Thoughts

The tide of energy particles has existed since ancient times, eternal and unchanging...

It guides the succession of human civilizations and controls the cycle of seasons.

Amidst the countless complex ebbs and flows of the tides, the endless planar civilizations of the wizarding world multiply and thrive, witnessing countless epic, great, ordinary, or bizarre tales.

No one knows when the wood energy tide will arrive, but when it does, you suddenly realize it.

As if in an instant, the entire world is dotted with specks of green—this is the most direct manifestation of the wood tide.

It is new life, sprouting, rebirth after destruction.

The Gele City Internal Affairs Bureau being a mole for Feiting is obviously impossible!

"Uh, Captain.

Are you sure we are to assist Feiting in completing the mission, rather than sabotaging it?"

Lizer asked suspiciously, confirming once again.

"Yes! I'm making it clear to you so that you and Felina don't get paranoid and act on your own, ruining the organization's grand plan!"

Speaking of the grand plan, Sven, who was usually plain and flat, actually had a trace of tremor and excitement in his tone.

He took a deep breath to calm himself down slightly, and then explained to Lizer in a calm tone once more:

Since the Feiting Federation wants this technology, let them have it!

This was just like the plan Lizer had proposed to borrow a hen to lay eggs.

Since the enemy had already set their sights on this technology, even if Felina failed, they might try to seize it from a more hidden angle next time.

The damage caused then would be even harder to predict.

However, whether the item 'willingly' given by the Crimson Soul Principality was what the Feiting Federation truly wanted was intriguing.

Of course, the Crimson Soul Principality couldn't possibly use a fake to fool the Feiting Federation.

The Feiting Federation was a massive nation that had been at odds with the Crimson Soul Principality for a thousand years. In Lizer's original world, its territory would have occupied almost half of the Earth's landmass.

Although Feiting had not yet developed surveillance technology, verifying whether the obtained item was genuine surveillance technology would certainly be very easy.

Therefore, what the Crimson Soul Principality allowed to be 'stolen' must be the actual surveillance technology for the Feiting Federation to consider the mission 'accomplished.'

But would the Internal Affairs Bureau be so kind as to hand over the surveillance technology?

The Internal Affairs Bureau would report back to the Principality headquarters. On one hand, they would modify and upgrade the existing surveillance technology, keeping the more advanced version for themselves while 'gifting' the outdated one to Feiting.

This ensured that if Feiting ever tried to use this technology against the Crimson Soul Principality to steal secrets, the Principality would have the absolute ability to detect it in time and disguise their information.

On the other hand, the real grand plan was...

The Internal Affairs Bureau would arrange for the country's top tech experts to embed hidden spatial beacons and replicable backdoors into the foundation of the surveillance technology.

These beacons and backdoors would be built using the original devices as much as possible, remaining dormant and inactive under normal circumstances.

When the Internal Affairs Bureau needed them, they could activate these measures.

First, to obtain the spatial beacon of the communication center.

Second, to use the replicable backdoor.

It could, when necessary, replicate an unknown 'eavesdropper' outside the original 'eavesdropper' transmission node to conduct secondary eavesdropping.

This was the true goal of the Crimson Soul Principality—terrifyingly insidious...

The game between nations was truly full of deception and treachery.

Feiting must have severely outplayed the Crimson Soul intelligence agents in other areas; otherwise, why did Sven's tone carry a sense of sweet revenge?

For example, Viscount Weissman had secretly joined Feiting ten years ago. The unaware Gele City Internal Affairs Bureau must have had a very hard time back then...

After Lizer and Sven discussed some details of the plan, they ended the communication.

Just as he was about to leave, Gloria called him to her office.

Gloria's expression was somewhat solemn and suspicious:

"The Gele City Police Department just called:

Secret intelligence suggests that unknown reactionary forces are attempting to sabotage the Gray Mist Mountain Town Communication Center and have planted a suspicious device inside.

The city bureau requires me to cooperate with police experts to secretly investigate the center."

"What the hell?"

Lizer looked thoroughly surprised. The Crimson Soul Principality was truly leaking like a sieve.

Information was spilling out so badly that even Viscount Weissman had gotten involved.

Having known the information Felina reported, Gloria naturally understood that the unknown reactionary force was actually the Internal Affairs Bureau.

And the suspicious device was the 'surveillance equipment.' This order from the police department made Gloria paranoid.

She didn't know what to do. Should she continue pretending to cooperate in order to gather evidence of Viscount Weissman's treason?

But would that ruin the mission of Felina and Lizer from the Internal Affairs Bureau?

She wanted to hear Lizer's opinion...

This was both Viscount Weissman's task and his way of testing Gloria.

If Gloria refused, then she, as the deputy chief of the police department, might really need to pack her bags.

Viscount Weissman could not tolerate having a disobedient deputy chief in his own territory.

However, judging from Viscount Weissman's arrangement...

He was obviously not as invested in this technology as the Feiting Federation was. So what was his purpose in issuing this task?

After thinking for a moment, Lizer vaguely arrived at the answer:

It was because the Feiting Federation valued this technology highly.

Intelligence work was simply too important!

With surveillance technology, the Crimson Soul Principality would effectively be an entire mini-era ahead of the Feiting Federation in intelligence.

Now that there was an opportunity to level the playing field, the Feiting Federation definitely couldn't miss it.

Therefore, aside from Rice's side, they had actually directly utilized Viscount Weissman's line this time.

This was both a reflection of their incomplete trust in Rice and a sign of the high importance they placed on this mission.

To achieve it, they didn't hesitate to use double insurance!

Now things were getting interesting.

Centered around this breakthrough surveillance technology, Viscount Weissman, the Crimson Soul Principality's Internal Affairs Bureau, and the Feiting Federation's sleeper agents were all tangled together.

Staging a year-end blockbuster of spies within spies and plots within plots.

Lizer suddenly wanted to meet the inventor of this technology, to see how he managed to be so incredibly awesome.

Seeing Gloria's miserable expression, Lizer teased:

"Don't panic, it's a small matter.

Call me big brother, and I'll cover for you."

Hearing this, Gloria flew into a rage:

"Get lost! Hurry up and tell me, what the hell am I supposed to do?"

Huh, a change in character?

Lizer looked at Gloria thoughtfully. Did his previous words actually work? She wasn't calling herself 'this old lady' anymore.

He sized up the young, beautiful, and exceptionally well-figured Gloria, who looked like a peerless beauty. Dressed in a fiery red uniform, she was like a flower blooming with passion...

He stopped teasing and comforted her in a low voice:

"Gloria, don't worry.

Don't ask too much. Captain Sven told Felina and me to help the sleeper agents acquire this technology.

Since the Internal Affairs Bureau isn't worried about the technology leaking, what do we have to worry about? Just follow the police department's orders.

Keep a good record of the process and gather evidence. I think this might be something we can report to the Internal Affairs Bureau as proof of Sven's treason."

Gloria looked suspiciously at Lizer. Seeing his solemn expression, she asked uncertainly:

"Leaking such important technology to Feiting, won't there be a problem?

Don't end up sending me to a military tribunal over this!?"

Lizer patted her on the shoulder, gesturing for her not to worry:

"No problem! At most, we'll just file a report about your mission with the Internal Intelligence Bureau.

However, since we're taking on this mission, we need to put on a convincing show. When the time comes, the reports we submit to the Feiting Federation and Weissman must be completely authentic."