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Li Haotian tucked the warm, green fragment of divine essence into his pocket, as if he were carrying a beautiful stone he had just picked up from the roadside.

He held the cat, turned around, and walked back to the elevator.

"Let's go, Xiao Hei, let's go home for dinner."

Outside the hospital building, Qin Yue and a group of Dragon Shield agents watched helplessly as the green toxic fog that had enveloped the hospital dissipated, and sunlight once again illuminated the area.

Before anyone could recover from the shock, they saw Li Haotian carrying the black cat, slowly walking out of the inpatient department.

His cheap T-shirt was spotless, as if he had just gone in for a stroll.

"stop!"

Qin Yue rushed forward and blocked his way, her eyes filled with complex emotions.

"What...what exactly did you do in there?"

Li Haotian looked at her with a puzzled expression.

"Didn't I tell you? I took the cat to the ER. It had a bit of indigestion earlier, but it's fine now."

As he spoke, he patted Xiao Hei's belly.

Xiao Hei lazily raised its eyelids, glanced at Qin Yue, and made an impatient gurgling sound in its throat.

Qin Yue's chest heaved, feeling like this man was driving her crazy.

Need to go to the emergency room? Indigestion?

You call swallowing an S-rank Calamity unit indigestion?!

"The scene needs to be sealed off for investigation; you cannot leave!" a special operations team member shouted sternly.

Li Haotian sighed, took out his phone from his pocket, and pulled up the payment code.

"Which should I scan: the registration fee or the medical fee? I'm in a hurry."

Qin Yue stared intently at him, squeezing out a few words through gritted teeth.

"You just wait."

After saying that, she turned and left, yelling into the walkie-talkie, "Medical team! Enter immediately! Check all survivors! Seal off all evidence!"

Li Haotian shrugged, pushed his shared bicycle, and leisurely walked away amidst countless gazes of awe, fear, and curiosity.

……

In the following days, the atmosphere in the entire coastal city became increasingly eerie.

Almost every few hours, a spatial rift would appear in some corner of the city, from which all sorts of bizarre projected monsters would emerge.

Although most of them are not high level, ranging from LV5 to LV20, their sheer number and sudden appearances are overwhelming.

At the Dragon Shield command center, the phone rang and the alarms blared 24 hours a day.

"Report! Three Level 15 corrosion worms have been found at the Chengbei Chemical Plant!"

"Central Plaza! Players are projecting giant axes and fighting in the central plaza, it's out of control! Requesting backup!"

"West Suburbs Reservoir! A Level 20 Deepdiver has emerged from the reservoir and destroyed our underwater equipment!"

Qin Yue had huge dark circles under her eyes, and she kept changing the coffee cup in her hand.

They even began urgently recruiting high-level players from the general public for assistance, but with little effect.

These unskilled players lack discipline and coordination, and are overwhelmed when facing monsters, resulting in a daily increase in casualties.

The living room of Villa No. 1, Genting.

Su Wan was reporting the latest situation to Li Haotian.

"Boss, Dragon Shield is almost at its breaking point. Our 'Heavenly Secrets Pavilion' intelligence platform has received over a thousand inquiries in the past three days seeking to purchase high-level bodyguards. The highest offer has reached thirty million US dollars, just to ensure the safety of him and his family when the monster appears."

Li Haotian was holding a tablet and drawing on it.

"The demand is there, the market is there, and the product is there."

He turned the tablet toward Su Wan.

"Let's launch a new section on 'Tianji Pavilion' called 'Alien Security'."

Su Wan leaned closer and saw a beautifully designed price list on the tablet.

Alien Security – Your Personal Beast, Your Loyal Guardian of Wealth

【Service Item 1: Personal Bodyguard (Rental)】

-Alien • Worker Bee (LV15, with basic reconnaissance and harassment capabilities): 10 survival points/day, or equivalent real-world currency.

-Alien Raider (LV20, Agile Killer Unit): 50 Survival Points/Day.

- Alien Corruptor (LV20, Ranged Acid Strike Unit): 55 Survival Points/Day.

【Service Item Two: Regional Clearance】

-The specific details will be discussed on a case-by-case basis, depending on the target monster's level, number, and the complexity of the terrain.

[Note: The final interpretation of this service rests with Tianji Pavilion. All rented units are consumables; no refunds will be given for units damaged in battle.]

Su Wan's lips twitched as she looked at the astonishing price.

"Boss, isn't this price... a bit too high? One worker bee costs 100,000 a day?"

"Is it high?" Li Haotian countered. "How much do you think the lives of those wealthy people are worth?"

He tapped the screen.

"Go ahead and hang it up. Remember, our motto is: Only by spending money can you survive."

Su Wan took a deep breath, and the blue data stream in her eyes began to flash wildly.

"clear."

Half an hour later, the pinned announcement from "Tianji Pavilion" caused an earthquake in the circles of global tycoons and major guilds.

"Are you crazy?! 100,000 a day for a worthless bug?! Why doesn't he just rob someone?!"

"That's outrageous! This is blatant profiteering! I'd rather die than buy a single screw from him!"

An oil tycoon, who was roaring in his seaside villa, saw a giant, crab-shaped projection monster waving its pincers and crawling over from the beach outside the floor-to-ceiling window.

He paused for a second, then immediately grabbed the gold-plated phone, his voice trembling.

"Hello! Tianji Pavilion! I want to place an order! Raiders! No! Give me five! I'll pay extra! Now! Immediately!"

Similar scenes are playing out all over the world.

A peculiar scene soon appeared on the streets of Binhai City.

Some well-dressed tycoons are no longer accompanied by bodyguards in suits and ties when they go out; instead, they are accompanied by several alien creatures that are completely black and have ferocious appearances.

These silent killing machines move with unnoticed steps, indifferent to everything around them.

But as soon as any threat gets close, they will instantly transform into the most deadly weapon, tearing the danger to shreds.

They only obey the instructions issued by the system through the client terminal, have maximum loyalty, are extremely powerful, and don't need to be paid wages or have social insurance and housing fund contributions.

For a time, "Walking a dog or a cat is not as good as walking an alien" became the most fashionable symbol of high society.

Li Haotian's survival points balance began to skyrocket at an alarming rate.

More importantly, these rented aliens act like mobile surveillance cameras, spreading Li Haotian's "Honeycomb Thinking" network to every corner of the entire Binhai City.

He truly became the underground king of this city.

That afternoon, Li Haotian was feeding Xiao Hei a Grade A crystal core in the garden.

Su Wan walked over with the encrypted terminal.

"Boss, this is Indra from 'Nine Provinces' requesting to speak with you."

Li Haotian didn't even look up.

"Bring them in."

Indra's angular face appeared on the holographic projection.

His expression was serious, even showing a hint of fatigue.

"Mr. Alien, on behalf of the Nine Realms, I formally request your cooperation."

"Oh?" Li Haotian looked at him with interest. "How will we cooperate?"

"We need to purchase your biological weapons in bulk to maintain basic order in key cities," Indra said bluntly.

"It's not purchasing, it's leasing," Li Haotian corrected. "My children are not for sale."

Indra's eyebrows twitched, but he held back.

"Okay, lease. We need a long-term, stable cooperation agreement, and a... reasonable price."

"Didn't you see the price list? We're fair and honest." Li Haotian shrugged.

Indra remained silent for a few seconds.

"What we need is large-scale deployment, hundreds of units. Nine Domains cannot afford that price."

Li Haotian smiled.

"Alright, since we're regular customers, I can give you an insider discount."

A glimmer of hope flashed in Indra's eyes.

"What kind of discount?"

"Buy large quantities get a discount, we'll give you a 2% discount."

Indra's face instantly darkened.

Finally, after a difficult negotiation, the two sides reached an agreement.

In exchange for a batch of rare strategic resources and some declassified data on the "Ancient Gods," the Nine Realms acquired the long-term right to use one hundred alien units.

"It's a pleasure to cooperate with you," Li Haotian said with a smile. "By the way, to show my sincerity, I'm including a free copy of 'Alien Breeding Guide (Anti-Backlash Edition)'. Remember to have your technicians study it carefully."

Indra shut down the communication without expression.

His adjutant couldn't help but ask, "Sir, are we just going to let him do this...?"

"Otherwise what?" Indra interrupted him. "Right now, we need him. Just treat him as... an expensive arms dealer."

After ending the call, Li Haotian stretched and felt a sense of contentment.

It's a win-win situation: you can make money and legally spread your surveillance network across the country.

Just then, a soft system notification sounded in his mind.

[Honeycomb Warning: The signal of leased unit 'Worker Bee-073' is abnormal.]

Li Haotian's expression changed instantly.

He immediately switched his consciousness to the worker bee numbered 073.

This worker bee is on the top floor of a skyscraper, guarding a wealthy man's mansion.

Its viewpoint is directly facing the alley below the building.

The alley was dark, and a figure dressed in a cleaner's uniform, wearing a mask and a hat, was squatting on the ground.

Before him lay the remains of a Level 8 projection monster, the "Tear Dog," which had just been killed by other players.

Instead of picking up the crystal cores or materials dropped by the monster, the figure took out a syringe and carefully extracted a tube of dark red liquid from the body tissue of the ripped hound.

After doing all this, he took out a small bottle from his pocket and put a severed fragment of the alien limb into it.

That fragment was a small piece of carapace that broke off from the body of another guardian alien when it was hit by the monster in a previous battle.

The cleaner put away the syringes and bottles, then looked up at the top of the skyscraper.

Beneath the shadow of the hood, a pair of eyes, seemingly piercing through hundreds of meters, precisely met the compound eyes of the worker bee.

Those eyes held no emotion, only a cold, scrutinizing quality, as if examining experimental materials.

[Warning: Advanced mental shielding field detected. Target lock failed!]

[WARNING: The connection to 'Worker Bee-073' has been lost!]

Li Haotian's consciousness was forcibly pulled back.

He slowly stood up, his eyes turning cold.

Someone is conducting research on his alien form.