Chapter 1092: 1092
In the plaza next to the Federal Square, inside the field command center of the Demon Execution Division, Guo Chunfeng almost buried his face into the window when he stared at the messy, bloodstained square in a daze .
Countless light beams were flashing behind him, which were displaying the injured people and their confusion, but there was not a trace of Li Yao .
Lu Zui, the director of the Secret Sword Bureau, walked through the light beams and handed him a cigarette that was filled with Heavenly Fragrance Grass and designed to pacify Cultivators and ease their fatigue .
"Ah Feng . It was not your fault . Don't blame yourself . " Lu Zui sighed and said, "We'd all underestimated the formidability of our enemy . Recently, we were too focused on Li Yao to care about the bigger picture . Now that I think about it, Li Yao might've left traces on purpose as a distraction so that his accomplices could take the opportunity to make a move!"
"I'm fine . " Guo Chunfeng's fingers that held the cigarette was slightly trembling . He said in a hoarse voice, "Director, let me ask you something . When we moved to capture Li Yao, my brothers and I were attacked by snipers at the same time . Later, we found a few bodies on the commanding heights nearby . They should be Li Yao's accomplices .
"However, just when we were shot, Li Yao suffered a perilous attack, too, which must've been made by a super expert!
"It was his accomplices who shot us, but who was it that shot him?"
Lu Zui blew a ring of blue smoke and admitted frankly, "It was 'Death Ray' Ye Changkong . "
Guo Chunfeng's pupils constricted violently!
'Death Ray' Ye Changkong was the chief firearms coach in the federal army, the best expert in gunnery in the Heaven's Origin Sector, and a 'Gun Cultivator' in the Nascent Soul Stage!
Generally speaking, the high-level Cultivators in the Core Formation Stage and the Nascent Soul Stage would select cold weapons such as sabers or swords as their primary weapon .
Because of their immense spiritual energy, they could launch their blades and metal scraps like bullets with a telepathic thought . There was no need for them to use firearms .
Even if they did use firearms, the firearms would mostly serve as the 'secondary weapon' like Li Yao's 'Six-Barreled Vulcan Machine Cannon' . It was their sabers and swords that mattered most in combat .
However, some of the extremists of firearms inherited the skills of the ancient Cultivators in their manipulation of the 'sword aura' and insisted on using firearms as their primary weapon .
'Death Ray' Ye Changkong was the best among them . The saying that 'the fastest martial art is the best martial art' proved to be true for him .
In the entire Heaven's Origin Sector, not a single Nascent Soul Stage Cultivator dared to say that they could escape from the gun of 'Death Ray'!
"So, besides my Demon Execution Division, there was a second squad that was hunting Vulture?" Guo Chunfeng narrowed his eyes and gnashed his teeth . "Why?"
"Because I didn't trust you . " Lu Zui was still as frank as ever . "You were likely Abyss!"
Guo Chunfeng was dazed . "Abyss… What is that?"
"The Children of the Nether World are classified into different levels . Those you were told about before are at the bottom level . The most confidential one of them, who is also of the highest rank, has the code name Abyss .
"Later, you will be given higher permissions and have access to the information about Abyss . You will know after reading the files how perfectly you match the description of Abyss . "
Guo Chunfeng hesitated for a moment . "Are you suggesting that you arranged another hunting squad, led by 'Death Ray' Ye Changkong, because you were suspicious that there are traitors in the Demon Execution Division?"
"I was not suspicious; I was certain . " Lu Zui looked Guo Chunfeng in the eye as if he were staring at his subordinate's soul . "More than one Child of the Nether World must've infiltrated the Secret Sword Bureau . As for whether or not Abyss is among them, and who exactly Abyss is, we are not clear yet .
"We only know that both the Children of the Nether World and Abyss should be no more than a hundred years old .
"So, I trust nobody, and suspect everyone, except for those above a hundred years old .
"The hunting squad led by 'Death Ray' Ye Changkong is made of experienced Cultivators above a hundred years old . They are the only ones that are definitely not Children of the Nether World or Abyss . "
Guo Chunfeng was silent for a long time before he smiled bitterly . "I understand now . I am willing to suspend my work and receive investigation to wash my suspicions . "
"That will not be necessary . You've proven your loyalty with your actions," Lu Zui remarked . "But there are so many Secret Sword Agents in the Demon Execution Division . Do you absolutely trust every one of them?"
Guo Chunfeng was lost for words .
Lu Zui finished his cigarette . Gazing at the glimmer on the butt, he asked, "Do you feel wronged, angry, and disgusting?"
Guo Chunfeng was staring at his cigarette butt, too . "No . "
Lu Zui smiled sadly . "You are free to feel disgusting . Sometimes, when I wash my face after I get up in the morning, I feel like throwing up as I look at the detesting old man in the mirror .
"However, that's how it is for us . We must be suspicious of everyone, including those who are most trusted and closest to us, and those who have made great contributions to the federation!
"This is a job in the dirt and darkness . Perhaps, even the hookers on the street are cleaner than us .
"But… somebody has got to do such dirty, dark jobs so that more people can live in a clean, bright world, right?"
Guo Chunfeng took a long breath and replied, "Of course, Director . If I were in your place, after I learned of the existence of the Children of the Nether World and Abyss, I would've doubted the young men working in the important posts and dispatched a hunting team that is more reliable and inconspicuous, too . "
"That's good . " Lu Zui patted his subordinate's shoulder hard . He said earnestly, "I cannot promise you much now except for one thing .
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