"Don't screw this up and get everyone killed without even securing the secret."
"Then...I might as well hand over all your people in Xida State to me."
"I can still recycle the trash, hehehehe...."
As her words finished echoing, the room fell into silence for a moment.
After a while, an aged voice asked, "You've planted a mole in Xida State? How come I didn't know about it?"
The female voice retorted, "What makes you think you should know?"
This time the elderly voice didn't show annoyance; instead, it conceded a step, "Then is there anything I need to coordinate with? Is the plan to clean out Golden Fox still in action?"
Before the woman could reply, the same youthful voice from before said cheerily, "Of course, it's still on. Why wouldn't it be?"
"The organization has already been exposed; if we don't even carry out the cleansing plan, there wouldn't be any fun left."
"Moreover, I think, not only should we proceed, but we should also intensify the efforts."
"Golden Fox must still have Fusers and Awakeners under him, right? Send them all over."
"I'll also send two Fusers from my side."
"After all, they're just waste products from mass Awakening using Special Awakening Methods."
"Flower Morning Festival is just around the corner. If we can keep Bai Zhi in Qingshan City forever, or at least divert the Security Bureau's attention there, that would also count as recycling the waste."
"Bai Zhi's fame, even the state I'm in has heard about it."
"I've long wanted to see for myself the strength of this well-known fighter of the younger generation, hehehehe...."
His words had barely ended when another elderly woman's voice slowly continued,
"I... seem to recall hearing that Bai Zhi's powers are strong but come with a significant drawback...."
"Apparently, she cannot sustain prolonged battles."
"Whether that's true or false, I do not know...."
With her words ending, the atmosphere in the room instantly turned eerily quiet....
After a moment, other voices in the room,
"I support sending two Fusers."
"I support sending three."
"I'll send one, but I'll also send another 20 Awakeners, kekekeke..."
The candlelight flickered, and even the dark giant hand on the floor began to contort and twist wildly....
Late-Night Investigation Room.
After "seeing off" Cui Xuemin, Fang Ze quietly disabled the disguise of the investigation room.
Although there were some complications during the interrogation process,
Fang Ze still obtained a plethora of useful information from Cui Xuemin.
The sheer volume of information was so vast that it even made his head hurt.
Among it, there was both good and bad news.
For instance, he had finally figured out what the Rejuvenation Society was searching for when they slaughtered those wealthy merchants.
It was a type of ore known as "Qin 28."
It is said that this ore is a byproduct of the world's creation or, according to other theories, a condensed product of the World's Laws that seeped out and formed under natural conditions.
The exact origin is untraceable, but the ore's effects are incredibly powerful.
It can turn an ordinary person with no talents into an Awakener, transform a common item into a Transcendent Artifact, and can even be used to control... powerful Disaster Creatures.
It's truly a strategic resource that only the nine major districts can manage.
And the Rejuvenation Society's action this time was to acquire this very ore.
But unfortunately... they came up empty-handed.
Apart from this piece of information, he learned many others as well.
For instance, the cleansing plan that Cui Xuemin left behind.
For instance, the Rejuvenation Society's interest in the Flower Morning Festival.
For instance, some past about Bai Zhi....
For instance, there's a pervert in Emerald City called Gu Qing....
Although he hadn't yet sorted through all this information, it made him quite expectant of tonight's gains.
Especially upon learning that Cui Xuemin was a second-tier Fuser with two complete Awakening Abilities and a third one in development, his anticipation grew even greater.
Previously, a high-level Awakener "ranger" had provided him with a powerful "Awakening Crystal."
Wouldn't a second-tier Fuser like Cui Xuemin yield even more valuable treasures?
Thinking this, he didn't even bother to organize the information in his head but instead went to the desk to check out the investigation's spoils....