I created the Bureau of Anomaly Control

Chapter 139 138. Waiting for the Rabbit (Seeking Monthly Tickets~)

Ji Gaochuan raised his hand to shield his eyes from the harsh light, but his arms felt as if they were filled with lead, making them difficult to control. Then, a wave of soreness overwhelmed every muscle in his body, a sensation that reminded him of his younger days when he had to socialize extensively.

Confused memories struggled to surface: the plan, Vulcan, Marn, the Han family, and the Salvation Alliance…

As the surrounding environment slowly became clearer, the dizziness and fatigue gradually faded, and he slowly made out the room he was in. It was the infirmary of the Investigation Department, and he seemed to be lying on a hospital bed.

He laboriously propped himself up with his hands, leaning against the pillow.

'What exactly happened?'

Before he could begin to ponder why he had been carried into the infirmary, the door was pushed open, and an unfamiliar middle-aged man walked in. He sized Ji Gaochuan up and down, then spoke into the microphone on his collar:

"He's awake. He seems to be slowly regaining consciousness. Is the Investigation Department's protection protocol still running normally?"

"Okay, as long as there are no problems. Come over now, I'll chat with him for a bit."

Ji Gaochuan endured the pain and asked:

"Who are you?"

The man reached for a chair, placed it beside the bed, and sat down:

"Do you remember anything?"

Ji Gaochuan said guardedly:

"Answer my question first. I don't remember seeing you before…"

The man's face was devoid of emotion:

"It seems you haven't fully cleared up. I'm a reinforcement sent by headquarters. You can call me by my code name, 'Expert'. A small team of us has arrived, but we're in a parallel cooperative relationship.

"Now I want to ask, what do you remember?"

Ji Gaochuan was slowly recovering, and he realized that his earlier vigilance was completely unnecessary, because it was normal for reinforcements to arrive at this time. They should have arrived sooner.

"I only remember seawater…" he murmured softly, "Right, someone attacked us. What about Ren Qingxue and the others?"

The Expert revealed a look of regret:

"They have all been killed in action. In addition, we have also investigated the local forces in the days since we arrived here. All twelve of the main family members of the Sons of the Ocean in Gowen State have disappeared, and we have detected traces of seawater evaporation indoors.

"Due to the Secret Veil, our investigation has encountered considerable obstacles. We can only speculate that they performed some kind of ritual that required the sacrifice of their lives. Do you think this is related to the seawater you mentioned…"

But before the Expert could finish speaking, a look of intense horror appeared on Ji Gaochuan's face:

"Dead? Dead again! I'm the only one left. No…"

The Expert skillfully placed his hand on Ji Gaochuan's shoulder, using a soothing tone:

"Don't worry. You are surrounded by the most elite troops in the entire Federation. If it weren't for the Secret Veil, those Salvation Alliance members might have been captured by us long ago."

Ji Gaochuan shook his head violently:

"No, if even he is dead…"

"Calm down," the Expert continued. "Behind us is the great Federation. No matter how many Tier IV ability users the opponent needs to deal with, we can deploy more combat personnel than required. No one can stop our progress."

"The deceased Son of Flame was a Chosen One. He was no ordinary character," Ji Gaochuan replied.

The Expert asked:

"You let a Chosen One join the Investigation Department?"

Before the Expert could say anything, they heard familiar, heavy footsteps coming from the corridor behind them.

A muscular man with an arrogant expression walked in:

"A Chosen One of the Sons of Flame?

"Just a slave of Vulcan. I can kill one in three minutes."

Ji Gaochuan looked at the colorful tattoos on Lei Yu's body and turned to the Expert to question him:

"Don't you have Sons of Gods in your team too?"

The Expert shook his head:

"His situation is very special."

Lei Yu said:

"I am a Chosen One favored by Thunder, completely different from other Sons of Gods.

"Thunder itself is unrestrained. This deity does not bind or command us. He grants us power out of his own will, and we use this power according to our own will.

"We and He are both free."

The Expert said:

"Lei Yu has fought against his own kind before. Sons of Thunder often appear in different, even opposing, camps, but more often than not, they act alone."

The secret organization "Third Hand" to which Lei Yu previously belonged also had a loose management style for its members. After the Investigation Department accepted him, they did not incorporate him into the system but gave him the highly autonomous title of Hunting Squad Leader.

Lei Yu continued:

"The Sons of Gods other than us are slaves and servants of artifacts, and their Chosen Ones are no different from ordinary Sons of Gods except that they wear more ornate shackles, but they are still slaves.

"And I am a warrior."

The Thunder God now only symbolizes unrestrained thunder.

In the past, even the faintest spark of electricity belonged to His domain, and with the advent of the age of electricity, He has become stronger and stronger, even expanding to the point of approaching the sun, and there is still a drive to continue upward.

But at the same time, the constraints He faces are constantly increasing as His power increases.

Electrical energy can accomplish great projects, but it has also been tamed by humans.

To the surprise of all the gods, the then "God of Thunder and Electricity" voluntarily abandoned the part of himself that belonged to modern electricity. He personally severed those chained limbs and transformed back into the thunder itself suspended in the sky.

Although this seemed like giving up the opportunity to surpass the sun, the Sons of Thunder all understood their God's actions.

Lei Yu is also pursuing power, but the purpose of strength is freedom.

And after the Thunder God regarded unrestraint as one of His most important characteristics, He no longer possessed the ability to command and restrain His people. Although He could theoretically still do so, it would be tantamount to self-harm for the Thunder God.

And the Sons of Thunder maintaining their freedom is beneficial to Him.

Although unrestrained, that does not mean that the Sons of Thunder and He have no communication at all.

Most of the Sons of Thunder are grateful for the power He has given them, so they will occasionally express their gratitude to Him through blood sacrifices. They will choose sufficiently dangerous opponents to challenge, and this behavior is also to prove that they are still powerful warriors.

In their eyes, strength is the trait closest to freedom.

And sometimes the Thunder God will try to get His people to realize His will, but the Sons of Thunder have the right to refuse His requests, so the Thunder God often provides material or non-material rewards.

"A true warrior will not lose to those restrained slaves," Lei Yu said to Ji Gaochuan. "I understand your fear. It is human nature for the weak to fear the strong, but now I am standing in front of you.

"And I am stronger than your opponent and your companions from a few days ago.

"Now forget your fear of them and tell me what exactly happened."

Ji Gaochuan calmed down when he saw his confident appearance:

"Although I don't quite understand warriors and slaves, you don't seem to care at all about the death of a Chosen One. Well then, I remember myself and those Sons of Flame going to northern Gowen State to look for something, and we knew it was likely a trap…

"But that Chosen One insisted that there was no need to worry about the Salvation Alliance's attack. He was also very confident at the time, feeling that as long as he was there, the Salvation Alliance couldn't cause any trouble.

"As I said, the Salvation Alliance did launch an offensive. At that time, someone I had never seen before appeared behind Ren Yan and directly waved his hand and wiped off his head, but flames still ignited on Ren Yan's body, and I took advantage of their battle to move to a safe distance.

"But before I could walk far, it started raining heavily. Not only that, but the groundwater seemed to be涌 out疯狂地地涌出来, and then they turned into an ocean that didn't reach my knees in just a few tens of seconds. A wave hit me…

"Then I don't remember anything."

Lei Yu narrowed his eyes.

The Expert looked at him and said:

"It seems to be consistent with our speculation. It is likely that the Han family used the lives of all of themselves to perform a ritual, summoning the marine phenomenon that Ji Gaochuan saw, and weakening the power of the Flame Chosen One in the process, helping the Salvation Alliance defeat them.

"But why?"

What exactly could make them all turn into puddles of seawater regardless of everything.

"It must be the will of the Sea God. He has some purpose we don't know," Lei Yu asserted. "I said they are slaves. If the master wants them to die, they have to die. There is no why."

Now they have figured out what might have happened at the time.

The Expert took out his phone, opened the album, and showed the pictures inside to Ji Gaochuan:

"Have you seen him before?"

Ji Gaochuan shook his head:

"Never seen him."

The Expert asked further:

"What about that Salvation Alliance member who attacked the Flame Chosen One? Do you think he has any similarities to the man in the photo? Is it possible that he disguised himself?"

Ji Gaochuan recalled the person the Expert mentioned.

The Expert and Lei Yun watched as his face became more and more strange.

"Wait…" Ji Gaochuan said, "I haven't seen him, no, that's not right, I, he…"

The Expert sensed something:

"What does he look like?"

Ji Gaochuan's eyes became more and more terrified:

"No, I don't remember…"

The Expert looked at Lei Yu and said:

"Memory problem. Did you think of anything?"

This sounded a lot like the Marn they were tracking.

Lei Yu said:

"He may instinctively delete their memories of his appearance when he comes into contact with other people and suppress them from recalling this. It seems that his level of danger is higher than we initially anticipated."

The Expert nodded:

"Differences in the application of abilities can lead to earth-shattering changes in the same ability.

"It seems that the information from above is correct. He is in Gowen State and participated in the Secret Veil ritual. Considering his special relationship with Qin Lan, he is very likely the leader here."

Lei Yu smiled:

"It seems that he has fallen into our hands."

The Expert said:

"Although we are very close to him, this last distance is actually the most difficult to cross. The Secret Veil stands between us and him. If we could have arrived here earlier, we might have had a chance. What a pity."

But if it weren't for the Secret Veil being held, headquarters wouldn't have had the opportunity to detect his location.

The prediction machine jointly produced by the Federation government and various companies in the East Federation theoretically no longer has any function. This is also the effect that the East Federation companies want to achieve, but…

The Federation paid a sum of money and signed an agreement with a few of these companies to obtain long-term technical support. Although the current prediction machine cannot be compared with the one used to fight Qin Luan, it can still do a lot of things.

Its main job now is to search for Salvation Alliance members in the central region of the Federation, and part of its computing power is used in the politician protection program along with dozens of other anomalies to prevent these most valuable talents of the Federation from suffering unfortunate losses.

Moreover, it is also used in the search for some important Salvation Alliance members. According to the contract they signed with the Southern Gods, the prediction machine is not allowed to be used to detect Salvation Alliance members in the South Federation. This work must be carried out by the God of Hunting.

Only at the moment when the Secret Veil rises can they use the loopholes in the contract to use this machine in these Veil areas of the South Federation and determine the cities where several important members are located when the Veil rises.

Marn was also included in it, and the computing power used on him was actually higher than that of other members, because the prediction machine could not directly detect his existence. It missed Marn when calculating the East New State incident.

Therefore, the maintenance personnel of the prediction machine "corrected" this error. Although Marn cannot directly appear in the prediction, this hidden characteristic and true non-existence have subtle differences, and they wrote a set of algorithms to determine Marn's location through these subtle differences.

However, as the Expert said, as long as these Salvation Alliance members are still within the scope of the Veil, they can only narrow down the location to the city level, and if some Veils are connected, they can only determine that they are in certain cities.

Ji Gaochuan asked suspiciously:

"Who are you talking about?"

The Expert replied:

"If you have carefully looked at the wanted list, you should have noticed a Level 4 wanted criminal named Marn. According to the latest intelligence, his wanted level may also be raised to 4+ or 4++. He is very likely in Gowen State now.

"Although he is not the most dangerous character in the Salvation Alliance, he has a very special relationship. According to our investigation during this period, he not only helped Qin Lan successfully escape our encirclement, but he is also likely one of the last Salvation Alliance members that the Divine Firmament Walker communicated with.

"And he is the target of our team. Do you have any clues about the Salvation Alliance that you can provide?"

Ji Gaochuan said:

"The Secret Veil has risen now. You shouldn't have any direct clues, right?"

The Expert nodded:

"That's right."

Ji Gaochuan said:

"A Salvation Alliance member once bought Witt Castle, and I heard the Sons of Flame mention this. You can monitor this area and maybe wait for careless Salvation Alliance members."

"Then I'll take care of that," said a man who pushed the door open.

Ren Shizhi gave them a standard smile.