Chapter 256

Standing atop the ruins, Fang Can looked at the Daoist from the Inverted Gate who had lost all capacity to resist.

"Plant a Thought Steel Seal in him; he'll return to report to us, pretending nothing happened."

"That's simple—it's just a mere Second Transformation."

The Mind King nodded: "Let the Divine Human amplify my ability; I can rewrite his consciousness in less than the time it takes to burn a stick of incense."

"Good. Now comes the most critical point."

Fang Can's expression was cold as he regarded them all: "You've all forgotten the most important one—our intelligence may already be exposed."

The Mind King shook his head without hesitation: "Impossible. I've monitored and controlled every person in the city. Who else?"

"Liu Qingmeng…"

Fang Can silently swallowed the name, his face unchanged: "You've forgotten—the Heaven's Mechanism Tower!"

At these words, everyone present changed expression instantly, realizing the truth.

They had overlooked this most bizarre faction—the one capable of silently exposing the entire Dongfang Wujie. They might have already been recorded in the Yongle Encyclopedia the moment they appeared.

And it was precisely this faction's complete lack of secrecy, its casual spying on cultivators' private affairs, that had caused so many current problems.

"The most urgent task now is to seize control of the Heaven's Mechanism Tower and prevent any of our intelligence from leaking," Fang Can said coldly.

Even the Lazy King now recognized the gravity of the situation.

"Go now?" Ji Donglai asked. "I'll go destroy the Heaven's Mechanism Tower right away."

"Not yet. Let me cast a divination first."

As Fang Can spoke, he casually pulled out four coins and tossed them into the air before their eyes.

Nothing extraordinary happened—everyone merely saw four arcs in the air before the coins landed on the ground.

Number! Flower! Flower! Upright!

One coin showed a numeral 1, two showed peach blossoms, and the last stood upright without falling.

"What… did you divine from this?" the Lazy King scratched his head.

"First, the 1 means the Heaven's Mechanism Tower can indeed obtain our intelligence."

"The second Flower means no other factions need concern us."

"The third Flower means the Heaven's Mechanism Tower has not yet noticed us—we can strike them by surprise."

"The fourth Upright means my method carries considerable risk, but great fortune lies in great danger—if handled properly, we can achieve our goal."

Fang Can spoke his divination results with solemn focus, causing the others to twitch their lips.

To divine so much from just four coins—what kind of mysticism was this?

'Can this luck ability really be this effective?'

Even Ji Donglai couldn't help scratching his head—how could Fang Can's luck manipulation be so absurd compared to other ability users?

New Nation wasn't without other luck ability users.

But because Fang Can was already here, no others had been brought along.

Yet even Ji Donglai, a superhuman himself, found this divination method too mystical.

Seeing the divination result, Fang Can finally made up his mind to act decisively.

After all, human strategy has limits; no matter how brilliant a plan, accidents can still occur. The more one plays with schemes, the more one realizes the importance of fortune.

Even if Fang Can spoke with such confidence, he couldn't read the script like some reincarnation of Hongjun—what if there was some intelligence he didn't know about? If it surfaced at a critical moment, wouldn't he be dead?

Now, strategy was theoretically sound, and fortune said it could work—what more was there to say?

Just do it!

Fang Can picked up the coins one by one and looked at Ji Donglai: "The divination says we can strike, but there's risk. Do we proceed?"

"Of course we do—what nonsense! Such a perfect chance? We wipe them out completely," Ji Donglai snarled, long resentful of the cultivators.

He even regretted now—if he'd known such a chance existed, he should've alerted the other superhumans from the White Federation and Black Empire.

With three nations' superhumans acting together, the success rate would've skyrocketed.

"Next, the Mind King will guard Da Yan and rewrite this Inverted Gate disciple's consciousness—no leaks allowed. Everyone else, come with me to the Heaven's Mechanism Tower in Da Zhou."

Ji Donglai spread his hands: "Get inside my internal space—I'll teleport you there directly."

"Hehehe, the stingy boss actually spends money on teleportation? Two ten thousand kilometers to Da Zhou—that'll cost over two million GDP," the Lazy King chuckled.

"No need. After the Divine Human enhances me, my national boost triples—I can stretch one yuan into three. Total cost: under a million."

Ji Donglai said, then had everyone enter his internal space one by one.

As Fang Can entered Ji Donglai's space, he found it cluttered with various items—strategic supplies brought from New Nation, piled haphazardly.

Looking at the pile, Fang Can instinctively felt his heart race—every single one was a damn antimatter bomb. If one detonated, wouldn't everything turn purple and black?

Passing the pile of antimatter bombs, Fang Can saw the entire ten-cubic-meter space had a pitch-black outer layer.

He gently reached out and touched it—the outer layer offered no resistance; his arm passed through effortlessly, his palm emerging from Ji Donglai's chest.

'Can enter and exit freely at will, internal space is stable with no jolts, gravity nearly identical to Earth's, and oxygen generators prevent suffocation.'

Fang Can ran various tests within this space, ensuring he understood all its properties before combat.

Since vision was blocked between inside and outside, he couldn't see the external scenery—he'd rely on the Mind King to link everyone's minds during battle.

Then, without speaking, they could see each other's perspectives and share thoughts—like the Six Paths of Pain.

Only moments later, Ji Donglai's voice came: "Da Zhou arrived. That mountain ahead is the Heaven's Mechanism Tower's gate. I'll obliterate them outright—end it all."

Clearly, Ji Donglai was deeply annoyed by the Heaven's Mechanism Tower's habit of exposing secrets, which had triggered the war against Dongfang Wujie.

"Don't rush. Let's pay them a visit," Fang Can's voice drifted out calmly.

"Visit?" Everyone froze. What kind of scheme was this? A weasel paying respects to a chicken?

"The Heaven's Mechanism Tower doesn't just expose us—it can expose any Fourth Transformation cultivator."

Fang Can mused: "There are so many Fourth Transformations. We know next to nothing about them. Now that we're here, isn't this a perfect opportunity?"

"Very well, since that is the case," Ji Donglai nodded and said, "then let us take up our posts at the Heavenly Secrets Tower!"

(End of this chapter)