Chapter 224: Chapter 174: Alien Makes a Move! (Two-in-one, 2/5)_1 As the three Alliance Hierarchs were speaking, Rangu, on the Alien side, suddenly received some very unpleasant news. Noticing the drastic change in his complexion, the surrounding Aliens immediately asked with curiosity, "What’s wrong, Sir? Why do you look so upset?" "Something happened inside the Tower of Eternity." "What happened?" "The Earthlings have completely sealed off the Teleportation Ground. It will take at least one official year to reopen it, and we’ve been instructed not to act rashly during this time." "Usually, it wouldn’t matter if we were to lay dormant for ten official years. However, now there’s someone who continually triggers the sound of the great path who hasn’t been found. Letting this person develop for a year could be disastrous." "Don’t you think that’s the very reason the Earthlings sealed our Teleportation Ground, despite the great cost and sacrifices?" "So, what do we do now? If we don’t get new recruits and can’t carry out large-scale operations, the foundation we’ve painstakingly built on Earth over many years could easily be destroyed." 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢 "We can only take things one step at a time. Previously, the plan was to assassinate all suspicious four-star and five-star individuals to disrupt their deployment, but that’s no longer feasible. We’ll need to focus on key targets instead. Let’s review the previous priority list from the Academy Alliance." "Sir, there are currently thirty suspected targets on the Academy Alliance list. What should we do?" "This year’s college entrance examination instance had a strange issue, although it hasn’t been fully investigated yet. If we’re to initiate a sudden operation now, should we also include this peculiar two-star Skeleton Mage?" "Adding him won’t change much. Let’s put him in the third priority sequence." Rangu looked at the list again and further categorized the names. It could be seen that the name Yan Yingyue, written in peculiar Alien script, was listed in the first priority sequence. "How should we handle these thirty-one people?" "Since we’ve decided to act, the sooner, the better. Actually, the sudden sealing of the Teleportation Ground isn’t entirely a bad thing. At least they’ll assume that after receiving this news, we won’t act rashly. That’s when we can catch them by surprise. The more they expect us to remain inactive, the more we should do the opposite. Prepare to act immediately. Dispatch ninety-one Assassins to eliminate these thirty-one individuals. For the ten targets in the first priority sequence, assign five Assassins to each. For the ten targets in the second priority sequence, assign three Assassins to each. For the eleven targets in the third priority sequence, assign one Assassin to each." "Sir, Yan Yingyue has already survived one assassination attempt, so her security is exceptionally tight this time. I’m afraid five Assassins might not be enough." "I strongly suspect that the three instances of the sound of the great path were triggered by the same person. However, Yan Yingyue is a Priest. The second activation of the sound of the great path was reportedly her soloing a team-level BOSS. According to our inside sources, when this five-star Priest was questioned, she explicitly described the situation in the examination. She is a five-star Priest whose abilities provide a massive boost to summoning-type professions. This would explain why she and the two-star Skeleton Mage can achieve such remarkable results together. If she truly possesses such an ability, even as a five-star professional, she must still adhere to fundamental principles; her powers wouldn’t be so erratic. Since her ability is to greatly enhance the combat power of others, her own combat prowess would, logically, not be exceptionally high as well. For her to defeat a team-level BOSS single-handedly would be impossible. Therefore, the suspicion on her has decreased significantly. Whether we kill her this time isn’t crucial; it’s merely an auxiliary objective. Attacking her is primarily to draw the attention of more powerful experts." Yan Yingyue’s professional ability indeed had a significant enhancing effect on everyone. However, it could also be specifically interpreted as being particularly helpful to Summoners. This was because she could improve all their attributes and share her powerful talent, thereby indirectly increasing the ability limit of Summoners. This explanation wasn’t entirely false. Before they left the instance, Chen Mo and Yan Yingyue had agreed that she would explain things this way to others as much as possible. Having witnessed Chen Mo’s performance in the instance, Yan Yingyue had long suspected that he concealed a significant secret. However, such a secret was clearly not something to be easily revealed to others. If a two-star Skeleton Mage like you is this powerful, what if your assets were given to a higher-star Summoner? Wouldn’t they become even more formidable? Perhaps someone would kill you to seize your treasures, using them to train their own high-star Summoner descendants. Or, a top-tier Summoner might target you, kill you to make the treasures bound to you drop, and then claim them for themselves. So, danger lurks everywhere. Some things are best kept hidden if possible. With the Teleportation Ground sealed, the best course of action for Rangu and his team would have been to lay low and wait for it to reopen. Otherwise, acting prematurely would expose far more clues. After all, it’s impossible for these individuals to operate on Earth without leaving any trace. Following these traces would undoubtedly lead to the exposure of many more operatives. This wouldn’t just be limited to the exposure of those dispatched for the mission. If Rangu decided to dispatch ninety people, he had to be prepared for the possibility of exposing several, or even dozens, times that number of their hidden operatives. Such an action would undoubtedly deal a significant blow to the Yongming Star System’s clandestine network on Earth. However, the matter of the sound of the great path being triggered three times in a single day hung like a sword over their heads. Whether it was one person or two, they knew they wouldn’t rest easy until the individuals involved were eliminated.