Chapter 968: Restraint
The atmosphere in the tent changed.
Wondering flashed in Ranster's eyes.
Lin An did not leak her spiritual power, but as her face changed suddenly, it seemed that the air in the entire space suddenly became heavy and suppressed.
She didn't notice it.
Under the pressure of life and death surrounded by strong people for a long time, her soul and half-step legendary spiritual power have been unconsciously extracted.
This is different from the soul sublimation and spiritual power improvement brought by advancement, it is a subtle process, not a qualitative change, just like a fisherman who goes to sea all year round, his skin cannot become steel and rock, but he will unconsciously become tough and rough under the blowing of storms and sea breezes, protecting against the erosion of the marine environment, so people born by the sea are often more adapted to the marine environment than inland people.
Based on this, coupled with the influence of natural divine power, Lin An's spiritual power has faintly shown a tendency to interfere with matter, which is a sign that the legendary realm is about to take shape.
However, due to the lack of magic power, it has never been able to go further, but it already has some characteristics of the legendary realm, such as the natural pressure on the life below the legendary.
This pressure is not coercion, but is closer to the level of the law and the definition of the essence of the soul:
Just like a newborn vole, even if it is only the first time you encounter a snake, you can instinctively know that it is your natural enemy.
It can be said that when Lin An encounters legendary powerhouses again in the future, although there is still a huge disparity in strength, he will no longer be frightened by the natural level gap between them.
If interpreted by the definition of an online game, Lin An similarly got a "high-level biological coercion aura of immunity" and "pseudo. Legendary Realm Coercion".
"Is there anyone suspicious?" After pondering for a moment, Lin An spoke.
"Not sure yet." Lancet replied.
"Why did those people take refuge in the demons? Could it be that they expect the demons to rule the Muse Continent and bring them a higher status? β
Lin An felt incredible, "Could it be that the blood feud brought to them by the demon disaster is not enough for them to understand what kind of race the demon race is?" β
In the eyes of the demons, the human race will always be a slave.
Lanster somewhat understood the psychology of those traitors.
"After all, more than 2,000 years have passed since the demonic disaster, and many people have long diluted the unforgettable hatred of that era."
"Moreover, the situation more than 2,000 years ago is far different from what it is now."
"The Ice Plains Demon Clan, after all, is no longer the invincible demon army of two thousand years ago."
"Behind them, there is no whole heyday of the demon world to rely on to rely on."
"Even if they can create thousands of undead, they can't rely on the undead to rule the Muse Continent after all."
"Even if you count those demons who have transformed into necromancers, the number of people in the entire Ice Plains Demon Clan will not exceed one million."
"They need enough manpower to maintain their rule over the Muse Continent."
"When the plague was not contained before, there were rumors in many places that the demons would lead the army of the undead to destroy the Miè Muse Continent."
"Under the threat of dying of plague and turning into the undead, there are indeed people who can waver in their promise to be equal to the status of an archduke and earl in the future."
"What's more, those traitors may not be traitors at allβ"
Lancet's explanation made Lin An gradually open his mind, and said:
"The demons have been in the ice field for two thousand years, maybe they have already infiltrated the human race and gave birth to hybrids."
"If you don't want to be revealed your bloodline, and after the war, you will recognize the object of the Terran's anger and sacrifice flag, they can only serve as the eyes and ears of the demons."
Lancet bowed his head and agreed with Lin An's guess:
"That's the biggest thing I could think of."
"Actually, this news was not announced at the Supreme Military Council."
Lenster slowly recounted:
"The MI is only directly accountable to Marshal Jonas, and such highly classified information, for fear of shaking the morale of the military, has not leaked out - I know because I have sheltered a close relative of an intelligence analysis staff officer within the MIU."
Lancet has made no secret of his sources.
What he didn't tell Lin An was that since she had been abducted and disappeared by Angus in full view, many people, especially her companions, had begun a frantic search.
Lancet is certainly no exception.
He, Andre and others have their own connections and power, and they agreed to assign tasks, and Lanster will shelter the close relatives of the intelligence staff officer, and he also has the idea of laying nails in the military intelligence department of the Northern Front.
"So, nine times out of ten, the news is accurate."
The elbow was bent on the armrest, and the index finger tapped, Lin An said:
"The MI has strict personnel control and discipline, especially the intelligence analysis staff officer like the one who gave you the information."
"They have been in contact with and analyzed a large number of high-level secrets all year round, and the Military Intelligence Department must be very strict and strict in their control and surveillance, and it is not easy for him to pass on information to you."
"If it's just content like this, it doesn't seem worth it for him to risk his life to be found and arraigned to you."
"It's not enough to repay you."
"Unless he thinks this information has a close relationship with you."
Randster couldn't agree more.
"I discussed it with Bishop (the secret agent, who appeared in chapter 558), and he came up with a similar idea."
"It's likely that Stuart has a traitor who has been bought by the demons."
"Stuart is the corridor between Pere and Meryl, and if the demons want to go south, they must pass through here."
"If the traitor who was controlled by the demons suddenly attacked when the war was stalemate, and caused another disaster such as a plague to cause panic, it would definitely shake the hearts of the Stuart army and greatly damage their resistance."
"It's a pity that the staff officer didn't come out with any more information, and we can't immediately circle the suspects."
"In order not to startle the snake, I can only let Bishop act in secret, sorting out and screening suspicions."
Lin An was surprised at first, it seems that Bishop has been recognized by Rincter in Pompey's intelligence station, promoted to his confidant, and completely took over the secret forces in Randster's hands and became the head of the secret agent.
Hearing this, she gradually frowned.
"It's too much work, it's time-consuming, and it uses too many people, and it's easy to leak out, and if it is discovered, it's likely that the traitor will hastily detonate the conspiracy -- is it impossible to get more precise information from that intelligence staff officer?"
"It's not that simple." Lancet shook his head.
"The division of labor and the protection of secrecy in the military intelligence department of the northern front are far stricter than we know, and I am afraid that the intelligence staff officer will not be able to convey more information if he is interrogated -- and the risk of exposure is too great."
"That's right." Lin An nodded.
Although the position of intelligence analysis staff officer can access a large amount of intelligence information, after all, there is not only one person who is responsible for sorting out intelligence.
For high-level secrets that are really important, the MIA often sets up a separate team to cut off internal and external communication, and each member of the team is isolated from each other and has only part of the information.
It's like splitting a map into seven or eight parts, and the complete puzzle pieces will only be concentrated in the hands of the team leader.
For example:
"On the first of April, the Duke of Custer will secretly enter the city of Gran to participate in a military council."
-- This information includes four elements: time, person, place, and content of action.
In the work of intelligence analysis, these four elements may be implicit in dozens or even hundreds of complicated information such as the content of words and actions related to Duke Custer, such as unrelated people.
The junior members of the Intelligence Analysis Service conduct a preliminary screening of the potentially relevant information and submit it to an independent team;
The independent team divided this information into eight intelligence staff officers;
These eight intelligence staff officers then sketched out the information related to the key clues in their hands and gathered them into the hands of the team leader.
In this process, the intelligence in the hands of the eight intelligence staff officers was incomplete.
Even because of their status and secrecy, they did not know the direction of the mission, for example, whether it was to sabotage or facilitate the Duke of Custer's trip, the meaning behind it, or what the idea was.
They may have the opportunity to analyze the general outline through the many primary intelligence in their hands, but they often lack one or two key elements, and the real complete intelligence key will only be in the hands of the team leader.
This kind of intelligence isolation mechanism is a method of secrecy commonly used by large intelligence agencies, and even if an intelligence member is charged, it can fundamentally reduce the probability of leakage of secrets.
For example, the absence of any one of the four elements of time, place, person, and content in the above example will create a great obstacle to the next step, and if two or three are missing, it will be even more difficult to determine the true content of the information.
This is also the reason why outsiders always feel that intelligence work is mysterious and difficult to understand.
And the reason why Lin An knew the inside story was because when she first went to the ice field, she and Sidney had captured a secret agent team leader of the Northern Front Military Intelligence Department, and absorbed a small part of his memories.
She speculated that the intelligence staff officer that Lanster had bought must have been at most an ordinary analytical staff officer of an independent intelligence team, who had only worked out the general outline and could not get a more accurate key, so the information sent out would be vague.
Of course, there is another possibility.
That is, this news is simply fake.
In Ranster's current position, his power has long decided that there will always be people with various purposes, weaving conspiracies and shady curtains with Lancet's goal.
So except for a very few people, it is difficult for Lanster to give trust to many people.
Even if he had done great favor to that person.
Perhaps, the staff officer may have been sincere and wanted to repay Ranster's kindness, but that was not enough to ensure that his message was accurate.
Although the matter of Ranster's shelter of the man's closest relatives was hidden, it could not be detected without the secret agents of the MI who had a reputation for being pervasive.
It is not impossible that if they let that staff officer get false information and try to achieve something by borrowing Ranster's hand.
Of course, this hypothesis is highly unlikely.
After all, judging from the content, weaving information with such content can not only expose part of the secret agent power in Lanster's hands, but it cannot directly hurt Lanster.
On the contrary, if this news is exposed, it will have a huge impact on the war on the northern front and shake people's hearts, which will not outweigh the losses for the MI.
"It seems that you can only defend passively for the time being."
After pondering, Lin An said, "Not only you, but also the command, before you find out the traitors who may be in the middle of it, the war on the northern front may be stopped." β
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