With three superpowers at his fingertips, he could dominate the 1970s.

Jiang Zhiyu didn't sleep well all night.

The image of the blown-up bridge kept replaying in my mind. One of the poisoners had been caught, but the one who blew up the bridge was still at large. To be able to obtain military-grade explosives and precisely target the load-bearing points of the bridge for detonation—this was something no single person could accomplish.

She went to the command center just as dawn was breaking.

Zhuge Yunhe was resting on the table when he heard footsteps. He looked up, saw her, and rubbed his sore eyes.

"Hey, girl, why are you up so early?"

Jiang Zhiyu noticed that there were several telegrams and a pot of cold tea on the table next to her.

Why didn't you go back to your dorm to rest last night?

"It's just a short walk, but walking back and forth is such a hassle. Leaning here for a while is the same."

Jiang Zhiyu didn't try to persuade him any further. She sat down opposite him and got straight to the point.

"Old Zhuge, the person who blew up the bridge hasn't been caught yet. I have some ideas I'd like to try."

Zhuge Yunhe picked up his glass of cool tea, took a sip, and cleared his throat. "Tell me about it."

"That chemistry professor from yesterday might just be one link in this chain. He can make poison, but he can't get his hands on explosives—he hasn't been able to get anything out of us yet. What does that mean? It means there are people behind him, and he doesn't want to be exposed. Maybe he himself was part of the bridge-bombing operation, and there might be more than one person in charge."

She paused for a moment, her fingertips tapping the table unconsciously.

"They're still active, intelligence is still being passed on, the network isn't broken, and the operation won't stop. If I were an enemy agent, the next target would be our supply depot—or command center. Especially you. If you capture the commander-in-chief, the rest of us will fall into chaos."

Zhuge Yunhe's face also darkened: "What do you want to do? I'll cooperate."

Jiang Zhiyu held up two fingers.

"Two things. First, give me a list of everyone who has entered or left the core area since yesterday—who stayed in the supply depot, who went into the command center, and who had contact with the bridge construction area. Second, tonight, place some decoys at several designated key locations and spread false information, saying that a batch of important equipment has arrived tonight, that it is very important, and that it should be closely guarded—place it in Warehouse No. 2."

Zhuge Yunhe's eyes lit up: "Luring the snake out of its hole?"

"The snake doesn't need us to lure it; it's already in its burrow. Let it come out at a time and place we choose, so we don't have to search for it everywhere."

Zhuge Yunhe pondered for a few seconds, then nodded: "Okay, I'll compile the list within an hour. I'll arrange the bait; Warehouse No. 2 is far from the residential area and the tent area, making it easy to deploy."

He looked at Jiang Zhiyu, hesitating to speak: "The method you mentioned—"

Jiang Zhiyu stood up: "Just trust me. I'll give you an answer before tonight."

-

After leaving the command center, Jiang Zhiyu found a secluded corner, leaned against the wall, and closed her eyes.

"Seventeen, scan the entire core area of ​​Dacheng Mountain to locate active radio signal sources."

"Received. Scan range: 15 kilometers in radius, centered on the command center."

After patiently waiting for four minutes, Seventeen gave the result.

"Scan complete. Besides our military region's own signal sources, two suspicious signals were detected—first, in the northeast corner of the medical tent area, the signal frequency is the same as the radio seized yesterday; second, inside an abandoned house west of the supply transfer station, the signal is weak."

two.

Including the chemistry professor from yesterday, there are at least three people in this network.

Can you pinpoint the exact location?

"The first location can be precisely pinpointed to the tent number; the second location covers a larger area, approximately 200 square meters, and requires further investigation."

Jiang Zhiyu opened her eyes.

The medical tent area—that chemistry professor teaches at the university and has access to rescue equipment, but he might not have the means to act alone. If there was a contact person in the medical area, it would make sense for someone to provide cover during the poisoning.

The material transfer station was not far from the bridge construction site. Those who blew up the bridge likely obtained the explosives and the access route from that direction.

-

In the afternoon, Zhuge Yunhe's list arrived.

A thick stack of documents, densely packed with records of everyone who had entered or left the core area in the past two days—names, organizations, times of entry and exit, and reasons for entry. Jiang Zhiyu flipped through the documents one by one, highlighting several names.

Then she did something that seemed very strange to others.

She went to the medical tent area and, under the watchful eyes of several wounded soldiers and medical staff, took out a handful of seeds from her bag—dull and unremarkable, looking like weed seeds—and scattered them around the perimeter of the tents.

"What is this?" a nurse asked curiously.

"Insect-repelling herbs. There are too many people in the tent area; I'm worried about rats."

The nurse said "oh," picked up the tray, and left without asking any further questions.

-

Those are certainly not ordinary seeds.

That was a special sensory plant, the Listening Wind Vine, that Jiang Zhiyu had cultivated using her wood-based abilities. The vines were extremely thin, growing close to the ground, with leaves as thin as cicada wings, and were exceptionally sensitive to vibrations and body temperature. When someone approached, the vines would curl slightly, transmitting the signal to the roots, and Jiang Zhiyu only needed to gently permeate the vines and leaves with her wood-based abilities to sense the touch point of each leaf.

She also scattered some supplies around the logistics transfer station.

They scattered a circle around the command center.

It was scattered all over the entire warehouse area.

After each application, Jiang Zhiyu would subtly encourage them to sprout, especially in the summer when everything was green. The tiny vines lay on the ground, inconspicuous.

Four dark webs were thus laid out silently.

into the night.

Zhuge Yunhe's bait has been laid.

Additional sentries were deployed at the entrance of Warehouse No. 2, and more vehicles were coming and going than usual. Workers were carrying large and small packages inside—in fact, the warehouses were all empty, but those outside couldn't tell. The message had also been spread: a batch of important equipment was arriving tonight, requiring increased security.

Jiang Zhiyu sat in a small room behind the command center, her eyes closed, her wood-type ability activated, sensing the sounds coming from the Listening Wind Vine.

Time passed by, second by second.

Nine o'clock. Ten o'clock. Eleven o'clock.

I waited until 11:30.

Sudden……