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Chapter 168 - 154: Harvest

Chapter 168: Chapter 154: Harvest

Buzzing——

Several medium-sized quadrotor drones hovered in the night sky, each equipped with a conical searchlight and connected by cables to a gasoline generator below, providing long-lasting daylight-like illumination.

Members of the Special Affairs Bureau’s Mobile Task Force searched through the amusement park one building at a time, using chains and shackles to remove the motionless dolls standing in place, loading them into armored transport vehicles disguised as semi-trucks, and swiftly transporting them to a secret facility dozens of kilometers away in the suburbs.

Looking somewhat pale, Su Jie sat on a roadside bench, his can of human heads already handed over to colleagues from the Special Affairs Bureau, transferred to the medical team for evaluation.

He himself rallied his spirits and reported in great detail to Xu Yongyan, the deputy captain of Squad Three of the Yin City Mobile Task Force, about this mission.

(Special Affairs Bureau agents all carry covert sports cameras, which archive video footage immediately after a mission is completed, but according to protocol, both written and verbal reports are still required)

"... That’s the situation. Andre and the Ant have left. Logically, the mission’s objective was [Complete Guide: Leave the park before sunset,] even if killing the doll was finalized, an escape from here should have been in order.

However, I had already heard the system’s broadcast marking the completion of the mission, so I stayed put and waited for you to arrive.

The force sealing the park might have originated from that doll? I’m not entirely sure."

Su Jie explained this to his colleagues, then suddenly slapped his forehead, "Right! There was supposed to be a Stack Soldier from the Whale Song Guild on this mission too! After we got separated the first time, I never saw him again, and after meeting with Ant and the others, we found no trace of the Stack Soldier."

"There! Found him!"

A colleague’s shout came from a distance, and several agents carried the unconscious Stack Soldier out of the haunted house area on Main Street using a stretcher.

Since the Special Affairs Bureau agents present were all experts, a Detection Skill quickly revealed that the Stack Soldier had fainted due to his Sanity Value dropping below 10 points, leading to brain overheating.

It’s likely that after the air raid alarm went off, countless dolls trapped him inside the haunted house, and in a bid to avoid revealing his whereabouts, he had to use a certain skill (possibly digitization of his body) to hide, resulting in excessive consumption of Sanity Value. He fainted in a hidden corner and perfectly missed the entire ordeal.

Su Jie looked at the Stack Soldier with some sympathy. Although the Whale Song Guild and the Special Affairs Bureau had a good relationship, the latter’s style was always very stringent and serious; once the Stack Soldier woke up, he couldn’t escape a series of detailed interrogations and would have to stay in a padded room for a while.

"You’ve had a hard time as well, go back and write a report, then rest well. We’ll handle things here."

Xu Yongyan patted Su Jie on the shoulder in encouragement, then surveyed the entire park area with a somewhat headache.

The biggest issue was here, the entire amusement park did not disappear after the mission ended, but instead took the place of the abandoned resort to the west of Yin City, popping up out of nowhere!

Including those dolls that had transformed from humans who remained in existence.

This was inherently nonsensical. If one could reason that the entire area fell into the real world from a killing field entity through a crack, that would be more understandable.

But all clues collected from the surroundings strongly indicated that this amusement park was a product of Otherworld!

That world had a similar background to Earth, used the same language, and its institutions (possibly governmental bodies or the United Nations) had recognized the hazard of the doll Princess, opting to build the amusement park in an attempt to trap and continuously study her.

"A thing from a parallel universe has massively ’fallen into’ Earth..."

Xu Yongyan rubbed his forehead painfully, lamenting about the upcoming mission report, while opening the friend communication on his personal panel, contacting his superior, the head of Yin City Special Affairs Bureau, Xing Hechou, to report the situation on site.

"...That’s the situation. Since the amusement park’s buildings have been around for a long time and cannot be dismantled soon, to prevent local residents, backpackers, and tourists from discovering this sudden appearance of a cluster of buildings, we can only block the surrounding roads and set up high-power drone jammers."

Xu Yongyan said, "As for the reason..."

"Use a natural gas pipeline leak as the reason. There’s a pipe there."

Xing Hechou spoke calmly. The Special Affairs Bureau dealt with and covered up countless unusual events occurring nationwide every month, and their methods were refined.

If there are no witnesses, it’s good for everyone.

If there are witnesses, then use a Memory Eraser coupled with hypnosis to implant false memories.

If there are many witnesses and traces cannot be cleaned up promptly, then fabricate reasons.

A building explosion can be attributed to a gas cylinder explosion, multiple people fainting can be said to be food poisoning, a group sighting monsters can be attributed to consuming hallucinogenic mushrooms.

Besides, AI programs can be inserted on the internet to filter keywords, photos, and videos; if that’s not enough, use one trending Weibo story to cover another.

This also thanks the advent of AI-generated videos, which has eased the burden on official institutions worldwide—they can attribute all unusual incidents to AI-generated videos.

Xing Hechou paused briefly and slowly said: "Regardless, the priority is to clarify why this cluster of buildings entered the real world. The urgent task is to find that doll Princess and the so-called Ant who took her."

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At the same moment, Li Cheng, who was frequently mentioned, did not rush back home.

He first walked off the highway surveillance cameras, entering the city area on foot, then repeatedly moved between secluded places such as public restrooms, parks, and under bridges to ensure he wasn’t being followed.

After confirming no one was trailing him, he returned home in disguise.

"Sigh..."

Li Cheng took a long breath of relief, letting Gray Rain out of the Electronic Pet Egg, who immediately jumped onto the sofa (a specially customized model tough enough to bear Gray Rain’s weight) and pulled out a tablet and a mobile phone to play from the sofa crevice.

Considering her great efforts this time, Li Cheng could not complain, leaving a remark, "Don’t keep your eyes so close to the screen, it will ruin them," and then with Gray Rain’s puzzled expression, he went into the bathroom to clean himself and checked the rewards from this mission.

[Reward Settlement in Progress]

[Overall Player Performance: S+, Game Coins and Experience Points increased to 160%]

Indeed.

Li Cheng was not surprised inside; killing or sealing the doll Princess would surely warrant an S+ rating, whereas just completing four amusements and leaving the park would probably only net around a B grade.