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"I didn't want to involve you, but for some reason, the higher-ups suddenly started paying attention to you. Now they want to make you a full-time employee..."

A thousand thoughts raced through Zhao Hao's mind, but he asked calmly, "Oh, you're following me?! What do full-time employees do?"

He feared this was a military plot to target him.

Those people are the most wicked; they're capable of any kind of despicable act.

However, Zhao Hao ultimately agreed. After all, it wasn't a big deal; if someone came with ill intentions, they wouldn't be able to leave.

He was different from the other bronze-level warriors; they were only safe from large-scale sieges in cities, while he was fearless anywhere.

Not only can I retreat into the underworld, but I can also hide in dreams and dark fairy tales at any time.

Entering a dream state while sleeping is the simplest thing; it's when your mind enters a dream state while you're asleep.

Then, the body enters the dream world from the inner world, and finally, the body instantly enters the dream world while the person is awake in the outer world.

Of course, there's another way: opening a dream portal. Zhao Hao has done it a few times; it's very convenient for moving other people's treasure vaults.

However, this thing is the most burdensome, and Zhao Hao usually needs several days to recover after using it once.

Regardless, with this advantage, he has a way out. Even if the military launches a large-scale crackdown, he can leave at any time. He's no less capable than those top figures who have dominated the underworld for many years.

Colt specifically remarked, "You're a Level 2 agent now, you're getting great treatment."

Zhao Hao understood what he meant. The people above didn't consider Zhao Hao one of their own; otherwise, he would at least be a Level 3. Level 2 would be too perfunctory.

But as I said before: it's not a big problem.

Anyway, I've never considered them as one of my own.

……

After becoming a full-time employee, you will be assigned some temporary tasks.

Previously, Zhao Hao was very free, either discussing things with the authorities or taking on missions independently within the Mysterious Bureau. Now, things are different; he's now receiving a government salary.

However, Colt secured a lot of privileges and benefits for Zhao Hao, including a car and a house.

Zhao Hao was worried that there might be something fishy going on, and besides, he wasn't without a car or a house, so he didn't take it.

"Replace them all with extraordinary resources."

The next day, Zhao Hao set off on a mission. The first mission he received was a tough one.

In Allentown, neighboring Pennsylvania, a supernatural event has occurred, and it's causing quite a stir.

At first, some children suddenly lost consciousness and fell into a deep sleep. Within just a few days, the number of affected children reached 50! And the impact began to spread.

The local secret service team sprang into action, and this action proved effective. Three days later, a total of six secret service members fell into a coma: four black-clad agents and two superhumans.

Moreover, the number of victimized children was increasing rapidly. By the time Zhao Hao received the data, 124 children were already in a coma.

The local area is already in an uproar. If it weren't for the police doing a good job of suppressing the unrest in the streets, there would have been protests and zero-dollar shopping events by now.

Locals say that the higher-ups are conducting shady experiments that have harmed their children.

Colt was completely short-handed. Marianne, Ciri, and even research and logistics personnel like Winston and Sylvia had been sent out to lead teams.

Therefore, Zhao Hao started working as soon as he became a formal employee.

He didn't even ask Colt for the men he was assigned. "Alright. You only have two or three squads left, keep them for yourself. If I can handle this, I don't need the Black Agents; if I can't, no matter how many agents I send, it won't help. Oh, and remember to have the squad over there cooperate with me..."

Zhao Hao told Elena and the other friends, then set off in his monster jeep.

The Secret Service wanted to provide him with a bulletproof psionic vehicle, but their thing was no match for their monster jeep.

On the way to Alton, a jerk driving a sports car yelled at Zhao Hao, cut him off, and spat on him.

Zhao Hao didn't hold back and drove right up to it. Several tentacles extended from under the monster jeep and quickly ripped off the four wheels of the still-moving sports car.

That guy just lay there paralyzed on the road, his hands on the steering wheel completely dumbfounded, not knowing where his wheels had gone.

Monster Jeep is also very thrifty; he thought the wheels and rims were beautiful, so he took them off and installed them on himself!

Well done!

Chapter 323 Weird Animated Film

Zhao Hao placed a map on the driver's seat, with the route drawn on it. Then he leaned back in his seat and went to sleep.

True autonomous driving, pure alien-level intelligent AI, capable of disassembling the other party's wheels at any time.

Zhao Hao's consciousness entered the dream world, and at this point, the scope of his dream world was already very large.

After advancing to Bronze, the surge in his mental attributes and total spiritual energy allowed his dream to expand further.

The bamboo forest that was once on the edge of the dream is now in the middle of the dream.

However, we still don't know the name of the mysterious being we saw that day.

Now Zhao Hao has quite a few good things in his dreams.

What was once a simple bamboo house has now been transformed into a grand villa. No wonder, now I'm the ruler of a realm, I'm rich!

The Minions, who have already awakened their psionic powers, are running around and busy on different toy mounts.

Some wore white coats, some wore knight-errant uniforms, some wore goggles, some wore chef's hats... each had their own direction in life.

In their spare time, they would go on group tours to the Dark Fairy Tale World, to the territories of Zhao Hao's friends. Every day there was an abundance of fruit, especially bananas, making their lives very fulfilling.

Several strangely shaped buildings appeared in the dream. Some were researching alchemy, some were researching psionic mechanics, some were large kitchens for extraordinary cooking, and there were also a few Minions from niche schools who liked to make psionic dolls.

Originally, in the dream, there was only a small batch of psionic dolls that Zhao Hao brought back from the "Tin Soldier Incident." Toy dinosaurs, toy soldiers, and the like.

However, Zhao Hao also gained something during this time in the Dark Fairy Tale World. While he was wandering and swimming in the sea with the little mermaid, he discovered a giant whale.

Since entering the Bronze realm, Zhao Hao's ability to observe auras and his extraordinary ability to provide warnings have greatly improved. Zhao Hao can even see a blood-red "danger" character directly above the heads of some passersby, indicating that they are in grave danger.

Zhao Hao noticed something amiss with the clouds above the whale's head and eventually found a doll workshop inside the whale's belly with the little mermaid.

Guess what? This is actually the puppet workshop of the father who made the murderous puppet Pinocchio.

When the old man was searching for Pinocchio, he was swallowed by a whale. Inside the whale's belly, he set up a workshop, intending to create an even more powerful puppet to hunt down the murderous puppet Pinocchio.

Unfortunately, Pinocchio was also swallowed by the whale. The two met inside the whale's belly, but the old man was gone!

After Zhao Hao brought the doll workshop back to the dream world, some of the Minions combined some techniques from alchemy with those of magical puppets and figured out how to make psionic dolls.

Now there are all kinds of magical dolls, flying in the sky, running on the ground, and swimming in the water.

These dolls may look unremarkable, but they're all made of Black Iron grade! It's just that the materials are a bit expensive, so mass production isn't an option.

Because Zhao Hao's dream was already too large, it was an exceptionally large and conspicuous one among the dreams floating on the surface of the entire spiritual energy sea, and he was attacked by nightmares and other dream-specific spiritual monsters many times a day.

Although they were all small pieces of trash, the vast majority of which couldn't break through the outer barrier, essentially a door-to-door delivery. However, Zhao Hao was also worried that if one day a bigger one was attracted, the two guardian stone lions, the vermilion torii gate, and the demon-suppressing pagoda wouldn't be able to hold it back, and it would destroy his dream again.

Therefore, we have been making arrangements, mainly focusing on the advanced use of barrier techniques. We are using spiritual materials to create permanent sealing barriers.

In the dream, besides the manor villa, the largest building was the Dream Safe House. It was a sealed place!

In order to build this safe house, Zhao Hao used more than a dozen extraordinary items and consumed extraordinary materials worth tens of millions of US dollars.

Its main purpose is to seal and suppress, sealing away monsters, strange things, and abnormal things so that they cannot cause trouble, and instead providing energy to the entire dream world.

Zhao Hao entered the dream and worked overtime again to construct a barrier and set up a seal, making his base as solid as a rock.

About an hour later, Zhao Hao felt the monster jeep calling him.

I opened my eyes and saw that we were almost there.

They went directly to the location of the local secret service's branch, which was a bar with very little business.

Locals generally avoid these places because the service is terrible and the prices are exorbitant. Things like overpriced prawns and sea urchin scrambled eggs are ridiculously expensive!

The main issue is that certain special arrangements can interfere with the spirituality of ordinary people, causing them to spontaneously develop feelings of aversion and avoidance.

But the tavern always had some outsiders who came to patronize it; they were either passing through or local superhumans.

The Mystic Bureau typically uses these contact points and gathering places to exert influence on those with extraordinary abilities. This also facilitates monitoring their movements and gathering intelligence.

Zhao Hao looked at the tavern's old sign, which read "Allonn Spiritual Bar" in psychic energy. This thing was invisible to those with less than 3 points of spiritual vision.

Stepping into the dimly lit, old-fashioned tavern, Zhao Hao took out his ID and placed it on the counter. "Give me a glass of milk."

The black-clad agent disguised as a bartender glanced at the ID, then poured Zhao Hao a glass of milk with a puzzled expression.

"Who's in charge here? Let him come see me," Zhao Hao said while sipping his milk.

The bartender hesitated for a moment: "Sir, the person in charge is still unconscious in the hospital." Seeing that Zhao Hao was about to ask more, he added: "The deputy captain is also unconscious, and basically everyone who can speak is already..." He shrugged.

"Holy crap!" Zhao Hao cursed, placing the empty glass on the bar. "So how many people are left now?"

"Four, sir. Counting me, there are four more!"

The Bureau of Mysteries was already short-staffed, with only a dozen or so permanent staff in London, usually drawn from nearby areas to help out when needed. This latest wave of casualties has left more than half of them gone, completely paralyzing the organization.

"Do you know the specifics?"

The bartender nodded. "I don't know much. The captain said it was related to an animated film, and as a result, the captain and his men got infected; the vice-captain and his men were sorting through the files left by the captain, and they got infected too. The files are in the office, but none of us dare to touch them."

"Tell me what happened. When did the first child fall into a coma? Were there any signs of his condition worsening?"

After a barrage of questions, Zhao Hao got up and went to his office.

There isn't much information about this matter, just a brown paper bag.

The paper bag was lying haphazardly on the table, open, with a corner of some documents sticking out. It must have been because after the deputy captain was knocked unconscious while researching the documents, the remaining people were too afraid to touch it.

Zhao Hao activated his Destiny Eye and carefully observed the document for a full ten minutes without sensing any danger. The warning he received was: This document contains some sensitive information; reading it may cause a psionic resonance that could affect one's mind...

The previous captain and vice-captain were Iron 3-star and Iron 2-star respectively, and both had served in the Liberty City branch, so they were quite experienced. However, it's generally hard to believe these kinds of things, because you always seem to encounter new "surprises."

These two were clearly not strong enough; they were drawn in by the information about the strange creature and fell directly into its trap.

However, this also shows that this strange object is not an ordinary thing; at the very least, it can evoke a wide range of spiritual resonance.

Therefore, those who are spiritually resonated with will be affected. The danger level is very high.

Zhao Hao prepared to open the file, and sure enough, there was interference.

However, Zhao Hao came from Uncle Tie's place after all, and his initial training was "copying scriptures to cultivate his mind and character." Not to mention that he was already at the Bronze level, so he easily resisted.

The information contained the captain's investigation data and conjectures; he had already found something related to an animated film.

The children who were in a coma had one thing in common: the vast majority of them had watched an animated film before falling asleep.

It was a puppet show called "Candle Bay".