Even if he risks exposing his true identity, claiming he got information by following the rookie monster, what if the mysterious organization has informants within the Bureau?

Core members are only registered if they are followers of the Evil God, not others.

If he is exposed because of this and attracts a group of Abyss Players from the second and third layers to assassinate him in reality, that would be bad news.

He has no problem, but Zhao Yan by his side does.

"Didn't the Bureau send a high-level player from the Abyss Second Layer to deal with that A-Level Erosion Dungeon?"

The Erosion Dungeon in Wanghai City couldn't be handled by top players in the Bureau, as it originated from the Painter, and acting rashly might cause massive casualties.

But why don't top players handle the Erosion Dungeon 300 kilometers away from them?

After surviving a B-Level Erosion Dungeon, Zhao Yan had just made offerings at the temple last night, burning several sticks of incense. His mindset hadn't fully recovered from the brush with death, and now he might be heading to an A-Level Erosion Dungeon. Who could handle that?

Director Gao had a detached attitude, pushing the problem to Shi Ning. With a Traveler Level technician like Shi Ning around, it wasn't his place to answer.

Shi Ning said, "Due to the protection of the Plane's Rules, only a small number of Abyss Second Layer players can stay in the real world for an extended period. Most high-level players wanting to return to reality must undergo complicated rituals and long cooldown times."

"Support for the Erosion Dungeon a few days ago was possible only because an Abyss Second Layer player happened to stay in reality and was from Wanghai City. In most cases, events in reality must be solved by players from the Desolate Realm."

Wu Chang nodded upon hearing this, so that made sense. No wonder the branch director of Wanghai City is Director Gao, a Level 3 Investigator, instead of a player from the Abyss Second Layer.

Erin would be affected by exposing the True Divine Body in the Desolate Realm; there's no reason players from the Abyss Second Layer wouldn't be affected.

Abyss deep layers' players cannot easily return to reality, which suddenly makes everything reasonable.

After the meeting, Director Gao took a few people straight to the hotel to start today's celebratory banquet.

To celebrate the successful response to this Erosion Dungeon, the Bureau booked the most famous restaurant in Wanghai City for a whole day. Director Gao even prepared a substantial gift for each player involved in conquering the dungeon.

Even players like Spirit Fox and Hamster, who were only affected by the event without specifically participating in the conquest, received the latest model of a tri-fold smartphone.

People like Wu Chang and Sword Star, being credited contributors, were directly rewarded with sports cars each.

The rewards distributed at the celebratory banquet alone were estimated to be worth over a hundred million.

Wu Chang nudged Zhao Yan with his elbow and whispered, "Does the Bureau have such ample funding that this level of expenditure can be reimbursed?"

Zhao Yan waved his hand, "We're a legitimate department, we can't have such reimbursements as you imagine. These are all sponsored by local enterprises in Wanghai City."

"On what grounds did they secure sponsorship?" Wu Chang asked, puzzled.

Director Gao couldn't have just stood in front of the other party's chairman saying, 'While you were unaware, we've saved Wanghai City once; we need to hold a celebratory banquet. Here's the bill, pay up quickly.'

Zhao Yan smirked and said:

"In any case, people with power and influence are always a bit more informed, and now is no exception. The biggest companies in Wanghai City mostly know about the Abyssal Game, and some company's owners are players themselves. They don't need us to come forward, they will voluntarily offer sponsorship."

After some chatting with Zhao Yan, Wu Chang realized the Bureau's secrecy was only towards common people. Since many years ago, the Bureau had already started cooperating with local forces.

The Abyssal Game has been around for decades; no matter how good the secrecy work is, there will be many traces exposed. A couple of times might pass, but to conceal it from local bigwigs, you'd be taking them for fools.

Since it couldn't be concealed, the Bureau had long forged partnerships with them, even providing daring and ambitious collaborators the service of becoming Abyss Players themselves and for their family members.

Wu Chang shook his head upon hearing this, finding it all too realistic, almost to the point of being surreal.

What Wu Chang didn't expect was that in the latter half of the celebratory banquet, Meng Yawen suddenly showed up looking like she'd just returned from a trip.

As she passed by Wu Chang, she exclaimed, "What are you doing here?"

Her acting needed improvement; it seemed too forced. Zhao Yan couldn't keep it together, turning to look out the window instead.

Wu Chang's acting was more natural, and he feigned a surprised look, as if unaware that Meng Yawen was part of the Bureau, and started recounting the incident.

After some back and forth, they quickly accepted each other's identity, affirming that today's encounter and Wu Chang's entry into the Bureau were coincidences.

Upon seeing Meng Yawen present, Director Gao and Lei Huo approached, inquiring about her situation.

Meng Yawen truly hadn't faked just coming back to Wanghai City; she had indeed just helped out in a neighboring city, with the commission going smoothly. However, on the return journey, she encountered some minor incidents.

According to Meng Yawen, on her drive back she passed a barren area on the outskirts of Wanghai City and saw thirty to forty rich second-generation youngsters racing each other, each one speeding past her.

She wasn't used to such humiliation and was just about to show those brats who the king of curves in Wanghai City's outskirts was, only to see those rich kids leave the road and head into a wild field.

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