Life Dungeon Game

The voice on the other end of the phone trembled; it was Nordin, He Ao's current 'assistant' at Dawn.

After the 'boss' died, 'Hu Wen' took over the power left behind by the boss and became the third-in-command of Dawn. He Ao didn't have time to deal with these things, so he set some rules and left them all to Notting to handle.

Upon hearing Nordin's voice, Heo didn't speak, but waited for him to continue.

"The deputy leader sent someone to say that he needs some manpower to support him in his work and hopes that we can assign some people to him."

Nordin continued, his voice trembling.

"The deputy leader?"

He Ao raised an eyebrow.

He remembered that Dawn officially had two B-level officers.

One leader and one deputy leader.

Then, he asked in a naturally cold voice, "Why didn't he come to me directly?"

"Sir, the deputy leader has never shown his face; he always assigns his subordinates to do things."

Nordin's voice trembled as he carefully explained.

"What does he need those people for? Where should he send them?"

He Ao continued to ask.

“He didn’t say, he just said he wanted people,” Nordin replied in a low voice, “to be sent to Velen City in the Tia Empire.”

"Viren?"

He Ao was taken aback; he felt the name sounded familiar.

He opened the map software on his computer and searched for the city of Velen.

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

Nordin answered in a low voice.

At this moment, He Ao also saw the location of the city of Velen on the map, and he glanced upwards.

The city of Velen is located next to the city-state of Newland and is a necessary stop on the way from the Empire of Tia to Newland.

Coincidentally, within the Dawn's internal divisions, this Newland city-state, although adjacent to the Tia Empire, is not under the jurisdiction of He'ao, the Dawn organization that controls the area near the Tia Empire.

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

"Lord Hu Wen!"

Nordin on the other end of the phone quickly spoke up, seemingly thinking that his new boss was a bit too green, considering that the other party was a B-level expert.

But he stopped as soon as he opened his mouth, and He Ao didn't say anything either, seemingly just listening quietly to what he was about to say.

A faint sound of swallowing came from the other end of the phone.

The other side is B-level, and they're ruthless killers too.

Finally, Nordin said in a trembling voice, "I'll do it right away."

He Ao reached out and hung up the phone, then turned to look at the rising sun outside the window.

This peaceful world is like a person walking on a tightrope through the fog; one wrong step and it's all over.

Dawn, Grade B.

The situation in Newland may not be so simple.

He raised his hand, and a cloak fell from the roof of the car into his hand.

'Substitute Cloak'

This Class B extraordinary item left behind by the 'boss' has two abilities.

The first is to change the shape.

Secondly, to obtain someone's identity and appearance, and to acquire knowledge and information related to that person.

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Chapter 717 Stirring Up the Grass to Alarm the Snake (A Super Long Chapter Combining Two Chapters, Seeking Monthly Tickets)

Currently, He Ao has only two clues regarding the Newland city-state: the complete disappearance of the Newland branch of the research institute and the suspected demand for Dawn B-level personnel.

These two events can lead to two conclusions.

1. The city-state of Newland may possess some kind of strange object capable of 'abducting' people without affecting them.

Second, the B-level deputy leader of Dawn may be doing something near the Newland city-state that urgently needs manpower.

Individually, neither of these two events is particularly alarming, but the fact that they occurred in the same area made He Ao feel that something was amiss.

This strange feeling didn't come from his experience in the main world, but from his experience in the instance world.

The core issue in both of these matters is 'people,' whether it's the abducted superhumans or the manpower needs of the Dawn 'Deputy Leader.'

In the world of instances, there is generally only one thing related to the extraordinary that requires a large number of people.

'Sacrifice'.

A competent FBI agent, upon discovering a large number of missing persons cases in their jurisdiction, especially cases involving superhumans, will immediately realize that they are in deep trouble.

Of course, that was a dungeon world where evil gods were frequently active.

Strictly speaking, He Ao didn't want his guess to be true, but since he had already discovered this trend, he still had to take a look.

Anyway, my clone doesn't have anything to do right now, so I'll just treat it as a vacation.

He glanced down at the substitute cloak in his hand.

He had never used the cloak's full power before, so this was a good opportunity to test it out.

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Newland City-Outer Sea

The glow of the rising sun spread from the rippling sea all the way to the old fishing boats.

The brown-haired man with curly hair, sitting in the cockpit, held the servo in one hand and a bottle of brandy in the other.

He gripped the bottle neck and gently pushed upwards with his fingers, popping the cork off the bottle of high-proof distilled spirit, which then flew into a corner of the cockpit.

He gazed at the hazy island in the distance, raised the glass of strong liquor in his hand, and poured it down his throat as if it were water.

Newland is not a land-based city-state, but a united city-state consisting of multiple islands located near the coast of the Tia Empire.

There are only two ways to reach Newland: one is to take a boat from Velen and cross the sea to arrive, and the other is to take a direct flight.

The phone screen on the console lit up, showing a new incoming call. The man reached out and answered the phone.

"Lenke, where are you now?"

Another hoarse voice came from the other end of the phone.

"Almost there, almost there."

The man called Lenk took another swig of wine.

"Lenke, you didn't do well enough this time."

The voice on the other end of the phone lowered slightly.

"What the hell is it to me?"

Lenke spat, "I'm just a gofer. I came here to seek refuge with you, and you made me run errands and even sent me to Vilen City to contact Hu Wen's forces. You asked them for people without giving me anything in return. No wonder they refused you, you idiot."

He paused for a moment, then continued, "Oh, they didn't reject you. They sent the deputy leader to talk to you personally. So, are you going to see the deputy leader now? Oh, the deputy leader..."

"If I were willing to get involved, you wouldn't have called me back, you useless wretches."

“Lenke…”

The voice on the other end of the phone paused for a moment, then said sharply, "You are now one of us."

"If it weren't for Hu Wen's many ridiculous rules against indiscriminate killing, would I have come here to join you guys?"

Lenk took a sip of his drink, glancing at the pile of crew corpses behind him, their dried blood crumpled under his feet.

“I’ve been running errands for you for almost half a month, and you have no money and no women. Who do you think you are, a piece of trash, to ride on my head and point fingers? You’re not worthy! When I was wanted by the police, you were still suckling your breasts.”

"Lenke, you..."

The person on the other end of the phone seemed quite angry, and their words were choked up.

"If you don't like me, come on, let's have a one-on-one duel,"

Lenk took another sip of his drink. "I'll give you a handicap, and in the end, I'll leave you with a whole corpse."

The person on the other end of the phone was completely speechless, falling into a brief silence. However, they did not accept Lenk's duel invitation and hung up the phone directly.

"A cowardly wretch."

Lenk drew a dagger from his waist, twirled it, and stuck it on the dashboard.

bang-bang-bang-

A slow, crisp knocking sounded outside the door.

Lenk stopped drinking, gently placed the bottle on the table, carefully pulled out the dagger, and silently walked across the driver's seat to the door.

Then he leaned against the wall beside the door and slowly reached out to open it.

creak-

As the old metal door slowly opened, no one appeared; there was nothing outside.

Lenk paused for a moment, then realized something, gripped the dagger, turned around, and thrust it out.

A pair of calm, still eyes suddenly appeared in his field of vision.

"I'll borrow your fate for a moment."

As a calm and slow voice rang out, Lenk felt a tremendous force suddenly tear at his body. His outstretched arm froze in place, and some invisible force was devouring his flesh and blood, his soul.