After hearing the answer from the person before her, Baili Qing once again scrutinized Yu Sheng carefully for a long while.
The expression on the latter's face was very serious, but he clearly had no long-term plan. As always, he had merely come up with an idea and wanted to give it a try.
Yet despite having no basis for it, Baili Qing suddenly had a premonition that something was bound to happen: the Holy Ascetic Society was in trouble.
Thus, she thought it over carefully for quite some time before continuing, "You should know that the Special Operations Bureau's duty is only to protect the safety of the Crossroads. Although we've always been cracking down on evil cult organizations like the Holy Ascetic Society, those operations are all carried out on the premise that the interests of the Crossroads have been threatened."
"I understand." Yu Sheng nodded. "I wasn't expecting you to directly send a fleet to attack the Hermetic Society's main base for me. Besides, we don't even know whether we can find it."
"As you said, with only the Special Operations Bureau's authority, it's indeed unlikely that we could directly send a fleet to do this," Baili Qing continued. "But then again... they've already threatened the safety of the Crossroads this time, haven't they?"
Yu Sheng raised an eyebrow.
"The appearance of Mist City wasn't accidental. There must be a conspiracy by those cultists behind this Otherworld. And since they were capable of hiding an elite spaceship right under the Council's nose, that means they possess both the motive and the ability to cause further destruction. That alone is enough to make the Council uneasy," Baili Qing said unhurriedly. "On the other hand, our greatest difficulty in combating the Holy Ascetic Society over the years has been