Destiny is ashes

Chapter 582 Intelligence
Because the topic of the previous exam was about this area, An Jing made a quick comparison and determined that the camp location of the wilderness repairmen who stole the testing equipment was the fortress area that remained of the Beiguan Lake and Marsh development more than 40 years ago.

The terrain of that area is complex, and there are traces and pollution left by a large number of battles between monks and demons. Even people in the wild rarely get close to it. Now it is considered an area where a group of truly evil demons and dangerous elements are active.

It is precisely because of this that it would be too dangerous if it were to be used as a combat mission, so the assessment only requires simple initial reconnaissance, which can be regarded as a test of the students' intelligence investigation capabilities.

The military test will be held on the third day after the civil test, which is the day after tomorrow. However, it is already evening now, and An Jing only has two days left to collect relevant intelligence and prepare equipment and instruments.

This mission is not a one-person mission, there are other students participating together - after all, in the Tianyuan Realm, there is very little time to fight alone, and basically tasks are carried out by teamwork.

In fact, An Jing did not need any prior preparation. His Taixu magic weapon was full of supplies, various drones and heavy firepower. The firepower he had was enough to blow up a wilderness camp. The only thing he needed was intelligence.

Before An Jing and others arrived at the large flat in Nianquan to prepare for the military test, the information from Yan Chengju was already in place.

“It wasn’t just No. 3 Middle School that was robbed.”

The Yan family's intelligence network was quite fast, and Yan Chengju quickly figured out the whole story: "In the past month, there have been many similar attacks in Beishan Lake. Several group companies and private companies, and even some private teams have been attacked."

"No. 3 Middle School is the luckiest among them because no one died." At this point, Yan Chengju also realized something was wrong: "This group of people is a bit arrogant. They slap anyone who comes. No matter how arrogant the noble families in the city are, they dare not do things like this."

"Aren't they afraid of hitting a tough bone?"

“Why are there so many attacks?”

An Jing was even more surprised: "With such a high threat level, it would be used for school testing?"

“Not really.”

Yan Chengju's eyes flashed with orange-red light. He sorted out the information and forwarded it to An Jing and Nian Quan: "Look, the battle video is a group of local villagers in the wilderness. It is likely that they became robbery cultivators because they were desperate. Most of them are not Qi Refining cultivators. Among the five cultivators, only one is at the fourth level of Qi Refining, and the others are at the first or second level of Qi Refining."

An Jing browsed through the videos and found that it was true.

Most of the attackers were ragged wilderness cultivators with low strength. The spells they knew were very simple, such as the most commonly used small spells such as "Wind Talisman" and "Armor Spell".

However, their firepower was unexpectedly heavy, with sword boxes, thunder beads and drones fully loaded. The entire battle video was filled with either thunder explosions or flame bombings. They attacked with firepower that was completely beyond the inspection team's expectations, which was how they drove everyone away, and then they grabbed everything and ran away.

“I don’t know where the funds came from.”

Yan Chengju was still summarizing the information: "This is also one of the key points of the current investigation. Find out who is funding this group of people... If we focus on this point to investigate, the results of this military test will not be bad."

An Jing was thoughtful. After getting so much information, his thoughts shifted from the attack to the initiator of the third-level detection team: "Then again, why are there so many spiritual vein detection teams in this place?"

There was no need for Yan Chengju's intelligence this time. Even Nianquan knew clearly: "It must be a development war. Haven't all the news and self-media been saying that a new development war is about to begin recently?"

Indeed. An Jing recalled and found that Huo Qing had told him about this matter.

In the ancient ruins of immortals, the cultivation resources brought out by a large number of exploration teams have greatly increased the number of Qi-refining and even foundation-building cultivators around Xuanye City. As their strength increases, their desire to explore also grows day by day.

In this case, the Beiguan Lake, which was once a developed area, is naturally the top priority. Many local monsters have been eliminated, and there are many permanent fortifications and strongholds. Another visit will definitely be twice as effective with half the effort.

"It seems that there must be a hidden story behind these wilderness robbers." After knowing this information, the situation became clear. An Jing nodded slightly: "In order to open up the war, all parties are preparing to detect the direction of the spirit veins in advance, but someone intercepted them halfway... Although it is meaningless, it is also possible that the competitors want to be one step faster."

"It's not dangerous. The main purpose is to find out who is the mastermind behind the scenes - but this is not the task of us students."

"That's probably it."

Nianquan commented: "It's a bit more difficult than the mission I had back then, but it's unlikely to be life-threatening."

An Jing really wanted to say maybe not.

Just as An Jing and his group returned to Nianquan's house and continued to make preparations.

Xuanye City, Xiuyu Studio.

Huo Qing is contacting an old friend of his parents.

[Huo Qing...I haven't seen you for more than ten years. I didn't expect that Qianxin and Xiaoqian's children have grown so big and strong.]

In the water mirror, a figure covered in steel, who looked like a humanoid armor, said with an electronic sound effect: "You are in good health. It seems that you have been practicing your family's body-keeping method... As long as you are healthy, as long as you are healthy."

His face was completely covered by the helmet with dragon scale patterns. It could even be said that his entire head was a helmet.

"Uncle Steel Skeleton..."

Although Huo Qing did not recognize the man in the water mirror whose entire body had been replaced by mechanized modifications, he knew his identity at a glance.

There was no doubt that this person was none other than his parents and Iron Hand's elder brother, the captain of the mercenary team 'Steel Skeleton' who roamed the wilderness all year round.

Behind Huo Qing, Tie Shou and Xiu Yu were standing upright.

Iron Hand took good care of himself this time. His prosthetic hand and eye were very clean and tidy. It can be seen that there are technical similarities between them and Steel Skeleton's full body mechanized transformation.

Xiu Yu also stood straight. She had long reddish-brown hair and eyes of the same color, fluffy like feathers, and a slender waist. Although she was not young, she was an extremely beautiful woman just by looking at her appearance.

The two men stood straight like soldiers, and the same was true of Steel Skeleton opposite Shui Jing.

Steel Skeleton, Rusty Feather, Iron Hand, Big Spear, and Lead Core were the five-man team of the Guiyi Army back then.

[This time I contacted you mainly to reassure Xiao Huo]

Because the encrypted route used cannot support too long a distance, Gang Hai's voice was somewhat distorted: [Your parents' efforts and merits will not be forgotten, but I have concealed your existence from the army. As long as you don't want to, you will not be forced to join the Guiyi Army.]

[But if you want, you can also get your parents' titles and military inheritance, which is a considerable fortune.]

[However, I am not advising you to join. On the contrary, if you have no conflicts with the group, do not feel that this world and this society are unreasonable, and are unwilling to change it, then it would be a bad thing for us if you join the Guiyi Army.]

(End of this chapter)