What Egg?

"Didn't expect leaving seclusion to go this smoothly..." At the border, the thin air made several of them struggle to breathe as they spoke. Several of them were clearly Westerners, but among them was also a man of pure Asian descent.

If anyone from the Intelligence Department had been here, they would have recognized him immediately. His name was Zhou Hualong, one of the Intelligence Department's rare civilian-born members. A general from the He Family had taken notice of him and trained him as a priority, eventually bringing him all the way into the Intelligence Department, where he became one of the few civilian-born Major Generals with real authority.

Yet no one had expected him to be a spy as well...

"Hey, buddy, don't look so glum. The intelligence you brought back this time is incredibly valuable. Your clan's mission is complete. We won't treat you badly when you go back!" A short white man warmly patted Zhou Hualong on the shoulder.

Zhou Hualong smiled kindly at that, but a trace of desolation flashed deep in his eyes...

If he hadn't been born into such a family, he truly wouldn't have wanted to betray them...

Central China had always imposed extremely strict checks on its soldiers. Even ordinary recruits had to pass a political review covering three generations. Their background had to be clean; if any direct relative had a criminal record or even been involved in a criminal dispute, they would not be allowed to enlist, much less enter the Intelligence Department.

His branch had been secretly cultivated since the time of his Grand Ancestor. It had taken several generations to completely cleanse his background, after which a member of the He Family, bribed from outside, brought him into the Intelligence Department. Their concealment had been extraordinarily deep, and