What's Your Name?

Upon seeing this news, Xu Nan's heart tightened immediately!

Based on the intelligence gathered by the Special Ops Team, if Qin Lele wasn't lying, she had most likely fallen into the hands of the Blood Worship Cultists. Those were a group of ruthless and vicious criminals.

Before he could ask how she got to West Eden Ancient City, Qin Lele sent another message.

[Qin Lele: My mom and I are locked in separate rooms right now. Xu Nan, who are you going to save first?]

Xu Nan read it twice before she was sure she hadn't misread it.

"What kind of question is this? Does it matter who you save first?"

He found it baffling; Qin Lele's thought process was indeed unusual, even after being kidnapped, she could still ask such strange questions.

Wait a minute... You think you can play on your phone while being kidnapped? Are you kidding me? Even if the Blood Worship Cultists don't understand Earth, after such a long period of dormancy, they were even willing to sacrifice the safety and freedom of some believers to gain time and space for their actions. This raid must have been well-prepared. How could they have made such a big mistake?

Is this girl joking with me? Xu Nan quickly replied:

"What's the situation on your end? Can you guarantee your safety?"

[Qin Lele: Hehe, I knew you wouldn't answer my question directly, hehe, men!]

Xu Nan: "..."

Alright, since this girl is in the mood to joke, it's probably not a big problem. She probably got some information from somewhere and wants to scare herself.

We'll have to bring him back to the dungeon and give him a good dressing down!

The next second, a photo was sent over.

In the photo, several strangely dressed otherworldly figures are setting something up. The scene also includes many ordinary people with blank expressions, and of course, there's Qin Lele, that silly girl, making a heart shape with her hands in front of the camera...

Judging from the architectural style, it does seem to be an old house from the West Eden Ancient City area!

Xu Nan's heart, which had just settled, jumped again. "You're with your mother? Can you escape? Don't alert them, this is a group..."

Qin Lele: I think I can turn the tables on them.

She even sent a "ready to try" emoji, which scared Xu Nan into typing a lot of words ordering her not to make any rash moves.

He glanced around and saw that the atmosphere in the base's main hall was quite tense. Most people were looking down at their documents, ready to accept the challenge at any moment. It seemed that only Xu Nan was engrossed in playing on his phone.

Xu Nan could only grit her teeth and play on her phone; she couldn't just abandon Qin Lele, could she? Although the City Management Captain was remarkably precocious, she was still just a fifteen-year-old girl, or rather, sixteen by the Chinese age reckoning after New Year's Day.

Her mother, Madam Fang, was just an ordinary person who didn't have much ability to protect herself in the face of the terrifying Blood Worship Cultists.

He spent a lot of effort and finally managed to get a lot of useful information from Qin Lele.

Firstly, the Blood Worship Cultists did indeed launch a surprise attack on West Eden Ancient City. Due to the sluggish tourism industry, only two or three tour groups were wandering around the usually bustling West Eden Ancient City. Most of the people were captured and taken to an old building, which Qin Lele clearly remembered as an abandoned Haunted House. Currently, most people are relatively calm, but this is because the Blood Worship Cultists used divine magic beyond the comprehension of professionals when they kidnapped the tour groups, leaving most of the kidnappers in a dazed and confused state.

Besides Qin Lele, there was another young professional in the tour group. Unfortunately, this young fighter, who had just received an injection at the Thousand Rays Society and hadn't even had time to go through Training Camp, was cursed by the Blood Worship Cultists due to his intense resistance, and his current fate is unknown.

Secondly, Qin Lele and her mother are still safe. When the Blood Worship Cultists cleared the area, Qin Lele sensed something was wrong. As Flying Thief, escaping would have been easy for her, but she decided to stay to protect her mother. What surprised Xu Nan even more was that it seemed the Thousand Rays Society received the warning in advance thanks to Qin Lele's foresight; she went alone to sound the alarm, although it was quickly stopped by the Blood Worship Cultists, it gave the Thousand Rays Society more time to react.

Qin Lele is currently using the Invisibility Cloak Xu Nan gave her to fly around the West Eden Ancient City. As for Madam Fang, she is currently hiding in the basement of the Haunted House and is in a stable emotional state.

Thirdly, the Blood Worship Cultists has imposed a magical blockade on the West Eden Ancient City. With the help of some mysterious ritual, they have taken control of half of the ancient city. Barriers have been set up at every entrance, and they have summoned some evil creatures to roam the streets. It is very difficult for the members of the Thousand Rays Society to sneak in silently. The current emergency forces have sealed off the West Eden Ancient City and have made initial Diplomacy with the Cultists, but the effect seems to be very limited.

Fourthly, the Blood Worship Cultists has approximately seven main members, each possessing a strange aura of Divine Art Aura grants them terrifying mind control abilities and extraordinary defensive capabilities. They roughly guessed that there was a Stealth in the West Eden Ancient City, but they didn't seem to want to capture Qin Lele for the time being; they appeared to be busy with something else.

"Since you won't let me fight back against them, Xu Nan, I'll go and investigate their true motives."

This was Qin Lele's last message. After that, no matter how Xu Nan tried to stop her, he received no reply.

This is really a headache. I never expected that Qin Lele would be unintentionally involved in the attack by the Blood Worship Cultists. The Flying Thief's self-defense ability reassured Xu Nan a little. In addition, with the Invisibility Cloak he gave her, as long as Qin Lele doesn't get too arrogant and try to assassinate him, there shouldn't be any problems.

It still makes people feel very uneasy!

Xu Nan rubbed his temples, feeling that this incident was not so simple.

While Cultists are often portrayed as a bunch of madmen, capable of acting without any motive, the Blood Worship Cultists are quite different. In the Pro World, they have been dedicated to resurrecting the Ancient Seven Gods. Their infiltration of Earth this time must have a purpose.

If Tiamat's motivation was his remains, then what were the Blood Worship Cultists after? To resurrect the Ancient Seven Gods on Earth? That would be incredibly difficult to accomplish...

Xu Nan stared blankly at her phone screen.

"... This mission will be a collaborative effort between our Special Ops Team and Ninth Division... I hope everyone here can stay alert. You may not know how much pressure the branch manager has been under for this..."

For the first time, Old Hai's voice sounded so serious. He opened his thermos and took a sip, only to find it was full of goji berries and no water.

Old Hai coughed to cover his embarrassment, then suddenly looked at one of the comrades playing on his phone with a hint of exasperation. "Xu Nan!"

"Your name is on the list of recommendations just issued by the branch manager. Is this how you repay the branch manager's trust?"

"You've been staring at your phone the whole time... Is there a suspect's face in the picture on your phone?"

Xu Nan subconsciously looked up. "Yes, the leader is Teacher Zhao, who used to run a pyramid scheme. He should be the high priest of the Seven Gods. Erdao and I both recognize his face. The other three are: one with sunken eyes, looking like he's been indulging in too much sex; another with a face full of acne, probably because cult members don't have girlfriends; and the last one has a collar around his neck that looks a bit like a 'chalk' under the moonlight... no, I mean Runtu..."

Everyone was shocked.

Old Hai almost spat out the goji berries in his mouth. "Can you just make things up like that?"

Xu Nan thought for a moment, then showed her phone. "Starting with a picture isn't exactly making things up, is it?"

Everyone stared at the picture, dumbfounded. After a long while, Old Hai silently lamented his receding hairline.

"Lele has become even prettier..."

The Special Ops Team base entered a state of emergency. In Old Hai's words, the higher-ups had finally ended the wrangling and ordered the Special Ops Team to establish an emergency action team to work with the Ninth Division of the military to take charge of this mission.

Xu Nan didn't understand at first, but later in the office, Old Hai sighed and explained the problem to him.

It turns out that Thousand Rays Society is actually facing considerable pressure.

As Xu Nan guessed, the group that formed the Thousand Rays Society and attempted to make it official was initially a group of passionate people from the grassroots. Even the big shot who jokingly wanted to use a name like the China Dragon Group was a person with dreams and lofty ambitions.

They intended to use the power they had acquired in advance to save China and the world, which led to the creation of the Thousand Rays Society and its subsequent development.

However, the emergence of new things is always accompanied by a lot of resistance. The operation of Thousand Rays Society is very difficult. Although there is a lot of support from green channels, it has suffered a lot of losses, both openly and secretly.

Online, many people even attribute the invasion of the other world to the emergence of the Thousand Rays Society... But China is a vast and resource-rich land, so it can't possibly prevent a few idiots from emerging, right?

Many people are also somewhat resistant to the Thousand Rays Society, and only a very small number of people choose to completely trust this new organization.

This is somewhat different from what Thousand Rays Society had anticipated.

Especially after becoming the official spokesperson, the pressure on Thousand Rays Society has increased exponentially, and the doubts from all sectors of society have left many of Thousand Rays Society's senior executives feeling lost.

At that moment, discontent also arose within the army.

Some believe that the methods adopted by the Thousand Rays Society are too mild and conservative, and that their soft control is not suitable for the context of an interdimensional invasion; they strongly demand the adoption of military control methods to more strictly control, utilize, and train professionals.

Fortunately, the bigwigs of Thousand Rays Society are quite influential. Although the two sides had some wrangling, they ultimately prevented Thousand Rays Society from being replaced.

However, they were also forced to make concessions.

"Have you noticed that the proportion of military personnel within the Thousand Rays Society is actually decreasing?"

"Taking the Jiangdong Three Provinces as an example, the branch manager is responsible for coordinating the professionals in the three provinces, but this is only the personnel of Thousand Rays Society; while another part of the soldiers were absorbed by the East Bay Military Region."

"They established a special agency called the Ninth Division, which was directly led by General Wen Zipi, the highest commander of the East Bay Military Region."

While brewing tea, Old Hai complained, "This time, the Blood Worship Cultists caused trouble, and the Thousand Rays Society was much less efficient. A big reason for that is... hmph."

Xu Nan understood, but what could he do?

He could only remain silent.

He once genuinely believed that, given the possibility of human enslavement, everyone would unite in an unprecedented way, but now it seems somewhat naive.

"Don't be too pessimistic. General Wen is also a very outstanding person, it's just that his ideas differ from those of the branch manager."

Old Hai tossed a stack of documents over, gesturing for Xu Nan to look through them.

When Xu Nan opened it, he found that it was not the information about the Blood Worship Cultists that he had expected, but some information about the Ninth Division.

What do you need me to do?

He had a vague idea of what was going on.

Old Hai patted him on the shoulder. "I'm sorry you had to go through all this."

Xu Nan forced a smile, "I knew Zhang Jian had ulterior motives. She actually assigned me such a troublesome task. How could I refuse?"

Old Hai nodded. "Okay, I have two backup candidates."

"However, both the branch manager and I believe you are the most suitable."

Xu Nan asked in surprise, "Why?"

Old Hai smiled without saying a word.

Half an hour later, outside the West Eden Ancient City, at a makeshift emergency base.

A convoy of military vehicles sped over, and then a number of tough-looking soldiers got off in an orderly fashion, with a major general leading the way.

He tugged at his collar and asked coldly, "I have three minutes to hear your Special Ops Team's plan."

"If your plan fails to convince us, our Ninth Division will carry out the rescue according to our methods."

Many members of the Thousand Rays Society looked very grim. The atmosphere was tense.

However, at that moment, a stunningly handsome man strolled over leisurely:

"Three minutes probably isn't enough. General Xue, since this is a collaboration, mutual trust is the foundation for success. What about you?"

General Xue remained silent for a moment, then nodded stiffly.

"Then let's go inside and talk."

"By the way... are you the liaison officer Zhang Jian mentioned?"

"You..."

"May I have your name?"

Before entering the tent, the aloof and handsome major general asked casually.

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