Published: March 2, 2025
The reward for Zone One was no longer important in Wen Yu's eyes.
Interestingly, even though Wen Yu did not participate in the Zone ranking battle, the title of Zone One was still placed on his head.
After thinking for a while, Wen Yu could only describe the situation as "preordained."
The sovereign had already decided on his "seed," making the Zone ranking battle a complete waste of time—regardless of how intense the competition was below, it had little to do with the sovereign.
Of course, this might also be the sovereign considering his feelings, keeping the title of Zone One for himself to alleviate the awkwardness stemming from Wen Yu being removed from the position of Beijing Commander-in-Chief.
However, this had nothing to do with Wen Yu.
After a brief consideration, he brushed the matter aside, and the mountain puppet brought up the next topic.
"In the past two years, the General Secretary of Zone One Main City has always visited, wanting to meet you, but I have declined using the excuse of your travels."
The General Secretary of Zone One Main City was the highest-ranking official assigned by Beijing, but unlike other places, Zone One Main City was the base for soul puppets and also Wen Yu's stronghold; it was easy to imagine the importance of this position.
"What does he want?"
Wen Yu asked casually, not initially concerned about the matter. Little did he know, the next sentence from the mountain puppet piqued his interest.
"He always tells me that the high-ranking officials in Beijing are very eager to see you, and that Tang Haofei can’t compare to you."
With a flash of thought, Wen Yu suddenly smiled.
"Tell Tang Haofei that there are people in Beijing who aren’t being honest!"
With that brief statement, Wen Yu put an end to the matter.
Regardless of the intentions of these people, the provocation was abundantly clear, and Tang Haofei was straightforward and easily influenced by external information.
Wen Yu didn't want to engage in a meaningless conflict with Tang Haofei over these trivial matters.
...
In five years, there were only a few things worth reporting to Wen Yu.
Once the mountain puppet finished speaking, Wen Yu waved his hand, signaling for it to depart. Afterward, he had a light snack, stood up, and walked toward the bedroom.
The layout of the bedroom was exactly the same as it had been five years ago, and every day, soul puppets came to clean. Wen Yu took a brief glance and then approached the coffee table, opening the laptop placed on it.
As the computer screen lit up and loaded the operating system, Wen Yu opened a document titled "Yellow. Film"...
Although the name was somewhat awkward, the contents were definitely not something "everyone understood." Inside the folder, there was only a single file shaped like an eye.
Double-clicking the mouse, the file opened, and soon, Lin Haifeng's face appeared on the screen.
"I'm back," Wen Yu said softly, and Lin Haifeng smiled and nodded.
This was Wen Yu's backup left in Beijing.
Lin Haifeng himself.
...
When it came to leaving Beijing, what Wen Yu missed the most was undoubtedly the intelligence system there.
It was no exaggeration to say that Beijing's intelligence system was so powerful that Wen Yu could grasp the affairs of the world without leaving his doorstep!
Even information about an ordinary civilian living on the Layered Battlefield—what they ate today and the color of their underwear—could be retrieved by the intelligence system within an hour if Wen Yu wanted to know.
However, leaving Beijing did not mean Wen Yu could not access this system—Lin Haifeng was the biggest "undercover agent" left in Beijing!
Indeed, before Wen Yu stepped down, he had already reached a cooperative intention with Lin Haifeng. In other words, compared to Tang Haofei, who was tortured by the costs of power, Wen Yu was more suited to be the ruler of this world!
This was the consensus between Lin Haifeng and Fran!
This also led to a very interesting phenomenon—despite Tang Haofei taking office for five years, Fran never informed him of Lin Haifeng's presence.