The two of them chatted for a while and said at the same time, "Slay the devils and save the Federation." Then, Lu Zui returned to the shuttle and left the hunting warship, flying toward the depths of the capital city.
Watching him disappear, Li Yao gritted his teeth and gave up on Lu Zui.
According to their conversation, there seemed to be a very important secret base on the ocean, and a certain 'drug' produced in the base was of paramount importance to their plan!
Also, it sounded like they were very confident about the direction of the war and were certain that the interests of the Federation would not be harmed in the war.
Then, Li Yao was back to a question that had been puzzling him for a long time, which was the motives of the Patriots Partnership.
Perhaps, Lu Zui and Ye Changkong truly hated the demon race, and they were unwilling to cooperate with the Heaven's Origin Sector and the Blood Demon Sector.
However, Li Yao believed that, with the insight and deduction abilities of the Yuanying Cultivators, since they knew the inside story of the Blood Demon Sector and that the Demon God Virus was on a rampage, it would not be difficult for them to deduce that the outbreak of the war would only devastate the Blood Demon Sector, and most of the demons would be killed.
The Blood Demon Sector was a desolate place full of venomous fog and venomous gas in the first place. It was not a place that ordinary human beings could exploit at all.
If all the demons were killed, nobody would go to the resource planets where the environment was dangerous. Then, what benefits would the war bring to the Federation?
There would be no benefits at all, and a lot of resources would be consumed. Then, the Federation would be weaker after the victory of the war, not stronger. How could it resist the invasion of the Imperium of True Human Beings?
Even if Lu Zui and Ye Changkong were truly swallowed by their hatred and turned into a different kind of 'abyss', it was impossible for them to carry out their revenge at the cost of the destruction of the Federation!
It meant that there must be a certain 'key' in this place that made them believe that the war was not a simple 'war of revenge' but that there were profits to be made. So much so that the federation could 'rise'.
Therefore, even a war hero such as Ye Changkong had risked universal condemnation and even destroyed his belief as a Cultivator, his responsibility as a soldier, and his conscience as a human being by attacking more than ten thousand innocent compatriots!
The "medicine" might be the "key"!
Therefore, after weighing the pros and cons, Li Yao decided to give up on Lu Zui.
It was useless to look for Lu Zui now. His battle prowess was not high, but with his cunning, he would not easily leak any evidence to Li Yao. Killing him would not help the situation, and would only fuel this war machine even more violently!
Finding the base on the sea and figuring out the truth of the "drug" was the key to solving the problem!
It was not until this moment that Li Yao finally confirmed that Lu Zui and Ye Changkong's Yuanying were truly adhering to a certain stubborn path. They believed that they were saving the Federation and creating a more brilliant future!
The hunting warship slowly landed in the hospital affiliated to the Secret Sword Bureau.
So far, the mayhem yesterday had caused more than fifty thousand casualties. All the hospitals in the capital city were overcrowded. The hospital affiliated to the Secret Sword Bureau had opened its door, too.
Countless ordinary people were gathered in the place. The place was quite chaotic. Li Yao slipped out easily.
"Huh. This is weird."
Perhaps it was his imagination, but he vaguely sensed that there were fewer Secret Sword Agents around. Even in a place such as the hospital affiliated to the Secret Sword Bureau, there was not much surveillance pressure.
"What is Guo Chunfeng up to exactly? Where did he summon all the people? Has he gathered them in the underground district to chase after me? "
Li Yao scratched his head. "This feels weird. Is this all that Guo Chunfeng is capable of? His performance is not nearly as good as a few days ago! Has he lost his mind because he hasn't caught me for such a long time? "
Li Yao was a human being after all, and his computational ability was limited. Right now, his target was Lu Zui. Therefore, he could only put Guo Chunfeng aside for now.
After all, Guo Chunfeng's stupid decision would only be more beneficial to his next operation.
He found another cable and reached out to Professor Mo Xuan in the same way.
"Professor, help me find a coordinate on the ocean."
"I can't tell where it is exactly, but it should be a certain undersea base or artificial island. Also, in a day's time, an undersea volcano will erupt nearby, and a superstorm will crash into each other!
"Let's see if there is any place that fits the criteria!"
After swallowing the star child, Professor Mo Xuan's computational ability had been greatly improved. He was almost like a walking liquid crystal processor. Very soon, he gave the answer.
"In the ocean around 111 degrees east longitude and 34 degrees north latitude, an undersea volcano is in the active phase. It is estimated that it will erupt in a few days. Also, a superstorm named 'Du Juan' is taking shape nearby, too. It is very likely that they will crash into each other.
"The ocean is almost a thousand kilometers away from the east coast of the Federation. There are no islands nearby, but there is a sealed undersea mining base!"
According to the information that Professor Mo Xuan had found, a hundred years ago, an abundant mother lode of titanium and manganese had been discovered at the bottom of the ocean. It was highly valuable. As a result, a mining company under the Green Thunder Sect won the mining right.
The Green Thunder Sect established an enormous undersea mining base in the area and operated for seventy years. Thirty years ago, the mother lode gradually dried up, and the cost of further mining was too high. Therefore, the mining base was sealed. It was estimated that it would be redeveloped when the undersea mining technology was more developed and the cost of mining was lowered.
Because it was temporarily sealed, all the facilities at the bottom of the ocean were well-preserved and not invaded by seawater. They could be put to use at any time.
Then, Professor Mo Xuan threw out another piece of critical information.
The ownership and operation of the 'undersea mining base' were both in the hands of the Green Thunder Sect.
The current leader of the Green Thunder Sect was named Xie Dongting, a 142-year-old admin-type named Jin Dan.
He was a war orphan who had been adopted by Lu Zui and his wife more than a hundred and thirty years ago. He was one of Lu Zui's oldest and most accomplished foster sons!
"This is the place!"
Li Yao was certain that he had grasped the key this time.
After discussing a few backup plans with Professor Mo Xuan, Li Yao searched for information about undersea mining bases on a clean crystal processor through his own methods.
Then, he returned to the street and set off for the airport of the capital city.
Five hundred years of war had trained the citizens of the Federation to be surprisingly tenacious and indomitable. Although they had just suffered a heavy blow the day before, the streets were still bustling with people today. They were even livelier than the day before.
The proud people of the Federation were expressing their contempt and disdain to all their enemies in such a way!
Among the skyscrapers, all the light beams were broadcasting the news that the war motion had been passed.
There were also some light screens that were playing the scenes of the Iron Cavalry advancing triumphantly in the rolling yellow sand.
The Union Army held two real-life drills on the capital city and the Grand Desolate Plateau at the same time. The drills were codenamed 'Furious Fist'!
Hundreds of major sects declared publicly through the media that they would devote all their resources to support the war. All the Cultivators would accept the command of the Union Army and tear the Blood Demon Sector apart!
The storm of war had completely consumed the entire capital city. Li Yao saw excited citizens and infuriated soldiers below the Rising Dragon of the Nine Stars flags as he walked on his way.
Suddenly, music and flags were waving in front of him. It was the parade of the veterans' association.
Countless gray-haired veterans, and even disabled veterans with missing arms and legs, gathered together and turned into a rolling tide, spreading to the streets and alleys.
After the war motion was passed, the Federation immediately went into general mobilization. The veterans below the age of eighty were re-enlisted.
Those who were over eighty years old or disabled veterans who hadn't been drafted were furious!
They roared from the bottom of their hearts, winning the unanimous cheers of countless citizens. Even the four or five year old children rode on their fathers' necks, crying out in a childish voice, "Yuan Zheng! Expedition! Let's go to Heavenly Path City! "
A lot of young people in school uniforms who looked like high school or college students were cheering on the streets, too. Some of the college students even summarized the ten bloody crimes that the demons had committed against human beings based on the history of the Federation in the past five hundred years, which they named 'Ten Greatest Crimes'!
Noises suddenly echoed from the place where a bunch of college students were gathered. Somebody seemed to be arguing.
Li Yao vaguely heard a few words. Thinking of something, he squeezed into the crowd to take a look.
He saw that a female student in a plain white dress, pushed by the crowd, was somewhat embarrassed. "I — I only hope that you can calm down and think about it carefully. According to the news that Li Yao brought back from the Flying Star Sector, a 'minor apocalypse' will arrive in a couple of years!
"How are we going to resist the minor apocalypse if a total war breaks out?"
"What do you know?"
On the opposite side of the girl in the dress were a few brawny boys. The most ferocious-looking one of them bellowed, "It is exactly because the minor apocalypse is coming that we should march into the Blood Demon Sector as soon as possible and 'finish' those bastards once and for all!
"Only in such a way can we focus on resisting the minor apocalypse!
"Otherwise, what if those bastards stab us in the back again when we are struggling to resist the minor apocalypse?"
The brawny boy's speech won a round of applause. Many people were shouting, "Finish them once and for all! Finish them once and for all! "
The girl in the dress was at a loss. She said, shivering, "You are too rash. Can't you calm down and think of a better solution?"
"Rash?"
The brawny boy's ugly face immediately blushed!
Right then, someone in the crowd shouted, "I know her. Her father is Professor Xue of East Sea University, the famous' Calm Guy '!"
'Calm Guy' was definitely not a good word in the Federation today.
For a moment, the crowd was in an uproar. The brawny boy raised his hairy arm high in the air, as if he was going to smash the girl's face.
Li Yao took a deep breath. Although he knew that there would be more problems, he was still going to squeeze in and rescue the girl before she was hurt.
But unexpectedly, the brawny boy did not hit anyone after raising his arm for a long time. Instead, he squatted down and buried his head in his arms. He burst into tears!
The students behind him looked at the girl in the dress in disdain and said coldly, "Ah Zheng's father was killed in the beast tide outbreak three months ago. Do you know what that feels like?
"You calm-minded people do not feel the pain that we feel at all. You only talk about 'peace', 'caution', and 'calmness' all the time. That's easy for you to say. After all, it is not your family that has been killed!
The girl in the dress had closed her eyes. Her face was full of determination, and she was ready to be beaten up.
But she did not expect that the result would be like this. She was dumbfounded, and her eyes were filled with confusion. She did not know how to face the brawny boy who was crying.
Li Yao frowned and squeezed his way out of the crowd.
So, was this the source of the Great Dao for Lu Zui, Ye Changkong, and the other 'patriots'?
Did they really have a way to bring the Federation on a path of rise and a bright future through a 'war of revenge'?
Li Yao did not know.
He only believed that the real Xing Yao Federation, a country that represented the fire of human civilization, would definitely not rise because of deceit or because it was watered with the blood of countless innocent people!
If the father who died in the beast tide knew about it, he would not want his son to be involved in a war that was caused by deceit and even die in the deceit, would he?
Li Yao was not willing to, and he was not qualified to deny the brawny boy's hatred. But thousands of innocent people like the brawny boy had their simplest hatred used by people like Lu Zui!
After realizing that, Li Yao's hatred for Lu Zui deepened.
He finally realized that his Great Dao and Lu Zui's Great Dao were complete opposites. There was no room for reconciliation.
The two Great Daos would only collide until one of them was completely shattered! — —
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