Skyfort.
It was night, and the sky was exceptionally clear tonight. The stars dotted the night sky, and the bright moon was as round as a silver plate, reflected on the sea, casting patches of silver-white light.
In a bar in the upper city, Cheng Xin, a military recorder, walked to the long bar counter, sat down on a high stool, tapped the tabletop, and said in a tired voice, "A Ping, same as always."
The bartender named Aping nodded with a smile, took out three small cups, put ice cubes in each, poured amber liquid into the cups, and finally pushed them to Cheng Xin's hands.
"Brother Xin, you haven't been here for several days. Are you busy recently?" Putting down the wine bottle, the bartender started to wipe the glasses.
Cheng Xin drank the three glasses of ice wine in one breath, and seemed to come alive. He shook his head and took out a cigarette and said, "Don't mention it. I've been so busy lately. There's a big meeting every three days and a small meeting every two days. Just organizing the meeting documents is killing me."
"You should apply for one or two assistants." The bartender looked at him sympathetically, but then thought, I earn less than a penny of theirs, why should I worry about it.
Cheng Xin took a puff of his cigarette and complained, "You think I don't want to? I've applied so many times, but nothing has happened. I think it won't be long before I have to go to the medical center and lie down."
The bartender laughed, and when another customer asked for a drink, he walked away.
Just as the bartender left and Cheng Xin hadn't finished his cigarette, someone sat down next to him. Cheng Xin glanced at him and frowned.
This is a man, middle-aged, bald, with blue eye bags, and a strong smell of alcohol, as if he has been soaking in a wine barrel for many years. He held a cup in one hand and a bottle of wine in the other, and said with a smile: "Xiao Cheng, tell me quickly, is that true?"
Cheng Xin moved away a little, smoking a cigarette and said, "Lao Wan, drink less. You will die from this stuff sooner or later."
The man named Lao Wan said nonchalantly: "You don't understand this, right? A man should either die in a wine jar or die on a woman's belly. This is the happiest thing."
"Don't talk nonsense to me. You haven't answered my question yet."
Cheng Xin evaded the question: "How would I know what you are talking about?"
"You're just pretending to be confused with me. You know what kind of business I'm in. Why are you pretending to be confused with me?"
Lao Wan poured wine into his glass and said, "Okay, I'll tell you straight. Did we go to dig graves in the Skyfort?"
Cheng Xin shuddered and covered Lao Wan's mouth with one hand: "Are you going to die? You can't just say this casually. Be careful or Tiebi will catch you."
Lao Wan took his hand away and said nonchalantly, "Iron Bi has been busy these days and has no time to talk to me. Judging from your reaction, it seems to be true. Is this expedition really for the so-called 'grave'?"
Cheng Xin was having a headache. He didn't know what was going on recently. Suddenly, news came out from the fortress that this expedition to the fortress was to dig a "grave".
Moreover, the explanation about the "grave" quickly spread throughout the streets and alleys, and many people now know that the so-called "grave" is the place where the "devil's treasure" is hidden.
Thanks to the gold diggers, who were most sensitive and enthusiastic about the subject, the news was now known to everyone.
"Nonsense!" Cheng Xin lowered his voice and said, "How dare you call yourself a news dealer? You even believe in such unconfirmed news?"
"I have meetings every day, how could I not know about this? This is clearly a rumor fabricated by someone with ill intentions, with the purpose of putting our fortress at the center of controversy!"
Lao Wan laughed and said, "Really? I thought I could get some valuable information from you, but it seems I was overthinking."
Cheng Xin knocked on the table, asked the bartender to pour him another glass of wine, and said, "You should be more restrained recently. Tiebi is investigating this matter. Don't say I didn't warn you."
After drinking the wine, Cheng Xin paid the bill and left. Only after he left the bar did he sigh.
Because of his identity as a recorder, he was harassed by many people outside these days, who wanted to get relevant information from him. Because of this, Cheng Xin didn't dare to go home these days. There were a lot of people squatting downstairs of his house these days.
He got into the magnetic car depressedly and drove to the military headquarters. He had been living in the military headquarters almost all the time recently.
The next day, Cheng Xin yawned as he sorted out the work that had not been completed yesterday. He found the record files, extracted the important content, entered it, and then sent it to the public information database of each department.
Before he could even get warm to his butt, an icon started flashing in the lower left corner of the screen. That was a signal for him to go to the command hall.
It’s time for another meeting!
Cheng Xin groaned and almost smashed the screen, but he didn't dare to. There were so many eyes watching him in the office, and he had to be cowardly when he should be. So he quickly packed up his recording tools and headed for the command hall with a smile.
When he arrived at the hall, Cheng Xin saw some officers. Some were from the Strategic Department, some from Iron Wall, and some from the Storm and Night Walker systems. Others were officials from the Fortress Administration Department.
Basically, all the middle-level officials in the Skyforge have arrived. They are discussing quietly, and no one knows what the purpose of this meeting is.
However, Cheng Xin had a hunch that today's meeting would not be simple.
Sure enough, not long after, the city lord Yuan Shu walked in with the strategic minister, the Iron Wall commander-in-chief, and the Night Walker commander.
The whole audience was silent.
After Yuan Shu sat down, he smiled, cleared his throat and said, "I'm sure everyone knows that there have been a lot of rumors in our fortress recently."
"Originally, I didn't want to pay much attention to it. There's a saying in the world of the opposite world that rumors stop at the wise. I believe they will die down one day, but now, I find that even doubts are beginning to emerge within our fortress, which makes me realize that it is necessary to stand up and clarify."
Yuan Shu looked around at the officials from various systems and departments: "Yes, we did organize an expedition. But the purpose of this expedition is definitely not to dig up some 'graves' or some fictitious 'devil's treasure' as the outside world has rumored!"
"The purpose of the expedition is to explore the world of adversity, to gain a deeper understanding of this world that is our neighbor. This will pave the way for future development. I don't want our soldiers who are participating in the expedition to be misunderstood or even be criticized while they are working hard to do this."
"I will never allow this!"
"I want to take this opportunity today to let everyone know that we are just doing the right and necessary thing, nothing more."
Just as he finished speaking, someone hurried into the command hall. It was a woman, less than 30 years old, with outstanding looks, and an air of competence emanating from her whole body.
Cheng Xin recognized her; she was the city lord's deputy.
She quickly came to Yuan Shu and whispered a few words in his ear. The city lord's expression changed slightly, and then he nodded slightly.
Yuan Shu stood up and said to Cao Gang, "I have something else to do. You will preside over the next meeting."
Cao Gang nodded, stood up, and watched Yuan Shu leave.
After leaving the command hall, Yuan Shu quickly headed for his office. On the way, he asked in a deep voice, "Is this true?"
His deputy, a woman named Chanel, replied, "It has been confirmed. It is indeed a communication signal from within the Golden Court. The one who contacted us is Lin Jianping, one of the five standing committee members of the court."
Yuan Shu stopped in astonishment: "Is it the executive director of the court? And it's Lin Jianping?"
He couldn't help being surprised.
The Golden Council has five standing committee members, who are usually responsible for the important matters of the Council. The identities of these five standing committee members are definitely not simple, they are either the lord of a super fortress or the Holy See of the Church.
This Lin Jianping is the mayor of the super fortress Guanghuibao!
Putting aside his identity, Lin Jianping's combat power of level 10 is enough to serve as a standing committee member.
Rumor has it that he has reached the threshold of the Ultimate and may become the third Ultimate in this millennium!
Knowing it was him, Yuan Shu did not dare to delay. He returned to the office, closed the door, and then stood in front of a screen.
The screen was in standby mode. Yuan Shu knocked on the desktop, activated a CD, and entered commands on it.
The screen changed and a figure appeared on it.
The man was standing too far away, so he couldn't see his face clearly, and only saw a tall figure. Just the image alone brought a lot of pressure to Yuan Shu.
He coughed dryly, a smile spread across his face, and he said, "I didn't expect that Mr. Lin, one of the five permanent members of the parliament, would call our small fortress in person. I am really honored."
The person in the picture took two steps forward, but his face was still unclear. Only a hearty laugh could be heard: "City Lord Yuan is too modest. I just looked at the information of the City Lord. City Lord Yuan has been in office for only 30 years, but he has made Qingtian Castle what it is today."
"City Lord Yuan deserves credit for this."
Yuan Shu smiled and shook his head: "Mr. Lin, you are too kind. Compared with Mr. Lin, my achievements are not worth mentioning, not worth mentioning."
The two of them exchanged a few polite words. Although he was the lord of Guanghui Castle and a man of great combat power, Lin Jianping did not give people a sense of superiority except for giving people some pressure.
At this time, Lin Jianping smiled and said, "I heard recently that you, Skyfort, organized an expedition and planned to conduct an in-depth exploration of the Reverse Realm No. 127."
"The Council has received some news, claiming that the purpose of the expedition of Guibao is to find the 'grave', to find the 'Dusk Slab' that may exist in any world..."
Yuan Shu's expression changed slightly, and his breathing became three points heavier than before.
The Golden Court also received the news
Who on earth did this? Not only did he create rumors in the fortress, but he also secretly passed the message to the Golden Court!
"It's true that there was an expedition. But I've never heard of the 'tomb' or the 'dusk slab'. Someone is making up rumors to attack us, Skyfort!"
Yuan Shuzhi said indignantly that at this point, he had no choice but to deny it to the end.
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