Fang Qiu didn’t stop all the way.

  Taking advantage of his long-prepared identity, he crossed two countries in a row and completely walked out of the sphere of influence of the Truth Division, arriving at the border of Huaxia at last.

  The border area should have been heavily guarded with no free crossing, but the local government did not guard it at all due to the chaos in Zhongdong. Of course, the Huaxia soldiers were standing guard on the other side of the borderline.

  Fang Qiu didn’t cross the border directly.

  At the border, he quickly restored his disguise as John Doe and then took out his mobile phone to call Li Ji.

  “Hello?” Li Ji answered the phone.

  “I’ve reached the border,” said Fang Qiu.

  “Okay, I’ll send a helicopter to pick you up right away,” Li Ji replied before hanging up.

  Fang Qiu waited at the border for more than an hour before Li Ji arrived.

  In order not to attract attention, Li Ji deliberately parked the military helicopter far away from the border and then went to the borderline to pick up Fang Qiu himself.

  “Welcome back!”


  Li Ji cried out excitedly at the sight of Fang Qiu.

  Only then did Fang Qiu cross the border.

  “What a stark contrast in national defense!”


  Looking at the tight defense of his country and the lax defense on the opposite side, Fang Qiu couldn’t help but sigh with emotion.

  “This is how things are during social unrest.”


  Li Ji smiled and added, “Now, the situation in Zhongdong is very complicated. Aside from the underground forces stirring things up, several countries there are acting as catalysts for war. With wars everywhere, no country has the energy to defend its borders. Even if the government sends out armed forces, it will only bring about more trouble and incur a false accusation!”


  Fang Qiu nodded knowingly and said, “Yeah, that’s true.”


  “Let’s not talk about this.”


  Li Ji said excitedly while dragging Fang Qiu to the military helicopter, “You’ve made a great contribution this time. Maybe you don’t know the importance of this plutonium material map. You have defended the peace of the world by completing the task so perfectly!”


  Fang Qiu’s face cracked into a smile.

  Of course he knew the importance of this plutonium material map.

  That was why he sent the map back to the country as soon as he got it and found he couldn’t decipher it.

  Otherwise, with his temperament, he wouldn’t have left so easily when he hadn’t had enough fun in Zhongdong.

  “Where are we going now?” Fang Qiu asked as he got on the helicopter.

  “Let’s go to a base!”


  Li Ji smiled and added, “A military base that you know very well.”


  “Oh?”


  Fang Qiu was curious.

  Fang Qiu and Li Ji flew all the way to Lop Nor and ended up in a completely changed desert.

  “This hole is filled up?”


  Fang Qiu was taken aback.

  He clearly remembered that there was a huge crater with only an underground entrance at the bottom back then.

  But now, the big hole was gone.

  Instead, it was replaced with a fortress.

  It was a semi-circular raised fortress, like yellow sand.

  “You’ll know once you enter.”


  With a smile, Li Ji drove the helicopter to the top of the fortress and then landed directly. As soon as it landed, the dome of the fortress was divided into two halves, allowing the helicopter to land steadily in it.

  The fortress closed the minute the helicopter entered.

  At this moment, Fang Qiu saw that the inside of the fortress had been completely transformed into something else.

  It was a parking apron.

  In addition to the military helicopters, there were many tanks and battle vehicles.

  “This way.”


  After getting off the helicopter, Li Ji led Fang Qiu to the edge of the parking apron and walked into a completely transparent elevator.

  The elevator went all the way down.

  Fang Qiu could clearly see that the giant crater had been built into a seven-story structure, each with its own function.

  The parking apron was on the first floor. The army command and training center was on the second floor. The physical training center was on the third floor. The weapons and ammunition reserve center was on the fourth floor. The safety center was on the fifth floor. The control center was on the sixth floor. The command center was on the seventh floor.

  “It got built really fast.”


  Fang Qiu praised and asked, “Will there be any problem to base it on a desert pit? Moreover, will this military base become a target for foreigners?”


  “Don’t worry.”


  Li Ji smiled proudly and replied, “I dare not say anything else, but in terms of construction, Huaxia is No. 1 in the world. Before the construction, we have integrated the opinions of more than a dozen top construction experts and made specific arrangements. Moreover, the materials used to build this fortress are the best new materials in the world. It’s unassailable with ordinary weapons. Several guided missiles couldn’t possibly reach its core. What’s more, the fortress itself is a radar. Not only can it remain invisible to satellites, but it can also detect things!”


  “Is it that powerful?”


  Fang Qiu was shocked.

  “Of course.”


  Li Ji nodded quickly and continued, “Although this is a peaceful era and our country has always cherished peace, it’s precisely in this period of peace that we should firmly grasp every bit of strength of the national defense, so as to deal with situations and crises that may erupt at any time in the future. We should do our best for the peace of the country and the people!”


  Fang Qiu nodded in agreement.

  He had to admit that Li Ji’s words did make him burst with excitement.

  When they got down to the seventh floor, Li Ji led Fang Qiu into another elevator and continued to go down.

  The underground maze had been developed into a roomy underground space. After passing through this space, Fang Qiu and Li Ji entered the innermost area and saw fruit trees that could be planted there.

  At this moment, there was already a large group of experts skilled at cracking codes waiting in the innermost region.

  “This is the plutonium material map!”


  After entering the cave, Fang Qiu took out the plutonium material map and handed it to the experts without hesitation.

  “All right, we don’t have to worry about the rest.”


  Seeing that the experts had begun to crack the plutonium material map, Li Ji pulled Fang Qiu aside and asked, “Did you find anything else on your trip to Zhongdong this time except for dealing with the special envoys of the other four countries?”


  “I feel that something is wrong!”


  Fang Qiu thought for a moment, frowned, and explained, “It feels different this time. It seems that there is someone behind all this.”


  “What do you mean?” Li Ji asked.

  “All underground forces in the world know how important the plutonium material map is.”


  Fang Qiu continued as he pondered, “Selling something so important is all about getting more benefits. In that case, there’s no way it would be sold to a second-rate force. What can a second-rate force possibly offer?”


  “You’re right.”


  Li Ji nodded.

  “Why did this map end up in the hands of a second-rate force under the jurisdiction of the Truth Division, a top force in Zhongdong?”


  Speaking of this, Fang Qiu added, “Unless someone did it on purpose!”


  “I agree.”


  Li Ji nodded in agreement and said, “The authorities think the same way you do. We all feel that way. There’s a good chance it’s Nirvana Organization. But so far, we haven’t found any clues, and we’re not sure what the person behind this is up to.”


  “There are still many doubts.”


  Fang Qiu nodded and continued, “However, the plutonium material map is undoubtedly the center of this incident. Everything is centered on it. Now that we’ve taken it away, the forces in Zhongdong will soon find out about it. I think there’ll be a new thing to replace it soon. It won’t be long before we can see the purpose of the mastermind behind this!”


  “You have a point.”


  Li Ji nodded.

  “Beep, beep, beep……”


  At this point in time, Li Ji’s cell phone suddenly rang.

  “Hello?”


  He took out his mobile phone and answered it in no time.

  His expression changed the moment he heard the voice coming from the other end of the line. He instantly turned to look at Fang Qiu. After listening for a while longer, he nodded solemnly and hung up the phone.

  Fang Qiu asked, “What’s wrong?”


  “As you expected, there is news from Zhongdong that someone has found a Heaven Treasure, Bodhi Fruit, which ranks ninth on the Heaven Treasure List, in the jurisdiction of the Gospel Division.”


  Li Ji added, “In Zhongdong, Heaven Treasures are called holy fruits. Because the martial arts practitioners there are not as powerful as those in Huaxia, Heaven Treasures are rare temptations to them!”


  “Bodhi Fruit?”


  Fang Qiu raised an eyebrow.

  Li Ji nodded with certainty and said, “Yes, it’s confirmed. I heard that it’s going to mature soon. Now Zhongdong is in an uproar because of this piece of news!”


  “There’s a Half-step Guru in the Truth Division. Does the Gospel Division have one?” Fang Qiu asked at once.

  Li Ji nodded at once and said, “Yes. Both the Truth Division and the Gospel Division have one Divine Envoy each. Both of them are Half-step Gurus. What’s wrong?”


  “I see.”


  Fang Qiu’s eyes lit up and he instantly said, “The Bodhi Fruit, just like the plutonium material map, is something presented by the man behind the curtain!

  “As things stand, the man behind the curtain intends to draw the Gospel Division to war against the Truth Division. After all, the Bodhi Fruit is of great use to the Divine Envoys of both organizations. It may even help them break through to the Guru Realm!

  “Since the map didn’t work, the mastermind presented the Heaven Treasure!”


  Li Ji soon figured it out.

  Now that he thought about it, it did seem to be the case!

  “The fox’s tail is finally showing. But if Nirvana Organization is behind all this, what’s its purpose?”


  Fang Qiu raised an eyebrow and pondered over this.

  “No matter what its purpose is, since we know about it, we must stop it. The people in Zhongdong have suffered a lot. If the war continues, the whole region will literally turn into a living hell. By then, not only the few countries there but also more and more countries will get involved in it. There could be a bigger conflict!”


  Li Ji looked solemn.

  Fang Qiu asked, “Then what do the authorities think?”


  “I’ll go and ask for instructions at once!”


  After saying that, Li Ji turned around and left in a hurry.