High above the sky, the surveillance satellites exclusively used by the Nine Dragons faithfully recorded all the footage of Chen Luo entering the noble district of Cape City.
In less than ten minutes after Luo Xue and the others appeared, all information regarding them was already placed on the intelligence desk at the Nine Dragons headquarters.
In the very center of the intelligence hall, on the desk belonging to the highest intelligence officer, Ivanov,
The burly white elder took a sip of his freshly ground coffee, his brow furrowed.
The peculiar taste of hotness mixed with aroma caused the elder's brow to relax slightly, but the information displayed on the computer made him feel an instinctive displeasure.
[Black List Ninth Place – Dragon Heart Butcher has been confirmed to have entered Cape City! The identities of his accompanying personnel have been confirmed. Besides the Lin family from Dragon Heart City, the identity of the unregistered individual is suspected to be the former Dragon Knight – Jiang Hu!]
[According to database comparison, after Jiang Hu's appearance was altered, his similarity to the deceased individual "Fang Zheng" recorded in the highest secret files of the Donghua Kingdom reached eighty-seven percent!]
[After integrating the information, the intelligence department's analysts have determined with ninety-two percent certainty that "Fang Zheng," under the alias "Jiang Hu," is the Zero spy planted within the Nine Dragons by the Donghua Kingdom's resistance army after the Seven Days War!]
"Heh, interesting. I didn't expect this most deeply hidden mouse to expose itself at this time."
"Zero, Fang Zheng! Ruthless! To hide within Wei Ping's team, which is most anti-Donghua. Over the years, the number of his own people he's killed is probably enough to pile up into a mountain! Truly ruthless!"
The information that surprised Ivanov was not just the exposure of Fang Zheng, the master spy.
After the Lin family's convoy entered Cape City without any obstacles and made contact with the administrators of Cape City,
The greatest gain of this operation was truly revealed.
[According to Sky Eye observation information, Black List Ninth and spy Fang Zheng have held a peaceful meeting with the administrators of Cape City.]
[The standing armed forces of Cape City have far exceeded the number previously reported to the branch by City Lord Luo Xue.]
[Based on the damaged information obtained from the previous suppression of the resistance army base, we have reason to believe that the entire Cape City is the final base of the resistance army.]
The coffee in the cup had been completely drunk, but Ivanov's mood had not improved at all.
"Heh, even though I've found the mouse's nest, I can't directly act just because there's an extra unknown bomb?!"
In fact, the resistance army had only caused a little trouble for the Nine Dragons during the Seven Days War; at other times, they were not taken seriously by the Nine Dragons.
To the Nine Dragons, these powerless resistance fighters were just mice hiding in the dark.
Weak, but indeed annoying.
If they weren't seen, it would be fine, but if they dared to pop out, they would inevitably be directly annihilated.
According to Ivanov's previous temper, he wouldn't mind issuing another city-slaughtering order for Cape City.
After all, in the eyes of the Nine Dragons, ordinary humans were like leeks; even if one batch was harvested, another could be cultivated.
However, this time, some unexpected factors forced Ivanov to consider more carefully.
His fingers rapidly tapped on the keyboard in front of him, and the images on the computer screen instantly switched to ten separate screens.
Seven of them showed boundless, majestic seas, and above the seas, seven massive metal islands were constantly resisting the impact of countless monsters from all directions.
The other two screens displayed a boundless desert and a vast grassland, respectively.
But the only commonality was the sight of countless battle armors fighting monsters.
And beside each screen, a large amount of analytical data was constantly flashing.
Ivanov stared intently at the constantly changing images and data, muttering to himself:
"The Nine Battlefields have recently seen a rebound. Although no Apostle-level monsters have appeared yet, after such a rebound, powerful monsters can usually descend at any time. Therefore, the garrisons of the Nine Battlefields cannot be moved!"
Saying this, Ivanov looked at the screen in the very center. This screen was completely black, and the data beside it was refreshed only once every half day.
Compared to the intense battles on the other nine battlefields, the area designated as Battlefield Zero was unexpectedly quiet.
But Ivanov's gaze towards this black screen was extremely serious.
"Brain! Has the Boss replied to my message yet?"
[Respected Fourth Authority Holder Mr. Ivanov, the great Nine Dragons founder Mr. Long Jiu, has not yet responded to you.]
After casting a deep glance at the darkness named Battlefield Zero by Long Jiu, Ivanov sighed helplessly:
"I cannot mobilize the Apostles of the Nine Battlefields. For the Apostles at the main base to go out, confirmation from the Boss is required."
"Damn mice, you really have good luck!"
With a final, unwilling glance at Chen Luo, who was showing a brilliant smile in the satellite image, Ivanov angrily shut down the monitor.
...
Just as Fang Zheng had previously deduced, Chen Luo, who was on the Black List, was safe for the time being.
In fact, those on the Black List possessed at least Apostle-level strength.
For this level of exceptional monster, according to the Nine Dragons' combat regulations, at least three Apostles would need to be dispatched simultaneously to issue a corresponding extermination order.
After all, this level of combat, if not controlled, was capable of destroying the central continent.
However, due to the appearance of the异界战场 (Otherworld Battlefield), most of the Nine Dragons' forces were tied down by monsters from other worlds.
It was difficult to free up the combat power of three Apostles, which led to the existence of the Black List.
The so-called Black List was for monsters whose combat power reached the Apostle level but for whom there was temporarily no capacity to eliminate them.
For example, in the First Sea Domain, there was a whale the size of an island, listed as Black List Fourth – Island Dragon Whale.
This fellow usually roamed freely in the First Sea Domain but rarely attacked humans proactively.
After estimation, the Nine Dragons judged that at least eight or more Apostle-level powerhouses would need to be dispatched simultaneously to suppress the aftermath of its killing to a level that would not damage the planet's ecological environment.
But facing the threat of the Otherworld Battlefield, freeing up eight Apostles simultaneously was simply not feasible, so the Nine Dragons adopted a laissez-faire attitude towards this giant dragon whale.
Most of the beings on the Black List were like this; it wasn't that the Nine Dragons couldn't defeat them, but they didn't have the energy to do so.
Simultaneously, the cost of forcibly engaging them was something the Nine Dragons could not afford, so they could only temporarily ignore their existence.
What annoyed Ivanov was that the power Chen Luo used was clearly different from this world, so he was definitely an intruder from outside.
But unlike monsters like the Island Dragon Whale, Chen Luo not only had a human appearance but had also gotten mixed up with those resistance army mice.
He had a hunch that if Chen Luo were allowed to continue like this, it might bring great trouble to the Nine Dragons.
And the power displayed by Chen Luo, in Ivanov's opinion, had merely barely crossed the threshold of the Apostle level.
Ivanov was confident that as long as three Apostles could be freed up, he could have Chen Luo erased from this world without any resistance!
"Achoo!!" Looking at the eager Lin sisters and the unconvinced Fang Xue in front of him, Chen Luo rubbed his nose with a hint of helplessness:
"Who's thinking of me again?"