Why confront them head-on?
Why play their game on the board and by the Rules they had chosen?
Since death was already inevitable, then... why not be more aggressive, drag a few more people down with them, and see whether they could carve out a way out?
If they could not determine friend from foe, then they would first determine who their opponent was.
If there was no road, then they would go to the Evil Transformation Cult and demand one.
Everyone had grown accustomed to being the regular army. After getting used to life-and-death struggles, when the situation reversed and they traded places with their former opponents, they had forgotten this tactic—the very one that had caused them no telling how much suffering. Nor had they anticipated just how wild Ji Jue, a habitual offender from Embers, could be...
Come to think of it, wouldn't this be a chance to let the Evil Transformation Cult experience the pain the Security Bureau had once endured?!
Endless whack-a-mole, endless wanted criminals, endless evil factions to wipe out...
"Does this have potential, Brother Shan?"
Ji Jue looked up and asked.
Tong Shan pondered for a moment, then nodded decisively. "It does."
"With such a huge operation, the Evil Transformation Cult might even have a celestial being overseeing it now." Xu Guan poured cold water on the idea. "If this goes wrong, we'll be delivering ourselves to their doorstep."
"But with such a huge operation, how many places can a celestial being really watch over?"
Ji Jue smiled. "Even Tao Gong, with the Heavenly Eye hanging high above and looking down over the entire region, still had places beyond his reach, didn't he?"
Otherwise, how could the mole have sent intelligence out right under Tao Gong's nose?
"With such a huge operation and