Gamers Are Fierce

The food at this restaurant was served much faster than expected. After the three finished eating and paid the bill, they left the restaurant and got into a black sedan parked by the road.

As an important means of transportation, the Special Affairs Bureau's standard sedan has a low-key and high-class exterior,

with a body frame that rivals armored vehicles in explosion-proof capability,

it is spacious inside, the seats are comfortable, and there is a pleasant scent of leather seats in the air.

After activating the smart AI attached to the sedan, even more functions can be enabled,

such as autopilot,

calling out a medical surgical robotic arm, reclining the back seats, turning them into an emergency medical operation bed,

calling out a weapons list that includes a small rotary machine gun and miniature tracking missiles.

Wei Linglan waited for Wang Congshan and Li Ang in the back seat to fasten their seat belts,

then reached out and tapped a few times on the liquid crystal panel beside the steering wheel, awakening the smart AI (styled as a half-body female composed of light blue lines),

putting the vehicle into autopilot mode,

and then slightly reclining the driver's seat,

reaching into the storage box behind the gear shift lever to take out a bottle of spray, a bottle of mineral water, and a few medicine bottles,

spraying a few times in her mouth, taking a sip of water, and swallowing a few pills of different colors.

"This is to alleviate the effects of insomnia, helps relieve fatigue, accelerates sleep, and improves sleep quality."

Seeing Wang Congshan's somewhat worried eyes in the rearview mirror, Wei Linglan smiled and said, "Don't worry, the player's physique is different from ordinary people.

These medicines have undergone rigorous testing and are absolutely fine.

In another month or two, the market will probably see weaker versions of these, or as dietary supplements, available for ordinary people."

She took a pink silk eye mask from the panel below the car roof and put it on herself, "We'll reach the stronghold in twenty minutes, so I'll take a nap first."

As a frontline operative of the Mobile Detachment, Wei Linglan bears even more pressure in her work and life than what Wang Congshan knows,

and almost the instant she put on the eye mask and lay down, she fell asleep and entered a rapid sleep state.

Twenty minutes...

Li Ang leaned against the window and looked outside,

quickly calculating in his mind the speed of the black sedan, the road situation in Yin City observed by scout bug, narrowing down the range, from among all the strongholds of Yin City's Special Affairs Bureau,

he pinpointed the specific stronghold the vehicle was heading to.

From the results detected with the Mystery Delver title skill, it seemed Wei Linglan hadn't lied or concealed anything, at least there was no information like [has learned Li Ang is a player, deceptively luring him into the Special Affairs Bureau's stronghold].

But this couldn't completely prove that no danger existed.

Equipment like Anti-Dragon Madness Helmet can resist the effects of the Mystery Delver title skill,

and some other skills in the Killing Field game can also deceive mind-reading techniques by disrupting one's own mind or self-hypnosis.

Li Ang had done quite a few things, and there were many cases that could have been targeted by the Special Affairs Bureau,

there are these possibilities as to why Wei Linglan invited him to the Special Affairs Bureau this time.

One, this time, as Wei Linglan said, the Special Affairs Bureau has a list targeting the student group, and he is on the list,

and because of cultivating students who became players as a home tutor, it aroused the bureau's further interest, inviting him to the stronghold to make a record and inviting him to join the Special Affairs Bureau—as an intern and reserve player.

Two, the other side knows the identity of Li Ang as an ordinary person has committed a crime.

Three, the other side knows Li Ang is a player.

Four, the other party not only knows Li Ang is a player but also knows about the identity of Li Rising.

Five, the other party already knows all the secrets, including the crimes Li Ang committed and his possession of the hive and Star Gate.

Any of the above possibilities are situations Li Ang doesn't want to see.

But after eliminating them one by one, the second and third possibilities are undoubtedly the lowest relatively.

If the Special Affairs Bureau really discovered one or more of Li Ang's past secrets, then the visitor shouldn't be Wei Linglan,

but rather a fully armed Mobile Detachment or police officers (the specific severity would depend on whether the bureau had figured out the player identity).

The possibility of the fourth guess is also relatively low,

compared to other superhuman organizations, the negative news related to the Special Affairs Bureau is said to be the lowest.

At the early stage of the Killing Field game,

the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation's Supernatural Accident Place was exposed for using phishing tactics, posing online as a broker offering heavy weaponry to lure new players for offline meetings,

after obtaining identity information, immediately deploying armed forces to capture them on the spot, along with any family members, disappearing them from the public.

Most likely, it was to severely interrogate new players, forcibly extract details about the Killing Field game, plunder equipment items,

even seizing player qualifications directly.

The Japan Islands Abnormal Affairs Investigation Bureau, Gru Super Psychology Department, and other agencies also have similar rumors.

As for civilian institutions like Prometheus Laboratory Company, there are countless shady dealings,

the higher the level of the player, the clearer they can see,

only recently has the frequent emergence of player qualifications meant they are no longer as scarce as before,

these tricks have been used less frequently.

Among all organizational institutions, the Special Affairs Bureau, which never uses these means, stands out particularly clearly,

although on player forums, some accounts which are obviously trolls often attempt to smear the bureau, spread unfounded rumors, fabricate lies,

but players with more sources of information are smart enough to see that the bureau's ethics are clearly far ahead of other organizational institutions.

If the Special Affairs Bureau really knew Li Ang was a player, then they would not use Wang Congshan and Wei Linglan as bait.

This would be too dangerous for Wang Congshan, who is just an ordinary person.

And if the bureau knew more, already grasping Li Ang's connection to the hive and knowing he possesses the Star Gate,

then they wouldn't use Wang Congshan and Wei Linglan as emotional lobbyists—just like the previous assumption, the bureau has always been aboveboard, disdaining to hold hostages.

Moreover, the alert level was way too low...

Li Ang didn't know what scale of destruction he could cause in the real world if he unleashed his full power,

yet they send just an explosion-proof armored car and one agent?

At the very least, gather Su Ni Sheng, Cold Waterstone, and lockdown the entire city, right...

Li Ang's face reflected in the car window, he faintly smiled, and his mood relaxed quite a bit.

His identity is likely not exposed yet, the only trouble is the health inspection he will face after entering the bureau's headquarters building...

The vehicle drove on the eastern expressway of the city, and looking out the window, he could see the docks with all kinds of giant engineering machines parked.

And beneath the surface of the water at the estuary, schools of fish swam, undercurrents surged.