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Chapter 161 Purpose
In the dead of night, the dim moonlight sparsely spilled across the vast desert, casting a cool, silvery sheen onto the scorching yellow sand of the day.
A few cacti stood alone in the sand. On the towering sand dunes, only a few sand balls made of withered grass would occasionally roll quietly by, making a slight sound.
Even the desert scorpions, which are usually everywhere, are now lying dormant in their nests, conserving their energy.
In the stillness, the sound of cotton fabric rubbing together was particularly clear.
"Wow."
The heavy curtain of the tent was quietly lifted a crack, and Mu Feng looked back at Farusan, who was still sleeping soundly half-curled up in the quilt, and gently pulled the corner of the quilt up for her.
Then, he slipped out of the tent without making a sound.
Outside the tent, the night still stretched as far as the eye could see. The campfire in the camp had been extinguished by the night wind, and the gray-black embers were as cold as pieces of hard iron.
Only a few sparks flickered faintly in the sand beneath the layers of cover.
Mu Feng glanced at the undulating sand dunes in the distance. Behind the intricate valleys, a blurry square building could be seen and hidden among the gaps in the withered trees.
That was their destination, Vitality House.
He drew the Dawn Divine Sword, its grass-green divine eye reflecting the faint light emanating from the Grade A jade pendant at his waist.
Before his departure, Tinari had secretly written to him.
In the letter, Tinari, who had been serving as a forest ranger for some time, informed him that the second seat of the Fools' Enforcers had appeared in the Forest of the Way, which might be related to the disappearance of the children in Vimalakirti.
The doctor's appearance served as a wake-up call for him.
For a long time, the complex power struggles within the Faith Council had consumed too much of his energy. After the negotiations between Azar and the Fools broke down, the Fools seemed to have vanished into Mount Sumeru.
The doctor intended to lay low, and the actions of the Fools did not attract much attention.
This appearance indicates that the Fools' target has shifted to Lanara, a member of the Grass God's retinue.
Thinking of this, Mu Feng felt helpless.
Given their current weak and disorganized fighting strength, confronting the Fools head-on would be tantamount to throwing an egg against a rock.
The top three seats of the Fatui are said to possess power comparable to that of a demon god. If Dottore chooses to intervene with violence, the current seemingly balanced situation will crumble in an instant.
The gap in strength is impossible to bridge in a short period of time, and his only advantage is a slight information gap.
Daughtore is a scholar in the truest sense, and it is unlikely that he would personally intervene. Given his arrogant and condescending attitude, he would not even bother with such a thing.
The fact that the Fools are currently conducting clandestine operations to deceive others proves this point.
With the other party standing by and doing nothing, he was confident that he could take control of the Order House step by step according to his own plan.
But if the Fools intervene, the future will once again become unpredictable.
Mu Feng traveled through the desert shrouded in night, pondering his next move.
In the current timeline, the Ice Queen's scheme has not yet begun, the Scatterers do not possess the Heart of Thor, and even the Council of Command has rejected the Doctor's cooperation.
If the plan to create a god is out of the question, then what reason does the other party have to stay in Sumeru?
Neither the research on the Demon Scale Disease nor the Grass God's retinue were the focus of the Doctor's research, but according to Narcida's observations through the Void Terminal, the Doctor had at least seven people in the slice of Sumeru.
Among them is even the most powerful, and also the most selfish, slice of Dotore.
What exactly do the Fools want to do?
In the darkness, a glint of light flashed in Mu Feng's eyes.
Without understanding this, any plan is like sailing on a boundless, foggy sea, where a slight misstep could lead to a sinking.
While the snipe and the clam fight, they watch from across the river.
In this situation, their greatest enemy is no longer just the Church under Hazard, but the Fools, whose motives are unclear.
The greatest threat is the unknown enemy.
The stated objective of this trip was to seize the Red King's technology and divine knowledge for the God-Making Project. This was what Hazard hoped to see, and what he wanted Hazard to see.
The other side of the plan is to use the power of the desert mercenary group to once again unite the rainforest and the desert, thereby overthrowing the existing Church Council system.
However, this trip actually had another purpose, one that he didn't even mention to Nasita.
He was going to take a risk.
Huan Nalan's Awakening Tree is infected, and Xiao Cao from the rainforest splits up with him. The mad scholar from Aru Village goes missing, and Uncle Anpu and Candice request an investigation.
Although most of these events were unexpected, they inadvertently gave him the opportunity to act alone and a legitimate chance to investigate the House of Vitality.
Because there, he would face the second seat of the Fools' Executive.
Mu Feng stopped and looked at the square building towering in the darkness.
The building was dark, with no lights on. The white hospital building was pitch black, and the white walls were covered with traces of wind and sand, as if no one had been around for some time.
This place is ostensibly a charitable hospital for scaly diseases, but it is actually a human research institute run by a doctor.
The wind howled mournfully in the valley, like the desperate wails of wronged souls.
Mu Feng glanced back at the direction of the camp. His encounter with Farusan on the way was also unexpected, but he did not intend to drag her into this dangerous game.
He turned back, his gaze fixed on the darkness lurking before him.
Play your strong hand slowly, feigning weakness.
Since that's the case, let's overturn this game, skip the back-and-forth tug-of-war, and put all the chips and hole cards on the final table.
What's more, he has an ace up his sleeve.
"Da da da."
The footsteps that came from afar were very light, like the beating heart of a giant beast in the darkness, announcing its awakening.
"good evening."
"I've been waiting for you for a long time."
……
At the other end of the rainforest, Tao Chenglin.
Tinari accepted the letter from the messenger and returned to the treehouse with a calm expression.
He subtly touched the bottom right corner of the envelope, and after confirming the three dents, he opened the letter.
The letter was just another friendly greeting, seemingly repeating the content of the previous letter, but Tina's expression grew increasingly grim.
Suddenly, he stood up abruptly and hurriedly threw the letter into the fireplace.
"Hey, Tinari, are you going out?"
The passing forester looked up in confusion, watching his usually gentle and composed colleague rush out of the foresters' quarters of Daocheng Forest like a gust of wind.
"I'm going to Vimo Village."
Tinaari didn't turn back; he gripped the Hunter's Path and quickly disappeared at the end of the path.
Alfonso.
It turns out... it was that person.