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Chapter 716 Disappearance and Undercurrents

"Brother He Ao, good morning."

As soon as He Ao connected to the video conference, Wu Lan's big face moved closer to the screen.

In fact, it was not early for Wu Lan. She was near the Tia Empire, and it was still late at night.

To be honest, Wu Lan is actually very good-looking, and her skin is well maintained. Even if her face is so close, she can't see the pores and wrinkles on her skin. 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.

"Hey, Wu Lan, why can't you see any wrinkles on your face?"

The voice of Ji Po, another deputy minister of the Field Service Department, followed, "Are you showing off your beauty again?"

"My old lady never reveals her beauty!"

Wu Lan sat up straight, and slapped the table next to her, "I'm so young, her face is full of collagen, isn't it strange that she doesn't have any wrinkles?!"

"Yes, yes, the young girl on the fourth day."

Ji Po answered casually.

"Muscular man, I think you owe it to me again!"

Wu Lan rolled up her sleeves.

"Ahem—"

A slight cough stopped the fight between the two, and Yang De's picture appeared in the middle of the screen.

He glanced at the two people who had calmed down, and then at He Ao, who was wearing pajamas and had wet hair, who seemed to have just taken a shower, "He Ao, how is your health?"

"Fortunately, it's almost better."

Howard replied with a smile.

Previously, He Ao played a round on the Navigator and suffered serious injuries. Although relying on the effect of the 'Nutrition Canned Food' given by Yang De to recover most of them, he still had a slight injury. He has been recuperating and eating since he came back. medicine.

However, relying on the superhuman's strong physical fitness, this injury actually recovered very quickly.

After He Ao returned from the Navigator, the three of Yang De made a special trip to the Kingdom of Jordan. They celebrated. He Ao took them for a round in Ellen, the capital of Jordan, and then returned to their posts. went.

Yang De returned to Middle Earth, Ji Po went to the north of Western Earth, and Wu Lan was near the Tia Empire.

Now, although the several C-levels of the Field Service Department are in different regions, once something happens, Yang De will call everyone for an online meeting.

The phone call before He Ao took a bath was from Yang De calling for a meeting.

"Yang Bu, what's the matter?"

After answering Yang De's question, He Ao also asked.

He Ao's question clearly expressed the thoughts of the other two ministers, and they all sat up straight, waiting for Yang De to speak.

"Bad news,"

Yang De lowered his head and glanced at the information in his hand, "Our people in the city-state of Newland are missing."

"Who?"

Hearing this sentence, Ji Po was taken aback, "Which extraordinary person is missing?"

"The whole division, everyone."

Yang De spoke slowly.

The atmosphere suddenly became dull.

"I remember that the city-state of Newland belongs to the Tia Empire. Has there been any news?"

Wu Lan at the side asked in a low voice.

"No,"

Yang De shook his head, "Since last night in Middle Earth time, there is no way to get in touch with the headquarters here, nor can I get in touch with any contact person, whether it's a superhuman or an ordinary person."

"I remember that the city-state of Newland is a completely autonomous commercial city-state,"

Ji Po answered,
"Although they recognize that the emperor of the Tia 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 council. Due to this relationship, it is basically regarded as A buffer zone facing the moonlight, our branch there also seems to be semi-public."

When Ji Po said this, He Ao also remembered the research institute documents he had read before, and it seemed that there were indeed documents mentioning this branch of the city-state of Newland.

This branch is not in the mainland of the Tia Empire, the core of the moonlight force, but exists in a semi-public form on its fringes.

In a sense, it is actually a diplomatic station, and Moonlight directly communicates with the research institute through this diplomatic station.

This kind of branch is directly under the headquarters of the research institute and is directly under the jurisdiction of the headquarters.

He Ao opened the map software and searched for the city-state of Newland.

"What about Moonlight?"

Wu Lan asked suspiciously.

For this kind of semi-public branch, Moonlight will not touch them, at most it will just monitor it, and even take the initiative to protect the safety of the branch.

Because once there is a problem with this branch, Moonlight is the most likely to be suspected, and it is easy to be blamed.

Now there is a problem in the branch, whether they did it or not, they have to give an explanation.

"The reply from Moonlight to the research institute is that they don't know either,"

Yang De typed on the computer, and a simple investigation report sent by Moonlight to the research institute was sent to everyone, "Their people didn't find any abnormalities in our branch. They didn't find out until we sent them a letter to inquire. I sent someone to check it out, and the result of the check was..."

He paused, "The building is empty. There is no living person in the building where the Newland branch is located. There are open documents and cold coffee on the table. All the lights are on, but the building is Not a single one alive."

Listening to Yang De's narration, He Ao was 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 pages of the book unfolded, the computer turned on, the coffee on the table, and the coat on the office chair came into He Ao's eyes one by one.

He Ao glanced across some computer screens captured by the camera, among which several computers happened to be stuck on the game options interface, waiting for the player to make a choice.

The entire hall is very clean, there is no feeling of fleeing in a hurry, and there has been no sudden change.

It's as if everyone was in the office in the last second, spending a normal working day peacefully, going to work, fishing for fish, and then in the next second, everyone 'disappeared'.

They didn't even have time to make any escape movements, and just 'disappeared' abruptly.

"Is this some kind of 'strange event'? What degree of strange event can cause this effect?"

At this time, Ji Po was also looking at the report. He frowned and asked with some doubts, "I remember that the head of the Newland city-state branch is a D-level extraordinary person? She didn't leave any information?"

"The news from Moonlight shows that there are traces of fierce fighting in the office of the person in charge, but the people in Moonlight haven't found 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 can't read it."

Wu Lan thought about it.

"After discussions between the dean and that side, Moonlight agreed to let us send a C-level into Newland city-state for investigation, and they will also send a C-level to assist us."

Yang De glanced at the crowd, then continued.

Hearing these words, Wu Lan raised her head and said directly, "Yang Bu, let me go."

"Ok?"

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, the closest to the city-state of Newland, and the nearby branch of the research institute is under my jurisdiction, and I can mobilize suitable personnel as soon as possible. While the investigation is underway, the Newland Temporary Branch will be erected again, and, "

She paused, seeing that Yang De was not persuaded, and continued, "You know, the person in charge of the Newland branch is a friend who joined the research institute with me, if she really left any traces , maybe only I can understand."

He Ao could tell that although Wu Lan was deliberately using light words, her tone was not light, but rather heavy.

Hearing this sentence, Yang De was silent for a moment, and said slowly, "This incident is not simple, and it is very likely to involve C-level weird items. Although Moonlight claims to cooperate with our investigation, we must be careful Add insult to injury."

Then he thought for a while and continued, "Well, then, Ji Po, go to the vicinity of the Tia Empire and temporarily take over Wu Lan's work. If there is any problem, you can immediately support it."

"it is good!"

Ji Po nodded.

Immediately Yang De looked at He Ao again, "He Ao, temporarily take over Ji Po's work in Xitu."

"it is good!"

Howard also nodded.

Since that weirdness can be discovered by a transcendent at the peak of D-level, judging from the current data, the strength does not exceed D-level by much, and should be around C-level.

The high-level executives of the research institute obviously judged in this way.

This matter is big, but it's not too big. The most difficult point is that the event took place in the 'territory' of the Tia Empire, within the main sphere of influence of Moonlight.

When investigating this matter, not only must guard against weird events, but also extra precautions against the moonlight, if you are not careful, it will easily lead to conflicts between the two forces.

Finally, Yang De turned his gaze back to Wu Lan, "This time, we are entering the Moonlight site for investigation. Don't be impulsive. Report any danger immediately. Without the support of the research institute, don't go deep into any dangerous areas."

"it is good!"

Wu Lan nodded, and she 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 with a slap, "Ji Po, I just want to get beaten!"

Yang De supported 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 relieved a little.

"Okay, okay, one more thing,"

Yang De turned the topic back on track, "This time the comprehensive exploration report of the ruins has been released, and I have opened up the permissions. You can directly access the background of the research institute."

This time the ruins are opened, and there are two comprehensive exploration reports.

A comprehensive exploration report on the Navigator. The reference material for this report is the information provided by the people who returned from the Navigator led by He Ao.

The other is the 'exploration report' of the ruins. The reference materials of 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 he knew everything about it, 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.

When mentioning this comprehensive report, Wu Lan seemed to think of something, she smiled and looked at He Ao, "Brother He Ao, you're popular again this time, but I didn't do anything this time."

Hearing this, He Ao rubbed his eyebrows helplessly.

Although the key information is top secret, some basic things that don't involve transcendence or simple narrative can be said.

So after Zhang Yusi and others went back, they briefly summarized some things about the Navigator and shared them on the forum of the research institute.

Then it exploded...

In fact, there is no particularly critical content in their sharing. They just introduced the appearance of the Navigator and the dangers they encountered.

But even if they are secretive, most things are not and cannot be shared.

The melon-eaters onlookers were still very enthusiastic and put these posts on the top of the trending searches.

The ruins themselves are hot spots. The Navigator is completely different from the ruins that have been explored before, and it also carries space and spaceships. The topic of hot tags like this in the future will ignite emotions even more.

Some people even summed up the words and phrases of Zhang Yusi and others and made a bound volume.

And in this bound volume, the person with the most content is not the narrators like Zhang Yusi, but He Ao.

Help the building to fall, and turn the tide from falling.

Although the information is very different, everyone can see clearly that the smooth return of the people on the Navigator this time has a lot to do with He Ao.

So He Ao became popular again. Originally, his popularity didn't dissipate, but this time he directly became the number one trending searcher.

Of course, he is not the only one who is angry, but also Hao Yi.

Lin Chichi made a special post, without any key information, and started bragging about her 'Brother Hao Yi' with a few words, without any basis, so she insisted.

For example, what to write? All of this is under Hao Yi's control. He has already expected that something will happen this time when the ruins are opened, so he made arrangements in advance, only waiting for the black hand behind the scenes to appear and throw a fatal blow. '

He Ao didn't even know that he was so awesome.

But Lin Chichi is really good at writing articles. Even though what she writes basically has nothing to do with the facts, her logic is self-consistent, so she still attracts a lot of people to watch and eat melons.

Now on the research institute forum, the number one hot search is He Ao, the second is 'Hao Yi', and the third is 'how to be transferred to Minister He Ao'.

Somewhat outrageous.

This trending search has been on for two days, and He Ao originally thought that the popularity would drop soon.

But now that the report on the exploration of the ruins has been released, it means that some information can be decrypted.

It seems that this hot list will hang on for a few more days.

He Ao rubbed his eyebrows.

At this moment, He Ao's phone vibrated. It was a message sent to him by the C-level Ye Yun who had gone to the ruins before through the research institute's software. The message only had two words,
[Awesome! ]
It seems that he has read the exploration report on the Navigator.

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Verola
The morning sun reflected on the vast sea, covering both the sky and the sea with golden brilliance.

An old-fashioned train drove out of the void, its wheels slid across the rippling golden rippled sea, and drove smoothly on the vast sea.

"Has the time flow difference between the ruins and the main world become smaller?"

He Ao's clone leaned on the chair of the dining car, and glanced at the bright sunshine outside the window.

At this moment, he is turning on the computer and accessing the research institute's ruins exploration report through the authority of 'Hao Yi'.

There are many contents in this report, but they can be summed up in two points.

First, the time flow ratio between the ruins and the main world has become smaller.

Originally, the time flow ratio between the ruins and the main world was twelve to one, that is, the ruins were twelve hours, and the main world was one hour.

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, the people who entered the ruins stayed in the ruins for three days, but spent twelve hours in the main world.

Regarding this matter, He Ao had already expected it.

At the same time, 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.

The second main point of the exploratory report is about 'novice protection'.

Originally, after the explorers entered the ruins, they would be sent to a safer area. As long as they survived, they could still come back alive.

And 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 killed a bloody road, or escaped the hunting of monsters by luck.

This may mean that the exploration of the ruins in the future will be more dangerous and terrifying.

Taken together, these two points may be the changes that occurred after the ruins approached the main world.

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A phone ring wakes up thinking about Ho Ao.

He Ao picked up the satellite phone, glanced at the caller information on it, and connected the call.

"Say."

He responded with Hu Wen's voice.

"Lord Hu Wen,"

The voice on the other side of the phone trembled, this person was He Ao's 'assistant' Nuoding in Liming.

After the death of the 'boss', 'Hu Wen' took over the power left by the boss and became Liming's third leader. He Ao had no time to take care of these things, so he set up some rules and left them all to Nuoding.

Hearing Nordin's voice, He Ao didn't speak, but waited for him to continue speaking.

"The deputy leader asked someone to come over and say that he needs some manpower to support him in his work. I hope we can assign some to go there."

Notting continued tremblingly.

"Deputy leader?"

He Ao frowned.

He remembered that there were two B-levels on Limingming, one leader and one deputy leader.

Immediately afterwards, he asked in a natural cold voice, "Why didn't he come to me directly?"

"My lord, the deputy leader has never shown his face. He always assigns his subordinates to do things."

With a trembling voice, Nuoding explained carefully.

"What does he want those people for? Where are they sent?"

Howard continued to ask.

"He didn't say anything, he just said that he wanted someone," Nuoding replied in a low voice, "to be sent to the city of Velen in the Tia Empire."

"Veyron?"

He Ao was taken aback for a moment, he always felt that the name sounded familiar.

He opened the map software on the computer and searched for Vinlen City.

"Yes, this is the edge of our power."

Nordin replied in a low voice.

At this time, He Ao also saw the location of the map of Velen City, and he glanced up.

This Villen city is next to the city-state of Newland, and it is a city that must pass through from the Tia Empire to the city-state of Newland.

Coincidentally, in the internal division of Dawn, although this Newland city-state is close to the Tia Empire, it is not under the management of He Ao, the Dawn organization that controls the area around the Tia Empire.

He Ao narrowed his eyes slightly, and said calmly, "Let him come to me by himself."

"Lord Hu Wen!"

Nuo Ding on the other end of the phone spoke quickly, as if he felt that his new boss was a little stunned, and the one on the other side was a B-rank.

But just as he opened his mouth, he stopped, and He Ao didn't speak, and seemed to be quietly listening to what he was going to say.

There was a slight, spitting sound on the other end of the phone.

Opposite is Class B, and the ones here are killing people without blinking an eye.

In the end, Nordin said tremblingly in a low voice, "I'll do it right away."

He Ao stretched out his hand and hung up the phone. He turned his head and glanced at the morning sun outside the window.

This peaceful world is like a person walking on a thin steel wire in the mist, if one wrong step is taken, there will be a catastrophe.

Dawn, Grade B.

Things about the city-state of Newland 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-grade extraordinary item left 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.

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(End of this chapter)