"Yes, I agree with Major Yang. If they can be resurrected early without recovering their full strength, then this isn’t a major threat to us." Another major nodded.

"Vice Director Gui, what’s your take on this?" Chen Yichuan turned to Gui Zian.

"The issue of their strength is a given. If they could truly be resurrected early *and* recover their full power, humanity would have likely been wiped out long ago. Therefore, I don’t think the key issue is whether they regain their strength, but rather... intelligence," Gui Zian said after a moment of thought.

"Intelligence?" Major Yang frowned.

"Yes, intelligence!" Gui Zian nodded and continued, "The City of Hope has captured many spies from the alien races over the years. These spies were embedded within our city, so naturally, they gathered a great deal of information. We used to think that once they were killed, that information was secure. Now, it seems that’s not the case at all."

"Yes, what Vice Director Gui mentioned is precisely my concern." Chen Yichuan’s brow furrowed deeply. "If the alien races can be resurrected, it means intelligence on the City of Hope has been constantly leaking. But there’s another critical question: when did this phenomenon begin?"

"That... would be incredibly difficult to verify, I’m afraid."

"Indeed."

"..."

Hearing this, the others in the room once again fell silent.

The words of Gui Zian and Chen Yichuan made them all realize the gravity of the problem—one that extended beyond just intelligence leaks from the City of Hope.

More importantly...

The future of the war.

If low-ranking members of the alien races could also be resurrected...

Then on future battlefields, if those fallen aliens were to be resurrected, what would become of the intelligence they possessed, even if they didn’t have their full strength?

The question might seem trivial.

But it could very well dictate the course of future battles.

"Vice Commander Chen, Gao Neng mentioned that the Dark Night Elf was killed three months ago. Can we assume from this that they need a minimum of three months to resurrect? If it’s really a three-month cycle, we can still prepare some countermeasures," a Colonel offered. 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚

"I’m afraid the period is even shorter..." Chen Yichuan shook his head. "Gao Neng just happened to encounter that Dark Night Elf after three months. We can’t be certain that the cycle is actually that long."

"Yes, Vice Commander Chen is right. Now that we know about this, should we immediately notify the other military districts so they can also take precautions?"

"We must notify them! Old Chen, contact the other major military districts. If possible, we should convene an emergency inter-district conference!"

"Yes!" A Major General nodded and exited the room.

After the Major General left the conference room, Chen Yichuan’s gaze once again swept over the attendees. It rested on Gui Zian for a moment before shifting to Shen Ning’Er.

"Ning’Er, much of what Gao Neng said was based on intuition and speculation. But this matter is too important for any mistakes. How credible do you think he is?"

"I can vouch for him." Shen Ning’Er answered as if she had expected the question.

"So you believe what he said is true?"

"Yes."

"Alright. In that case, let’s discuss solutions. While we have this initial intelligence, the specifics remain murky. For example, the exact resurrection cycle, and the ’source’ of this resurrection—these things are all unclear. Does anyone have a solution?" Chen Yichuan once again addressed the room.

"If we want to gather specific intelligence, our only option is to send agents to infiltrate the alien races. But for decades, humanity has never been able to successfully infiltrate their territory. There are just too many problems..." a Colonel began.

"That’s right. Humans and the alien races are different. Their population is relatively small, but each individual is quite powerful. We can’t just send in ordinary people to infiltrate them as they do to us! The main issue is that security in their territories is far stricter than ours. After all, they have to defend themselves from ambushes by other alien races."

"We’d have to force an opening!"

"Are you suggesting we start a war? If humanity were to proactively attack one of the alien territories, wouldn’t that provoke the other races into surrounding us?"

"Yes, it would be very difficult..."

"More importantly, now is not the right time to start a war!"

Everyone around the table eventually shook their heads.

"Vice Commander Chen, I actually have a proposal," a Major General said, rising to his feet.

"Oh? And what might that be, Deputy Division Commander Li?"

"Could the upcoming reform in the Military Department be an opportunity?"

"Reform? You mean the initiative where the four major military academies are sending low and mid-rank students to observe on the battlefield?" Hearing this, Chen Yichuan naturally understood what Deputy Division Commander Li was implying.

"Exactly. Since our goal is to give the students an early understanding of the battlefield, why not just launch a real war? We can forcibly attack an alien territory, create an opening, and then we can arrange for some of the observing students from the four academies to receive some infiltration training..."

"Absolutely not!" Gui Zian shot to his feet. "The students being sent to observe on the battlefield are the elites of the four major military academies. How can we have them carry out a deep-cover mission? It’s far too dangerous! If anything goes wrong, the entire reform initiative will be impossible to implement!"

"Vice Director Gui, you’ve misunderstood me. I’m not suggesting we have the students do the infiltrating. I mean, the Military Department can insert some low-ranking Warriors among the students to carry out the infiltration!" Deputy Division Commander Li clarified.