Li Yao's eyes pierced into Lu Wuxin's brain like two icicles. He said coldly, "How do I know that you are telling the truth?"
Lu Wuxin smiled. "Aren't you trying to tempt me into giving you more details? It doesn't matter. Now that I'm in your hands, it's up to you whether you want to kill me or cut me into pieces. I can only show you more sincerity!
"How about this? Let me go and give me a biochemical brain. I'll tell you 50% of the information I know about the Children of the Nether World. You can verify the authenticity of the information however you want. After you completely believe it, we'll talk about the remaining 50% and how you're going to ensure my safety."
Li Yao pondered for a moment and shook his head. "I can't give you a biochemical brain. You are too dangerous. I will give you a crystal processor with the simplest functions. You will input fifty percent of your information into it. We will talk about the terms after we confirm the authenticity of the information."
Lu Wuxin pondered for a long time. In the end, he chuckled like a leaky balloon and said, "Deal!"
The deep blue ice that sealed him gradually melted. Supported by the two demon kings, Lu Wuxin struggled to crawl out. He smiled miserably and said, "Give me some food. I have to ensure that my brain is functioning at a high speed. Otherwise, a lot of information will be incomplete, and I might not be able to remember it at all!"
Li Yao and the Fire Ant discussed for a moment and decided that the Fire Ant would prepare some high-energy food in person and inject it into Lu Wuxin's brain to ensure that his brain was highly active while his body was still extremely weak.
They did not dare to be careless in front of this cunning Demon Emperor.
Half an hour later, Lu Wuxin began to talk. It took him three hours. The information that he had input was enough to fill half a jade chip.
In the end, when he pushed the crystal processor to Li Yao slowly, the smile on Lu Wuxin's face disappeared. There was still a mysterious smile on his face.
But what he said next pushed Li Yao's heart into a bottomless abyss.
"I've spent ten years collecting the intelligence. I can definitely lock onto most of the Children of the Nether World.
"However, in Elder Nether Spring's plan, the Children of the Nether World are classified into different categories, too. The one with the highest level is a Child of the Nether World, codenamed Abyss. You will never be able to catch him. "
"It was because Elder Nether Spring never asked him to send back any intelligence or do anything that would harm the interests of the Star Glory Federation. Before Abyss was sent out, he even brainwashed him so that he would not have any doubts about his identity as a human being."
"No one knows who the Abyss is. He didn't even know if he was male or female, old or young, tall or short, fat or thin. Even he himself might not have known before he was' activated '. "
"Elder Nether Spring is the only one who knows who 'Abyss' is. For decades, he has been delivering cannonballs for 'Abyss' without sparing any effort, helping 'Abyss' to climb higher and higher in the Federation. However, he didn't reveal any clues at all. "
"Hehe. You tried everything possible to capture Elder Nether Spring. But chances are that Elder Nether Spring has already escaped to the Tian Yuan Realm and awakened Abyss and all the Children of the Nether World.
"As the saying goes, 'a cornered dog will jump over the wall'. Who knows what they will do when they are forced into a dead end?"
"Therefore, if you want to analyze the authenticity of my intelligence, feel free to do so. Just take your time. After all, time is not on my side, nor is it on your side. It is on the side of Elder Nether Spring and Abyss. Haha. Hahahaha. Hahahahaha! "
…
An hour later, in 'Chaos', the flagship of Skyfire, which was docked above Gloomy Bone City, a secret meeting was taking place.
The participants of the meeting were Li Yao, Jin Xinyue, Fire Ant, Han Tuhu, and Suo Chaolong, who were all leaders of Skyfire. Jin Tuyi, who was in the meeting remotely through the shadow of the Dazzling Shadow Bug, was also there.
Faced with the intelligence that Lu Wuxin had given them, everybody was gloomy. The air was so suffocating that water might have been squeezed out of it.
Shua! Shua! Shua!
Shua! Shua! On more than ten light beams, countless pieces of intelligence were flying crazily like headless flies. Everybody's heart was in a mess.
"First of all," Li Yao said, "we need to confirm whether or not the intelligence that Lu Wuxin gave us is true. Is it possible that he made it up to stall for time? "
Han Tuhu made a gesture and stopped one of the light beams from changing. He enlarged a map of a city in the intelligence and said, "I don't know whether or not the other intelligence is true, but this map includes the deployment of troops and the structure of the underground fortress of West River Castle, a city at the frontier of the Grand Desolate Plateau twenty years ago.
"West River Castle used to be a desolate town, but it expanded rapidly after tremendous mother lodes of crystals were discovered thirty years ago. By twenty years ago, it had already become an important town on the Grand Desolate Plateau.
"At that time, my troop was stationed near West River Castle and participated in the Battle of West River Castle. Therefore, I had a deep impression of the defense system at that time. The intelligence should be true.
"At that time, I belonged to the field army nearby and was not qualified to learn the defense secrets of the garrison. There were no local sects in West River Castle, either. Only the few officers such as the highest commander of the garrison and the chief of staff were qualified to receive and deliver such intelligence!
"Besides …"
Han Tuhu's eyes suddenly turned sharp. "Nineteen years ago, West River Castle encountered an unprecedented 'beast tide outbreak'. Billions of insects simply popped up from the depths of the mines and attacked all the mother lodes attached to West River Castle instantly!
"At that time, we all thought that it was a coincidence and that the enemy was accidentally teleported to the mother lodes below West River Castle. That was why we were caught unprepared!
"But judging from the situation now, the enemy must have learned about the defense system of West River Castle before they killed us with a precise teleportation. That's a more reasonable explanation."
Li Yao pondered for a moment and said, "So, the highest commander or the chief of staff of the garrison of West River Castle twenty years ago was probably a Child of the Nether World? How are they doing right now? "
Han Tuhu's eyes turned hollow as he mumbled, "Twenty years ago, it was the 66th Army of the Union Army that was stationed in West River Castle. In the 'Battle of West River Castle', the commander and the chief of staff at that time were all killed in the battle. When West River Castle was about to fall, 'Duanmu Ming', the deputy chief of staff, stepped forward and commanded the remaining soldiers to fight for three days. He even led the countercharge in person. West River Castle was finally saved!
"At that time, I fought side by side with Duanmu Ming and was deeply impressed by his crazy tactics. I knew that the guy was definitely not someone who would be easy to deal with!
"Since then, Duanmu Ming has secured many victories and suppressed dozens of beast tide outbreaks. He has become a rising star in the Union Army. His career has been prosperous. He has been the commander of the 66th Army, the deputy commander of the 'Heavenly Horse Legion', and the highest commander of the 'Dragon Horse Legion'.
"The Dragon Horse Legion is the first batch of the most elite troops of the Federation to be fully equipped with the 'Mystic Skeleton Battlesuit'. It is also one of the sixteen 'All Crystal Suit Legions' of the Federation today.
"They have been upgraded twice. Right now, they are all equipped with the latest versions of the Mystic Skeleton Battlesuit, namely the 'Assault Type' and the 'Super Heavy Armor Type'. In terms of equipment, they are even better than my 'Flying Tigers Legion'! "
There was nothing but silence in the meeting room.
The Star Glory Federation had built sixteen crystal suit legions in total after more than ten years of hard work at the cost of its own resources.
Han Tuhu's' Flying Tigers Legion ', on the other hand, had been crippled in the Dark Desolate Domain. Most of the soldiers had been captured and brought to the Blood Demon Sector.
It meant that, for the time being, the Federation only had fifteen Crystal Suit Legions left.
The highest commander of one of the Crystal Suits Battlesuits was very likely to be Elder Nether Spring's spy?
Horrifying! Too horrifying!
Suo Chaolong found it hard to believe. "This — this is too absurd. Is it really possible for a stranger of unknown origins to become a Crystal Suit Battlesuit in only a few decades? Has he snuck into the central leadership of the Xing Yao Federation? "
"It's possible."
Li Yao took a deep breath and said, "You are not from the Federation. You don't know the policies of the Federation.
"Over the past hundred years, the Blood Demon Sector and the Tian Yuan Realm have been merging. Wormholes have been popping up between the two worlds. The Grand Desolate Plateau, which is close to the merging point, has become a disaster area. 'Beast tides' and 'insect outbreaks' are happening every now and then!
"After every beast tide, countless towns on the Grand Desolate Plateau have been destroyed. Countless people have lost their families. Even their homes have been obliterated in the sandstorm!"
"Cough, cough, cough, cough!"
Suo Chaolong coughed in embarrassment. He was of the mind to debate with Li Yao about who was the real master of the Grand Desolate Plateau and who was the initiator of the 'burning, killing, and looting'. But after pondering for a moment, he realized that it was not the right time.
Li Yao continued. "The Grand Desolate Plateau is vast and sparsely populated. Survival is difficult. It is very difficult to monitor the household registration system and the identity system. Sometimes, an entire town is swallowed by a beast tide, and all the files are gone. How do you prove someone's identity?
"For example, after a certain beast tide broke out and completely destroyed a town, a stranger who was covered in wounds appeared in the desert nearby. He claimed that he was a resident of the town and escaped from it with great difficulty, but his family and home were all gone. How could he prove it? There is no way to prove it at all!
"Besides, the Xing Yao Federation considers the war to be a war between human beings and demons. Then, as long as we can prove that someone is 100% a human being, they will naturally be on our side. What other proof do we need?"
"Exactly!"
Han Tuhu nodded. "When I was serving on the Grand Desolate Plateau, I experienced countless beast tides. Most of the victims were so scared by the sea of insects and the beast tides that they lost their minds. Many of them suffered from severe PTSD, such as mental disorders and amnesia. Who would be shameless enough to open their wounds? After all, all we need to do is to prove their identity as human beings through cell tests!
"Besides, the Federation has a policy that offers all kinds of benefits to the victims of beast tide outbreaks.
"If they want to go to college, they will be given extra credits. If they want to join the major sects or the Union Army, they will be given priority in recruitment under the same conditions. After they join the army, they will be taken care of more, too.
"The natives of the Grand Desolate Plateau have lived in the harsh environment for hundreds of years. Because of the survival of the fittest, their bloodline is very strong in the first place. Also, they have a blood feud with the demon race, which makes them even more desperate when they fight. They are the most excellent soldiers. Who else can we train if not them?
"Therefore, in both the Union Army and the major sects, the warriors and Cultivators from the Grand Desolate Plateau are an enormous force. They are known as the 'lineage of the Grand Desolate Plateau'. You know that better than anyone else, President Li!"
Li Yao nodded. It was true that he was from the Grand Desolate War Institution. Naturally, he belonged to the 'lineage of the Grand Desolate Plateau', too. He knew very well how powerful the Cultivators of the Grand Desolate Plateau were.
The Mystic Skeleton Battlesuit was the first mass-produced Crystal Suit of the Union Army partly because of its excellent design and partly because of the support and influence of the 'lineage of the Grand Desolate Plateau' in the military and the government. Otherwise, it wouldn't have been a success at all.
Let me inform my brothers that Xiaoniu is doing well and will be discharged from the hospital tomorrow. Old Niu will ponder over the plot in the next few days and try to speed it up from the day after tomorrow!
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