484: Chapter 128 Qu Tong's Plan

The reason Qu Tong discovered that all the indigenous people of Nason Island had been brainwashed and controlled by the Divine Tree was because she had previously encountered a Nason Guard abroad.

That Nason Guard was named Elijah Jones.

Qu Tong learned the news about Ruan Feng on Nason Island from Elijah.

After learning about Ruan Feng and the intelligence related to Nason Island, she once tried to use the Shuangquan Hand to control Elijah, hoping to bring Ruan Feng back, or even gain control over Nason Island, this magical place full of Extraordinary People (Yìrén/Outsiders).

However, she encountered enormous resistance during the process.

Elijah followed the school of physical arts and alchemy; he hadn't Cultivated much in the aspect of the Soul, but his Soul contained a special power that was extremely tough.

Qu Tong spent a great deal of effort just to pry open a corner, making him develop second thoughts.

Even so, she could not modify Elijah's cognition as she did with Chai Yan and the others to achieve control; she could only cooperate with and utilize him.

The method of cooperation was very simple: Qu Tong would pay Elijah remuneration or provide supplies needed by Nason Island, and Elijah would do some things for her.

The first cooperation involved Qu Tong having Elijah help her arrange for people to enter Nason Island, infiltrate near Ruan Feng to scheme for the Six Treasury Immortal Thief, and prepare for subsequent actions.

The second cooperation involved Qu Tong having Elijah take people to a place called the Twenty-Four Solar Terms Valley to investigate its secrets for a second time.

During this process, Qu Tong, through another arrangement, caused Elijah's team to encounter and clash with Zhang Chulan and the others.

Taking advantage of the chaos, Qu Tong almost managed to spy on Feng Baobao's memory using remote control with the Shuangquan Hand.

Unexpectedly, Zhang Chulan intervened halfway through, ruining the plan.

Furthermore, Qu Tong intentionally left a mural of Feng Baobao in Rootless Life's collection room to stir up trouble and create another opportunity to approach Feng Baobao.

In the end, everything was disrupted by Zhang Chulan again.

This made Qu Tong develop murderous intent towards Zhang Chulan, directly sending people to kill him.

That guy ruins too many things!

Later, when Zhang Chulan exposed the Qi Infant, Qu Tong abandoned the idea.

She was not clear about what exactly this Qi Infant was, but whether it was a Divine Spirit or the Qi Source Flow, it was inseparable from the Eight Peculiar Skills and the Jia Shen Rebellion.

This made Qu Tong feel that Zhang Chulan had a certain value, and since they were both investigating the Jia Shen Rebellion, their goals were aligned, perhaps allowing her to utilize him and ultimately make him serve her.

However, she understood that this couldn't be rushed; it required a gradual approach, and Nason Island was the first step after switching strategies.

After developing second thoughts, Elijah decided to find an opportunity to dethrone the current Nason King and become the new King.

And Nason Island had an ancestral rule regarding the replacement of the King through a challenge: this ceremony required personnel from the Extraordinary People (Yìrén/Outsider) organizations of all the world's nations to witness it together.

Qu Tong was not interested in witnessing the event, but during this period, Nason Island would be opened to the outside world, allowing everyone to ascend the island.

She planned to take this opportunity to send people to bring Ruan Feng back, and then use the Shuangquan Hand to extract the secret of the Eight Peculiar Skills' origin from his memory.

To this end, she even made a bet with Zhou Sheng, wagering that as long as Zhou Sheng did not interfere, her subordinates would definitely be able to bring Ruan Feng back.

Zhou Sheng had visited Ruan Feng on Nason Island and felt that Qu Tong could not bring him back.

Qu Tong, however, was confident in herself, believing her subordinates could bring Ruan Feng back.

The stakes were also simple: If Zhou Sheng won, Qu Tong promised that as long as he was alive, she would no longer attack the descendants of the Eight Peculiar Skills comprehenders, like Zhang Chulan and Ma Xianhong.

If Qu Tong won, Zhou Sheng only needed to be present as a witness when Qu Tong obtained Ruan Feng's memories.

The stakes were clearly unequal, but Qu Tong didn't care.

Her purpose in making the bet was to restrict Zhou Sheng and prevent him from interfering with her plan.

Because the people she sent to Nason Island were not only meant to bring back Ruan Feng, but also to release a message to Zhang Chulan amid the chaos: They might not be enemies!

As for how to guarantee that Zhang Chulan would definitely go to Nason Island...

It was simple: just have Elijah find an opportunity to reveal to Zhang Chulan that Ruan Feng was on Nason Island.

Zhang Chulan already knew the list of the Thirty-Six Thieves; upon hearing news of Ruan Feng, he would absolutely go to investigate.

This was also a test for Zhang Chulan from Qu Tong.

The Divine Tree could make people born as Extraordinary People (Yìrén/Outsiders), making it comparable to an enhanced Self-Cultivation Furnace; there were bound to be many covetous individuals.

Once Nason Island opened up, many ambitious people would surely head for the Divine Tree.

In Qu Tong's memory, some foreign powers were not as strict as the domestic constraints regarding the population red line.

A typical example was the Beautiful Country (USA), where capital reigned supreme and power was worshipped.

Their official organization was called 'Behemoth,' whose Extraordinary People (Yìrén/Outsiders) were manufactured using experimental agents and managed militarily.

This clearly showed they treated Extraordinary People (Yìrén/Outsiders) as a strategic armed force.

This situation worried some high-ranking members of Everywhere Connect, who proposed suggestions for the militarization of Extraordinary People (Yìrén/Outsiders), believing it to be the future development trend, but it was rejected.

Qu Tong unexpectedly learned of this situation and secretly reached a cooperation agreement with that high-ranking official.

Qu Tong was responsible for researching a Self-Cultivation Furnace capable of transforming ordinary people into powerful Extraordinary People (Yìrén/Outsiders) to prepare for the future establishment of an Extraordinary People (Yìrén/Outsider) armed force.

That high-ranking official acted as an inside agent within the company, secretly relaying information, providing shelter, and convenience to Qu Tong.

At this point, Meng Li had roughly finished browsing Qu Tong's memories.

It had to be said, the amount of information was quite large.

However, this was only possible because he had copied Qu Tong's memories using the Shuangquan Hand to learn so much.

It was unknown how much Everywhere Connect could extract from Qu Tong's mouth.

Meng Li estimated that for the company to get anything out of her, it would require immense effort.

Because Qu Tong possessed the Shuangquan Hand, had experienced the torment of the Evil God's whispers and physical distortion, and was not afraid of death, ordinary methods were completely useless against her.

He only managed to successfully obtain Qu Tong's memories by relying on a specific sequence of minor skills.

For the company to replicate this operation was basically impossible.

Firstly, regarding the approach, the possibility of thinking of this sequence of moves was extremely low if one did not possess the corresponding skills.

Secondly, even if they thought of it, the execution would be difficult.

He expelled Qu Tong's Soul from her body with a single Ne Qi; Xiao Xiao might not be able to do that.

As for the subsequent Soul capture and memory copying, Soul capture was manageable, but memory copying, at present, could only be done by the Minghun Technique of the Lu family.

Given the connection between the Minghun Technique and the Shuangquan Hand, the company might not feel secure letting someone from the Lu family act.

However, this was of little concern to Meng Li.

He helped capture the person; whether they could extract information was their problem.

Next, he just needed to wait and see what happened.

Meng Li considered the Nason Island affair merely an amusing anecdote and had no intention of telling Zhang Chulan and the others about Qu Tong's scheme, nor did he plan to join the excitement.

The ritual of a challenger killing the old King to become the new King was too archaic.

No, it wasn't archaic; it should be primitive, similar to a wolf pack electing its alpha.

In fact, in Meng Li's view, it was worse than a wolf pack.

Because when a wolf pack elects its alpha, they aren't foolish enough to open their territory and let fierce beasts like lions, tigers, and leopards witness it.

Was that witnessing?

It was clearly offering oneself up as food!

Meng Li didn't even need to think to guess that once Nason Island opened up, it would definitely be subjected to a baptism of gunfire.

And he only enjoyed baptizing others with gunfire...