Imperial warlords: Cannons are the only truth

Chapter 339 Missed

The capital city—the imperial palace, the imperial study.

"what?"

"You mean—Qiu Bingrui, the chairwoman of Aurora Corporation and a world-renowned powerful woman, not only orchestrated the 'Aurora X All-Round Assistive Robot' vulnerability incident, but is also a remnant of a foreign power?"

After listening to Chen Guyan's detailed report, Shen Moshen looked at Chen Guyan in disbelief: "And that uproar over the media last time was also orchestrated by Qiu Bingrui?"

"Yes!" Chen Guyan nodded affirmatively: "Qiu Bingrui used the Aurora X All-Around Assist Robot to obtain top-secret information from the Imperial Security Agency."

"Including top-level confidential information that only the Director of Security can access."

"In other words—Qiu Bingrui already knows about the impending invasion by the Badaf insectoids..."

Shen Moshen frowned and said, "Knowing that the Badaf insectoids are coming, Qiu Bingrui and other remnants of the barbarian kingdoms are still trying their best to overthrow the Great Qian before the Badaf insectoids arrive."

"It is clear that in the hearts of these remnants of the barbarian kingdoms, such as Qiu Bingrui, the hatred for our Great Qian has already penetrated to the bone!"

"They're willing to do anything to bring down the Great Qian Dynasty!"

"They're really persistent."

Then, Shen Moshen changed the subject: "However, this also proves once again how wise our plan to completely eradicate the remnants of the barbarian tribes was!"

"Otherwise, the existence of these malignant tumors will be a time bomb for the entire Qianxing!"

"It's regrettable that despite our meticulous and comprehensive extermination plan, there were still some like Qiu Bingrui who escaped..."

"Your Majesty, please punish us. Such a blunder is a serious dereliction of duty on the part of our Intelligence Agency."

Chen Guyan immediately took the initiative to apologize, saying, "What's even more serious is that we actually allowed Qiu Bingrui to become a world-renowned 'outstanding' entrepreneur right under our noses!"

"We even proactively approached Qiu Bingrui's Aurora Company to discuss cooperation..."

"This is utterly shameful..."

"Alright! This kind of thing can't be attributed to your dereliction of duty."

"Qiu Bingrui is really too well hidden."

"Who would have thought that the business legend, idolized by countless people, was actually a complete anti-government element...?"

"And he's a remnant of a barbarian state!"

"Your intelligence agency has done a very good job."

"Wasn't it all thanks to your Intelligence Bureau that Qiu Bingrui and that Shi Ye were exposed for their true colors this time...?"

"If we're talking about apologizing, Min Wenyao of the Imperial Security Administration should be the first to 'apologize'."

"By the way, before you entered the palace, Min Wenyao had already called to apologize and offered to resign."

"They even said that they have a lot of things to deal with outside and can't come to the palace to apologize in person right now..."

"He's dreaming! He thinks of resigning as soon as something goes wrong. He's clearly just trying to shirk his responsibilities!" Shen Moshen smiled. "If you guys quit, where do you think I'm going to find people like you who are capable, loyal, and experienced to fill the gaps?"

Shen Moshen would definitely not be willing to let "veterans" like Chen Guyan and Min Wenyao, who were products of the system, resign.

Especially now, with the inability to acquire talent from the system, these former "veterans" of the system have become even more valuable..................

This is not to say that the Great Qian Empire lacks talent.

However, this attribute of 100% loyalty is exclusive to system talents.

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at the same time.

A secret underground base in a mountainous area within the territory of Shazhou.

"Did that crazy woman instruct you to do this?"

"How much did you benefit from Qiu Bingrui?"

"I have always regarded you as my most trusted confidant!"

"I never imagined you were a spy that crazy woman planted next to me!"

"And it's a nail that's ready to take my life and steal the results of the 'super-destruction bomb' at any moment!"

"Good! I should have known that the crazy woman must have been tampering with me."

"However, I really didn't expect that it would be you who was bought off by that crazy woman, Qiu Bingrui!"

Ishino looked at his deputy, Kogen, who was already tortured to the point of being covered in blood and on the verge of death, with a self-deprecating expression.

It turned out that the Intelligence Bureau had uncovered Qiu Bingrui's true colors.

In order to locate Shi Ye, they quickly used high-tech means to impersonate Qiu Bingrui and make contact with Gu Yuan, who had been hiding by Shi Ye's side.

While determining Ishino's hiding place, the Intelligence Bureau also used Qiu Bingrui's identity to issue an order to Gu Yuan to find a way to control Ishino.

If Kogen could subdue Ishino before the Intelligence Bureau's personnel arrived, it would save a lot of trouble.................

The Security Administration must prioritize capturing Shi Ye, a remnant of the Yi Kingdom who is "on the same level" as Qiu Bingrui, alive.

However, things don't always go as planned – logically speaking, given Gu Yuan's status, it shouldn't have been difficult for him to secretly take control of Shi Ye.

However, Gu Yuan stumbled on such a "simple" matter...

In the end, Shi Ye was not brought under control, and Gu Yuan's secret identity was exposed.

It's true that Gu Yuan's ideas were really unlucky.

Just as I was about to deliver a cup of laced coffee to Ishino, he happened to be holding a coffee spoon that uses the latest technology to detect toxic substances in food.

As a result, when the coffee spoon was placed into the coffee, the tampered coffee was immediately exposed.

According to the test results of the coffee spoon, the coffee that Kogen served to Ishino was actually laced with a toxic substance containing sedative ingredients!

Moreover, the portion size is quite large!

If Ishino were to actually drink that spiked coffee—without human intervention or an antidote—he would be knocked unconscious for a full day and night........................

Upon seeing this situation, Shi Ye immediately thought of Qiu Bingrui!

Because Shi Ye simply couldn't think of anyone other than Qiu Bingrui who could make Gu Yuan, who always obeyed his every command, do such a thing.

However, even after being discovered by Ishino, Gu Yuan, who was still unaware that he was being used by the Intelligence Bureau, did not betray Qiu Bingrui despite being beaten for more than half an hour.

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"how?"

Do you think I can't do anything to you if you don't talk?

"Fine!" Ishino's eyes were filled with anger. "I didn't expect you to be so loyal to that crazy woman!"

"You've been beaten like this and you still won't say anything!"

"Gu Yuan, you're so stubborn, could it be that you're having an affair with that crazy woman, Qiu Bingrui?"

"Still not talking?"

"Does silence mean consent?"

"No way? You're not really having an affair with that crazy woman, are you?"

"How about this!" Seeing that Gu Yuan still didn't speak, Shi Ye changed his strategy: "Actually, whether you admit it or not, it doesn't matter anymore."

"There's one thing I want to figure out right now."

Shi Ye stared at Gu Yuan and said in a gloomy tone, "How exactly did you get in touch with that crazy woman?"

"Isn't Qiu Bingrui currently imprisoned by the Imperial Security Agency?"

"Could it be that that crazy woman contacted you right under the nose of the Security Administration?"

"besides!"

"That crazy woman has already made things this way, what exactly does he mean by having you pull this stunt on me?"

"Could it be revenge for me raiding her secret bases?"

"Or is it that—that crazy woman had a pre-arranged plan with you?"

"If something happens to her, you'll turn on me?"

"Wait! Something doesn't seem right..."

Ishino immediately denied the statement he had just mentioned: "All our fussing and scheming is for the sake of completing our revenge!"

"Something happened to Qiu Bingrui, and you still managed to frame me! Doesn't that just ruin my revenge plan?"

"In any case, we have to leave someone behind to continue the unfinished revenge."

"My attack on Aurora Corporation's seven secret research bases was also for the sake of revenge!"

"That crazy woman is about to be finished, I can't just stand by and watch the Great Qian Dynasty take advantage of everything!"

"Gu Yuan, the more you talk about it, the less I understand the crux of the matter."

Shi Ye frowned and said, "Don't try to hide it for Qiu Bingrui anymore—I know you must be the one she placed by my side."

"It's pointless for you to deny this."

"I just want to know—did that crazy woman give you the latest orders remotely before you attacked me?"

"Still not talking?"

"Are you trying to play the 'silence is golden' card with me?"

"Fine! I refuse to believe I can't handle you!"

With that, Shi Ye turned around, walked to the safe, verified it, and opened the door.

Then, Ishino took out a set of syringes and a transparent glass container filled with blue medicine from the safe.

"Do you have to make me hit you with this thing before you'll talk?"

Shi Ye made Gu Yuan on the ground take a good look at what he was holding: "Gu Yuan, for the sake of our past relationship, I don't want to use this thing on you."

"You should know better than anyone else—once this thing is used on a person, that person is completely ruined."

"You wouldn't really want to experience that feeling of being worse than dead, would you?"

After clearly seeing the blue potion in Ishino's hand.

Gu Yuan, who had been unmoved, immediately changed his expression.

Gu Yuan knew just how terrifying the blue potion in Shi Ye's possession was!

This medicine was developed by them during their research on the "super-destructive bomb" using a newly discovered toxic substance that they refined and formulated.

Moreover, there is currently no antidote for this blue potion!

Ishino named it—The Source of Fear!

Once this blue drug is injected into a person, that person will quickly lose the ability to move.

But this is only the first step!

The most terrifying thing about this blue potion is that after turning a person into a vegetative state, that person will be trapped in endless nightmares.

Moreover, the fear in nightmares is amplified infinitely!

Ishino and Kogen had personally witnessed the use of special equipment to project each other's nightmare scenes onto a screen on the test subjects, and they also collected the test subjects' emotional and sensory information as well as various physical indicators.

The conclusion is that this is absolutely a poison that makes life worse than death!

Others may not understand the power of the "Source of Fear," but Gu Yuan, who personally participated in its development, was very clear about it.

Therefore, when Kogen saw Ishino take out the "Source of Fear", he immediately changed his attitude.

"I said!"

"You won! I'll tell you everything..."

Gu Yuan, who was lying on the ground, finally relented.

"If you had been this sensible earlier, there wouldn't have been so much trouble."

Seeing that Kogen had already given in, Ishino walked to the safe and put the "Source of Fear" potion back in its original place.

Then, Shi Ye very "thoughtfully" helped Gu Yuan, who was so exhausted that he could barely move, onto the sofa.

"Alright, now you can speak properly."

"Actually, you were right just now."

Gu Yuan glanced at the safe containing the "Source of Fear" with lingering fear, swallowed hard, and said, "An hour ago, Qiu Bingrui contacted me."

"And he gave me that instruction."

"What! Qiu Bingrui contacted you an hour ago?" Shi Ye frowned. "Wasn't she already imprisoned by the Imperial Security Agency and restricted from all external communication?"

"She escaped?"

"no!"

Gu Yuan shook his head: "She did not escape from the Imperial Security Agency."

"However, she said she had already made an escape plan."

"Her asking me to keep you under control also means she has a new plan."

Faced with the threat of the "source of fear," Gu Yuan confessed to Shi Ye in detail: "Qiu Bingrui contacted me through an inside agent within the Imperial Security Agency."

"What? The Imperial Security Agency has an informant for this crazy woman?"

"It seems I really underestimated this crazy woman!"

"How could his inside game still be effective under these circumstances?"

"That's really impressive!"

Shi Ye looked at Gu Yuan with a gloomy expression: "You just said that Qiu Bingrui already has a plan to escape?"

"Yes! That's what she told me..."

Gu Yuan glanced at the safe again: "As long as you promise not to use that thing on me..."

"I'll tell you everything I know, in detail!"