No. 1 nearly held No. 4's hand, speaking these heartfelt words with a moved expression.

No. 4 looked disdainful, with a mocking face, but unfortunately, he lacked a face, so No. 1 couldn't see it.

No. 1's words automatically translated to No. 4 as: I'm escaping, you stay and take the fall.

Ever since the debacle with the death row prisoner swap incident, which rubbed Daqian's face on the ground, making Daqian lose significant face.

On top of that, Song Chengyue quickly dug up a bunch of things.

Emperor Qian absolutely cannot tolerate it.

Some action must be taken.

And to appease Emperor Qian, so he wouldn't spend enormous resources to hunt them down every day.

This time, the base is definitely not an option, the loss must appear substantial.

Anyone who sees them would think they're severely weakened, with insignificant remnants unable to stir up any trouble.

If their loss isn't significant this time, Emperor Qian's anger won't dissipate.

Then they would never find peace again.

Being targeted by the Daqian court would make life unbearable.

Especially this time, for some reason, the Langya Institute dispatched experts as well.

No. 1 knew that luck was no longer a factor.

Even if there's the ability to recover major losses, they shouldn't attempt it, just preserve the core.

A high-ranking figure must become the scapegoat.

No. 4 fits perfectly.

The Liao Family was initially strong due to their unique skills and abilities, though their position wasn't particularly outstanding, it was steady.

Unfortunately, the Liao Family is finished, the curse they bear is irresolvable.

On the surface, the Liao Family seemed stable.

But he knew very clearly, No. 4 was already cursed, the Liao Family was doomed.

Exactly when they needed someone to be the scapegoat.

No. 4 was just the right fit.

After delegating power to No. 4, No. 1 left the base, departing quietly.

No. 4 gained control over the base and immediately asked around casually.

He easily learned when No. 1 decided to leave and started preparing.

Down to the specific two-hour period.

During this time, no one returned with messages, news wasn't brought back by people.

No. 1 had another channel for information.

No. 4 had been with the White Water Egg organization for so many years; if his capability wasn't adequate, he wouldn't have been No. 4.

Besides Nos. 1, 2, and 3, he was the highest-ranked among those who could undertake tasks alone within the White Water Egg.

Yu Ziqing needed specific timings; he naturally knew it was to trace who was delivering messages to No. 1.

Daqian was acting as they were.

But daily operations were normal, everything else was fine.

Before operations truly commenced, the subordinates had no idea where they were heading or what they were tasked with.

They just had to keep following orders, which weren't all issued at once.

No. 1 learned of the news earlier than even No. 4 did.

Before then, there weren't many who could know this information, making it easy to investigate later.

It's certain now, the person's rank must be rather high.

After confirming this matter, No. 4 ceased too much attention, it wasn't time to focus on that now.

He needed to do as much as possible in the few days he had.

Also finding ways to preserve some strength where possible.

No. 1 directly abandoned the base, though it wasn't explicitly stated; letting No. 4 take the fall, letting others die, couldn't be spoken.

If No. 4 could preserve the living forces, it would undeniably be a merit.

After working here for so many years, No. 4's thinking somewhat aligned with No. 1's.

Valuation-based thinking.

He knew No. 1 believed that abandoning the base would cost less than preserving it.

Wanting to mitigate the attention from the Daqian court.

But No. 4 wouldn't grant No. 1 his wish.

He first checked the archives in the base.

Predictably, before he was granted full control, many sensitive documents had vanished.

Some White Water Egg files were missing too.

For instance, No. 2's documents were completely absent.

The remaining files of many other White Water Eggs were mostly of those who couldn't independently undertake missions.

Among them were his own documents.

The ones with documents that could still be found were those abandoned this time.

Like No. 5's documents were gone, Nos. 7 and 10's documents were missing too.

Nos. 6, 8, and 9 were dead.

Their documents remained, though had little use now.

He waved his hand, taking all the stored documents, intending to examine them later.

Leaving the archive, he casually closed the door, glancing at the floating square head.

"I now fully control everything in the base, without my permission, no one shall enter."

The square head nodded repeatedly, spat out a force, and the archive door turned into a stone wall.

The wall grew, sealing the place completely with no passage.

"Lead the way to No. 3's place."

No. 4 arrived at No. 3's location, standing at the door, watching as No. 3 was still researching something instead of hurriedly packing, he sighed in relief.

He took out a sealed box, standing at the door, he spoke inside.

"No. 3, you asked me to pay attention to some special items."