Chapter 926: Transport Records and Invitation Letters

Transport Records and Invitation Letters

The Southern Front of the Grand Court of Judgment was on edge for the entire night due to the incident at the central military camp. It wasn't until the morning light illuminated the river valley the next day that the number of Iron Law Knights patrolling the highlands gradually returned to normal.

Cheng Shi, who had been engaged in high-intensity maneuvering during the first half of the night and had only managed to rest for a short while in the second half, finally saw an opportunity. He had Sun Miao take him back to the central military tent once again.

To be honest, judging by the central army's performance in responding to the "camp raid" this time, Cheng Shi couldn't imagine how a legion with such combat power, discipline, and organization could be defeated by the 【War】 Legion.

Let alone the shattered 【War】 Legion, even at full strength, how could they defeat the Grand Court of Judgment and the Tower of Reason, which had ruled this continent for nearly a thousand years, at a moment when their patron had just cast its gaze but had not yet descended?

With these questions in mind, Cheng Shi prepared to have a good talk with Ke Laoer, but...

"Good" things never come easy; Ke Laoer was gone.

"..."

No one expected the legion commander to leave his command center at such a time. Even the personal knights guarding the central camp didn't know where he had gone.

Admittedly, Ke Laoer certainly had reason to hide himself after encountering a "decapitation strike," but the problem was, war was imminent. If you hide yourself like this without telling your subordinates, how are your military orders supposed to be conveyed?

You wouldn't happen to want the Grand Court of Judgment's legions along the entire front line to improvise, would you?

Oh no, is the pot of defeat about to appear?

Cheng Shi was stunned. After knocking out personal guards, battle supervisors, messengers, and even an affiliated legion commander... without getting any news about Ke Laoer's whereabouts from their mouths, he stood in the central military tent and exchanged glances with Sun Miao, both of them completely bewildered.

"You History School folks know history best; tell me, what kind of situation is this?"

Sun Miao raised her thumb and then lowered it. Clearly, she also felt this was a bit too outrageous. However, after pondering for a moment, she still gave a very precise analysis.

"Either he ran away, or he was captured. Other than that, there's probably no third option.

However, looking back at the history of this battle, Ke Laoer had long since paid the price for his defeat; he died on the battlefield, and he died at the hands of the 【War】 Legion's commander, Rista. So, the possibility of him running away is slim.

As for being captured... in this trial, if there is anyone who would capture Ke Laoer to achieve some goal, I don't think there's anyone else besides that 【Decay】 God-chosen who hasn't appeared yet."

Sun Miao paused and continued typing:

"I heard that the followers of 【Void】 have recently been guided by an oracle and are hunting the followers of 【Annihilation】. As a follower of 【Annihilation】, even if it's a secondary faith, would Lin Xi launch a counterattack against this provocation that is almost a war of faith extinction?

Even if he wouldn't, the moment he deduced that Chun might be looking for you as a helper, would he hide an NPC you're interested in to divert your attention and try to reach some kind of deal with you, thereby reducing one enemy?

I think these are all reasons for him to do so.

As for that beast tamer who doesn't get along with you...

To be honest, he is probably the person who most hopes Ke Laoer is fine, because the thing he wants to find is like looking for a needle in a haystack in this battle, and he is counting on Ke Laoer to reenact history so he can find some clues.

So the answer is obvious: Lin Xi has intervened in this trial, and he is coming for you."

Cheng Shi listened silently, feeling that the other party's analysis was spot on. Lin Xi might indeed be coming for him. But as for the real reason, without facing the other party directly, Cheng Shi couldn't be sure if he was really practicing the will of 【Annihilation】.

But regardless, bearing the faith of 【Annihilation】 meant he was destined not to walk the same path as himself. So, after pondering for a moment, Cheng Shi decided... to retreat first.

Knowing there's a trap ahead and insisting on walking into it isn't called courage; it's called being an idiot.

Cheng Shi never did things like "heading toward the tiger-infested mountain." He preferred to set a trap and wait for the tiger on the mountain to come down and step into it.

So he decisively dismissed the idea of looking for Ke Laoer and returned to the central military tent, attempting to find some clues in the residence of this High Inquisitor first.

Upon searching, he really did find quite a few things.

First was a batch of material transfer records. These documents were quite old. Logically speaking, it was illogical for such decades-old documents to appear in the current military camp.

Even the most incompetent file manager probably wouldn't carry decades-old files while on a business trip, right?

So, seeing this batch of records here already explained some problems. But that wasn't the point. The point was that these recorded materials were all war materials—simply put, ordnance and war consumables.

And the destination for these war materials wasn't the border of the Grand Court of Judgment, nor was it the place where the rebellion broke out within the territory, but... the Tower of Reason!

Sun Miao quickly flipped through these documents and then typed frantically:

"Sure enough, the History School once suspected that the outbreak of the civil war in the Tower of Reason might not be as simple as a mere academic dispute. After all, it's mind-boggling for a group of scholars to stop using their brains and start using their fists to reason.

But because the history of that period has always been in a state of missing information, over time, everyone just accepted this point.

But now it seems, heh, the Gonglu Sect played no small role in this."

Indeed, these records weren't all documents personally approved by Ke Laoer. A large part of them were "aiding the enemy" records approved by previous leaders of the Gonglu Sect. This showed that the Gonglu Sect was really doing "practical work" to achieve the vision of Universal Gonglu.

It is no wonder that Ke Yinlaoer carries these documents with him even when he goes on an expedition, because once these things are discovered by the Supreme Court, the Common Law Sect would likely be demoted from the judge's bench to the defendant's dock the very next day, and they would have to experience the entire series of laws they formulated practiced upon themselves.

Perhaps they didn't expect that this vision of Universal Gonglu not only failed to lead the Continent of Hope toward 【Order】, but instead ignited the fire of 【War】, dragging the entire continent into a quagmire.

So, fate, ah...

The large tent not only contained the Gonglu Sect's records of aiding the enemy, but also countless invitation letters.

The targets of these invitation letters were every well-known scholar in the Tower of Reason. Clearly, the Gonglu Sect's way of trying to disintegrate 【Truth】 wasn't just fanning the flames, but also pulling the firewood from under the cauldron—except the firewood they pulled out was all used by themselves.

Cheng Shi looked at the invitation letter in his hand and thought of the divine germination experimental field located under the Montelani Arena. And at that time, Serius had escaped despair because of an invitation letter from the Grand Court of Judgment, continuing his crazy experiments.

Judging by the number of letters at this time, the Gonglu Sect was simply sparing no effort in poaching people. It's just that most of the letters were marked with an X, and very few had replies.

But fortunately, Serius counted as one.

When Sun Miao found Serius's reply from the vast number of letters, she quickly typed again:

"Found it. So he really did leave the Tower of Reason."

Cheng Shi glanced at the unrecognizable ghost-drawn name on the envelope and raised an eyebrow, asking, "Who?"

"Serius, the initiator of the slicing experiment, a great scholar of the Life Extension Department.

In the records of the Tower of Reason, his experiment was incomplete. I have been tracing the essence of this experiment and felt in countless experimental records that he might have been replaced by a slice long ago, but I never figured out where the real him went, or if he was already dead.

Now it seems, sure enough, the Gonglu Sect did something and took him away from the Tower of Reason.

Hmm, the next investigation direction should be placed on the Grand Court of Judgment. It seems that after going back, it's time for a prayer belonging to the Gonglu Sect.

I hope I can find new clues as soon as possible."

"..."

Ask me if you're looking for clues.

Seeing the other party analyzing the scene so diligently, Cheng Shi pondered for a moment and generously gave Sun Miao a guide.

You can't just make the horse run without letting it eat grass. We capitalists don't do that kind of thing... unless the horse is willing.

"I suggest you focus your investigation on Montelani, the one with the deathmatch performances. As for why, don't ask, just do it."

"?"

Sun Miao's figure paused. A moment later, she looked at Cheng Shi with slightly complex eyes and typed involuntarily:

"In this game, is there anything you don't know?"

"A lot, actually. For example, where the old inquisitor who originally belonged here went—I don't know that."

Cheng Shi spread his hands and smiled happily. ===== CHAPTER 927 =====