"Drip——Drip——"
The city at night remained bustling, but the room inside this high-rise building was exceptionally quiet. The indicator lights on the healing chamber flickered on and off, emitting a faint sound, which was particularly clear in the darkness.
An hour later, the side light of the chamber's door lit up, followed by the door's exhaust opening, and the man inside sat up. He touched his chest and back and found that the wounds had begun to heal, which greatly eased his mood.
"This task was really tough," he spat out simply, recalling the young man he encountered tonight.
At first, he thought it was a simple matter, but unexpectedly, the sudden outburst of the other party not only disrupted his rhythm but also, in so unknown way, brought reinforcents. Logically speaking, he had blocked the surrounding surveillance at the beginning and destroyed the other party's electronic devices, so there should have been no way to imdiately contact anyone else.
The task was botched, but he still had to report back, just as Shan speculated, his organization was not affiliated with the official side, but also road in the gray area.
In this era, competition is fierce in all aspects, especially for Transcendents. Approaching the middle and later stages, the need for advanced Spiritual dicine and various resources and equipnt is vast. If one relies solely on personal efforts, it might not be enough for a lifeti. Therefore, the benefits of being in an organization beco apparent.
Within the organization, one could obtain high-quality Spiritual dicine and resources, which are difficult to acquire on the open market, at a cheaper contribution cost, and even access more authentic materials for advancent and secret technique cultivation.
The developnt of the network indeed brought about the spread of information, but the explosion of various information, filled with scams and indistinguishable fraud, made it difficult for people to discern. Cultivating the Transcendent Sequence based on online materials could lead to serious errors or wrong directions. At best, this would waste years of effort; at worst, destabilize the core and leave nurous vulnerabilities and problems.
Therefore, practical and reliable cultivation guidance remains exceptionally precious in today's world, which is also why prestigious high schools and universities have such significant influence.
After venting his frustrations, the man stood up, went to the bedroom, unlocked the imrsion cabin, entered it, and then connected to the Aijeika Network, imrsing his consciousness within.
Black starry skies stretched infinitely in his mind, and then his consciousness passed through the doors amidst the layers of stars and entered a lofty room.
Inside the room, reminiscent of an ancient alchemist's workshop, various chanical Puppets were moving around; so were organizing data, others were communicating with people, and so lay quietly in the corner. In the center of the room, there stood a particularly tall chanical Puppet, made entirely of silver tallic parts, with its various transmission chanisms openly exposed. It had multiple arms, each handling different tasks, but only the head had the mask of a woman's face.
Compared to the other active chanical Puppets in the room, this towering, unusually cold silver chanical Puppet was like a commanding queen, orchestrating the situation of each link and centralizing all information to her.
[Code OH5478, you have returned 2 hours and 43 minutes later than expected. Can you provide a brief explanation of the situation?]
A small bronze chanical Puppet rolled to his side, emitting a chanical voice.
Although he was unsure whether the puppet in front of him was operated by a real person or an AI on the network, the man did not dare to take it lightly and began to report the details of the night's encounter, including Shan's reactions and the appearance and strength of the girl who ca to the rescue.
[Information recorded. Analysis will now comnce.]
After speaking, the puppet fell motionless, the hollows of its eyes glowing faintly, indicating that the background AI was calculating and analyzing.
About ten seconds later, the tall, cold silver chanical Puppet in the center of the room turned its face towards him and nodded slightly before continuing to deal with other matters.
The man was sowhat surprised by this; after all, this towering silver chanical Puppet was one of the seven core mbers of the organization, much higher in rank than him, akin to a supervisor he typically had no access to.
[Analysis complete, please report your assessnt.]
[Due to the failure of the mission, the reward is reduced by 50%. As you sustained injuries during the retreat and the organization needs to deal with the aftermath, an additional 50% of the reward will be deducted. However, since you did not commit any significant mistakes during the mission, and managed to observe key figures from the opposing organization at the last mont, filling the gaps in intelligence, you will be given an additional 40% bonus reward.]
[In summary, the original mission reward of 100 Points is adjusted to give you a 40 Points reward. If there are no objections, this concludes your report.]
"No objections."
Relieved to still receive a 40 Points reward, the man had been ready for a downgrade in his rating, but the outco turned out to be better than expected. Perhaps the high-ranking individual had noticed his intelligence report and awarded it specially?
With this thought, he bowed to the tall silver chanical Puppet at the center of the room.
"Thank you, 'Silver Green Creation'."
Afterward, he disconnected from the Aijeika Network, left the imrsion cabin, and then moved to another room to rest in the healing chamber. He would not be going out for the next few days.
Back in the large room at a corner of the Aijeika Network, the chanical Puppet that had just dealt with the man's report floated up and then approached another organization mber who had just arrived.
[Code 2162, please report the completion of your mission.]
"Yes, this is the information I extracted after arresting that suspect. Since the individual was weak-willed, I didn't resort to physical torture. After obtaining the information, I released the suspect to avoid alerting the organization."
[Receiving information, now starting analysis]
The eye sockets of the Bronze chanical Puppet once again emitted a glow.
[Analysis complete, now reporting your assessnt]
[Code XW2162, the intelligence you have reported has a moderate inconsistency compared to the other 227 reports. It can be judged that you have been deceived. The remaining information contains a lot of content that is repetitive with other reports, and thus is of lower value. Therefore, 60% of the reward will be deducted.]
[In summary, the original mission reward was 100 Points, you are now given 40 Points reward. If there are no questions, this report is concluded.]
"Uh, alright, that kid actually dared to deceive ."
The other party was sowhat displeased but did not doubt the judgnt of the chanical Puppet in front of him, knowing full well the power of the organization's intelligence capabilities.
After receiving the reward, he nodded slightly, saluted the tall silver chanical Puppet in the room's main hall, then turned and left.
Afterward, one by one, mbers who had completed or failed their missions arrived in the grand room to report, during which several wandering Bronze chanical Puppets also conducted receptions and analysis.
About 1 hour later, the number of people reporting dwindled, and the process was nearing its end.
The Bronze chanical Puppets in the room moved, forming several Circles in front of the tall silver puppet, and then they all aligned towards the central silver chanical Puppet.
Beams of information transmission lit up from their eye sockets and converged on the central tall figure, temporarily forming a shared data-computing cluster among the puppets in the room.
[Cluster loading complete, begin aggregating data, carrying out three-dinsional analysis]
Neat and uniform chanical voices resonated in the room, followed by a faint and dense hum of calculations.
A floating three-dinsional image displayed a circular progress bar, which then slowly rotated at its center.
[Progress 7%... Progress 23%... Progress 68%... Progress 100%, analysis complete]
Minutes later, the analysis was completed, and rows of verified information continuously scrolled across the screen before being integrated into the main control silver chanical Puppet.
[From the current confird intelligence, the opposing organization has been preliminarily established, with mbers numbering between 5,000 and 8,000, distributed across different Star Domains, exhibiting high mutual trust, and possessing high loyalty as well as potential.]
[The organization's core philosophy significantly conflicts with the societal structure constructed by the Federation, attempting to adopt the 'Connector' thod to establish a new social order, and the organization has preliminarily mastered this revolutionary technology.]
[If its developnt is left unchecked, within approximately 1-2 years, it will be detected by the Federal Court of Judgnt, which will then carry out a strike.]
[After analysis, the current recomnded options are:]
1. We initiate a preemptive strike, capture the key personnel, acquire the secrets of the core technology, and then deal with the organization's related personnel to prevent the diffusion of the technology.
2. Absorb the organization, making it a subordinate mber of the Council of Seven Sages, and transform the organization's philosophy to a certain extent, stripping away the overly radical elents.
3. Do not interfere for now, continue to observe, and intervene when necessary.]
[Following the Council of Seven Sages' vote, three votes in favor of option 1, four votes in favor of option 2, hence the decision to implent the absorption plan. The construction of the plan is now beginning, with the intervention in the organization expected to start in two weeks.]
[Analysis concluded.]
As the words fell, the lights within the room extinguished, and seconds later, the central silver chanical Puppet gradually faded away, disappearing from its place.
Simultaneously, in a room at the Golden Fla Flower Academy, a girl with silver-green hair also climbed out of an Imrsion Cabin. She rubbed her eyes circled with dark rings, easing the soreness of remaining in the cabin for an extended ti, and then stood up.
Ugh, I'm a bit hungry, she patted her stomach, walked out the door, and after a few minutes, finally found a maid dressed in a black and red rose uniform.
Now I can have a al, the girl thought, feeling relieved.
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