Life Dungeon Game

【He Ao】

[Privilege Level: Advanced Player]

Physical fitness: 1199

[Skills: Talent Sequence 272: Super Memory (C-rank), Basic Firearms Proficiency; Talent Sequence 72: Stealth Mage (C-rank)]

Mechanical modification: None

Martial Arts: Qi Refining to Spirit Transformation (Rank C)

My physical fitness improved, from 1194 to 1199.

This should be attributed to the growth in martial arts cultivation after obtaining the jade pendant.

The last time He Ao felt this direct growth in martial arts cultivation was when he was very weak, in the ruins.

Hypermemory is still at C-level. He Ao absorbed Velent's 'Orator' talent sequence, but the ritual has not yet been completed. The system seems to be able to predict the future outcome, but at this point in time, the Kejette Group in the instance world should still exist.

At a time flow rate of 1 to 24, it will probably take at least one or two days.

He closed the properties interface, stood up, walked to the window, and drew back the curtains.

The first rays of dawn fell on his cheeks.

The Kingdom of Ruodan, where he is currently located, is in a different time zone from the Central Plains, with sunrise occurring several hours later.

Although he now has the jade pendant to supply him with energy, he still absorbed this energy from dawn.

Can't waste it.

He didn’t know if it was some kind of influence from the jade pendant, but he could clearly feel that the energy at dawn today seemed to be more than usual.

After absorbing the energy of dawn, He Ao touched the blood on his face and then went to the bathroom to take a shower.

Just as he pushed open the bathroom door, a thought suddenly struck him, and he stopped.

He lowered his head, his gaze passing through the crack in the open bathroom door.

What met his eyes was not clean walls, but a floor illuminated by bright lights.

Instead, there were cold stone walls, damp moss, and the sound of dripping water in the air.

tick-

A drop of cold liquid fell from in front of He's field of vision.

He raised his head and looked up.

A huge, bloody eyeball was hanging above the crack in the bathroom door, looking down, seemingly staring at He Ao, or perhaps at other objects.

Drops of bright red liquid were continuously dripping down the edge of his eyeball.

The next second, the dark and bizarre scene slowly disappeared, and the bathroom returned to its normal appearance through the crack in the door.

He Ao pushed the bathroom door open completely and looked up at the ceiling again.

It was just white, with a hazy light.

Everything that just happened looked like a mirage.

Is it a hallucination, or...?

hum-

Just then, his phone vibrated.

I'm experiencing writer's block as usual. A super long chapter will be coming up later. Please vote!

The next chapter will be tomorrow at noon.

Chapter 716 Disappearance and Undercurrents (Mega Chapter, Requesting Monthly Tickets)

"Good morning, little brother He Ao."

As soon as He Ao connected to the video conference, Wu Lan's large face loomed in front of the screen.

Actually, it wasn't early when Wu Lan was there; she was near the Tia Empire, where it was still late at night.

To be honest, Wu Lan is actually very beautiful, and her skin is very well-maintained. Even with her face so close, you can't see any pores or wrinkles on her skin. In addition, her makeup today is more heroic, which, combined with her mature and charming temperament, creates a unique and alluring beauty.

“Oh, Wu Lan, how come you don’t have any wrinkles on your face?”

The voice of Ji Po, another deputy director of the field operations department, rang out, "Are you using a beauty filter again?"

"I never use beauty filters!"

Wu Lan sat up straight and slammed her hand on the table next to her. "I'm so young, my face is full of collagen, is it strange that I don't have any wrinkles?!"

"Yes, yes, a young woman approaching forty."

Ji Po casually chimed in.

"Muscle man, I think you're asking for a beating again!"

Wu Lan rolled up her sleeves.

"Ahem—"

A soft cough interrupted their playful banter, and Yang De's image appeared in the center of the screen.

He glanced at the two who had quieted down, then at He Ao, who was wearing pajamas and had wet hair, as if he had just taken a shower. "He Ao, how are you feeling?"

"Thankfully, I'm almost fully recovered."

He Ao replied with a smile.

He Ao had previously fought a round on the Navigator and suffered some serious injuries. Although he recovered most of his injuries thanks to the 'nutritional canned food' given to him by Yang De, he still had some minor injuries and had been recuperating and taking medicine since returning.

However, thanks to the superhuman's powerful physique, this injury actually heals very quickly.

After Heo returned from the Navigator, Yang De and the other two made a special trip to the Kingdom of Ruodan. They celebrated for a while, and Heo took them on a tour of Ruodan's capital, Ellen, before they all returned to their respective posts.

Yang De returned to the Central Plains, Ji Po went to the northern part of the Western Plains, and Wu Lan stayed near the Tia Empire.

Although the C-level personnel in the field operations department are located in different regions, Yang De will still convene them for online meetings should anything happen.

The phone call He Ao received before taking a shower was from Yang De, who was calling a meeting.

"Minister Yang, is there anything I can help you with?"

After answering Yang De's question, He Ao followed up with his own question.

He Ao's question clearly echoed the thoughts of the other two ministers, who also sat up straight, waiting for Yang De to speak.

“Bad news,”

Yang De glanced down at the documents in his hand. "Our people in Newland City-State have disappeared."

"Who?"

Upon hearing this, Ji Po was taken aback. "Which superhuman has gone missing?"

“The entire branch, everyone.”

Yang De spoke slowly.

The atmosphere suddenly became somber.

"I remember the city-state of Newland belonged to the Tia Empire, right? Has no news of it come out at all?"

Wu Lan asked in a low voice.

"No,"

Yang De shook his head. "Since last night, Central Earth time, headquarters has been completely unable to contact them or any of their contacts, whether they are superhumans or ordinary people."

"I remember Newland City-State was a

"A fully autonomous commercial city-state,"

Ji Po continued,

"Although they acknowledge that the Emperor of the Tia Empire is the head and lord of the city-state, they are not directly governed by officials appointed by the Emperor. The actual leader of the city-state is the 'Prime Minister of the City-State,' who is elected by the city-state council. Because of this relationship, it is basically a buffer zone facing the moonlight, and our branch there is also semi-public."

At this point, Ji Po recalled the research institute documents he had seen before, and it seemed that there were indeed documents mentioning this Newland City-State branch.

This branch is not located in the Tia Empire, the core of the Moonlight faction, but rather on its periphery, existing in a semi-public manner.

In a sense, it was actually a diplomatic outpost, through which Moonlight communicated directly with the research institute.

These branches are all directly under the headquarters of the research institute and are directly managed by the headquarters.

He opened a map app and casually searched for the city-state of Newland.

"What did Moonlight say?"

Wu Lan asked in confusion.

Moonlight wouldn't touch these semi-public branches; at most, it would just monitor them, and might even proactively protect their safety.

Because if a problem arises in such a branch, Moonlight is the most likely to be suspected and easily becomes the scapegoat.

Now that the branch has run into problems, they need to give an explanation, regardless of whether they were responsible or not.

"Moonlight's response to the research institute was that they didn't know either,"

Yang De typed something on his computer, and a brief investigation report sent by Moonlight to the research institute was forwarded to everyone. "Their people didn't notice anything unusual about our branch until we sent them an inquiry letter. Only then did they send someone to investigate, and the results were..."

He paused. "The place is deserted. There's no sign of life in the building where the Newland branch is located. Open files and cold coffee are on the tables, and all the lights are on, but there's not a single living person in the building."

As He Ao listened to Yang De's account, he also flipped through the investigation report that Yang De had sent him.

The report includes a photo of the office lobby taken by the Moonlight Man.

The spacious and bright office hall, the open pages of a book, the open computer, the coffee on the table, and the coat draped over the office chair all came into He Ao's view in turn.

He Ao's gaze swept across some of the computer screens captured by the camera. Several of the computers were stuck on the game options screen, waiting for the players to make a choice.

The entire hall was very clean; there was no sense of panicked escape, nor any sign of any dramatic change.

It's like one second everyone is in the office, calmly going through a normal workday, some going to work, some slacking off, and then the next second, everyone 'disappears'.

They didn't even have time to make any move to escape before they abruptly 'disappeared'.