As soon as the Human Emperor Banner came out, I became the Lord of the Old Ones

Chapter 240 The Origin of Black
Long Jianhuan ultimately adopted Xu Yan's suggestion.

He said he would communicate seriously with Director Hawke and provide everyone with the latest intelligence on the Black Dream organization.

If the Black Dream organization is indeed planning something big in Dawn City, Dawn Heavy Industry will definitely be their main target. In this sense, if we can find the core conflict between the Black Dream organization and Dawn Heavy Industry, we might even have some unexpected gains.

In the following days, everyone went their separate ways.

More information about the Golden Iris Entertainment Center is constantly emerging.

The underground casino that was robbed last time was just one of dozens of casinos of varying sizes and grades under the Golden Iris Entertainment Center, and it wasn't even the largest or most upscale one.

Besides betting on legal and public events like the "Dawn Cup," many high rollers actually prefer to watch live matches up close in underground casinos, experiencing the thrill of going from heaven to hell amidst carnage and even life-or-death struggles.

The arena in underground casinos may not be as formal as the Dawn Cup, and the overall quality of the players may not be as high as that of professional teams.

However, the underground arena is full of tricks. The contestants' sealing cards have been insanely enhanced, and some are even equipped with forbidden evil spirit cards that are explicitly prohibited. There are also tricks such as "having spirit masters fight against end-stage spirit-corrosion patients or even ancient monsters." The level of gore is more than ten times higher than that of regular competitions.

For betting on official competitions, because it is relatively open and transparent, the odds and betting amounts are scientifically calculated. The main strategy is to operate on a low-profit, high-volume basis to build the reputation of the Golden Iris Entertainment Center.

These bloody and brutal underground events are where the real profits come from, and they are also the easiest way to bankrupt people.

Half a week later, Long Jianhuan had identified four or five key targets for attack.

These places were already filthy and corrupt, and in addition to the high-value assets, there was also a large amount of criminal evidence related to the Golden Iris Entertainment Center.

Targeting these areas would greatly increase the chances of luring Jean-Jacques out.

Gao Ce and Han Zhong also formulated an intrusion and sabotage plan based on the relevant three-dimensional topographic map and personnel deployment table.

Xu Yan then carefully maintained all the sealing cards that everyone in the team usually used, based on their individual characteristics, and enhanced them to the greatest extent possible while ensuring their reliability.

In addition, a new batch of sealing cards was purchased from the underground market to meet the needs of the upcoming operations.

At this point, Long Jianhuan finally persuaded Director Hawke.

He unlocked a wealth of detailed information about the Black Dream organization for all members of the squad.

In fact, the Black Dream organization has been active both inside and outside the Alliance for decades, and their origins, aims, methods, and most notorious crimes have long been well-known secrets.

The problem is that information is circulating too widely, with too many versions. In addition, both the Heroic Spirit Alliance and the Black Dream Organization have their own purposes, so they deliberately create mystery, embellish, and even distort the truth, resulting in a large amount of information being polluted and making it impossible to distinguish between truth and falsehood.

In the official propaganda of the Heroic Spirit Alliance, members of the Black Dream organization are sometimes portrayed as ruthless bandits driven by greed, sometimes as insane madmen, and sometimes as killing machines devoid of self and completely controlled by their leader.

However, this cannot explain why the Black Dream organization has been active for decades, and despite several large-scale crackdowns by the Alliance, it has remained standing, and even shows signs of intensifying in planned areas and wilderness areas outside the border.

Even highly qualified individuals like Dr. Hyde joined the Black Dream organization without hesitation, putting his extremely evil beliefs into practice with his life.

The Black Dream organization naturally promotes itself as the true savior.

But how can killing, looting, deception, and destruction save this world that is barely surviving after the cataclysm? That remains a question.

Xu Yan had previously inquired about the Black Dream organization from various sources in the market.

As a result, intelligence reports flooded him like a torrent, carrying pebbles, broken logs, and mud, leaving him bewildered and dizzy. Even "Black Butterfly" Lelena, the commander of the Black Dream organization's Rolling Stone Fortress branch, didn't have a correct answer to this problem.

According to her, the top leaders of the Black Dream organization are always elusive and rarely seen. Even after the organization suffered a major blow last time, with the founder losing his life, the new core leadership team learned from the experience and adopted a "decentralized" organizational management model.

In a sense, the current Black Dream organization can be viewed as a system combining "directly operated stores" and "franchisees".

"Black Butterfly" Lelena and her Rolling Stones Club are merely "franchisees" of the Black Dream organization.

The organization was responsible for providing her with technology, intelligence, and the necessary start-up capital.

She was responsible for recruiting people on her own and assisting the organization in some operations when needed.

Besides, she neither needed to know any more secrets nor take any greater risks.

Even if they were caught, it wouldn't cause too much damage to the organization.

Xu Yan was unable to obtain any more valuable information from Lelena for the time being.

However, Long Jianhuan, through the Security Bureau, extracted top-secret intelligence that revealed to him the most comprehensive and authentic version of the origins of the Black Dream organization.

It all started more than 30 years ago.

At that time, the Alliance of Heroes had only been established for more than half a century. It was still thriving and enterprising. Not only was its internal economy full of vitality, but its territory was also constantly expanding. It turned a lot of wilderness areas into planned areas and planned areas into safe areas, saving countless human compatriots who were living in dire straits under the invasion of the old.

That was a golden age.

Everyone was filled with confidence, firmly believing that a bright future had appeared on the horizon, not far away.

Of course, the deep wasteland adjacent to the polluted area, suffering from severe pollution, remains a lawless place that the Alliance of Heroes cannot reach for the time being.

Bandits, corrupting spirits, ancient monsters, the ever-present echoing lands, and the all-consuming ancient calamities... all combine to create a bizarre, jarring, heart-pounding, spine-chilling, and nauseating melody.

In this unsalvaged, lawless land, lived an ordinary homeless child.

His real name has long been lost in the relentless sandstorms deep in the wilderness.

After "that incident" happened, he gave himself a new name, "Knox".

In the local dialect deep in the wilderness, this is the name of a venomous snake.

This type of venomous snake is particularly adept at feigning death.

In extremely harsh environments, whether resources are scarce, predators are attacking, or unsuspecting prey is encountered, these venomous snakes can instantly enter a state of suspended animation, similar to hibernation, and then awaken instantly at the opportune moment, fully recovered.

Many people living deep in the wilderness even believe that this venomous snake is immortal.

Even if they turn into a pile of bones and are buried by sand and dust, they can break through the soil in the near future, recover as before, and even become stronger than before.

(End of this chapter)