"Huh?"
On the fourth day in Cloud Capital, Chen Qing received a message from Wang Ye, but the content of the message made Chen Qing, who had finally breathed a sigh of relief, jump up.
"What's wrong?" Ziyue had just returned and looked at Chen Qing curiously.
She rarely saw Chen Qing lose his composure like this. This guy had always been a very composed person. Even when he almost died in the Void Realm not long ago, she had never seen him lose his composure.
Chen Qing snapped out of his daze and looked again at the message Wang Ye had sent him.
" The Heavenly Secrets are about to change; beware of those Westerners."
What the hell is going on?
"It's Wang Ye?" Ziyue instantly guessed the reason.
Hearing this, Chen Ying bit her lip, remained silent, and looked somewhat resentful.
There is still some distance between myself and Chen Qing.
The Lord and Wang Ye communicated using the Sea God. There was only one such artifact in the entire force, and even top forces didn't have many of these. Chen Qing's resources were limited, and so far he could only obtain one from the West Sea's secret treasure trove. However, he left neither the one he trusted most, Xu Hu, nor the one who was stationed in the rear, Wei Gongcheng.
Logically speaking, leaving it to any one of them Southern Capital more stable, but Chen Qing did not do that, and instead left it to Wang Ye.
This proves that in the Lord's eyes, Wang Ye's affairs are even more important than the entire Jiangnan. However, she couldn't get a word in edgewise about this matter because she and the Lord were ultimately from two different worlds.
Most importantly, it seems that Senior Ziyue and the Lord have become much closer recently. As a woman, she has a keen sense of things; their relationship is different from before, very different.
"Something might have happened to Wang Ye," Chen Qing whispered.
"What could possibly happen with his abilities?" Ziyue wondered. She had learned about the situation in Data City from Chen Qing; the most powerful beings there were even weaker than First Rank martial artists here. What could he possibly use to threaten Wang Ye, who had already Transcendent?
And not to mention that Wang Ye is a descendant of the Evening Elephant lineage and possesses the Flying Star Secret Technique, could he have been tricked?
"I don't know. But it can't be that simple there." Chen Qing rubbed his fingers, thinking about Wang Ye's words.
Be careful of those Westerners.
Although the secret artifact in the West Sea could communicate over long distances, it was extremely energy-intensive. Wang Ye had brought a lot of energy crystals with him on this trip, but after sending messages to himself for half a year, even a lot of energy crystals would be used up. Therefore, the information given by Chen Qing was always more detailed, while the replies from Chen Qing were more brief.
But Wang Ye was a smart man; his replies, though brief, always hit the nail on the head.
This message was even shorter, probably using the last bit of energy. Every word was absolutely crucial, but even someone as quick-witted as Chen Qing couldn't understand it for a while.
The Heavenly Secrets are about to change.
Has something changed about Mr. Heavenly Secrets? Or does it mean that Heavenly Secrets is in some kind of danger?
These are two completely different situations. Mr. Heavenly Secrets is someone Chen Qing really doesn't want to be an enemy of. If he is still helping the King of Qin, then this trip to Cloud Capital might really be the end for him.
Furthermore, if he did betray us, when did he betray us? Was it a sudden act, or was it planned from the beginning?
Was it written by the King of King of Qin?
Chen Qing thought it was somewhat unlikely, because he knew about the use of the official command center of Data City to seal the King of Qin, and probably no one could calculate whether the data lifeforms affected by the power outage could be backed up, right?
Even if someone told the King of Qin that nothing would happen, would he really take the risk?
I certainly wouldn't do it myself, just kidding. Who knows if those so-called special abilities would even work after a power outage?
But if it was a temporary defection, what was its motive?
What kind of person offered him an irresistible bait?
Chen Qing truly couldn't grasp the thoughts of Mr. Heavenly Secrets. He seemed to greatly admire Chen Qing's efforts to improve the future of humanity, but he hadn't explicitly expressed his support for Chen Qing. This ambiguous attitude made it difficult to discern his true intentions.
If it's the latter, and Mr. Heavenly Secrets hasn't betrayed us but has simply fallen into some kind of danger, that would also be a problem.
That abnormal ability to foresee danger makes him virtually invincible. What could possibly put him in danger? Even with Wang Ye by his side, he couldn't escape unscathed?
"Don't worry." Ziyue frowned after seeing the information Chen Qing had shown about Wang Ye, but still calmly said, "The fact that Wang Ye had time to send you this message means that his safety isn't in an extremely dangerous situation yet."
Chen Qing nodded. Wang Ye's Flying Star was always available. If there were a truly life-threatening crisis, he would have used it to Flying Star long ago instead of sending a message.
"I'm more curious about his later sentence, 'Be careful of those Westerners.' Could the Westerners be referring to the Western Federation in Data City?" Ziyue asked, puzzled.
She had heard Chen Qing talk about the Data City later. After all, as a modern person, she was very curious about what the real world would look like in the future. She never expected that after so many years, even though humanity had evolved to the level of data life, the situation was still one of confrontation between East and West.
Chen Qing was also puzzled. He had thoroughly investigated the Western Federation's strength last time, and that level of military force posed no threat at all. If they had any secret weapons, they wouldn't have swallowed their pride and agreed to the various conditions of the Eastern Federation.
When I exiled that group of Western white elites to remote islands, they didn't dare utter a single word.
With this kind of strength, could they really put Heavenly Secrets and Wang Ye in danger?
Or is it...?
Chen Qing habitually rubbed his fingers together, a possibility coming to mind.
Wang Ye was left there to investigate his true identity. After half a year, with Wang Ye and Heavenly Secrets's abilities, even if the forces behind the scenes were extremely secretive, they should have uncovered some clues. Could it be that Wang Ye and the others found something that led to their crisis?
Are those people from the West?
Chen Qing quickly recalled his memories of when he was still Pu Yunchuan.
Did I receive an investment related to the America at that time?
The more I think about it, the more blurred things become. It seems that the capital that quietly supported my research on data life issues was indeed overseas. After all, the domestic environment at that time was not optimistic. Most domestic capital liked to follow the trend and rarely had the courage to invest in projects that did not show short-term benefits. The general direction usually needed to be steered by the government. It has to be said that domestic entrepreneurs at that time were indeed less courageous than their foreign counterparts.
Could it be that Pu Yunchuan's genes were actually secretly hidden away by certain Western capitalists?
When Pu Yunchuan died, the data age had not yet arrived. It wouldn't have been difficult for someone to secretly preserve Pu Yunchuan's genes and then secretly destroy them openly, because no one would care if a game designer's genes were destroyed. Back then, death meant cremation; why would anyone leave behind genetic data?
But if that's the case, how did those Western capitalists manage to bring Heavenly Secrets and his group of designers into this world?
According to Heavenly Secrets, the genes of these designers appeared temporarily, and Ziyue and the others' memories were only stuck in that era; they had forgotten how they died afterward.
Heavenly Secrets himself is a special forces soldier in the Eastern Federation.
No matter how deep the roots or how powerful foreign capital is, it can't reach into the Eastern Federation's military, right?
What exactly is going on?