My Dream Connects to 3000 Years in the Future

Li Kang’s expression shifted repeatedly before he finally sighed. ”Ah Zhu, what are you trying to say?”

Li Kang’s first reaction was shock that Lankoro possessed such an ability. But then he realized that it was perfectly normal for Lankoro to have this power. The truly stunning part was the rapport Chu Bamboo demonstrated with Lankoro, and Lankoro’s obedience to him.

”If you want to lead some kind of radical reform, coming to me is useless!” Li Kang’s tone was sincere. ”Even if you went to Lu...”

”This has nothing to do with that.” Chu Bamboo shook his head, his face impassive. ”At twelve noon, the All-Powerful Lineage will use the factories as a focal point to create another great smog! Yes, it should be similar to the great smog incident in the Celestial Capital Industrial District eleven years ago.”

”The difference, however, is that the casualties from this great smog... will far exceed the last one!”

The Celestial Capital Great Smog was a severe pollution incident caused by excessive industrial development eleven years ago... In the end, the number of dead and injured civilians surpassed thirty thousand!

It was precisely because of that great smog incident that Celestial Capital, originally the heavy industry hub of southern Daqian, was forced to break up and regulate its heavy industries!

This directly led to the industrial rise of cities like Wen Han, which was upriver from Celestial Capital, and even Jinghai City, which had previously been more of a center for export trade and finance—

Before this, besides Celestial Capital, Jinghai City was purely a financial city, while Wen Han was a light industry city.

Li Kang froze, instantly realizing something. ”Their objective... is accomplished? No... how do you know! Fine... if you can’t say, don’t. So, all their previous plans... were they all for this?”

”Perhaps,” Chu Bamboo said noncommittally as thoughts churned in his mind. ’It’s also possible my actions over at Hehuan were somehow discovered by the All-Powerful Lineage, and they decided to flip the table.’

Chu Bamboo kept thinking, but he still couldn’t figure out what the Eleventh Apostle was trying to achieve.

From start to finish, their actions seemed completely illogical... ’No!’

Chu Bamboo suddenly realized something, his eyes narrowing slightly. ’Why haven’t the officials reacted at all?’

’Something’s not right!’

’The complete collapse of the industries, the eruption of the black fog—is it really possible the officials never noticed a single flaw from beginning to end... Is that even possible?’

No matter what, the officials and the various sects were far more powerful than the All-Powerful Lineage! They were the true masters of the world as it currently existed in the light.

Let’s not even talk about how only one suspected Eleventh Apostle has shown up; even if all the other Apostles came, it would be impossible to annihilate a million people so easily.

If it were really that easy, this kind of mass-casualty event... would have happened countless times already! He would have at least heard about it in the past...

But in reality, the closest event to this was the Celestial Capital Great Smog from over a decade ago. Surely the All-Powerful Lineage wasn’t also behind that one...

Fine, let’s assume for a moment that the All-Powerful Lineage was behind that incident too! And they were still able to recover from the officials’ subsequent crackdown and pull the same stunt again in Jinghai?

’Just how pathetic are these officials?! If you’re that useless, you might as well just collapse.’

’When you have eliminated the impossible...’

Chu Bamboo silently looked up toward the First District. ’Someone on the inside is collaborating with them. And their position can’t be low!’

’Xu Sun... no, he’s not important enough!’ One suspect after another flashed through Chu Bamboo’s mind: the Patriarchs of the Seven Great Clans, Governor Su, and even... Lu Jin!

’In the worst-case scenario, there could even be multiple high-level officials involved! Or perhaps it’s one person at the very top, working with a group of upper- and mid-level officials!’

’But why? There has to be a reason... The loss of a million people! Even if they don’t see the common folk as human!’

Chu Bamboo couldn’t make heads or tails of it.

Li Kang watched Chu Bamboo fall silent. After a long moment, he finally opened his mouth. ”Um, are you trying to...”

A phone rang.

Li Kang paused, instinctively pulling out his phone. He then straightened his back, his expression grave. ”Commander Huo!”

”Captain Li.” Huo Qiming’s voice came through the phone, cold and solemn. ”Currently, all drones within Jinghai City... including civilian ones! All of them have gone out of control.”

”Without receiving any commands, they are all converging on the Third District...”

Li Kang frowned. His first thought was, ’Could this be related to what Chu Bamboo just said? Is this also the All-Powerful Lineage’s doing? But how...’

Chu Bamboo instantly appeared in front of Li Kang and snatched the phone. ”Old Huo! Stop investigating. I did it.”

After thinking it over, Chu Bamboo realized that among the higher-ups, the only one he could truly trust was Huo Qiming.

He didn’t even trust Lu Jin as much as he trusted Huo Qiming!

After all, Huo Qiming had truly been the Masked Hero for many years, enduring all hardships, hiding his identity—his credibility was maxed out! A person who didn’t genuinely uphold Justice in their heart would never do such a thing.

Li Kang: ”???”

Huo Qiming: ”...”

”Actually, I’ve suspected something like this for a while,” Huo Qiming’s voice said faintly. It was just that he had no way—or rather, didn’t dare—to confirm it.

Ultimately, the drones and mechanical dogs were the Divine Envoys of the Great Goddess Nuwa... their actions could easily be associated with the Great Goddess Nuwa.

And from what Huo Qiming knew, in the current Jinghai City...

”Was the Celestial Capital Great Smog from over a decade ago the work of the All-Powerful Lineage? If they want to reproduce that event in Jinghai, what would be their most likely reason? How might they do it? How should we stop them?” Chu Bamboo blurted out the information he knew without hesitation. He had no hope of solving this on this worldline!

As long as he could get even a tiny scrap of useful intelligence about this, it would be a win.

”Besides that, among the high-level officials in Jinghai City’s First District, which top figure would be the most likely to collude with the All-Powerful Lineage! To sacrifice the entire shantytown district... No...” Chu Bamboo paused in thought, then quickly changed his angle.

”What I want to ask is, who has already made preparations in advance? If the shantytown district, or rather, the entire Third District, were to be completely sacrificed... which high-level officials would not be significantly affected afterward! Who would be able to pin all the blame on someone else...”

Huo Qiming was stunned silent for a full twenty seconds. His voice suddenly became urgent. ”What key information have you obtained?”

”So, you’ve noticed a problem on your end as well?” Chu Bamboo’s gaze sharpened.

”...The member of the Triumvirate who oversees the law didn’t come to the City Government Office today.” Huo Qiming’s answer was indirect. ”And he didn’t request a day off. One more thing—Lu Jin was the one who reported it!”

Chu Bamboo: ”...”

’Well, well, well. Throwing shade at your rival, are you?’