My Dream Connects to 3000 Years in the Future

The last Celestial Secret Archbishop saw a vision of someone wearing the Dragon Robe and directly involved himself in the struggle for the throne two generations ago...

The final result, needless to say, was that he lost the bet!

At the time, that last Bishop’s Cultivation wasn’t particularly high; he was only in the Third Realm. While pushing his Divine Techniques to their absolute limit, he coincidentally saw a vision of a certain Prince directly donning the Dragon Robe and ascending the throne—

At the time, tensions were high between the God Worship Sect and the Imperial Court. So, on a stroke of inspiration, the last Bishop came out of seclusion and became a Staff Officer for that Prince...

But he never could have imagined the truth: it was his flattery that gave the Prince a massive confidence boost, leading him to relentlessly build up his power base. When the old Emperor ultimately didn’t choose him, the Prince flew into a rage. Spurred on by his belief in the prophecy, he rebelled against the Crown Prince when the Emperor died and the latter was ascending the throne... In the end, he lost the war and was driven out of the Imperial Capital...

Of course, in the end, the prophecy was proven correct...

...because that Prince’s final outcome was seizing control of a province and ascending the throne there.

The problem was, less than a year after his coronation, he was annihilated by the Imperial Court’s army!

This thoroughly proved one principle—just because someone wears the Yellow Robe doesn’t make them a real emperor!

So, afterward, the Celestial Secret Lineage, having angered the Emperor, was subjected to a thorough purge... The Emperor wanted revenge on one hand, but on the other, he also wanted to use this as an excuse to seize the Celestial Secret Lineage’s legacy of cultivating the Great Prophecy Skill...

However, the Celestial Secret Archbishop was too stubborn. It was one thing for him to obstinately accompany the rebellious Prince, but at the final moment of defeat, facing life and death, he directly snuffed out the inheritance of his Divine Technique!

So... ever since then, the only remaining inherited Divine Technique of the Prophetic Element was Natural Taoism’s Zhuang Gong’s Butterfly Dream, which is only tangentially related to information about the future...

Of course, this doesn’t mean the Great Prophecy Skill has completely vanished from the world!

It’s just that now, it depends on whether an ordinary person can pull this Divine Technique through Cultivation Card Drawing... From what Huo Qiming had heard, there was no news of this happening... Of course, perhaps it was a case of learning from the past. Seeing the fate of the last Celestial Secret Archbishop, could it be that anyone who awakened the talent for the Great Prophecy Skill in this generation is staying quiet and laying low?

In any case, information about Divine Techniques is inherently a Secret! If someone doesn’t talk and intentionally hides it... it’s impossible for others to know—and wasn’t he looking at someone suspected of awakening this very Divine Technique right now?

"...Huh?" Chu Bamboo’s expression stiffened. ’Is he for real?!’ In the next instant, he realized something. Although he didn’t know the inside story, he could guess from Li Kang’s panicked and worried expression that what Huo Qiming was suggesting was not a good thing.

Thoughts churned in Chu Bamboo’s mind, but he maintained a calm expression as he retorted, "I simply integrated some known intelligence and made a reasonable deduction. That’s all."

"I don’t know what this Great Prophecy Skill you’re talking about is!" Chu Bamboo shot Huo Qiming a sideways glance. "But I’m only in the First Realm right now... Even if I had awakened this Great Prophecy Skill, do you think I’d be able to see all that?"

Chu Bamboo didn’t know what the Great Prophecy Skill was, but he knew exactly how useless First Realm Divine Techniques were.

"Ah? Oh, you have a point... Uh, never mind then!" Huo Qiming belatedly realized, an awkward smile appearing on his face. He pressed his palms together. "My bad, my bad!"

Pursing his lips, Huo Qiming quickly changed the subject to escape the awkwardness. "Anyway, about you wanting command for a day... Hmm! I’ll ignore how you got your intel on them for now. Let’s just assume you can actually catch that person!"

"Right now, the situation with the Second District’s Police Chief Bureau Special Operations Brigade is this: after Qi and Hai were captured, there are fourteen members left! Among them, thirteen are Second Realm powerhouses and one is a Third Realm powerhouse!"

"Additionally, there are thirty-four Interns! Their Cultivation is roughly at the First Realm."

"..." Chu Bamboo couldn’t help but be flabbergasted. After a moment’s thought, he looked at Li Kang with a hint of suspicion.

’Is that right?’

Indeed, in terms of population, the Second District’s was far higher than the Third District’s! But in terms of area, the Third District was actually larger than the Second District.

Under these circumstances, the Third District’s Special Operations Brigade only had a handful of people in total, but the Second District’s... counting the Interns, was almost fifty strong!

’Is this reasonable? Does this seem right?!’

Chu Bamboo suddenly realized that he had always thought the Captain’s Office was garbage... but maybe that didn’t mean the Captain’s Office was *actually* garbage!

It must have been Li Kang’s lackluster performance that gave him the wrong impression.

"However, if you can really find Qi Heng... with just this amount of strength... you might be able to suppress Qi Heng! But there’s no way you could subdue him without any casualties." Huo Qiming’s brow furrowed ever tighter.

After mulling it over, he made a decision. "In a little while, I’ll have Secretary Zhang come over!"

If they couldn’t suppress Qi Heng instantly, giving him room to counterattack, and truly pushed him into a corner, he might just go on a hysterical killing spree in the streets...

At that point, not to mention the additional casualties... there would also be a large number of civilian witnesses!

The situation would become extremely serious... It would probably trigger a Level 3 alert, or perhaps an even higher one!

Under normal circumstances, triggering a Level 3 alert and failing to immediately contain it was already a serious matter... But if this situation was a direct result of their actions, then they would probably face a reprimand from the old Governor—

If things got too out of hand, and the death toll reached a certain point... even the Imperial Capital would get involved.

"Then I’ll have to trouble you," Chu Bamboo readily agreed.

"It’s what I should do! Or rather... I’m the one troubling you." Huo Qiming’s voice was grim. "If my people hadn’t screwed up and caused this problem, endangering you... it wouldn’t have come to this!"

Huo Qiming fell silent for a moment, then cupped his fists in apology toward Chu Bamboo before taking his leave. "I’ll be going now... Oh, right, before I go, let’s exchange contact info! If you need anything in the future, you can call my number to get in touch."

"As for the one day of command... wait until Secretary Zhang arrives! You can issue your orders through him... I’ll brief him beforehand."

Chu Bamboo nodded, watching as Huo Qiming departed.

Then, Li Kang sized Chu Bamboo up, clicking his tongue in amazement. He couldn’t imagine that Huo Qiming was such a reasonable person... With his thoughts churning, he didn’t linger either, just nodded and quickly exited.

"Um, Uncle Zhu! I’m leaving too. You... uh!" Ning Linglong was the last to go, but she didn’t know what to say. Her thoughts were still a complete mess... She choked on her words, and finally left in a daze.

Soon, Chu Bamboo was once again the only one left in the base.

Shrugging, Chu Bamboo silently counted to ten before unhesitatingly looking toward the silver-white wall.

He practically threw himself back onto the bed, unable to wait. "Hurry, Nuwa No. 17! Bring that novel you hid back up..."