A Transition Chapter I Couldn't Think of a Good Title For
Li Nai'an tilted her head slightly and asked a fellow lieutenant beside her.
"What exactly happened? How did they get the news of the Dragon King's assassination?"
That officer was acquainted with Li Nai'an, and given Li Nai'an's exceptional talent for cultivation, she had a bright future ahead of her.
Therefore, he did not ignore Li Nai'an's words and answered in a low voice.
"I'm not clear on the specifics, but it seems that colleagues from other legions were the first to notice the unusual activity around the Ringwater Continent."
"They continued their investigation, and during the process, they overheard an urgent report from the Sea Race' rear, which revealed the news of the Dragon King's assassination."
Li Nai'an frowned slightly after hearing this.
"So, we can't confirm the authenticity of the news yet, right?"
"Yes," the officer nodded slightly, "Whether or not to accept that urgent report will need to be discussed during the meeting."
"I understand, thank you."
Li Nai'an maintained a polite smile and continued, "By the way, who was the intelligence officer responsible for gathering information?"
"He's a Doves-kind, I think his name is Bai Ye. Like you, he previously had experience infiltrating the Sea Race's capital. Do you know him?"
"That name sounds familiar; I might have seen it before."
Li Nai'an did not reveal that the two of them had infiltrated Chongming City together.
The specific details of that mission were classified military intelligence, and for both moral and practical reasons, Li Nai'an could not disclose them voluntarily.
The officer who was her colleague was naturally aware of this as well.
So I didn't ask any further questions.
The two then tacitly ended their conversation.
Just then, the meeting room was almost full, and the meeting was about to begin.
Bai Ye was the last to arrive.
She had a look that wasn't really suited to be an intelligence agent.
With her striking white hair, red eyes, and delicate, beautiful features, she would catch anyone's eye as they passed by.
But the truth is quite the opposite.
Once she gets into work mode, she will proactively minimize her presence and blend herself into the environment.
Therefore, it is no exaggeration to say that she is a top-notch intelligence agent.
Bai Ye entered the conference room and walked straight to the podium at the front.
Only when passing by Li Nai'an did he subtly tilt his head and meet her gaze for a moment.
Neither of them intended to reminisce, so this was considered a greeting.
Stepping onto the stage, Bai Ye went straight to the point without any transition.
"Now, I will report on all the intelligence gathered recently from the Sea Race's Ringwater Military Base."
Just as the Moonfall the Southern Military Region of the Demon Race Undying Legion was holding an emergency meeting.
Meanwhile, Yan Fei and his group also successfully returned to Zi City.
"How was it? Does it differ greatly from what you imagined?"
Walking in the escort of the Bound Captive, Lu Qianyu asked Yan Fei in a soft voice.
He knew that Yan Fei's lineage had lived in the Sea Race's territory for generations.
To avoid suspicion, starting with Yan Fei's maternal grandmother's generation, they openly severed all ties with the Human Race.
Therefore, Yan Fei's knowledge of the Human Race capital was limited to some fragmentary information; he had never seen it with his own eyes.
"Not really."
At that moment, he opened his good eye wide and eagerly scanned his hometown, which he had never seen before.
"It's more bustling than I imagined, and the city area is also larger."
Lu Qianyu then realized that Yan Fei was blind in one eye.
He just usually behaved so normally that no one remembered him at all.
"Of course, after all, there has been expansion in recent years as the population has increased."
Lu Qianyu turned her head away, no longer paying attention to the gray eyes, and said with a smile.
The two chatted casually for a while, and soon arrived at the parliament building located in the Central District.
"Gentlemen, someone wants to see you. Please come with me."
One of the Bound Captive leading the way spoke up, gesturing for Yan Fei and Lu Qianyu to follow him.
They walked along the spacious corridor on the first floor of the parliament building, through the entire building, and towards the buildings further back.
There, they would need to meet with the members of the Imperial Guard sent by the Heaven-Controlling Realm to investigate the situation.
Originally, this task was supposed to be completed by their team leader, Jin Yuze.
But for some reason, the captain suddenly notified him remotely just now.
He said he was going to send the sea monsters that attacked them to the military Laboratory.
Ask him to help bring people in.
After all, this wasn't a task specifically assigned to the team leader; it was just a matter of delivering someone, so the team members naturally didn't refuse.
The guards who came to pick up the person were all dressed in standard white robes with gold thread, and the lower half of their faces were uniformly covered with pure white half-face masks.
They simply nodded to indicate that the person had been received, then turned and left with two intelligence officers.
He didn't say a single word the entire time.
The escort team members, who were also Bound Captive, didn't stop and turned to leave.
Before leaving, he glanced one last time at the head of his personal guard.
Besides a hint of pity, there was also a trace of doubt in his eyes.
"That guy just now, his eyes look just like the captain's."
"Gentlemen, don't be nervous. We just want to confirm the internal power dynamics within the Sea Race."
Yan Fei and Lu Qianyu were led to a reception room.
The person responsible for "consulting" them about information regarding the Sea Race was not the guard who had brought them in earlier.
Instead, he was standing before a man of average appearance but with a friendly demeanor.
"Internal forces within the Sea Race?"
Lu Qianyu asked somewhat uncertainly.
He had expected them to ask about the information they had previously salvaged from the Laboratory.
Yan Fei had anticipated this.
They were, after all, intelligence agents, not data analysts.
They had already reported everything they could through the Shahai City Intelligence Group, so asking them for more information about the experiment was pointless.
Combined with the numerous clashes between Human Race and Sea Race this year, the Sea Race directly destroyed two Human Race cities.
It's not hard to deduce that the Human Race will likely launch a retaliatory attack soon.
Yan Fei met the man's gaze, and without hesitation, began to speak rapidly, reciting the information he had in mind.
During this time, Lu Qianyu would occasionally add details he had gathered from his investigation in Chongming City.
He spoke on and off for an hour before finally stopping completely.
"Thank you both for the information. Please take some time to rest in the Zi City."
The other party was clearly very satisfied with this inside information about the Sea Race.
They became even more respectful towards Yan Fei and the other person.
Instead of immediately getting up to take his leave as instructed, Yan Fei asked, "Would you mind revealing when the operation will take place?"
He was actually asking when the Human Race high command planned to begin retaliating against the Sea Race's cities.
The man sitting opposite him understood.
His face instantly turned cold.