Cyberpunk, but urban

Algaria said as he swung his sickle to break open the gate that blocked the escape passage. Behind the gate, a few barely perceptible shoe prints were left on the ground, proving that someone had escaped from this branch.

"Pluto, it looks like we've come here for nothing."

"Do you need me to track the owner of this footprint?" Pluto looked at the footprints on the ground, and a magic circle lit up in his eyes. As long as his Lord Algaria gave the order, this magic circle would be able to show in front of his eyes what the owner of the footprints did when they left the footprints.

Algaria shook his head and said to him, "No need. The deal we made with Mr. Ye Lan only included rescuing the employees in the branch. If the employees have already fled the branch, it has nothing to do with us."

There was a genuine smile on his face. This loophole in the commission was enough for him to use it to launch a harmless counterattack against Ye Lan.

No matter what, how could Algaria not feel a little unhappy when she was commanded by the news about her beloved sister?

"Lord Algaria, you seem to be enjoying yourself?"

"Of course... By the way, Pluto. If one day I tell you that my dream has changed, will you choose to betray me?"

Standing in front of the exit of the escape passage, Algaria, engulfed by the light shining in, asked Pluto.

Pluto, who was walking behind him, was still in the dark corridor due to the power outage, and it was difficult to see the expression on Algaria's face at the moment.

"If that day comes, it will only prove that I am also affected by the illusion you gave me." Pluto sighed, "If you also give up the dream of creating a new world... I will definitely fight you with my sword."

"People are not static. What choices will I make in the future? I can only say that I hope that day will never come, Pluto."

The two left the remains of the Lobotomy Corporation branch one after the other, seemingly leaving this conversation in the pitch-black facility.

The two of them, who were not discussing this matter, stepped into Pluto's teleportation array and moved to the next Lobotomy Corporation branch. Although Ye Lan did not specify the time limit for this commission, if they could not rescue even one living Lobotomy Corporation branch employee, he, the Blue Reverberation, and his Reverberation Orchestra could pack up and go home.

Algaria and Pluto have traveled almost all over the northern part of the city in the past few days. Apart from those branches of the Lobotomy Corporation that initiated the evacuation procedure at the first time, the fate of the employees in the remaining branches was affected by the Violet Tears. Some employees might have survived in the facilities, but all of them were sacrificed.

"Time waits for no one..."

Chapter 165. Association Southern Conference

"Is everyone here?"

In the meeting room of the southern headquarters of an association, the southern minister of an association who was sitting in the main seat asked the secretary who was standing beside him.

The secretary glanced at the sign-in board again and said to the head of the Southern Division of the First Association, "Yes, except for the deputy head of the First Division who is handling a case outside, all the managers of the Southern Division of the First Association are here."

The Minister looked at the members of the Association and said to them, "Very good, then let Section 3 Chief Mirina explain it to you all."

Mirina nodded when her name was called, stood up from her seat, walked to the whiteboard in the middle of the conference room, and posted the prepared materials on it in different categories.

"My dear colleagues, we are gathered here today to discuss two things. The first is the order conveyed by the leader to upgrade the ninth-level finisher Ye Lan to a 'feature'. The second is to discuss whether to upgrade the 'library' from an urban legend to an urban evil."

After Mirina explained the two topics for today, a section chief immediately raised his hand.

"A ninth-level finisher was promoted to a 'special'?" He flipped through the information about Ye Lan on his desk and told Mirina his opinion: "Excuse me, judging from the commission records left by this finisher in the association, he has absolutely no achievements that can be promoted to a 'special'."

As soon as he finished speaking, another section chief immediately retorted: "No, although he did not leave enough merits in the association's commission records, there is a direct commission order from the head. What we should do is not to discuss whether he is qualified or not, but to discuss what 'color' he should be called."

Mirina, who was presiding over the meeting, said to the managers of the southern part of the association, "Yes, the matter of this finisher named Ye Lan being promoted to a 'special' position was determined by the leader. It is a done deal. We don't need to discuss his merits or not."

Minister Nanbu nodded, and followed up on Mirina's words to the section chiefs and deputy section chiefs, "As Mirina said, the 'characteristics' of this finisher are directly appointed by the head. All we need to discuss are his 'color' and title."

"Also, although this is just my speculation,... the person who finished the job must have completed a commission directly issued by some adults, which is why there is such a leap in results."

Next, everyone in the conference room began a series of nominations. Every member of the Southern Association who could sit in this conference room had an anonymous nomination list, and they could submit any title they thought was appropriate to Mirina for unified public display.

Finally, the Southern Division of the First Association will count three unoccupied colors and titles and submit them to the Central Headquarters for selection. This entire "characteristic" promotion will last for a total of one month, and finally the title that best suits Ye Lan will be voted for within the First Association.

After nominations, statistics and a halftime break, the topic of Ye Lan's promotion 'characteristics' came to a temporary end after two hours.

After sorting out the nominations for section chiefs and deputy section chiefs, Mirina also took a break. Then, she would start to preside over the next topic.

"Then, the second topic of today's meeting is about the issue of elevating the 'library' from an urban legend to an urban evil."

Mirina, who had cleared the whiteboard in advance, posted the relevant information about the library and began to introduce the relevant situation of the library to the section chiefs.

"…So far, the association has received a large number of reports of casualties, including from the Second Association's Southern Sixth Division. The Third Division, which I personally supervise and is responsible for the statistics of this case, believes that the library should be upgraded from an urban legend to an urban evil."

"The Sixth Department of the Southern Section of the Second Association...is that Walter's department?" A deputy section chief who seemed to have a good relationship with the Second Association said from the audience.

Another deputy section chief sighed: "I didn't expect that the entire section of the Second Association's Southern Section would be ruined by this incident."

Although the Sixth Department was the weakest department in the Association and was responsible for handling the Association's mundane affairs, it was not uncommon for the Association to have an entire department sacrificed in a case.

"Everyone, on this issue, I agree with Section 3 Chief Mirina's idea. A large number of victims have already appeared in the library case. Continuing to assign commissions to the agency at the current threat level will only lead to more people who are not up to the standard blindly accepting such commissions, which is not conducive to the current stability of the city."

The minister of the southern part of an association waited for a while until the management staff of each department had almost finished their discussion, and then he told everyone his ideas.

His decision on this matter was clear and unquestionable, and the threat level to the Library was bound to continue to rise.

"Minister...you have made it so clear, what else do we have to discuss..."

The head of Section 1 sighed and said that since their minister had already made a decision, the second half of the meeting was just a waste of time for them...

"Hmph, if I don't let you discuss things thoroughly, won't you feel uneasy?" The meeting was almost over, and the minister in charge of the entire southern part of the association finally lowered his posture and joked a little with his subordinates.

Mirina packed up the materials she had placed on the podium and asked their minister, "Well, Mr. Minister... can I declare the meeting I'm chairing today over?"

"Do you have any additional topics you would like to discuss? If not, then this meeting is over and you may return to your departments."

Several section chiefs looked at each other, and then reported the special situations encountered by their departments during this period in order.

These matters, which were less important than the two main topics, took up another two hours of meeting time for the association's managers.

After all the disposal plans for these matters were completely worked out, the section chiefs and their deputy section chiefs could finally leave the meeting room.

"Section Chief Mirina, what did Ye Lan, the ninth-rank closer, do you think he had to complete to receive such an exaggerated reward as 'Special'?"

"Harold, I know you're still worried that the closer isn't worthy of the 'featured' status... but the closer's credentials and office were all approved by Olivier himself. Even if you don't trust him, don't you trust Olivier?"

On the way back to the first department, Mirina and her deputy chief Harold were still discussing today's topic.

Chapter 166. Vision Office

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Chapter 167. On the pain of having a new guest just after a short break

"Oh my God...how long have we been sitting here..." Roland let out a wail that made Angelica sigh.

In fact, it had only been a dozen minutes since he and Angelica dealt with the two anomalies that appeared on the literary and artistic levels.

They had just chatted about what the designated librarians had done during the Day and Night incident when the sight of the new guests appeared before their eyes.

"Sure enough, someone would want to investigate Singularity Technology."

Angela, who had returned to the director's office at some point, commented on the story of the three people from the Vision Office. Although there was no expression on her face, her tone was filled with a hint of disdain for these greedy people.

Roland half-jokingly said, "Of course not. Singularity technology can bring amazing wealth. Back then, didn't L Company spend a lot of effort to protect the secrets of Singularity technology?"

"An environmentally friendly energy company that emerged after the smog war! To be honest, it is thanks to your company that we can be freed from the suffocating smog."

Angelica gently pinched her husband's cheek and said, "Roland, for someone like you who participated in the final battle of the smog war, this sentence is more of a sarcasm than a joke~"

Although what he said was also an expression of his sincere gratitude, but for him, a person who personally participated in the finalization of the haze war, it also carried a strong sense of sarcasm and hellish joke.

Angela sighed helplessly, "Alas, Roland... didn't I tell you? At that time, I was trapped inside the company and could only recite the same script over and over again."

Up to now, the only people who could make her show obvious expressions, besides Ye Lan who had accompanied her through a difficult million years, was Roland.

However, with Angelica's supervision, Roland was not like Ye Lan, who made Angela feel the urge to attack him all the time.

Thinking of Ye Lan, Angela subconsciously asked everyone around her: "What do you think Ye Lan is doing now?"

"Ha! That guy should be on the Yellow Spring Train now... He took the Yellow Spring Train from the library, didn't he just want to use it to save Luna?"

Malkuth spoke in a very clear and logical manner. It was not difficult to guess Ye Lan's actions. After all, the librarians knew very well what his purpose of going to the Warp train was.

However, after losing the experience of the three people from the Molar Office, they all missed the opportunity to recognize a master tuner.

After finishing the small talk, Angela asked Roland and Angelica a new question: "By the way, once the secret of the singularity technology is leaked, it will be stolen immediately?"

Roland shook his head. "How is that possible? Those guys will only find some clues about how the singularity technology works, and then sell this information to another wing or a big gang at a high price."

"Then they will use the secret of Singularity as a threat and extort a large sum of money. Singularity technology is protected by patents, so it is very dangerous to use it directly, not to mention that all patents are managed by the leader himself."

To some extent, such regulations have turned the possible corporate wars between the World Wings into secret wars in which each side sends spies to blackmail each other. To some extent, the leaders have indeed eliminated the possibility that is most likely to cause the city to collapse.

“It’s all about money in the end.”

After spending so much energy searching for the executors, the Wings of the World and the gangs just wanted some money. After hearing what Roland said, Angela's hope of hearing some valuable information died instantly.

Before walking to the reception room, Roland finally said to Angela: "By the way, I also want to know what happened on the WARP train."

"Receive our guests first." Angela said helplessly.

"Mr. Roland, if you come out too late, we can finish reading the rest of the story first~" Hod waved at Roland. Her words made all the librarians sitting in the director's office smile.

At this moment, at the entrance of the library, the three people from the Vision Office also escaped from the confusion caused by the space jump.

Aloko, who was using the three cameras on his head to observe the interior of the library, told the two people around him about his findings: "I can't make a clear observation here."

"You can see the results, but the process is not visible..." Darroch said. Even with the camera on her head and the analytical instruments installed in her prosthesis, she couldn't understand how the library was formed.

"It's exactly the same as the distortion phenomenon that's been rampant lately. It's so annoying." Bono had seen other distortions, and he was the only one among the three who could compare the library with the distortion.

With the crisp sound of snapping fingers, Angela appeared in front of the three of them: "Dear guests, welcome."

Seeing Angela, Aloko asked her anxiously, "How did you get the "Book of Molar Office"? They must still be on the WARP train, right? Only a few seconds passed."

"How did I get it? Just as it takes a lot of effort to uncover the truth of Singularity technology, it also takes a huge price to explore the secrets of the Library."

Angela did not answer Aloko's question. All the questions could be answered in the books in the library.

However, the only fate of the guests is to turn into new books, and they themselves will only become bait to lure the next batch of guests.

"Stupidly asking the obvious question."

"I have no idea..."

Although Darroch didn't understand what Angela meant, Bono already understood. If you want to get the information, then go to the reception room. If you come back alive, you can naturally leave with relevant books.

"If it's really no different from Singularity Technology, then this library and the collections here are enough for us to make a fortune." Aloko, who was still thinking about money, sighed and walked towards the door of the reception room with the other two.

Behind them, Angela said to the three people who had their backs to her, "May you find the book you want."

……

"That robot is pretty good..." said Darok, who had just walked into the reception room and had not yet figured out what kind of enemy he would face.

"...I always feel like something is wrong. Is this kind of thing really worth risking your life for?" Although Bono is timid and talkative, when there is real danger, he is indeed the first one to discover the problem.

"Hey, hello, the three of you~" Across from them, Roland, who was holding Durandal, said to them, "This is my third job today. Let's finish it quickly and let me go back to rest."

Chapter 168. Rambutan, a specialty of Pandemonium, is so cute...

(Title has nothing to do with the text)

Among the three finishers of the Vision Office, only Aloko was at level 4, and the remaining two, Darok and Bono, were both at level 5. With their fighting power against Roland, the battle process could be said to be lackluster.

So let us temporarily focus our attention on Ye Lan, who has returned to the office to rest for a night after eating and drinking.

As a leader, when Jenna wants to do something or wants someone to do something, it is always a matter of whether she wants to do it or not, without any difference between fast and slow.

When she promised Ye Lan on the Warp train to give Luna a moonstone to explore the connection between the little girl and M Company's singularity technology, a fist-sized moonstone ore was sent by M Company and transported to Ye Lan's office through the logistics channels of the Ninth Association.

So, when Ye Lan got up early the next morning, the moonstone promised to Luna arrived at the door of the office under the escort of the finishing staff of the Second Section of the Southern Section of the Ninth Association.

Dong dong dong

"Hello, is anyone inside? We have your goods."

Ye Lan, who was brushing his teeth in the bathroom, vaguely heard the sound coming from the door. He didn't buy anything, but he didn't know whether Yuli and Luna, the two girls who were still sleeping, had bought anything.

Spitting out the foam in his mouth, Ye Lan responded in the direction of the door. After a moment, he rinsed his mouth and opened the door to the first floor of the office.

Among the three collectors guarding the goods, the female collector who knocked on the door said to Ye Lan, "Excuse me, are you Mr. Ye Lan? This cargo requires a signature in person before it can be collected."

"Yes, it's me."