Chapter 139: Zhen’s Mission
After the survivors in Cloud City were fully resettled, Xu Zhi selected an auspicious date and wrote her first letter to the Federation.
She then waited for Zhen to reach level 30.
[Familiar: Eastern Sea Hawk Lv30]
Mind: 3500
Body: 6000
Traits: Sharp, Agile, Enduring, Strong, Keen Hearing, Evolution Lv4, Mental Resistance, Penetration, Insight
Special Abilities: Instant Death Lv5, Divine Wind
[Congratulations, your Familiar has reached level 30. Evolution level has increased, traits have advanced, and ten traits have transformed into exclusive traits.]
[Congratulations, your Familiar’s special ability “Instant Death” has reached level 5.]
[Instant Death Lv5: When this transcendental ability is activated, the Familiar’s attacks have a chance to instantly kill the target. This death is unavoidable, irreversible, and unalterable. Current trigger probability: 1%.]
[Congratulations, your Familiar has acquired a new special ability: Divine Wind.]
[Divine Wind: Dance with the wind. In any place where wind exists, your Familiar’s agility is doubled and it can control the wind as both weapon and support.]
“One percent?”
That was already a pretty good probability.
And Zhen now had enough transcendental energy reserves to unleash a ten-hit combo.
With a 1% trigger rate, doing a ten-chain attack should at least yield one legendary strike, right?
Plus, the 3500 Mind stat granted Zhen two new traits: Mental Resistance and Insight — simply perfect.
That long list of traits even surpassed those of a level 40 aberration.
“What’s going on here? Are you actually the chosen one?”
Aside from that, the new ability Divine Wind was easy to understand — and extremely well-suited to Zhen. And now that it had to carry out a slightly risky mission, this ability gave Xu Zhi confidence it wouldn’t be caught.
“Perfect!”
Taking Zhen and Yu Shenwei, Xu Zhi drove to the edge of Cloud City.
After handing the letter to Zhen and giving it precise directions, Xu Zhi opened her game console to observe through Zhen’s point of view.
Using her Authority, she opened a small gap in the city’s perimeter barrier, letting her and Yu Shenwei’s auras leak out. Zhen obediently flew out through the gap and, per Xu Zhi’s instructions, deliberately slowed down — allowing the troops stationed at Cloud City’s edge to clearly see that this creature was flying out from inside the city.
After circling in the air for a while, Xu Zhi saw through Zhen’s eyes the startled and excited expressions of the guards below. The news that something had flown out of Cloud City was no doubt already being spread.
Once Zhen had lingered enough and Xu Zhi figured the message had been received — especially since some stationed troops below seemed to be considering capturing it — she ordered Zhen to fly toward the Federation’s the Capital Special Affairs Division.
After all, she had previously been active in the Capital. The archbishops were likely paying close attention to that location.
On the way there, Xu Zhi returned to the city center with Yu Shenwei, while continuing to observe the Federation through Zhen’s eyes. Overall, nothing much had changed compared to before, but the atmosphere was different.
It felt like a heavy sense of panic hung over the people — a looming collapse. Most citizens out in public no longer had cheerful expressions and moved hurriedly, as if unwilling to linger outside.
The streets were filled with exhausted-looking patrol officers, seemingly trying to prevent accidents — or perhaps there had already been too many, and even intense patrols couldn’t solve them all.
White symbols of mourning were now everywhere in the Federation — it seemed many people had died.
“Doesn’t look like they’re doing very well,” Xu Zhi concluded.
Which meant — her appearance would be like a timely downpour.
Zhen quickly crossed two cities and reached the Capital. Along the way, Xu Zhi noticed traces in the cities resembling damage from terrorist attacks — apparently the cultists had grown far more aggressive since the archbishops had emerged.
At the Special Affairs Division, the place felt rather deserted. Most transcendental beings had been deployed, and even many once-idle clerical positions were empty — all hands had been pulled to the front lines.
Zhen’s arrival caught the attention of the remaining staff and wounded personnel. It didn’t stop, smashing through the window of Lin Zizhen’s office and flying inside.
Naturally, no one was there. Xu Zhi guessed Lin Zizhen was probably so busy lately he hadn’t even touched the ground.
But that didn’t matter. He’d surely hear about this soon.
After all, Zhen had flown out from Cloud City, and the first thing it did was head straight for his office. Anyone not utterly stupid would quickly associate this with Xu Zhi.
And this bold move would attract everyone’s attention — the archbishops included.
As expected, Lin Zizhen was soon escorted back to the Special Affairs Division, accompanied by a familiar face — Wan Luo, acting as his escort and current bodyguard.
When Lin Zizhen walked into his office with a tired face and disheveled hair, Xu Zhi almost didn’t recognize him as the meticulously dressed man she’d first met. He looked like he had aged ten years in just a few months.
“Damn… what kind of hell has he been living through?”
When Lin Zizhen saw Zhen, his eyes first lit up with surprise, then turned wary. Only when Zhen gently dropped the letter it had been clutching onto the desk did he cautiously step forward.
Seeing that Zhen remained quietly perched on the window without reacting, he finally mustered the courage to approach and pick up the letter.
The front of the envelope bore several large, clumsily written characters:
To: Lin Zizhen
In the lower right corner were two small characters
Xu Zhi
Seeing her name didn’t surprise him too much — on the way back from the front lines (after being forcibly pulled off duty), he had already heard rumors that this might be related to Xu Zhi.
Now, seeing it confirmed, he was surprised but managed to control his expression.
He wore glasses equipped with a mini camera — high-resolution — which recorded everything he saw. So as he opened and read the letter, many others were watching it as well.
“A deal?”
The letter opened with a simple line:
“Mr. Lin, I would like to propose a special transaction with the Federation.”
The letter then outlined the terms. Even though Lin Zizhen had mentally prepared himself, his expression still shifted as he read.
“Is this real?”
The contents: opening the entrance to Cloud City — and eliminating the archbishops.
If either of those were real, the Federation would definitely agree to this high-priced deal.
Even though the cost was nearly draining half the Federation’s core resources, it was still worth it.
But what Lin Zizhen didn’t know was: Xu Zhi had even deliberately left some resources behind for the Federation’s future development — out of what she considered a “kind gesture.”
