"So, what you're saying is your name is Wang Jie, your mother is sick and desperately needs money, you heard from a friend that there's a place to test medicine for cash, you received a payment, and then you went?"
Qin An half-squatted on the ground, questioning the shabbily dressed man... No, he should be called Wang Jie now. They had already emerged from the sewer, and Wang Jie had changed into new clothes.
Qin An took a drag from his cigarette and continued.
"But after they injected you with the drug, you gained the ability to use sound waves. They kept experimenting on you, and you escaped during a guard change, right?"
Wang Jie nodded.
"Do you know what they injected you with?"
"While they were experimenting on me, I vaguely remember hearing something called H54."
Qin An jotted down the name and gestured for him to continue.
"After I escaped, the Salvation Society sent people to catch me. To avoid the Enforcers, I deliberately used the sewers. They wanted to capture me alive, so I kept running until a block-headed guy appeared, and then they decided to kill me."
Wang Jie spoke, his throat a bit dry. Seeing this, Qin An instructed a female agent to pour a cup of hot water.
A moment later, the female agent returned with a cup of water and handed it to Wang Jie.
"Thank you."
Wang Jie took a small sip, found it wasn't too hot, and drank some.
"What happened next?"
Qin An saw his expression soften slightly and continued to ask.
"Then he used his special ability to surround me with black stones. He fought with those Enforcers."
Wang Jie took another sip.
"Because I was surrounded by his black stones, I couldn't see their fight, but the other three seemed to have been driven away. Finally, he let me out and told me someone would help me, then gave me the rope that was tying up this Enforcer."
After listening to Wang Jie's words and pondering for a moment, Qin An asked the same female agent to open the Instance Game panel, edit something in the "Instance Game Disaster Management and Security Bureau Tianlan City Branch Family" group, and send it out.
Fated Laborer: ... (report omitted)
Xin Ru Nuan Ri: So, is the drug injected by the Salvation Society related to the one Kexin encountered in her last mission?
Xin Xin Xiang Meng: Exactly, it's H54. I didn't expect this organization to actually exist. And that Wang Jie just mentioned a block-headed guy, was he holding a weapon similar to a fluorescent light tube?
Qin Shi Mingyue: Yes, he said the other party also mentioned he hadn't fought with other players before.
Xin Xin Xiang Meng: Confirmed, it's that guy with the game ID 'Xin Bu Re'. But why would that guy be here?
Xin Ru Nuan Ri: Who knows? Maybe he was using the toilet at home, and the toilet exploded.
Qin Shi Mingyue: ...
Fated Laborer: ...
Xin Xin Xiang Meng: ...
Steel Heart: ...
Xin Xin Xiang Meng: Li Gang, are you done with your mission?
Steel Heart: Yeah, I just leveled up to LV5. Finally, I don't have to use those Management Bureau machines to test my own data.
Instance Game rules state that only players LV5 and above can view their attribute panel. The Management Bureau created a set of testing equipment based on the various test data of an LV5 player, which allows one to see their own attributes after testing.
Steel Heart: Speaking of which, Brother Liangliang is really strong, fighting one against four and even managing to leave one behind.
Qin Shi Mingyue: Where are the Director and Deputy Director, and the Third Squad?
Xin Ru Nuan Ri: The Director and Deputy Director are in a meeting, and the Third Squad is on another mission.
Qin An clicked his tongue, thinking, so you First Squad members are quite free.
Closing the Instance Game panel, Qin An called everyone to pack up and leave.
Meanwhile, in an unknown underground laboratory of the Salvation Society on a nameless island.
"So, not only did you fail to eliminate the experiment subject, but you also abandoned Dian Jue?"
"Sorry, boss, that damned block-headed guy is very strong. I only managed to hold my own against him after using the Bloodthirsty Dagger. Conservatively, his level should be around LV12."
"It's not your fault if you couldn't beat him; LV12 is considered upper-tier in the third echelon right now. It's just a shame this laboratory has to be abandoned."
The man finished speaking, issued an order, and told everyone to leave.
After all the Salvation Society members had taken their important belongings and left, the underground laboratory exploded with a roar. The small-scale earthquake caused by the explosion affected several surrounding small countries.
Fang Xinhan had already returned home. He had taken a long detour to minimize the risk of exposing himself.
Fang Xinhan recalled what happened in the sewer and couldn't help but think of what happened in the Ren'ai Hospital Instance.
"It seems there really is such an organization in the real world."
Just as Fang Xinhan was sighing, a message arrived in his Instance Game panel's friends list.
Steel Heart: Brother Liangliang, was what happened in the Hongguang Street sewer your doing?
Xin Bu Re: Do I need to pay compensation? I don't have money.
Steel Heart: No, you misunderstood. We should thank you. If it weren't for you, we wouldn't have found any information about the Salvation Society. But you ran quite fast, do you really not want to interact with us?
Xin Bu Re: Not really, it's mainly because my toilet at home exploded, and I need to find someone to fix it.
Fang Xinhan lied without batting an eye.
Li Gang: ...Damn, Fang Group actually guessed it right.
Li Gang immediately checked the areas where the explosion occurred, seemingly to pinpoint where Fang Xinhan's home was.
This was actually Fang Xinhan's strategy: 'casually' revealing his general living area to mislead others to the wrong location, thereby effectively concealing his identity.
Steel Heart: Brother Liangliang, how were those Salvation Society members?
Xin Bu Re: They were alright, just so-so. But that's just for me, you guys shouldn't be careless. Did you find out where their base is?
Steel Heart: We found out, but unfortunately, they reacted very quickly and already blew up the place. The earthquake also affected several neighboring small countries. On the surface, the higher-ups are allocating supplies for disaster relief, but secretly, they've sent people to the ruins to see if they can find any clues.
Xin Bu Re: That's quite a shame. If there's nothing else, I'm going offline to fix the toilet.
Fang Xinhan closed the panel and opened the MC panel, finding the energy exchange interface.
The energy exchange interface allows one to convert some extraordinary items into energy, and also to exchange the converted energy for some MC items.
Fang Xinhan had accumulated a lot of energy by now. He now needed to complete the items missing from his conversion table, otherwise, if he wanted to make a certain item later and didn't have the materials, wouldn't that be a disaster?
After an hour of effort, Fang Xinhan's energy was down to a pitiful 982, but it was still acceptable. Except for special supplements and items like the Blade Soul of the Sword, which don't have EMC values, Fang Xinhan basically had all the materials in his conversion table.
Just then, a message came to his phone. Fang Xinhan saw it was from his old class teacher, the content being about setting up a class group and that everyone would start online classes for the next week.
"Online classes again, huh? Eh? Why did I say 'again'?"
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