Three months later.

In Feng Qi's independent office at Hupo Research Institute.

Sitting at his desk, Feng Qi was browsing the latest external news with a tablet.

He opened the information software and a large amount of information related to him appeared.

[The rising star shines again. After many years, he successfully developed a super skill "Blood and Flesh Sacrifice" that can change human history. ]

[The "Blood and Flesh Sacrifice" in the testing stage has received unanimous praise from major martial arts research institutes. Feng Qi proved himself with his strength after his return. ]

[Lin Ran commented on "Blood and Flesh Sacrifice", believing that this skill will open a new milestone in human cultivation. ]

[Feng Qi, who has been silent for many years and devoted himself to research, has finally returned as a king. He used "Blood and Flesh Sacrifice" to prove to the world that he has always been the brightest star in the field of cultivation in this era. ]

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Looking through the relevant reports, Feng Qi's heart was not shaken.

Just a few days ago, the test version of Blood and Flesh Sacrifice was officially submitted to major martial arts research institutes for initial evaluation.

The major research institutes that received the first version of "Blood and Flesh Sacrifice" obviously could not find any problems with Blood and Flesh Sacrifice.

The test came up with only one result.

This is an epoch-making super skill.

It is even believed that with the help of "Blood and Flesh Sacrifice", human cultivation will usher in a brand new era.

At the same time, the Lord of Mist manipulated the Tiger Soul Research Institute behind the scenes to contact many martial arts magazines and media, and launched an overwhelming public opinion propaganda.

In the name of "Lin Ran", he continued to convey his high evaluation of "Blood and Flesh Sacrifice" to the outside world.

With the help of the Lord of Mist, "Blood and Flesh Sacrifice", which has not yet been officially released, has caused an uproar in the outside world.

There are even many practitioners who are looking forward to the official release of "Blood and Flesh Sacrifice".

Correspondingly, he, who is nominally the developer of "Blood and Flesh Sacrifice", has become the focus of heated discussion in the outside world.

Various good reviews have poured in.

Now the outside world has a very high evaluation of him.

It is believed that he has been silent for so many years not because he has run out of ideas, but because he is brewing the super skill "Blood and Flesh Sacrifice".

Driven by public opinion, a large number of voices in the outside world have taken the initiative to speak for him.

Open the comments and scroll down, and you can see various different voices.

"I was wondering how Feng Qi could suddenly disappear with his performance back then. Now it seems that Feng Qi has been holding back his big move. It is my honor to be in the same era with him." "

When I was admitted to Xingcheng Academy, I often heard seniors talk about Feng Qi, who was once a big shot. Now I finally understand why they admired him so much. I didn't expect that he really promoted the development of modern cultivation by himself." "

I feel guilty. When discussing whether Feng Qi had run out of ideas, I also participated. Now it seems that I am short-sighted. He deserves the title of the star of tomorrow."

...

This is the horror of public opinion.

Those who control public opinion can easily promote the content they want and guide the people to believe it.

And make them think that what they see is right.

This is also the reason why the Scarlet Research Institute, which has always been low-key, was unable to resist the public opinion offensive of the Science and Technology Research Institute.

But this time, the Lord of the Mist manipulated public opinion to create a persona for him.

To prepare for the establishment of a "god statue" in the future.

This step is very similar to the process in the previous timeline where the Lord of the Mist took over Lin Ran's body and then built momentum for Lin Ran.

The only difference is that this time it is more thorough.

Influenced by the miracle bracelet, the Lord of the Mist is no longer satisfied with creating a historical great man or a historical hero.

He now wants to create a living "god" for mankind.

The power of faith is continuously obtained from the spiritual level to help him improve his strength.

The first step of the plan has now begun.

As long as "Blood and Flesh Sacrifice" officially passes the joint evaluation of major martial arts research institutes, it can be officially promoted to the outside world.

At that time, the outside world's evaluation of "Blood and Flesh Sacrifice" will become a help in creating a "god setting".

He has no doubt about the feasibility of the Lord of the Mist's plan.

At least now public opinion has proved that the outside world's evaluation of him has gradually begun to "deify".

Putting down the tablet, he cast his eyes on the Lord of the Mist not far away.

At this time, the Lord of the Mist was closing his eyes, his body hanging above the sofa, and his body surface was wrapped in surging mist.

On the coffee table in front of him, there were eight ultra-high purity spirit stones rated S level.

At this time, spiritual energy was constantly released and entered the main body of the Mist.

The output of this type of spiritual stone is extremely low. It is generally produced in fields with high disaster ratings and is very valuable.

Moreover, this type of ultra-high purity spiritual stone is only supplied to major research institutes and military departments. Private companies outside have no channels to purchase research.

But after the Lord of the Mist took control of the Tiger Soul Research Institute, these resources became supplements for him to improve his strength.

Compared with the time when he controlled the Third Regiment of the Death Star in the Old Sun East Supply Area.

The benefits that the Tiger Soul Research Institute brought to the Lord of the Mist were even more terrifying.

The monthly allocation of research resources alone is an amount that cannot be matched since the establishment of the Third Regiment of the Death Star.

During this period of time, the Lord of the Mist has been subtly changing the structure of the Amber Research Institute.

The way he controls the Tiger Soul Research Institute is completely different from that of the Night Shadow Clan.

While the Night Shadow Clan controls the Tiger Soul Research Institute, most of the spiritual resources obtained each month will still be delegated to the research projects of the Tiger Soul Headquarters and major branches.

In particular, the study of magic is a project that the Night Shadow Clan focuses on cultivating.

In the eyes of the Lord of the Mist, the Night Shadow Clan's doing this is a very smart choice.

Because there is no R&D talent in the Night Shadow Clan.

Even if they can use resources to rapidly improve the strength of the clan, they will still easily encounter growth bottlenecks.

Especially the lack of magic.

The Night Shadow Clan has only mastered a few mental bewitching techniques, and its actual combat ability is relatively weak.

If this shortcoming is not made up, the development of the clan will be difficult to reach the next level.

But if after controlling the Tiger Soul Research Institute, the most advanced talents of mankind are used to lay the foundation for their own clan, the effect may not be obvious in the early stage, but with a series of magic that fits the race being studied, the strength of the Night Shadow Clan can be steadily improved.

The Lord of Mist agrees with the investment behavior of the Night Shadow Clan.

In the words of the Lord of Mist, the Night Shadow Clan is a weak clan, so this method is needed to promote the development of the clan.

But he is different.

Their Mist Clan has many magic and cultivation growth methods that far exceed human cultivation. It is better to use the resources of the Tiger Soul Research Institute for various projects.

This is the growth method that the Lord of Mist believes to maximize efficiency.

During this period of time, the Lord of Mist has begun to cut funding for major research projects.

The withheld resources were all sent to the Lord of Mist.

Now the Lord of Mist takes 15% of the allocated resources every month for cultivation.

The Lord of Mist's next goal is to gradually increase this percentage to about 70%.

Not taking all is not out of kindness.

But the Lord of Mist knows clearly that if he wants to use the authority and influence of Hu Po Research Institute to create advantages for himself, he must ensure that Hu Po Research Institute can operate normally.

Just like a parasite.

If you want to continuously absorb nutrients from the host, you can't let the host die completely.

The same is true for Hu Po Research Institute under the control of the Lord of Mist.

Even if the research progress will be greatly reduced in the future, at least something must be introduced to the outside world to prove that Hu Po Research Institute is still operating steadily.

If there is no result for a long time, Hu Po Research Institute will reduce its influence and monthly resource allocation accordingly.

This is a loss-making behavior in the eyes of the Lord of Mist.

The series of reforms after the Lord of Mist took control of Hu Po Research Institute made Feng Qi see the Lord of Mist's understanding of human society again.

At this moment, the Lord of Mist, who was suspended on the sofa, opened his eyes.

The several ultra-high-quality spiritual stones on the coffee table have also become transparent, and the pure spiritual fluid inside has been transformed into blood and entered the body of the Lord of Mist.

He let out a long sigh of relief and cast his eyes on Feng Qi who was sitting at the desk.

"How does it feel to be praised by the outside world?"

Looking at the Lord of Mist with a smile on his face, Feng Qi said nonchalantly:

"That's it, are you done with your training?"

"This round of training is over. Let Ye Lao Er send some more resources this afternoon."

Ye Lao Er mentioned by the Lord of Mist is one of the only 23 remaining members of the Night Shadow Clan.

The Lord of Mist was too lazy to remember their names.

So he used the word "Ye" as his surname and gave the remaining members of the Night Shadow Clan new names using numbers 1-23.

Sitting down on the chair in front of the desk, the Lord of Mist looked at him and said,

"Now that the control over the Hupo Research Institute has gradually stabilized, it's time to consider how to infiltrate the Science and Technology Research Institute. I need to know the secret of the Black Death Plan as soon as possible, which may affect our future development."

Hearing this, Feng Qi nodded:

"What do you plan to do next? We can't train spies in our Hupo Research Institute. After all, the youngest people who can come here are graduates. We can't let them learn science and technology knowledge again, right?"

"Of course, we can't choose spies in our Hupo Research Institute. Once the spies have problems, it's easy to find our Hupo Research Institute. Now we are definitely not the opponent of the forces behind the Science and Technology Research Institute. It's too risky to do this." The Lord of Mist shook his head decisively. "

Then where do you plan to find seedlings to infiltrate the Science and Technology Research Institute?"

"It's too troublesome to find them. I decided to use the ability of the Night Shadow Clan to control some potential talents to infiltrate the Science and Technology Research Institute... There is another advantage to doing this. Even if we are found to have problems, as long as we cut off the mental connection, the shadow forces behind the Science and Technology Research Institute will not be able to find us no matter how they investigate."

Hearing this, Feng Qi suddenly realized.

He suddenly realized that when he was undercover, the spy sent by the Tiger Soul Research Institute had been investigated by the shadow forces of the Science and Technology Research Institute.

However, no matter what means were used, the spy was unable to learn the relevant content of the Tiger Soul Research Institute from the spy.

This was obviously related to the mind control technique.

Now it seems that the Lord of the Mist did not kill the Night Shadow Clan who possessed the mind control technique, which was a very wise choice.

The combat power of this race is low, but the mind control ability granted by blood can sometimes bring unexpected surprises.

He is also very much looking forward to infiltrating the Science and Technology Research Institute.

At least after the infiltration is successful, the spy will definitely bring back important intelligence and information that he has not investigated before.

After some discussion, the Lord of the Mist suddenly said,

"In addition to infiltrating the Technology Research Institute, I've actually been considering a new plan recently. If this plan is successful, it will greatly increase our growth rate."

Hearing this, a hint of curiosity emerged on Feng Qi's face:

"What plan?"

"A plan targeting the Scarlet Research Institute."

Hearing the Lord of the Mist say that he was going to target the Scarlet Research Institute, his heart trembled:

"Why target the Scarlet Research Institute? We have no conflict of interest with the Scarlet Research Institute, not to mention that even with the authority of the Tiger Soul Research Institute, the relevant information of the Scarlet Research Institute cannot be found, and their true strength is unknown."

"We haven't yet completely established our foothold in the Tiger Soul Research Institute. If we rashly attack the Scarlet Research Institute at this time, it may bring us a catastrophe."

The Lord of the Mist smiled and nodded at this time:

"Your analysis is correct. I actually think the same as you. I think it's too risky to act rashly against the Scarlet Research Institute... But you're wrong about one thing. In fact, we have an essential conflict of interest with the Scarlet Research Institute."

"What's the conflict of interest?" He couldn't help but ask.

"The spiritual resources sent by the front lines will be integrated and then distributed after arriving at the Star City Airport. The amount of resources allocated to the small research institutes in the entire Star City is not much. The majority of them are given to the military, the Scarlet Research Institute, and our Tiger Soul Research Institute."

"If you want to get more resources, you must defeat the other two forces."

"We definitely can't touch the military. After all, the military has a very special status and is closely related to the joint military. Moreover, the resources needed by the military are less in conflict with ours." "

In comparison, the Scarlet Research Institute is our biggest competitor in terms of interests."

"If we can defeat the Scarlet Research Institute, the amount of resources we get each time we allocate resources can be greatly increased."

Hearing this, Feng Qi immediately understood what the Lord of the Mist was thinking.

But the Scarlet Research Institute is the key to this sacrifice line. How could he let the Lord of the Mist act against the Scarlet Research Institute?

Moreover, there was no record of the Tiger Soul Research Institute taking action against the Scarlet Research Institute in the previous timeline.

Thinking of this, he immediately said:

"I can understand your idea, but it is too risky to take action against the Scarlet Research Institute."

The Lord of the Mist smiled and nodded:

"This is what I will explain to you next. In fact, I have never considered taking action against the Scarlet Research Institute myself. I can completely rely on external forces to fight against the Scarlet Research Institute."

"Tell me in detail."

"My idea is very simple. Create conditions for the Science and Technology Research Institute to take action against the Scarlet Research Institute. I believe that as long as the Science and Technology Research Institute and the shadow forces behind it take action, they will definitely be able to defeat the Scarlet Research Institute."

Hearing this, he was shocked.

In the previous timeline, the Scarlet Research Institute hid in the secret base in advance, which was related to the suppression of the Science and Technology Research Institute.

Now, after listening to the Lord of the Mist's thoughts, he couldn't help but suspect that this matter was related to the Lord of the Mist.

Thinking of this, he immediately asked:

"Do you have a detailed plan now?"

"I already have a plan, but it needs to be improved."

"The first step of the plan is to create a conflict between the Institute of Science and Technology and the Scarlet Institute."

"The target I chose for this step is the Wolf Field Warband under the Institute of Science and Technology. I recently used my authority to check the front-line mission list and found that the Wolf Field Warband will go to the Old City to assist in the construction mission in 40 days. I decided to take this opportunity to ambush this warband."

"Of course, I will not kill the Wolf Field Warband. I will only kill the top leaders of this warband, and then let most of the soldiers go and let them go back to report to the shadow forces behind the Institute of Science and Technology."

Wolf Field Warband?

Hearing the words of the Lord of Mist, he suddenly thought of a major event that happened during his infiltration of the Institute of Science and Technology.

At that time, the top leaders of the Wolf Field Warband died inexplicably, resulting in no one taking over the warband.

It was at that time that he chose to undergo biochemical transformation in order to obtain higher authority from the Institute of Science and Technology, and was eventually promoted to the new leader of the Wolf Field Warband.

Became a member of the second echelon of the core circle of the Institute of Science and Technology.

Now it seems that the sudden death of the high-level members of the Wolf Realm Warband was obviously related to the Lord of Mist.

But he was puzzled as to what the Lord of Mist did after killing the high-level members of the Wolf Realm Warband.

This made the Institute of Science and Technology have the idea of ​​targeting the Scarlet Research Institute.

Thinking of this, he looked at the Lord of Mist and asked:

"Then what? After killing the top leaders of the Wolf Corps, how are you going to transfer the conflict to the Scarlet Research Institute?"

Facing the question, a smile appeared on the face of the Lord of Mist:

"The mission of the Wolf Corps this time is related to the outer city of Mulin City, which is affiliated to the Old City. There is a branch base of the Scarlet Research Institute in Mulin City."

"I still don't understand."

"Don't forget, Wang Yi, whose body I once possessed, is a member of the first echelon of the core circle of the Science and Technology Research Institute. I have mastered the way the Science and Technology Research Institute sends messages to the inside."

"This time the mission of the Wolf Corps will come into contact with the Scarlet Branch Base in Mulin City. I will find an opportunity to act during that time period.

"After killing all the top leaders of the Wolf Corps, I will use the methods I have mastered to simulate the top leaders of the Wolf Corps to send relevant intelligence to the shadow forces behind the Science and Technology Research Institute."

"It doesn't matter what the content of the intelligence is. What I want is to make them suspect that the Scarlet Base in Mulin City has research projects targeting them."

"Even make the shadow forces behind the Science and Technology Research Institute suspect that the Scarlet Research Institute has learned that they have infiltrated human society. "

"As long as this plan succeeds, it will plant the seeds of doubt in the hearts of the shadow forces. As long as they want to continue to carry out the Black Death Plan, they will definitely find ways to suppress the Scarlet Research Institute and regard it as a thorn in their eyes."

"After all, the shadow forces behind the Science and Technology Research Institute are also relying on the power of humans to grow. They don't want to be completely exposed to the world. How can they feel at ease if the Scarlet Research Institute does not collapse?"

"In order to deepen this contradiction, I will launch a series of actions to fan the flames later."

"In short, the core of this plan is to use the power of the Science and Technology Research Institute to help us destroy the Scarlet Research Institute, so as to achieve our desired goal."

"As long as the Scarlet Research Institute collapses, our Tiger Soul Research Institute will be the well-deserved first institution in Star City, and most of the resources originally allocated to the Scarlet Research Institute will also be allocated to us..."

Listening to the description of the Lord of Mist, Feng Qi was terrified.

A clear timeline was formed in his mind.

Many doubts finally had answers.

The inexplicable death of the senior leaders of the Wolf-eating War Corps.

The Science and Technology Research Institute suddenly sent forces to attack the Scarlet Research Institute's branch base in Mulin City.

And the subsequent Science and Technology Research Institute launched a series of public opinion wars and sabotage operations against the Scarlet Research Institute, and so on.

This series of questions that once puzzled him finally came to light.

Looking at the Lord of Mist who was still analyzing and perfecting his plan,

Feng Qi had only one thought in his mind.

This kid is so terrifying, he must not be allowed to stay.