Xiaoche did not quite understand. He bluntly asked: "Why did that lord not allow the Battle Sect to investigate?"
"I was also thinking about this before …" Old Man Sun said, "Maybe you have your own concerns. Or perhaps Master feels that the Battle Sect has a close relationship with the Headquarter Alliance, and that there might be a mole within. "
"But the problem is that the person has already been snatched away by the war sect!" Jiang Xiaoche wanted to cry, but no tears came out.
They were now caught in the middle, and their situation was very awkward.
They couldn't win in a fight, couldn't win in a fight, and couldn't extricate themselves from this matter …
The whole situation was quite unfavorable for Huaguo Water Curtain Group.
Most importantly, their actions just now had exposed their identities. The mole at the headquarters and the foundation's scavengers could make a move on Huaguo Water Curtain Group at any time.
This situation of being attacked from the front and the back could be said to be a stalemate …
Now, Jiang Xiaoche finally understood why Sun Yiyuan had ordered all the employees in the building to be evacuated yesterday.
Obviously, the old man didn't want to implicate the innocent employees.
"Now we can only gamble."
After thinking about it, Old Man Sun quickly made a decision. "Everyone else evacuate. Xiaoche, come with me to the Sun family treasury."
Hearing this, Jiang Xiaoche's pupils shrank. "Master, you …"
"Since we're already involved and can't extricate ourselves, there's no harm in blowing things up a little." Saying this, Old Man Sun got up and took off his suit jacket.
Underneath the jacket, his strong muscles pushed up his white shirt, which was especially conspicuous.
Going to the Sun family treasury …
How many years had it been since Jiang Xiaoche had heard this sentence?
This was the signal that Old Man Sun was going to the treasury to retrieve his ancestral magic artifact and was personally coming out of retirement!
At that moment, Sun Yiyuan wasn't sure if he could trust Battle Sect.
But as long as he gave it a try, everything would become clear.
…
On the other side, Odd Zhuo had already made a new breakthrough in his questioning of Cowen.
Their topic had already turned to "hollow spirits."
This was a strange and mysterious term that Odd Zhuo had only heard today.
"There's actually such a thing as a void invasion …" Odd Zhuo was secretly astonished after listening to Cowen's words.
These had all been Gu Shunzhi's deductions at first, but Odd Zhuo hadn't expected them to be confirmed by Cowen.
"Void invasion … you've summed it up very well."
Cowen smiled bitterly. "Our world is indeed suffering from the merciless invasion of void creatures."
"Did you come to Xiu nation to investigate twenty years ago?"
"To be exact, it should be earlier. The large amount of evidence I have shows that the hollow spirits appeared earlier than the foundation thought, "Cowen said.
"It's just that they've been secretly observing humans before this, and have been lurking in the human world for a very long time. Furthermore, there weren't many of them at the beginning. They didn't reach the point where we needed to be on guard at all. "
"Observing humans …" Odd Zhuo couldn't help sighing when he heard this. "Just like humans playing with little insects in a greenhouse?"
Cowen smiled. "That's a very good analogy. Perhaps to them, we are indeed like insects trapped in a greenhouse. Because the hollow spirits themselves are indeed a higher form of life. They're like wind and light, like clouds and fog … they don't have a physical body, but they're extremely intelligent. "
"But why would such highly intelligent creatures be interested in ants in their eyes?"
"This … the evidence I have so far is still limited, so I can only make assumptions," Cowen said.
"After a long period of observation, I realized that they seem to be looking for something. The current void invasion is precisely because of this thing. "
"What kind of thing?" Odd Zhuo asked.
"It doesn't have to be something; it could also be a person," Cowen replied.
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