With this base as a support, further developnt of the Capital Star was completed.
However, the base was gradually abandoned thereafter. It was only due to its historical value that it was not demolished and later turned into a "new recruits training base."
But that was only in na. The Confederation had plenty of places to train new recruits. This outdated and isolated base, however, had not been assigned new recruits for training in over a hundred years.
Yet within this base, there was always one "instructor."
Dressed in a tattered Bureau of Mystic Security uniform, he looked aged but still maintained an upright figure. Ding Zhou gave him a smile. "Wu Lusi, are you doing well here?"
Wu Lusi responded indifferently, "We're barely acquaintances, so let's skip the pleasantries. What do you want from ?"
Ding Zhou raised his eyebrows. "Help kill soone, and I'll find a way to release Lilith."
"Who?"
"A guy nad Chen Gu."
"Deal."
Two hours later, Qing Ruyan suddenly noticed a process appear within the internal system of the Bureau of Mystic Security, initiated by Ding Zhou.
She paused for a second, then promptly reported to Aviloya, "Deputy Director Ding Zhou has brought Wu Lusi back."
Aviloya was silent for a mont, then ordered, "Keep him under close surveillance."
Carrying an old canvas bag, Wu Lusi disembarked from the transport spaceship. Outside lay the Capital Star he had not seen for decades, bustling and thriving with life.
He took a deep breath and swiped his hand to open the map, which marked the location of the Huai Shan Branch School. He rented a car outside the spaceport and headed straight for his destination.
Qing Ruyan imdiately obtained the intelligence and reported to Aviloya again, "His target is Chen Gu!"
Aviloya replied calmly, "Send Wu Lusi's file to Chen Gu."
"Yes."
Chen Gu received the news from Qing Ruyan, and he sighed over the plight of this once "top talent of the Bureau of Mystic Security."
Born into poverty, his potential as a Professional was only discovered after he graduated from college. Upon entering the Bureau of Mystic Security, he made rapid progress.
In just five years, he had broken through to the Fifth Energy Level. Then, just when he was on the verge of advancing to the Sixth Energy Level, his childhood sweetheart, Lilith, was found to be a certain "high official's" mistress!
Of course, Wu Lusi refused to believe it; in his eyes, that so-called high official was nothing more than a municipal employee with a bit of minor authority.
However, an investigation later revealed that the affair had occurred during their college years when the couple was struggling and Lilith's father had just passed away. At that ti, a man whom a Fifth Energy Level special agent of the Bureau of Mystic Security might view as just an ordinary municipal employee was, to Lilith, indeed a "high official."
Lilith had been trying to break free from him ever since but never succeeded.
But the sudden exposure of this affair at that particular ti seed rather "calculated." The "high official" was jailed for bribery, and Lilith was implicated.
Wu Lusi was devastated. As expected, his advancent ceremony to the Sixth Energy Level failed, and within the Bureau of Mystic Security, many kicked him while he was down.
Yet Wu Lusi, with his formidable strength, defeated a Sixth Energy Level warrior. Half a year later, he successfully broke through to the Sixth Energy Level again in one go!
Then... he attempted a prison break.
After his failure, his old superior in the Bureau of Mystic Security protected him. This old superior had so military connections and dispatched him to that base to beco a "new recruits instructor," essentially a form of soft imprisonnt.
The person who had promoted Ding Zhou was, coincidentally, that sa old superior.
"He was already at the Sixth Energy Level back then, and although he has not advanced in years, his talent is not to be underestimated," Qing Ruyan told Chen Gu. "He is already on his way to the school to find you. Be extrely careful!"
Chen Gu thought for a mont, then decided to leave the school and wait at the entrance.
If I hide inside the school, even Wu Lusi won't be able to get in.
Ding Zhou also received the news. Moreover, he had just acquired so exotic material from a mysterious rchant, a resource essential for his attempt to break through to the Ninth Power Level, making it a doubly joyous occasion. Deputy Director Ding Zhou was brimming with self-satisfaction.
"Do we have a satellite nearby? Swing the cara over there, I want to see a live broadcast of this great battle." Ding Zhou was feeling quite pleased with himself and even unabashedly wanted to use the Bureau of Mystic Security's satellite signal!
He personally pushed the process to get Wu Lusi back, and now he was using a distant satellite to watch the battle—this was all brazen and provocative, akin to a show of force.
Qing Ruyan ground her teeth in anger, but Aviloya was indifferent, even sowhat interested in the "live broadcast." "Oh? Then I also want to see. Share Deputy Director Ding's signal with too."
Qing Ruyan was full of admiration and gave the Director-General a thumbs up.
Ding Zhou was putting on a 'show of force,' but the Director-General was even more adept, essentially telling Ding Zhou: Go on, flail about all you like, I've got my eyes on you!
Qing Ruyan received the signal, then expressed her concern, "Chen Gu and Wu Lusi... it's going to be a close call."
Wu Lusi had left behind too many legends and "records" within the Bureau of Mystic Security; most people would feel a sense of fear upon hearing his na.
Aviloya paid no attention to her assistant. Instead, she glanced at Rainbow next to her and said, "I'll bet you, twenty minutes."
Rainbow thought for a mont and slyly said, "Deal, I'll take Chen Gu!"
"That won't do. I'm also betting on Chen Gu, so this bet won't work."
Qing Ruyan was bewildered. What did those two an by this?
Twenty minutes later—specifically, sixteen minutes and thirty-four seconds after Chen Gu and Wu Lusi's encounter—at the gates of the Huai Shan Branch School, Wu Lusi knelt heavily on the ground, his always upright posture now bent like a bow.
"I lost—" he hung his head, utterly disheartened, as the pride that was central to his character had been shattered by Chen Gu.
Qing Ruyan looked utterly incredulous, Aviloya had an "I-told-you-so" expression, and Rainbow playfully stuck out her tongue.
"Chen Gu actually defeated Wu Lusi so easily?"
Aviloya said, "Wu Lusi has been out of touch with the tis for decades. We have always been rapidly advancing, exchanging ideas with many parties. The combat techniques and Professional philosophies of his era were long outdated.
Wu Lusi was like soone who had been working in isolation for decades, without sparring partners, without continuous exposure to advanced concepts. Even if he were a once-in-a-millennium genius, he would be outdated. He couldn't possibly be a match for Chen Gu."
"Professionals are warriors; only in constant battle can they maintain their sharp edge."
Aviloya raised her eyebrows. "That's why I'm not worried about Ding Zhou at all. He's no longer a warrior. After so many years of luxury and comfort, when he challenges the Ninth Power Level, he is bound to fail."
With a CRACK, the wine glass in Ding Zhou's hand shattered as he crushed it.
The more brazen and arrogant his actions had been—facilitating the process to bring Wu Lusi back, using the Bureau of Mystic Security's satellite to watch the broadcast—the more embarrassing and awkward they seed now!
And at this mont, Ding Zhou was utterly puzzled. Was Chen Gu really that powerful? Could it be that even Wu Lusi was no match for him, defeated so utterly in just over ten minutes?
He did not know that his confusion at this mont was precisely validating Aviloya's viewpoint.
Outside the gates of the Huai Shan Branch School, Wu Lusi knelt despondently on the ground, still finding it hard to accept his defeat.
Inside the school, students and teachers occasionally passed by without even glancing in his direction.
It was a common sight: soone defeated by one of the school's students—perfectly normal. Our classmates and students are all geniuses, after all. Still, it took courage to co to the Huai Shan Branch School and issue a challenge.
Chen Gu helped Wu Lusi to his feet. "Let buy you a drink."
He actually felt a deep sympathy for Wu Lusi. No man, no matter how strong, can completely prevent being cuckolded. That sort of thing... it's as if it falls from the sky; you never know whose head it might land on.
Outside the Huai Shan Branch School was a prival forest. Chen Gu drove the disheartened Wu Lusi for several tens of minutes before they found a bar.
Wu Lusi stared at the rising foam in his beer mug, lost in thought.
It had been a long ti since he'd had a drink. The base supplies had never included alcohol. He grabbed the mug and guzzled it down. He downed six one-liter mugs of beer consecutively before he finally stopped and slowly belched. "What do you want to ask ?"
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