Fortunately, she did not degenerate into a pampered noblewoman in Night City during these three years. On the contrary, she never gave up on training herself and improving her supernatural abilities.
With her physical functions at their peak, she is still the same head of the inspection bureau who always leads from the front. Although it is difficult to hide, she is still able to hold her own.
She even had time to multitask, extracting useful information from the other person's words.
First of all, this is the first time that the so-called "Purgers" have appeared in front of everyone. From the hooded woman's actions, she can also analyze that compared to the "Overseers" who can only subtly influence the plot of each region, their duties are obviously simpler and more brutal - to eliminate the abnormal existence in the region, which is the so-called forced intervention.
It was obvious that their appearance was considered extremely unusual in their eyes, and they were even willing to send two SSs at once to completely eliminate these "heretics".
However, whether such behavior was solely due to their "arrival in the Azure Cloud Immortal Realm and their intention to interfere with the regional structure" or a causal consequence of Xu Shi's actions over the past three years remains to be discussed.
Tang Shuang herself was more inclined to the latter, after all, it seemed a bit unreasonable if it were the former - during this period they had not only interfered with the Qingyun Immortal Realm, there were dozens of other areas before that... Why didn't this happen then, and why did it have to happen now?
Is the Azure Cloud Immortal Realm superior to others? Or is there something special about this place?
Based on the information we have so far, it doesn't seem so... But if it's because Xu Shi interfered with too many areas, causing the bottom line of "natural law" to reach a critical point, then it seems to make sense.
However, from a personal perspective, she would prefer the first scenario.
The reason is simple: the "cleansing reaction" produced by intervening in a single area is far less severe than the outbreak caused by long-term accumulation. To give a simple example, when the inspection bureau was cracking down on gangs, if it was just a warning, they might fire a shot into the air to scare people at most. But if it was three warnings, the bullets would actually hit people.
With their current achievements, or rather, with the achievements they have made, are they really capable of handling this level of "purge"?
This is what worries her, so naturally she doesn't want the so-called decisive battle to happen now.
Unfortunately, wishing can't change anything, and she herself knows that the latter is more likely—sending out two SSs at once, no one would believe that "Tianli" isn't serious.
This also illustrates another issue.
Is the overall strength of "Tenri" really declining step by step, just as Xu Shi predicted?
Before encountering this situation, Tang Shuang naturally thought so too. After all, everything that "Tianli" had shown before was proof of this fact—whether it was the initiative to abandon the Hualan Empire or the indifference to the "Star River" Federation's large-scale crackdown on "Observers" in various places in recent years, it was all a signal of weakness.
But what if all of this... was just a trap to lure the enemy in?
If that's the case, it would be terrifying—because does it mean that everything they did before was just a futile effort based on their own assumptions?
Just as the "Star River" Federation was thriving, such a devastating blow suddenly struck. It destroyed not only their efforts, but also their spirit and will, along with a large amount of resources they had invested.
Tang Shuang also understood some of the dirty tricks of those in power, and knew that at this time, letting everything fall apart was the most ruthless move. After all, when people's will is destroyed, the possibility of replicating such a feat is probably infinitely close to zero... Especially when a lot of sunk costs have been paid, even if people are still willing to do it again, there may not be enough resources to support them to do so.
In other words, if they fail here, they will never be able to recover!
Realizing how bad the situation was, she quickly organized the information she had gathered and immediately planned to send it to Xu Shi so that he could prepare in advance.
"You dare to get distracted?!"
Tang Shuang's multitasking angered the woman named "β", and her expression visibly twisted.
The next second.
Not only did lightning strike, but the giant sand worms she was stepping on also began to move.
"babble--"
Instead of releasing small sand crickets to harass and attack, it sprayed out a vast expanse of yellow mist in an instant!
This undoubtedly made it more difficult for Tang Shuang to evade.
To be honest, both the "β" and the giant sandworms' attacks can be described as simple, without any fancy moves whatsoever.
However, as the saying goes, brute force can overcome any technique. Given the difference in strength, even such a simple move still gave Governor Tang a headache.
To reiterate, even in a war of attrition, she would be worn down and killed by her opponent.
Just then.
"Tang Shuang!"
A shout came, and the next moment, Tang Shuang saw a figure flash behind "β" and bring down a slash without hesitation!
The opponent seemed unable to dodge in time, and caught off guard, the blade struck his back, tearing his robe and revealing a small patch of pale, paper-white skin.
Who else but Su Lin could do that?
Lin Yue followed closely behind and came to her side to stand shoulder to shoulder.
"Why are you here?"
Tang Shuang asked subconsciously.
"Then I'll leave?"
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