As a spy, Yang Hengjun's experiences have been rather bumpy.

He was born in a scholarly family in another city and had written a few books since childhood, barely qualifying as a gifted scholar.

Unfortunately, his aptitude only detected five Spiritual Roots, making it impossible for him to enter the cultivation field and become superior to others.

Later, his family declined, and he encountered a beast tide. Amidst the turmoil, he was noticed by the Mo Family and became a spy.

This was quite normal, after all, Yang Hengjun had no cultivation and could disguise himself as a refugee to infiltrate various cities to obtain intelligence.

At the same time, he had a certain family background, possessing insight and experience that ordinary refugees couldn't compare to.

As a result, over time, Yang Hengjun became a spy for the Damo Realm.

Of course, the above reasons could only be said to provide him with a foundation, but couldn't justify him making fifty thousand.

After enduring hardships, the once young and handsome man became weathered and seasoned, and indeed achieved some accomplishments.

For example, the iron mine owned by the Mo Family was discovered by Yang Hengjun from a small family in Sheepback City—this small family wanted to use it as a pledge to join a bigger city. If not for Yang Hengjun's defection, the iron mine would certainly not be in the hands of the Mo Family now.

.......

Returning our gaze to the city gates.

Currently, Chixian City is still under expansion, so the refugee congregation point is still divided inside and outside the city—this is the reason Yang Hengjun could see refugees entering the city at the gates.

At the same time, due to obstructed visibility, he did not notice the refugee congregation point outside the city, so he queued up with other refugees at the city gates—in reality, even if Yang Hengjun went to the outside congregation point, it wouldn't make any difference.

No way around it, Chixian City has its loopholes.

"Director Shi, as soon as this person appeared, our facial recognition system outside the city locked onto him because he wasn't in our prior sampling database."

Inside the Chixian City's station, Special Service Department officer Zhang Tianyue was reporting to Shi Zehong:

"According to our preset logic, upon discovering an unrecorded individual in the database, the facial recognition system will forward this information to the next level of defense system.

Simultaneously, our special service personnel conduct follow-up analysis.

After all, with our consolidation plan completed, there aren't many scattered refugees left around.

If ultimately confirmed to be an unregistered new refugee, they will be guided by designated personnel to the congregation point outside the city for resettlement."

As a staff member, Shi Zehong felt rather impressed by the recognition logic:

"So have you analyzed what the problem is?"

Zhang Tianyue nodded and handed him a stack of seven or eight A4-sized reports, each carrying detailed analysis captions:

"Director Shi, considering the importance of Chixian City and some actions we have taken recently that might lead to exposure, the main base made significant efforts on defensive cameras to prevent spies from other cities from infiltrating.

The specific equipment is military-grade, which I won't describe further, but it's much higher than even Suharleka's."

As he spoke, Zhang Tianyue laid out several A4 sheets and continued:

"Then we analyzed the target's facial expressions, skin health, and leg muscle curves for support, and... for example, this is the skin health analysis report sheet.

Even though human genetics cause different skin colors and within the same color, skin color varies for various reasons, resulting in slight differences for each person.

For example, Director Fei Qiu is a standard East Asian, with a pure Huaxia lineage, but his long-term work conditions make his skin darker, noticeably different from ours, resembling South Central Africans somewhat.

But the skin color difference caused by environment expression can actually be discerned.

However, refugees are different; these malnourished groups have significant discrepancies in skin texture gloss and saturation compared to normal people. Our Huaxia idiom 'sallow and emaciated' describes this state."

This time, Shi Zehong understood.

Although locally, unlike Ah San, hunger isn't visible everywhere, he had seen some liver disease patients whose complexions were much worse.

Subsequently, Zhang Tianyue pointed to another image's lower section:

"The nearest city around Chixian City is fifty-five kilometers away, yet the target's straw sandals bear only peripheral wear and his supporting leg's amplitude in no way resembles that of a refugee fleeing.

Also, there's red clay staining in this area.

The geography team has scanned the surroundings; this soil only exists in a small mountain nook seven kilometers west of Chixian City, which is in the entirely wrong direction from the road he came from.

If he was resting or napping, there are much more suitable locations along the main road, and he doesn't bear any grass or moss stains from lying down...

Also, his lips' cracking is minimal to none, although there's no water source along the road's origin, and this person didn't carry any water bags. Even if replenishing with wild fruits, his lips would definitely bear signs of dry cracking.

Plus, his gaze and micro-expressions...."

Zhang Tianyue went on extensively, practically laying Yang Hengjun bare under Shi Zehong's amazed gaze, summarizing in one sentence:

"Director Shi, before you arrived, we already contacted Manager Bo Binghui from the Hu Fei Group. They have dispatched three drones to that mountain pass. If they can discover... hmm? The receipt has arrived."

As Zhang Tianyue spoke, he suddenly noticed something, leading Shi Zehong to the screen and clicking on a small envelope icon.

Moments later, several high-definition photos appeared on the screen.

The photos, taken from multiple angles, clearly recorded several tire tracks, along with a few footprints of varying depths.

Zhang Tianyue imported these footprints into the computer. A minute later, he snapped his fingers and said to Shi Zehong:

"Director Shi, the comparison is complete. We can now fully confirm:

The red earth mountain pass is where the target disembarked. Most likely, this person is from Sheepback City."

"Sheepback City?"

Shi Zehong stroked his chin. Compared to the unknowns in computer technology, information about the surrounding cities was his main field. Therefore, he quickly recalled:

"Isn't that the city with a terrible reputation? Tsk tsk, it seems we've been targeted."

Zhang Tianyue did not respond. As a member of the Special Service Department, his duty was limited to providing intelligence, and making external strategic judgments was not within his purview.

He glanced at the screen, where Yang Hengjun was about to pass through city inspection, and asked Shi Zehong:

"Director Shi, should we control the target?

In about two to three minutes, he will go through city inspection. The checkpoint is currently manned by former patrol group members, Comrades Zheng Yuan and Fang Yu."

Shi Zehong pondered for a moment and decisively waved his hand:

"Alright, control him directly. In the Damo Realm, we don't need evidence. Xiaozhang, please invite Director Du over."

The Director Du mentioned by Shi Zehong is Du Jinlong, who holds the position of head of the Special Service Department stationed in Chixian City.

The Special Service Department is essentially a collective term for the intelligence front, but due to personnel reasons, Du Jinlong is currently also responsible for city security.

Upon receiving Shi Zehong's order, Zhang Tianyue nodded:

"Understood, I'll take care of it immediately."

At this moment, Yang Hengjun was unaware that his background had been thoroughly uncovered. He was intently observing an armed transport vehicle that had just delivered refugees.

The moment he saw this transport vehicle, he knew he had found his target: It was indeed Chixian City that transported the refugees!

This was quite an achievement, and the unfortunate souls heading to another city would be making the trip for nothing this time.

"Hey, over there, it's your turn!"

The shout from the city guard pulled Yang Hengjun's attention back to reality. Quickly, he stepped forward, nodding and bowing politely:

"Greetings, officer. I would like to enter the city."

After speaking, he glanced sideways at the guard's odd attire and the inexplicable star badge on his chest, feeling a sudden, inexplicable unease and fear, causing him to instinctively avert his gaze.

"Name, place of origin."

"My name is Yang Qi, from Assimilation City."

"Hmm? Assimilation City?"

The guard looked up at him, and his face showed a hint of surprise, which gradually turned into excitement:

"Are you really from Assimilation City?"

Yang Hengjun put on an honest look and nodded repeatedly:

"That's right, I'm really from Assimilation City."

Assimilation City was one of the three target cities originally predicted by the Mo Family. However, it was later confirmed that the city had been overrun by a beast wave, and Yang Hengjun had simply borrowed this city's origin.

The guard smiled politely at his words, a hopeful look on his face:

"Brother, could you spare a moment? My second uncle's side of the family is from Assimilation City. They've been separated for many years. I've heard that... well, I don't expect you to know much, but I'd like to understand the situation better to have some hope."

Seeing that this person seemed to be in a supervisory position over the guards, Yang Hengjun naturally didn't refuse—though he wasn't from Assimilation City, Sheepback City had previously collected information about Assimilation City, so he could easily speak about some general details.

If he could establish a connection with the other party afterward, he might even have a chance of discovering the location of a mineral vein.

So he followed the guard to a secluded place, prepared to answer the impending questions.

Just as he turned around, he saw the guard grin, revealing a set of gleaming white teeth:

"Get him!"

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