Duan Wujiu: "I am terrified!"
“These people are Stone Skin Cult priests that His Highness brought back from the outer realms. They are using psionic technology to transform the old Spirit King into a Stone Clan member, thereby slowing down the Black Catastrophe’s erosion,” Gu Yu said.
Duan Wujiu frowned and asked, "Black Disaster? What kind of disease is that?"
He had no time to be surprised as to why Gu Yu had brought him to see the old Ling King and the eldest prince who had secretly returned.
Instead, they were quite frightened by the old spirit king's current state.
Half of his body had gradually transformed into stone-like skin, becoming hardened. Under the soft blue light, red blood still flowed through the veins beneath the stone skin, and a somber aura permeated the room.
My heart was filled with more fear than anything else.
Having learned these secrets, he now had no way out.
It's the same in every sense.
Sa Lingtian said, "This is a disease hidden in the black tide of spiritual energy. In order to master the power of spiritual energy, it is the price that humans pay. Some people will bear the erosion of the black disaster, their lives will gradually fade away, and they will return to the black tide as sacrifices, never able to escape."
"The path to becoming stronger is bound to be fraught with risks. This is a natural phenomenon. However, to this day, no one knows where the Black Disaster comes from or what it symbolizes, because there are no survivors among those afflicted by the Black Disaster..." Gu Yu added.
Duan Wujiu swallowed hard, but said nothing more.
Sa Lingtian asked, "Gu Yu, have you found anything about the matter I asked you to investigate?"
Gu Yu nodded: "Just as the eldest prince judged, many factories have been built in the border warehouse area, and many materials of unknown origin have also appeared. Prince Shu has never operated these channels. We suspect that the line was recently brought over from the No. 1 wall, but we have no evidence to prove that he did it."
Sa Lingtian smiled. "No, this line has already proven everything."
Gu Yu pointed at Duan Wujiu: "He's in the Forest Group, he can conduct an in-depth investigation for us."
Duan Wujiu looked puzzled: "Investigate what?"
Gu Yu said, "Fu Xian, and his faction!"
Duan Wujiu frowned and said, "You suspect that the new weapons were made by the Fu faction?"
Duan Wujiu was quite familiar with the new weapons. These weapons were incredibly powerful, but unfortunately they could not be adapted to a better environment for individual combat. Therefore, Prince Shu instructed Deng Xian to set up a testing ground in the old city to improve these firearms through repeated actual combat.
Since Qin Che killed Deng Xian and Poison Scorpion, the test site has been on the verge of collapse. A large amount of goods have been stockpiled and cannot be transported out of Wall No. 10. They have lost their downstream supply. Duan Wujiu still believes that Prince Shu will look for a new puppet.
However, the conversation between the eldest prince and the ancient prime minister completely surprised him.
Sa Lingtian said, "Fu Xian is no longer a supporter of the king, and in the council of elders, Yin Mu has sided with Prince Yue. So where do you think Prince Shu got all those resources from?"
Duan Wujiu broke out in a cold sweat: "Then it can only be the Su faction and the Fu faction."
“That’s right. Su Pei has always wanted to get involved in Lingbi Heavy Industry’s business, but even if he succeeds, he doesn’t have the corresponding production and R&D technology.”
“Some of these resources come from the highest academy, and the other part comes from the East Party’s Psionic Research Institute. This is because these firearms use new technology, and the technology comes from the old world underground shelters in the western region. Those shelters are all under the control of the Land of Sages, so this can only be the work of the Fu Party.”
Duan Wujiu's pupils contracted slightly, and he exclaimed in shock, "So, the person Fu Xian actually wants to support... is actually Prince Shu!"
Gu Yu also said seriously, "It's very possible. Everyone in the Elder Council believes that Fu Xian is a royalist because the old Spirit King is ill, the eldest prince is absent, and the regents... including myself, have long been sidelined. Fu Xian controls the armored army and has close ties with multiple factions within the royal family. He has the ability to conceal this matter. Moreover, no one knows what the sages have unearthed beneath those shelters. They've kept a low profile all these years. Perhaps they started planning this years ago, and once the technology matured, they secretly began production..."
Sa Lingtian said, "In this way, Fu Xian needs an ally to help him even more. Compared with Prince Yue, who has the most power in the council and is allied with the Yin Party, Fu Xian is more willing to cooperate with Prince Shu. So, they established a new weapons factory in the border warehouse area and set up a test site in the southwestern desert."
"I'm afraid Prince Shu has already made a deal with Fu Xian. Fu Xian supported the fourth prince's ascension to the throne on the condition that the Fu faction and Prince Shu's faction share the royal power equally. Now, the .75 incendiary rifles have been equipped in the hands of the armored soldiers. Moreover, they have also developed small-caliber individual incendiary guns in their factories, which can be equipped in the hands of ordinary people to form a huge incendiary legion. At that time, a civil war will be inevitable."
Gu Yu sighed: "Whether in terms of troop strength or logistical support, we are inferior to them."
Duan Wujiu quickly asked, "Then what should we do now?"
Sa Lingtian didn't speak, but narrowed his eyes slightly...
Gu Yu, standing to the side, also said solemnly, "Fortunately, the eldest prince returned in secret without telling anyone. We have now gathered some loyal followers and confidants, and the eldest prince has personally persuaded the Crocodile Head Group of the South China Sea City Alliance to form an army to be stationed on the border. At that time, they will send troops from the radiation zone of the western border. We will cooperate from the inside and outside to first completely control Wall 10, and then find a way to deal with Wall 1."
Duan Wujiu looked at Sa Lingtian.
"If the war can be ended smoothly, the eldest prince and I will support the second prince to ascend the throne and protect the Lingbi royal power that has been passed down through generations."
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