The first piece of intelligence concerned the Bizarre Tree. Of course, this was Jiang Du's speculation, because Xie Chun and his gang acted far too much like the Bizarre Tree's agents had back then. Guan Zi had also mentioned that Xie Chun had a mysterious backer. His expansion and his campaign to conquer Mount Dajin had both been carried out on the backer's orders.
Although all of this had been kept secret, it was simply too similar to the Bizarre Tree's actions back then. One could almost say it was all cut from the same cloth.
That was why Jiang Du was confident in saying the Bizarre Tree had resurfaced.
After she finished explaining the situation, Jiang Du added, "General Tong, my assessment that the Bizarre Tree is involved is only a personal guess. But judging from what I've seen and experienced in the past, this is consistent with its methods. And the Bizarre Tree in Star City has been dormant for so long—it really is abnormal."
General Tong thought for a moment, then nodded. "As expected of a descendant of Old Mr. Yunhe. Jiang Du, you're impressive. Four criminals surrounded you, yet you managed to escape and even capture two of them. Well done! I also agree with your assessment of the Bizarre Tree."
"Secretary Zhang, it seems our military has been stumbling over itself lately. The Bizarre Tree has made its way into our territory, and we were none the wiser. This isn't a matter of overlooking something right under our noses. Our way of working has been far too conservative!"
Secretary Zhang hurriedly replied, "General, our main forces are fighting on various fronts. Here at the base, we only have the guard battalion and the Second Special Operations Regiment. Even defending the entire base is a strain.