Chapter 1222 (1/2)

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Zang Xin replied in a serious manner, ”It's hard to say. However, this attack did indeed cause a lot of damage, and from the information we've received, the wars.h.i.+p that had been destroyed was undergoing maintenance at the time, so there were only basic maintenance staff on the s.h.i.+p. Hence, not many people perished during the attack. Under normal circ.u.mstances, over 3,000 people would've died on that wars.h.i.+p.”

A thought suddenly occurred to Tang Wulin. ”Could this have been orchestrated by the military itself?”

Zang Xin shook his head in response. ”No, the price being paid is too heavy. That black wars.h.i.+p does indeed belong to the Eagle Faction, and they definitely wouldn't be able to sacrifice such an expensive wars.h.i.+p as part of an act. Hence, someone else had to have been responsible for the attack, and there are only so many people who have access to ninth-grade soul missiles.”

Tang Wulin contemplated the issue for a moment before deciding, ”Let's wait and observe how this situation unfolds for now. If this attack is an intentional ploy to instigate the war earlier than it would otherwise commence, then someone will definitely blow the entire incident out of proportion and spread information to create controversy. Have you contacted the Star Luo Empire and Dou Spirit Empire? We need to verify that they aren't responsible for the attack first.”

Long Yuxue interjected, ”That's very hard to say. Even if one of the empires were responsible for the attack, they most likely wouldn't admit it.”

Everyone fell silent upon hearing this.

Yuanen Yehui asked, ”Your Majesty, will this incident affect our trip to the Dou Spirit Empire?”

Zang Xin nodded in response. ”It definitely will. The coastline had been placed into complete lockdown, and even though we can still set sail, the chances of us being discovered will be much higher than before, so we'll most likely have to wait. However, if we keep waiting and the federation decides to instigate the war earlier than planned, then we might not be able to step in in time. Unless...”

Tang Wulin's eyes narrowed slightly as he continued where Zang Xin left off.

Yue Zhengyu's brows furrowed, and he said, ”Our ident.i.ties are too sensitive, so we won't be able to do any investigating. How are we going to accomplish this?”

Tang Wulin paced from one side of the room to the other, and Zang Xin's brows were also tightly furrowed. They had everything planned out, yet his sudden interlude could quite possibly ruin their entire plan and render them unable to prevent the war from taking place.

After a long while, Tang Wulin suddenly raised his head and turned toward Long Yuxue. ”We can't expose our ident.i.ties, but what if we do this on behalf of the Blood G.o.d Legion? The Blood G.o.d Legion is a confidential legion that only the higher-ups of the federation know about, but at the same time, the Blood G.o.d Legion is undeniably a federal legion, and officials in our legion are ranked higher than the same level officials in other legions. We have no choice but to take a risk now. Yuxue, contact the legion and ask them to cooperate with us. I'll tell His Majesty, the Mirror Douluo, about this situation.”

”Alright.” Long Yuxue always seemed to have unconditional support for Tang Wulin, and she immediately agreed to his request before going to the surface to make the call as there was no signal underground.

Zang Xin turned to Tang Wulin with a slightly concerned expression. ”Wulin, make sure you don't bite off more than you can chew!”

Tang Wulin smiled, and replied, ”We have no choice but to take some risks now. Otherwise, if things continue to play out like this, all of our efforts will be wasted. We can't let this war happen no matter what. They want to add more fuel to the flame, right? Then we'll just have to divert everyone's attention. Compared to the Star Luo Empire and Dou Spirit Empire, the most hated ent.i.ty in the federation is still the Holy Spirit Cult.”

”Do you have evidence that they were behind this, Boss?” Xie Xie asked.

Tang Wulin shrugged in response. ”I don't care who did it, but from now on, the Holy Spirit Cult will be the sole perpetrator. The evidence will come, regardless of where it comes from and whether it's real evidence or not. They're not the only ones who can blackmail and s.h.i.+ft the blame onto others.”

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Following that ma.s.sive explosion, a very tense atmosphere had settled over the entirety of Skysea City.

Citizens of the city didn't dare to emerge from their homes, and to the vast majority of people, this was the first time that it had truly dawned on them that a war was imminent.

Even though the Eastsea Fleet had been docked on the coast of Skysea City this entire time, that had nowhere near as much of an impact as that explosion had.

That doomsday-like explosion and the tsunami that had almost rushed into the entire city filled everyone with panic and horror.

Everyone was staying indoors, watching the news being broadcasted on their soul televisions for further updates on the situation.

”According to the evidence we've discovered, it's very likely that a secret organization in the Star Luo Empire was responsible for this attack. The federation has adopted a very firm and aggressive stance on the matter, and the military has stated that should these reports be confirmed to be true, then they'll definitely be retaliating in an even more intense manner.”