Cui Lingfeng was merely an admin-type Yuanying Cultivator. He was the nominal leader of a country in the past that had actually perished a long time ago.
However, when he said those words in a voice that was not particularly high but rather deep, Li Yao was as shocked as the suffocating vibe that Li Yao sensed when he was competing with Lu Zui, Zhou Hengdao, Xiao Xuance, Bai Xinghe, Elder Nether Spring, and the rest of them!
Taking a deep breath, Li Yao closed his legs and said solemnly, "Mr. Speaker, Team Red Lotus has been activated and is ready for battle. What's our mission?"
"Very good!"
Every wrinkle on Cui Lingfeng's face seemed to be hiding sabers and swords. He said quickly, "The situation has reached the most perilous moment. While parliament has been infiltrated by the Immortal Cultivators, the situation in the bridge is not optimistic, either. If you think about it carefully, Cheng Xuansu is just a commander of the secret police. She can only control the Internal Affairs Division at best, but it is impossible for her to control the entire Firefly or influence the bridge. To play an important role in the war between the Imperium and the Federation, the bridge is the key!
"Therefore, Cheng Xuansu cannot be the No. 1 person in the rebellion.
Chief Mate Ding Zhengyang, the former general commander of the deck floor, has testified against Captain Tang Dingyuan in person with very detailed evidence. I have studied the evidence carefully. Many of the things can't have been presented if they were not insiders. It is also why I trusted him so much and arrested Captain Tang in secret! Now, he had naturally taken over Captain Tang's position and temporarily controlled the entire Firefly!
"So, it appears that, leaving Lu Qingchen of the CIFA's role in the rebellion aside, Ding Zhengyang is definitely the No. 1 person among the Immortal Cultivators on Firefly!"
While talking, Cui Lingfeng activated his mini crystal processor and triggered almost a hundred light beams.
As the Speaker, he had the highest permissions on the starship and could summon the surveillance pictures of most places.
In the Immortal Cultivators' plan, he was to be killed directly. Therefore, his permissions were not turned off. Ding Zhengyang and Cheng Xuansu alone could barely turn off the Speaker's management permissions on the starship.
On the light beam, there were pictures of hubbub, chaos, flames, and smoke everywhere that were taken by the people with their mini crystal processors.
Massive chaos broke out in the key nodes of Firefly. Countless angry crowds crowded into the narrow cabins and pathways, demanding the release of Captain Tang who had been imprisoned. They were huddled together with the police who were maintaining order. The two parties were at loggerheads.
At this time, as long as there were a few people with ulterior motives mixed in with the crowd or the police and opened fire on the other side, the whole place could explode at any time!
"Although Ding Zhengyang is the acting captain, there can't be a lot of Immortal Cultivators that they are recruiting in secret!"
Pondering for a moment, Cui Lingfeng said, "Very few people must've participated in the 'Immortals' Speech '. They would've been' brainwashed 'only after they were thoroughly examined by Ding Zhengyang, Cheng Xuansu, and the rest of them. They couldn't have killed every person who participated in the' Immortals' Speech 'but was unwilling to be transformed into an Immortal Cultivator. They couldn't have arranged so many' accidents'!
"It means that the Immortal Cultivators only occupied some of the more critical posts on the starship. Most of the people, even if they did participate in the riot, were fooled and didn't know what they were doing!
"Let me take a guess. Ding Zhengyang and Cheng Xuansu's plan was probably to arrange a troop that claimed to be the Immortal Cultivators to break the prison. On one hand, they would be able to take me down without any trouble. On the other hand, Tang Dingyuan's identity as an 'Immortal Cultivator' would be confirmed. As a result, both the 'bridge team' that was loyal to Tang Dingyuan and the representatives who were loyal to me would suffer heavy blows. Also, with Ding Zhengyang and Cheng Xuansu working together, it would be more than easy for them to suppress the people on Firefly who disobeyed them!
Cheng Xuansu was already dead, but Ding Zhengyang was still in charge of the bridge. When he was driven into desperation, there was nothing that he couldn't do!
"Therefore, the two most important things right now are to let everybody know that the Speaker is still alive, and to control Ding Zhengyang before he goes crazy!
"Ding Zhengyang cannot be killed. He must know a lot of things about the Immortal Cultivators, including the claim that the Black Wind Fleet has arrived and is lurking in the darkness, preparing to launch a critical strike on the Xing Yao Federation. It does not sound like a pure bluff. We have to exploit every bit of intelligence in his head!"
Li Yao nodded. "What should we do? Rescue Captain Tang Dingyuan first?"
"No!"
Cui Lingfeng shook his head and said, "It is useless to save Captain Tang alone. He has been framed by Ding Zhengyang as an 'Immortal Cultivator'. In such a mess, it is barely possible for him to prove his innocence, much less control the bridge.
"Besides, now that Ding Zhengyang has chosen to take the risk, he must've moved Captain Tang away. We won't be able to find him for the time being.
"Rest assured. Captain Tang knows a lot of core secrets of Firefly. If Ding Zhengyang wants to completely control the starship, it is impossible for him to kill Captain Tang immediately. His safety is guaranteed for now.
"There are only thirteen warriors in Team Red Lotus, which is too few for you to attack everywhere. Instead of rescuing Captain Tang, you might as well rescue the other people who are locked up by Ding Zhengyang and Cheng Xuansu!"
Li Yao was slightly dazed. His eyes suddenly glittered. "Yes. We don't know who is a Cultivator and who is an Immortal Cultivator on board, but Ding Zhengyang and Cheng Xuansu are very clear about it. The people who are locked up by them must be loyal to them!"
Cui Lingfeng disconnected his mini crystal processor from the Spiritual Nexus and retrieved a few 3D maps stored on the chip. He explained, "We have detained Captain Tang and the other people separately for interrogation. As of this morning, other than Captain Tang, 122 people have been secretly arrested. They are basically the backbones of the key posts on Firefly and the influential scholars and members of society. They are all locked in Black Stone Prison, which is modified from 'Black Stone', a heavy carrier that is designed to carry dangerous goods!
"I will transmit the 'highest authorization mark' to you right now. You will transmit the mark to the other members of Team Red Lotus so that they can control part of the permissions on the starship and release the prisoners in Black Stone Prison!
"I will allow them to do whatever they want. If the prison does not cooperate, they are free to take any measures!
"Just tell them that they are the most powerful people on Firefly right now except for the Speaker!
"After everyone is rescued, escort them back to their posts and settle the chaos on Firefly as quickly as possible." All the troops they encounter on their way will be under the command of Team Red Lotus with the secret mark as the command!
"Captain Lin, can your men … accomplish such a mission?"
Li Yao licked his lips and smiled. "Not a problem. However, I didn't know that the Speaker was so powerful that he could raise a storm on Firefly at any moment!"
"Exactly."
Cui Lingfeng smiled gloomily, too. "For a thousand years, the 'good Cultivators', led by the captain, have been trying to weaken the power of the Speaker and parliament. We have made concessions in many aspects, but the 'bad Cultivators' certainly will not give in at all when it comes to the bottom line!"
Li Yao nodded. "It shouldn't be very difficult to break into Black Stone Prison. After all, not all the guards in the prison can be Immortal Cultivators. There are only a few captains at best. As long as we implement the decapitation strategy, the problem will be solved.
However, my communication magical equipment has not been deployed to this area. The signal is still intermittent right now. It is difficult for me to reach out to them. "
"It doesn't matter!"
Cui Lingfeng said resolutely. "Just use the civil Spiritual Nexus!"
"Public Spiritual Nexus?"
Li Yao was slightly dazed. "Won't it be easy for the enemy to discover us?"
Cui Lingfeng sneered and said in high spirits, "Firstly, the situation is too chaotic right now for the enemy to find you from the messy signals of the Spiritual Nexus. Secondly, with everything coming to this point, are we scared of being discovered?"
Li Yao took a deep breath. He had thought it through from the beginning to the end.
Team Red Lotus had been activated. It was Ding Zhengyang and the other Immortal Cultivators who should be scared!
Glancing at him, Cui Lingfeng knew that the 'natives of the Red Lotus Sector' must have secrets that they needed to discuss. Considerately, he walked away and collected the crystal processors of the five Immortal Cultivators to see if there was any unexpected evidence.
Li Yao walked to a corner and reached out to Long Yangjun and the rest of them through the public Spiritual Nexus. Their background was nothing but noise and chaos.
"What's the environment on your side?" Li Yao asked.
"I've finally reached you. What's going on with you? You were silent for such a long time just now! We have snuck into Firefly, but our progress is not going well. Something seems to have happened on the starship. Infuriated crowds are everywhere. The police and soldiers are on full alert. The defense is more than ten times higher! We've been keeping a low profile and hiding our capability. It's almost impossible for us to move! "
"Yes, Fellow Cultivator Spiritual Vulture," Ba Xiaoyu said. "We've been worried about your safety, fearing that you would be in trouble if something went wrong here. We also remembered your reminders that we must keep a low profile, restrain ourselves, and stay calm. We did not have the courage to go all out. It's almost suffocating!"
"Well," Li Yao said. "Actually, the outside world is too complicated to be as simple as our world. It doesn't matter if we make some random changes during the mission. We don't have to keep a low profile …"
"… What do you mean?" Ba Xiaoyu asked.
"Cough, cough. Here's the thing," Li Yao said. "In fact, I've been with Speaker Cui Lingfeng of the Star Ocean Republic all the time just now. As it turns out, Speaker Cui is not a bad guy at all."
"Get to the point!" Long Yangjun exclaimed.
"The point is," Li Yao said, "the point is that I revealed a capability that was far above the beginning level of the Yuanying in front of Speaker Cui. At the critical moment, I took down four Immortal Cultivators, including Cheng Xuansu, the head of the secret police, and saved the Speaker. Then, Speaker Cui said that he admired my talents and asked me to be his new trusted subordinate, a special commissioner, and the captain of 'Team Red Lotus', the Speaker's secret armed force. He also said that as long as the rebellion of the Immortal Cultivators was resolved, the identities of the natives of the Red Lotus Sector would all be taken care of by him. Well, that's basically it. So, there's no need to worry.
"…" Long Yangjun.
"…" Meng Chixin and Wu Suiyun.
"…" Han Baling, Qi Zhongdao, Yan Liren, and the rest of them.
"Fellow Cultivator Spiritual Vulture," Ba Xiaoyu said, "this beggar has mixed feelings after hearing what you said. I wonder, can I express my feelings with a local slang that I just learned from the Spiritual Nexus?"
"Oh?" Li Yao asked. "Fellow Cultivator Ba, feel free to speak your mind."
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