I created the Bureau of Anomaly Control

East Federation, Windflower State.

Ma En and Tang Xueluan were sitting at the dining table, patiently waiting for their guest.

A few days after meeting Tang Xueluan, she called again, telling him that things were progressing particularly smoothly, and under Shu Yunpeng's excellent skills, it could be said to be a sure thing.

However, in order to complete this goal as soon as possible, Shu Yunpeng also made some concessions with no practical significance in the negotiations with the Federation, including allowing them to conduct a simple inquiry with Ma En about cultivation.

According to Shu Yunpeng, this inquiry was basically just a formality. The Federation had basically decided to accept cooperation with Xiaoyao under the Shu family's mediation, after all, the conditions he gave the Federation were actually very generous.

And in order to show that this matter was not so formal, the Federation also specially selected Kania, a female Federation researcher who had met Ma En before, to conduct the inquiry, instead of other more professional counterparts. At the same time, the meeting place was not chosen within the Federation's jurisdiction, making it seem like a particularly casual meeting.

When Tang Xueluan called to ask for his opinion, Ma En naturally gave a positive answer immediately, and asked her to quickly determine the time and place, and then began to prepare for this meeting.

Now his idea is very simple. As long as he can get the spiritual artifact made of anti-spiritual metal as soon as possible, he can obtain the Moon God's power contained in Selie's body, and truly gain a firm foothold in Tier V.

At that time, whether he wants to leave the Federation, steal Xiaoyao's power, or secretly help Shenxiao who is trapped in the sea, it will be much simpler, but these are not the most important things.

After all, although the Moon God's power is strong, it is not without problems. As one of the "Southern" gods, she was subject to extremely strong restrictions during her lifetime. Even if she was relatively free among the gods, she would still be restrained by the ancient Titans. Therefore, she herself cannot directly give Ma En particularly comprehensive combat power.

But he doesn't need to be too "comprehensive", he just needs to be able to subdue other Tier V ability users.

He has the Paranormal Control Bureau.

The Moon God's power is important to him because it is a mental ability, so it is easier to control other ability users of the same level as himself than the Overturning Sea Scepter, and as long as he controls a Tier V ability user…

His power and the power of the Paranormal Control Bureau will become stronger like a snowball.

This is also the reason why he values spiritual artifacts made of anti-spiritual metal so much. The Overturning Sea Scepter gives him more basic self-preservation ability, while the Moon God's power can give him the possibility to control other abnormal entities.

"As long as this conversation ends, this matter will basically be completed," Tang Xueluan said in a low voice. "My dad said a lot of good things about you after you left. I have never heard him praise a young man like that."

Ma En nodded slightly to her, revealing an expectant expression:

"This matter would definitely not be so smooth without you."

Tang Xueluan also smiled at Ma En. She, like Ma En, was looking forward to the upcoming result. She could even imagine the beautiful future of the Shu family and herself.

She personally seized this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

Just as they were "praising" each other, crisp footsteps suddenly came from outside the door.

"Long time no see," Kania pushed open the door and quickly looked at Ma En sitting opposite her.

All of her expressions were particularly natural, as if she had no collusion with him in private. The actual situation was actually very close to this, because she really didn't remember any secrets now.

This was the most basic caution, and it could also ensure that her undercover work would not reveal any flaws in this situation. Compared to the ability of the undercover agent itself, Ma En was more willing to believe in the memory erasure ability.

Kania maintained that indifferent face and sat down neatly opposite them:

"I will represent the Federation to ask you some basic questions about the knowledge you learned from Xiaoyao about cultivation and the world of cultivation, and what we will get after signing a treaty with him.

"First question, is the life-extending power obtained through cultivation basically harmless?"

Ma En, who was well prepared, didn't think much:

"According to my understanding, it should be said to be completely harmless. However, I know that it is difficult to explain the specific effect without experiencing it, so I can give a simple example.

"The longevity pills you get are more than a hundred times turbid compared to the lifespan obtained through cultivation."

This was a very useful description. The Federation's desire for longevity pills was not based on the number of years they could extend life, but on the degree of purity they possessed in that number of years. Even if Ma En's words were exaggerated, even ten times would be an extent that the Federation could not refuse.

Kania nodded slightly, then asked with a serious expression:

"Second question, cultivation has several realms, refining…"

Silence swept in like a tide, and the whole world was suddenly submerged by it. The operation of the ventilation system, the sound of pedestrians walking outside the corridor, and the chirping of insects and birds outside the window all disappeared in an instant.

Kania also maintained the expression of opening her mouth, and the lines on her frozen skin could be clearly seen. Only the indifference in her eyes was no different from usual.

Tang Xueluan was tilting her head to look at him and Kania, and listening to what they were saying with a serious expression, with a hint of fleeting curiosity and anticipation remaining on her face.

Then, almost in the next instant after the silence came, Ma En seemed to vaguely hear the ticking sound of the mechanical watch turning, and the surrounding atmosphere also had some subtle changes.

While witnessing these, Ma En's body instinctively created several layers of telekinetic nets around him, and was also building mental defenses, but he stopped immediately.

Because he sensed something unusual.

Just then, there was a clear knock on the door.

Knock, knock, knock.

"Can I come in?" A young man's voice came from outside.

Ma En replied:

"No."

The man outside the door ignored his refusal, turned the handle and opened the door on his own, then walked into the room and stood behind Kania.

This intruder was wearing a black windbreaker, and the position of his face was covered with a white crying face mask, and no holes were left for the wearer to look out, but the pair of "eyes" composed of black lines made Ma En feel a bit of a creepy feeling of being watched.

Faced with the sudden anomaly, the first thoughts that arose in Ma En's mind were surprise and incomprehension. He never thought that he would encounter an attack when meeting with the Federation, and it was still such a strange guy.

He was so confident not only because of the existence of the ceasefire agreement, but also because even if the Federation really noticed his problem, they might not act against him at this time.

And if they really wanted to capture or kill him, it shouldn't be the current situation.

"Can you explain what's going on?" Ma En looked at the visitor calmly.

The crying face man said in a regretful tone:

"Of course, you have one minute left, and the task I received is to let you die in pain. I have to think about how to torture you in this long minute.

"Sorry, I'm not very good at this kind of thing. Please forgive me if the technique is not good later."

Ma En was still sitting in the original position, looking up at this weirdo:

"Then you have to hurry up."

The crying face man suddenly chuckled, and his laughter somehow made Ma En feel like the crying of a human child, making Ma En inexplicably feel a strong sense of weirdness and discomfort.

This feeling was beyond reason, and seemed to be directly received by his soul, and there was no way to intercept it through his rational thoughts.

"Sorry, sorry." The crying face man waved his hand while laughing, "I can't help it a little, it's okay, you don't have to worry about the time issue for me, let me see…"

Saying that, he raised his right hand, and then looked at his blank wrist with eyes composed of black ink.

"Um…" he said seemingly seriously, "Now we still have a full minute left. It seems that you and I still have plenty of time. You still have a long time to slowly repent.

"So it seems that our client's money is really worth it. Spending only one minute's worth of money allows me to spend nearly eternal long time to serve. I even want to spend money to order my own order."

Faced with his self-praise, Ma En still asked calmly:

"Can you control time?"

Although he hadn't determined the current situation, fortunately the crying face man on the opposite side looked particularly arrogant, and didn't shy away from saying what he wanted to do at all. Ma En naturally had to seize this opportunity to test him as much as possible.

"No, I'm not strong enough to that extent." The crying face man touched his head, and said a little embarrassedly like a child praised by the teacher, "I can only control 'your time'."

In fact, at this time, Ma En had basically understood what was going on. The crying face man in front of him was not a material entity at all, and the seemingly frozen surroundings at the moment were not the result of time stagnation.

Because he entered his mental world, and what was frozen was not reality, but his thoughts. As for the other party's purpose in doing so, it was likely the torture he said.

In fact, this was also a common method used by Ma En to deal with other ability users in the past, but he didn't expect that there would be an ability user who was stronger than himself in the mental field to deal with him like this.

"It seems you have realized it." The crying face man said as if he could read his mind, "As a telepath, you barely pass, but sometimes the reality and the spirit are not so clearly defined.

"You have also seen shadows, you should also understand this principle."

Ma En looked at this casual crying face man, and finally asked the question in his heart:

"Who sent you here, and why are you here?

"I don't remember offending anyone?"

The crying face man pulled out a chair at random and faced himself, then leaned his hands on the back of the chair and sat down, his "eyes" staring at Ma En who still looked calm:

"Then you better think about it, I won't tell you who sent me here, I have professional ethics, but you can think carefully about who would want your life.

"But don't pretend in front of me, I know your life very well. If I were to say, the people who want to kill you might be able to line up from here to the restaurant door. You are not as innocent as you said."

Ma En said seemingly sincerely:

"Then at least you can tell me, who are you?"

The crying face man tilted his head slightly, and then said with some doubts and curiosity:

"Are you really not afraid of me? I don't know if you have really realized that the guy who looks a little strange standing in front of you at this moment is a living Tier V ability user.

"You are really going to die."

Ma En said with a simple face:

"Since I am already going to die, then telling me these things is not something unacceptable, at least let me die clearly, anyway, I can't escape your palm."

The crying face man said in an interested tone:

"I didn't expect that this target is still an interesting guy. To be honest, you are quite to my liking. If my job was not to kill you, I might really chat with you a few more words.

"It seems that your ability to become famous in the Federation is not purely good luck. Maybe I should pay more attention to you little guys, but unfortunately I can't answer you anything this time.

"Because my job is not to kill you, but to let you die in pain."

So if Ma En wanted to know his identity and who killed him, then the crying face man would not let him die clearly, after all, he had taken the job anyway.

He can't violate the contract.

Ma En frowned slightly:

"If you want me to die in pain, then at least let me know why I died. If I just die inexplicably, I will only feel confused.

"After all, I don't think I have committed any mistakes that would lead to death. Only when you tell me what made me fall to this point, I may feel regret and pain."

The lines on the crying face man's mask seemed to blink:

"I can feel that you are not lying, but…

"Don't you have fear? You are going to die, your soul and body will be turned into powder, as if you had never been to this time, but you seem to not care about anything.

"Are you out of your mind?"

Ma En answered honestly:

"No, of course I'm afraid of death, otherwise I would have died long ago.

"It's just that being afraid of death can't keep me alive, can it?"

The crying face man's tone was a bit disgusted:

"You are really a weirdo, I am starting to not find you interesting anymore."

Ma En looked at his "eyes" and said:

"You are going to kill me for some reason that has nothing to do with you, in my opinion you are the weirdo…"

Click.

He heard the sound of the second hand ticking again.

The crying face man also looked up at the ceiling as if he had received a signal, and then looked at Ma En again:

"We only have fifty-nine seconds left."