"Captain, there is news about the Sophist again."
The very fast man just came in and told the big news.
After hearing this, Xia Qin was still silently sorting out the notes on the table. She was very calm.
"How many times has this happened?"
"The sixth time. This time in the city center, there were two witnesses who saw him telling storytelling stories in the square. Our people made a fake robbery incident, disrupting the crowd he was focusing on. Now there is still a 2nd team
The person is following him, and I have advised him to keep a sufficient distance, safety first, and it is okay to follow him."
"Good job. He appears more and more frequently... Let's not bite the bait until reinforcements arrive."
Lu Ping'an has already guessed some things, why can't these professional secret keepers guess it?
They exchanged and sorted out the information in their hands, but lost interest in the sophists who appeared more and more frequently.
A cultist of at least level 4 is indeed quite troublesome, but with some coordination in the city, it is not difficult to get rid of him.
The problem is, there's probably someone behind him.
"Has it been determined that he has joined the Church of Life of the Mother Goddess?"
"Yes, it's confirmed. There are also eyewitness reports. When he entered the city, he was not alone."
If the evil ritual like before happens again...if Lu Ping'an hadn't stopped everything in time, Chris would have dragged all the millions of people in the city into that fatal ritual.
When it comes to taking action, only a concentrated thunder strike can be fatal.
At this time when they are testing their patience, the most dangerous thing is the police and the official secret keeper who encounter "bait".
When the fish are slow to bite, poor and impatient anglers will often try to provoke the fish with baited hooks.
Fortunately, it has only been a few days since the last murder and the sophist has not committed another crime yet.
But how long he can remain quiet is a question.
The secret keeper only hopes that as a bait, he will not be too aggressive and make it difficult for everyone.
"...The matter of the Mother Goddess has been reported to several churches of life gods, and they will send several priest-level reinforcements. The most important one is a sixth-level bishop of the Church of the Daughter of the Forest.
.He will come with his escort."
"good."
This is undoubtedly good news, but Xia Qin also knows that those high-level church professionals who usually have a high level of vision are definitely not coming to help the city that is under threat.
"...Mother Goddess, and Keldales, hehe, they are quite straightforward..."
When thinking about the last quasi-god incident, the faces of the secret keepers present turned ugly.
Due to the accident, the Third Special Service Team was crippled and unable to replenish its troops, and there are still only three members.
The tasks were several times more than before, so I was naturally extremely busy.
"By the way, how is Lu Ping'an? You should have met him. Is his mood stable? After all, he has caused a big trouble for himself, and he will take the college entrance examination in two days..."
Hearing this, Thunder Fire Blade's expression became even more subtle.
"He was super happy. His mood was as if he had just come back from the amusement park. No, it was more intense. He felt like he was high..."
Xia Qin touched her forehead, feeling a little weak.
"It's only been a few days. I hope he won't cause me any more trouble. You don't know how badly I was sprayed by the boss, 'This is how you supervise me! Even a female orangutan is more useful than you!'. Okay, I want it."
When they changed the supervisor, they stopped talking to me and only dared to spray me."
Captain Xia, who was usually decisive and valiant, began to mutter, complaining about his unsympathetic boss and rubbing his stomach.
At this age, I have habitual stomach pains, which is indeed a bit miserable.
"They didn't say that the case of the 'Sophist' was also on my head, and there were daily patrols. I haven't gone home for a good night's sleep for a week..."
It seems that she is under a lot of pressure as she just took office recently.
"...That's strange. Aren't you here to complain? You're laughing at me for how you promised me so much before, and yet you're causing trouble so quickly, and yet you're running around selling favors to help that bastard finish it off."
Thunder Fire Blade calmly shook his head.
"No, I have changed my mind. What you did is the right thing. He is still quite dangerous, but as you can see from the first time, he still has empathy, which is different from the sophist."
In fact, Lei Huo Ren lied. In his heart, he felt that Lu Ping'an was more dangerous than he expected and more difficult to grasp than the sophist.
Under that seemingly peaceful and smiling face, there was a wanton heart... He could see that that young man had no bottom line at all.
But compared with the real madman, his usual gentleness and patience, the reality that a broken gear was running steadily in the social machine, made him, an insider, feel even more uneasy.
But at this time, Xia Qin breathed a sigh of relief when she heard Thunder Fire Blade agreeing with her.
In fact, this time, she was under great pressure.
If the only member of the team puts pressure on him again, he may not be able to bear it if he is faced with internal and external difficulties.
"...Furthermore, it has only been ten days since he reached Level 1. Ten days ago he was just an ordinary person. At least five days ago, he was still Level 0."
This was the reason why Thunder Fire Blade changed his mind. Lu Ping'an grew up so fast that others couldn't understand it.
But thinking about the weird "sharing" ability, he felt that it seemed acceptable.
Lei Huo Ren doesn’t know what the price of Road Safety’s “investment” is, but since the results are so good and the returns are so high, the burden must be extremely heavy.
"As long as he continues to receive 'investment shares', he will be able to grow quickly, and maybe half a year later, he will become an immediate combat power."
In this increasingly chaotic era, what law enforcers need most is always strength.
When evildoers act recklessly, words and laws without support are meaningless.
Here comes a sophist and the possible cult leader behind him, and they are asking for help from other churches and organizations, which actually shows that our own side is extremely lacking in strength.
He still remembers his response to the report, which is so realistic that it makes people helpless...
"What? You said that there may be incidents involving evil gods of level 6 or above? You also said that there is a cultist of level 4 or above in your area... But in several cities around you, it is true that there are people of level 6 or above.
The incident happened, and all the manpower has been dispatched over there. I don’t have anyone here either. How about I, a retired old man, come over to help you with logistics? Relieve the pressure? "
Increasingly frequent pollution incidents have made "lack of people" the norm. It is just "possible" and cannot call for reinforcements.
The daily work of secret keepers has gradually shifted from the traditional "prevention" to the more dangerous and frequent "post-incident remediation".
The mechanism has begun to reform, but it seems that it is not keeping up.
There is a shortage of people everywhere. This is a cruel fact and an even more disturbing signal.
And when the official control power is really questioned, social order will naturally gradually collapse... In fact, many churches, companies, and social organizations have long gone their own way and become secret realm-centered organizations.
independent kingdom.
They do not need to bear the cost of social governance like a bottomless pit. They only need to bear the part of their own "domestic territory" and can turn the resources of the secret realm into the power of growth. On the contrary, they are more prosperous than decades ago.
When no one can count on them, the official secret-keepers who focus on protection can only rely on the power they can grab around them.
"Yeah, it's only been a little over a week, and I've become a first-level gardener. It's too fast."
"...What? Wait, isn't he a first-order runner? I sensed him..."
"Huh? He's still a first-level runner? He has two jobs? He also made a second-level magic plant? This..."
The two professional secret keepers looked at each other. This was no longer explained by their rapid growth.
This is a journey that has taken at least a year to complete in half a month. This is completely a super cheating device.
"It's so abnormal... Do you need to write a report?"
Lei Huo Ren asked subconsciously, but saw Xia Qin yawn.
"I'm too busy and don't have time. I'll write again when I have time."
Will you be free? Oh, I understand in a second.
The Third Special Service Team has reached an internal consensus that in this dangerous world, if you want to live well, you may not be able to be so honest.
Each special service team is short of personnel, and countless reports have been made, and additional troops are always on the way.
With the situation and connections of the third team, I don’t know how many student soldiers next year can grab.
If Lu Pingan is really a cheating player, the two people in the same camp as him just hope that his cheats will not be banned.
"...I hope he will be more honest. There are only two days left, and I can leave it to others to supervise me when I enter the school. I have less things to do, and I will have more time to check the sophist, haha
, you can also have a good sleep to catch up on the drama..."
But at this time, the phone on the table rang.
Lei Huo Ren answered the phone, said a few words, and then looked at Captain Xia sympathetically.
"...Captain, I just received the news that after Lu Ping'an left us, he went directly to the secret realm of the forest, the one from Luxin Company...Captain, captain, what's wrong with you!
do not scare me!"
Poor Xia Qin clutched her chest and almost couldn't breathe.
"Safe road! You promised me!! You little bastard who doesn't keep your word!"
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"Ah... sneeze!"
Lu Pingan sneezed, feeling that a beautiful woman might be thinking about him.
As he walked on the familiar streets, there were still people sorting out the remnants of the explosion and clearing away disturbing rubble.
Just by showing up, he received countless looks and thumbs from behind.
He ignored all the noise around him, yawned, and walked straight to the end of the street.
There, there was the Green New Company, which used to be a shop... He passed by directly.
This time, he really wasn't looking for trouble, but there were some things that he had to deal with personally.
He touched the door of the secret realm, and the life bank system began to operate.
[The first-level secret realm ‘Forest of Three Rings’ will now be linked, and the host’s journey to the secret realm will be postponed and settled. Please wait...]
This is the root cause of Lu Ping'an's return.
"Settlement can be postponed?"
When he walked out of the secret realm gate and took the initiative to settle with the secret realm, he actually received a comment.
[Gift from the Master of the Secret Realm (the avatar of the Girl in the Forest): Not enough, not enough, really not enough. And that disgusting dark green vine-bearded monster... Do you want to sell it? I will give it a good price.
price.]
When Lu Ping'an saw the comprehensive evaluation D and the complimentary message, he was completely confused, and he subconsciously asked.
"Actually, the expected performance hasn't ended yet. It's near the entrance of the secret realm. You should be able to sense it..."
[The master of the secret realm made a suggestion to postpone the settlement of your experience to the host. The settlement will automatically occur the next time you arrive at the entrance of the secret realm. Do you agree to the extension? 】
Can you even do this kind of thing? Can you communicate the settlement time? Lu Ping'an was a little confused and uneasy, but Chris solved his doubts with one sentence.
"...The level of Life Bank is much higher than this low-level secret realm. The most important thing is that they are the same kind..."
Now, Lu Pingan understands that humans and machines cannot reason or talk, but AI and AI are another matter.
"No wonder, they said before that they would use rule-based ability users to explore the secret realm. I have no reason to refuse this suggestion."
When a rule system meets a rule system, both parties analyze each other, consciousness becomes language, and requirements become rules. Only then can the so-called "communication" be achieved.
So, when Lu Ping'an finished everything and returned here, the settlement happened naturally.
[Delayed settlement has begun. The first-level secret realm 'Forest of Three Rings' has been completed. The overall evaluation of Lu Ping'an is D...S (the master of the secret realm is satisfied with your performance and has improved your evaluation). Further settlement will now begin.
Please wait.】
"Is this still possible?! The evaluation has jumped so many levels?! How much do you want to see these people die? Aren't they people from your church?"