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Chapter 409: 406 Eye of Truth

Chapter 409: 406 Eye of Truth

The day after the Jiangnan University celebration, the related matters were reported.

Former Vice President of Jiangnan University, Pang Duddu, had betrayed the Alliance to the extreme, killing a total of 281 people at Jiangnan University’s auditorium, including the head of the Education Bureau, Lu Zheng.

Subsequently, she carried the terror tools of the Evil Organization “Zero” and attacked Elder Mountain in a suicide attack.

The attack caused substantial damage to the Elder Mountain Secret Realm and inflicted immeasurable harm on the people within a two hundred-mile radius of Elder Mountain.

According to estimates, at least several thousand people died in the wave of attacks launched by Pang Duddu.

The report also noted,

Pang Duddu had perished in this attack, but her two accomplices, the former President of the Jiangnan University Student Council, Lu Wu, and Lin Jianying, who had become a high-ranking member of the Evil Organization, were still alive.

Not only were they alive, but they had also taken the terrifying tool with them.

Subsequently, measures were taken by the Alliance regarding this incident.

This included issuing a warrant for Lu Wu and Lin Jianying, shutting down Jiangnan University, investigating and holding accountable those from Jiangnan University who belonged to Pang Duddu’s faction, among other measures.

Jiang Yuexing was the most affected among them.

She had been detained immediately after the incident occurred.

Given her relationship with both Pang Duddu and Lu Wu, it was likely her position as Governor would now be unstable.

However, it’s interesting to note.

In the continuous reaction and measures by the Alliance, there seemed to be no action against the Jiangbei group.

Despite plenty of direct and indirect evidence suggesting that Zhang Yunyi played a significant role in this incident, the Alliance still had no intention of reprimanding her.

She even managed to withdraw the teaching resources originally sent to Jiangnan and brought back Jiangnan University’s resources to rebuild Jiangbei University as if the Alliance was oblivious to these actions.

This allowed some people to recognize the extraordinariness of Zhang Yunyi, and at the same time, it allowed some to clearly see the current state of the Elder Council.

Near Elder Mountain,

Feng Xiu, who hadn’t departed yet, squinted at the report: “They actually didn’t take action against Zhang Yunyi; they didn’t even signal a warning. It seems that group of elders is in a bad way!”

The Fifth Messenger, who had just returned from out of town bringing back intelligence, glanced towards Elder Mountain,

“It may not necessarily be a bad situation, those old cunning folks might be deliberately inactive.

After all, they have survived from the previous era.

Though the Gate Fragment’s eruption was horrifying, it might not be enough to seriously impact them, so I think we should probably stay low for a while.”

Hearing this, Feng Xiu laughed out loud,

“Lao Wu, does that sound like something a messenger from our Zero Organization should say?

Since when has our Zero Organization ever been so cautious and constrained?

You should learn from me, to be high-profile and do as we desire, that’s how a messenger of our Zero Organization should be.”

“And end up like you, beaten so badly your mother wouldn’t recognize you?”

“You!”

Feng Xiu wanted to react angrily but considering his weakness had to shake his head, “The young people nowadays really aren’t lovable!”

The Fifth Messenger ignored all that: “Now it’s already come to this, what’s your plan next?”

“I’m actually quite interested in that fragment, and also the growth of Lu Wu is unsettling to me, but you know my current condition.

At this point, as the situation has developed to this, the Alliance might be chaotic for a while.

Some forces that normally wouldn’t act might emerge.

Anyway, I should probably go back and heal my injuries first.

What about you?”

“Me? I guess I’ll wander around, try my luck, see if I can find Lu Wu and Lin Jianying!”

“Alright then, go and try your luck.”

Feng Xiu and the Fifth Messenger waved to each other and without further ado, they parted ways on the spot.

The Fifth Messenger chose a direction and left without hesitation, while Feng Xiu stood motionlessly, watching the departing Fifth Messenger, his expression somewhat intriguing.

……

District 2.

Each district of the Alliance has its own actual controlling power.

District 1 is the Alliance, the Elder Council.

District 11 is the Four Great Tribes.

District 12 is the northern and southern families.

But in District 2, the actual control of the entire area is held by the “Science Alliance.”

This “Science Alliance” or rather, before this, everyone’s powers were rather inconspicuous.

Not to mention the District 1 side, even ordinary people among the districts had little idea that there were forces other than the Alliance in their district.

It was even less likely for them to know that a power outside the Alliance was quietly controlling their lives.

In District 2, the “Science Alliance” not only controls the lives of the people in District 2 but also the summoners and their Summoned Beasts.

Summoned Beasts outside District 2 are generally naturally summoned.

A significant portion of the Summoned Beasts in District 2 are artificially synthesized.

District 2 has already developed a mature technology in this aspect.

The “Iron Man” Summoned Beast that Lu Wu encountered in the university competition was an artificially synthesized creature from District 2, a product of the “Science Alliance.”

It can be said, the artificially synthesized mechanical Summoned Beast is a hallmark of the District 2 “Science Alliance.”

But what little known is, the highest achievement of the “Science Alliance” is not the artificially synthesized mechanical Summoned Beast.

But an Artificial Secret Realm called “New World.”

This Secret Realm is the culmination of over a hundred years of the “Science Alliance.”

It serves not only as the secret headquarters of the “Science Alliance” but also as a crystallization of various technologies developed by the “Science Alliance” over a hundred years.

Inside the New World, there exists a function that the “Science Alliance” prides itself on, named the “Eye of Truth.”

This function sounds impressive.

In reality, it is a surveillance system.

But this is a powerful surveillance system composed of a satellite setup of Legendary Quality, made using 72 combined scientific artifacts.

In theory, if this system operates at full capacity, it can observe every corner of the Alliance.

The head of this system had proudly claimed more than once that within this system, there are no secrets in the entire Alliance.

This is also why this system is called the “Eye of Truth.”

Of course, in actual operation, it naturally doesn’t achieve such terrifying effects.

There are many areas it cannot surveil, and its operation is limited.

Nevertheless, this doesn’t cover up its impressiveness.

Relying on it, the Science Alliance has still obtained quite a lot of information.

For instance, during this incident at Elder Mountain.

Although the “Eye of Truth” could not see the entire process, it still saw a great deal of intelligence.

This included the real casualty numbers of the elders at Elder Mountain.

The whereabouts of the Gate Fragment.

And Lu Wu’s whereabouts.

At this time, the project leader of the “Eye of Truth” was reporting the situation to various leaders of the “Science Alliance.”

“According to the data sent back by the Eye of Truth, we can see that the Elder Mountain incident has caused unprecedented heavy losses to Elder Mountain.

A total of 27 epic-level Summoners died in this incident.

Even five elders lost their lives.

It was a tremendous loss that even the recovery battle had not witnessed.

Moreover, even the elders and Summoned Beasts who survived were mostly severely injured.

It is estimated that at least half of them will need six months or even longer to possibly recover.

You could say that Elder Mountain is at its weakest state ever.”

“Additionally, the fragments of the Gate did indeed not end up in the hands of Elder Mountain.

During the last outbreak, someone took the opportunity when the elders were resisting the outbreak and took Lu Wu away.

After that person left, the Gate fragments also disappeared one after another.

Based on the analysis of the elders’ statements, the person who took Lu Wu was likely someone named Lin Jianying.

We also tracked Lin Jianying and Lu Wu, but unfortunately, we ultimately lost their trail. However, we locked onto the direction in which they disappeared.

Barring any accidents, there should be a Secret Realm at the place they vanished into.”

……

After the person in charge of the Eye of Truth reported the related intelligence.

The high-level executives of the Science Alliance fell into contemplation.

This intelligence made some high-ups in the Science Alliance restless.

They were tempted both by the unprecedentedly weak state of Elder Mountain and the fragment that was suspected to be with Lu Wu.

After all, the fragment possessed a power almost capable of annihilating Elder Mountain.

And Elder Mountain, on the other hand, had a century’s worth of foundation for the Alliance.

Some among the more radical members were eager to seize control of both, in one fell swoop, allowing the Science Alliance to replace Elder Mountain in overseeing the whole Alliance.

However, not only did the Science Alliance have radicals, it also had conservatives.

They did not believe this was an important moment for the Alliance to take action, as both Elder Mountain and Lu Wu had someone standing behind them who had not yet emerged.

Acting now was not rational.

The radicals argued that by capturing both Elder Mountain and the fragment, the remaining chairman and Lu Haikong would pose no threat at all.

The two sides were thus at an impasse.

In the end, a decision from the Alliance’s head was needed.

This head decided to share this intelligence.

“Although taking risks can yield great benefits, they can also bring unimaginable disasters.

Therefore, we should be cautious.

Of course, if we don’t have the courage to take risks, others might!”

Shortly after this meaningful statement by the head, the worst intelligence leak since the establishment of the Science Alliance occurred.

The existence of [New World] and the [Eye of Truth] was leaked.

Also leaked were the full details about the Elder Mountain incident obtained by the [Eye of Truth].

This leak intensified the already turbulent situation within the Alliance.

Countless forces and individuals started to get restless.

At the place where Lu Wu ultimately disappeared, a large number of unidentified people began to appear.

Meanwhile, in Jiangnan, various affairs related to people and enterprises connected to Lu Wu also began to arise.

At this time, Lu Wu was completely oblivious to the outside world.

Currently, he lay in an extremely cold environment.

He had been there for three days.

When Lu Wu woke up again, he found himself frozen in a thick block of ice.

“Where am I?

And what’s wrong with me, why does my head hurt so much?”

Lu Wu hadn’t figured out where he was when a severe headache surged, leaving his head swimming.

His mental state was extremely poor.

Ordinarily, he had a photographic memory, but he couldn’t even recall what had happened before he was frozen.

All he could feel was the intense pain, which was so severe it made him, who had become immune to suffering after enduring countless tortures, feel particularly uncomfortable.

There was also the grief and anger at the bottom of his heart, suppressed and unexpressed.

Tears involuntarily streamed down.

But Lu Wu didn’t know why he was crying.

“What exactly happened?”

“Wasn’t I on my way to save Dudu? How did I end up here? Where’s Dudu?”

Lu Wu struggled to recall what had happened before he fell into a coma, but the harder he tried, the more his head hurt and the deeper his sadness grew.

The tears just wouldn’t stop.

In this cold Secret Realm, his tears instantly froze.

The tears turned into ice, stinging his eyeballs.

But the pain in his eyes and head was nothing compared to the heartache Lu Wu had dug out himself recently.

It was a suffocating pain that felt as if his chest had been hollowed out.

Despite not remembering anything, Lu Wu seemed to have grasped what had happened.

But he couldn’t accept that reality.

From the time Lu Wu transmigrated, until his faked death to escape, Dudu had always been by his side.

To him, Dudu had already become part of his life and even his existence.

He couldn’t accept the reality that Dudu might be gone.

So he tried even harder to remember, wanting to recall exactly what had happened, wanting confirmation that his Dudu was still alive.

Even though remembering might make him more sad, he still refused to give up.

This put Lu Wu into a vicious cycle.

And just as Lu Wu was submerged in it and couldn’t extricate himself, a voice urgently called out in his mind—it was Han Han.

Danger!

There was an extremely dangerous presence approaching, and Han Han wanted to warn Lu Wu.

Ordinarily, Lu Wu wouldn’t need Han Han’s reminder, but now, even with Han Han’s warning, he couldn’t react.

He was still clutching his head, caught in the painful and sad cycle of trying to remember.

At that moment, a giant Ice Giant, over ten meters tall and covered in long white fur, dragging a huge wooden club, approached Lu Wu.

The Ice Giant had clearly noticed Lu Wu and had already sees him as food—a small, yet extremely energy-rich existence.

After locking on its target, it pounced violently, swinging its massive club down furiously at Lu Wu.

At that moment, Lu Wu was still unable to move, showing no response.

Realizing that Lu Wu was effectively incapacitated, Han Han gritted his teeth, leaped out from Lu Wu’s body, and transformed into a giant beast. With a flap of its wings, it shielded Lu Wu from the blow…