453: Complex situation, three more rain (two in one)

"I am very dissatisfied."

Que Tian directly admitted that he was indeed very displeased with those Old Monsters.

"You have a grudge against them?" Lin Yang couldn't help but become curious and gossipy.

"Grudge? Team Leader, you think too highly of me. With my strength, I'm not worthy of having a grudge against them."

Que Tian instantly laughed.

"Uh... then what is it?" Lin Yang blinked.

"This... it's a long story, but to put it simply, our ancestors from the Taixuan Ancient Dynasty had an enmity with those Old Monsters," Que Tian said indifferently.

"Oh, oh..."

Upon hearing this, Lin Yang immediately stopped questioning and changed the subject:

"You just said that the Neutral Faction cares about the positive development of the Human Alliance, but some exceptional talents being assassinated should be a huge loss for the entire Human Alliance, and they're even dying at the hands of their own people. Doesn't anyone manage such things?"

"Manage? They can't!"

Que Tian shook his head and explained:

"Those guys aren't fools. They hire assassins from Foreign race. Even if the assassination fails and the assassin is exposed, there's no direct evidence pointing to them, so nothing can be done."

"Ah? Hiring Foreign race assassins to kill their own people?" Lin Yang was greatly astonished. "How is that different from betraying their race?"

"There's still a slight difference."

Que Tian shook his head slightly again:

"The guys from those Old Monsters' factions only do this at certain special junctures. If they were to frequently hire Foreign race assassins to kill their own people, those from the Neutral Faction would definitely not agree."

"But that's still too much. The ones being assassinated at special junctures are all outstanding individuals," Lin Yang said.

Que Tian sighed:

"There's no other way. The Old Monsters' strength is too great. Plus, they haven't leaked the Human Alliance's interests and resources to other races; at most, they just monopolize them. So, those from the Neutral Faction just turn a blind eye."

Lin Yang's eyes flashed: "Even with the powerhouses from the Neutral Faction combined with the powerhouses from Director Song's faction, they still can't deal with those Old Monsters? They just let them act so recklessly?"

"Well..." Que Tian pondered for a moment, then whispered, "If we were to force the issue, it's not that we couldn't handle them, but there are some matters that still require those Old Monsters to exert effort, though I'm not clear on the specifics."

"Furthermore, those Old Monsters are powerful, and they are considered pillars of our Human side, serving as a deterrent to powerhouses from other races."

"If we were to truly fight those Old Monsters, the other top powerhouses of the Human Alliance would also suffer heavy losses. At that point, both sides would be injured, allowing Foreign race to take advantage."

"Therefore, under various combined factors, and with those Old Monsters advancing and retreating together, the current situation has formed."

"As long as they don't go too far, the powerhouses of the Neutral Faction will not unite with the powerhouses of Director Song's faction to take action against them."

Hearing this, Lin Yang immediately understood: "So, those old guys also know this. They know that the Human Alliance still relies on them to deter Foreign race and to do some unknown things you just mentioned. Therefore, as long as they don't cross the red line and completely betray the Human Race, they can basically act lawlessly."

Que Tian nodded: "That's about right. That's why people from their faction are so fearless and often completely disregard the rules. Team Leader, you also need to be extra careful."

"Understood, thank you," Lin Yang said gratefully.

Que Tian's words had given him a lot of insight into the internal affairs of the Human Alliance, which was very helpful to him.

"You're welcome. Even if I didn't tell you this, you would naturally find out later, Team Leader," Que Tian smiled.

Lin Yang then asked about another matter:

"You just said that people from the Old Monsters' faction hire Foreign race assassins. Is there a platform like a Cosmic Mercenary Corps black market where they can directly hire them? Or do they rely on their own connections and trade with some high-ranking officials and experts from Foreign race?"

Those who can participate in the high-level position elections within the Human Alliance are all exceptional talents, so their strength certainly isn't lacking.

To hire Foreign race experts for assassination, it would probably require some top powerhouses to personally take action.

And would top powerhouses from Foreign race be willing to take such a big risk to do something like this?

Lin Yang found it somewhat incredible.

For example, with Song Qingfeng's strength, to assassinate him, the assassin's strength would at least have to be comparable.

And if it were an existence of comparable strength, they would also be true high-ranking officials within Foreign race.

If the assassination failed, there would still be a risk of their own demise.

Would they risk their own demise just to earn some resources from those Old Monsters?

This seemed a bit unreasonable.

After all, one could imagine, if other powerful Foreign race in the Ten Thousand Universes were currently engaged in internal strife, and invited Song Qingfeng to assassinate a person of comparable strength.

Then Song Qingfeng would not go!

No matter how many resources were offered, he would not go.

Not only would there be a risk of his own demise, but it would also easily trigger a racial war between the two races.

For a powerhouse of this level to assassinate a high-ranking official of another race would be tantamount to declaring war.

Too many factors would be involved.

But from Que Tian's words, it sounded like this wasn't an isolated incident.

This made Lin Yang somewhat surprised.

"Team Leader, you don't know about the Three Watches Rain organization?" Que Tian was also a bit surprised.

"Three Watches Rain? What organization?" Lin Yang shook his head, indicating he hadn't heard of it.

"Team Leader, you know even less about the situation in the Ten Thousand Universes than I imagined!"

Que Tian was also greatly surprised, and then explained:

"Three Watches Rain is the largest assassin organization in the Ten Thousand Universes, and it can also be called a platform."

"They recruit powerhouses from various races across the Ten Thousand Universes, providing professional assassin services."

"At the same time, Three Watches Rain is also a refuge for the most heinous criminals among the various races in the Ten Thousand Universes. Some criminals who are too evil to be arrested in time will seek shelter from Three Watches Rain, dedicating their lives to Three Watches Rain and becoming its assassins."

"Three Watches Rain doesn't care about right or wrong; as long as they deem it valuable and usable, they will take everyone in."

"People from the Old Monsters' faction usually hire assassins through Three Watches Rain."

"..."

Lin Yang instantly frowned: "To assassinate high-ranking officials, the assassin's strength must be comparable. Does Three Watches Rain have so many powerful assassins?"

"I'm not clear on the specifics, but they rarely refuse missions. As for how they manage to contact powerful and willing assassins, that's unknown."

Que Tian said:

"Three Watches Rain is very mysterious; no one even knows where their headquarters are."

"Oh... it doesn't sound like anything good, taking in anyone; it's practically a haven for villains."

Lin Yang frowned:

"Moreover, an assassin organization having such a name feels a bit inconsistent with the positioning of an assassin organization."

Que Tian nodded: "Three Watches Rain is indeed not a good thing, but it is mysterious and powerful, so it has survived well to this day."

"As for the name, Three Watches Rain, it means: If the King of Hell wants you to die at the third watch, who dares to keep you until the fifth watch?"

"This is Three Watches Rain's confidence in its assassin services."

"Indeed, quite confident."

Lin Yang nodded, then recalled two lines of poetry:

"On the phoenix tree leaves, the third watch rain falls, each leaf's sound is a farewell. Killing people is indeed a farewell, just an eternal one."

"If viewed that way, it does fit an assassin organization."

"What imagery!" Que Tian gave a thumbs up.

"The wisdom of our predecessors," Lin Yang sighed softly. "It seems the situation in the Ten Thousand Universes is truly complex."

"It's extremely complex. Some deep-seated secrets can't be accessed unless one reaches a certain level of strength. What I know is only what's on the surface," Que Tian also sighed.

"It has already greatly broadened my horizons," Lin Yang said.

"As long as it helps you, Team Leader. Anyway, please be careful," Que Tian said slowly.

"I will," Lin Yang replied.

Que Tian nodded, still wanting to say something more.

But... buzz.

The next instant.

A battleship instantly warped into their sight.

That familiar shape... it was the Vermillion Bird!

"Vermillion Bird, the Vermillion Bird is here!"

Que Tian swallowed the words he was about to chat, exclaiming in surprise.

Lin Yang couldn't help but clench his fist, feeling a little excited.

"Team Leader, Que Tian!"

"We finally found you, that's great!!!"

Cai Fei's three excited voices also came through the communication device.

Lin Yang and Que Tian exchanged glances and immediately rushed towards the Vermillion Bird.

Before long, they had successfully entered the Vermillion Bird.

"Finally back in the battleship! Cai Fei, Yuan Hao, Ding Hui, your rescue came just in time, thank you so much!"

Lin Yang was incredibly emotional, and at the same time, a little puzzled:

"Didn't you leave? Why did you come back? What about those Life forms that were locked in the Vermillion Bird before? Have they been dealt with?"

"Also, did you return to the Human Alliance and then come back in, or...?"

Cai Fei immediately said:

"Team Leader, please don't mention thanks. You and Que Tian created an opportunity for us to leave by delaying those Unknown Life forms, which allowed us to escape. It's only right for us to return and find you."

After speaking, Cai Fei then went on to explain Lin Yang's other questions:

"As for our return, Team Leader, we didn't return to the Human Alliance."

"After warping away at that time, those few Life forms inside the Vermillion Bird were very clever and cunning. They couldn't get into the power room to destroy the power source and hinder the Vermillion Bird's warp, so they blocked the Vermillion Bird's signal."

"But perhaps because there were only a few of them, too few in number, those Life forms couldn't completely block the signal. We could receive your and Que Tian's messages, but we couldn't reply."

"So, in fact, we received all the distress messages and other information you and Que Tian later sent us."

"But because we couldn't respond at the time, and because the information you transmitted was too important, we kept warping towards the outer perimeter."

"And during the process of warping in the outer perimeter, we passed through a Stone Statue area. There were also carvings there, similar to the Stone Statue, but they didn't move like the Stone Statue; they were stationary."

"So we parked the Vermillion Bird on that Stone Statue. Those few Life forms seemed to also fear the Stone Statues there, so we simply opened the hatch and forced them out."

"After that, we sent messages to other teams, asking them to return to the Human Alliance for rescue, and then we immediately turned back."

"However, because there were a large number of Life forms where we left, we didn't dare to get too close. We kept trying to call in the vicinity of that area, but we couldn't establish contact with you."

"Later, we circled the outside of that area at a constant speed for a long time."

"After that, we discussed and expanded our patrol and search range. We didn't expect that just as we started to expand the range, we received your distress call and successfully contacted you, and then we immediately rushed over."

Cai Fei quickly and concisely explained the situation after they separated to Lin Yang and the others.

Lin Yang immediately sighed: "It seems our luck is pretty good."

It was very good luck that Cai Fei and the others encountered another Stone Statue area and drove away the Life forms.

And being able to meet in time now was also very good luck.

Although the process might have been a bit bumpy... it no longer mattered.

"Team Leader, we received instructions from the Human Alliance some time ago. They have also received the information we transmitted earlier, learning that the Mingye Clan's base is within the ruins. Therefore, we can now consider our reconnaissance mission complete, and we can return directly and leave the Unknown Space."

Cai Fei added, and then handed back the Vermillion Bird's captain authority to Lin Yang.

Although the Vermillion Bird couldn't reply to messages before, it had always been able to receive messages sent by Lin Yang and Que Tian.

When Lin Yang and Que Tian learned that the Mingye Clan's base was in the ruins, Lin Yang, with the mindset of 'it doesn't hurt to transmit it whether it works or not,' had transmitted relevant information to the Vermillion Bird.

So Cai Fei and the others took the opportunity to report this most important news back as well.

Just as Lin Yang had said, their luck was good.

The report was quickly transmitted and instructions were received.

Due to the danger of the ruins, the Human Alliance directly declared that their teams' reconnaissance missions were concluded, and specialized personnel would take over from then on.

The other teams had already left the Unknown Space early.

Now, their team could finally leave the Unknown Space.

After hearing Cai Fei's words, Lin Yang and Que Tian exchanged glances, both feeling a little moved.

"No wonder we weren't found by other teams after we came out; it turns out they had already left."

"We really have to thank you for not giving up. Otherwise, the two of us really wouldn't know what to do."

Lin Yang thanked them again, and Que Tian did the same.

Cai Fei and his three companions endured immense risks in the Unknown Space, persisting in their patrol and search and rescue efforts.

How could they not be moved?

"Oh, Team Leader, Que Tian, we already said not to mention thanks. We're one team. We discussed it during the search; we wanted to see you alive, and if you were dead... it might be difficult to find your bodies here, but unless the Alien Management Bureau's powerhouses come in and confirm your deaths, we wouldn't go back."

Cai Fei and the other two also exchanged glances, grinning:

"Now it's proven, our persistence was right!"

Dangerous?

If Lin Yang and Que Tian hadn't given them the chance to warp away at that time, they would have died then, so when the three returned to search, they didn't even consider whether it was dangerous or not!

"Alright, alright, no more talk, no more talk. Let's go back. And by the way, report to the Human Alliance Headquarters again that the Mingye Clan's base has been destroyed by Que Tian and me. They don't need to send anyone else in."

Lin Yang took a deep breath and said softly.

Whoosh!

As the words fell, Cai Fei and the other two instantly focused their gaze on Lin Yang.

All three showed the exact same shocked expression, disbelievingly saying:

"Team... Team Leader, what did you say? You and Que Tian... destroyed that Mingye Clan's super base within the ruins???"

Cai Fei and the other two were stunned!