Red Alert: Headquarters Under Attack

What are your thoughts?

Xu Zhou suddenly spoke up.

"Huh?" Yang Yu was confused, not knowing which aspect he was asking about.

"The idea of killing all the evildoers."

This is simply impossible. No, perhaps he could do it if he possessed the strength of an S-rank Contract Anomalist, but the Anomaly Containment Association never allow him to do so.

Yang Yu lowered his head slightly, somewhat embarrassed. "That idea is too naive. It's simply impossible. Putting aside the definition of an evil person, with so many people in the world, wouldn't order collapse before all the evil people are killed?"

"If a stable order collapses, then good people will suffer as well. Now that I think about it, my idea was just venting my own hatred; it wasn't about helping others at all."

"Wouldn't I be far too arrogant to judge those wicked people from a superior position simply because of my own selfish interests?"

"By doing this, by having these thoughts, I have strayed from my original ideals. At the beginning, I simply wanted those who bullied me to receive the punishment they deserved."

Xu Zhou: "What if you could do that? What if you had the power to wipe out all the evildoers in an instant?"

Yang Yu was taken aback. He thought about it carefully for a moment, then said, "So what do you think is the definition of an evil person? What kind of person can be called an evil person? If someone is filled with malice towards others deep in their heart, wants to kill everyone, wants to take revenge on others, but doesn't actually do what they want to do..."

"If someone is even helping others, is that considered a good person or a bad person?"

"But what if someone intends to help others, but their good intentions lead to bad outcomes and the death of someone else? Is that person good or bad?"

"There are many, many more—those who resisted violence and killed others in retaliation, and the soldiers who fought to protect their homes and country. To the enemy, they were bad people, but to their country, they were heroes."

How should this situation be defined?

Yang Yu's expression was complex, a mixture of relief, fear, tension, and confusion. "The world isn't simply black and white."

Xu Zhou saw his face; he was a child even younger than him. Although he spoke kindly, he was actually quite confused.

Those questions were actually questions he had been pondering but had been unable to answer.

Xu Zhou: "Yes, I'm also searching for the answers to these questions. I once lost the meaning of living, and then someone told me that he could give me meaning in living."

Yang Yu: "Really? He's Bai Zuo?"

"He was a truly terrifying person. Just standing in front of him, without saying a word, it felt as if he could see right through you. It was truly frightening."

Yang Yu's feelings towards the Bai Zuo" are complex; he both respects and fears them.

The two chatted for a few more minutes, then fell silent, heads bowed as if deep in thought.

Xu Zhou relaxed a lot, and the memories that had been bothering him in the past were finally brushed aside at this moment.

All he needs to do is live well, follow the will of the Bai Zuo, and keep fighting to contain the supernatural.

"That's great, it seems you've figured it out."

Yang Yu said with a hint of envy, "Compared to him, Xu Zhou's situation is much better. Is it because he met that person at the wrong time?"

If only I had encountered the Bai Zuo sooner.

Dong Heng opened the door and walked in. "Yang Yu, right?"

Yang Yu sat up straight, nodded, and quietly awaited Dong Heng's verdict.

"After a decision by the higher-ups, you have been given two choices: one is to return to being an ordinary person, at the cost of losing all memories related to the supernatural; the other is to stay and become Contract Anomalist, at the cost of having to contain the supernatural."

"I'll give you ten minutes to think it over. My time is precious, so please make a decision as soon as possible."

"Wait, is that all? You don't want to lock me up or subject me to any punishment?"

Dong Heng put on a serious smile, "We are a legitimate company, we wouldn't do something like that."

Xu Zhou wanted to retort at that statement. So erasing memories isn't illegal?

No, it seems there's no legal provision against erasing someone else's memory.

Xu Zhou: "Are we still a legitimate company? Those who wanted to kill the North Headquarters would probably cry if they heard that, right?"

Do you remember the group of people who were brutally beaten up by their employees and left at the company gate not long ago?

And then there was the hired assassin, who ended up being killed in return. Under interrogation, he honestly revealed all the information, but in the end, he wasn't released. Instead, he was taken to the "door" to farm.

Having figured many things out, Xu Zhou became lively again.

Dong Heng: "Lord Xu Zhou, of course we are a legitimate clean energy transportation company. We have a proper business license. As for that assassin, we acted in self-defense, didn't we?"

Xu Zhou: "It redefines legitimate self-defense."

Xu Zhou interrupted.

Yang Yu thought a lot, after understanding the relationship between Yi Gui Company and Anomaly Containment Association, the significance of their existence, and what kind of profession Contract Anomalist was.

He finally made his decision. "I want to become Contract Anomalist. After becoming Contract Anomalist, will I still be able to go to school and go home?"

Dong Heng: "Of course, we will not restrict the freedom of the Contract Anomalist."

Yang Yu joined Yi Gui Company.

He became a trainee to Contract Anomalist, going to school and coming home every day, occasionally going on a mission, or training with Xu Zhou and the others.

January 15th.

Shen Yu browsed the Shop, but didn't find anything good today. The Anomaly Artifact there were expensive, and buying them wouldn't do any good, so he didn't buy any.

"The organization has also started establishing bases overseas."

In recent days, Yi Gui Company has been developing rapidly, and with sufficient funds, it has begun to open branches in other countries.

Each major power establishes one, recruits local people as employees, and collects local intelligence. If a strange presence is detected, Contract Anomalist" is dispatched to contain it.

In the past few days, he has taken in 110 Wandering Soul, 62 Vengeful Spirit, 25 Green Face, and two Malignant Curse.

A large number of Construction Points were acquired.

As Yi Gui Company has grown stronger, it has inevitably come into the view of various countries.

Companies from many countries have been investigating Yi Gui Company's background, both openly and covertly, and some countries have already realized that Yi Gui Company.

This brought Shen Yu a large amount of Construction Points.

Shen Yu was pondering whether to use this large sum of Construction Points to upgrade the Anomaly Containment Association or to invest in the tech tree to unlock new technologies.

The system then displayed a series of red warnings.

"Warning! Warning! An abnormal life form has been detected approaching Headquarters, within one kilometer."

"Warning! Warning! The resource vehicle is under attack and has been damaged!"

"Warning! Warning! Employee attacked and dead!"