In the Special Review Bureau, Director Shen Mo holds the highest position.
Next, it's the team leaders' turn.
They each are responsible for their own area of work, with high authority, and only need to report to the director.
For instance, Dr. Huang is the team leader of the scientific research team.
And Xie Biqi, she is the team leader of the special operations team. Her team is burdened with high expectations from above, as it will be a Transcendent squad, with most members consisting of players.
This is a necessity. Da Xia is committed not only to maintaining domestic order but also has great interest in that other game world.
The player team led by Xie Biqi will often be fighting on the battlefields within "Game Another World".
This was a task personally assigned by Shen Mo.
After all, even though the players now possess some Transcendent powers, they are still no match for modern firearms and artillery.
Previously, there were foreign powers preparing to smuggle several tri-test gaming devices out of the country, and Xie Biqi confidently requested to go on the mission.
Then, she was rebuffed by Shen Mo.
He indicated that simply deploying a few elite special forces teams would be much more useful than the current players, and they also obey orders and know how to cooperate.
Xie Biqi got into the car and had Li Ziluo drive, then dialed an encrypted channel.
"Director Shen? Yes... about He Zudao, I've already taken care of it..."
He Zudao, listening by her side, felt somewhat uneasy: 'What does she mean taken care of? I'm not dead! It's just recruitment, recruitment only... Oh well, I guess I'm... a civil servant now, right? At least I'm in a career position, definitely not a temp worker!'
As he was lost in his thoughts, he suddenly saw Xie Biqi punch the back of the seat, startling him: "Team leader... what's wrong?"
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Xie Biqi struggled to contain her rage.
She had just received a message that a confirmed tri-test player, a spy from another country, a foreign student with the surname Zeng, had fled into the consulate of the Star Ring Alliance.
Anytime diplomacy gets involved, things become extremely tricky.
And now, it's clear that foreign countries are very interested in this game, with all kinds of spies rushing into Da Xia recklessly, all sorts of covert lines risking exposure to get activated.
"These foreigners, as soon as they see Da Xia has something good, it's like flies seeing a crack in an egg..."
After hanging up the phone, Xie Biqi ranted for a moment, then felt strangely and patted her forehead: "He Zudao, Li Ziluo... do you think, the person behind this game, could it possibly be a Da Xia person?"
After all, the players from the first and second tests seemed to be all Da Xia people...
It was only during the tri-test that a few foreigners got mixed in.
"I hadn't thought about it from that angle, but now that you mention it... it's possible."
He Zudao had never considered the problem of a puppet master behind the scenes; he suddenly had a kind of enlightenment.
"Or perhaps... it's some ancient civilization's relic, just happens to be within Da Xia's borders... or maybe a crashed alien spaceship or something?"
Xie Biqi began to let her imagination run wild.
After all, she knew, these kinds of wild theories, the intelligentsia within the Special Review Bureau, had already considered eight hundred possibilities.
From prehistoric civilizations, to parallel worlds, to aliens, to foreign conspiracies... they had it all.
But Xie Biqi suddenly felt that the possibility of the mastermind being a Da Xia person was greater!
This was a woman's intuition!
'How can we find out for sure?'
She pondered for a long time, only to reluctantly admit to herself that she had no clue whatsoever.
If the Special Review Bureau had any way, they would undoubtedly have acted on it already.
So the matter came full circle, and it was back to the starting point; they had to deal with the player situation first...
As the saying goes, sorrow is relative.
He Zudao, looking at Jiang Shang, who had signed the same contract as himself, also known as 'I am just prematurely grey-haired', the guild leader of the Snow Viewing Pavilion Guild, a real gaming mogul, suddenly felt his mood lift considerably.
Jiang Shang seemed to have anticipated the Special Review Bureau's visit, as he signed the papers to join with alacrity.
He set down the signing pen and smiled, "I knew early on that this game was not simple. Initially, I just thought it was niche, perhaps providing us enough time to reap some benefits. I didn't expect... for it to become so popular so quickly..."
Xie Biqi, however, shook her head and said, "I feel that our response was too late."
Had her report been taken seriously earlier, it wouldn't matter if they hadn't found the mastermind behind the scenes; at least those players—each and every one of them—would not have had the chance to escape!
Instead, now there were a large number of fish that slipped through the net; they could only try to catch the biggest ones first.
"After you found me, your next step is probably to visit Mr. Huang Tianyao... Does the Special Review Bureau want to control the situation in the game as well?" Jiang Shang said with a smile.
The players are generally weak now and can be suppressed by firearms, hardly causing any stir in reality.
The Special Review Bureau is more troubled by the involvement of foreign powers and the strategic games between major nations.
In the game, however, the situation is completely reversed.
The players truly trusted by the Special Review Bureau are only Xie Biqi and Li Ziluo, plus the dozen or so third-test gaming devices recently collected, allowing for the addition of just a dozen new players.
Counting external associates like He Zudao and Jiang Shang, even with aggressive recruitment, the limit is around a hundred or so, not even one-tenth of the player community!
Recruiting Xie Biqi directly to the Special Review Bureau and giving her an action team's authorization wasn't to have her wreak havoc in reality—a special forces team would be much more useful than her.
Her real battlefield is still in the game!
"Yes, we're planning to integrate the Immortal Gate and Snow Viewing Pavilion Guilds, along with smaller guilds like Alluring City, as well as solitary elite players, to form a truly large guild; ideally, one that can guide the greater trends among players," Xie Biqi revealed.
This was her real long-term mission, which she needed to execute at all costs.
"Hmm, it seems Mr. Huang doesn't have the choice not to join." Jiang Shang said seriously, "I'll assist you!"
After the store patch update, all the players went crazy.
The whole Newbie Valley became incredibly busy.
Even a street had been built around the profession tutor Er Ha, lined with various stalls on both sides.
"Look here, take a look, authentic 'Xuanyin Sect' manuals for sale, price negotiable!"
"Dingzhou bandit suppression mission, sign up here if you're not afraid of death!"
"High reward! Who will cause the 'Disaster of Er Ha?' I'll give him a big red envelope!"
"Fine quality armor, your best choice for saving your life!"
"Special item—Human Skin Mask, personally made by Elder Qian Ji, can be used to disguise almost perfectly!"
As Xie Biqi walked among the many stalls, spotting one selling Human Skin Masks filled her with resentment; this was adding to the difficulty of her job! She was so angry she wanted to flip the stall right there and then!
"Don't incur the wrath of the masses!"
Jiang Shang shook his head and took Xie Biqi to Huang Tianyao.
Inside a massive structure, players such as Huang Tianyao and He Zudao, who had been recruited by the Special Affairs Bureau, were all present, and at least on the surface, they appeared very happy: "Gentlemen... with the Immortal Gate Guild and the Snow Viewing Pavilion Guild merging, and a large number of elite players joining, we hereby announce the establishment of the first guild of the game's other world—the Daxia Alliance!"
The players were proud, some even couldn't wait to shout slogans:
"First place! First place!"
"First to execute Tianyuan, then to annihilate White Tiger; only Daxia will unite Dingzhou!"
"March into Three Elements City, loot money, loot grain, loot the ladies!"
Xie Biqi looked at these Er Ha players and suddenly harbored great doubts about her mission...