Chapter 676: Chapter 374: A More Radical Infiltration Operation (2)
Moreover, he is a duke with considerable talent.
At only over thirty thousand years old, he has already reached the Primordial Daluo Golden Immortal level.
That is to say, the Saint level.
However, this level is insignificant to Shen Yu’s consciousness.
Even ensuring not to be detected by the National Dynasty’s fortune, with a little use of Gray Mist as a safeguard, Shen Yu easily replaced this individual.
"Such fully grown talents have ample reasons to apply to go to the Resource World." Shen Yu directly worked towards this direction.
Without much concealment.
Rather, concealing would be more suspicious because presently, in the entire Great Wind Empire’s upper echelons, whether it’s newly emerging talents from various channels or descendants of meritorious nobles, as long as they possess some talent and intend to make strides in the realm of cultivation, they are basically all applying to head to the Resource World.
That place is not only rich in resources but also a world possessing powerful Extraordinary Levels.
Even if one gains nothing, simply cultivating there results in many benefits.
The person Shen Yu replaced was originally one of the outstanding ones, and after showing certain accomplishments, finally succeeded in obtaining this resource.
Heading to the Resource World.
And not merely similar to the previous Cultivator Shen Yu, who went just for cultivation.
He was even tasked to go to the Resource World for participation in management.
One goes to cultivate, another goes to manage; the difference between the two is worlds apart.
After all, only the managers can obtain the maximum benefits.
However, upon truly arriving, Shen Yu was somewhat astounded at the Great Wind Empire’s degree of emphasis on this world.
With this person’s talent, at the Saint Level realm, he could not even enter the core team of management in such a Resource World.
Because the core team consists only of those who have reached the Twelfth Realm king level, and dukes nearing this realm.
Like the newly ascended duke Shen Yu replaced, still lacking considerably in weight.
"It seems I can only look at others for now." Shen Yu remarked regretfully after contemplation.
Indeed, other Shen Yus have even been directly absorbed by the Twelfth Realm "king."
This happens to be Martial Artist Shen Yu.
This time, his luck is indeed good.
Though it requires consuming Gray Mist to hide his existence, and he cannot directly control the other’s identity, only able to observe cautiously within their soul, exerting a minor influence.
Yet, he still used that influence to drive the person into the Resource World.
Predictably, entered the core layer.
Next, one only needs to observe.
The entire process took a full six hundred years.
The majority of this time was spent on exerting influence.
But ultimately, it succeeded.
"We now hold all intelligence within the Resource World in our hands," Shen Yu spoke during a subsequent meeting, with a hint of confidence, "Not only that, we even secured part of the core laws and technologies of the Great Wind Empire, establishing a definitive advantage in intelligence, which increased our victory chance in the direct battlefield to forty-three percent!"
Indeed, even if a full-scale battle commenced now, with the Great Wind Emperor awakening and joining the battlefield, the Association’s success rate has reached forty percent.
Bear in mind, this hasn’t accounted for the Gray Mist factor.
The only slight regret is that the Association’s Gray Mist reserves are now somewhat limited.
After all, over the six hundred years, the Great Wind Empire evidently awaited the Emperor’s emergence to handle immediate warfare, so never initiated further probing actions.
This also prevented the Association from acquiring large amounts of Gray Mist as before by obstructing their actions.
Furthermore, the Association has continuously enhanced research on the enemy’s weaknesses over this period.
This process also consumed considerable Gray Mist.
Otherwise, not merely six hundred years, even adding another zero, or two, might not suffice.
Some key technological nodes can remain blocked for tens of thousands of years as typical.
"Our current Gray Mist reserves aren’t enough to grant us victory under this chance," Shen Yu regretfully remarked, "Hence, we may need to wait, wait for our victory chance to increase further, although I believe that day won’t be long."
The core idea of this meeting actually signals the Association’s shift from passive defense and cautious exploration to contemplating and boldly advancing into offensive strategies.
Because, from reaching a forty percent success chance, the Association is prepared for anytime full-scale warfare.
Even if merely entrenched in a stalemate, the Association has sufficient confidence to achieve final victory.
So naturally, more aggressive probing methods can be employed, and actively considering offensive approaches, preparing for attacks.
Reflected in specific actions is an increase in infiltration against the opponent.
"Not just us, but all entities reaching the Saint Level Extraordinary realm can infiltrate in the same way," Shen Yu started commanding, "Our next intelligence gathering focus should be on their production bases, resource warehouses, important people assemblies, and similar areas, not merely identifying these locations’ coordinates but also understanding their defense setups."
Yes, once full-scale warfare starts, these areas will become strategic targets.
It can even be said these areas will become critical spoils for the Association.
Especially the production bases and resource warehouses.
These two are key.
"We must endeavor not to be detected; that remains our highest order, yet simultaneously, we must prepare for discovery, and once detected, we’ll immediately initiate full-scale warfare; no worries, victory will undoubtedly belong to us!" After Shen Yu left these last words, the entire Association was mobilized.
Not only those Shen Yus with the highest capability-sharing authority, but also other Shen Yus who can share partial capabilities, along with Saint Level powerhouses from various worlds, all participated in this infiltration.
The loopholes in the National Dynasty’s fortune system were fully utilized.
Everyone strived to infiltrate personnel at least two levels lower than themselves.
With the increase in infiltration personnel, some earlier infiltrators began providing certain aid to subsequent infiltrators.
Allowing them deeper into the Great Wind Empire’s different regions, investigating different intelligence.
Even though the Association didn’t have numerous members at the Saint Level, each is extraordinarily capable, easily standout, achieving their objectives.
Later, it went beyond just the Saint Level.
Even Daluo Golden Immortal-level forces were summoned.
This quantity suddenly surged.
Beginning to penetrate some crucial domains.
Just like that, another five hundred years passed.
The number of Association members infiltrating into the Great Wind Empire reached over six thousand!
Though this number seems like a drop in the ocean relative to the Great Wind Empire’s size, the impact of this drop, however, is not minor.
The Great Wind Empire gradually sensed something.
Though lacking evidence, Shen Yu’s intuition sharply indicated this fact.
Causing him to ultimately decide to use Gray Mist for verification.
"Indeed, the high echelons of the Great Wind Empire realize there are issues appearing within their civilization, although they mainly attribute these issues to the Emperor’s prolonged seclusion." Shen Yu shared the findings from the Gray Mist verification, "For Extraordinary beings reaching such levels, a thousand years of closed-door training is normal, even if it lasts tens of thousands of years, yet presently during ongoing probing contacts, even potential aggression with other All Heavens Forces, it’s truly not the time for seclusion, causing some people’s minds to waver, which is normal."
