For "Initial City," if colluding with the "Anti-Intellectualism Church" was an internal power struggle with room for compromise, then associating with the "Salvation Army" was an enemy-on-enemy conflict, a more serious matter.

While Jiang Baimian raised her eyebrows, she turned her gaze to Farkas on the armored command vehicle. The slightly aged "Lion" general had a serious expression and a heavy look, as if facing a very tricky, troublesome, and important issue.

At this moment, Genaeva asked in confusion:

"Why didn't they choose to report via walkie-talkie, why did they have to speak face-to-face?"

He wanted to improve his human behavior analysis and simulation mechanism.

Jiang Baimian chuckled:

"The point isn't speaking face-to-face, but speaking in front of everyone.

"Otherwise, after the bigwigs of the 'Initial City' Senate compromise, they might become scapegoats. The more people who know about this, the safer they will be in the future."

"I see..." Genaeva recorded this type of situation.

Shang Jianyao clapped his hands and said with a smile:

"What a great show."

After a moment of silence, Farkas used the amplification system on the armored command vehicle to issue orders to Ducas and Cassier:

"Take all the members of the 'Anti-Intellectualism Church,' Varo's confidants, and the 'Salvation Army' back for separate interrogation."

"Yes, General!" Ducas and Cassier returned the salute, visibly relieved.

Seeing this scene, Jiang Baimian muttered to herself thoughtfully:

"Is the real purpose of the 'Anti-Intellectualism Church' to intensify the internal contradictions of 'Initial City,' tear apart their upper echelons, and let chaos come naturally?"

In other words, this entire plan didn't target anyone in particular, didn't have dangerous traps, but simply used this to uncover some "lids."

And the best candidate to lift the "lids" was undoubtedly General Farkas, who belonged to the middle faction, had high prestige, controlled part of the city defense forces, and possessed strong strength himself.

Shang Jianyao sighed upon hearing this:

"We've become tools."

The "Old Task Force" played almost no role in this matter. Regardless of whether they saw through the "Anti-Intellectualism Church's" ulterior motives, it was difficult to change the final outcome. They could only become tools responsible for "running errands."

While sighing, Shang Jianyao's face showed no frustration or disappointment, but rather excitement, as if he had found an opponent.

Jiang Baimian nodded gently:

"The real 'Father,' or rather, the elder of the Anti-Intellectualism Church in 'Initial City,' the 'Shepherd' Buyong, is indeed very powerful and cannot be underestimated."

Speaking of this, she ridiculed herself:

"Anyway, we at least earned 50 Aure from them."

Before Genaeva and Shang Jianyao could respond, Ducas walked over and said in a deep voice:

"Go identify the people."

"Okay!" Shang Jianyao suddenly became excited.

As they followed the two majors into the manor, Jiang Baimian asked in a low voice:

"Why are you so excited?"

Shang Jianyao replied without hiding anything:

"I'll be able to see the people from the 'Salvation Army' later."

Jiang Baimian suddenly understood and expressed her understanding.

Shang Jianyao's slogan of "saving all mankind" was adapted from the "Salvation Army's" tenet of "for all mankind."

Unfortunately, Shang Jianyao didn't get his wish. The people from the "Salvation Army" and Elder Varo's confidants had already been taken away separately and were not locked up with the people from the "Anti-Intellectualism Church."

The "Old Task Force" only saw Zhao Yixue, the second son of the Zhao family, and Meng Gang, who was suspected of being a fake "Father."

Their eyes were covered with black cloths, their mouths were stuffed with rags, and their hands were tied behind their backs.

The former two were crude precautions against "hypnosis," while the latter was a restriction on their actions.

Shang Jianyao glanced over them and said unenthusiastically:

"They are the targets."

Zhao Yixue was slightly thinner than his older brother, his face was full of collagen, and his nose was slightly hooked.

Meng Gang, on the other hand, looked haggard.

"Take them back." Ducas waved his hand.

Several soldiers immediately carried Zhao Yixue and Meng Gang out of the manor.

Seeing this, Jiang Baimian "uh"ed and said:

"I guess we don't have anything else to do, right?"

"That depends on your agreement with the employer," Ducas responded coldly. "We don't have anything else here."

He then added:

"You have to save your time to train your muscles and practice your marksmanship. This is the fundamental guarantee for us to survive on the graylands."

Jiang Baimian, Shang Jianyao, and Genaeva remained noncommittal.

Ducas then looked at Jiang Baimian:

"Didn't you say you wanted to arm wrestle with me?"

Jiang Baimian smiled:

"First, let's make it clear that cheating is not allowed."

"Okay." Ducas agreed very readily.

Cassier, with a playful attitude, and Shang Jianyao acted as referees together.

…

In less than a minute, Ducas walked out of the manor in a daze, muttering to himself:

"Impossible, this is impossible…

"How could I lose three times in ten seconds…

"It must be that I haven't trained enough, and my muscles aren't strong enough…"

Cassier, who was following behind him, looked at Jiang Baimian curiously:

"Your strength is beyond my imagination."

And it's not like you can see any exaggerated muscles.

Am I cheating? Jiang Baimian fell into thought, then replied:

"Maybe there's a little distortion, haha, just kidding."

Cassier shook his right hand and laughed:

"Your appearance makes me sure you're not a subspecies."

Broadly speaking, I'm really a subspecies with non-human abilities through genetic modification, but it's not reflected in my appearance... Jiang Baimian muttered silently.

Shang Jianyao helped her explain:

"Actually, it's a gift."

"Yes, it's not the result of hard training." Jiang Baimian opened her eyes wide and told the truth.

She then smiled:

"I think Major Ducas is a little traumatized. Maybe it will affect his mental state later. Please help me say a few words to him later, just say that people are different, there are limits, and many situations cannot be compensated for by training.

"If he really wants to win against me, then he can only say 'I'm not going to be human anymore.'"

Cassier looked at the zombie-like Ducas in front of him and laughed softly:

"These two sentences might stimulate him even more."

They left the manor and happened to see the city defense forces withdrawing in batches. Jiang Baimian then obtained General Farkas's consent and bid farewell.

The next things were not something the "Old Task Force" could interfere with. They only hoped that the chaos would bring opportunities.

…

The military-green jeep drove along the suburban rammed-earth road towards the southern entrance of the city.

While driving, Jiang Baimian habitually looked at the situation on both sides.

Suddenly, a flash of fire caught her eye.

It was the scene of grenades, rockets, and artillery shells being fired that she was familiar with.

Enemy attack!

Without thinking, Jiang Baimian turned the steering wheel and stepped on the accelerator.

In the simulated supercharged roar, the jeep swung out and swerved to the other side of the road.

Boom!

The explosion came as expected behind the side of the vehicle, kicking up a large amount of dust.

In the dust, the fire was bright, like a burning sphere.

The jeep rushed forward frantically, trying to escape this area, but the ground it was crushing suddenly expanded.

Boom! Boom!

Mines exploded one after another, directly blowing the jeep into the air, causing it to fall with a clang and roll a few times.

At this moment, Jiang Baimian only had a few similar thoughts in her mind:

"Is this reasonable?

"This is not reasonable!"

This road can be considered busy with traffic, how could the enemy bury mines so accurately for their vehicles?

The jeep's tumbling stopped. Jiang Baimian, who was upside down, decisively unfastened her seat belt, opened the door, and jumped out.

Shang Jianyao also took similar actions and rolled to the side of the road.

Just then, he saw a pair of polished leather boots.

Above the boots was a tall, thin man. His eyes were like dark whirlpools, as if they could suck away Shang Jianyao's soul.

Shang Jianyao was first at a loss, then became dazed, and then his thoughts jumped, and he switched personalities.

He immediately shouted:

"Old Ge!"

Genaeva jumped over, presenting a Mount Tai-crushing posture.

Seeing that he couldn't "hypnotize" Shang Jianyao for a short time, the tall, thin man turned around quickly, preparing to escape.

At this moment, he suddenly felt frustrated and angry, unwilling to give up and admit defeat.

So, he stayed where he was, turned his body back, and continued to "hypnotize" Shang Jianyao.

Genaeva pounced on him and raised his sandbag-sized iron fist.

Bang!

The man was knocked unconscious, but the scene in front of Jiang Baimian and Shang Jianyao instantly shattered, like glass falling on the ground.

Jiang Baimian shivered and came back to her senses, realizing that she was still in the jeep, still driving, and Shang Jianyao was sitting next to her, no different from the beginning.

Genaeva in the back row suddenly shouted urgently:

"Brake!"

Only then did Jiang Baimian realize that she had driven the jeep off the road and was rushing towards the Taiwei River, which was rippling with waves.

The sound of "screech" was very long, and the jeep finally stopped.

"What happened just now?" Genaeva asked in confusion.

Jiang Baimian glanced at Shang Jianyao and said to herself:

"An attack by the real 'Father'?"

Their previous experience was very similar to Xu Liyan's encounter at the Hunter's Guild in Wildgrass City.

They were both trapped in a multi-person "participatory" illusion.

And the Genaeva in the illusion came from Shang Jianyao and Jiang Baimian's cognition and did not actually exist.

Shang Jianyao replied seriously for once:

"The real 'Father' used this method to test what abilities Pure Mind Monk has. He should know now that I have 'Pretentious Person,' and the cost can reduce the 'hypnosis' effect to a certain extent."

"He also knows that we have Old Ge, a powerful weapon against most Awakened." Jiang Baimian let out a breath and sensed for a few seconds, "There are multiple radio signals around, and it's impossible to confirm which one is the real 'Father,' or maybe none of them are, after all, the range of this ability is unknown."

She then turned her body to tell Genaeva about her experience just now, and finally reminded:

"If you find us in a state of sluggishness or daze, wake us up or knock us unconscious, you can use any method."

Genaeva nodded solemnly:

"Okay."

Jiang Baimian looked around again and slowly reversed the jeep back onto the main road.

She sighed as she drove:

"Oh, I don't know if the real 'Father' will give up or plan an attack scheme that targets our characteristics…

"Let's go meet Little White and Little Red first."