Chapter 2723: Scouting the Buddhist Realm

"A suicide mission?"

"How can that be?"

"Commander, stop joking. What task did the higher-ups give us?!"

"…"

Everyone spoke up, each one of them struck with utter astonishment.

Fortress 199 was the weakest fortress. Giving them a high-difficulty mission—wasn't that just sending them to their deaths?

Xiao Fan was also puzzled. His gaze fell upon Commander Jia You, wondering what kind of mission Fortress 199 had received to make Commander Jia You look like this.

"Infiltrate the Buddhist Realm's territory to gather intelligence. After that, the Kongchen Realm will join forces with other powers to take action against the Buddhist Realm," Commander Jia You said, his face ashen.

"Infiltrate the Buddhist Realm's territory?!"

"Are they crazy? Those Buddhists all have bizarre Cultivation Techniques. Quietly approaching them is asking for trouble!"

"Yeah, Commander, what's going on?"

"Why? Aren't they afraid we'll be exposed?"

"…"

The many gray-armored experts spoke up one after another, all of them extremely confused. Why would the higher-ups arrange for them to infiltrate the Buddhist Realm? Wasn't that just seeking death?

The Buddhist Realm was also one of the Great Realms, filled with experts as numerous as the clouds, and they also held significant power within the Heavens Battlefield.

Furthermore, the methods of the Buddhist Realm's experts were bizarre; one could fall victim to them for no apparent reason, making them impossible to guard against.

What were the people at the top thinking?

Sending them to the Buddhist Realm to scout for intelligence… if things went wrong, it wouldn't just be their team's annihilation that mattered. If the Buddhist Realm was enraged and took action against the Kongchen Realm, what then?

"This… I don't know either. It's an order from above," Commander Jia You said, his face grim.

When he had first received this mission, Commander Jia You was dumbfounded.

Ordering Fortress 199 to send people to the Buddhist Realm for a mission—wasn't that just sending them to die?

The main point was that their deaths were one thing, but they would also provoke the people of the Buddhist Realm. If the Buddhist Realm flew into a rage and attacked the Kongchen Realm, wouldn't the Kongchen Realm be the one to suffer?

Currently, the Kongchen Realm's situation in the Heavens Battlefield was stable, but it wasn't absolutely stable.

It seemed… the higher-ups were doing this intentionally, but Commander Jia You couldn't figure out why.

Hearing this, Xiao Fan's expression turned cold… Although Xiao Fan didn't know how strong the Buddhist Realm was, for his own Fortress 199 to be inexplicably assigned such a difficult task—could there not be something fishy going on?

That was absolutely impossible!

"Could it be Immortal Lord Wen Zhen? Does he want to use this to eliminate me?" Xiao Fan muttered to himself.

At the same time, he realized something. Heading to the Buddhist Realm's area of the Heavens Battlefield…

Would he be able to contact Huian?

Xiao Fan had a good relationship with the little monk. Huian had previously undergone Ascension to the Buddhist Realm, which should be the same Buddhist Realm they were talking about.

If he could contact Huian here… Thinking of this, Xiao Fan silently took out the communication jade slip for Huian and sent out a message, wanting to give it a try.

"Commander, are the higher-ups sending us to our deaths?"

"Yeah… do we all have to go on this mission?"

"Commander, what should we do?"

"…"

The people of Fortress 199 were naturally unwilling, and they spoke out vehemently.

Commander Jia You's face was grim as he shook his head. "When we go to execute the mission later, everyone just be careful. It should be fine, no need to fear."

At this time, Commander Jia You couldn't continue saying discouraging things. Everyone had already lost their morale; if he continued to speak gloomily, there would be no point in even attempting the mission.

Commander Jia You had also tried to protest, but it was useless; the higher-ups simply wouldn't listen.

As things stood, they could only bite the bullet and complete the mission.

Even if the mission failed, they could only give it their all.

The members of Fortress 199 had grim expressions, each of them looking miserable.

Xiao Fan had already sent a message to Huian. If the other party happened to be in the Heavens Battlefield as well, he might receive the message, but the probability was far too low.

Xiao Fan felt that Fortress 199's trip to the Buddhist Realm this time was a conspiracy by Immortal Lord Wen Zhen targeted at him.

But Xiao Fan couldn't quite understand. There should be many ways for Immortal Lord Wen Zhen to eliminate him, so why involve the entire Fortress 199 and make everyone leave the Kongchen Realm's territory in the Heavens Battlefield?

Could it be that there were no other means to target him?

Definitely not!

Xiao Fan couldn't figure out the reason. With Immortal Lord Wen Zhen's methods, why go through such trouble to target him?

"Alright, everyone… get ready. We depart in three days," Commander Jia You looked around and spoke in a deep voice.

"Yes!"

"Yes!"

"Yes!"

"…"

No matter how reluctant they were, everyone bit the bullet and complied.