"I'll give you a heads-up on the next major project."

"Do you think things here are simple?"

Yu Ziqing was slightly taken aback, somewhat surprised.

"With stable advancement and so many people, do we still need a long time? Ten years?"

"Solving it within a hundred years would be considered fast. You're underestimating the complexity of the entire Grotto Heaven's divine charm."

If this matter weren't so important, standing high enough, the beginning was smooth.

Why do you think these people are willing to spend precious time here grinding away?

The difficulties aren't much, but the further we advance, the more troublesome it seems."

"Does it really take so long?"

"It doesn't really matter. I need to tell you, we've discovered a scholar from the Lihuo Institute in the team, a spy."

"The situation here isn't much of a secret, those who should know have long known."

After saying this, Yu Ziqing pondered a bit and continued to ask.

"Do you mean someone doesn't want the research here to succeed?

Isn't that ridiculous?

If it succeeds, even those hidden Evil Dao members will benefit.

So, do you mean it's the Abyss, or the Void?"

Yu Ziqing was a bit surprised, thinking, does the Great Devil in the Abyss have such intelligence? Could they have turned a scholar from the Lihuo Institute?

Or perhaps it's the Wig White Water Egg?

But the intelligence the Wig White Water Egg has recently acquired from this world has all been meticulously curated.

This matter certainly has nothing to do with the White Water Egg organization.

After several purges, the remaining White Water Egg members now can't possibly go around New Five to accomplish such tasks.

Even if they bypass New Five, there's still New No. Ten undercover.

"The scholar slightly tampered with some collected data while working."

The level was really low, and the tampering seemed a bit fake, which the dean noticed.

Later, it was found out that this guy was definitely an intricate spy.

The current investigation has traced back to a small family behind him, and he shows signs of being brainwashed, with subtle changes in his Divine Soul.

Only by extracting his Divine Soul from his body can you discover something unusual.

It's unclear when he became like this.

To him, he's merely obeying orders.

We are puzzled. Even if the tampered data, with such low-level methods, went unnoticed, the impact wouldn't be significant.

Subsequent repeated checks would certainly reveal it, at most just delaying some time.

There's actually not much significance.

Thus, exposing a nail rather than concealing the matter, what's the purpose?

Such stupidity looks more like the tactics of some not-so-powerful Devils."

Upon hearing this, Freedom Heaven promptly communicated to Yu Ziqing.

"This matter definitely has nothing to do with the Heavenly Demon, even the dumbest would not act like this."

Lou Huai added.

"Heart Demons don't have this trick, it's definitely Refining God cultivators messing with people's Divine Souls."

Yu Ziqing nodded in agreement, indeed, none of the Devils are professional in this kind of matter.

"I'll invite Zhong Shouzheng to take a look later; he's been indulging freely for too long, it's time he did some work."

After speaking, Yu Ziqing sent out a message, inviting Zhong Shouzheng to come to the Southern Sea.

When it comes to matters related to Divine Souls, Old Zhong is more professional.

It's just right to have him here sitting in, functioning as a human radar.

The Divine King knows about this matter and will certainly obstruct, it's a pity he won't know.

The only ones who might know and block it would be the Devils.

Or perhaps, it's not related to the Devils at all, it's just someone inherently malicious.

Specializing in such harmful acts that do no good to anyone.

Yu Ziqing found himself a bit naive; he previously thought this matter would benefit everyone, whether Evil Dao or Demon, alike.

It raises the world's intrinsic value overall.

But someone seems not to want that.

Yu Ziqing couldn't understand it, yet he couldn't deny such people exist.

"We'll discuss with other deans later and conduct an audit; this matter is of great importance, we can't afford not to be cautious.

If someone attacks directly, it's not a concern, it's these sinister traps we fear.

I'll also candidly discuss with the other deans.

If they want to sabotage, they wouldn't be as crude as these scholars, simply tampering with data."

After thinking, Yu Ziqing secretly went to meet Ji Meng's wife.

After inquiry, the sister-in-law didn't detect any strong beings approaching here, nor sense any dangerous entities.

Yu Ziqing could only ask them to keep an eye out to prevent any problems here.

Don't let anyone destroy the Big Island Cave Heaven, because if that place is destroyed, it'll be a disaster.

That's why Yu Ziqing couldn't understand, what's the use of tampering with data. If he really wanted to block it, destroying the Big Island Cave Heaven would be most thorough.

Without samples, research can no longer continue.

Thinking about it, perhaps the opponent indeed wants to do this, but doesn't dare approach, not even dare to appear in the Southern Sea.

If not, infiltrating the Big Island Cave Heaven to cause damage would only take one big fight.

This means, if someone really intends to cause destruction, the opponent's aware of the existence of Ji Meng and the sister-in-law.

So, they simply won't enter the realm of the Southern Sea.

Or perhaps they're not convenient or lack the capability to come.

Days later, New Five sent a message.

After meeting New Five, their aura seemed a bit subdued.

"Something's happened, that person summoned me, inquiring about matters in the Southern Sea.

I could only feign ignorance, fortunately, I stated I was busy with Crown Prince's affairs lately.

The Crown Prince doesn't want to engage with us or accept help, hence that person didn't pay much attention afterward.

Assigned the task to me, the Crown Prince's matter can be temporarily set aside, and focus entirely on destroying the Southern Sea's research."

"When did this happen?"

"Five days ago, he somehow acquired the information, that Jade Scroll has always been in my possession, no chance someone else got access."

"Any other Jade Scrolls?"

"Impossible, only this one."

Yu Ziqing's brows furrowed tightly, so the previous spy indeed had no relation to the Divine King.

Yet now, he's acquired information from somewhere, through different channels.

This makes things rather troublesome.

Fortunately, the details New Five provided before, even if meticulously curated, were all real without any logical flaws, prepared for the day when problems arise, they would still be manageable.

"First, clarify where he received the intelligence from."