The Strategic Threat of the Faceless Men!

Xianyang City.

As one of Web of Nets' headquarters,

its influence here could be described as exceptionally vast.

As the leader of Web of Nets, Lü Buwei's travels were naturally extremely secure.

And extremely secretive.

As long as he did not wish to be discovered,

no one could uncover his whereabouts.

However, nothing was absolute. Web of Nets was indeed the foremost intelligence organization under heaven, but it was not the only intelligence organization.

As the capital of Qin Kingdom,

Xianyang City was also home to the headquarters of Black Ice Platform and the Shadow Secret Guard.

Of course,

the Shadow Secret Guard was little more than a younger brother before Web of Nets.

Not worth mentioning.

Although Web of Nets had not infiltrated the Shadow Secret Guard, since doing so would be tantamount to challenging the King of Qin's bottom line. No Monarch would allow another party to infiltrate his intelligence network—those without any power were another matter. Thus, to avoid conflict and prevent the Monarch from throwing a tantrum and deploying an army to wipe them out, Web of Nets had not overextended its reach.

But the Shadow Secret Guard had likewise failed to infiltrate Web of Nets.

Wanting to learn the whereabouts of Lü Buwei, Web of Nets' leader, was pure fantasy.

Compared to the Shadow Secret Guard, Black Ice Platform had existed longer, maintained a lower profile, and was known only to the King of Qin. It was clearly not as useless as the Shadow Secret Guard. While no one within Black Ice Platform had managed to infiltrate Web of Nets' upper ranks and work from within to begin dismantling it, quite a few of its people had infiltrated Web of Nets' middle and lower levels, giving them a certain degree of understanding.

And a certain