The Days of Being Forced to Become the Savior of a Cultivation Civilization

Tongyan continued:

"Riegel quickly instructed his intelligence officer to relay Elder Kunziying's orders to the entire army."

Intelligence officers are a profession with high professional barriers. They often have the talent for long-distance communication. After being discovered, they are specially trained to become intelligence officers who can transmit battlefield intelligence remotely.

In reality, these intelligence officers are simply messengers on the battlefield.

The main difference is that intelligence officers possess self-awareness, but they need absolute loyalty; otherwise, the accuracy and reliability of intelligence cannot be guaranteed.

However, misfortune never comes singly. Shortly after the army retreated, the enemy sent a cultivator at the Deep Origin Realm to pursue them.

According to the original plan, the Southern Corps' mission objective was to identify a traitor from the Kun family who had defected to the Mortel family.

The Southern Army consists of hundreds of thousands of low-level soldiers who are below the Foundation Establishment Realm, including many ordinary people who have not even awakened their potential.

In the cultivation world, cultivators of this level, and even ordinary people who haven't yet awakened their enlightenment, are not qualified to go to the battlefield.

A powerful rebel can wipe out a large number of low-level rebels with a single blow, leaving no corpses behind.

Here, they are cannon fodder, ants, easily blown away or crushed underfoot.

However, this army has a special mission, and the fact that all its members are at a low cultivation level is a smokescreen to lull the enemy into a false sense of security.

The Kun family innovatively adapted the elemental arrays used in industrial components for use in military formations.

Through formation construction, the reverse element can be transformed, superimposed, and integrated, and the resulting attack can even kill a reverse element cultivator at the Deep Origin Realm.

That's exactly the level of that traitor.

However, the other side noticed the anomaly in advance and withdrew from the battlefield. They also sent people to destroy the formation and the amplification devices that had been set up in advance, which undoubtedly shows that there was a traitor within the Kun family.

Even more unusual is that, according to the Convention, internal struggles among humans must not involve massacres that span two or more major realms, which is why the Kun family dared to launch such a surprise attack.

However, the other side sent out even more skilled fighters to pursue them.

What's even stranger is that the Southern Corps didn't send any information about this; it was only discovered when the combat center detected the abnormal reverse energy fluctuations.

"As Elder Kunziying's personal intelligence officer, I was sent to obtain first-hand intelligence."

Don't let my age fool you; even though I don't have much time left, my eyesight is still excellent. This is my livelihood.

A hint of pride appeared in Tongyan's expression, but as the memories surfaced in her mind, it quickly turned into lingering fear:

"When I arrived at the observation point on the distant mountainside, I witnessed the most unforgettable scene of my life."

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A crimson beam of light shot into the air from within the formation, and hundreds of thousands of soldiers fell one after another, motionless, their faces bloodless, as if their life force had been drained.

As the last soldier fell, something strange seemed to happen within the crimson pillar of light. The air twisted eerily, as if space itself were being torn apart.

A pitch-black crack appeared in the air, and out of it emerged a worm. A reddish-black earthworm.

Its body was small, but its aura was terrifying; even from this distance, it made Tongyan unable to breathe.

Upon hearing this, Kano covered his mouth, his face turning deathly pale; Zhiyue clenched his fists so tightly that his nails almost dug into his flesh.

She stared intently at the figure crouching in the pillar of light, wondering what he was saying.

His expression was filled with madness, and his eyes flashed with crimson, as if he had witnessed a divine miracle.

The person lay flat on the ground, head down, motionless.

Suddenly, it burrowed into the man's head. His body twitched, but he died without uttering a sound.

It was he who initiated the sacrificial ritual, bringing that monster to the continent of Pangde.

As a result, in a single encounter, he was exploited to the point of losing his life, and his body became the vessel for that monster, serving as a stepping stone for another.

The body stood up, expressionless. Tongyan finally recognized it; it was Cipher, the intelligence officer beside Rigel!

Ironically, the most reliable and trustworthy intelligence officer, who had stood the test of time, became a traitor, even a double agent.

"The young man from the Empire who was confronting Rigel was terrified when he saw this scene and quickly activated his Reverse Yuan to try to escape."

He ran less than a hundred meters before collapsing on the grass, clutching his neck, convulsing twice, and foaming at the mouth, as if he had suffocated.

Rigel stood frozen in place, blood trickling from his mouth and splattering all over the ground, but the monster seemed not to notice and simply left.

Tongyan calmly recounted this "ghost story," leaving the two of them speechless.

"Grandma, you didn't tell me this part."

Tongyan shook her head:

"Strictly speaking, this is classified information, so of course I can't just talk about it casually, hehehe."

I urgently retreated to the main camp, but when I led my troops back, your elder brother had already disappeared.

I deeply regret this; my cowardice led to his disappearance.

Kano quickly shook his head:

"No, that's not how it is, Grandma Tongyan, you can't think like that."

Tongyan shook her head and continued her story:

"The Southern Army was completely wiped out. After this war, the Kun family's city defense and internal control were also greatly affected, with troop shortages everywhere, causing a lot of trouble."

Elder Kunzi Ying was filled with remorse, feeling that he had misjudged the person and allowed this treacherous individual to remain hidden for so long.

Your father also regretted it. If he hadn't insisted on having your eldest brother as the commander of the main battlefield, this fate might not have happened.

He lost two sons in the war, both of whom went missing, which devastated him.

His eldest daughter is still in seclusion, and he only has his youngest daughter by his side. Not wanting to lose you too, he asked the elders for permission to resign, to live in anonymity, and to retire to a less prominent position, hoping to keep you away from the battlefield.

"The team leader...? I always thought he was just a lowly city defense officer."

So that's how it is... I always thought he didn't approve of me and wouldn't let me join the army.

Kano's perception was shaken, and he seemed somewhat dazed. Tongyan shook her head:

"Little Kano, there are some things you need to understand—in this cultivation world, the so-called legions are just a chance for ordinary people with poor talent and no background to defy fate."

In peacetime, they are guardians of social order and protectors against elemental beasts; but on the battlefield, the weak will only die in the aftermath of the strong's battle.

A hint of regret flickered in Tongyan's eyes:

"Sefera is also an intelligence officer; I've had contact with him."

The untimely deaths of his parents certainly had a significant impact on him, but it was definitely not to the point that he would betray humanity.

Moreover, he grew up with Rigel since he was a child, and your father and everyone in the barracks have witnessed his growth.

The other party has the power to corrupt people's hearts.

Cano interjected:

"Sefer... I think I remember something. My older brother often mentioned that name at home, and he often came to visit. He was such a kind older brother, I never expected him to be like this..."

Tongyan shook her head and sighed:

"Alas, yes, even the gentlest person can go mad when corrupted by that scarlet power."

This story doesn't mention your... Frostmountain Judgment, but I suspect it's closely related to them. Young man, I think you understand what I mean.

Zhi Yue's expression turned solemn, and his eyes became gloomy:

"I understand. If I'm not mistaken, the killer who murdered them has already appeared."

It matches up perfectly. The mind-corroding, body-stealing, scarlet insects with eerie power—flies, or rather, monsters—have long existed on this continent.