"So many years have passed. Back when the organization was first established, there weren't many powerful people.
I left the organization during that early period, changed my identity, and lived under another name until now.
You're asking who I am?
Hehehe, you'll never know who I am.
By the time you find out who I am, either the Old Nation will have already weathered this crisis,
or both you and I will be close to death."
Number One chuckled softly, his tone filled with desolation.
Chen Xiongfei smiled faintly. "Don't you distrust me as well? We've already reached this point. What is there left that we can't be honest about?"
"Trust? Hehehe, I only do my own thing. Once you give someone your trust, you may be repaid with betrayal. Even if the chance is small... forget it."
Number One left behind those words, and his Willpower quietly dissipated.
In the Starry Sky, a streamlined starship sped past, heading toward the nearest spatial jump point.
Inside the starship,
Tang Jian and The Sage had already joined up with Mingbo, Jun Tian, and the others. Together, they lay inside protective pods capable of connecting to the regional network, entrusting their minds to the virtual network world.
Under such circumstances,
they could gain more virtual time beyond that of the real world, using it to communicate or cultivate.
Meanwhile, the starship rapidly entered the third cosmic velocity, preparing to make a fixed-point jump at the next spatial jump point.
Within the regional network,
Tang Jian and the others appeared in a bustling urban setting, gathering in the open-air plaza of a street café.
The Sage sipped his coffee and reminded them, "Based on the three-to-one time difference between this world and reality, we'll reach our destination after twenty-one days in the virtual