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"That, that's because they don't have a good enough reason."

Dou Hongyi spoke in a trembling voice. "Most of those people up top are all alike. They won't act unless there's something in it for them. Do more, make more mistakes; do less, make none. They play it safe—that's how most high-ranking officials operate, with few exceptions. If Lord Ye can really give them a chance to wipe out the Phoenix Organization, they'll definitely be willing to work with him."

Fang Yue glanced at Dou Hongyi in surprise.

Though this guy had abandoned Captain Wu and run off, which made Fang Yue somewhat dislike him,

Fang Yue knew that even if he'd stayed behind, he wouldn't have been able to do much. Most likely, he'd only have added another corpse to the ground.

Ox Seat was far beyond Dou Hongyi's ability to fight.

From what Dou Hongyi had said, whether they could find a chance to wipe out the Phoenix Organization depended on what they uncovered here.

Though Ox Seat and the others had retreated in disarray, their movements before and after the retreat suggested they'd been prepared.

It wasn't that they'd expected Ox Seat to die. Rather, it seemed they'd already planned how to deal with failure, preparing two contingency plans, A and B.

Under these circumstances, how much useful information they could still find at the Phoenix Organization's base remained to be seen.

That said, Fang Yue and the others still spread out to search.

Only Dou Hongyi went back to call for reinforcements.

The people he'd brought with him had all been killed by Ox Seat's subordinates.

To thoroughly search such a vast underground base, Fang Yue and the others alone were severely short-handed.

Fortunately, Dou Hongyi soon returned with a large group of people.

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