Enforcer Manual
Chapter 1067 - 930: The Importance of Health Preservation

Chapter 1067: Chapter 930: The Importance of Health Preservation

New job, new department, this was undoubtedly a huge challenge for Song Lan.

Especially in The First Region, a city already shrouded in an overtime culture, large-scale Destruction seemed insufficient to dampen the enthusiasm for overtime. Song Lan had just stepped through the doors of the Homeland Security Bureau when he was overwhelmed by the intense work fervor that hit him.

Clerks carrying hefty files shuttled back and forth in the corridors, which were not particularly spacious, and groups of people gathered around every holographic projection, which refracted images of various cities from the United Government. Before embarking on his journey with the Homeland Security Bureau, Lu Xiang told him that this place was likely where the overtime situation was most severe within the United Government.

Meetings alone could extend from daylight to dusk.

Homeland Security Bureau agents would continue to work after using a nutrition injection and some anti-fatigue drugs, implementing the outcomes discussed in the meetings into specific incidents.

This kind of work usually went on until the early morning.

The Homeland Security Bureau "thoughtfully" provided rest rooms for them, so that the fatigued agents didn’t need to go home and could rest right there in the building.

For those workaholics who consumed anti-fatigue drugs like meals, immersing themselves in work was the norm, and they would only nap at their desks when their bodies truly couldn’t take it anymore, never for more than two hours at a time.

A medical report, its origin unknown, claimed that two hours of sleep were enough to alleviate most human fatigue. This report, of dubious provenance, was treated as gospel by the people of the Homeland Security Bureau.

And now, the emergence of "Corruption," along with the contagion spreading through Oasis, had brought new types of work for the Homeland Security Bureau.

Under ceaseless work, agents compiled a list of criminals who had escaped from the Seventh District months ago, each of whom had once caused significant unrest in the United Government and had been considered the most dangerous terrorists in the world.

Although "Corruption" had been defeated, sufficient intelligence indicated that dangerous elements like δ and "Justice" had managed to escape amidst the disorder and remained unaccounted for.

An unknown terror weighed on everyone’s minds.

The thought that nearly ten criminals, as dangerous as "Corruption," might be hiding somewhere within the United Government made it impossible for any agent to sleep.

Because it was possible that within the two hours they napped, these vicious criminals could trigger turmoil affecting the entire city.

"Corruption" had found fragments of power left by the God of Life, who knows whether the other criminals had discovered other "Secret Treasures" unknown to them. Judging by their silent and hidden activities post-escape, they were likely brewing an even greater conspiracy.

"Homeland Security Bureau and Military Intelligence Section Seven are different from the Counter-Intelligence Department; there are no factional struggles here, only a group of determined individuals committed to defending the security of the United Government."

A voice interrupted Song Lan’s thoughts.

Looking in the direction of the voice, he saw a stern-looking woman with silver hair and a thin scar over her left eye standing behind him. Her gaze was as sharp as an eagle’s as she looked directly at Song Lan, "It’s because of such dedicated individuals working unseen that the people of the United Government can feel secure... Mr. Song Lan, although this is an order personally issued by the Chairperson of the Council, I would still like to hear why you joined us."

"Because the salary is 25 times higher," Song Lan said.

?

Puzzlement was written all over the woman’s face.

"And I only have to clock in twice a week, with no performance review targets either."

"Mr. Song Lan, what exactly are you here to do?"

"To clock in."

Song Lan has always been sincere with others; he was definitely not the type to speak flattering words during an interview, always having the development of the company or even the fate of the nation on his lips.

For he never considered himself a person of lofty aspirations.

Bearing work pressures far beyond the norm and enduring risks unimaginable to the average person, Lu Xiang said that the average life expectancy of a Homeland Security Bureau agent was 51 years, a figure that is incredible given the advancements in medicine today. Only a very few could live to the age of retirement, and to honor these individuals, the United Government would bestow upon them a special medal.

If such a job had fallen on Song Lan, he would have regretted having to leave on his very first day due to "stomach pain" or other irresistibly adverse circumstances.

As the saying goes, since he was already there.

This was not only his first day at the new department but also the day he completed his weekly clock-in.

This meant that for the next few days, he would only need to pass by and make a detour here whenever it was convenient.

"Mr. Song Lan, I have heard many rumors about you, you are not this kind of person," the older woman said with certainty.

"I am this kind of person, honestly. Where do I clock in for the H1 Department? I need to get back early tonight," Song Lan responded.

"No, you’re not," the woman said as she pulled out her tablet. "Your first appearance to the public was the assassination attempt on Angel Foster, and from that moment on, you’ve been known as the ’concerned citizen’ actively involved at the forefront. After that, you successively thwarted the Barrosa Group’s conspiracies, resolved the crisis with the Lunar Eclipse Sect’s Aberrations, eliminated the Worms among us, and even rescued the Chairperson of the Council who nearly perished in an explosion."