Chapter 14: Traps and Reactions

When you have control over the information, you can make things go the way you want. -------------- "The Self-Cultivation of a Liar"

That night, several explosions were heard all over the city, and several buildings that were usually untouched were reduced to broken bricks and tiles in the explosions. Several witnesses saw figures fleeing out of the city, followed by figures chasing after each figure. The smell of blood wafted through the air from time to time.

And the garrison troops in various parts of Siqi Province have also been mobilized, and it seems that their direction of action is to block the road from Wusong City to the outside world.

Early the next morning, the teenagers selling newspapers in the streets and alleys of Wusong City started a new day's work, and the news in the newspaper today also made them excited.

"Selling newspapers and selling newspapers, there were separatists who carried out a terrorist attack yesterday, if you want to know the wonderful content, please see the Wusong Evening News"

"Take a look, take a look, the Wusong News reported that Wilson's courtyard was razed to the ground in the attack, and there was a suspected big battle. ”

"In the Wusong Daily, which has just been printed, the city government announced that it had been resisted in the census, and that a large number of military and police casualties were suspected. ”

"Seven copper coins and two newspapers, Wusong Sun News, tell you the story that the terrorists and the city defense forces have to tell. ”

I saw that the newspapers printed by various newspaper agencies were full of all kinds of true and false news released by Feng Kun and them, and several blurry photos of the ruined Wilson Manor were also published in large and small newspapers, some said that they had been captured, some said that the terrorists had escaped, and some said that they had killed a large number of officers and soldiers of the city defense force and fled, and even some yellow tabloids arranged several heavy stories for sale, and they were not afraid that people with the highest blood would come to trouble them.

Hundreds of journalists also gathered in front of the municipal building to demand further clarification from the government about the attack.

At 8:30 a.m., the municipal government secretariat announced the convening of a press conference, which was held in the lecture hall of the municipal building, presided over by Director Ma of the municipal government secretariat, and Li Chenguang, Ye Mingxuan, and Wu Liang all attended the press conference.

At the press conference, Director Ma spoke emotionally about what they had made up in advance.

"Fellow journalists, on behalf of the Wusong Municipal Government, I would like to give a detailed briefing on what happened in Wilson's Courtyard yesterday. Director Ma cleared his throat and said seriously.

"Yesterday, in the census conducted in this city, a team of 10 people and a government staff of our city's urban defense force were examined in Wilson's courtyard, and the people in the courtyard refused to cooperate, and in the last resort, the city defense force and the people in the courtyard had a fight, although our follow-up support forces also arrived soon, but all 11 loyal federal staff were killed, and then the enemy fought fiercely with our follow-up support forces. The special forces sent by the provincial military district to protect the contract ceremony all suffered casualties of varying degrees, and of course we killed several enemies, but the enemy leaders still managed to break through. At present, the provincial government has organized a crack force to hunt down the fugitives. A three-minute silence is observed in memory of the 23 federal military and government workers who lost their lives in this attack. Thinking of the members of the Secret Service Division who died in the operation, Ye Mingxuan and the others present also stood up and bowed their heads, with a look of grief on their faces.

Many reporters present were also affected by this scene and held a moment of silence together.

Three minutes later, Director Ma continued: "We have reported the timing of the attack to the Federal Presidential Office, the Ministry of National Defense and the Ministry of National Security overnight, and the Federation will also send a strong team to assist the local government in solving the case in the near future." We promise that we will fight against them to the end against this kind of behavior of ignoring federal laws and the safety of people's lives, and the Siqixing Provincial Government, the Siqixing Provincial Military Region, the Wusong Municipal Government, the Wusong Garrison Brigade, and the Wusong City Defense Brigade will definitely ensure the safety of everyone's lives and property. ”

"On the side are the weapons used by the enemy we killed this time, you can take a look. In order to further prove the authenticity of the matter, Director Ma waved his hand again, and several soldiers of the garrison brigade used carts to push out the weapons of the Weiss brothers, Hart and others who had been prepared on the side. It aroused a crowd of onlookers from reporters, and the light of various photographic equipment came and went.

"At the same time, we have also ascertained the identities of several people who escaped, please see, these three people are all important people on the Ministry of Defense's wanted list, Trist, nicknamed Nine Lives, the high-level contractor who controls the realm, Chibon, nicknamed the corpse eater, the high-level contractor who controls the realm, and Liana, the middle-level contractor who controls the realm, all the attackers are subordinate to the bloodline supreme organization, which is a terrorist organization that has long been committed to splitting the federation and seeking its bloodline supremacy and noble statehood. In recent decades, he has committed numerous major crimes in the country. Although the specific goal of their action this time has not yet been clarified, it should be the contract ceremony in the near future. Saying this, Director Ma paused and took a sip of water.

In the next half hour, all reporters and friends can ask questions, and I, as well as the leaders of various powerful departments here, can answer your questions. Okay, it's time to raise your hand. Director Ma said.

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw that the audience was a jungle of arms, and of course the reporters would not give up this opportunity to ask questions at will, for fear that Director Ma would not see him, so he raised his hand and shouted, "Secretary General Ma, I have a problem." ”

All of a sudden, all kinds of true and false news were passed out of the municipal building. And this is the plan that Feng Kun and the others planned in advance, so that the people with the highest bloodline think that yesterday's operation was just a coincidence, and Trist and Qianben have escaped, but they are still in various pursuits.

The various forces in Wusong City and even Siqi Province also began to use their own connections and began to inquire about the news, among which there were many shadows with the highest bloodlines.

... I'm the dividing line...

The Bida Mountains in the central part of the Southwest Province are inaccessible, perennial full of all kinds of poisonous fog barriers, and there are many fierce monsters living in them, except for some mercenaries, monster hunters or brainless young people full of curious thoughts, few people will come here, and the Federation has only set up a few guard posts around the mountain range to prevent the monsters in the mountain range from escaping.

Behind a waterfall deep in the mountains, there is a cave hidden inside, the interior of which has been artificially expanded to almost the size of a small town, and this is the base camp of the Bloodline Supreme in the southwestern province. The Council of Elders, the supreme command of the bloodline, is hidden here.

On this day, the originally quiet waterfall suddenly welcomed several uninvited guests.

"Elder Zhao, this is the news that has just come from Wusong City in Siqi Province. "A black shadow passed through many checkpoints and came to the depths of the cave, passing the intelligence cipher letter marked as a three-star symbol to the elder in charge of intelligence here.

The three-star symbol is the highest level of information that can be sent by a member of the Bloodline Supreme Elder Council and below.

When Elder Zhao saw this mark, he also thought a little nervously, "Wusong City, isn't that the place where Trister and the others are going to attack, what happened?"

Elder Zhao quickly checked the mark outside the text first, and then sank his consciousness into the ciphertext, and after more than ten seconds, he finished browsing all the information.

I saw that Elder Zhao's face instantly turned iron-blue, and even extremely hideous. He even forgot to restrain his momentum, and a huge coercion spread from him, and the guards who presented the information were also pressed to the ground, and the documents in the entire room were torn to shreds and flew all over the sky.

At this time, several figures sprang out from the other courtyards in the base and came to the front of the house where Elder Zhao was.

"Lao Zhao, calm down, are you going to demolish this place!" The leader was a white-haired old man, his face was full of furrows left by the years, but his eyes were still very bright, his hook-like nose made the whole face look cloudy, his upper body was a little hunchbacked, he was spotlessly washed in a white robe, and he was carrying a black cane, and the handle of the crutch was carved with a head like a sharp horned snake head, and he shouted in a deep voice, "The people of the Council of Elders are all alarmed by you, and they all entered the house, what happened, let Lao Zhao tell me quickly." Then he led the people into the house, and sat down firmly at the top of the house, ignoring the scraps of shredded paper all over the floor.

Elder Zhao, who was angry, looked at the person who came, took a deep breath to calm himself, got up and bowed deeply, "Great Elder, I've caused you trouble." This is the ciphertext that came from Wusong City just now, you can take a look. ”

I saw the Great Elder's hand, and the ciphertext fell lightly into his hand. After a hurried browsing, the Great Elder's face was also slightly blue, but it quickly returned to its original state.

"Everyone, Trist, they failed, they were discovered by the people of Wusong City yesterday, and a battle broke out," looking at the members of the Council of Elders who were already sitting around, he handed the information cipher to Elder Zhao who was standing aside, and asked him to pass it on to the others, and continued. "According to the news that has been transmitted, Trist, Chibon and that Liana are now on the run, and the teams of Blackfire, the Viss brothers, Hart and Rune have all been planted, and their fate is currently unknown. Elder Zhao, arrange for someone to take a look at the condition of the soul lamps of Trist and Qianben in the Soul Hall. ”

The major organizations in the Firmament World have different secret techniques to confirm the life and death of their members, and a kind of soul lamp secret technique mastered by the bloodline supreme is developed by Sterling, when the members reach the challenge realm, a wisp of soul imprint is injected into the special soul lamp, and then the secret method is used to conceive, and the soul lamp can feel the soul state of the owner of the soul lamp regardless of the distance of space.

When the presbyterians heard this, they immediately began to talk like a frying pan.

"Great Elder, notify the puppeteers as soon as possible, let them rescue Trist, and then see what to do next, depending on the situation. A middle-aged elder in red hurriedly counted.

"Elder Cui's words are inappropriate, we already knew that the Federation had taken precautions against our operation before, and since Trist and they have been discovered and are already on the run, the puppeteers have lost their meaning as a support force, so let's let them evacuate as soon as possible. Otherwise, let them fall into it again, Elder Cui, are you responsible?" another member of the Council of Elders who was sitting opposite the red-clothed Elder Cui immediately objected.

"Li Changzhen, what do you mean, don't you know how much the organization cares about this operation, if it weren't for the leakage of the waste you sent out to lurk, would Trist and their actions be discovered? Now you have to ignore the members of the organization in danger, do you want to kill them?" Hearing Elder Li's words, Elder Cui jumped up like a lit cannonball.

"Cui Jingzhe, what do you mean, now that the intelligence is insufficient and the situation is unknown, shouldn't you immediately let the other personnel who have not leaked out evacuate? Evacuate quickly now to better preserve your strength, don't you let them gather together The goal is bigger? I think you are thinking about letting them all die!" Elder Li also showed no weakness.

Li Cui and the two are in the two opposing factions of the bloodline supreme organization, naturally one party agrees with the other party will oppose it, anyway, at this time, it is not wrong to say it, Triste as a general of Cui Jingzhe's faction, the next generation of elder reserves, whether it is safe or not is naturally valued by the faction to which it belongs, and Elder Li Their reasons are also very sufficient, since the situation is unclear, then we must act cautiously, how can there be a reason to show all the cards in your hand like this.

For a while, everyone from both factions rushed to tell their reasoning, and the elders of other factions or neutral factions were also involved from time to time.

At this time, the subordinates sent by Elder Zhao to inspect the soul lamp came back to report to him, and Elder Zhao also hurried to the Great Elder and said to him: "Great Elder, Trist and Qianben are still alive, Triste's soul lamp is in very poor condition, it is estimated that it is used to live to death, Qianben's state is slightly better, but it should also be seriously injured." ”

When Elder Zhao reported, everyone in the audience had already stopped arguing and pricked up their ears to hear the situation.

At this time, another guard broke in with three intelligence ciphers in his hand, came to Elder Zhao, held up the ciphertext on his knees, and said loudly: "Elder, these are the two ciphers I just received, both of them are from Siqi Province, please take a look." ”

At this time, Elder Zhao had completely calmed down, took the two secret letters, and directly handed them to the Great Elder at the top, "Great Elder, you can read it first." ”

The Great Elder was also not polite, and the ciphertext looked at it one by one. He pondered for a few seconds, then held up one of the ciphertexts and said, "This is from the intelligence station of Luqi City, Siqi Province. The news inside is similar to that sent from Wusong City, but they found out that the garrisons of Siqi Province have begun to move last night, and according to the direction they have to move, they can basically confirm that they want to enclose Wusong City, and according to the secret report of the provincial military district, the commander and chief of staff of the military region of Siqi Province have already left Wusong City, and the specific destination is ominous, but the direction is the northern Chimera jungle of Wusong City. ”

"The second cipher was sent from Wusong City, and a few additional messages were added, one is Feng Kun of the Contract Security Department, who was the prison sea of the Military Justice Department of the Ministry of National Defense before, and was seriously injured; second, signs of battle of the strong were found outside Songfeng Town in the north of the city; third, at present, most of the forces of the powerful departments in Wusong City are spreading to the Chimera jungle in the north of Wusong City, and there is that they cannot get close to yesterday's main battlefield for detection, and can only observe from a distance; the last one is that there is no news that reinforcements from the Federal Ministry of State Security have arrived, but there should be people from the Ministry of State Security to Wusong City soon。 The Great Elder pointed to the second ciphertext.

"This third cipher was sent by Sakura Hong, she has already joined up with the puppeteer and the black butcher and has learned about what happened yesterday, according to what they know locally, the original high-level contractors in Wusong City should have been damaged in yesterday's battle, because they found out that a contractor who had been in seclusion in the south of Wusong City for several years was invited to the city by the people of the city government last night. But for the sake of safety, they are still dozens of kilometers away from Wusong City, and they are ready to go to the pre-agreed contact point to reconnoitre, and then they will wait for our further instructions. The Great Elder picked up the last cipher and said.

"Elder Zhao, you now immediately activate a group of high-level secrets of the Federation, let them check the latest developments there, well, except for the two at the highest level, you can activate the rest. The Great Elder pondered for a moment and began to command.

"Okay, I'll do it. Hearing this, Elder Zhao left the house.

"Rest of you, let's talk about it, listen, I don't want to listen to bullshit and personal attacks, and if I can't say something, then shut me up. As he spoke, the Great Elder glared at Cui Jingzhe and Li Changzhen, who had caused the dispute just now. Layers of cold sweat suddenly broke out on the heads of the two.

"Great Elder, I think we still have to wait for further news, it can be said that we have lost 3 action teams now, and the blow to morale is still very big. An elder who hadn't spoken much before stood up and said, meaning that Liana, who had also escaped from the news, had been abandoned by them. The other elders in the room did not raise any objections.

"But it's not okay to do nothing, I suggest that when collecting intelligence, let Hongying and them move to the southwest of Wusong City first, and see if they can wait for Trist and them there, and at the same time, we will also send a few more masters to meet at the border of the southwest province, and even let them show a little bit of their whereabouts, saying that they can't fight back." Chiben and Triste's side, Chibon is good at secret infiltration and assassination, and the chance of escape is not small, since Trist has been used to live to death, it is estimated that he is hiding somewhere to recover, just want to contact him, he will not respond. ”

"Great Elder, I agree with Elder Wu's opinion, and at the same time, I suggest ordering the action team outside to enter hibernation temporarily, after all, it was too coincidental for Trist to be discovered this time, judging from the time, he was dug up the next day, will there be anything strange here, I have to check it carefully." On the other side, an elder who was also in charge of some of the intelligence stood up and spoke.

Hearing this, there was also a commotion at the bottom, after all, the front foot had just been found out by the high-level secret of the Ministry of Defense, and if something happened to his side, the organization would face a big crisis.

Immediately afterwards, Cui Jingzhe and Li Changzhen and the personnel of their respective factions also expressed their opinions, although everyone was based on the premise of a stable tone, but there was still no agreement on whether to let Red Sakura and them search and rescue Triste, in order to maintain unity, the Great Elder could not dictate things for a while.

For about half an hour, everyone still didn't come up with a final plan. At this time, Elder Zhao, who had just gone out, returned to the house, and there were two ciphertexts in his hand, "Great Elder, Hongying, they just arrived at the previous contact point, and they didn't see Chiben and them, but they found the organization's emergency contact logo in several locations, and it seems that Chiben left it." They asked if the contact was made according to the signs. In addition, I have awakened several high-level secrets of the Federation, according to their information, the reinforcements of the Ministry of National Security set off yesterday, led by a deputy minister, the specific personnel are ominous, according to the speed of the federal airship, it will probably arrive in Wusong City later today. However, Zhuge Wenxian, minister of state security, also convened a meeting of the remaining vice ministers and directors today, and there was no sign of sending high-end combat strength again, and as for the Ministry of National Defense, only the garrison was transferred, and there were no other new movements. ”

"Great Elder, I think now is a good opportunity to rescue Trist and them, only Trist and Chibon know the location of the pick-up, which means that at least one of them is alive and out of danger, and it has also attracted the main attention of the Federation to the north, and we still have three mobile combat strength, if the three of them act at the same time, no one should be able to help them before the master of the Ministry of National Security arrives. They should be allowed to reunite with the survivors as soon as possible, and then withdraw from the province of Wonder. Cui Jingzhe seemed to see the hope of rescue again, and immediately stood up again and said with a little excitement. Li Changzhen, who was on the other side, did not say anything to stop him.

The Great Elder pondered for a moment and said, "Sterling, see if you can sense Qianben's condition. ”

When the emaciated tall elder in the audience heard this, he immediately activated his secret technique, this was the Styx Ferryman, the soul realm master of the bloodline to the high school, and after a while, he replied, "There should be no problem, the mark I arranged in his soul is still there, there should be no capture, let alone any sign of being controlled, in the Chuck Federation, except for Zhuge Wenxian, no one can hide my mark." However, Chihon's state is not too good, and the feeling that my soul gives me has traces of trauma. "Sterling is still quite proud of himself in the realm of souls.

Hearing this, the Great Elder also fell into deep thought, after all, every order he took over might be related to the trend of the organization in the next few years, and he had to be extremely solemn, and everyone under him was also quietly waiting for the Great Elder's final instructions.