The First Order

Chapter 987: Everyone’s war

In the era of the Rise of Gods, most people were accustomed to the fact that supernatural beings had long transcended the level of normal people.

But the people around Wang Yun started to overlook his superpower and instead became more focused on the value he brought.

Honestly, no matter how good he was at controlling the air or how good his combat skills were, he was still not a match for Zhou Yingxue.

However, no other person could take Wang Yun’s place and do whatever he was doing.

Even though there were hundreds of screens placed together, he could still accurately notice someone holding an extra plastic bag in their hands after passing through a surveillance camera’s blind spot. This memory and analytical ability were just like superpowers.

In fact, it was no different from having superpowers.

When the images were rapidly replayed on the screens, Wang Yun was the only one speaking in the entire meeting room. Everyone even felt like they needed to hold their breath for fear of disturbing him.

Under his instructions, the soldier next to him rewound all of the surveillance footage from the cameras around A17. It only took Wang Yun nine seconds to point at Screen A21 and say, “Pause right there. That’s him! Send the image to Future Commander. Seek out those two people first.”

Following that, Wang Yun spent the next six hours to identify over 20 suspicious people. Moreover, all of the identified suspects had damning evidence against them. When everyone saw what were in the feeds, they understood that Wang Yun was not just randomly pointing out suspects.

Some of them suddenly had something extra in their hands, or their shirts had become creased differently like they were concealing something underneath.

Then Wang Yun also found the appearances of some hitmen and identified other suspicious people they had interacted with before.

Wang Yun suddenly stopped and looked at the Great Hoodwinker. “Does Future Commander have enough manpower? I realized there must still be other people covertly supporting these hitmen. If too many suspects are identified, can Future Commander round them up?”

“Don’t worry.” The Great Hoodwinker replied, “I’ve already arranged for some of our intelligence agents to assemble at Luoyang City.”

“OK.” Wang Yun nodded. “Make a note of what I’m about to say. When that hitman in B31 passed by the surveillance camera, he looked towards the upper right corner a total of 17 times. The footage shows there’s a residential building there. I suspect someone was signaling to them from a safe house in that direction. C27 shows…”

Wang Yun pointed out seven suspicious locations in one breath, leaving everyone in awe.

A few hours later, even Wang Fengyuan, who was the director of the intelligence agency in the Northwest, was alerted by what was happening here. He took his own private car and hurried here from the stronghold next door.

It was not for any other reason than to witness this scene for himself.

The Great Hoodwinker lamented to Wang Fengyuan, “Didn’t I tell you so? We should’ve poached this guy for the Prosperous Northwest a long time ago. I already knew that he had a very good memory, but I didn’t expect it to be this scary. Look at him now. He’s pointing out all the suspicious people indiscriminately. I feel that after Future Commander has rounded up all the suspects in Luoyang City, Luoyang City will probably become the only spy-free zone in the entire Alliance of Strongholds. Isn’t this as good as flushing out all the spies hiding in Luoyang City?”

Wang Fengyuan thought a little deeper. “Don’t let him tire himself out. Remember, there should be a proper balance between work and rest. After this, we can gather all of the surveillance footage from our Northwest’s strongholds and let him go through them. Haven’t we always had a headache trying to suss out those spies? Now’s our chance.”

A thought struck their minds at the same time. They had found a treasure!

Regardless of organization, identifying and capturing spies operating covertly in their territory was an extremely difficult task, because the spies of the other organizations were well-hidden. They could be disguised as butchers, factory workers, soldiers, or even officers.

But it was different now that they had Wang Yun. Someone like him was simply the bane of spies.

However, Wang Fengyuan was a little curious. “This guy wasn’t so capable when he was with the Kong Consortium, was he?”

However, Wang Yun overheard this. He said while staring at the screens, “Sometimes, it’s more advantageous not to catch the spies even if you’ve identified them, isn’t it? And I always pursued promotion when I was with the Kong Consortium. If I really turned the Kong Consortium into a spy-free zone, where would my accomplishments come from? Would my superior kick me to the curb after I outlived my usefulness? Actually, I never revealed this much of my power when I was with the Kong Consortium. Because my superior was someone who got jealous of others.”

Wang Fengyuan got a sudden realization. So this was the reason why. He laughed and asked, “Then why are you revealing it now?”

Wang Yun said calmly, “Future Commander told me the Northwest is different from other organizations. In truth, I didn’t believe it at first. But when I came here after the battle at Mt. Zuoyun, I really felt that the Northwest is quite different. Now, I’m no longer interested in chasing after promotion. If I assist Future Commander well, I’ll naturally feel satisfied with how he’ll reward me. It’s not about money and power but getting that sense of achievement.”

In the Battle of Mt. Zuoyun, Wang Yun, P5092, Ji Zi’ang, and the others performed their duties with diligence and worked together for the same goal. With just 6,000 soldiers, they defeated 70,000 barbarians.

For people like Wang Yun and P5092, having this sense of achievement and happiness was actually at a higher level than money and power. Wang Yun felt he had moved on to a higher level of satisfaction and had different goals now.

A large-scale sting operation for the suspects in Luoyang City began.

Wang Yun had only sent over some blurry images of the suspects’ appearances, so Ren Xiaosu was initially worried it would not be easy to find them, because he did not know their identities and whereabouts.

The Luoyang City garrison was only an empty shell without enough manpower. Meanwhile, Ren Xiaosu only had a few dozen people with him, so it would be extremely difficult to capture the suspects.

However, the intelligence agents sent by the Great Hoodwinker would soon arrive at Luoyang City, and there would be over 200 of them.

Later, when Ren Xiaosu went to the restaurant opposite the neighborhood for a meal, the owner-manager who had waived the bill for his breakfast asked him if there were any clues regarding Jiang Xu’s murderer. Ren Xiaosu casually mentioned the difficulties he faced.

The owner’s eyes lit up. “You can put up the photos of the suspects at the entrance of the neighborhood. I’ll gather the residents in the stronghold to help you identify them!”

Ren Xiaosu wondered, “Are they willing to do that?”

“While we might not dare take revenge for Mr. Jiang Xu, do you think we’re such cowards that we can’t even step forward to identify these people? Only if we seek out these culprits will we be safe. We’re all very happy to be able to do something small for Mr. Jiang Xu.” The owner said, “Please get ready here. I’ll go and get everyone over there!”

On the same day, Ren Xiaosu had the Qing Consortium’s people put up the photos sent by Wang Yun at the entrance of the neighborhood.

To Ren Xiaosu’s surprise, the neighborhood’s entrance was fully packed with people trying to take a look at the photos.

Someone pointed at a middle-aged man’s photo and suddenly shouted, “I know him! He used to work at the factory with me! His name is Bai Yunpeng!”

Ren Xiaosu looked at the large crowd that had gathered outside the neighborhood. It was as though this had become everyone’s war in Luoyang City. He suddenly felt he would definitely find and arrest all of the suspects!

“Go, copy the photos and make them into leaflets and distribute them to everyone.” Ren Xiaosu said, “It’ll be too difficult for everyone to see if they have to crowd together like this.”

For some reason, Ren Xiaosu was suddenly heartened. When he looked at these people, he suddenly realized there was no difference between stronghold residents and refugees. These people were forced to grow up in this era, but all of them still retained a little bit of enthusiasm.

Just as Mr. Jiang Xu had said, “I might have seen more of the darkness in this world than all of you, but I still love this world.”