Chapter 3091

York City, inside the office.

Su Xiao stood on the array that emitted a golden luster. The discomfort gradually faded; having used the Demon race's teleportation several times in the previous world, he had gradually adapted to it.

Baha hung from the ceiling light, swaying left and right. Bubu Wang squatted on the ground, his abdomen twitching occasionally. Am's expression was as usual; he even wanted to eat dinner.

The little boy brought back from Winter Spring Town lay on the ground, tear stains on his eyes. After being dazed for a while, he burst into tears, snot running down his face, accompanied by bouts of dry heaving.

Lie Chao leaned against the wall, arms crossed, her expression indifferent. Judging by her clenched fists, her stomach was not at peace.

"Impressive, being this calm on the first time."

Baha affirmed Lie Chao's indifference.

"Oh."

Lie Chao only said the word "oh," truly not daring to say more; she felt like she was about to vomit.

"I'm going to the hotel across the street to order dinner. What does everyone want to eat?"

"Noodles as the main course."

"Woof (fragrant meat)."

"Moo."

"I'm not hungry."

Hearing Lie Chao's words, Baha's smile became unscrupulous.

"My dear lady, if your stomach is uncomfortable, just say it. It's not embarrassing."

"Meat, grilled fish..."

Lie Chao ordered over a dozen items. Baha noted them down and flew out of the office. Half an hour later, Lie Chao sat at the dining table, as if facing an enemy, pinning the grilled fish with a fork so hard that it pierced through the plate and into the table beneath.

After the meal, Lie Chao went upstairs to rest, her expression serious. For some reason, she actually smiled at Baha, a smile that made Baha panic; it felt that because of its unscrupulousness just now, it was hated by Lie Chao.

Su Xiao sat behind the office desk, taking stock of the gains from this trip. He obtained a total of 14.51% of the World's Source, 1 【Calamity Treasure Chest】, and 6 【Holy Spirit-level Treasure Chests】. The gold content of the suffixes of these Holy Spirit-level chests was around 3% to 8%.

The Alliance World was dangerous, but the gains were also astonishingly high. Just one trip, and he had such a harvest.

Checking the first ring of the main quest, it was 1/2 complete. By containing 2 more A-level dangerous objects, the quest would be finished.

Seeing the completion progress of the main quest, Su Xiao thought about whether he could complete the first ring of the main quest by eliminating or containing another S-level dangerous object.

Su Xiao tried to consult through the brand, and there was actually feedback. The result was that if he eliminated or contained another S-level dangerous object, not only could he complete the quest, but he could also obtain a higher quest evaluation.

The quest reward for a basic evaluation was 2 Golden Skill Points. If he contained another S-level dangerous object, he could obtain 3 Golden Skill Points. Assuming it was a high-tier dangerous object, he could obtain up to 5 Golden Skill Points.

This made Su Xiao very tempted. He even thought about whether he could release one of the dangerous objects contained in the basement of the 'Institution' headquarters and then catch it back to complete the quest.

Su Xiao prepared to test if this method was feasible through the brand, and then he was warned by the Reincarnation Paradise. The content was that he must not complete the main quest passively.

This idea was obviously not feasible, which was related to Su Xiao's initial identity. He opened the drawer, took out the documents to check, and a moment later, he gave up on these known but uncontained S-level dangerous objects.

Of these four S-level dangerous objects, each was more troublesome than the last. Among them, Dangerous Object S-122 (Dream Hunter) was the easiest to find. To come into contact with S-122 (Dream Hunter), one had to first gouge out their own right eye and then fall into a deep sleep to lure it.

S-122 (Dream Hunter) would appear silently in dreams, devouring the victim's dreamscape bit by bit. It was impossible to completely kill S-122 (Dream Hunter) in a dream; even if killed briefly, it would not stop devouring the dreamscape. It could be said that once S-122 (Dream Hunter) arrived, the victim entered a countdown to death.

When S-122 (Dream Hunter) devoured the victim's dreamscape completely, the victim would never wake up, and the brain of the physical body would disappear completely.

This was S-122 (Dream Hunter). Whether it had a physical body was unknown, and its characteristics of existence were unknown. The only known way to find it was to gouge out one's own right eye and fall into a deep sleep.

Doing so meant certain death. 126 field personnel and 19 'Institution' supernaturals had died because of this.

Conversely, as long as one did not fall into a deep sleep without a right eye, S-122 (Dream Hunter) would not appear. To date, no ordinary person had been eaten dry of their dreamscape by S-122 (Dream Hunter).

For this reason, the Alliance enacted a special law. To maintain the image of citizens and protect the physical and mental health of children, whether it was a work-related injury or an accident, as long as one had undergone an eye removal surgery, one must install a prosthetic eye to avoid scaring children with an empty eye socket.

With a prosthetic eye in the socket, S-122 (Dream Hunter) would not come looking. This intelligence was tested by 40 field personnel at the cost of losing their right eyes forever, saving many civilians from death.

Comprehensively considering the large-scale invasiveness, danger peak, and unsolvable nature of the Dream Hunter, it was positioned as number S-122. It was unsolvable, but the trigger conditions were high, and it would not cause large-scale casualties.

Of the four uncontained S-level dangerous objects, S-122 (Dream Hunter) was the easiest to find; one could imagine how troublesome the remaining three were.

As for the Calamity Bell, its file was Dangerous Object S-100, with a small range of invasion and strong single-target threat.

Su Xiao picked up the telephone receiver and dialed a four-digit number. A sweet female voice entered his ears.

"Hello, Deputy Legion Commander. I am your exclusive dialer. Is there anything you need?"

Who this dialer was, Su Xiao did not know. Such staff members who came into contact with secrets would hide their identities forever; only Dean Victor knew who they were.

"Don't call me Deputy Legion Commander. I have already been dismissed by joint signature."

"Understood, Deputy Legion Commander."

"..."

Su Xiao flipped through the materials in his hand, pondered for a moment, and said: "Get me the information on Dangerous Object Mermaid."

"Please wait a moment."

The slightly playful dialer stopped talking. Actually, one couldn't blame her; she spent more than 15 hours a day in a closed working environment. If her personality wasn't a bit interesting, she would have mental problems sooner or later.

A few minutes later, the dialer's sweet voice appeared again.

"Dangerous Object Mermaid, labeled S-006. It is recorded that this is a biological entity that cries and sings. When crying, it attracts other dangerous objects. It is known to attract Dangerous Objects S-109, S-100, S-094, S-085... S-005, S-003, S-002, etc., 25 types of dangerous objects have all been attracted by the Mermaid's crying, allegedly. The Mermaid can also attract designated dangerous objects through specific 'frequencies'.

S-006 (Mermaid) only appears at sea. All intelligent dangerous objects attracted by her crying will attempt to protect her, and in some cases, imprison her.

The singing of S-006 (Mermaid) will capture the love of all living beings, viewing her as holy above all else, protecting her with all their might.

According to recorded information, the crying and singing of S-006 (Mermaid) bring danger. Containment failed once. After being contained, S-006 (Mermaid) will wither continuously in weekly cycles and eventually die.

S-006 (Mermaid) has a record of being killed artificially. After 15 to 20 years, she will appear at sea again. Last time, it was us who killed her. That is all the information, Deputy Legion Commander."

The dialer's articulation was clear, but her speaking speed was incredibly fast, like a frantically operating typewriter. Su Xiao even suspected that if the information were any longer, this girl would go into shock from holding her breath.

Su Xiao hung up the phone. He finally knew why Kingsley wanted to capture Dangerous Object S-006 (Mermaid).

It is now known that the Mermaid has two characteristics: crying and singing. Crying attracts other dangerous objects, and singing confuses living beings, turning them into existences like love slaves.

Kingsley's Eclipse organization uses dangerous objects to fight, and their technology in this regard is very advanced. With S-006 (Mermaid), they can obtain several usable S-level dangerous objects, conservatively estimated at three or more.

Just now, Su Xiao learned a piece of information, which is that the Mermaid's crying can attract Dangerous Object S-002 (Death Grail), and the Death Grail is what he wants to find.

Not only that, if he could contain S-006 (Mermaid), the reward for the first ring of Su Xiao's main quest would definitely be 5 Golden Skill Points.

There was still plenty of quest time left. Competing with Kingsley for Dangerous Object S-006 (Mermaid) was the best choice at the moment.

With nothing to do, Su Xiao picked up the newspaper on the table. It was still the Thorn Flower Daily, but yesterday's edition.

"Baha."

"I'm here."

"Go buy another Thorn Flower Daily."

"The newspaper from the Flathead Brother Press? I'll go right now."

Baha went out, and returned ten minutes later. As soon as it entered the door, it said: "Boss, the Thorn Flower Daily didn't publish a paper today."

"Hmm?"

Su Xiao felt suspicious. For such a large newspaper, not publishing for a day was a huge loss. Compared to economic losses, the loss of credibility was even greater.

Although he felt he was overthinking, his long-standing caution made Su Xiao pick up the phone and dial, still to the operator girl.

A moment later, Su Xiao put down the phone. The operator's source of information was the total collection of all intelligence channels of the Institution. It could be said that the operator girl was a know-it-all.

According to the operator girl, yesterday at noon, the Thorn Flower Press was bombed, and the president of the press was seriously injured, nearly killed. According to the Institution's intelligence, the shadows of the Alliance and the Eclipse organization were in this matter; it might have been done by one of these two parties.

Almost instantly, Su Xiao thought of a corner report he saw in the Thorn Flower Daily a few days ago, the content of which was: "Recently, fishermen heard a woman crying underwater at sea."

That crying was very likely from Dangerous Object S-006 (Mermaid).

Colossal entities like the Alliance and the Eclipse organization would not easily move against the Thorn Flower Press; the external impact would be bad, unless the Thorn Flower Press reported something that shouldn't be reported, for example, clues about Dangerous Object S-006 (Mermaid).

Someone bombed the Thorn Flower Press. This was... what a brain-dead operation.

Su Xiao was somewhat impressed by this operation. If this matter was really ordered by Kingsley, it was simply too wonderful, reaching an unbelievable degree. Would a person like Kingsley do such a stupid thing? It had already been reported, and it was just a corner news item; go to retaliate after a few days?

Just as Su Xiao was pondering the follow-up plan, he gripped the Zhan Long Shan on the table, and the Dragon Shadow Flash ability was activated. He had already appeared on the third floor; someone had sneaked into his residence.

The scene that met his eyes made Su Xiao frown. Lie Chao wrapped in a bath towel was not the point; the point was that the little boy was lying on the corridor, already half-comatose, and on the floor beside the little boy lay a metal syringe.

Su Xiao looked at the white rotting flesh squirming on the wall. This looked like a biological entity modified by some secret method, with independent consciousness.

The white rotting flesh dissolved rapidly, the aura of life dissipated, and it committed suicide.

Lie Chao's reaction just now was very fast. The infiltrator made a move on the little boy as soon as it arrived, but was stopped by Lie Chao.

"Am, dispose of that thing."

Su Xiao came to the little boy's side, pinching the other's neck with one hand to check the pulse. Judging from the life fluctuations and aura fluctuations, he was just unconscious and should not have been injected with drugs or the like. Su Xiao was an alchemist, and his investigation in this regard had an accuracy rate of over 90%.

Su Xiao picked up the metal syringe on the ground. After pushing it, a few drops of fresh blood seeped out from the needle tip. Looking at the small red dot on the side of the little boy's neck, that infiltrator, after successfully sneaking in, immediately wanted to draw the little boy's blood.

The purpose of those people was not the little boy himself, but his blood. The little boy was born because of the Calamity Bell, and the Calamity Bell had an inextricable relationship with the Mermaid.

The enemy's goal was to capture the Mermaid. How to get close to the Mermaid was a big problem. Once a human approached within 1 kilometer of the Mermaid, she would sing. Never mind covering your ears; even stabbing your ears deaf would be useless. Moreover, there were likely other dangerous objects protecting the Mermaid.

For the enemy, how to get close to the Mermaid was the biggest problem, followed by dealing with the dangerous objects around the Mermaid.

Last time, the 'Institution' was able to contain the Mermaid because the Mermaid was weak for unknown reasons and had no dangerous objects protecting her, so they succeeded in capturing her. There were still many unsolved mysteries about the Mermaid.

If Su Xiao guessed correctly, this little boy's blood was the key to getting close to the Mermaid; otherwise, the enemy would not risk coming to draw blood.

Sending someone to draw blood was another brain-dead operation. Without this, Su Xiao wouldn't have guessed what the little boy's blood was for.

First bombing the Thorn Flower Press, then sneaking in to steal blood, these two moronic operations made one's scalp tingle, full of question marks.

Looking back, when Su Xiao went to Winter Spring Town, Kingsley's layout was extremely meticulous. If he were still the previous Deputy Legion Commander of the Institution, he would really have been left there forever. Although Su Xiao replaced the identity of the Deputy Legion Commander of the Institution, he was much stronger than the other party. This was his advantage; Kingsley didn't know how strong he was before.

After pondering for a moment, Su Xiao roughly figured out what was going on. He had two enemies: Kingsley, and several high-level Alliance officials + several Alliance councilors, referred to as the Alliance Council. Of course, the Alliance Council could not fully represent the entire Alliance.

At this time, the enemy's situation was one god leading a pit. Kingsley was that god, while the Alliance Council was the pit, top-tier pig teammates.

Bombing the Thorn Flower Press and sneaking in to steal blood were both orders from the Alliance Council.

If they were to open up a battle, Su Xiao really wasn't sure if he could defeat Kingsley. Now, however, he felt much more at ease. With the enemy's pig teammates, the Alliance Council, and his own alternative "allies" present, Su Xiao felt that his winning chances were high, at least in the matter of the Mermaid, he had a great advantage.

Ring-a-ling~

The phone downstairs rang. Su Xiao went downstairs and picked up the receiver. A very magnetic and slightly low male voice entered his ears.

"Kukulin, how have you been lately? It's been a long time. You might have forgotten my voice. I am Kingsley."

Su Xiao sat down, lit a cigarette, and said: "Not bad, didn't die in Winter Spring Town."

"I never thought about killing you. If you die, it's a loss for the entire Western Alliance."

"Oh."

"Shall we make a deal?"

"No need."

"Hmm?"

Kingsley on the other side of the phone was somewhat puzzled. He estimated that Su Xiao would not refuse this deal. In fact, without the enemy sneaking in just now, Su Xiao indeed would not have refused.

"Just now, someone sneaked into my office and wanted to draw the little boy's blood."

As soon as Su Xiao's voice fell, he heard a crisp cracking sound from the receiver. The person on the other side of the phone seemed to have crushed something. He continued:

"By the way, the Thorn Flower Press was bombed yesterday. Did you know?"

Su Xiao said this with a smile on his face.

"People with a mental age over five wouldn't do such a thing."

Kingsley's voice was calm, but something was hidden in the calmness.

"Sorry to bother you."

After Kingsley finished this sentence, he hung up the phone. Before hanging up, he seemed to sigh. Obviously, he was also quite impressed by the Alliance Council's flashy operations. He even somewhat doubted which side those people were on.