Netherworld Retrograde-Chapter 473 - 223: Win-Win!

Li Yelai brought back intelligence and the Holy White Spirit Fruit, which highly concerned the officials.

All intelligence was delivered to the headquarters at the first opportunity, enabling their think tank to devise plans to coordinate with Li Yelai.

The Holy White Spirit Fruit, escorted by two Captain Level powerhouses and three teams of Elite Night Patrol squads, had arrived safely at the headquarters at top speed.

It couldn’t be said that the headquarters was making a mountain out of a molehill, the Forbidden Zone would never allow the Old Mad King to obtain the Life Material.

They all knew that once the Old Mad King died—even though he might launch a horrific counterattack in his final moments and trade his life for that of a King of Restricted Zone—the rare top human powerhouses would be missing, and inevitably, the Forbidden Zone forces would launch a massive attack.

By then, the top human combat power would only consist of the Amber King and a few human Supremes, which wouldn’t possibly protect the four Giant Cities under the erosion of the three major restricted areas.

The best outcome would be to abandon No.3 Border City, the worst might be being able to preserve only two Giant Cities.

The Forbidden Zones were waiting for the Old Mad King to die naturally, how could they let him obtain the Life Material that could prolong life?

If there were any spies or traitors from the Forbidden Zones arranged within the Giant City, they would destroy the Holy White Spirit Fruit without hesitating to reveal their identities.

Fortunately, Yin Fire and others had safely reached the headquarters.

And in the headquarters’ top-floor conference room, there was silence.

A white-haired old woman spoke first, "Look, look! You were doubting the Night General before, but now he has brought us the Life Material we need the most! According to the intelligence analysis, it was the Spirit Fruit that his father brought for his ailing mother! He encountered dangerous ambushes and saw his father, who was already dead, in the Snow Mountain, and yet he held back his grief and sent the Spirit Fruit back first!"

"Enough, Aunt Jiang... We were just skeptical before. The title of Chaos Chosen is too dangerous, which is a normal reaction. Let’s not dwell on this anymore. Instead, consider how we should coordinate with the Night General’s subsequent actions."

"He’s too adventurous, infiltrating the Ember Church, and even directly facing the Divine Chosen," an elder said. "Now, they might have already met, so we can’t just enter the ark randomly. Our connection with the Night General has been severed."

"However, since he has become a Chaos Chosen, he’ll be viewed as one of their own by the Ember Church, perhaps even seen as part of their upper echelon. We needn’t worry too much about that. You all know that being corrupted by Chaos is a prerequisite to becoming a Chaos Chosen. He doesn’t have that risk."

"Yes, that’s also why we had trouble planting Dark Piles among the Church’s top brass," someone responded with a nod.

The Giant City had arranged many Dark Piles to infiltrate the Ember Church, but none could access the upper ranks.

That’s because the top brass were essentially Chaos Believers—humans corrupted by Chaos. No matter how steadfast they were as warriors or how wise as scholars, the corruption would make them loyal to Chaos. Not to mention the Chaos Chosen, who were believers loyally watched over by the Divine.

Now that Li Yelai’s identity as the Blood God Chosen had been confirmed, there was no need to worry about exposure.

How could a Chaos Chosen not believe in the Chaos God? Aren’t you putting the cart before the horse?

The Ember Church would probably never imagine that among the Divine Chosen, there would be a double agent.

It’s usually the humans who become Chaos believers and then stir up trouble within the Giant City.

That Giant City in Europe was offered up to a Chaos God because its top Spiritual Ability User was corrupted and went undetected, ultimately leading to the entire Giant City being sacrificed.

Out of a Giant City with millions, less than two thousand escaped...

Now with Li Yelai, it’s like turning the tables entirely.

"The rest is to coordinate with the Night General. He sent back the Path-finding Compass but left behind the Lucky Wheel and the Nether River Horn. This gives us a chance to track him. As long as we use the Compass to lock onto the Nether River Horn or the Lucky Wheel, we can pinpoint the location of the Night General and those from the Ember Church around him!"

"Not only that, but the Night General also has the Lucky Wheel with him. If they take him back to some base of the Ember Church... another meteor coming down would be amusing," someone chuckled. "But, if it happens again, Yang Chen won’t be able to take the blame for the Night General."

Several people in the conference room laughed.

As top officials of the Giant City, they naturally knew the intelligence about Li Yelai summoning a meteor, which delivered an entire Forbidden Zone city and its hundreds of thousands of Forbidden Zone Army along with hundreds of Angels sky-high.

But the Forbidden Zone didn’t know, and they still believed it was Yang Chen’s doing.

And Yang Chen himself didn’t mind, happy to carry the blame.

Meanwhile, for some reason, although the Night General was wanted by the Forbidden Zones, the rumor spread leading to him being known as Sixth Sense, or some future Champion.

Well, although half correct, the leap from Four Awakenings to Sixth Sense still puzzled some.

The top officials quietly scoffed; with the Night General’s potential, if he was really a Sixth Sense, would the Forbidden Zones not deploy an Overlord to capture him? What a joke!

However, since the Forbidden Zones themselves had exonerated the Night General, the officials of the Giant City naturally wouldn’t remind them of anything. It was enough to just enjoy the show.

"But still, we need to arrange for the Elite Night Patrol to catch up with the Night General soon, just in case."

"Exactly!" the old woman said. "I’ve already contacted the Elite Night Patrol team and sent the Compass to the vicinity of the Extreme Cold Mountain Range to hand over to the Little Mad King."

"Letting the Little Mad King make contact..." Some were hesitant, but they didn’t refuse in the end.

Though the curse prevented them from trusting the Little Mad King.

But rationally speaking, as the strongest assassin of the Giant City and having previously collaborated with Li Yelai as teammates,

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