"You've done well."
He said softly, "Even better than I imagined."
Xu Yuebing smiled lightly and was about to say more when suddenly, her communicator rang.
"President Xu, there's trouble."
Yun Yan's voice came through the communicator, grave and urgent.
Xu Yuebing furrowed her brows, "What happened?"
"Yanmen Base has been attacked, and the Profound Gu Nest sample has been taken."
"What?!"
Xu Yuebing stood up abruptly, "Where is Yuan Maochun?"
"He's already been executed, but the item... we've pursued for several days without recovering it."
Ye Qingzhou's eyes turned icy as he took the communicator, "Do we know who was responsible?"
Yun Yan was silent for a moment, then said, "Suspected to be the Golden Council, but there's no evidence."
Ye Qingzhou sneered, "Suspicion is enough."
He stood up, his eyes swirling with Chaos Dao Pattern, his voice cold, "I've never needed evidence to act."
Xu Yuebing looked at him, speaking softly, "Will you act personally?"
