Wu Chang first put aside the traps in Cui Chengze's mission and looked at Sword Star, asking:

"When did you discover their identity from Mid Country, and why didn't you tell me?"

Sword Star replied, "There's still one thing we haven't wrapped up about their intel, we wanted to finish everything up before reporting to you, Boss."

Even though everyone belongs to the same faction, there is competition among them. Whether it's Sword Star and Negotiation Master, or Shadow and Big White Shark, they all aim to curry favor with the boss.

Opportunities like Li Zaisi, a hidden NPC, are rare. If they manage to gain enough favor and reveal some hidden item, its value would surpass that of clearing any instance.

Shadow overachieved in the mission, leveraging her skills, while simultaneously monitoring multiple other factions, she was the strongest in combat prowess among them, making her presence felt.

Though Big White Shark was slightly less capable, she had the Talent of a Pirate Captain, making her indispensable for piloting Star Jump later on.

Compared to them, Sword Star and Negotiation Master were at a disadvantage in terms of strength, and their functional roles hadn't yet been showcased, naturally making them anxious.

Having finally made a breakthrough in investigating Mid Empire's spies, how could they easily let others take credit?

Wu Chang guessed Sword Star's intentions and didn't probe further, asking, "What else is left unfinished?"

Sword Star hesitated for a moment but decided to reveal their progress.

"Boss, while investigating those Mid Country spies, we overheard them mention something..."

The first day on board the Star Jump, after the dinner ended, Wu Chang handed Sword Star a list of several people.

Given the importance of this task to the main storyline exploration, Sword Star and Negotiation Master took it very seriously, immediately locking onto a few individuals and beginning their tracking.

They actually discovered the true identities of several people on the night the banquet ended.

Two rookies wanted to sneak into the captain's cabin and encountered Jiang Junsu, who was staying there.

Don't be fooled by how casually Jiang Junsu was beaten to death by Wu Chang with a stick, he was a formidable presence as the apparent controller of Star Jump, and a current navy serviceman, even stronger than the Four Great Vajra behind Li Zaisi.

Jiang Junsu pinned the two rookies to the ground and was about to drain their blood to nourish an Array when they revealed their identity as Mid Country spies to survive.

By claiming their identity as Mid Country spies, the two rookies escaped a disaster, but before they could get far, they were cornered by Sword Star and Negotiation Master again right after leaving the cabin and rounding a corner.

The Negotiation in Negotiation Master's name wasn't without its reasons.

Based on Sword Star's subtle hints, Wu Chang inferred that she possessed some sort of compulsory negotiation ability, which, if both parties agreed on a price and passed some skill check, would force the other party to carry out the negotiation terms unconditionally.

With the help of Negotiation Master's ability, they learned that the few people at the banquet were just small fries among the Mid Country spies, and someone else was in charge on the ship.

As per their agreement, they would meet every three days after entering the Shipwreck Belt, consolidating the intel they gathered.

Then their leader would retrieve a communication device unaffected by the Shipwreck Belt's interference, transmitting everything happening inside out.

After each transmission, the spy leader would also send a string of special numbers, which even the two captured spies didn't understand the meaning of.

Due to Negotiation Master's ability, after finishing the negotiation, the two rookie spies completely forgot what had happened and weren't aware that they'd leaked information.

During this time, Sword Star and Negotiation Master hadn't surfaced because they were monitoring this group of Mid Country people.

According to their observations, this group of spies had mediocre abilities. Though each had some small specialties, in terms of real combat strength, five or six of them together were only on par with Cyan Dragon, not enough for even Sword Star to kill alone.

After preliminary assessment, even considering their leader, two people were sufficient to handle the situation, so they didn't hurry to reveal everything to Wu Chang,

After listening to Sword Star's report, Wu Chang asked, "Have they found out who their referred person in charge is?"

Sword Star shook his head, saying, "That person in charge is very cautious and maintains a one-way communication with the other members. We haven't been able to trace their whereabouts."

"They originally should have met two days ago to send intel, but coincidentally, Jiang Junsu and others planned to hijack the ship, Jiang Junsu contacted those two rookies, asking them to deliver a message to cancel the scheduled meet-up."

"After that, the boss took control of Star Moon from Jiang Junsu in the following events. Today, your secretary has been repositioning the cabin control areas with Cyan Dragon and others, so passengers stayed within their quarters, making movement inconvenient. To avoid attention, the Mid Country spies stayed low for another day."

"Tomorrow, once everything is back on track and with no further interference, they should take action. Whether it's their usual meet-up or transmitting accumulated intel to the outside, we estimate they should act tomorrow night."

Wu Chang nodded, approving Sword Star's analysis.

He wasn't particularly concerned about the identity of the Mid Country spy leader, but he was very interested in the communication device they possessed.

A device from Mid Country that can break through signal barriers; his Inspiration told him it would be of great use.

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