mysterious forerunner

Chapter 397 Instigating Rebellion
Zhang Qingxiang and "Benita" once seriously discussed whether Riddick Bowe was a "traitor".

Benita already has a list of all the human traitors in the Secret Bureau, but there must be some who have such ideas but have not yet expressed them.

The two men shared the same view that Riddick Bowe was in a high position of power and had no need to surrender voluntarily, but if it really came to that, Riddick Bowe would definitely not be a tough resister.

Riddick Bowe announced to the public that Benita was his successor. For a time, Benita was very popular in the mysterious bureau and became the "number two person".

But Benita became alert.

Although she is still young, she watched a lot of costume dramas when she was in China, and she is very clear that he was made the crown prince too early, and the "current emperor" is in his prime... this crown prince will most likely not have a good ending.

There is a word in Chinese called "overpraising to death"!

If there were no Bablair and no trial field, Benita would still be Riddick Bowe's most trusted subordinate.

But now, from Riddick Bowe's perspective: Benita's power has expanded dramatically.

I can't even control the situation in Japan, and you just sent three teams over there and solved it?!

The tail is too big to be removed.

So after Riddick Bowe said that, Benita was neither paralyzed nor dizzy. She asked Director Zhang worriedly: "I always feel that the situation is not good, but I don't know how to deal with it."

Zhang Qingxiang told her: "Leave the General Administration first and give up some of your interests. Riddick Bowe used that sentence to paralyze you, and you can also make this gesture to paralyze him.

Anyway, your control over the General Administration does not lie in your official position, but in those human traitors. "

Benita thought it made sense, she had the strongest control over the Bureau because she was the leader of all the "traitors" in the mysterious Bureau.

These traitors stick together and will support me no matter what.

What's wrong with giving up some superficial power?

Even if he kept the total distance, he was still Riddick Bowe's subordinate. If Riddick Bowe wanted to take it back, he would be powerless to resist.

Benita nodded and said, "I'll listen to the director."

The day after Riddick Bowe said that, several staff members in Benita's office and one of her administrative secretaries threw her a "surprise party."

After get off work in the afternoon, the handsome administrative secretary pestered Benita and found an excuse to take Benita to a high-end bar near the headquarters.

As soon as they entered the room, the subordinates set off fireworks and blew trumpets. Dozens of people smiled and shouted to Benita, "Surprise!"

Benita's face changed, and she looked at the administrative secretary fiercely: "Who told you to do this?"

The administrative secretary put on an innocent look, making full use of her good looks: "We, we all think we should celebrate for you..."

"Bastard!" Benita cursed, and her sharp eyes swept over everyone present.

These people are all his subordinates, and a large number of them are his own people whom he considers to be "reliable".

But now, Benita couldn't tell which of these people were just fooled because of stupidity, and which ones were deliberately harming her.

Then we have no choice but to give up everything!
Everyone was smiling just now, but in an instant they were stunned.

Why does the "boss" seem unhappy? Did we do something wrong?
Benita came to the bar and knocked on the table and shouted to the bar owner inside: "Give me today's bill."

The bar owner didn't expect that these people's flattery would backfire.

He hurriedly took out the bill and said, "I'll give you a 30% discount."

There are many bars near the headquarters of the Mystery Bureau, which is part of North American life.

Most of them are small bars on the street. Ordinary employees spend their money in these stores on a daily basis. A bottle of beer costs a few dollars, which is easily affordable.

Then there are several mid-range bars, which are much larger and more sophisticated.

Usually only middle-level and above managers come here, and the consumption level is much higher.

This bar is one of them.

At that time, the bar owner would never dare to offend Benita. A word from such a "powerful" person would make everyone afraid to come to his store to consume.

"No need!" Benita refused coldly. She took the bill, looked at it, and threw her credit card to him: "I'll pay the bill."

The boss felt aggrieved and thought that this matter had nothing to do with him.

He hesitated and wanted to explain further, but Benita glared at him and said, "Hurry up!"

"Okay." The boss had no choice but to swipe the card. Benita took back her credit card and left without looking back.

Everyone in the room looked at each other, and soon left in twos and threes, dejected.

Riddick Bowe received the report quickly and frowned secretly: "So cautious?"

"I watched Benita grow up with my own eyes. She was not like this before."

The next day, Benita sent the administrative secretary to a remote city.

The administrative secretary had a sad face as she packed up her things. The atmosphere in the entire office was extremely low. No one dared to step forward to comfort the administrative secretary, with whom they had a good relationship on weekdays. No one even dared to speak.

That afternoon, Benita took the initiative to find Riddick Bowe and expressed her desire to be stationed at Ekli Base permanently.

"Ekli Base" is a general term consisting of seven sub-bases distributed in a wasteland in the west.

The void passage of the [Trial Field] is hidden underground in the Ekli Base No. 5.

The "XX Operation Plan" that Benita fabricated out of thin air was then cooperated by the mysterious agency, the Pentagon and the White House, and Miloslach Castle was responsible for the research, and what was finally built was the "Ekli Base".

Of course, this is the official name, written in the documents of the three forces.

The purpose of this series of bases is to collect void data and provide support for research on void travel.

To put it simply, human traitors hid the void passages in public facilities.

Those who are truly responsible for operating the void channel are "our own people" and will never leak any secrets.

It also means "using public money to do your own things."

Not only did they dare to do such a daring thing, but they also accomplished it.

Those high and mighty "masters" would never condescend to personally check a base in the wilderness. Even if they lose it, they would just make a show of taking a turn and glance at the surface, and it would be easy to fool people.

This gave the people below the opportunity to conceal the truth.

This base is like an egg. What you see from the outside is just the eggshell, but what is really important is the yolk hidden underneath.

So except for the human traitors, no one in the White House, the Pentagon, and the Secret Bureau knows the true purpose of this series of bases.

Riddick Bowe didn't know either.

In Riddick Bowe's view, this "Ekli Base" is a remote, harsh and shabby place, and Benita is in self-exile.

But Riddick Bowe did not approve, as he felt that Benita was testing him.

Benita did not react when she was rejected and just followed Riddick Bowe's orders.

A few days later, Riddick Bowe transferred one of Benita's combat teams to another subordinate.

Benita still carried out the order very obediently and quickly completed the personnel handover with the other party.

After several times of this, the team with the best performance under Benita was transferred by Riddick Bowe to other people.

Benita applied to Riddick Bowe again to go to Eric Base.

Riddick Bowe thought about it and this time approved.

Benita's office remained, but she packed up all her things, leaving only an empty office.

It seems to be showing his "determination".

Riddick Bowe was still a little worried and continued observing for a while. Of course, he also had spies at Eric's base.

Report from the informant: Benita is very honest. She works normally every day, refuses all social invitations, and rarely goes out.

Riddick Bowe finally became doubtful: "She really has no intention of rebelling?"

There is only a small town near the Ekli 5 base. After Benita came, she didn't have much contact with Bablair.

On the surface, it is limited to communication and cooperation at work.

That evening, after work, Bablair came out of the office and a gust of sandstorm blew in his face. There was nothing in this damn place except coyotes and bad weather.

Bablair is dressed like an old western cowboy.

He held his cowboy hat in front of his face and walked toward his pickup truck.

"Hey, man. How about we go for a drink together? I know a good place." A voice suddenly came from the side. Bablair turned around and saw a red-haired man walking beside him. He was greasy and fat, with a wretched face.

Standing in the porch behind him was a short-haired girl in her early thirties.

The red-haired man's name is Field and the girl's name is Cagalli.

Their offices were next to Bablair, and they would just nod and say hello when they met on weekdays.

Field has a good relationship with many people in the base. He is very talkative and likes to drink. He is the first person you think of when you feel bored or in a bad mood and want to find someone to have a drink with.

Cagalli is completely different from him, she has short, neat hair and a cold and arrogant temperament.

It is said that when the base was first built, many men asked her out but were rejected.

Therefore, although Cagalli's position is not high, she and Benita are known as the two most "difficult" women in this small base.

Benita refuses all social interactions, while Cagalli simply "looks down on" the men here.

Bablair had also heard colleagues discussing privately that someone had already started a secret bet to see who could be the first to ask Cagalli out.

Every loser will put $20 into the "prize pool", and now the prize pool has $500...

Zhang Qingxiang looked at Field and smiled secretly in his heart.

Seeing that Bablair did not respond, Field spread his hands and said, "Come on, man, in such bad weather, what can you do when you go back? Lie on the sofa, drink beer and watch TV?

Come with me, I promise you won’t be bored.”

Bablair hesitated: "Okay."

Field raised his eyebrows and smiled, "I'll drive."

His car was also a shabby pickup truck. Field came up and put his arm around Bablair's shoulder, and walked towards the car: "Let me tell you, I just discovered this place, and not many people know about it..."

Cagalli followed silently.

The three of them got in the car, Field stepped on the accelerator, and the pickup truck raised a long gray dragon, driving towards the nearby town in the bad weather.

This is a typical western town, empty and desolate. There are not many residents, and the entire town relies on several large farms nearby for survival.

After the base was established, there was more income here and the small bars in the town became prosperous.

But Field took Bablair to a small road in the north of the town: "There is a new bar here. Believe me, you won't regret coming out with us tonight."

The bar is warmly and comfortably decorated. The female bartender behind the bar is wearing a red headscarf, has a sweet face and a hot body.

The waiters walking around in the bar are handsome men and beautiful women.

They are all very young, like college students working part-time.

How could there be a bar like this in a place like this?
Field picked a seat, sat down, ordered a beer, and started chatting enthusiastically with Bablair.

He kept using words to test Bablair's interest.

It was soon discovered that the topic that Bablair was most interested in was some anecdotes and gossip in the mysterious bureau.

Field immediately catered to his wishes, and two hours later, the two seemed to have become old friends who could talk about anything.

During this process, Cagalli would occasionally interject and act as a good lubricant.

Everyone had a great time that night.

For the next three or four days, Field took Cagalli and invited Bablair to go out and play together.

It doesn't necessarily mean going to a bar, we can also go to a restaurant in town to have dinner together.

With the help of Field, his "wingman", Bablair's relationship with the beautiful bartender and Cagalli has made rapid progress.

If Bablair was just an ordinary North American man, he would definitely think that he had a chance to ask Cagalli out.

A week later, Field finally said what Zhang Qingxiang had been waiting for: "My friend, you and Benita don't hang out together much?"

Bablair answered truthfully: "She discovered me. We are superiors and subordinates. I have great respect for her."

Field smiled.

That night, after several verbal tests, Cagalli expressed at the right time, "I prefer ambitious men" and "I like to be conquered by the strong", which successfully aroused Bablair's "ambition".

Both parties went back satisfied.

Field and Cagalli reported to Riddick Bowe: "We have made significant progress in our work. Bablair is interested in joining us."

Riddick Bowe was very satisfied: "Very good, keep working hard and try to deal with Bablair as soon as possible." During this period of time, Riddick Bowe had used various means to disintegrate the power of Benita's subordinates. Without Bablair, Benita was really not a threat.

Bablair is Benita's important chess piece in Eric's base.

Zhang Qingxiang found it very magical that Riddick Bowe's people actually wanted to incite Bablair to rebel!
But if you think about it carefully, this is also a move that Riddick Bowe must make.

Bablair once really existed.

He is indeed an agent of the Bureau of Mystery on Europa, and a member of the Traitors of Humanity.

Just an unimportant one.

Benita took a fancy to his identity, so Bablair disappeared and Zhang Qingxiang took over the identity.

Riddick Bowe investigated Bablair carefully before deciding to take action.

Over the next few days, Field and Cagalli continued to contact Bablair - in previous contacts, they would try their best to avoid Benita, but these times they deliberately let Benita find them.

Benita had no reaction.

Finally, half a month after the first contact, both parties made their positions clear and reached an agreement smoothly:

Riddick Bowe will help Bablair become deputy director, and Bablair will be loyal to Riddick Bowe and help Riddick Bowe take control of the entire base.

After the agreement was reached, Field laughed and toasted with Bablair, then pushed Cagalli into Bablair's arms: "I believe you will have an unforgettable night!"

Cagalli did have an unforgettable night, as Zhang Qingxiang threw her into a fantasy world.

Cagalli is also a professional, and her rank is not low, having reached the fifth level.

But compared to Director Zhang... Director Zhang let her play by herself in the illusion and she didn't notice at all.

After leaving the next day, he reported to Riddick Bowe: "I have completed your mission. Bablair can no longer leave me."

"Well done." Riddick Bowe was satisfied. He finally solved the huge hidden danger of Benita!

If I didn't have an affair with Cagalli, Riddick Bowe and Field would definitely be suspicious.

But Zhang Qing was not interested in this kind of woman, and he solved the problem with a little trick.

In the past, Nie Luotong pretended to be Benita, lurking in the mysterious bureau to obtain intelligence for Zhang Qingxiang; now there is a two-level reversal, Zhang Qingxiang pretends to be Bablair, lurking in the mysterious bureau, obtaining intelligence for Nie Luotong!
At noon of the next day after "Bablair" and Cagalli slept together, Field came to find Bablair and reminded Bablair in words and deeds that it was time for him to pay his loyalty.

No one will let you take benefits without paying anything in return, and it is impossible for us to completely trust you just because you make a promise.

Bablair asked directly: "What do you need me to do?"

Field said: "Our department has been secretly investigating this [Ekli Base]. We suspect that there are some secrets hidden here."

Riddick Bowe did not suspect the base at first.

Spending so much money to build a series of advanced research bases in a remote place - this is something Riddick Bowe has done often before.

To put it bluntly, it is a scam to defraud funds, and then there are many ways to enrich themselves.

Originally, Riddick Bowe thought that Benita was doing the same thing, but Benita's repeated requests to be transferred over aroused Riddick Bowe's suspicion.

He set up a secret investigation team, and Field, Cagalli and the handsome men and beautiful women in the bar were all members of this investigation team.

Bablair nodded and said, "Leave it to me."

Only three days later, Bablair took a stack of documents and threw them to Field: "What you want."

Field was about to look at it, but Bablair held his hand and said, "I advise you not to look at it. Give it directly to the director."

Field withdrew his hand cautiously, sealed the documents in front of Bablair, and then sent them back to the headquarters through secret channels.

Riddick Bowe got the documents and opened them. The documents proved that the real purpose of this base was to use space technology to grab mysterious energy from the secret world, so as to greatly improve the rank of professionals.

The elite teams under Benita were all promoted in this way.

Riddick Bowe cursed inwardly: "This is Benita's true foundation.

As long as this base is still in her hands, she doesn't care how many combat teams I transfer from her, because she can quickly form a new elite team!"

Riddick Bowe called Field and said, "Bablair did a good job. Your next task is..."

Riddick Bowe hesitated for a moment, originally thinking of "seizing control of Ekli Base."

He was also worried that if he pushed Benita into a corner, both sides would be in trouble.

So he changed his words to: "Cooperate with Bablair to divide and disintegrate Benita's power in Eric Base.

Try to control the entire base through Bablair."

With Bablair's intervention, the action turned into an internal struggle among Benita's forces.

How many people Bablair can attract depends on his ability.

This arrangement can at least prevent Benita from directly targeting herself.

Just one day later, Riddick Bowe sent a group of elite agents into the "Ekli Base" and assigned them to the department headed by Bablair.

These seven branch bases all have large mysterious energy collectors built on the ground, which are a bit like the giant antennas of military radars. They can actually collect mysterious energy from the void to improve the rank of professionals.

This is also because the speed at which the [Secret World] and the Earth world overlap is getting faster and faster, and the distance between the two voids is getting closer and closer. If it were in the past, the Mysterious Bureau would never have been able to do this.

However, this improvement is far behind the speed of the [Trial Field], which is about five times faster.

Bablair's men immediately became stronger and stronger, and he and Benita had an argument at a meeting:

Seven branch bases can help seven people improve every day.

These seven places have always been controlled by Benita, and she can give them to anyone she wants.

But this time Bablair had a different opinion and he put his three men in.

In the end, Bablair won the dispute.

So this matter became a custom, and from then on, Benita occupied four of the seven places and Bablair occupied three.

This matter quickly spread throughout the small base, and Bablair and Benita had a falling out!

Field was very excited and immediately reported to Riddick Bowe: This teammate we recruited is so awesome!

Riddick Bowe was finally relieved. Not only did Bablair pledge his allegiance, but he also worked very hard to fight against Benita.

After a while, Zhang Qingxiang felt that the time was right and finally decided to enter the [Trial Field] in person!
Zhang Qingxiang went through so much trouble, but his ultimate goal was to obtain an entrance to the secret world during this period.

Base 184 is also an entrance, but there are too many uncertainties when entering from there, and you may directly encounter a strong man at the level of an elephant lord.

So Zhang Qingxiang needs to find a relatively safe place.

Over the past month, dozens of people have entered the [Trial Field]. Zhang Qingxiang has been observing them secretly. Combining his experience from his previous life, he finally determined that Ostosai was indeed not very interested in low-level worlds like the Earth, and did not pay too much attention to them.

However, the duration of entering the [Trial Field] is uncertain. Zhang Qingxiang is not going there to improve himself, but to enter the [Secret Realm] through the [Trial Field] to find a true or false secret weapon that suits him.

He had to report to Field and Cagalli in advance why he would be disappearing for a while.

This is also very simple. Bablair and Benita acted out a scene together: Benita hated Bablair's betrayal and had been secretly looking for opportunities for revenge.

Now she finally found it: a mysterious area appeared in the wasteland near the Ekli base, and a team was needed to check it out to prevent the area from expanding and threatening the base.

And this mysterious area is also easy to create.

Zhang Qingxiang picked up a high-level secret object at random and put it somewhere.

After a period of time, the invasion of powerful secret objects will cause some mysterious changes in that area.

When the base held a meeting to discuss the matter, Benita specifically asked Bablair to go. Bablair argued with her for a long time, but was finally suppressed by Benita and had to accept the task.

After the meeting, Bablair immediately informed Field of the incident and said, "That bitch is deliberately making things difficult for me. After all, she is my superior and in charge of the entire base. I cannot disobey such orders.

If you refuse to accept it, you will become a deserter."

Field said worriedly, "Do you want me to report to the director and send you a group of high-level detectives?"

"No need." Bablair said confidently: "I don't want to accept this mission, but I just don't want to be ordered around by that bitch anymore.

My men had noticed that place a long time ago, and it shouldn't be dangerous. I took them in to take a look at the situation and then withdrew.

I will be back in three days at most. During this time, help me keep an eye on the base and don't let that bitch embarrass my men."

Field patted his chest and assured: "Don't worry, we are here. That bitch can't cover the sky with one hand."

Everything was ready. Bablair hid his identity and disguised himself as an ordinary fifth-level professional. He mixed in with the people who entered the [Trial Field] and entered the underground of Branch Base No. 5.

There are a total of twelve people this time, divided equally among the three families, with four people each.

In the underground secret base, all the people were members of the traitor organization, and they operated with ease and sent the twelve people to the trial field.

Zhang Qingxiang mingled among the crowd and walked through the dazzling passage - when all the light in front of them disappeared, everyone found themselves standing on a ruin that had been destroyed for who knows how many years.

The situation in the [Trial Field] had already been summarized by the predecessors who had entered it before.

The place where the void channel arrives is a [Launch Tower] in the outer ring.

This is one of the countless worlds conquered by Ostosei. At that time, the technological civilization was extremely advanced, far surpassing the current Earth world.

The [Launch Tower] is a huge building that is three thousand meters high. It was built using high-tech materials that cannot be replicated by humans on Earth today. It should have been the "base" used by the civilization to release deep space vehicles into outer space.

And there are a total of 160 such tower bases built in this area!

Thirty-seven of them have collapsed, and the remaining ones, although dilapidated, still stand on the earth like giants!
This area is inhabited by a fifth-order monster. The core of their bodies is a living organism, and the outer shell is a mixture of special materials used to build lift towers.

Therefore, it has strong defense and extremely fast speed.

The weakness is that they don't know any secret techniques and are simply physical attack monsters.

After the twelve people arrived here, they immediately spread out in a circle according to the "strategy" summarized by their predecessors, each looking around vigilantly.

In particular, not far from them, there was a hole in the ground covered by broken building materials.

There is an underground pipe underneath. This monster called "Spiky Fang" likes to hide here and launch sneak attacks.

Before coming in, the twelve people had a brief communication, and Zhang Qingxiang reported that his rank was fifth.

Most of the twelve people are also at this level.

Among the three people sent by the White House, one named Alberto stood out from the crowd, reaching the seventh level.

He had only recently joined the Renegade Order and was highly regarded in the White House.

So Alberto appointed himself the leader of this temporary team.

After he came in, he immediately activated a secret item. A piece of European medieval-style arm armor quickly appeared on his left arm, spreading from the shoulder to the fingers.

The arm armor glowed with mysterious light, and the surface was engraved with complex magic arrays.

At the same time, he grabbed a peculiarly shaped rifle with his right hand.

The musket is only half a meter long and can be held in one hand. The muzzle is as thick as a baby's fist.

But below the muzzle, there are two sharp blades, sixty centimeters long!
This secret item can be used for long-range firing as well as close-range combat.

Even Zhang Qingxiang couldn't help but take another look. Although he didn't use [Appraisal of Treasures], he could confirm that this thing was at least level seven!

He whispered to the others, "Your rank does not give you an advantage against the Thornfang Beast, so do not act on your own.

You just have to defend and take care of yourself.

Leave the rest to me!"

Just as he was speaking, a grey shadow suddenly rushed out from the hidden cave, as fast as lightning!

"Here it comes!" Alberto shouted, and then his figure flashed, leaving a trail of afterimage, which was even faster than that of the thorn-fanged beast.

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The musket in his hand pierced deeply into the neck of the thorn-fanged fang, and then he turned it and cut off the huge head of the thorn-fanged fang.

With a "puff" sound, dark purple blood spurted two meters away.

This strange head is covered with long and short spikes.

The hot blood fell to the ground with a hissing sound, corroding a deep pit!
Whoosh!
Whoosh!
Two black shadows attacked from both sides at high speed, and two more thorn-fanged beasts pounced out.

Alberto was well prepared. He swung his left arm, raising a light golden wall of wind, which knocked a thorn-toothed beast away with a bang. At the same time, he bent his body backwards and made a movement similar to the iron bridge in martial arts, avoiding the attack of the thorn-toothed beast, dodged under the thorn-toothed beast, and fired a shot from the musket in his hand upwards.

A huge ball of flame hit the abdomen of the Thorny Fang, directly blasting through its huge body, leaving a transparent hole from the abdomen to the back!
"Amazing!"

"So strong!"

The trial participants exclaimed in admiration.

(End of this chapter)