At first, when Bai Fu wanted to turn people in the Apostle Holy City against it, she had chosen Sen Lan as her target, since they had clashed face-to-face in the Tu Bu Star System.
But events had unfolded in a way she hadn't expected at all.
Sen Lan, whom she had tricked several times, hadn't betrayed the Apostle Holy City. Instead, his superior, Lit, had run off.
During this time, Lit had been leading members of the Anti-Apostle Holy City Alliance in causing trouble all along the Apostle Holy City's borders. They hadn't inflicted any major damage, but they had left the city in a state of panic. Everyone, including the High God Disciple and the Four Apostle, now firmly believed that an Apostle was indeed lurking in the shadows, watching the Apostle Holy City.
Bai Fu was very pleased with Lit's results.
But she hadn't expected Lit to bring her another piece of good news today.
"Here's what happened."
Lit described the situation in detail—
At the time, he had been leading a team of agents from the Core Machine Civilization in secretly setting up signal stations along the Apostle Holy City's border when Sen Lan had suddenly contacted him privately.
Puzzled, Lit had answered. Sen Lan then told him that undercurrents had been stirring in the Apostle Holy City lately. On the surface, everyone seemed cordial, with all their attention focused on how to annex the Three Universal Civilizations. Behind the scenes, however, quite a few people had already joined forces, plotting to oust the current High God Disciple.
[These past few days, I've received several secret messages.]
Sen Lan's voice had carried a hint of heaviness.
Like everyone else who'd received those messages, he had initially thought they were a test from the High God Disciple.