Deceiving the Heavens

In preparation for raiding the Devouring Yellow Springs Branch, the Players had laid plenty of groundwork and waited for the right opportunity—the Sea King's response.

In fact, given the Player Race's current influence in the Devouring Sea Region, they could have already moved on to the next stage of raiding the Devouring Yellow Springs Branch.

However, the Sea King told the Players to keep waiting and not act rashly.

The Sea King also explained why.

The reason was the headquarters envoy stationed at the Devouring Yellow Springs Branch!

Although this envoy normally did not interfere in any of the Devouring Branch's affairs, his duty was to report each stage of the branch's situation to headquarters.

In other words, this envoy had the ability to communicate directly with Yellow Springs headquarters.

In the past, the chairman and Shadow Elder had possessed such abilities as well, but at this stage, only this envoy did.

If the Players attacked now, they would inevitably have to face the headquarters envoy.

That would greatly increase the risk. Setting aside the envoy's strength, if he chose to contact headquarters immediately and request reinforcements, gods from headquarters might very well tear through space and arrive.

Then the plan would inevitably come to nothing and fail completely.

So, according to the Sea King, they had to wait for the envoy to leave first.

That time was approaching. The envoy's ten-year term was ending, and he would soon return to Yellow Springs headquarters. A new envoy would arrive afterward!

The reason Yellow Springs headquarters had established a ten-year rotation for stationed envoys was to prevent them from using their authority to seek profit within the branches. The longer they stayed, the deeper their roots would grow, so they were transferred every ten years to station at a fresh branch.