It’s a strange invasion, is it okay for me to fight back?

Chapter 555 Key Protection
Ye Zheng looked at the parrot with indifferent eyes and asked, "Since you knew everything, why didn't you say so sooner?"

The parrot was somewhat embarrassed. "It's too dangerous, too dangerous... Dealing with humans is no safer than dealing with the Star Society, and the messengers have pigeon bells tied to us. We can't escape; we can only obey..."

Ye Zheng looked into the distance.

In the brief moment she was locked in combat with the meteor, the rising ball of light had vanished, and the night remained dark, signifying the end of the battle. It was unknown whether Feng Ling had withstood the messenger's final, deadly attack.

"Are you saying this now because you want to find a new backer...?" she said softly.

The parrot flapped its wings and explained, “The people guarding us were watching the news in their rooms. I saw Meteor and the Hidden Boss standing together on the news, and oh my god, I was terrified! Meteor almost killed the messenger when she infiltrated the mansion last time. If she convinces the Hidden Boss to kill all of us administrators, I'm doomed! So, I messaged Number 1 and asked if he was planning to help Meteor. Everyone knows Number 1 is with the Hidden Boss; it's no secret…”

The weasel crawled out of Li Qing's Taoist robe, raised its paw, and indicated that it was number 1.

The parrot raised its head and continued, "It seems impossible no matter how you look at it, right? No administrator with a sound mind would help Meteor. By the way, let me see how many administrators are still alive..."

It nodded frequently, presumably using its beak to operate the virtual screen.

A few seconds later, he sighed dejectedly, "Alas, almost all of them are dead."

"If everyone dies... then the game will settle the score, right?" Ye Zheng pursed his lips and asked in a low voice, "And then, Meteor will get a ticket and leave the game... leave this world, right?"

“If they were all dead, that would be true, but the dwarf sheep are still alive,” the parrot said. “The game will continue until all twelve senior administrators are offline.”

"Will the game be affected if a regular administrator goes offline?" Ye Zheng continued to ask.

The parrot hesitated before replying, "There will definitely be some impact, but not as much as the impact of a senior administrator. The difference between the two is similar to the main quest and side quest in a game, you understand? Generally speaking, you can only reach the game ending by completing the main quest, while the side quests are not so important."

“If that’s the case, Meteor didn’t actually need to kill you. She only needed to kill the twelve administrators in charge of the Abyss Labyrinth,” Ye Zheng said.

The parrot shook its head and sighed, "That's your opinion. For Meteor, the more administrators who die, the better, and the more chaos it creates, the better. This makes it easier to trigger the system's self-repair program. Uh, restarting is actually a kind of program repair method."

Ye Zheng lowered his eyes and slowly sorted out his thoughts.

Meteor infiltrated the General's Mansion twice.

The first attempt was to assassinate the messenger, but Meteor failed. If the target were changed to assassinate the administrator, it might not be impossible to succeed. After all, there are only two players guarding the room where the administrator is imprisoned, so the chances of success are high.

Why didn't you kill the administrators during your first infiltration? — Did Meteor think that killing the other administrators would be pointless if the short-legged sheep didn't die?
So why act during the second operation? — Because the messenger was held back by the hidden boss, the dwarf sheep lost its protection, and if they didn't act now, it would be difficult to find an opportunity to strike after these administrators were sent to the Bureau of Inspection.

Perhaps all of the above guesses are wrong.

Perhaps the meteor only killed these administrators to enjoy her anger.

Ye Zheng couldn't be sure what Meteor was thinking, but she was certain of one thing: the dwarf sheep couldn't die.

As long as the dwarf sheep lives, the meteor cannot escape this world.

…………

...When Huang Yi arrived with his team, Ye Zheng had completely calmed down.

The inspection team inventoried the animal carcasses on the ground.

According to the parrot's identification, eight senior administrators and seven ordinary administrators died. In addition, a monkey and a badger in the General's Mansion were burned to a crisp because they were unable to escape.

"You mean that 17 mazes will experience pollution spreading in the future, with unknown locations and timing, ranging from two weeks to six months or even longer?" Huang Yi asked Ye Zheng.

Ye Zheng nodded slightly, expressionless. "Yes, the core conflict within the Star Society stems from their attitudes toward the administrators. Meteor wanted to kill the administrators in exchange for a chance to restart the game, while Messenger, for his own benefit, chose to protect the senior administrators."

Huang Yi and the inspectors were not too surprised.

According to research institutions, 41 mazes worldwide are spreading pollution, so the addition of 17 more such mazes is not unusual.

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Seeing that they didn't seem to care, Ye Zheng frowned slightly. "The Abyss Maze is very special. If the Abyss Boss enters the real world from the maze, it will cause a huge disaster."

Huang Yi said calmly, "We were born for this purpose: to combat pollution or to carry out rescue operations. If the world recovers one day, we will retire."

The teammate next to him nodded in agreement: "That's right, we'll deal with whatever comes our way, it's no big deal."

Ye Zheng was silent for a moment, then said in a low voice, "I need to discuss this with Feng Ling."

"I'm afraid that's not possible now," Huang Yi said.

Ye Zheng looked up at him.

“Feng Ling entered the teleportation array set up by the alien species and lost contact with us. Don’t expect her to have her phone with her when she uses her second form,” Huang Yi explained. “We are also trying to find her.”

Ye Zheng asked, "What method?"

"First, we can wait and see. Feng Ling might return via the teleportation array, which is currently under complete lockdown. Second, the pollutants that Feng Ling is raising seem to have some kind of connection with her. I plan to have pilots launch trackers at the pollutants, but these trackers rely on satellite positioning technology, so if Feng Ling is inside the maze, the second method won't be able to find her."

Huang Yi paused as he spoke, his gaze falling on the tree shrew in Ye Zheng's hand.

"Regardless of whether I can contact Feng Ling, I must take these two administrators with me and hand them over to the Supervision Bureau for key protection to prevent the spread of the maze to more areas," he said.

The parrot was extremely pleased with this, flapping its wings and repeatedly agreeing: "Yes, yes, yes~ Key protection, key protection!"

The weasel didn't receive this treatment because the maze it was responsible for had disappeared.

During the conversation, a huge object flew silently overhead.

As everyone looked up, the kite resembled a giant whale with a long tail, flying under the starry sky.

A dozen or so human-faced crows landed on the kite, as small as lice.

Ye Zheng looked up at Huang Yi and said, "Do me a favor and arrange a helicopter to throw me up there."