I have an eye of truth

“Everyone, something feels off.”

Taiwan Novel Network → 𝕥 𝕨 𝕜 𝕒 𝕟 . 𝕔 𝕠 𝕞

Inside a basement, display screens lined the walls, each manned by a person. A significant portion of them were half-elves.

You could tell from their pointed ears and differently colored eyes.

“In the past few days, we've suffered severe losses in various cities. Even in Zhongyuan City, we've almost lost contact. We don't know what they're doing.”

“I know about Zhongyuan City. Their city lord has been aggressively accumulating wealth and randomly arresting people. Many of our people have been caught in the crossfire, but it's just collateral damage and doesn't significantly impact our plan.”

“No, I have a feeling something's wrong. There might be a problem there too.”

Someone said with concern. Such a major undertaking could have severe consequences from even the slightest oversight.

The person who initiated the meeting tapped the table: “I'm sure this matter has been exposed to some extent. I'm not sure how much, but the main purpose of this meeting is to discuss whether to advance the plan.”

“We can't advance it. We're already prepared. If we advance it, many things will become chaotic.”

“Yes, let's wait a bit. It's only a few more days anyway,” a half-elf representative said. Since their transformation, their personalities had become much calmer.

Even in such important matters, they wouldn't be too anxious. This was the influence of their bloodline.

If humans cultivated and increased their lifespan on their own, this situation would never occur.

“Let me explain the current situation. Everyone, look at this information. Our situation in the nearby border cities is already very troublesome. The surrounding towns and villages have been conducting extensive searches recently, and we've lost most of our people.”

Even though they were a rebel organization composed of humans, they couldn't completely evade the searches.

Everyone knew about the existence of such an organization, and there were many evil organizations within humans themselves. Of course, everyone knew how to find them. Being unprepared at the beginning was one thing, but it was different when they were prepared.

“But something's not right. A while ago, weren't the city lords of the border cities invited to Zhongyuan City as guests? Without them, are these searches being carried out independently by their subordinates?”

The surrounding people looked strangely at each other: “Are you sure? Were they really invited to Zhongyuan City as guests?”

“Of course. Our people are there and have confirmed the news. But after those people met the Zhongyuan City Lord, they secluded themselves. Wait, the large-scale searches started after that!”

Suddenly, the person who had just spoken realized something was wrong.

If that were the case, things would be beyond their control.

Just then, a messenger suddenly ran in.

“What's the situation? Isn't the person in charge of Base Four available? It's infuriating that we haven't been able to contact them until now, especially with such an important meeting.”

“Reporting, sir, we haven't had contact with Base Four for several days. We just discovered this during our investigation. We sent people to check, and this is the latest news.”

The person took the report and his expression turned grim: “It's terrible. Base Four has been destroyed. It's very likely that the information inside has fallen into the hands of those people.”

Others also saw the report. One of them quickly said: “Based on the timeline, the leak should have originated there. The information ended up in the hands of the Zhongyuan City Lord, which led to the subsequent series of changes.” Now everything lined up. The problem originated in Zhongyuan City.

Everyone was intelligent and couldn't have reached their positions if they were naive.

This matter was essentially exposed, but the plan couldn't be stopped because they had invested too much, and many people were watching. If they stopped now, the losses would be more than just that.

Therefore, everyone looked at the leader.

Helpless, this person had no choice but to say: “Let's advance the plan, as I suggested in the meeting with you earlier. We'll start tomorrow. We can't delay any longer.”

Everyone nodded, knowing the current situation.

Taking a gamble might lead to victory, but inaction would only lead to death. If the enemy followed the clues, they didn't know how much they would have to lose to completely suppress this matter.

And the superiors would punish them for this, leading to significant trouble.

Most people here wanted the plan to proceed. No one dared to object at this time. Objecting now would be going against everyone, and they would definitely eliminate you first before continuing the plan.

So, even those who didn't particularly want to proceed with the plan now had to bite the bullet and go along with it.

Fortunately, the plan was only a few days away from starting anyway, and everyone was prepared to some extent. After all, sometimes the execution time of an order could change temporarily.

However, this time the change was so significant that it did cause a lot of chaos.

A large number of people began to move, and the border cities, which had been monitoring these people, reacted immediately. The residents of the surrounding towns and villages quickly moved underground and entered the safe protective spaces.

This preparation further confirmed that their plan had indeed been exposed.

At this time, the city lords of the border cities, who had been hiding all along, finally came out and took charge of the overall situation. The major border cities entered a state of preparedness.

Spies who were causing trouble within the cities were identified one by one.

Some people had even spread special viruses, but the prepared cities had already used various methods to isolate them. Even if those viruses spread, they didn't harm many people.

Instead, anyone who dared to come out and cause trouble would be dealt with immediately.

At this time, the border cities would not leave anyone alive. They would be dealt with as soon as they were discovered.

“Really, why are they being so impatient?” The city lord of Zhongyuan City sighed helplessly. He had originally planned to lure the enemy into a trap, but these people had disrupted his plan.

These people coming out meant that they already knew. Since it was impossible to hide any longer, he might as well come out openly.

The city lord immediately imposed martial law on the entire city and then gave a speech. At this time, everyone finally understood what the city lord's previous actions had been about. The resentment in their hearts instantly turned into gratitude and admiration.