Lily, who had just left Excavation Princess's residence, sneezed.
She felt as if she was being targeted by something incredible, but it was probably just a misconception.
She had just found Excavation Princess and the others and officially confirmed with them that the time to depart for the attack on the Truth Society base was the day after tomorrow.
Time was tight, so she had to hurry and make more Prayer Cards. Each additional Prayer Card would give her an extra trump card for survival in battle.
Not long after Lily left, Sword Qi Soaring to the Sky immediately summoned the Iron Rain Guild's high-ranking members and held a meeting in the virtual conference room.
"Everyone, I have good news!"
Sword Qi Soaring to the Sky had been in an excited state ever since Lily came to inform him.
"What good news?" asked Vice President Cheese Snow Leopard, puzzled.
Kobold laughed: "Brother Nick, stop keeping us in suspense. If you don't say it, I will."
Sword Qi Soaring to the Sky quickly said: "Didn't I ask everyone to search for traces of the Truth Society before? Just now, I've found them."
Nani, is the intelligence real or fake?
Everyone in the conference room looked at Sword Qi Soaring to the Sky with pleasant surprise.
Sword Qi Soaring to the Sky explained: "Just now, Lily informed me that Four Directions's next action is to attack a Truth Society base. My long-term infiltration by her side really paid off!"
"This is an opportunity, Brother Nick," Cheese Snow Leopard's mind raced. "If we can inform that base of Four Directions's attack beforehand, we'll gain immediate importance upon joining the Truth Society, which will be very beneficial for our future development."
Sword Qi Soaring to the Sky fully agreed: "That's what I think too. The only problem is how to inform them beforehand. Lily didn't tell me the exact location of that base, so we can't go there ahead of time. We can only take it one step at a time. But even if we can't inform them beforehand, it doesn't matter. Our main goal this time is to join the Truth Society. Faction reputation can be slowly grinded later. As far as I know, no Players have joined the Truth Society yet. If we succeed, we'll definitely become a top-tier guild in Version 1.0!"
His words sparked endless imagination in the conference room.
The Iron Rain Guild was a very well-known guild, but it was still some distance from being a top-tier guild. Sword Qi Soaring to the Sky's biggest dream was to lead the Iron Rain Guild to the top, achieving both fame and fortune.
To be honest, he had gotten along quite well with Lily these days. If he weren't the Iron Rain Guild's president, he might have stayed by Lily's side.
But there weren't that many 'ifs' in the world. If he wanted to be number one, he could only use Lily as a stepping stone.
In the time that followed, Sword Qi Soaring to the Sky and the guild's core members discussed how to notify the Truth Society in advance.
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The day before the operation, Lily watched Inoue being put into a car bound for Hai Du. She heard that the Gene Primordial higher-ups in Hai Du were preparing to personally interrogate Inoue.
She wasn't very concerned about such matters; she just wanted to try out the power armor Shino had made.
To her surprise, when she arrived at Shino's workshop, she didn't see Shino. She searched around and then found Shino wearing sportswear, with her hair tied in a single ponytail, panting and running, breaking into a heavy sweat, and continuing to run as if her body were swollen with water.
"Are you sick? Running here in the middle of the night?" Lily asked, full of doubt.
Upon realizing it was her, Shino stopped. Her expression was somewhat solemn: "When I'm upset, I like to run. Running allows me to clear my mind and body, so I can think better."
"Upset? You're not complaining that the custom fee I gave you for the power armor isn't enough, are you?"
"No, that's not it," Shino shook her head. "When Inoue was sent away, he said that sentence to me again."
"What sentence?"
"'You haven't even figured out who you are.'"
Lily patted Shino's shoulder: "Philosophical questions, huh? Many people don't know who they truly are. No need to dwell on such things."
Shino looked bewildered: "I don't think he was being deliberately mysterious. I just can't figure it out. After this operation is successfully concluded, I plan to take some leave and go back to talk to my dad properly."
Lily paused slightly.
Wait, you just set a flag, didn't you?
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