Zhutian: From Douluo, the illusion becomes real

Chapter 694, Section 693: The Eight Exquisite Treasures (Part 3)
Although it's the same thing, different people always have different perspectives.

The Straw Raincoat Man's intelligence was still too outdated.

The intelligence network is so outdated.

Completely unaware that just moments ago, right under his nose, the Eight Linglong had entered Xinzheng, he was even more unaware that the Eight Linglong was originally part of the Black and White Xuanjian, a special life form constructed from the remnant souls that the Black and White Xuanjian had killed and preserved.

However, considering that three-quarters of the Straw-Clad Gang's intelligence network had already been infiltrated and replaced by the Faceless Men, it was only natural that the Straw-Clad Gang's intelligence network was lagging behind. It was not surprising. When any intelligence network has half or more of its members replaced, it will fall into a state of stagnation, and may even face a situation where the situation is hopeless. After all, the opponent knows how many people they have and who they are, but they cannot be sure how many of their own people are left, nor can they be sure if a person is one of their own. All known investigative methods will become ineffective. This is how the Luo Net was infiltrated and gradually slipped out of control.

To put it bluntly, the opponent can fabricate eyewitnesses.

A gradual erosion from the outside in.

Imagine an intelligence agent who has been replaced. He can use the excuse of having obtained valuable intelligence to meet with his superior or a colleague for a private report or exchange. During this time, the agent can take advantage of the situation to make his move. Even if outsiders notice something is wrong and rush in, they will only find the superior who has been replaced by the Faceless Man, including the deceased original possessed subject. At this point, the replaced superior can then define the corpse lying on the ground, which can also be called the original possessed subject—the unfortunate intelligence agent who was replaced—as a traitor turned by external forces. Then, he can logically order his men to take him away and dispose of him, thus leaving no survivors or suspects.

Then, this superior can summon his intelligence agents one by one, replace them, and then use the same excuse—that he has obtained valuable intelligence—to lure a higher-level person to come. Relying on his superior's large numbers and fearlessness, plus the fact that he had laid an ambush, he can take down and replace the higher-level person. By using this method, the spread can quickly erode any force.

Even if an accident occurs and is noticed by others.

How can the leader of an intelligence organization verify this?
When one group accuses another group of traitors, and the accused group accuses the first group of traitors in return, it's impossible to make a judgment based on intuition alone, especially when both sides can provide witnesses and physical evidence. Moreover, even if one group is destined to be entirely composed of traitors, there will inevitably be spies within the other group.

It's impossible to clean it completely.

It's impossible to prevent it.

Even if regulations are established.

Unauthorized contact is strictly prohibited.

There must be three or more people present.

What if two Faceless Men survived the cleanup and set a trap?
Two to one.

It's easy to kill an intelligence agent.

Then, find a new Faceless Man to possess.

This makes three people in this group.

If you want to play it safe, you can take action a few more times, starting with three people attacking one person, then four people attacking one person, then four people attacking five people, then five people attacking six people, and then splitting into two groups of three or three groups of two, each finding its own target, and repeating this process until it ends.

In other words, the entire intelligence organization was completely eroded.

Moreover, the advantage of this kind of erosion is that they can act as witnesses to each other.

It's like the detective novel *Murder on the Orient Express*.

When everyone is the murderer.

When everyone is giving false testimony.

When the logic is self-consistent.

As long as there are no internal problems, it is impossible to distinguish externally based on any logic or evidence. The only thing that can be relied upon is intuition. However, the problem is that intuition can be manipulated.

Furthermore, even without being induced.

Who can guarantee that their intuition will be right every time?

How can you distinguish between 100 people without ever getting it wrong?
Compared to the Straw-Clothed Swordsmen, Mo Ya's Hundred Birds organization wasn't much better off. Hundred Birds was a professional assassin organization serving General Ji Wuye, a force personally established by him. Specific intelligence still needed to be provided by the Straw-Clothed Swordsmen. It was like eyes and hands; the Straw-Clothed Swordsmen were the eyes, helping to assess the situation, while Hundred Birds were the hands, responsible for the specific execution.

Even the man in the straw raincoat can't see the situation clearly now.

There is no way out of this murky water.

Needless to say, the black crows and the hundred birds were also included.

The building is about to collapse.

It's hard to say how many other members among the Hundred Birds, besides Mo Ya, have also had their hearts shaken by this realization.

There's more than one bird that wants to fly in the sky. It's just that the black crow flew in earlier than others.

You might end up getting hurt.

Because once he is caught, he will inevitably be made an example of, and such a predictable approach is not a cause for concern.

Perhaps at the moment he chose to spread his wings.

They were already prepared to die.

Therefore, in Ye Qingcang's view, Bai Niao was also a potential target.

Even if the quality of the Hundred Birds is not as good as that of the Faceless Man.

It's not as good as a net.

But it is a weaker version of the Embroidered Uniform Guard.

Barring any unforeseen circumstances, it should still be feasible.

Unite all those who can be united.

Reduce the number of enemies to a minimum.

Make lots of friends.

"Truly a great man."

“The words spoken are fundamentally true.”

Sitting in a restaurant near the city gate, Ye Qingcang clicked his tongue slightly, leaning against the window, watching the city wall not far away and the figures flashing by in the shadows of the city wall. He then gestured to Jing Ni, who had changed into palace attire and was no longer dressed as an assassin, but still had the Jing Ni sword hidden under her skirt, and asked, "If we're talking about speed, who's faster, you or him?"

"I'm faster."

Jing Ni told the truth.

She doesn't lie.

There's no need to lie about such a trivial matter.

However, since we're being realistic, there's one more thing that needs to be made clear: "However, if we really want to catch him, it will be very, very difficult. The one in front always has an advantage. He can easily use hidden weapons to delay me. Although I can use sword energy to block his movement and compress his space, since I'm the one chasing him, the initiative of where to run is naturally in his hands. Completely blocking his movement route is almost impossible. The final result will probably be that he gets tired and can't run anymore before I can catch up with him. If it were someone else, it might be a little easier..."

Jing Ni ultimately suffered the consequences of her physical condition.

Women are inherently less physically fit than men.

However, women are more flexible than men.

In terms of speed, Jing Ni is indeed very fast, but compared with the other male members of the Yue King's Eight Swords, only Duan Shui and Zhengang are inferior to her. The rest are on par with her, such as Hei Bai Xuan Jian and Zhuan Po Jian Zhu, who could even surpass her at their peak. On the contrary, Yan Ri is quite average in this aspect.

Therefore, Yanri has always been positioned as a versatile player.

If we were to select one item for comparison...

It's still quite a bit short.

Strength is not as good as true toughness.

Technique is no substitute for cutting off the water supply.

For example, she is not as flexible as him.

But when everything is always second best, all of them add up together.

It became a flawless sun-covering structure.

(End of this chapter)