Chapter 715: Disappearance and Undercurrent (please vote for the super large chapter)
"Brother Heao, good morning."
As soon as He Ao connected to the video conference, Wu Lan's big face came close to the screen.
In fact, it was not early at Wu Lan's side. She was near the Tia Empire, and it was still late at night there.
To be honest, Wu Lan is actually very good-looking, and her skin is well maintained. Even if her face is so close, the pores and wrinkles on her skin cannot be seen. In addition, her makeup today is more heroic, which is combined with her mature and charming temperament.
When you look up, there is a different kind of seductive beauty.
"I mean, Wu Lan, why can't you see any wrinkles on your face?"
The voice of Ji Po, another deputy director of the field support department, then sounded, "Are you using Beauty again?"
"I never use beauty!"
Wu Lan sat up straight and slapped the table next to her, "I am so young. Her face is full of collagen. Isn't it strange that she has no wrinkles?!"
"Yes, yes, young girl Ben Si."
Ji Po answered casually.
"Muscular man, I think you need a spanking again!"
Wu Lan rolled up her sleeves.
"Ahem—"
A slight cough stopped the two of them from playing, and Yang De's picture appeared in the center of the screen.
He glanced at the two people who were quiet, and then at He Ao, who was wearing pajamas and with wet hair, as if he had just taken a shower, "He Ao, how is your health?"
"Fortunately, it's almost healed."
He Ao replied with a smile.
He Ao had been in a circle on the Navigator before and suffered a serious injury. Although he relied on the effect of the 'nutritional can' given by Yang De to recover most of it, he was still slightly injured. He has been recovering from his injuries since he came back.
medicine.
However, relying on the extraordinary physical strength, this injury actually recovered quickly.
After He Ao returned from the Navigator, Yang De and the other two made a special trip to the Kingdom of Ruodan. They celebrated for a while. He Ao took them to play around in Ellen, the capital of Ruodan, and then returned to their respective posts.
went.
Yang De returned to the Middle Earth, Ji Po went to the north of the Western Earth, and Wu Lan was near the Tia Empire.
Although several C-level officers in the field department are now in different regions, once something happens, Yang De will also call everyone for an online meeting.
The phone call that He Ao made before taking a shower was the call from Yang De convening a meeting.
"Yang Bu, what's the matter?"
After answering Yang De's question, He Ao also asked.
He Ao's question obviously also brought out the thoughts of the other two ministers. They all sat upright and waited for Yang De to speak.
"A bad news,"
Yang De lowered his head and glanced at the information in his hand, "Our people in Newland City State are missing."
"who?"
Hearing this sentence, Ji Po was stunned, "Which extraordinary person is missing?"
"The entire division, everyone."
Yang De spoke slowly.
The atmosphere suddenly became dull.
"I remember that the city-state of Newland belongs to the Theia Empire. Isn't there any news about it?"
Wu Lan asked in a low voice.
"No,"
Yang De shook his head, "Since last night in Middle-earth time, the headquarters has been completely unable to contact there, nor can it contact any contact, whether it is a transcendent or an ordinary person."
"I remember that the city-state of Newland was a completely autonomous commercial city-state,"
Ji Po then said,
"Although they recognize that the Emperor of Theia Empire is the head of state and lord of the city-state, the emperor does not directly appoint officials to govern the city-state. The actual leader of the city-state is the 'city-state prime minister', who is elected by the city-state parliament. Due to this relationship, it is basically regarded as
A buffer zone facing the moonlight, our branch there seems to be semi-public."
When Ji Po said this, He Ao also remembered the research institute documents he had read before. It seemed that there was indeed a document mentioning the Newland City-State branch.
This branch is not located in the Theia Empire, which is the core of the Moonlight forces, but exists in a semi-public form on its fringes.
In a sense, it is actually a diplomatic station through which Yueguang communicates directly with the institute.
Such branches are directly under the headquarters of the institute and are directly under the jurisdiction of the headquarters.
He Ao opened the map software and searched for the Newland city-state.
"What did Moonlight say?"
Wu Lan asked doubtfully.
For this kind of semi-public branch, Moonlight will not touch them. At most, it will just monitor them and even take the initiative to protect the safety of the branch.
Because once there is a problem in this kind of branch, Moonlight is the most likely to be suspected, and it is easy to take the blame.
Now that there is a problem in the branch, no matter whether it is their fault or not, they still need to give an explanation.
"The reply from Moonlight to the institute is that they don't know either,"
Yang De typed on the computer, and a simple investigation report sent to the institute by Moonlight was sent to everyone, "Their people did not find anything unusual about our branch. It was not until we sent them a letter to inquire that they
I sent someone to check it out, and the result was..."
He paused and said, "The building was deserted. There was no breath of living people in the building where the Newland branch was located. There were open documents and cooled coffee on the table. All the lights were on, but inside the building
Not a single living person."
Listening to Yang De's narration, He Ao was also flipping through the investigation report sent by Yang De.
This report contains a photo of the office lobby taken by Moonlight Man.
The empty and bright office hall, the unfolded book pages, the open computer, the coffee placed by the table, and the coat draped on the office chair came into He Ao's eyes one by one.
He Ao's eyes swept across some of the computer screens captured by the camera, and several of them were stuck on the game options interface, waiting for players to make choices.
The entire hall is very clean, there is no feeling of hasty escape, and there is no movement of radical change.
It was as if everyone was in the office one second, spending a normal working day peacefully, going to work and fishing, and then the next second, everyone had 'disappeared'.
They didn't even have time to make any move to escape, and they suddenly 'disappeared'.
"Is this some kind of 'weird event'? What level of weird events can cause this kind of effect?"
At this time, Ji Po was also looking at the report. He frowned and asked with some doubts, "I remember that the person in charge of this branch of Newland City State was a D-class peak transcendent? She didn't leave anything behind.
information?"
"The message sent from Yueguang showed that there were traces of fierce fighting in the office of the person in charge, but Yueguang's people did not find any clues left behind."
Yang De said.
"It's not necessarily that she didn't leave a signal, it's just that the people in Moonlight couldn't understand it."
Wu Lan thought.
"After discussion between the dean and the other side, Moonlight agreed to let us send a C-class into Newland City-State to investigate. They will also send a C-class to assist us."
Yang De glanced at everyone and then said.
Upon hearing this, Wu Lan raised her head and said directly, "Yang Bu, I'll go."
"Um?"
Yang Bu looked at her.
"I am the most suitable candidate,"
Wu Lan leaned back on the chair, "I am now near the Tia Empire, closest to the Newland City State, and I am in charge of the nearby research institute branches. I can also mobilize suitable manpower as quickly as possible.
While the investigation is ongoing, the Newland temporary branch is being re-erected, and,"
She paused, looking at Yang De who was not convinced, and continued, "You know, the head of the Newland branch is a friend who joined the institute with me. If she really left any traces
, maybe only I can understand it."
He Aoneng could tell that although Wu Lan deliberately used relaxed sentences, her tone was not relaxed, but rather heavy.
After hearing this, Yang De was silent for a moment and said slowly, "This incident is not simple. It is very likely to involve C-class weird items. Although Moonlight claims to cooperate with our investigation, we must be careful with them."
Adding insult to injury."
Then he thought for a while and continued, "In that case, Ji Po, go to the vicinity of the Tia Empire and temporarily take over Wu Lan's work. If there are any problems, you can provide immediate support."
"good!"
Ji Po nodded.
Then Yang De looked at He Ao and said, "He Ao, you will temporarily take over Ji Po's responsibility for the work in Xi Tu."
"good!"
He Ao also nodded.
Since that weirdness can be discovered by a peak D-level transcendent, judging from the current data, the strength does not exceed D-level by much, and should be around C-level.
The senior leaders of the institute obviously judged this way too.
This incident is big, but not too big. The most difficult thing is that the location where the incident occurred is in the "territory" of the Tia Empire, within the main sphere of influence of Moonlight.
When investigating this matter, we must not only be prepared for strange events, but also be extra prepared for moonlight. If we are not careful, it can easily lead to a conflict between the two forces.
Finally, Yang De turned his attention back to Wu Lan, "This time we are entering Yueguang's territory to investigate. Don't be impulsive. Report any danger immediately. Don't go deep into any dangerous areas without the support of the research institute."
"good!"
Wu Lan nodded and smiled, "Yang Bu, don't worry. Do I look like an impulsive person?"
"picture."
Ji Po on the side suddenly interrupted.
Snapped--
Wu Lan slapped the table in front of her directly, "Ji Po, I just want to be beaten when I see you!"
Yang De helped his forehead.
He Ao looked at this scene with a dumbfounded smile.
He could clearly feel that after Ji Po's interruption, Wu Lan's originally suppressed emotions were somewhat relieved.
"Okay, okay, there's one more thing,"
Yang De brought the topic back on track, "The comprehensive exploration report of this ruins is out. I have opened the permissions. You can directly access the backend of the institute."
This time the ruins are opened, there are two comprehensive exploration reports.
A comprehensive exploration report about the Navigator. The reference material for this report is the information provided by the personnel who returned from the Navigator, headed by He Ao.
The other is the 'exploration report' of the ruins. The reference materials for this report come from the information provided by the survivors who went to the real ruins and returned from the ruins.
He Ao knew the information about the Navigator and knew it completely, but this time he didn't know much about the ruins. Before the comprehensive report came out, most of the key ruins information was classified as top secret.
Wu Lan seemed to think of something when she mentioned this comprehensive report. She looked at He Ao with a smile and said, "Brother He Ao, you are famous again this time. I didn't do anything this time."
Hearing this, He Ao rubbed his brows helplessly.
Although the key information is top secret, some basic things that do not involve extraordinary or simple narratives can be told.
So after Zhang Yusi and others returned, they briefly summarized some things about the Navigator and shared them on the institute's forum.
Then...it exploded...
In fact, their sharing did not have particularly critical content. They just introduced the appearance of the Navigator and the dangers they encountered.
But even if they are secretive, most things they don't and cannot share.
The melon-eating people watching were still very enthusiastic and put these posts on the top trending searches.
The ruins themselves are hot spots, and the topic of the Navigator, which is completely different from the ruins originally explored, and also carries hot tags such as space, spaceships, and the future, is even more emotional.
Some people have even summarized a few words of Zhang Yusi and others and made a bound volume.
In this combined volume, the person who contains the most content is not the narrator Zhang Yusi, but He Ao.
Help the building when it is about to collapse, and turn the tide before it falls.
Although the information is much different, everyone can clearly see that the successful return of the Navigator crew this time has a lot to do with He Ao.
So He Ao became popular again. His previous popularity had not dissipated, but this time he was ranked first in the hot search.
Of course, it wasn't just him who was angry, but also Hao Yi.
Lin Chichi posted a special post without any key information. She started bragging about her "Brother Hao Yi" based on just a few words. She just bragged without any basis.
For example, write something like, 'All of this is under the control of Hao Yi. He has already expected that something will happen when the ruins are opened this time, so he made arrangements in advance, waiting for the mastermind behind the scenes to appear in the end and throw a fatal blow.'
He Ao himself didn't know he was so awesome.
But Lin Chichi is really good at writing articles. Even though what she writes has basically nothing to do with the facts, her logic is self-consistent, so she still attracts a lot of people to watch and eat.
Now on the research institute forum, the first hot search topic is He Ao, the second is 'Hao Yi', and the third is 'how to be transferred to Minister He Ao'.
This is somewhat outrageous.
This hot search has been hanging for two days, and He Ao originally thought that the popularity would subside soon.
But now that the exploration report of the ruins has been released, it means that some information can be decrypted.
It seems that this hot list will remain on the list for a few more days.
He Ao rubbed his eyebrows.
At this moment, He Ao's phone buzzed. It was a message sent to him through the institute's software by Ye Yun, a C-level man who had gone to the ruins before. The message only had two words,
[Awesome!]
It seems that he has read the exploration report about the Navigator.
——
Velora
The rising sun is reflected on the vast sea, covering both the sky and the sea with golden light.
An old-fashioned train drove out of the void, its wheels crossed the golden rippled sea, and drove smoothly on the vast sea.
"Has the difference in time velocity between the ruins and the main world become smaller?"
He Ao's clone sat back on a chair in the dining car and glanced at the bright sunshine outside the window.
At this moment, he was turning on his computer and accessing the institute's ruins exploration report through the permissions of 'Hao Yi'.
This report has a lot of content, but it can be summarized in two points.
First, the time flow rate ratio between the ruins and the main world has become smaller.
Originally, the time flow rate ratio between the ruins and the main world was twelve to one, that is, twelve hours in the ruins and one hour in the main world.
So when He Ao explored the ruins before, he stayed in the ruins for three days and only had six hours in the main world.
But this time, those who entered the ruins spent three days in the ruins, but it took twelve hours in the main world.
In fact, He Ao had already anticipated this matter.
He also knew that the time ratio between the Navigator and the main world was three to one.
This may mean that the distance between the ruins and the main world is getting closer and closer.
The second main point of the exploration report is about ‘novice protection’.
Originally, after the explorers entered the ruins, they would be sent to a relatively safe area. As long as they could survive, they could still come back alive.
But this time, there is no such 'protection'.
Many explorers encountered D-level or even C-level monsters as soon as they entered the ruins. Those who survived either fought their way out or escaped the monsters' hunting by luck.
This may mean that future exploration of the ruins will be even more dangerous and terrifying.
Taken together, these two points may be changes that occurred after the ruins approached the main world.
Tick-tock——
A ringing phone woke me up while I was thinking about Ho O.
He Ao picked up the satellite phone, glanced at the call information on it, and answered the call.
"explain."
He responded in a Hu Wen voice.
"Lord Hu Wen,"
The voice on the other end of the phone trembled. This person was He Ao's current 'assistant' at Dawn, Nodin.
After the death of 'Boss', 'Hu Wen' took over the power left by Boss and became Liming's third boss. He Ao didn't have time to take care of this, so he established some rules and left them all to Nordin's disposal.
Hearing Nordin's voice, He Ao did not speak, but waited for him to continue speaking.
"The deputy chief asked someone to come over and said that he needs some manpower to support him in his work. He hopes that we can send some people there."
Nordin continued tremblingly.
"Deputy chief?"
He Ao raised his eyebrows.
He remembered that there were two Class Bs on the Ming Dynasty, one leader and one deputy leader.
Then, he asked in a natural and cold voice, "Why doesn't he come to me directly?"
"Sir, the deputy leader has never shown his face. He always assigns his subordinates to do things."
Nordin's voice trembled and he explained carefully.
"What does he want those people to do? Where do they send them?"
He Ao continued to ask.
"He didn't say anything, he just said he wanted people," Nordin replied in a low voice, "and sent them to Velen City in the Theia Empire."
"Velen?"
He Ao was stunned, he always felt that this name sounded familiar.
He opened the map software on his computer and searched for Velen City.
"Yes, this is the edge of our power."
Nordin replied softly.
At this time, He Ao also saw the map location of Velen City, and he glanced upward.
This Velen city is adjacent to the Newland city-state and is the city that must be passed through from the Theia Empire to the Newland city-state.
Coincidentally, in the internal division of Dawn, although this Newland city-state is close to the Theia Empire, it is not under the control of the Dawn organization that controls the areas near the Theia Empire.
He Ao narrowed his eyes slightly and said calmly, "Let him come to me by himself."
"Lord Hu Wen!"
Nordin spoke quickly on the other end of the phone. He seemed to think that his new boss was a little confused. He was a B-level guy on the other side.
But as soon as he opened his mouth, he stopped, and He Ao didn't speak, seeming to just listen quietly to what he was about to say.
There was a faint sound of swallowing saliva coming from the other end of the phone.
The opposite side is Class B, and the people here are also killing people without batting an eyelid.
Finally, Nordin said in a trembling voice, "I'll do it right away."
He Ao reached out and hung up the phone. He turned his head and glanced at the rising sun outside the window.
This peaceful world is like a person walking on a thin tightrope in the fog. If you make one wrong step, you will be doomed.
Dawn, B grade.
Things in Newland City-State may not be that simple.
He Ao raised his hand, and a cloak fell from the roof of the car and fell into his hand.
‘Replacement Cloak’
This B-level extraordinary item left behind by the 'boss' has two abilities.
The first one is to change the shape.
The second is to obtain someone's identity and appearance, and obtain knowledge and information related to this person.
