Updated Wanted Order
In the days following the meeting with Ba Er Sa Ze, representatives from other major powers also came to visit, all hoping to obtain more information about the other Time Plane from Gu Ding.
Gu Ding was also very frank about this; aside from concealing and fabricating some things about Hake, more than 90% of what he said was true.
Of course, besides Gu Ding, many other members of the team were also tricked into revealing information. However, everyone had already discussed their story beforehand, and the information they revealed was almost identical to Gu Ding's.
What puzzled the Gu Ding Team the most was that three days later, a new Wanted Order for the Gu Ding Pirate Crew was issued by the Federal Government.
[Wanted Criminal: Gu Ding]
Gender: Male
[Bounty Amount: 28 billion Originium]
[Wanted Criminal: Bigge]
Gender: Male
[Bounty Amount: 18 billion Originium]
[Wanted Criminal: Scarlet]
Gender: Male
[Bounty Amount: 18 billion Originium]
[Wanted Criminal: Hake]
Gender: Male
[Bounty Amount: 15 billion Originium]
[Wanted Criminal: Liliath]
Gender: Female
[Bounty Amount: 20 billion Originium]
[Wanted Criminal: Elsa]
Gender: Female
[Bounty Amount: 18 billion Originium]
[Wanted Criminal: Dokter]
Gender: Male
[Bounty Amount: 18 billion Originium]
[Wanted Criminal: Fa Te]
Gender: Male
[Bounty Amount: 5 billion Originium]
[Wanted Criminal: Miko]
Gender: Male
[Bounty Amount: 5 billion Originium]
[Wanted Criminal: Robert]
[Bounty Amount: 15 billion Originium]
[Wanted Criminal: Tagore]
[Bounty Amount: 15 billion Originium]
[Wanted Criminal: Blue]
[Bounty Amount: 15 billion Originium]
Upon seeing the new Wanted Order, Gu Ding felt utterly bewildered. Those guys from the Federal Government had just agreed to cooperate, but now they were immediately turning their backs and issuing Wanted Order; it was quite perplexing.
"Besides Fa Te and Miko, why are your bounties so high?" Gu Ding looked at everyone with some confusion. Usually, a bounty of over 10 billion source stones is equivalent to being publicly recognized by the Federal Government as having the Combat Strength of a true god.
"Actually, during the years you were at the Gate of Purgatory, we were constantly being monitored by the Federal Government. Without the Sea Emperor, we couldn't shake off many of the surveillance reports, so they had a general understanding of our Combat Strength," Liliath explained. "The reason Elsa and I have such high bounties is mainly because our personal websites have many supporters, including some powerful individuals or those with special skills, and all of them are willing to help."
"My bounty is high because I've been challenging all sorts of powerful beings in the Universe Sea, and Robert occasionally lends a hand as well." Dokter was quite satisfied with his bounty.
"Blue and I have been venturing into various secret realms and ruins for the past few years, and we've killed some people in the struggle for resources. The news should have been leaked by some of the people who entered the secret realms with us." Scarlet said with a completely indifferent expression.
"Haq, Hake, and I haven't actually caused any trouble in recent years. However, Hake went berserk a few times, which led Tagore and I to join forces to suppress him. We were filmed and the footage was posted on SkyNet." Bigge guessed that this was probably the reason.
"The Miko low bounties is probably because we've almost always been operating within our family's territory." Fa Te was actually a little unhappy to see that he and Miko the lowest bounties, but he could only blame himself for keeping a low profile these past few years.
"I don't understand why Ba Er Sa Ze would do this? Does he not intend to cooperate?" Gu Ding frowned, unsure of the Federal Government's intentions.
"An email has arrived, and the sender address shows it's from the Federal Government," Sea Emperor suddenly said.
"Let's open it and see!" Gu Ding guessed it might be an email from Ba Er Sa Ze.
Sea Emperor opened the email directly; it contained only a video attachment, which popped up automatically.
The video projector showed Ba Er Sa Ze, dressed in military uniform, with only his upper body visible.
"Greetings, Gu Ding and the rest of the Gu Ding Pirate Crew. I believe you have already seen the latest Wanted Order, and your net worth has increased once again. But this will not affect our cooperative relationship. The reason for issuing the Wanted Order at this time is largely to divert public attention and make everyone forget about the Second Time Axis."
"Of course, these Wanted Order have other effects as well. For example, they make you Gu Ding, Wanted Criminal again after you have already served your sentence. This gives us a reason to pursue you again and put you in prison. Of course, if the Gate of Purgatory don't accept you, there are other prisons that can. Although we don't have any other prisons that can hold people with the Combat Strength a True God at the moment, building another one won't take too much time."
"Also, after this collaboration is completed, remember to give Hake my regards... Yes, we know you concealed the matter of the Dees Family, and we also know that the descendants of the Dees Family occupy another Time Plane."
Upon hearing this, Gu Ding's heart skipped a beat. He hadn't expected that Ba Er Sa Ze and the others would know about this.
"Don't forget, within the scope of the human Universe Sea, as long as we are willing to spend the time to dig deep, there is basically nothing that can be hidden from our Federal Government. Although you have concealed some things about Hake, our cooperation will not end because of this. The part of the information you provided has been completed, and this information is very valuable to us."
"That's all I wanted to say. If you remember anything else, feel free to contact me. I gave you my contact information last time."
As soon as Ba Er Sa Ze finished speaking, the video automatically shut down and then quickly self-destructed. Clearly, this kind of video showing the Federal Government collaborating with Interstellar Pirate could not be leaked; otherwise, it would raise serious doubts about the Federal Government's capabilities and severely damage its reputation.
"They still found out the truth..." Liliath was still somewhat bothered by this.
"It's alright. Our primary objective is to rescue Hake; nothing else matters. Ba Er Sa Ze sent us this video mainly to intimidate us and declare that they are the ones in control. Our cooperation with them will not be affected."
"It's not a bad thing that they know the truth. The work we originally needed to do by secretly guiding things is no longer necessary. The people in the Federal Government will do it for us. Moreover, they won't spread the news about the Hake and Dees Family because there are other forces involved in this matter. The Federal Government wants to maintain this information asymmetry so that they can continue to dominate the whole event."
Miko then conducted a further analysis of the entire incident and came to a fairly good conclusion.
"What we need to do now is much simpler: follow them into the Time Plane where the Dees Family resides, rescue Hake, and that's it." (To be continued~^~)