My chat group is full of female losers

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Chu Lu's voice was calm. After all, now that the decision had been made, all that remained was to carry it out. Continuing to be sentimental would only make him look ridiculous. He said, "Given the current situation, we don't have many options. Either we run away and carry out that scrapped case we prepared when dealing with Si Ren, or we find and kill that powerful female lead hiding in the shadows."

He paused, weighing the two options in his mind, and then said, "The situation isn't that dire yet, so I'd like to try the latter first. The problem is, how do we find her? Do you have any suggestions?"

"Chu Lu, to be honest, I don't think you can find her." Qin Su's voice echoed in his mind. "The female lead has a halo around her. If she doesn't want to be found, then ordinary methods are difficult to use to track her down. In addition, with her special abilities, she can easily spread false information about her whereabouts, and even make the pursuers doubt themselves because of the new rumors when they find her, thus making it easy for her to escape."

Those who believe the rumors will then become obstacles for those who come later. In this situation, it's simply impossible to pinpoint her exact location.

Chu Lu fell silent after listening.

Qin Su's answer made a lot of sense. It was indeed very difficult to find a female lead who was deliberately hiding her true identity. He hadn't even been able to find Si Ren back then, let alone find this female lead who was clearly more insidious and more capable than Si Ren.

He pondered for a while, then suddenly frowned and asked, "By the way, I've never asked before, how did her rumors spread?"

Qin Su replied, "Just like ordinary people, it spread by word of mouth. The Empress Dowager's incident was essentially her telling a rumor to someone, who then passed it on to others, and those others passed it on to others, spreading like a virus until it reached the whole city, the emperor, and finally you."

“Is that so…” Chu Lu raised an eyebrow slightly, “Then I think I have a way.”

"What method?" Qin Su asked curiously.

“Since she can attack me with rumors, I can naturally fight back with rumors as well,” Chu Lu explained. “As long as we follow her rumors, we can lead to new rumors, thereby undermining her original intentions.”

We can immediately send people to spread a double-dealing rumor in the capital, saying that the so-called blood sacrifice formation and 100,000 ghost soldiers were all a scheme I set up from beginning to end, with the purpose of deliberately luring the Great Jiang Kingdom and the Great Liang Kingdom to send troops.

If they dare to come, they will walk headlong into our trap and meet their doom.

“This is the same principle as dispelling the rumors about the Empress Dowager. Since it succeeded with the Empress Dowager that time, it will naturally succeed this time as well.” He looked at Qin Su and asked, “How about it? Will this method work?”

Qin Su pursed her lips, looking like she didn't want to hurt Chu Lu's feelings but couldn't lie. Finally, she shook her head and said, "Chu Lu, your method is indeed good, but don't forget. If you can use rumors to cover up her rumors, she can naturally turn the tables and cover up yours."

With her abilities, spreading rumors is far easier for her than for you. If it really came down to a war of rumors, she would definitely come out on top in the end.

“You’re right,” Chu Lu smiled slightly, “but I’m going to make her take action. Have you forgotten? My goal isn’t to dispel her rumors, but to find her.”

Qin Su was stunned and said, "What do you mean?"

Chu Lu continued to explain, "Since Chang Hong has to personally spread rumors by word of mouth, there must be a general path for the spread of her rumors. So as long as we spread rumors of a scheme within a scheme in the city to force her to retaliate, and then secretly observe where our false information begins to disappear. That place is most likely her own sphere of activity."

"It might not be accurate the first time, but as long as we repeat it several times and keep narrowing down the range, we will eventually be able to filter her out."

"I see..." Qin Su suddenly realized. "That's an interesting method. But Chu Lu, what if Chang Hong doesn't fall for it?"

She questioned, "Considering the female lead's need for love, she'll definitely have a certain number of followers. If she tells these followers the rumors and then has them spread them throughout the capital, your plan won't work. How will you deal with that?" "Honestly, I can't handle it," Chu Lu readily admitted. "If she really does that, it'll be troublesome. But the problem is..."

Chu Lu raised an eyebrow and sneered, "Does she even have that level of intelligence?"

Qin Su's expression became subtle.

“Are you sure,” Chu Lu continued, “that after she saw my counterattack, she could immediately see through my true intentions and that I wanted to find her location, rather than simply thinking that I was just making a desperate last-ditch effort and then attacking her repeatedly without warning?”

Qin Su opened her mouth, wanting to refute, but couldn't think of a way to do so.

After a while, her voice rang out again: "What you said actually makes some sense..."

"Then do it."

The situation was urgent, and Chu Lu didn't want any delay. He sat up straight and called out loudly towards the outside of the hall, "Someone, summon Huo Qi."

Soon, Huo Qi reappeared in the Imperial Study.

"Your Majesty," he said, kneeling in greeting.

"Huo Qi," Chu Lu looked at him, too lazy to bother with formalities, and went straight to the point, "I am now giving you a secret mission..."

He revealed his plan in detail, but omitted the part about the female lead, only saying that the Empress Dowager's matter seemed to have some hidden peculiarities and needed further investigation.

Huo Qi listened with deep confusion, his eyes filled with bewilderment as he looked at Chu Lu. A major invasion by an enemy state—a crisis threatening the very survival of the dynasty—yet Chu Lu was concerned with this first?
This concerns the Empress Dowager, and under normal circumstances it would indeed be a major matter, and a thorough investigation would not be unreasonable. But what is the situation now? Besides, the Empress Dowager is already fine, so is it necessary to be in such a hurry?

Is the Emperor really such a person who can't distinguish between what's important and what's urgent?

"This matter is of utmost importance and must be kept absolutely secret. Everyone involved in the operation must be your trusted confidants, and not a single word can be leaked." At this moment, Chu Lu solemnly instructed again, "Moreover, they must be men, and they cannot have any contact with women during the operation."

This instruction is even stranger. Keeping it a secret is understandable, but what's the point of not being allowed to have contact with women? Is it because they're worried that beauty will lead to trouble? That doesn't make sense either.

Despite being filled with doubts, the person who gave the order was, after all, Emperor Chu Lu.

Therefore, Huo Qi suppressed his doubts and clasped his hands, saying, "This subordinate obeys the order."

After saying that, he quietly left the Imperial Study.

(End of this chapter)