Player Reload
Chapter 358: After modification - 330 Lights

Chapter 358: After modification: Chapter 330 Lights

"Do you really like this hotpot restaurant?"

Li Cheng took a seat in the private room, looking at Yuan Zhixia across the table with some curiosity.

As far as he knew, the daily meal stipend for the Mobile Task Force of the Special Affairs Bureau was an exaggerated eight hundred yuan, enough to feast on delicacies.

There were plenty of top chefs in slum restaurants, some of whom were Transcendents themselves, capable of using special ingredients from the Great Thousand World (like dragon liver and phoenix marrow, Behemoth meat, and Blue Silver Grass) to create glowing dishes.

People couldn’t stop eating, exclaiming, "Wow, cool!"

Some players, having eaten a lot of good stuff, would rather chew on emergency biscuits than dine in roadside restaurants or order from trendy delivery services.

"I’m used to it from before."

Yuan Zhixia didn’t explain much, just like last time, taking a soundproofing talisman from her bag and placing it on the table. She then turned on the private room’s TV to play some boring variety show as background noise.

Then she got straight to the point, "In the [Anchoring Point Mission], was it you who made the final decision to teleport the high tower into the real world?"

"Uh..." Li Cheng thought for a moment, "Are you asking on your own behalf or on behalf of the Special Affairs Bureau?"

"70% on my own, 30% on behalf of the Special Affairs Bureau."

Yuan Zhixia picked up her chopsticks and said, "I reported to the bureau that I know you, but after learning that you don’t want your real identity exposed, they decided not to ask me for further details.

So the Special Affairs Bureau only knows about your Pismire identity."

"Huh?"

Li Cheng was surprised by Yuan Zhixia’s response, "I always thought the Special Affairs Bureau had to get to the bottom of every matter."

"It used to be like that. In the first couple of years after the killing field’s descent, abnormal events were numerous, and the bureau’s policy was to nip all threats in the bud. Even if they couldn’t recruit lone wolf players, they’d have them wear GPS locators 24/7,

or at the very least, register with local institutions and report periodically.

During troubled times, the Special Affairs Bureau was the first agency to stabilize the situation, accordingly, there were some mishaps."

Yuan Zhixia picked up a piece of fatty beef, calmly saying, "Now the bureau has more experience and sophisticated methods.

On collaboration, the door is wide open. If cooperation isn’t possible for now, we can at least establish good ties.

By the way, after you and Zhao Zijing escorted the battery last time, the bureau rated you A-level.

Now it’s adjusted to S-level. They believe you’ll definitely survive to Lv35 or even higher."

Li Cheng picked up a piece of asparagus lettuce, curiously asking, "Is S-level very high? Are there SS, SSR, or UR above it?"

"Are you pulling a gacha in a mobile game?"

Yuan Zhixia rolled her eyes, "S-level is the third highest. Above it are double S and triple S, which are the very few people at Lv40.

From Lv33 onwards, each mission is almost always at the highest-level nightmare difficulty. Therefore, some Transcendents would stockpile many [Emergency Escape Cards], if the mission briefing appears too hard, they’d forcefully retire right away.

And Epic and Legendary quality items often have level requirements, like level thirty-five or thirty-seven.

This results in greater disparities among players as they level up higher."

"I see..."

Li Cheng thought for a moment, the only top-notch expert he knew was the one from the [Side of Truth], who wasn’t staying on Earth. Either operating in the killing field or managing their own small world.

"Anyway," Yuan Zhixia brought the topic back, taking out paper and pen casually, "The bureau listened to Dr. Noah’s statement and wants to get another confirmation from you."

"No problem."

Since the Special Affairs Bureau showed sincerity, Li Cheng didn’t deliberately hide anything, explaining the final wrapping up process of the [Anchoring Point Mission], "I told Dr. Noah the tower had to stand upright on the ground, not be placed horizontally. He listened to me and pressed the teleportation button, so that’s how it happened."

"..."

Yuan Zhixia rolled her eyes but still dutifully noted it down, "You don’t suspect Dr. Noah might be lying?"

Li Cheng shrugged, "First, I don’t think in a hopeless and futureless world, he has any need to lie.

Second, I have an item on me that can forcibly read information regardless of whether he lied or not."

"Alright then." Yuan Zhixia nodded, closing her notebook, "You don’t have any private channels to contact Dr. Noah now, right?"

"No. He isn’t a player, so no friend communication function."

Li Cheng already knew Dr. Noah, or should he say the high tower AI possessing Noah’s consciousness, would immediately be under GOC supervision upon landing, so there was no need to keep contact channels.

He noticed Yuan Zhixia’s subtle expression and asked curiously, "What’s the matter?"

"... The bureau has made a judgment; the high tower’s descent is both a beginning and a landmark event."

Yuan Zhixia said, "This is the first time a highly developed civilization from the Otherworld has massively intervened in the Real Earth.

Dr. Noah, despite being a planet-level paranormal entity, is an extraordinarily intelligent genius scientist,

but certainly above him, there are higher-level sci-fi, fantasy, and magical worlds.

Some worldviews do have Transcendents equivalent to our Lv40.

If Noah can build a high tower and teleport it here, it’s not impossible for other worlds..."

Yuan Zhixia didn’t fully elaborate, but the underlying meaning was clear enough.

The human civilization on Earth is very powerful, nuclear arsenals could plow the planet’s surface.

Simultaneously, human civilization is very fragile; a pandemic or a memetic virus could plunge the globe into chaos. Not to mention those high-level Immortal Emperors, Demon Kings, and Star Gods.

When the nest is overturned, no egg remains unbroken. Looking a few years forward, the high tower’s descent might become a historical watershed.

The atmosphere grew heavy, Li Cheng and Yuan Zhixia in the second-floor private room silently looked out the window at the bustling traffic and millions of lights, peaceful and serene.

No matter the era, peace is a luxury, only those living in it are unaware, mistakenly thinking it commonplace like air.

"There is some good news."

Yuan Zhixia forced a smile, "You teleported the high tower to Earth, objectively letting us understand cross-dimensional technology to some extent. At least we can have some defenses in the future."

"Hopefully."

Li Cheng was noncommittal, dipping a piece of fatty beef into the hotpot.

Objective laws don’t change by human will, faced with the cross-dimensional invasion, ordinary people and lower-middle level Transcendents are inherently no different, unable to control their own life and death.

The only thing to do was to become stronger, by any means necessary, become stronger.