Chapter 5122 — Capturing Cultivators
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"Ha, it's not that serious. Just do your work well and that's enough." The bespectacled doctor smiled in satisfaction, then said, "All right, let's get down to business. Report to me everything you know about the Primordial Alliance, especially the circumstances of your earlier encounter with that skilled hand from the Bixie Sect—not a single detail may be omitted. Understand?"
"Yes, yes." Brother Dafeng nodded hastily.
Following the story Wei Zhao had briefed him on beforehand, Brother Dafeng calmly let slip a few matters concerning the Primordial Alliance. When the bespectacled doctor had heard him out, his eyes lit up, and he thought to himself that Miss Lan had indeed been prescient.
Though what this Dafeng fellow had said was all information that was not hard to dig up, far less comprehensive than the intelligence at central headquarters, some of the details had never drawn any attention before and were of considerable value.
"That's as much as I know, Chief." Brother Dafeng's expression was utterly frank.
"Good, very good. What you've told me is highly useful. From now on you'll stay here and serve as my assistant." The bespectacled doctor was pleased.
"Assistant? Oh, oh—so what do I do next?" Brother Dafeng asked at once. Apart from the exact location of central headquarters, the question he most wanted cleared up at this moment was that so-called Primordial Research Team; but having only just arrived, he could not rashly bring such matters up. Haste does not bring success with hot tofu—this had to be done one step at a time.
"No hurry. First spend a couple of days getting familiar with the place; afterward I'll give you your assignments. This is your access card, with your room number on it. Go rest for a while. Remember not to wander about—you have only junior clearance right now. Apart from my office and the public living areas, you can't get into any other place." The bespectacled doctor gave these instructions.
"Understood." Brother Dafeng gave a solemn salute.
"Ha, no need to be so serious. This is a research base, not a combat base—just act natural." The bespectacled doctor turned and left with a smile. From the look of him, he had gained a good deal of valuable intelligence from Brother Dafeng and was in quite a fine mood.
The bespectacled doctor was in a fine mood; Brother Dafeng's was not so good. Though everything had gone smoothly so far—at least he had not given himself away, and judging by the other man's attitude he had already won a preliminary measure of trust, and he even knew he was about to join some Primordial Research Team—it all looked lovely, but the trouble was that he had obtained no substantive intelligence whatsoever.
And what was even more maddening was that in this situation, even if he truly did dig up key intelligence, there would be no way to get it to Wei Zhao. All signals in this place were blocked, and he was not allowed to wander about either—so how was he supposed to manage?
"Damn it. All I can do is take it one step at a time." Brother Dafeng muttered. Holding his access card, he began to roam about. Even if he could not go wherever he pleased, he still had to get thoroughly familiar with the places he could go first; as for those places he could not enter, he would save them for later and think of a way in time.
What Brother Dafeng did not know was that from the very moment he entered central headquarters, his every move had been monitored with perfect clarity. It was fortunate that he had heeded Wei Zhao's advice and acted with caution; otherwise he would likely have been seized long ago.
Elsewhere, the bespectacled doctor hurried off to report the situation to Lan Xiaoru, only to find her in a fury the moment he stepped through the door. The reason was simple: the second batch of experimental samples had once again been wiped out root and branch.