Douluo: This Legend of the Dragon King is not quite right

Chen Xinjie is not only the master of the Temple of War, but he also has another identity.

The current patriarch of the Sea God family!
Both for public and private reasons, Federal Speaker Xu Tiandi entrusted him with the task of conducting an in-depth investigation into this matter.

Chen Xinjie naturally dared not slack off, and mobilized all available resources and connections to conduct a thorough investigation. This investigation, as expected, uncovered even more alarming clues.

The report shows that in recent years, the Demon Soul Great White Shark clan has had very little contact with the main branch of the Sea God family.

There were even noticeable disconnections at some critical points.

Some of their behavioral patterns have also become abnormal, quite different from the habits recorded in the lineage of the Sea God family.

This series of abnormalities and anomalies sent a chill down Chen Xinjie's spine. His intuition told him that a huge conspiracy was hidden behind this, which might be related to the foundation and even the faith of the Sea God family.

Therefore, after compiling the existing evidence and making preliminary judgments, Chen Xinjie gave a detailed report to Speaker Xu Tiandi via encrypted communication, explaining his findings and concerns.

After ending the communication and disconnecting the soul-guided communicator, Chen Xinjie leaned back in his chair, rubbing his throbbing temples. He gazed intently at the night view of Mingdu outside the window, his mind replaying information about the Demon Soul Great White Shark, the Sea God faith, and the various undercurrents on the continent in recent years, trying to piece together these fragments into a complete picture.

However, just as his thoughts were racing and he seemed about to grasp a key point—

Chen Xinjie's body suddenly trembled violently without warning, as if struck by an invisible electric current.

He froze instantly, his pensive expression hardening. The sharpness and wisdom in his eyes vanished like a receding tide, leaving them empty and lifeless, as if he had lost all the brilliance of his soul, leaving only two dull eyeballs.

Immediately afterwards, in the empty office, Chen Xinjie, like a puppet controlled by invisible threads, stood up from his office chair, a symbol of power and status, with extremely stiff and hesitant movements.

His steps were slow and unsettling as he moved step by step toward the tightly closed office door...

Chen Xinjie's unusual behavior occurred in his heavily guarded office. The process was extremely brief and strange, and it went unnoticed by any of the patrolling guards or their subordinates.

He vanished from the headquarters of the Temple of War like an empty shell devoid of a soul, stiff and silent, without leaving any words or notes.

A few days later, when a mountain of urgent documents requiring the Temple Master's personal approval piled up, and they were unable to contact Chen Xinjie himself, or even his personal secretary knew not where he was, the Temple of War realized the seriousness of the problem.

An urgent report on the suspected disappearance of Chen Xinjie, the Lord of the Temple of War, along with a backup of the surveillance video outside his office that day, was quickly presented to Xu Tiandi, the Speaker of the Federal Parliament, on his desk made of ten-thousand-year-old cold ironwood, which symbolized the highest power of the Federation.

Xu Tiandi sat alone in the large chair, his usually stern and imposing face now so gloomy it seemed to drip water. He opened the encrypted surveillance video.

The screen clearly showed that after ending the communication with him, Chen Xinjie first fell into a normal state of contemplation.

However, at a certain moment, without any warning, Chen Xinjie's body suddenly trembled violently, as if he had been struck by a high-voltage current.

Immediately, all the expressions on his face vanished, and his eyes became empty and lifeless, like two lifeless glass beads.

Immediately afterwards, like a poorly manipulated puppet, he stood up with extremely uncoordinated, hesitant steps, and with a stiff gait completely unbecoming of his identity as the Vast Ocean Douluo, he walked straight to the door and disappeared from the surveillance range.

Xu Tiandi watched the less than one-minute video three times, his fingers unconsciously tapping on the cold table, making a dull thud.

His brows were furrowed, and his eyes flashed with suspicion and uncertainty.

This is definitely not a normal situation.

This looks more like a state of being controlled or manipulated. With Chen Xinjie's cultivation level of a Limit Douluo at the level of a quasi-god at level 99, especially his spiritual power at the Divine Origin Realm, which has extremely strong resistance to the spiritual level, what kind of power could so silently and instantly control him to this extent?

Suddenly, a piece of information he had almost forgotten flashed through his mind like lightning.

Xu Tiandi's pupils suddenly contracted.

Chen Xinjie...the current patriarch of the Poseidon family!

The origins of the Sea God family can be traced back ten thousand years, to the legacy left behind in the mortal world by the Sea God Tang San, who ascended to the God Realm.

A chill instantly shot from Xu Tiandi's spine to the top of his head.

He instantly recalled a lot of top-secret intelligence that had been blocked, concerning the Tang Clan's secretive and bizarre activities in the Eastern Continent, involving ancient summoning rituals and faith anchors.

"This is bad." Alarm bells rang in Xu Tiandi's mind. "If the Tang Sect's goal is to remotely control or even transform the descendants of the Sea God family through bloodline or faith, then Chen Xinjie's abnormality... is very likely just the beginning!"

"Once the Tang Clan's god-level power is allowed to infiltrate back on a large scale through this channel..."

He didn't dare to think about it any more.

This is no longer a simple power struggle, but a matter of life and death concerning the sovereignty and future of the entire Douluo Continent!

"Shadow Guard!"

Xu Tiandi's voice was as cold as iron, carrying an unquestionable determination.

The shadow beside him twisted, and a figure shrouded in black, whose aura was almost one with the shadow, silently appeared and knelt on one knee.

"Immediately mobilize all Shadow units and spare no effort to search for Chen Xinjie's whereabouts. We must find him alive or dead."

Emperor Xu spoke very quickly and gave clear commands.

"At the same time, deploy the Shadow Guard to secretly surround all known settlements and properties of the Sea God family, monitor all family members, allowing them to enter but not leave, and kill them without exception if there is any unusual movement!"

"Yes." The shadow guard's voice was dry and hoarse, like metal scraping against metal.

The next moment, the shadow guard received the order, his figure flickered, and he disappeared into the shadows once again.

Emperor Xu took a deep breath, suppressing the turmoil in his heart, and his eyes became sharp as an eagle's.

He quickly connected to several encrypted communication channels and issued a series of strongly worded orders to the Federal Military, the Intelligence Department, and the governors of major core cities.

Clean!

A thorough cleanup is necessary!

All members within the federal military and political system who have close ties with the Poseidon family, regardless of their rank, will be suspended from their duties pending investigation!
All known members of the Poseidon family were immediately placed under controlled detention and subjected to the most rigorous mental, physical, and blood tests.

Better to kill a thousand innocent people than let one potential danger escape! (End of Chapter)