Chapter 335

Zhao Fangxu sat in front of his desk, staring at a cassette tape in his hand in a prolonged silence. Ever since the Archives Management Office was established in the year sixty-two, every effort in the war against "It" had suffered repeated setbacks. The losses were nothing short of disastrous, and Nine Gates had paid a heavy price spanning an entire generation. "It" possessed an overwhelmingly strong penetrative power, capable of casually manipulating and interfering with Nine Gates and every single step of the Archives Management Office's plans. On this matter, Zhang Qishan bore the primary responsibility. A large part of the blame lay in his extremely poor attitude toward the Zhang family and that resurrected Confucianism sage.