Li Yao listened to Long Yangjun's analysis in silence, but a vague shadow gradually popped up in front of his eyes. It was not Jin Xinyue but her father, Jin Tuyi.
The father and the daughter of the Jin family were truly headache-inducing people!
"This is Jin Xinyue's plan," Long Yangjun continued. "I can be sure of it without looking at your face. But there's one thing that I don't understand at all.
"Jin Xinyue's scheme is too big for her to complete on her own. Judging from the thunderous strikes and the comprehensive annihilation that the Secret Sword Bureau has been carrying out on her in the past half month, I can't help but feel that they are ready to strike at any time.
"Also, the girl who calls herself 'Moonfall's Sister', however sophisticated her soul training is, since she cannot fool us, there is no reason why she could've fooled the leadership of the Secret Sword Bureau, especially Guo Chunfeng, who is a seasoned intelligence chief of the Federation.
"Guo Chunfeng is known as' Omnipotent Yuanying '. He is talented in four fields and has been running the intelligence front of the Federation for a hundred years. How could such a shrewd old fox be fooled by the tricks of' Moonfall's Sister 'or Jin Xinyue?
"But as it happened, they believed the confession of 'Moonfall's Sister' and raised a superstorm. Then, the only reasonable explanation is that Jin Xinyue and Guo Chunfeng have been in cahoots since a long time ago!
"Is it possible?
"On the surface, Jin Xinyue has been responsible for the 'dirty work' in the Secret Sword Bureau since she joined the Federation a hundred years ago. She was once Guo Chunfeng's deputy and the No. 2 person in the Secret Sword Bureau.
"But the two of them soon turned against each other. It is said that they were at loggerheads with each other. In the end, Jin Xinyue left the Secret Sword Bureau with a lot of capable subordinates and established the 'Dim Moon Fund'. Not only did the Secret Sword Bureau suffer heavy losses, it also raised the greatest competitor of the Secret Sword Bureau.
"Therefore, everybody in the Federation today knows that Jin Xinyue and Guo Chunfeng are as incompatible as fire and water. Neither of them respects the other and will hit the other when they have the chance.
"But is it possible that it is an illusion? Is it possible that Guo Chunfeng and Jin Xinyue set up a trap together decades ago? It doesn't make sense. The Secret Sword Bureau was founded on the defense against the demon race. As the director of the Secret Sword Bureau, Guo Chunfeng should've been naturally wary and prejudiced against the demon race, even more so than Ding Ling Dong. How could he have trusted Jin Xinyue and the demon race without any reservation? Is there really a certain … basis of cooperation between the two of them? "
Li Yao took a deep breath, not hiding his appreciation for Long Yangjun at all.
The marvelous performance of Jin Xinyue's series of plans was indeed beyond his expectations as her master. However, Long Yangjun's ability to infer based on the traces was even more chilling.
Yes. In the entire Xing Yao Federation, other than the parties involved, Li Yao was the only one who knew the truth.
Guo Chunfeng and Jin Xinyue, the two heads of intelligence agencies who seemed to be at loggerheads with each other, were actually the same type of people.
They were neither pure Human Clan nor pure Demon Clan. They had all transformed from Demon Clan to Human Clan after devouring a large amount of "Holy Water of Primal Chaos".
Jin Xinyue was a witch, and Guo Chunfeng was Abyss. Everybody knew the former identity, but nobody knew the latter identity except for Li Yao. Yet, it was enough to be the basis of their deep cooperation.
Long Yangjun read something from Li Yao's eyes and said in satisfaction, "Got it. I don't want to know everything. All I need to know is that the two of them are likely to join hands.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk. I didn't know that the two intelligence agencies of the Federation, which seemed to be at loggerheads with each other, were in fact on the same side. They had been under the control of Li Yao's group for decades and had been planning in secret for a long time. How could the corrupted conglomerates of the past have escaped from the palm of Li Yao's group?
"So far, for me, all the mysteries of the whole thing have been solved. This feeling of satisfaction is really refreshing. Thank you very much for your frankness. I'm more and more determined to hold on to your thigh firmly!
"Lastly, I'm still slightly curious. Monster Li, how do you feel after raising such a terrifying disciple? Is it possible that …"
Li Yao blinked and extended two fingers. "Did you know that there are two kinds of people in the world? One is the bread maker, and the other is the bread seller."
Long Yangjun was dazed. "What do you mean?"
"Assuming that I am a man named Wang Ermazi," Li Yao said, "I can make the most delicious bread in the world and never get tired of it, but it doesn't mean that I'm good at selling bread, and it doesn't mean that I can open the largest, best-selling, and most prosperous bread shop in the world, right?
"Besides, even if I can really open 'Wang Ermazi Bread Shop' to more than ten thousand branches all over the world, make a fortune, and even transform the shop into the most splendid hotel to dominate the catering industry, I won't have the time to make my favorite bread at all. It's not hard to imagine how delicious it will be even if I manage to make it.
"Perhaps, my original intention was not to open a 'Wang Ermazi's Chain Bakery' at all. I only wanted to make the most delicious cakes in the world and watch other people eat them one mouthful after another until their mouths were full of oil. That was all I wanted to do.
"Therefore, if someone who is good at selling bread is willing to run 'Wang Ermazi Bread Shop', she can be the CEO of the shop, and I can focus on making my own bread. Wouldn't that be great?
"You may be able to get to know Jin Xinyue better from her personal biography and her speech videos, but you can't know her as well as I do, and you can't know me as well as she does.
"I know her, and I know that she will never betray me. She also knows me, and she knows that I am the same as Ding Lingdang. Neither of us likes to run a biscuit shop, but only likes to make biscuits. Therefore, as long as she is careful enough and does not cross the line, I will not suspect or restrain her. She is completely free to do what she wants to do. This is the trust between us.
"Bottom line? What line? "
Long Yangjun asked. Li Yao smiled and activated his mini crystal processor smoothly, summoning 3D light beams that were full of complicated formulas, lists, and statistics.
"In the past half month, you and Han Baling have been considering everything with all your might. For the experts of the Ancient Sages Sector who do not know the inside story of the Federation, it is indeed quite a difficult task for you."
Li Yao said, "But for me, who knows Jin Xinyue, Ding Ling Dong, and even Guo Chunfeng deeply, it is not difficult for me to infer Jin Xinyue's scheme from the methods that I am familiar with. However, that is not what I am concerned about.
"I don't care who is running 'Wang Mazi's Bread Shop', and I don't care if it can grow bigger and stronger. Compared to the schemes, robberies, and power struggles on the surface, I care more about an organization, an individual, and Lu Qingchen of the CFIA."
Narrowing her eyes, Long Yangjun mumbled, "He is just Jin Xinyue's chess piece and an insignificant person."
"No, he is very important."
Pointing at the few pieces of news on the light beam, Li Yao said, "The explosion in the Jade Dust Mine killed 42,722 people in total. It was the first attack that the 'CFIA', an evil organization of Immortal Cultivators, surfaced. Because of the case, Lu Qingchen became the most wanted criminal in the Federation and the most notorious Immortal Cultivator in the Federation.
"After the explosion in the Jade Dust Mine, he launched quite a few terrorist attacks on the resource planets in a row in only ten years, which all caused serious damage. The total number of victims was more than a hundred thousand.
"After that, the Secret Sword Bureau and the Dim Moon Fund spared no efforts to strike the CFIA. It was not until then that Lu Qingchen's arrogance was slightly reduced. The CFIA completely went underground and did not commit any shocking crimes for a long time. However, their reputation as the best organization of Immortal Cultivators in the Federation had already been established."
Long Yangjun nodded, deep in thought. "If the terrorist attacks were really carried out by Jin Xinyue under Lu Qingchen's instruction, or even if she did not report it, it would be completely beyond your boundaries. Are you going to 'clean house' now?
"However, you have neither met Jin Xinyue nor found Lu Qingchen. How can you know the truth?"
"I've calculated something."
Li Yao enlarged the statistical data and the trend curves that he had calculated crazily over the past half month and explained to Long Yangjun. "The Federation has developed countless resource planets and established thousands of mines in the past hundred years. Most of them were established in the harsh, dangerous places.
"However we prevent it, accidents in the mines are unavoidable. This is the statistical data of all the accidents in the mines in the past hundred years that I've collected from public sources. The interference such as the expansion of the territory of the Federation, the improvement of safety due to the innovation of mining technology, and other factors have been excluded.
"Look at this curve. Do you find anything?"
Li Yao pointed at a curve that was slowly descending and asked.
Long Yangjun pondered for a long time. "There's nothing wrong with it. With the innovation of mining technology in the Federation, the application of the Crystal Suit for large-scale mining, and the completeness of the infrastructure, the accident rate in the mines has been decreasing year by year. The curve is very smooth, isn't it?"
"No. Very wrong."
Li Yao said, "Look at the average accident rate in the mines in the years before Lu Qingchen showed up, the data during the ten years when Lu Qingchen was on a rampage, and the data after he disappeared and went underground. Smooth. Too smooth!
"What does it mean? Lu Qingchen was ferocious, insane, and launched appalling terrorist attacks against the major resource planets of the Federation time and time again. However, judging from the data in the past hundred years, the average accident rate in the mines during the ten years when he was most active, including what he did, was not much different from the decades before and after? Everything he did was in vain? "
"If the terrorist attacks that the CFIA claimed to be responsible for are removed, take a look."
Li Yao tapped the light beam softly. A large part at the center of the curve immediately collapsed, as if it had been bitten.
"During the ten years when Lu Qingchen was active, the average accident rate in the mines dropped significantly for no good reason. After Lu Qingchen went underground, the accident rate quickly returned to normal?"
Long Yangjun studied the data carefully. A moment later, colorful brilliance beamed out of her eyes.
"Do you understand it now? There can only be two possibilities for such weird data."
Li Yao said, "Either, even the heavens were watching over the Federation. When Lu Qingchen launched the terrorist attacks, the other resource planets happened to be extremely lucky and did not have a single serious accident.
"Or, there was no 'terrorist attack' at all. After a common accident in the mines happened first, the Secret Sword Bureau and the Dim Moon Fund worked together to manipulate the accident. The CFIA and Lu Qingchen stepped forward to claim the accident, packaging the common accident into a terrorist attack. In such a way, the CFIA was created as an extremely evil organization of Immortal Cultivators lurking within the Federation!"
Long Yangjun blinked quickly. "If that's the case, the terrorist attack is fake, and Lu Qingchen did not kill more than a hundred thousand innocent people. Then, even if he is really Jin Xinyue's subordinate, there won't be any problem. It will be a reasonable 'baiting', won't it?
"However, if you can infer the data, other people can too. This will perhaps be the greatest flaw in Jin Xinyue's entire plan!"
"No, this is not Jin Xinyue's flaw."
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