Chapter 165: King Wen of Zhou_1

Hearing the words of the rotating chairman, Jiang Yu was first taken aback, then burst into laughter, "Has the upper echelon of ETO had their heads slammed in a door or something? Why can't they just keep a low profile?"

...

On the Sophon's side, the First Emperor of Qin touched his own head, perhaps it really had been squeezed by a door!

They had just acknowledged the need to respect Confucius's advice, with reminders for King Wen of Zhou to back down already given.

So, how could they become complacent so soon and fail to restrain King Wen of Zhou properly?

Now look at the mess, not only was King Wen of Zhou arrested, but a good number of ETO's grassroots members have been exposed as well, saying that ETO's base has been significantly weakened would not be an exaggeration.

The First Emperor of Qin sighed, realizing that ETO's top brass still didn't fully trust Confucius!

...

After laughing his fill, Jiang Yu asked, "Mr. Chairman, could I meet this King Wen of Zhou?"

The rotating chairman nodded, "That's exactly what I wanted to talk about. We very much want to learn some intelligence about the ETO's upper levels from the prisoner.

"But the prisoner has only told us that the intelligent signals from Mars are part of Wallfacer Jiang Yu's conspiracy!"

The rotating chairman stared at Jiang Yu, "We're not sure whether what he's saying is true."

Jiang Yu smiled and shook his head, "There are two things I'd like to remind the chairman. First, if I had means to cross time, then congratulations to the chairman, to myself, and even more so to humanity, for we would have already been able to defeat the Trisolarans!

"Second, this is clearly a smear campaign by ETO against me. They will definitely try to prevent us from making contact with other advanced civilizations.

"That much is foreseeable, because such contact could bring too many unknowns to the Trisolarans' invasion!"

The rotating chairman gave a slight smile, "That's what we think as well. After all, King Wen of Zhou did not fully explain some key issues.

"He claims that only your two Wallbreakers are privy to all your plans.

"As of now, that's the only intelligence we have. ETO has assigned you another Wallbreaker, so you still have two Wallbreakers!"

Jiang Yu uttered, "Oh," showing no panic at all, since the only clue had self-destructed.

Even if ETO detailed his entire plan across five chapters and eighteen sections, it wouldn't matter because without any evidence Jiang Yu could easily clear himself completely.

Besides, this King Wen of Zhou seemed to have only a slight understanding of his plan; Jiang Yu had even less reason to worry about exposing his own strategies.

The rotating chairman continued, "The prisoner will be delivered to the PDC's intelligence agency tomorrow. I think no one understands ETO better than Mr. Jiang, so we hope you can extract some useful information from his mouth."

Jiang Yu nodded, "I'll do my best."

He said solemnly, "Mr. Chairman, I can no longer tolerate the coddling of ETO by various nations.

"Leaving these rotten apples in ETO will only cause trouble, and the limited intelligence we get from them is not worth the risk.

"Their recent 'anti-defectionism' nearly ruined humanity's space endeavors, who knows what new tricks they'll come up with next time!

"Better to clamp down on ETO altogether, at the very least, don't let them be so rampant in the open!"

The rotating chairman nodded, "I will urge all nations to push harder against ETO."

Jiang Yu uttered another "Oh," knowing all too well that the chairman didn't really take his suggestion to heart.

After all, the differences over Moon City remained a barrier between the two men, only due to the circumstances had the rotating chairman sought cooperation with Jiang Yu.

Jiang Yu couldn't be bothered to push further. If ETO caused more trouble in the future, it might inadvertently provide new opportunities for his team.

The following day, Jiang Yu cleared his entire schedule, waiting for King Wen of Zhou to arrive at the PDC headquarters.

He had also contacted the related media, ready to make good use of King Wen of Zhou.

It wasn't until after three p.m. that the staff informed Jiang Yu that the prisoner had been locked up in PDC's jail and was available for interrogation at any time.

Jiang Yu immediately went there, and the media entered the observation room of the interrogation chamber as he had arranged.

In the interrogation room, Jiang Yu saw King Wen of Zhou and felt that the man looked somewhat familiar.

King Wen of Zhou smiled and said, "Don't recognize me? I've interrogated you before!"

Jiang Yu suddenly remembered, back when the Star Defense Department was still called the Operations Center, he had been deceived by a member of the ETO.

At that time, there were three other people from the Operations Center, coming to make trouble for him.

And this King Wen of Zhou turned out to be Chief Du!

Jiang Yu carefully checked the records. The man's name was Du Sheng and indeed, he had worked in the Operations Center.

However, after Chief Ji took office, he marginalized Du Sheng, and two years later, during the layoffs, Du Sheng was let go.

Jiang Yu put down the records and sat down opposite King Wen of Zhou with an open manner, "What goes around comes around, now it's my turn to interrogate you!"

But Du Sheng just laughed, "Don't be naive. I will only confess information regarding your 'Plan Zero'."

Jiang Yu lit a cigarette, took a puff with a smile, and said, "You're so blindly loyal, yet you don't realize your masters don't care about you at all!

"Let me guess, regarding something as important as 'Dark Forest,' you must be completely in the dark, right?"

Du Sheng hesitated for a moment, then laughed, "What we shouldn't know, we don't wish to understand. What we should know, we naturally will know.

"As for this, the master naturally has his considerations."

Jiang Yu laughed, "Then let's change the subject. My teacher warned you to restrain yourself, but you didn't listen, did you?"

Du Sheng's expression changed slightly, but he immediately steadied his mind, "Indeed, Kong Xiang is the best Wallbreaker candidate for you; you understand each other too well."

"You're wrong about that; I didn't guess this." Jiang Yu shook his head, "There are people from our side among the ETO's upper echelons. Every meeting you have, every decision you make, we know as if it were the back of our hand.

"They are respectable warriors. When they return, I will welcome them with the highest honors and arrange a new life for them on the Moon."

...

In a small wooden hut in the jungles of South America, a thirty-something Asian man was staring at the walls of the cabin, as if in a daze.

Suddenly, his eyes reddened as if something had touched him, but immediately afterward, he contained his emotions.

His name was Bai Xiao, one of the "one-seventh" First Emperor of Qin. He had been hiding in the rainforest for ten years, forgotten by the human world, and he was about to forget what the human world looked like.

However, the words of Jiang Yu reminded him of his mission and goals and made him feel that there were still people waiting for his return.

It was like a traveler toiling for his hometown who, after being away for many years, suddenly receives a letter from home: We will welcome you with the highest honors when you come back.

Bai Xiao buried his emotions deep inside his heart, understanding the meaning behind Jiang Yu's conversation with Du Sheng.

Firstly, the information about "Dark Forest" was very important, and secondly, Jiang Yu had prepared an escape route for them; they would have new lives waiting for them on the Moon after leaving the ETO.

But now was not the time to leave the ETO.

With these thoughts, Bai Xiao used Sophon to control the First Emperor of Qin in the Three-Body Game, "This is Wallfacer Jiang Yu trying to stir up trouble, do not doubt each other.

"If any of the high-level's actions are problematic, Sophon will alert us."