Negotiations

"Oh, that's normal. You'll meet even more people in the future," Bai Yang said nonchalantly. "Our organization has been all over the place these past few years. Many of them don't bother with disguises, so they're easy to run into."

"I heard that someone in Yangcheng encountered a strange, uncontrollable entity that seems to be part of an organization. It keeps changing its identity. Is that also part of your organization?" Sheng Qingqiao asked.

Bai Yang frowned and pondered for a moment, then suddenly realized. "You mean Modian?"

Just then, the dishes An Ying ordered arrived, and the group tacitly stopped talking about it and happily filled their stomachs.

After dinner, Tao Yuan and Mi Chuchu took the Dessert Chef to the Peach Family to play. Although this little girl had a bad temper, she was easy to coax; a game console Weird Object could soothe her.

Bai Yang then followed Sheng Qingqiao, Qin Rang, and An Ying toward the Official Base.

Qin Rang invited Bai Yang to their base for a talk. Since Bai Yang was already there, he agreed, as he had originally planned to go anyway.

The Authorities will inevitably have dealings with them sooner or later, so it's better to take the initiative and do so sooner rather than later.

An Ying contacted Wang Ding, who was at work, early on. Wang Ding also urgently contacted Director Chen, who was the only Minister still at the base.

"So, you just followed me here like this? Aren't you afraid the Authorities will detain you?" Qin Rang suddenly joked on the way.

Bai Yang suddenly realized, "Oh right, I didn't think of that at all, what should we do?"

An Ying: "... Your acting is getting more and more fake."

Sheng Qingqiao nodded in agreement. "Not like when we first met."

"Tsk, I haven't seen you guys cooperate with me like you used to."

Bai Yang asked curiously, "Did the Authorities give you any rewards for clearing the S-Rank Instance this time?"

"Yes, there are plenty. We haven't gone to collect them yet." Sheng Qingqiao counted on her fingers thoughtfully. "There will probably be new Weird Object for us to choose from, as well as quotas for Weird Artifacts, varying amounts of money, and so on."

"Do you want to join us? Our team can have a seventh person!"

Bai Yang shook his head decisively. "No."

Qin Rang also advised, "Our benefits are quite good."

"But you guys are so unlucky." Bai Yang held up one index finger and wagged it, while the Little Rabbit in his arms chuckled to itself. "You're still very weak and will cause a lot of trouble."

"... That hurts." Sheng Qingqiao hugged her Broadsword and wailed, pretending to cry. "Waaaaah, are we being rejected?"

An Ying glanced at him with her pink eyes slightly. "Be normal."

"You'll be taking a break after this Instance are over, right?" Bai Yang said.

Qin Rang: "Generally speaking, that's how it is. But you can't predict strange things. Right now, the Worship God are also watching us closely, and everyone is working non-stop. Whether we can rest or not depends on fate."

Bai Yang, holding the Little Rabbit, sighed, "So busy."

"Not only that," Sheng Qingqiao said, "the S-Rank Purgers we sent out to support us are all stuck in different Instances within the Lily Weird Zone, and haven't come out yet."

"Even if they can't get out and need rescue, that's not your problem."

An Ying said, "But they went in because of us."

"So you're going to your deaths?" Bai Yang asked, puzzled.

Qin Rang shook his head. "It's not about going to their deaths, but if they all perish inside, the Weird Zone will definitely absorb enough energy to expand, and we certainly won't stand idly by when that happens."

Bai Yang frowned. "This is really a troublesome situation."

"Relationships between people are about give and take; your organization... is probably a bit unique."

"Arrive."

An Ying's voice drew everyone's attention. As night approached, the base's doors were lit, and the cast-iron walls exuded a cold metallic scent. An Ying had brought Bai Yang not through the main gate, but through an internal passage that few were qualified to enter.

Entering from here will prevent you from encountering other ordinary Purgers, as it leads directly to the Logistics Department.

Bai Yang is now an unfamiliar ticking time bomb to the Authorities. The news came suddenly, and there was no time to clear him out. They could only take him to the Logistics Department, where there were relatively fewer people and it was safer.

Qin Rang said, "Since you're already here, shall we show you around?"

"OK."

[Host, Bai Yang has already met with the Authorities.]

Lin Nieran stared at the System Interface and casually asked, "Oh, is it going smoothly?"

007, observing the chaotic Logistics Department: [Things are going pretty smoothly.]

Neither the Dessert Chef nor Bai Yang suffered any loss.

"Never mind them. Let's open the card pool interface and see if we can draw a few more identity cards."

Lin Nieran really felt he didn't have enough identity cards, but he couldn't draw an identity card every time he drew cards. He was already lucky enough, and he didn't have many identities he could use right now.

At the base, Bai Yang's initial conversations with the Authorities went quite smoothly.

Wang Ding and Director Chen had both investigated and contacted the organization long ago, and knew its capabilities. They also knew that Bai Yang was not only Bai Yang, but also represented the organization behind him. Therefore, they were very respectful and neither of them put on airs.

They didn't talk much, just casually chatted about the strange things and things in the Instance, and everything went smoothly.

Until suddenly there was a strange noise at the door.

"What are you Authorities trying to do? My people clearly told me that members of the organization were inside, but now your people are blocking us from entering. Have you already colluded with the organization?"

"You can't possibly not know who we're here for. Do you think you can stop me like this?"

"I advise you to let us in right now, or don't blame me for taking action."

"A worthless, run-down organization!"

Bai Yang and Director Chen paused, turning their heads to look at the door. Qin Rang and Wang Ding both frowned.

Qin Rang hadn't been at the Official Base all day except for meetings, so he wondered which idiot was talking to. Wang Ding, however, had been working there all day and had a vague idea of who the visitor was.

He stepped back to the doorway and said, "I'll go take a look."

Director Chen nodded, but Bai Yang wasn't going to let them get away with it. "Is this guy insulting our organization?"

Director Chen: "... Perhaps he was a bit emotional."

Yes, they cursed, and they even cursed the Authorities.

Bai Yang: "Who does he think he is?"

Director Chen sighed numbly. This job was already difficult enough, and communicating with such a mysterious organization required extreme caution. But why were there a few fools here today?

"Would you like to go take a look, Mr. Bai Yang?"

Director Chen thought, perhaps it wouldn't be bad to have someone to discipline them?

Bai Yang would definitely go; how could he tolerate someone insulting the organization?

The two went outside and followed the loud, cursing voice all the way inside. A few minutes later, Bai Yang saw several strangers sitting in the room.

Apart from the remaining four members of the Calamity Crossing Squad, the other two men and two women were strangers.

The speaker was the man sitting in the middle of the group. He seemed very uncomfortable, his hands and feet were shaking, and he kept rubbing his fingers, as if a fire was burning inside him, making it impossible for him to calm down.