Chapter 147

Buzzing—

Dozens of medium-sized quadcopter drones hovered in the night sky, each equipped with conical spotlights and connected by cables to gasoline generators below, providing long-duration illumination as bright as daylight.

Agents of the Special Affairs Bureau's Mobile Task Force searched the entire amusement park area house by house, using chains and manacles to drag out the dolls standing frozen in place and load them onto armored transport vehicles disguised as large trucks, rushing them to a secret facility dozens of kilometers away.

Su Jie sat on a roadside bench, his face slightly pale; he had already handed over the head jar to a colleague, who transferred it to the medical team for evaluation.

He himself forced himself to stay alert and gave Xu Yongyan, branch commander of the Yinx City Mobile Task Force Team Three, a detailed report on the mission.

(All Special Affairs Bureau agents carried concealed body cameras that automatically archived video footage upon mission completion, but procedures still required written and verbal debriefings.)

"That's all the situation—Andre and Master Pi Fu are gone. Logically, the mission objective was 'Read the Guide and Leave the Park Before Sunset'; even if we ultimately killed that doll, we should've tried to escape.

But I'd already heard the system announce mission completion, so I stayed put and waited for you to arrive.

Maybe the force sealing the park came from that doll? I'm not sure."

Su Jie said this to his colleague, then suddenly remembered something and slapped his forehead, "Oh! There was supposed to be another Qibing from the Whale Song Guild—Stack Qibing! I lost sight of him after our first separation and never saw him again; when I met Master Pi Fu and the others, I didn't spot any trace of Stack Qibing."

"Here he is! Found him!"

From farther away came a colleague's shout; several agents carried Stack Qibing out on a stretcher from the haunted house section of Mickey Street.

Since the arriving Special Affairs Bureau agents included plenty of experts, one cast a detection skill and discovered Stack Qibing had collapsed due to his sanity dropping below 10 points, causing his brain to overheat.

He likely got trapped inside the haunted house by countless dolls after the air raid siren sounded, and to avoid exposure, he used some skill (possibly body digitization) to hide—only to drain too much sanity and pass out in a dark corner, perfectly missing the entire spectacle.

Su Jie glanced at Stack Qibing with a touch of sympathy; although the Whale Song Guild had good relations with the Special Affairs Bureau, the latter's style was always strict and meticulous—once Stack Qibing woke up, he'd face a long, tedious interrogation process and would have to stay in a padded room for a while.

"You've worked hard too. Go back, write a statement, then get some rest. We'll handle things here."

Xu Yongyan patted Su Jie's shoulder in encouragement, then rubbed his temples as he surveyed the entire park.

The biggest problem was this: after the mission ended, the entire amusement park had not vanished—it had replaced the abandoned resort in Chengxi, appearing out of thin air!

The dolls, transformed from humans, remained inside as well.

This defied common sense. If the entire area had "fallen" into the real world through a rift from a killing field entity, that would be understandable.

But all clues gathered from the surroundings indicated this amusement park was clearly a product of another world!

That world shared a similar background with Earth, used the same language, and its institutions (possibly a government body or the United Nations) had recognized the threat posed by the Doll Princess and chosen to contain and study her by constructing this amusement park.

"Did something from a parallel universe massively 'fall' into Earth?"

Xu Yongyan rubbed his brow in frustration, sighing at how complicated his mission report would be, then opened his personal panel's contact list and reached out to his superior, Director Xing Hechou of the Yinx City Special Affairs Bureau, to report the situation.

"That's all the situation. Since the amusement park structures persist long-term and cannot be dismantled quickly, to prevent nearby residents, hikers, and tourists from discovering this sudden appearance of a building complex, we'll have to seal off surrounding roads and deploy high-power drone jammers."

Xu Yongyan said: "As for the reason…"

"Use underground natural gas pipeline leakage. There happens to be a pipeline right there."

Director Xing Hechou replied calmly; the Special Affairs Bureau handled and concealed countless anomalies nationwide every month, and their methods were flawless.

If there were no witnesses, everyone got along fine.

If there were witnesses, use memory erasers paired with hypnosis to implant false memories.

If there were many witnesses and physical traces couldn't be cleared quickly, fabricate a reason.

A building collapse could be blamed on a gas tank explosion; multiple people fainting could be called food poisoning; crowds seeing monsters could be explained as hallucinations from eating psychedelic mushrooms.

Additionally, AI programs could be planted online to scan keywords, photos, and videos for censorship; if all else failed, bury one trending Weibo topic under another.

We also owe gratitude to AI technology—because of AI-generated videos, official agencies worldwide have been significantly eased: all anomalies can now be blamed on AI videos.

Director Xing Hechou paused, then said slowly: "Regardless, we must find out why this building complex entered the real world. The top priority is locating the Doll Princess and the so-called Master Pi Fu who took her away."

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At the same moment, Li Cheng, the one constantly mentioned, did not rush home.

He first walked into the city beyond the reach of traffic surveillance cameras, then repeatedly changed locations—public restrooms, parks, under bridges—to confirm no one was following him.

Only after confirming he was untracked did he return home under his disguise.

"Phew."

Li Cheng exhaled deeply, released Grey Rain from her electronic pet egg; she immediately leapt onto the sofa (a specially customized model capable of bearing Grey Rain's weight) and pulled out a tablet and phone from between the cushions to play.

Given her major contribution this time, Li Cheng said nothing, merely tossed out, "Don't stare so close to the screen—you'll go blind," then walked into the bathroom to wash his body and inspect his mission rewards, as Grey Rain stared blankly.

【Reward Settlement In Progress】

【Player Overall Performance: S, Game Coins and Experience Gained Increased to 160%】

As expected.

Li Cheng felt no surprise—he knew killing or sealing the Doll Princess would yield an S rating; merely completing four amusement rides and leaving the park would likely have earned only a B.