stonecrandall Chapter 474 The Will of Heaven is Spreading
Chapter 474 The Will of Heaven is Spreading
Chapter 474 The Will of Heaven is Spreading
"And then what?"
Bai Ze leaned back in his chair and asked.
Before him floated a huge light screen, displaying the figures of Mu Yaoguang and Luo Shui.
On the night Yun Cang died, Bai Ze left Dongxia and went to Ying Kingdom.
The following day, the Martial Arts Association began recalling its inspectors from various regions, and the Federal Social Security Administration also sent high-ranking officials from the legal and political departments of each province to Beijing.
Ostensibly, it was a meeting, but in reality, it was an investigation into practitioners of the "Northern Emperor's Black Law" from the Ministry of Justice and the Martial Arts Association's Enforcement Department.
Neither the Federal Parliament nor the Martial Arts Association's council has directly exposed the traitor's involvement, but an investigation has already begun.
Of course, the real decisions are not announced directly; they need to be obtained by internal personnel.
Sure enough, Bai Ze contacted the insiders.
"The Third Divine Enemy has ordered that all those who have ever entered Fengdu Prison be temporarily suspended from their duties and placed under investigation and imprisonment," Mu Yaoguang said.
"Fengdu Prison...a secret prison jointly built by the Social Security Bureau and the Martial Arts Association?" Bai Ze recalled the relevant information.
The specific details of this secret prison, along with those important divine skills, are stored in the StarNet Central Hub.
Even Bai Ze only has a general understanding of the prison and is unaware of the specifics.
"right."
Mu Yaoguang nodded and said, "Only a very few people know the exact location of Fengdu Prison. Moreover, apart from a specific group of people, others—including members of the Martial Arts Association's Enforcement Department and the Federal Social Security Bureau—can only project their consciousness onto the intelligent robots in Fengdu Prison to meet with prisoners when they interrogate them."
"But it was also because of this rule that Yun Jingming entered Fengdu Prison without being discovered by anyone, right?" Bai Ze continued.
Fengdu Prison is indeed very tight, so tight that even interrogating prisoners requires the use of consciousness projection.
But it is precisely because of this strictness that it is difficult to detect if someone tries to take advantage of a loophole.
Since even interrogating prisoners requires consciousness projection, there probably aren't many guards inside the prison.
Fengdu Prison relies more on emotionless intelligent machines.
This should also be considered a weakness of practitioners of the "Northern Emperor's Black Law".
They, who are devoid of personal feelings, have more faith in robots, who are also devoid of personal feelings and even emotions, than in humans with emotions and desires.
Of course, there are still people, such as the warden of Fengdu Prison.
But compared to machines, they certainly constitute a minority.
This means that as long as you can fool the intelligent machine, you can practically move freely within Fengdu Prison.
"The central control of Fengdu Prison is connected to Taiyi," making intrusion virtually impossible. However, with the cooperation of someone with the necessary authority, sending Yun Jingming inside wouldn't be difficult.
Mu Yaoguang's words confirmed Bai Ze's guess.
She reached out and clicked, sending over some information: "These are the people currently known to have direct access to Fengdu Hell. The Third Divine Enemy has ordered everyone to be investigated, regardless of whether they have entered Fengdu Hell recently."
"What about Lin Suying?" Bai Ze asked again.
"Lin Suyi also has demonic blood in her body. Apart from you, no one can bypass the Great Freedom to search her soul. The only way is to use special secret methods to interrogate her."
Mu Yaoguang shook her head, not optimistic about the situation. "Even if we can search her soul, we probably won't find any clues. Da Zizai can easily modify her memories."
In this respect, Da Zizai has indeed done a flawless job.
This means that this evil god had never practiced dual cultivation techniques, and was even less familiar with the "Chapter on Mutual Susceptibility between Men and Women" in the *Cantongqi*, thus having a natural blind spot in this area. Otherwise, even if Yun Cang had defected, he might not have been able to discover that Yun Jingming had been in contact with Lin Suying.
Even if the Great Freedom knows everything about the relationship between men and women, in the eyes of a high-level evil god, there is really no need to know these things.
The Great Freedom prefers to see humanity's depravity rather than how they mate after depravity.
Moreover, even if the specific target could be found out from Lin Suyi, it might not be reliable.
Even if this person is indeed a suspect, it doesn't mean that others are innocent.
So in the end, all we could do was temporarily isolate the suspects for investigation.
As Bai Ze flipped through the documents, he could sense the thorny nature of the situation, because the documents contained information about the director of the Federal Social Security Bureau.
"One of the Heavenly Gate Warriors who are permanently stationed in the Federation," Bai Ze said softly.
"This incident is extremely serious," Mu Yaoguang said. "You must understand that this is not only about the credibility of the Federation's judiciary, but also involves a large number of martial arts experts."
Even though practitioners of the Northern Emperor's Black Laws have been working on the front lines of the law for many years, resulting in a high casualty rate, and even though they prefer their work to cultivation, many martial arts experts have emerged over the decades.
If this were to be exposed, Dongxia would not just be changing, it would be turning upside down.
"But from another perspective, the fact that Da Zizai hasn't taken the initiative to expose this matter means that he's still hiding a conspiracy," Bai Ze said.
Mu Yaoguang didn't need to say much; just from the information she got from Luo Shu, she could guess that Da Zizai was still brewing something big.
Because the Eastern Xia Federation has not yet announced that any key personnel have left their posts or even defected.
This means that all the suspects voluntarily accepted the investigation, no one fled out of fear of punishment, and even because they practiced the "Northern Emperor's Black Law," they had no complaints during the investigation.
There must be some traitors among them who did not flee.
Either they are absolutely confident that they will not be discovered, or they have a reason to take the risk.
Dongxia is now like a pot of boiling water. Although the lid on top can still be covered, it will be blown off by the steam at some point.
"A storm is coming," Bai Ze said.
"Yes, a storm is coming."
Mu Yaoguang echoed, then looked at Bai Ze... or rather, at the clothes on Bai Ze's body, and asked, "Is the Myriad Manifestations Armor any good?"
"Huh?" Bai Ze was stunned for a moment, then nodded.
Mu Yaoguang then revealed a cold smile, "I've figured it out these past two days. My impulsive decision before was both because of Da Zizai's meddling and because you had my Myriad Manifestations Armor on you. You must have made new progress with Ekaterina, right?"
"Absolutely not," Bai Ze replied firmly.
"Whether it exists or not, I can check it myself."
Mu Yaoguang stared intently at Bai Ze, "It's good that you know your place, and your Yuanyang is still intact. But remember, when you meet Ekaterina again, behave yourself."
Mu Yaoguang had already met with Bai Ze before.
Although there was no time for tenderness, Mu Yaoguang could still tell from the connection between Bai Ze and Mu Yaoguang that Bai Ze's primordial yang was still intact.
The warning to Bai Ze now is actually for what will happen two days later.
Two days later, the Western Union's garrison will officially depart, leaving the Steel Continent.
After that, Yingguo had a new "master".
Representatives from various countries will come, either to gather information or to discuss cooperation. Even the Western Union has its own interests and will not completely sever ties with the Steel Continent.
Over the years, many Western Union members have established companies, acquired properties, or even settled here permanently in the Steel Continent.
The Western Alliance has a presence in every aspect of the Steel Continent, and it's not so easy to sever ties.
By then, the Ursus Federation will most likely send someone, and it's even possible that Ekaterina herself will come.
As for the Eastern Xia Federation, Mu Yaoguang didn't know if she could make a move.
"I will definitely not cross the line," Bai Ze assured him.
After that, he talked on the phone with Mu Yaoguang for about twenty minutes before ending the call.
When the call ended, Bai Ze breathed a sigh of relief.
"Fortunately, I used my words to transform the primordial yang," Bai Ze thought.
Yuan Yang is essentially a kind of energy, and its words can be completely fulfilled.
Even Bai Ze's own Xuanhuang Dao Body can be transformed into Yuan Yang.
Therefore, before meeting Mu Yaoguang, Bai Ze replenished his vital energy. In a sense, he was still a mini-Chu Nan.
Wiping away non-existent cold sweat from his forehead, Bai Ze leaned slightly to the side, propped his chin on his hand, and spoke calmly, "Come in."
He was currently in a palace within the Imperial Palace of Heian-kyo, Japan.
The spacious palace exuded solemnity and grandeur; it was the place where the retired emperor of Ying Kingdom privately met with his ministers. Now, it had become the place where Bai Ze summoned his subordinates.
His voice, carried by the wind, drifted leisurely across the empty hall and reached outside.
Soon, an old but sturdy figure walked steadily into the palace.
The pillar of Ying Kingdom—the sword saint Tsukahara Shin'emon—walked unhurriedly to the center of the palace, nodded expressionlessly to Bai Ze as a greeting.
"They actually sent the Sword Saint Tsukahara to report in person."
Bai Ze looked at the newcomer and said, "The Prince of Zhai is showing some disrespect to the Sword Saint."
"It's because your progress is so terrifying that they don't even dare to face you directly." Tsukahara Sword Saint gave Bai Ze a deep look.
With his spiritual sense, he could clearly perceive the invisible pressure emanating from Bai Ze.
The figure sitting on that throne seemed to be the embodiment of some kind of celestial phenomenon, even giving people a sense of insignificance when facing the heavens.
The space within this main hall inadvertently began to radiate towards Bai Ze, and even the vital energy of the entire imperial palace seemed to resonate with Bai Ze's breath.
Even if he didn't know about Bai Ze's feats in the Mountain and Sea Realm, Tsukahara Sword Saint could guess that Bai Ze's strength had improved by an astonishing degree.
Only because the Sword Saint of the original family was a nine-star martial artist could he face Bai Ze directly.
Anyone else, even an eight-star, would find it difficult to remain calm in the face of this overwhelming trend.
Once they are suppressed by Bai Ze, who knows if Bai Ze can directly control them?
Having witnessed the scene of the Emperor and nobles of Japan kneeling in worship, the eight-star warriors of Japan's fear of Bai Ze had reached an unprecedented peak.
They might not be afraid if they died at Bai Ze's hands.
He's an eight-star martial artist, after all; he shouldn't be so easily frightened.
But if they were controlled by Bai Ze, that would be unacceptable to them.
Knowing the fears of those people, the Sword Saint of Jiayuan remained expressionless and calmly said, "As you instructed, all the cities on the Steel Continent have been investigated, and the locations of 103 cults have been confirmed. You only need to give the order to annihilate them."
"However, in my opinion, it would be better to wait until the Western Union troops have withdrawn before annihilating them, to avoid any unforeseen complications."
.
"One hundred and three..." Bai Ze clicked his tongue in amazement, "Yingguo is truly a land of outstanding people and abundant resources."
In such a tiny place, 103 cults have managed to squeeze in.
And this is only half of the Iron Continent, half of Japan's territory. The other half was abandoned long ago, so the Japanese government can't even reach there, and it's unclear how many cults are hiding there.
"That's right, you weren't lying." Bai Ze smiled slightly again.
This caused Tsukahara Kensei to lower his gaze slightly.
Bai Ze was indeed very knowledgeable about the investigation.
In fact, it does.
Investigating cults can be both difficult and easy.
It's not like the Great Freedom Demonic Cult, which takes secrecy to the extreme. For most cults, it's quite easy to find out where they gather.
There are so many areas to investigate: the flow of goods, the supply of electricity, communication records...
If a country truly wants to investigate a particular party, it can completely overwhelm it by leveraging its size advantage.
The real secret may be difficult to uncover in a short time, but finding the gathering place is quite simple.
Even if this country is Japan.
The prevalence of cults in Japan is less a matter of the government's inability to curb them, and more a matter of their unwillingness to do so.
Since the biggest beneficiary of this country is the general, let the general take charge.
Now, the biggest beneficiary has changed, from the general to Bai Ze, and it's hard to say whether anyone will continue to play this game.
"You already control most of the court officials; such petty tricks are unlikely to work on you," Tsukahara Kensei said solemnly.
"I promised you I wouldn't harm anyone else, didn't I?"
Bai Ze laughed and said, "I am a man of my word, so I will have to rely on the people of your country a lot."
"Fortunately, Prince Zhai and the others did not disappoint me. Please continue to maintain this."
Tsukahara Sword Saint nodded, it was unclear whether he believed Bai Ze, then said "Excuse me" and turned to leave.
He walked out of the palace, unhurried and with steady steps, and went to the nearest shrine.
All of this was observed by Bai Ze.
Bai Ze's eyes were divided into different perspectives, clearly reflecting the movement route of Tsukahara Kensei.
Bai Ze could access the vision of the servants, pedestrians, and even animals that Tsukahara Sword Saint encountered along the way.
"The will of Heaven is already spreading."
As Bai Ze spoke in a low voice, a colossal aura appeared around him, distorting space and stirring up the wind, causing his figure and voice to become blurred.
"It was even somewhat beyond my expectations, making it difficult for me to completely conceal my energy."
Even the vital energy and air were controlled by "divine will" and protected by Bai Ze.
With this massive replenishment, Bai Ze felt his power and the Three Elements were both growing stronger.
The process of simply accumulating strength can be completed very quickly.
>