Whether a force, or an organization, is large or not depends not only on how many members it has, but more importantly on its organizational structure.
For example, a normal monastic sect is a second-rate sect that is neither good nor bad. In a normally functioning second-rate sect, there must be a department responsible for recruiting disciples, a department responsible for teaching disciples, a disciplinary supervision department, a logistics support department, and a combat department, etc. Moreover, each department is often further refined. For example, the apprenticeship department is divided into inner and outer departments, the disciplinary supervision department is divided into law enforcement and supervision, and the logistics support department also has divisions such as elixirs, talismans, and weapon refining.
And those first-class sects, even the top sects, excluding outliers like the Great Freedom Sect, have made the functions of each department more and more detailed. Refinement does not necessarily mean high efficiency, but it will make management easier to a certain extent. After all, those large sects do have many people and many needs. On the contrary, third-rate sects and lower-level sects combine many functions. After all, there are fewer people and less demand.
So on the surface, it seems that the more people an organization has, the more it needs a large and sophisticated organizational structure to manage. And are there many people in the mysterious force? Guang Yezan himself has seen double digits of parallel souls from mysterious forces. What's more, there are people like Zhenjun Lanfeng who do other things for the mysterious forces, so I don't know how many there are.
If we look at a force according to common sense, the strength of its personnel must be in the shape of a pyramid from top to bottom. In other words, the strongest people at the top are the least in number, followed by the so-called mainstays in the middle, and below are a large group of people with the weakest strength. Still taking the sect as an example, in a second-rate sect, the person standing at the top of the pyramid is naturally the powerful soul, and they are also the smallest in number. Below the Yuanshen Mighty One are the Yuanying Ancestor and the Golden Pill Grandmaster, and those in the lowest level of Foundation Establishment and Qi Refining Realm have the largest number of people.
So here comes the question, if the mysterious force can send out two-digit Yuan Shen powers, how many Nascent Soul Golden elixirs below Yuan Shen should there be? How exaggerated will the number of foundation building and Qi refining be? So, with so many members, how huge is the organizational structure of this mysterious force
And if the organizational structure is too large, it is inevitable that there will be times when weaknesses are exposed, and sometimes the so-called "not caring about the bottom" situation will occur. Therefore, if the mysterious force is in such a state as mentioned before, I am afraid it will not be mysterious for long at all. Although, before Ye Zan arrived, this world did not have as advanced communication technology as the technological world, and the transmission of messages was not very convenient. However, that may allow the mysterious force to remain mysterious for tens or hundreds of years, but can it remain mysterious for thousands or even tens of thousands of years
After Ye Zan came to this world, he brought advanced communication methods to the world and was able to monitor the entire communication network. However, even though he knew about the existence of such a mysterious force and responded to several attacks from the opponent, he still knew nothing about the mysterious force. He didn't even know what the name of this mysterious force was. He could only call it "mysterious force". He didn't even know what the organizational structure of this mysterious force was, and he didn't know what the purpose of this mysterious force was.
But now, Zhenjun Lanfeng has mentioned another possibility. The mysterious force that people think is very large may actually be just a very sophisticated small organization.
It has to be said that although Zhenjun Lanfeng and others do not have the same means as Ye Zan, after all, they have been dissatisfied with the mysterious force for not only a year or two, but probably hundreds or thousands of years. In such a long time, if we look at the world of science and technology, human beings have already developed from the budding stage of science and technology to the interstellar colonization period.
As the saying goes, "A fool will always find something after a thousand considerations." Even if Zhenjun Lanfeng and others are backward in their methods, they can always get some useful information after hundreds or thousands of years of accumulation.
After receiving the reminder from Zhenjun Lanfeng, Ye Zan thought about it carefully and really felt that the possibility of the other party's guess was not small. What kind of power can hide for thousands of years without being noticed? Except that it is really strict to the point of perversion, it is only inconspicuous in itself. It is indeed difficult to find a needle in a haystack, but at least you know that what you want to change is a needle. What about finding a specific grain of sand instead
Moreover, strictly speaking, are there really many people in the mysterious force
That's right, so far, Ye Zan has seen with his own eyes the number of powerful souls from mysterious forces in double digits. But you must know that the powerful souls of the mysterious forces are not cultivated all the way from the Qi Refining Realm like those sects. Except for external personnel like Zhenjun Lanfeng and the others, the powerful souls of the mysterious forces are just temporary parallel imports of souls.
In this case, we cannot use so-called common sense to judge how many people the mysterious force actually has. The pyramid structure of personnel presented by those normal sects is meaningless. Because with the ability to quickly mass-produce Yuanshen Power, a person at the Foundation Establishment Realm can quickly become a Yuanshen Power, and the mysterious forces do not need to train personnel at all.
Even more exaggerated guesses may be that there may not be any mysterious force at all, but just a mysterious person. As long as there is such a person who has the ability to mass-produce the power of the soul, he can actually do these things that the mysterious forces do.
"So, do you have any information that you can provide about this mysterious force's lair?" Ye Zan then asked. Of course, when he asked this question, he had no hope at all. If the other party really knew the lair of the mysterious force, he would probably have nothing to do with him.
However, if you really want to talk about it, Ye Zan's main goal now is not to eradicate the mysterious forces and maintain the peace of the Shenhua Domain, but to retrieve the drop of blood essence of Xuan Yuan Lao Dao. He now knows that people like Zhenjun Lanfeng and the others are usually responsible for collecting various magic weapons and other things for the mysterious forces.
Before, after destroying the Golden Light Sect, Ye Zan once asked Xie Wenxuan and found out that the magic weapon that was suspected to contain the essence and blood of Xuan Yuan was taken away by a mysterious force. As for where the magic weapon was taken, it may be the lair of the mysterious force, or it may have been assigned to a parallel importer who went out to perform a mission. However, Ye Zan prefers that the magic weapon should be idle, otherwise the drop of essence and blood of Xuan Yuan Dao would have been exposed long ago.
Since that magic weapon may have been idle, it was either left in the lair of the mysterious force, or it had been thrown away. The possibility of being thrown away is unlikely, otherwise Xuan Yuan Lao Dao should have been able to calculate the exact location at the beginning, so it may still be in the lair of the mysterious force.
Sure enough, just as Ye Zan expected, this question made Zhenjun Lanfeng and others shake their heads. True Lord Lanfeng was embarrassed and worried. While carefully looking at Ye Zan's expression, he said carefully: "Fellow Taoist, forgive me. Although we have used many methods, we have never been able to find the other party's true lair."
"That means you have found others?" After hearing the other party's words, Ye Zan perked up. Since that magic weapon cannot be used, even if the mysterious forces don't lose it, they probably won't pay much attention to it. Maybe they just put it in a temporary lair.
"Yes, we have found at least ten lairs of the mysterious forces. However, none of them are the real lairs of the mysterious forces. Most of them are just temporary hiding places for the pseudo-souls sent out. " Seeing that Ye Zan was not dissatisfied with this, True Lord Lanfeng continued to explain with a little peace of mind.
"Let's put it this way, do you know who the mysterious forces have been in contact with the Golden Light Sect?" Ye Zan no longer dwells on the mysterious forces, but more directly wants to find the item based on the conditions of the Golden Light Sect. Clues to the magic weapon.
"This... our duty is not to contact other sects. Such things are usually done by casual cultivators. I have heard of the Golden Light Sect, but whoever contacts the Golden Light Sect, this is ..." Speaking of this, Zhenjun Lanfeng shook his head helplessly.
"I do remember that there was a casual cultivator who called himself Fu Guang..." Zhenjun Qianyuan suddenly said this, but then he lost his confidence again. He looked at Ye Zan carefully and said, "That Fu Guang, it seems It was because he attacked Guizong without authorization and he was killed by Guizong."
The Yuqing Sect is now rising strongly, and what happened in the past cannot be hidden from the people who care about it. Therefore, the matter about True Monarch Fuguang has actually become known to everyone with the reputation of the Yuqing Sect. Zhenjun Qianyuan originally thought that he had remembered a piece of valuable news, but he immediately thought of the origin of the news, and naturally he had no confidence to continue speaking.
"Except for the True Lord Fuguang?" Ye Zan didn't care about anything, but continued to ask everyone.
"I haven't noticed it before. If Fellow Daoist Ye needs it, we can try our best to find out." Zhenjun Lanfeng said quickly.
"Well, I'll help you all." Ye Zan nodded, but then took out another piece of paper, quickly drew a few strokes on it, handed it to the other party and said, "Also, please help me pay attention to this magic weapon. ”
What Ye Zan drew on the paper was the magic weapon that was suspected to contain the essence and blood of Xuan Yuan. Compared with finding people, Ye Zan's main purpose is to find magic weapons. Of course, the premise is that the magic weapon really contains the essence and blood of Xuan Yuan. He is not worried. If the other party really finds the magic weapon, he will find something fishy in it. After all, the magic weapon has been lost for so many years, and someone would have discovered it long ago.
Zhenjun Lanfeng and others took the piece of paper and looked at the pattern on it carefully. Although they could see clearly what it looked like at a glance, only in this way could they show their attitude of attaching importance to it. Attitude is very important. Who gave them the leverage is now tightly held in Ye Zan's hands. Especially the True Lord Lanfeng, for the sake of his brother's life, he really didn't dare to let go of any possibility of pleasing Ye Zan.
However, just as Ye Zan expected, after seeing the pictures, no one showed any sign of having seen this magic weapon. This is not surprising, after all, that magic weapon cannot exert any power at all, and naturally it will not be taken out by parallel importers who perform the mission.
"Don't worry, Fellow Daoist Ye, I will pay attention to it later. Once I see a similar magic weapon, I will inform my friends immediately." Zhenjun Lanfeng said. In fact, he was quite disappointed. He originally thought that if he came up with some useful information, he might be able to let Ye Zan put his brother back. It's a pity that he has never seen the magic weapon in the picture, so he can't make it up randomly, as it will only be self-defeating.
"Besides this matter, I have another question." Ye Zan continued.
"Fellow Daoist Ye, feel free to ask. As long as we know everything, we will tell you everything." True Lord Lanfeng and others responded quickly.
"Did you contact those three demonic people, or did they contact that mysterious force?" Ye Zan asked directly.
But after hearing Ye Zan's questions, Zhenjun Lanfeng and others suddenly looked a little nervous, thinking that after Ye Zan asked those questions, he was preparing to settle accounts with them. Of course, the best answer may be to blame everything on the mysterious forces. Anyway, Ye Zan has no way to confront the mysterious forces.
However, until now, Zhenjun Lanfeng and others still have little understanding of what happened during the ambush. In other words, they knew that Ye Zan had arrived here alive, and that the three powerful souls of the Demonic Way must have failed, but no one knew to what extent they failed. Perhaps, those three powerful souls of the demonic path did not contribute much at all. What did they even say to Ye Zan
Therefore, Zhenjun Lanfeng and others did not dare to make any lies, and quickly said with a bit of fear: "Fellow Daoist Ye, forgive me, but we contacted those three demonic people privately, and then reported the plan to the mysterious forces. , and then we took action after getting the consent.”
Of course, Ye Zan saw the other party's fear and asked quite funny: "You can actually control people like them?"
"This, on the one hand, is the identity of Fellow Daoist Ye. Because of the North Pole Immortal Palace, it is quite attractive to Li Luan. On the other hand, we also revealed a little bit about that mysterious force to them, so they That's why you agreed to cooperate with us," Zhenjun Lanfeng and others said with extremely guilty conscience.
"Well, I'm just asking casually. In fact, the answer has already been predicted. I hope you can handle the things I told you before with your heart. At the same time..." At this point, Ye Zan paused for a moment and looked at Looking towards the construction site outside the window, he continued: "At the same time, you have also seen that I still lack manpower for the construction of this rail transit."
"Don't worry, fellow Taoist, I and the other sects will definitely give their full support." Zhenjun Lanfeng and others responded immediately. Compared with other things, participating in rail transit construction is nothing at all. What's more, they made a mistake on their own before and almost made Ye Zan give up this route. Now they are afraid of saying anything more.