Special Defense Department

Biodata

Background / History

The Special Defense Department is Country X’s principal organization for deploying and managing players. It maintains headquarters, regional branches, safe zones, special prisons, and emergency command posts; its personnel work alongside armed police, military units, and government agencies during major incidents 604 615 1659 2923.

During the Flower City game-space overlap, the department lost contact with the outside world, saw civilians, military personnel, and players disappear, and struggled to retain command authority. Team leaders Wu, Song, and Liao prioritized protecting the hospital and locating survivors amid the blackout 312.

As the player population expanded, the department developed a formal training system: elite players cleared instances and recorded strategy guides, while selected recruits repeatedly entered those instances to advance rapidly. This system produced a substantial number of D-class and later C-class players, supported by national logistics, potions, items, and ore 1128 1129 1147.

Organization

Command Structure

• Minister Fan — senior headquarters leader during the Jing City crises; directed large-scale mobilizations, evacuations, and political responses 605 1153.
• Team leaders — oversee regional branches, operations, and specialized teams; known leaders include Wu, Lu, Song, Chang, Ji, Ming, and Nie Xuan 312 615 1168 2922.
• Regional branches — local departments can request reinforcements from nearby cities, though simultaneous incidents can overstretch available personnel 1659.
• Elite squads — high-value teams deployed against major threats; later squads carried random-instance trigger items and were considered difficult to replace 2922.

Resources and Training

• The department maintains strategy guides, player-training programs, item reserves, potions, special ores, and a national logistics network capable of supplying its branches 658 1128 1129.
• It has purchased and deployed high-level game items, including B-class and C-class equipment, and provided Xu Huo with 100 million white banknotes, 46 D-class-or-higher potions, and five high-level items for operations in Country Y 658.
• By the later stages of the story, it has acquired advanced large-scale instruments for offensive and defensive use in safe zones and military-defense areas, reducing its former dependence on players and game items alone 2317.

Operational Capabilities

Player Containment

The department is experienced in capturing players without relying solely on direct combat. Its standard measures include anesthetics, anesthetic gas, tranquilizer darts, stun guns, specialized electric nets, sniper support, armed police firepower, and layered encirclements 616 617 636.

• Electric nets can be prepared in advance and used to trap lured targets without requiring direct player engagement 617.
• During the Jing City crackdown, elite players coordinated with armed personnel in small conflict zones to apprehend targets using traits and items 617.
• A residential-area containment operation used three layers of encirclement, electric and anesthetic nets at all exits, armed police, and concealed snipers 636.

Emergency Response and Evacuation

The department can execute large-scale civilian protection measures during player-related crises.

• It evacuated residents within a twenty-kilometer radius of headquarters during the anticipated confrontation with Xu Huo, with armed police and transportation departments keeping evacuation routes open 616.
• It deployed rescue teams to seal areas where random-instance entrances appeared near headquarters 617.
• Its operational model prioritizes sending support where trouble occurs, although limited resources and multiple simultaneous incidents can leave local branches overwhelmed 1659.

Intelligence and Research

• The department uses intelligence analysis and player information to assess evolving threats, though leaks within its network are frequent enough that internal information rarely remains secret for long 2317.
• It maintains blood samples and player-related data at headquarters, while most cities lack authorization to access them 1156.
• It developed mental-interference instruments and reinforced laboratories with game-derived materials and space-time item restriction instruments 1181.
• It later publicly sought super evolvers for a chaotic-space operation, offering participation under departmental command and investigating potential recruits’ identities 1685.

Story Role / Major Arcs

• Flower City overlap — The department attempts to maintain order after a citywide blackout seals Flower City off and draws civilians, soldiers, and players into a game-space event 312.
• Jing City headquarters crisis — After Xu Huo announces that he will visit headquarters within ten days, the department mobilizes elite players, coordinates with the Joint Chiefs of Staff, evacuates civilians, and prepares for a possible battle 604 605.
• Crackdown and black-rain disaster — It arrests suspected criminal players and confronts foreign infiltrators, but the black rain mutates numerous department members into aberrations, shattering internal trust and nearly collapsing headquarters 615 631 633.
• Forced-evolution scandal — Accusations emerge that local sub-stations and laboratories illegally screened and forcibly evolved civilians. The department later confirms that some such cases occurred, states it had begun investigating before the public exposure, and arrests implicated personnel 1152 1153 1156.
• Conflict with civilian players — The scandal and restrictions on player organizations intensify distrust, while the department struggles to preserve authority without provoking broader unrest 1155 1156 1574.
• Island landing operation — The department blockades an island, requires accompanying players for civilian landing teams, and seeks priority access to items recovered there 1168.
• Rebuilding influence — With more trained players, it helps restore government control in Country X, reduces player violence in major cities, and captures foreign players operating within the country 1567.
• Super-evolution operation — It negotiates with Xu Huo and the military to send selected super evolvers into a chaotic space, later regaining prestige after participants successfully evolve 1684 1685 1689.
• National defense mobilization — During escalating external threats, it deploys elite squads against A-class fugitives and coordinates nationwide resource, personnel, and equipment allocation with the military 2922 2929.

Controversies

• Forced evolution and screening — Testimony and videos alleged that civilians were evolved without consent. The department officially acknowledged that some local sub-stations had conducted illegal forced evolutions, while maintaining that the number was small and that headquarters had already begun an investigation 1156.
• Resource control — Player organizations accuse the department of restricting strategy-guide access and limiting their growth by controlling leveling channels and resources 1574.
• Internal factionalism — The department is described as internally divided; original members were reportedly marginalized as new military-linked personnel entered its ranks 1570 1578.
• Public trust — The forced-evolution revelations created a long-term crisis of trust, particularly because the department retained citizens’ blood and screening data 1156.

Relationships

• Country X Government — The department serves as the public-facing force for national player deployment, though later political changes create tension over player independence from the original government system 1157 2964.
• Military — Operational partner in evacuations, national defense, safe-zone construction, and super-evolution negotiations; the two institutions also compete for authority and resources 605 1684 2922.
• Minister Fan — Headquarters leader associated with the department’s major mobilizations, negotiations, and responses to internal scandals 605 1153 1187.
• Team Leader Wu — Regional leader who repeatedly manages crises involving Flower City, Tingcheng, Xu Huo, and inter-branch tensions 312 1134 1135.
• Nie Xuan — Team leader and influential departmental player who commands crackdowns, shares intelligence with Xu Huo, and is viewed by Xu Huo as a promising future leader 615 1574 1684.
• Xu Huo — A powerful, unstable ally and frequent opponent. The department has attempted to contain him, supported his actions abroad, negotiated for his assistance, and remained wary of his influence 605 658 1154 1684.
• Civilian player organizations — Both partners and rivals: they have supported city security and instance intelligence gathering, but later face restrictions on resources, strategy guides, and organization 1574 2318 2320.

Notable Quotes

“Not just players, every member of our Special Defense Department is a vanguard.” — Minister Fan 605

“The era of players has begun. Isn’t this looking down on players?” — Team Leader Lu 658