New Five spoke with a voice full of despair, mentioning the huge losses caused by his predecessor's reckless actions.

In addition, with the organization relocating, every move dealt a significant blow, and they almost got discovered at their doorstep, necessitating preparations for a new base.

The Divine King listened to the honest words of New Five, and in that tone was an overwhelming despair of wanting to kill the enemy but being powerless to change the course of things.

No matter how frustrated he was, he knew that even if he killed everyone, even if every member of the organization was fearless, it was impossible to destroy that research in the Southern Sea.

He couldn't remember the actions of his previous alias, not even recalling the former No.1.

New Five was just speaking the truth, and the Divine King understood that the state of his organization truly wasn't related to the current person.

In fact, if not for this person's swift decision to eliminate the deranged No.1, things might have been worse.

At least now they still served as an intelligence channel.

The Divine King, from once directly entering to this era, however arrogant he might be, knew that there were some things that were genuinely helpless.

Because he had personally experienced it...

New Five nervously completed his report, finishing his probing.

He confirmed that under this person, there was indeed no second force causing havoc, just some unknown source of intelligence on the Southern Sea research.

Moreover, it seemed like it was solely intelligence regarding the Southern Sea research.

New Five breathed a silent sigh of relief in his heart.

This source of intelligence was greatly limited and quite one-sided, with poor timeliness and significant delay.

These factors could serve as clues to trace back the source of intelligence.

Several days later, Yu Ziqing listened to New Five recounting the process of meeting the Divine King, with his brows furrowed.

Even now, the Divine King remained relentless, ordering the White Water Egg organization to cause as much disruption as possible, and even if they couldn't destroy the research, to find ways to delay its progress.

At least, it could be delayed for several hundred years.

However, hearing New Five's assessment, deducing other sources of the Divine King's intelligence, left him baffled.

He had no idea through which channels the Divine King obtained the intelligence.

Starting from the root wouldn't work either, as the number of people aware of the Southern Sea research was really quite large.

After all, the major actions of Lihuo Institute and Langya Institute couldn't possibly be kept secret, and even transferring personnel couldn't be kept hidden either.

Yu Ziqing stroked his chin, pondering how not to make New Five appear too incompetent.

And since the Divine King knew, they couldn't let the Divine King feel that the progress was rapid here, though troublesome, it was advancing quite smoothly.

If not for that, the labor would not be so spirited in their efforts.

Thus, Yu Ziqing collaborated with New Five to stage an authentic act, keeping everyone in the dark.

New Five, after much effort, replaced a labor and finally discovered that the Southern Sea research, upon reaching a new stage, suddenly required a precious material, and it had to be the best of its kind, with sufficient properties.

This material, meeting the requirements, was very rare and not highly valued because normally, cheaper and more abundant substitutes were used, but this best material was only available in one Grotto Heaven.

New Five's White Water Egg, without delay, quietly went to that Grotto Heaven and bought up all the material in stock.

As a result, the new stage of research was forced into a standstill, necessitating a search for a substitute material.

The material itself was correct, but after it traveled a round with New Five, it returned to Yu Ziqing's hands.

Yet, New Five could now report progress to the Divine King.

Half a month later, Yu Ziqing took out the material for Yang, claiming it was previous stock.

He wanted to see if this time the intelligence would still reach the Divine King.

...

Within the Void, a robed figure sat atop a Kun You over ten feet long, its speed of flying escape was extremely fast, yet everything around seemed motionless.

The person advanced quietly with eyes closed, when suddenly, around his ears emerged some sounds.

The sounds were not of human language, yet they seemed to contain infinite mysteries, as if the sacred teachings of ancient sages, bringing continuous insights as one listened.

When the mysterious aura faded, a thought emerged, enticing him with higher realms, drawn by more profound truths.

The massive Kun You had already stopped within the Void, the person with closed eyes opened his eyes, the mysterious swirl in his gaze slowly dissipated, replaced only by calmness.

"No need to play such tricks anymore; the Tenth Tier path will open, why go out of the way to fetch what's near?

I get what I want, you get what you want, only taking what each needs.

I won't ask who you are, and don't use such tricks in front of me anymore."

The robed person closed his eyes again, with the profound sounds echoing again around his ears, as if gradually comprehending everything.

A day later, the robed person spoke to himself.

"The research in the Southern Sea has come to a halt; it's said the preliminary results might now take from a hundred years to five hundred years.

Destroy that Grotto Heaven."

"Impossible, unless a Tenth Tier intervenes now, no one can destroy it, I lack such ability, and you can't afford enough to make me do it."

After a long silence, the mysterious sounds rose again, the robed person listened for a month, after which they vanished, and he patted the massive Kun You beneath him, disappearing from the spot.

The Kun You flew extremely fast, not lost in the Void, quickly returning to the starting point.

The robed person patted the head of Kun You, which instantly vanished, and with one step, he disappeared, entering the real world.