The President of the Truth Society was almost fainted with anger.
He had been fighting with Gene Primordial for twenty or thirty years, and although he had suffered many minor losses during this period, it was the first time he had been toyed with by Gene Primordial like this.
If he hadn't released the news, he might have been able to tolerate it, but before that, he had already widely publicized that Lily was dead. As a result, Lily jumped out and slapped him in the face when he was only halfway through the announcement.
If sticking pins into effigies worked, the President would have loved to turn Lily and Gene Primordial into porcupines!
Lily and Gene Primordial's move was equivalent to suddenly pulling out a pile of 'Oreo' and smearing it on their opponent's face during a life-and-death struggle.
You could say there wasn't much physical damage, but it was just so damn disgusting, the kind that sticks with you for life.
"You bastard!"
The President was furious.
Bernardo, standing beside him, trembled: "President, should I immediately send people to hunt down Lily?"
The President clenched his right fist tightly: "Raise Lily's bounty directly to 3 million. This amount is enough to drive S-rank assassins to send her on her way. As for ourselves…"
He had finally figured it out.
At all times, one must distinguish between primary and secondary matters when doing things.
Lily and Gene Primordial were both hateful, but the most hateful was Gene Primordial, because all of this was secretly planned by Gene Primordial. Lily was just an executor. If they kept fixating on Lily, the executor, it would play right into Gene Primordial's hands.
"Those old guys from Gene Primordial are really good at scheming. Unable to find us, they deliberately threw out a bait to cause us trouble."
A cruel smile appeared on the President's face.
Unfortunately, no matter how well those old guys calculated, they couldn't calculate his true identity.
In the face of absolute strength, no amount of scheming is meaningful. Coincidentally, he would soon possess absolute strength!
"Immediately convene a war council!"
The President decided that he absolutely could not swallow this anger easily; he had to teach Gene Primordial a lesson.
Under his command, the Truth Society began to operate at high speed, preparing for retaliatory actions against Gene Primordial.
At the same time, the outside world was in an uproar over the news of Lily's "resurrection from the dead."
Players with well-informed sources in the community shared the information they had just received.
[Ah, wasn't it said that Lily died? Why did she revive on the spot?]
[From the beginning, the news of Lily's death was unilaterally released by Rattlesnake, right? This time, the Truth Society has completely lost face.]
[Damn you, Rattlesnake, you're truly a scammer, you made me sad for so long.]
[I found out that NPCs are now saying that this whole thing was actually a setup by Lily, Rattlesnake, and Gene Primordial to trick the Truth Society.]
[So, the previous falling out between Lily and Gene Primordial was actually an act?]
[It should be. Many NPCs say that Lily is actually Gene Primordial's ace agent, and she's been acting since the Abandoned Cooling Plant.]
[Uh, then is it true or false that Lily and Anya said they were aliens?]
[Who knows? I'm completely confused now. Let's see what Gene Primordial says. How do these NPCs have so many Mind's Eyes?]
[It must be true. Lily can't possibly be a bad woman!]
[I just like bad women!]
While the players were arguing fiercely, many factions also tried to ascertain Lily's true identity from Gene Primordial.
"I heard that Lily is an ace agent cultivated by Gene Primordial. Is the situation true?"
The Gene Primordial members who were asked were all bewildered.
What? Isn't Lily a wanted criminal with a bounty from Gene Primordial? When did she become an ace agent? How can you people imagine so much?
The message was passed up level by level, finally reaching the general who had ordered Lily to be killed.
"General…"
"..."
The general was certain that Lily was definitely not Gene Primordial's ace agent, but if he directly denied it, people outside would most likely not believe it, and it would also seem quite embarrassing to deny it.
Lily alone could turn the Truth Society upside down. What are you Gene Primordial people doing? You don't have the ability, but you want to drive away someone who does, right?
After some discussion, Gene Primordial finally decided to play dead.
They wouldn't say yes, nor would they say no, just letting the outside world slowly guess.
Anyway, they wouldn't lose anything. In this struggle, only the Truth Society was harmed. They just needed to enjoy the results Lily brought.
…
Lily closed her personal terminal.
The Truth Society's bounty on her on the Dark Web had already risen to 3 million, a leap from 800,000.
But she didn't care. The Goli Desert was so vast that even if the Truth Society wanted to retaliate, they wouldn't find her anytime soon. She could now enjoy the 800,000 the Truth Society had paid her.
She took out a small portion of the money to share with Sword Qi Soaring to the Sky and the others. Most of the remaining money would be used to build Silent Garden's base, and a small portion would be used to purchase materials for making Prayer Cards.
For her, only money spent was useful.
After counting the money, Lily opened her quest log, and a new notification popped up.
[You have completed the quest [Little Yulia's Request (1)], gaining 100,000 experience points.]
She had already found Graham's hiding place. The next step was to interrogate Graham to find out where the people the Truth Society used to threaten Yulia were being held.
This was the content of Little Yulia's Request (2), with a reward of 150,000 experience, which was quite substantial.
"Let's go back first."
Lily was not in a hurry to immediately cause trouble for Graham.
With her current strength and the number of players following her, the difficulty of breaking into that base and capturing Graham alive was too high.
She planned to return to 11th Shelter first to develop further, then bring more players to ensure the mission could be completed smoothly.
On the way back to 11th Shelter, Sword Qi Soaring to the Sky and the others looked at her several times, wanting to speak but hesitating.
Although they didn't speak, Lily still knew what they wanted to ask. It was nothing more than the current rumors outside that she was Gene Primordial's ace agent, and that news about aliens was all made up. Sword Qi Soaring to the Sky and the others, having heard so much, would inevitably feel confused.
Let them guess.
The more players guessed, and the more outlandish their guesses, the more advantageous it was for her.
After the car entered the Goli Desert, Lily suddenly received a new notification: the destruction contribution for [Truth Unknown] had increased from 1.19% to 1.83%.
"Hmm?"
She remembered that last time this contribution also suddenly rose from 0 to 0.28%. What was going on? Could it be that this progress bar automatically increased by a segment every once in a while?
After browsing the Dark Web and the player community, Lily finally understood the situation.
It turned out that while she was on her way back to 11th Shelter, the Truth Society had dispatched many people to launch a new round of attacks on Gene Primordial.
Because this round of attacks came very suddenly, Gene Primordial suffered considerable losses, but Gene Primordial was, after all, one of the five major forces, and their counterattack also caused some losses to the Truth Society.
"The Truth Society attacked Gene Primordial and suffered losses because I provoked them. So, indirect damage also counts towards the contribution, huh?"
Lily's mind immediately became active.
Her grand espionage plan seemed feasible now: use players to scout the locations of Truth Society bases, then publicize these base locations. She only needed to sit back and reap the benefits.
A few days later, Lily successfully returned to 11th Shelter.
Under Gao Yuan's arrangement, the second wave of players who came to join her had already been settled in Red Sand Camp. During this period, the Gao Family's convoy had also made several round trips, carrying out simple repairs to Red Sand Camp.
The first cooperation between the two sides could be said to have gone very smoothly.
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