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Chapter 504: Unexpected Turn

"Indeed, if there truly were a mental imprint technology that could make people unconditionally believe something, then as long as everyone received a loyalty mental imprint at birth, there would be no more trouble in the future."

"A world without doubt, without resistance, is frightening to even imagine."

"That country..." Everyone present immediately thought of the Land of White.

"Good thing we escaped, otherwise in a few years, we'd probably all be chanting 'Long live the Divine Emperor!'"

"'His Imperial Majesty, the Divine Emperor' is still in this world; don't celebrate too soon. If you have time, think more about how to rebuild the spatial laboratory, find other spatial layers, and then break free from the Ark. That would be true escape."

"Power, oh power, when will we ever become that strong...?"

"We need to reap enough benefits in this world to have a chance to move forward, to smash this corrupt and backward Bloodline Houses class, distribute resources and secret manuals, and liberate all of humanity!"

"Why won't the heavens grant me a cheat...?"

"He's so strong, he must be using cheats! Why isn't his account banned yet? The game experience for 'Earth Online' is truly awful."

Entering idle chat mode, the few people chatted back and forth, and before they knew it, the topic had veered off again.

Within the Ark, any content concerning Bai Mo was essentially absolute political correctness; no one would hold a different opinion or defend him, so many topics would gradually take on a different tone as they were discussed.

After realizing they were complaining about him, Bai Mo paid a little serious attention.

Even though they hated him so much their teeth hitched, yet were forced by his might to try every means to conceal who they were referring to, he actually had no other thoughts besides finding it somewhat amusing.

As for Lu Yuesheng, who had once communicated with Bai Mo and knew part of the truth, she immediately felt extremely awkward after listening to the content of their conversation.

As an Earthling who had traveled alone to the Manghuang Realm long before the Spirit River Autumn, she was truly speechless when it came to her fellow Earthlings, who constantly engaged in chuuni conversations.

So much so that sometimes she would even wonder if everyone on Earth had become like this, constantly talking about transmigration and cheats.

Not to mention, she happened to know that the very person they were ridiculing and satirizing was sitting quietly among them, watching expressionlessly.

...

"Why does your complexion seem off?" Lin Yan Yang, the nominal organizer of the gathering and Vice-Leader of the Flame Alliance, suddenly asked the silver-haired girl sitting blankly beside them.

"We might be in danger." The silver-haired, silver-eyed girl gently wiped the corner of her eye, then raised her head, which had been lowered, and spoke.

"Elaborate." Upon learning the situation, Lin Yan Yang immediately turned and made a motion with both hands pressing downwards towards the crowd, signaling them to stop their conversations for now.

"I just received news that the Great Wei Dynasty's Hidden Dragon Guard has actually been lurking in various places, gathering intelligence about the Ark.

They pretended to be local residents drawn in by the transmigrators' ideology, dispersing and joining various organizations to investigate all sorts of matters. We might have already been exposed."

"It seems we've underestimated these natives?"

"How is it so hard to curbstomp ancient people? What happened to transmigrators dominating all sides, doing as they please, natives bowing in submission, and henchmen flocking together?"

"They aren't true ancient people; the civilization here has existed for even longer than my former homeland," said a young man whose ancestry was Egyptian.

"Over thousands of years, what exactly they've accumulated, that's really hard to say."

Compared to the Lingao Group, who firmly believed they could easily sweep through by farming and climbing the tech tree, the Flame Alliance's internal assessment of the civilizational gap appeared relatively conservative.

...

The group started bickering again, making Lu Yuesheng, the only one present who considered herself normal, constantly frown. She truly couldn't understand; she had been the first to arrive in this world, so why did they seem so proficient now!

"The person who provided the information also said that over ten people from the Ark had been killed on the spot by the Hidden Dragon Guard and returned to the Ark's interior to recover from their injuries," the silver-haired girl continued in a cold and clear voice.

"Being killed once means recuperating on the Ark for at least several years, then having to choose to reincarnate as a baby and grow up again. By the time they come back next, the day lily soup will have already turned cold."

"Do you have any information on these Hidden Dragon Guards?" Lin Yan Yang asked.

"We only know that their leader is a Divine-level expert, but from beginning to end, he never made a move; all matters were handled by his subordinates."

"Divine-level... that would roughly be Six Tiers... If they can sweep through relying solely on subordinates, that would require a large number of Fourth Tier and Five Tiers professional killers. It's indeed unlikely we can stop them on our own."

"Unless we gather the strength of the entire Ark, we won't be able to suppress this Hidden Dragon Guard. But unifying this scattered heap of sand, how could that be easy?

I hope it's only Five Tiers who come, otherwise..." Lin Yan Yang suddenly felt a sense of powerlessness.

After years of effort and actively seeking all sorts of fortuitous encounters, the people on the Ark had basically recovered their peak strength from Earth. A small number of exceptionally gifted individuals had even made breakthroughs in this world.

However, facing a Bloodline House regime that was at least outwardly united, the Ark's transmigrator group, lacking even a unified communication method and forced to fight independently in small teams, was undoubtedly at an enormous disadvantage.

Due to their early arrogance, they had neglected the importance of intelligence. Most still believed that the so-called millennium-old Bloodline Houses were nothing but useless trash, a large gift package of experience points, and that the truly fierce competition should occur among the various teams within the Ark.

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However, compared to the anxious and worried members of the Flame Alliance, Lu Yuesheng herself didn't have much of a reaction after hearing this news.

Not to mention Bai Mo, whose depth was completely unknown and who alone could force the entire Ark to flee, just the power she had gained over the past year through the attribute point system allowed her for the first time to achieve second-stage liberation with the Twilight Fire, gaining the power to briefly contend with Divine-level experts.

"No matter what, everyone, prioritize saving your lives. Conquering a world is a long war measured in decades. As long as we're alive, we'll have plenty of opportunities."

"Conquer this world, to serve as the Ark's main base?" Bai Mo, who had adopted the alias Bai Wu Sheng, coldly watched all of this. Regarding the handling of the Manghuang Realm, he naturally had his own plans, but it wasn't time yet.

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Bai Mo, always a lone wolf, left the meeting venue after hearing this. He could probably guess that Lin Yan Yang would next lay out his contingency plan to the Flame Alliance members, and there was nothing else he needed to concern himself with here..