Lu Zui smiled. "Ah Feng, when you work in the Secret Sword Bureau for almost two hundred years like me, you will know that the rise of a country can never be without light and darkness. ∈ ♀.
"The Federation needs heroes, heroes like Vulture Li Yao. But the Federation also needs shameless people to do the dirty, clandestine things that completely violate the spirit of the Federation!
"Am I shameless? Maybe! Do you remember what I told you before? Every morning, when I wake up and look at the sloppy, dirty old man in the mirror, I feel like throwing up myself!
"But I have to tell you, too. As long as the Federation can rise, as long as the country can be strong, I can do anything. I can be a thousand times, ten thousand times more shameless!"
Guo Chunfeng was silent again.
When a person reached Lu Zui's level, it was useless to say anything else.
Lu Zui took a few deep breaths. His zealous eyes gradually became clear, and he said sincerely, "Ah Feng, if you really care about the country and want to do something for the Federation, just stand on my side!
"Do you know why I didn't ask you to join the Patriots Partnership in the beginning? Keeping the secrets of the organization was part of the reason, but more importantly, I thought highly of you and did not want you to get too close to the filthy organization!
"I know that many things that the Patriots Partnership has done have violated the boundaries of the Federation. Even if the Federation is stronger because of what we have done one day, it will never admit that we are right!
"It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter at all. People in our line of work are already prepared to sacrifice everything. Just let us be the dirtiest rag and be abandoned mercilessly after cleaning all the filth for the Federation!
"As long as the Federation is strong, it doesn't matter. None of it matters!
"After the war is over, everything that the Patriots Partnership has done will certainly be punished. The people who have benefited from us will try to draw a clear line with us. They will even berate us, attack us, and annihilate us!
"We are not scared of sacrifices. The Patriots Partnership is not scared of destruction, either. However, the new Federation and the new Secret Sword Bureau need someone to supervise the situation and ensure that the Federation is always on the right path!"
"Ah Feng, I hope that person is you!"
"Come on. Hand over the Jade Crystal Disc and stand on my side. You don't have to do anything in the future. You can pretend that you don't know anything. All you need to do is to stand out and clean up the mess after everything is settled. You will be the hero that you are!"
"At that time, even if you want to cut me into a thousand pieces, I will have no regrets!"
Oppressed by Lu Zui's somewhat crazy voice, Guo Chunfeng was shuddering. He was truly shaking from his toes to his hair.
"Let me think, let me think."
His voice was incomparably hoarse, and he even felt like he was about to cry.
"Hand over the Jade Crystal Disc. You can take your time to think about it. I won't force you!"
Lu Zui stared at the Cosmos Ring on his finger.
"No. I can't give you the Jade Crystal Disc. It is my only bargaining chip!"
Guo Chunfeng stepped back and sat on a chair next to the cabin wall. He clenched his hands, his face pale, and his lips shivering nonstop.
The four Core Formation Stage Cultivators looked at each other in bewilderment. Then, they all looked at Lu Zui.
Lu Zui slightly frowned. Seeing that Guo Chunfeng was more or less convinced, and that the Jade Crystal Disc was with him and could not fly away, Lu Zui was not in a hurry. He shook his head.
Five minutes later …
According to the news from the explosion site in the headquarters of the Secret Sword Bureau, a few Cosmos Rings had been found. They should've been left behind by Li Yao, Ding Ling Dong, and the rest of them, but their bodies were nowhere to be found.
Perhaps the explosion was so intense that they were vaporized.
It was not strange that the suicide bomb crafted by Vulture Li Yao was more powerful than the explosion site. Besides, the explosion site was still a wasteland. How could the remains be found so easily?
Lu Zui vaguely felt that something was wrong, but he did not think too much about it. His brain had been overloaded in the past few months and had reached its limits. After hearing the news that Li Yao had been killed, the string in his head that had been tightened was more or less loosened. He could not relax for a while.
"Have you thought it through?"
Seeing that time was ticking away, Lu Zui was somewhat anxious.
Guo Chunfeng shook his head and said, deep in thought, "Not yet. I have a question. How do I know that I will not be killed after I hand over the Jade Crystal Disc?"
Lu Zui was amused. "Ah Feng, if I really wanted to kill you, would I have waited until now? Wouldn't it have been better for me to ask them to kill you directly and search for the Cosmos Rings on your body? I'm telling you so much because I appreciate your talent and want to keep you alive so that you can serve the country and create a better future for the Federation!
"Besides, kill you? Kill you? In a few days, when the Union Army marches into the Blood Demon Sector, everything will be settled. After a few days, there will be no need to kill you at all! "
Guo Chunfeng thought carefully for a moment. "There's also the issue of Abyss. How do I know that you will not blackmail me with it in the future?"
"As long as you stand on my side," Lu Zui said in a hurry, "you will be the most promising star of the future of the organization. Why should I label you as Abyss? What good will it do for the organization? "
"It does make sense, director," Guo Chunfeng mumbled. "You are gradually persuading me. However, if I do that, I will feel ashamed in front of my wife and daughter. No. If I am labeled as Abyss, I will feel sorry for them …"
Lu Zui suddenly shuddered. He extended his hooked nose that was as sharp as a saber and sniffed the air. Narrowing his eyes, he asked, "Wait. Are you stalling for time?"
Guo Chunfeng was dazed. "Stalling for time? Me? What am I stalling for? Why am I stalling for time? What can I gain by stalling for time? Is there any reason for me to — "
"Shut up!"
Lu Zui slapped the table so hard that his teeth were almost broken. "Don't talk. Let me think. Let me think …"
Right then, a new piece of news came over.
From below the headquarters of the Secret Sword Bureau, in the prison where the great explosion took place, a part of the metal arm that was not completely melted was found.
Based on the analysis of the fragments, it should have come from a spiritual artificial limb.
However, it was not the artificial limb that Professor Mo Xuan had used but a structure that was much slimmer and lighter. Some biochemical materials that resembled flesh and blood were attached to the surface. Because they were all burnt, it took so long for the analysis report to be published.
It meant that an artificial limb that did not belong to this prison cell had appeared in this place uncannily at the scene of the explosion.
Lu Zui stared at the remains of the artificial limb on the light beam for a long time. Suddenly, he shuddered hard. "This — this is an artificial limb that pretends to be a human hand!
"You — you cut off Vulture Li Yao's arm, but it was a fake one!"
Blinking his swollen eyelids, Guo Chunfeng scratched his greasy hair for a long time and scratched his dandruff. "Huh?"
Lu Zui was exasperated. "Take him down!"
"Wait!"
Guo Chunfeng retrieved the Jade Crystal Disc from his Cosmos Ring as fast as lightning and threw it to Lu Zui. "I've made up my mind, director. Here is the Jade Crystal Disc!"
Lu Zui grabbed and shook the bag subconsciously, breaking it into pieces. The Jade Crystal Disc inside delighted him at first, but then he was dumbfounded. "This — this is a fake. It is not the Jade Crystal Disc that Li Yao stole!"
He glared at Guo Chunfeng.
Guo Chunfeng raised his hands in surrender. The struggle, desperation, pain, and hesitation on his face were all gone, replaced by a fearless expression. He grinned and said, "Director, this is the only Jade Crystal Disc I have. You won't be able to find a second one even if you grind me into powder."
"You —"
Lu Zui seemed to have turned into a hungry ghost that had been starved for eighteen years and was trying to bite off a piece of meat from Guo Chunfeng's body!
He did not expect that things would take such a drastic turn in only one second!
Guo Chunfeng blinked and said, "Director, do you want to know what happened? In fact, it's very simple.
"After I captured Professor Mo Xuan, Ding Ling Dong, and the rest of them, I communicated with them on the shuttle and won their trust.
"Professor Mo Xuan and Li Yao had discussed dozens of ways of communication. It was not just point-to-point communication through cables. Even if it was point-to-point communication, the amount of information contained in the passwords was too huge.
"Also, after working in the Secret Sword Bureau for so many years, I had a few crystal processors that were absolutely clean and would not be discovered in a day or two. It was perfectly normal, wasn't it?
"Therefore, Li Yao and I reached out to each other a long time ago. We also exchanged some critical information!
"Then, it was simple. Under my guidance and cover, Li Yao snuck into the headquarters of the Secret Sword Bureau with a fake arm. Our conversation in the toilet was meant for you, too.
"Then, we went to the underground prison. Naturally, we continued exchanging information in very clandestine ways on our way and figured out what we were going to do next.
"In the prison, I chopped off his fake arm, and he detonated a crystal bomb that was not very powerful to sabotage all the surveillance cameras. After Professor Mo Xuan, Ding Ling Dong, Wu Mayan, and the rest of them were rescued, he detonated the real crystal bomb.
"The barriers on Professor Mo Xuan, Ding Ling Dong, and the rest of them were all set up by me. I could have opened them with a single breath.
"After that, I raised the evacuation of the headquarters with the excuse that Blood Devil Li Yao had installed a lot of crystal bombs. I was the highest commander at that time, and I was blown up to such an extent. Who had the courage to disobey my order? Tens of thousands of people ran out like headless flies. Li Yao and the rest of them, in disguise and with the pass that I prepared, blended into the crowd and escaped without any trouble.
"The Jade Crystal Disc that Li Yao threw to me was, of course, a fake. The real Jade Crystal Disc was still with him. It must've been cracked by Professor Mo Xuan by now, right?
"Also, you thought that Li Yao had been killed by me and focused all your attention on me. The search and surveillance on him were all stopped. Even all the crystal warships had returned to the headquarters.
"It means that Li Yao has snuck into the depths of the capital city with the cracked Jade Crystal Disc, got rid of your surveillance, and escaped. As for where exactly he has fled to, I really have no idea, director.
"That's the whole story. The purpose of the trap was to allow Li Yao and Professor Mo Xuan to meet without alarming anyone, crack the Jade Crystal Disc, and jump out of the siege of the Patriots Partnership.
"Li Yao asked me to buy half an hour. After my calculation, I've earned him thirty-four minutes and twenty-two seconds. I've completed the mission in excess of the quota.
"Now, the mission is accomplished. I surrender. Do you have any questions, director?"
"…" Lu Zui.
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Tomorrow is the College Entrance Exam. I wonder how many of you are freshmen.
In the novel, the final battle of the current volume is coming! In the novel, the final battle of the previous phase is coming, too!
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