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"Ah?"

On the fourth day in Yundu, Chen Qing received a message from Wang Ye, but the content of this message immediately made the usually composed Chen Qing jump up.

"What happened?" Ziyue, who had just returned, curiously looked at Chen Qing.

She rarely saw Chen Qing lose composure like this; he had always been a person who could keep his cool, even nearly dying in the Void Realm not long ago without showing any panic.

Chen Qing collected himself and looked again at the words Wang Ye had sent him.

"The Tianji is changing, beware of those Westerners..."

Damn... What’s happening?

"Is it Wang Ye?" Ziyue guessed the rationale instantly.

Beside them, Chen Ying bit her lip and did not speak, her eyes filled with a hint of resentment.

She realized that she and Chen Qing still had some distance between them...

Master and Wang Ye communicated through a device from the Western Sea God, of which the entire force possessed only one.

Such devices were not common even among top forces; Chen Qing, with his humble origins, managed to acquire just one from the hidden treasures of the Western Sea, yet he hadn’t given it to Xuu Hu, whom he trusted most, nor to Wei Gongcheng, who was stationed at the rear.

Logically, entrusting it to either of them would make Jiangnan more secure, but Chen Qing did not do so; instead, he gave it to Wang Ye.

This proved that in Master’s eyes, the matters concerning Wang Ye were even more important than the entirety of Jiangnan. In this regard, she couldn’t even get a word in because... she and Master were ultimately from two different worlds.

Most importantly, lately the relationship between Senior Ziyue and Master seemed much closer, and as a woman, her intuition was keen; their relationship had changed significantly...

"There might be trouble on Wang Ye’s end," Chen Qing said in a low voice.

"What trouble could his abilities bring?" Ziyue was puzzled. She knew about Digital City through Chen Qing; the strongest being there couldn’t even match a First Rank Warrior from here—what could threaten Wang Ye, who was already Transcendent?

Not to mention Wang Ye was the Twilight Successor with the Flying Star Technique—could it be that he was schemed against?

"I don’t know... but it can’t be that simple there," Chen Qing thought, rubbing his fingers and pondering over Wang Ye’s words...

"Beware of those Westerners."

Although the device from the Western Sea could communicate over long distances, it consumed a great deal of energy.

Wang Ye carried many Energy Stones with him on this trip, but after half a year of continuous messaging, even a large number of Energy Stones would nearly be spent, resulting in detailed information from Chen Qing’s end while replies from the other side were relatively brief.

Yet Wang Ye was intelligent; although his replies were brief, they always hit the nail on the head.

This latest message was even shorter, probably using the last bit of energy; every word was critical information. Yet even someone as astute as Chen Qing couldn’t understand the message at the moment.

"The Tianji is changing..."

Does it mean Mister Tianji is changing? Or does it mean that the Tianji has fallen into some kind of danger?

These two implications represent entirely different scenarios. Mister Tianji was someone Chen Qing really did not want to oppose. If he was still assisting King of Qin, this trip to Yundu could indeed end in failure for him.

And if he had betrayed them, when did the betrayal happen? Was it impromptu, or was it preplanned from the start?

Was King of Qin involved?

Chen Qing felt it somewhat improbable because he knew about the official command console in Digital City used to seal King of Qin - could anyone really predict if a data life form that was shutdown could back itself up?

Would King of Qin really take the risk if someone told him it would be safe?

Anyway, I definitely wouldn’t, just kidding, who knows if those so-called special abilities would work after a power outage?

But if it were a sudden betrayal, what would it be for?

Who could have given him an irresistible bait?

Mister Tianji’s thoughts are truly elusive to Chen Qing; he seems to appreciate Chen Qing’s efforts to improve the future of the Human Race, yet he hasn’t explicitly shown support. This ambiguous stance makes it hard to decipher his true intentions.

And if it’s the latter, Mister Tianji not betraying but being thrust into some danger, that too would be problematic.

That abnormal ability to foresee danger should make him nearly invincible, so what could possibly put him in jeopardy? Despite Wang Ye being by his side, he couldn’t escape unscathed?

"You don’t need to rush..." Ziyue furrowed her brow upon seeing the message from Wang Ye through Chen Qing, but calmly said, "If Wang Ye had time to send you this message, it means his safety isn’t in extreme danger yet."

Chen Qing nodded, Wang Ye’s Flying Star could be used at any time; if it were a life-threatening crisis, he would have used Flying Star to escape rather than messaging.

"I’m more curious about his latter statement... Be careful of the Westerners... Could he mean the Western Federation in Digital City?" Ziyue wondered.

She had heard from Chen Qing about the situation in Digital City, as a modern person, she too was curious about what form the real world had evolved into after all these years, it was still a standoff between East and West.

Chen Qing was also puzzled; he’d thoroughly investigated the Western Federation before, their military power was not a threat at all, and if they did have another secret weapon, they wouldn’t have agreed to terms set by the Eastern Federation without protesting.

When he exiled those Western Caucasian elites to a remote island, they couldn’t even make the smallest protest.

With such strength, could they really endanger Mister Tianji and Wang Ye?

Or could it be...

Chen Qing habitually rubbed his fingers, thinking of a possibility...

Wang Ye being left there was to investigate his true identity, over half a year, with the abilities of Wang Ye and Mister Tianji, even the most hidden forces should’ve given away some clues; was it that they found something that led them into danger?

The West... Could those people be in the West?

Chen Qing quickly recalled memories from when he was still Pu YunChuan.

Back then, had he received an investment related to America?

The more he thought, the more blurred some things seemed, those who quietly supported his research on digital life back then were indeed oversea capital, since the domestic environment wasn’t optimistic, most domestic capital followed trends and rarely invested courageously in projects that wouldn’t see short-term benefits, often needing the government to direct the major decisions, it must be said that domestic entrepreneurs weren’t as daring back then.

Could it be that Pu YunChuan’s gene... Was actually secretly preserved by some Western capitalists?

When Pu YunChuan died, the data era wasn’t upon us yet, it wouldn’t be hard for someone to covertly save and pretend to destroy Pu YunChuan’s genes publicly, as no one would care about a game designer’s genes being destroyed, when dead he would have been cremated, why keep genetic data?

But if that’s the case, how did those Western capitalists propel Mister Tianji and those designers into this world?

According to Mister Tianji, their group of designers’ genes appeared temporarily, Ziyue and the others’ memories also only lingered from that period, having forgotten how they died subsequently.

And Mister Tianji himself was a special forces soldier of the Eastern Federation.

Even if the foreign capital was profoundly influential and strong, they couldn’t extend their reach into the Eastern Federation’s military, could they?

What exactly is going on here?