My System Is Three Thousand Years Early

Cheng Guang murmured to himself, retracting the Devil Transformation Armor he was wearing.

The Devil Transformation Armor could be condensed into a steel pellet the size of a Jade Bead, and if he wished to use it, a mere thought would cause the armor to unfold and cover his entire body.

This was extremely convenient.

Otherwise, Cheng Guang figured he would have to store the Devil Transformation Armor in his storage ring and put it on whenever he needed it, which would be quite troublesome.

Saving some steps was always good.

Cheng Guang crafted the steel pellet of the Devil Transformation Armor into a bracelet pendant and wore it on his wrist, then planned to cultivate for a while.

In the sealed chamber, all sides were closed off, with only a few Ever-bright Lamps providing sparse illumination.

Cheng Guang couldn't see the scenery outside, nor could he tell what time it was.

So he decided to settle down and cultivate for a while.

Years go by without notice, and time is often unkind.

Unsure of how much time had passed, Cheng Guang felt a slight stir in his heart, and that familiar, emotionless, and icy systemic voice rang by his ear.

"[In the thirty-fourth year of Zhensheng, on the third day of the ninth month, the sixty-third day since you became a Heavenly Human Realm cultivator, you taught Qin Gaozhi a lesson.

From his lips, you learned that the upheaval within the Great Yan Dynasty years ago, the sudden withdrawal of troops from the Border Area battlefield, and the subsequent siege of North City by Demon Beasts, all had a shadowy manipulator behind them.]

"[Back then, the Duke of the State and many high-ranking officers of the Northern Expedition Army faced the siege of Demon Beasts. Even though they were trapped, defeat wasn't certain.

As long as they held on and waited for the internal chaos of the Great Yan Dynasty to settle and for troops to be redeployed near the Border Area battlefield, the Devil Clan besieging North City would have quickly left once their reinforcements were cut off.]

"[And on the day the internal turmoil of the Great Yan Dynasty had just subsided, soldiers from within North City opened the gates, allowing the Demon Beasts besieging North City to enter.]

"[At that time, among the soldiers who opened the gates, Qin Gaozhi was one of them. As for why Qin Gaozhi would open the gates, exposing North City defenselessly to the eyes of the Demon Beasts, potentially leading to his own death, you asked Qin Gaozhi, but he could give no explanation.]

"[He only vaguely remembered that he fell asleep from overwhelming sadness and despair after Qin Yanqiu's death, and then had a dream. When he awoke from the dream, he had already opened the city gates.]

"[Qin Gaozhi wasn't the only one; many soldiers admired Qin Yanqiu and fell into a state of dejection once they learned of her death.]

"[Hearing Qin Gaozhi's words, you suddenly realized that the individual behind this chain of events was anything but simple.]

"[The death of Qin Yanqiu, apart from eliminating the uncontrollable factor of the Secret Realm, which likely was an accident, may also have been designed by someone in the shadows.]

"[By exploiting Qin Yanqiu's death, they manipulated those like Qin Gaozhi, who were weakened by sadness, without them realizing it.]

"[Enabling them to be controlled by this person from behind the scenes.]

"[Causing them to open the gates and allow the Demon Beasts into North City.]

"[You couldn't figure out who could possibly have the means to do this within North City, right under the Duke's watchful eye.]

"[You asked Qin Gaozhi, but got nowhere. Whoever was capable of acting against Qin Yanqiu and using Qin Gaozhi, while also avoiding the Duke's attention, very likely was one of the high-ranking officers of the Northern Expedition Army.]

"[You were determined to identify this high-ranking officer and then teach him a severe lesson, but...]"

"[All the high-ranking officers of the Northern Expedition Army from those days, including the Duke, were dead.]

"[Thinking of this made your scalp tingle, wondering what kind of person, even at the cost of their own life, would plan to kill all the high-ranking officers of the Northern Expedition Army.]

"[Your heart was greatly shaken, and no matter what, you were resolute in uncovering the high-ranking officer hidden within the Northern Expedition Army.]

"[Three-star mission: Uncover the spy within the Northern Expedition Army.]

"[Mission reward: General's Seal.]"

After reading through the system mission prompts, Cheng Guang was silent for a long time.

He suddenly realized that what he had originally thought was merely an accident—the death of Qin Yanqiu—turned out to have been influenced by an invisible pair of hands.

Qin Yanqiu died because of the Secret Realm.

And since the Secret Realm appeared randomly, how could someone plan to lure Qin Yanqiu into it?

Cheng Guang then recollected that in the Douluo Palace Secret Realm, aside from Qin Yanqiu and a group of Demon Beasts, there were hardly any Northern Expedition Army soldiers present, apart from those soldiers who were thrown into the Pill Furnace by the Red Robe Daoist and used as firewood.

The only remaining possibility was that Qin Yanqiu alone, inadvertently, got drawn into the Secret Realm.

Tch...

Cheng Guang couldn't help clicking his tongue, feeling that upon cursory thought, the matter seemed fine but upon closer inspection, found everything suspicious.

After all, Qin Yanqiu was the Female Martial God of the Northern Expedition Army, commanding soldiers under her, not to the level of tens of thousands, but a scale of a thousand was still there.

Heading out to battle, only Qin Yanqiu herself got swept into the Secret Realm while the others were left unscathed.

Is that reasonable?

It clearly damn well isn't.

To say that this behind-the-scenes individual could act against Qin Yanqiu, it's unlikely they would harm the soldiers around her, so the greatest probability was that they wanted to exploit the soldiers left behind by Qin Yanqiu.