The Mysterious Dungeon: A Survival Guide to the Twelve Talismans

"My God, what a loss, what a loss! I reached level 20 in the last dungeon and was already awakened. If I want to level up to the next level, I'll have to do at least five more dungeons."

Suddenly, all the veteran players looked regretful.

"Alright, the regional branches you are responsible for have been selected, and the addresses will be sent to your mobile phones."

"From now on, you will officially begin your work and deal with the strange incident. Thank you all for your hard work tonight."

"Oh, right, there's one more thing. You no longer need to hide your identities as Spirit Contracters."

“Keeping your identity a secret will hinder your future work,” Wang Ling said in a deep voice.

Upon hearing this, everyone was immediately astonished.

"Director Wang, if our identities are exposed and people find out, they might come after our families..." a Spirit Contract practitioner asked worriedly.

"Those who want to kill you are nothing more than those wild players, and wild players will be under our control."

“In the future, there will be more and more new players, and fewer and fewer old players.” Wang Ling’s gaze swept over the crowd.

Because the Bureau of Phantoms has expanded its recruitment and begun to target the general public, its rights have become extremely inflated.

Incidents of unauthorized players attacking official players will only decrease, not increase.

Therefore, it doesn't matter whether one's identity is exposed or not.

Those who had spiritual contracts heard this and felt that it made sense.

Several Spirit Pact members immediately removed their disguises, revealing their true faces.

After that, no one stayed at the Bureau of Strange Affairs any longer, and they all left one by one.

Zhou An and his group of fourteen people traveled in three cars towards Furong District.

On the bus, Li Shengsheng took off her stone hat.

He Yuqiang, Chang Yu, Wang Hong, and the driver inside the car were all horrified.

"Don't panic, this is my spirit contracter," Zhou An'an reassured everyone.

"Hello, I am Li Shengsheng. You can also call me Captain Li." Li Shengsheng took off her mask, her expression calm, revealing a cold and aloof demeanor that kept people at arm's length.

"Hello, Captain Li." The group quickly greeted him.

Especially He Yuqiang, whose squinty eyes were practically glued to Li Shengsheng's face.

However, he still restrained himself and withdrew his gaze, instead focusing his attention on Zhou An, constantly giving him meaningful glances.

"Fatty, did you get sand in your eyes? You keep blinking like that," Zhou An said irritably.

He Yuqiang is great in every way, except he likes to have beautiful women with cleavage at the front.

"Yes, sand got in." He Yuqiang was stunned for a moment, then quickly got off the donkey.

"Chang Yu, you all know the procedures for handling strange incidents, right?" Zhou An got down to business and asked Chang Yu.

Upon hearing this, Chang Yu nodded: "The Bureau of Strange Events has already issued a procedure, which we are all familiar with."

"Including instruments for testing ghost energy fluctuations, communications, etc., we can detect any strange events that occur immediately."

"Okay, that's good. Once we get to the branch, you guys set up the framework first. You handle what you can, and leave what you can't to me and Sheng Sheng," Zhou An said in a deep voice.

"Yes, Captain." Chang Yu nodded repeatedly.

At this moment, Zhou An looked at He Yuqiang again: "Qiang, do you want to work under me as an ordinary clerk, or do you also want to become a player?"

“Brother An, of course I’ll become a player.” He Yuqiang chose to become a player without much hesitation.

"Qiang, you need to think this through. It's very dangerous to clear dungeons in other worlds. The death rate in difficult dungeons can even reach 100%," Zhou An said in a deep voice.

“Brother An, I used to think that even if the sky fell, there would be tall people to hold it up, but things are different now.”

“I encountered supernatural events that I had never encountered before, things I had always wanted to do, even if it meant death.”

“And now, I have this opportunity, and I want to become that tall guy.” He Yuqiang looked at Zhou An solemnly.

“Okay.” Zhou An nodded.

He already understood He Yuqiang's thoughts.

An hour later, they arrived at their branch of the Bureau of Mysteries.

It's very close to the Wuyi Square commercial district, about one kilometer away.

The surrounding area was relatively quiet, as it was near an overpass.

Their branch office is a twelve-story hotel.

However, the hotel has already been bought and renovated.

Two of the floors also served as dormitories for Zhou An and his friends.

There are also two underground levels; it used to be an underground parking garage, but now it has been transformed into an underground base.

Furong District Bureau of Strange Events Branch.

The sign is prominently displayed on the side of the main entrance.

There were already many staff members inside, all of whom were ordinary staff members who had been assigned there, in order to keep this branch running.

As soon as Chang Yu and Wang Hong entered, they immediately took over the entire branch.

At the same time, Zhou An was led to the action team leader's office on the top floor.

Judging from how familiar Chang Yu and Wang Hong are, they must have already been working on this before.

That's good, Zhou An won't have to go through so much trouble.

Chang Yu and Wang Hong spent some time taking full control of the branch and finally made a written report on the specific situation of the branch.

Zhou An flipped through these documents and gained a general understanding of the branch.

Putting aside other matters, the rights involved are significant.

It can unconditionally mobilize all units within its jurisdiction to cooperate with its actions.

There are also various funds, with no upper limit; as long as there is a legitimate reason, they can be approved.

It can be said that from this moment on, Li Shengsheng no longer had any financial worries.

"By the way, Sheng Sheng, you don't have to go to school anymore. What university do you want to go to? I'll have them send you a guaranteed admission letter directly."

"This is only for Changsha, we can't leave either." Zhou An looked at Li Shengsheng.

"Huh? You can do that?" Li Shengsheng's eyes lit up immediately.

"Then let's go to Sifangping Vocational and Technical College." After being exposed to supernatural powers, Li Shengsheng was no longer very interested in studying.

Not to mention she's a top student, so she's even less inclined to waste time in the classroom.

“The Bureau of Mysteries does have this kind of privilege, and besides, you’ve always been a top student,” Zhou An said with a faint smile.

Sifangping Vocational and Technical College, abbreviated as National University of Defense Technology.

"Yay, yay, no need to waste time in the classroom anymore."

"Hurry up and get them to send me a notification letter so I can share the good news with my uncle and aunt." Li Shengsheng would call Zhou An's parents every few days.

“Okay.” Zhou An nodded slightly.

"Chang Yu, did you hear that?" Zhou An looked at Chang Yu.

“Okay, Captain, it just so happens that I graduated from Sifangping College. My admission notice will arrive first thing tomorrow morning,” Chang Yu said, patting his chest.

"Okay, that's good. You can go and get back to work." Zhou An waved his hand.

Chang Yu and Wang Hong nodded and left the office.

"Qiang, this is for you." Zhou An handed a login bracelet to He Yuqiang.

"Brother An, thank you. I will definitely become a player." He Yuqiang excitedly accepted the login bracelet.

"Don't rush into the dungeon yet. Ordinary people will feel weak in the knees when they see something strange for the first time."

"You can watch the video first, and then you'll get some information about the dungeons. Once you're confident, then you can enter the dungeons," Zhou An instructed.

“Brother An, I haven’t slacked off at all this week. I’ve been training at the base the whole time, and I’ve adapted enough,” He Yuqiang quickly said.

“Okay, you can keep these two props for safety.” Zhou An took out two props from his inventory and tossed them to He Yuqiang.

“This… Brother An, thank you.” He Yuqiang did not refuse, because he knew that Zhou An wanted him to live.

"We're all brothers, no need for thanks." Zhou An waved his hand.

Back in college, he borrowed money from He Yuqiang quite a few times, and He Yuqiang lent it to him every time.

"Then I'll head back first. I need to prepare before entering the dungeon."

What He Yuqiang meant by "preparation" was actually just having a big meal first.

Finding food inside the instance is also a problem.

He Yuqiang left, leaving only Zhou An and Li Shengsheng in the office.

"Uncle, what do you think will happen to us humans in the future?" Li Shengsheng suddenly asked.

"It will get better." Zhou An said with a faint smile.

"Yes, it will get better." Li Shengsheng smiled sweetly.

"Oh right, we need to move. We need to cancel the lease on that house and move to the branch office." Zhou An almost forgot.

“Okay, this will make things much more convenient in the future.” Li Shengsheng nodded repeatedly.

The two immediately went back to their rented apartment.

Inside the rented room, Wang Yanran had transformed back into a statue.

The benevolent body is sitting on the sofa watching TV.

"You're back? You've memorized all the manuals, five in total." The benevolent entity said, pointing to the bound Xuan paper on the table.

Zhou An glanced at it, nodded, and put the item into his four-dimensional pocket.

"Pack everything up and put it into the four-dimensional pocket." Zhou An tossed the four-dimensional pocket to the benevolent entity.

The benevolent being nodded and immediately got to work.

Li Shengsheng also took out her four-dimensional pocket and got busy.

It has to be said that the four-dimensional pocket is quite powerful, capable of holding a lot of things.

In just over ten minutes, all their items were stored in the four-dimensional pocket.

Just then, Zhou An's phone rang.

It was Tang Jia'an, who also worked under Zhou An.

"Captain, the instruments have detected ghostly energy fluctuations in the Dongfeng residential area. Chang Yu has already sent people over there," Tang Jia'an said hurriedly.

"Is it a strange event, or a player?" Zhou An said in a deep voice.

Tang Jia'an: "Our equipment can distinguish between players and strange events. This is a strange event."

"Okay, have Chang Yu seal off the area and not let anyone rush in. I'll be there right away." Zhou An ended the call and then recalled his clone.

"Let's go, something strange has happened." Zhou An instantly vanished from his spot and disappeared into Li Shengsheng's body.

"It's already here? Looks like I'm really going to be busy from now on." Li Shengsheng immediately opened the door and went out.

Chapter 106 A Strange Incident Strikes [4000 words]

Dongfeng Residential Area.

Room 303, Building 3

Sun Xiaoxiao is a game booster.

The games being boosted are not the popular ones like League of Legends, Honor of Kings, or Delta Force.

On the contrary, there is a Dungeon Fighter Online power-leveling service that has eight million warriors and is about to die, but has not died after more than ten years.

Since boosting services don't make money, he can only operate on a low-profit, high-volume basis, and he took on a lot of orders.

He's been playing since noon.

"Mad, this is the end of the Direge version, how come there are still people who don't even know how to enter the map?"