The original owner rented a house in Room B-908, Community 23, Street 279. It was a 15-square-meter single room. The only thing that made the rent of 1,200 yuan worth of rent worth it was the independent bathroom that was less than four square meters.

After taking a shower, Xie Xuan lay on the bed and turned on the projector. The free channel was broadcasting Confederate news.

"Recently, the Ecological Organization announced that it has developed a biological weapon that could potentially resolve the current predicament of humanity being infected by mutant fungi. Five of the 13 districts within the Confederation have expressed their willingness to cooperate. District 13 will be the first testing area, and the trial is expected to begin on September 1st..."

Xie Xuan had only been here for half a month, so she didn't know much about the grievances and disputes between the ecological organizations affiliated with the Confederation and the ecological bureaus affiliated with each district. However, the online comments in District 6 were almost overwhelmingly hostile to the ecological organizations.

The reason is very simple. In name, the ecological organization is completely neutral and vertically supervises the ecological bureaus in each district, but in reality, it is almost a one-man show for the first four districts, headed by District 2.

Before the spore infection crisis began, District 6 and District 2, as two of the world's major sovereign states, had always had a tense relationship. This became even more prominent because District 2 continued to attempt to pursue hegemony after the establishment of the Confederation.

However, these have little to do with Xie Xuan, an ordinary citizen. She just hopes that the Ecological Bureau of District 6 will not owe her wages.

No matter where it is, the Ecological Bureau building is an absolute landmark.

The land within the high walls is limited. In order to save land, the area of ​​the residential area has been compressed as much as possible. The surrounding residential buildings are like honeycombs with densely packed windows on the walls.

Because it is the rainy season recently, the sky has been gray and there are few pedestrians on the road.

In such a compact and depressing environment, the sudden appearance of a pure white, spotless building inevitably gives people an extremely unreal feeling.

Branch 45 of the Sixth District Ecological Bureau is located four streets away from Xie Xuan’s residence on Street 279.

It took Xie Xuan an hour to get here by light rail.

The Ecological Bureau has a total height of 30 floors and is inconspicuous among the surrounding residential buildings, which are taller than the other.

But there is a twenty-meter open space around the Ecological Bureau, as if the parasite needs to isolate itself in a ten-meter isolation circle.

In the few minutes that Xie Xuan slowly walked into the Ecological Bureau, people kept coming in and out of the door.

The rainy season, the peak period for infection incidents, can now be said to be the busiest period for the Ecological Bureau.

The entire Ecological Bureau building is not only pure white on the exterior, but also pure white inside. Looking at it for a long time can easily give people a feeling of emptiness.

Xie Xuan was out of tune with the busy people around her. There was no one behind the front desk, so she walked around the spacious hall alone.

There is a display screen above the center of the hall, which shows the jurisdiction map of the entire 45th Branch. It is covered with red dots of different shades, and there are some annotations next to it, such as "pending", "being processed", and "being liquidated".

Xie Xuan guessed that these red dots should be ongoing infections.

Before Xie Xuan looked away, another red dot appeared on the map.

"Please note that an infection has occurred at merchant 160 on Street 272. Preliminary rating: E-level attack domain. Estimated time to maturity: 4 hours and 20 minutes."

The deep and pleasant male voice with no emotional fluctuations sounded strangely familiar.

It sounded very much like the tone of the artificial intelligence system in her head, but the voice was much better than her system.

"What are you doing here?"

A somewhat irritable voice suddenly came from behind Xie Xuan.

She turned around and saw a pale young woman with dark circles under her eyes speaking.

Xie Xuan gave a friendly smile. "Hello, I'm here to collect the rest of my pay and also to apply for a position in the Reception Department."

When she heard the word "apply for a job," the woman's eyes lit up almost immediately, and her attitude changed 180 degrees. "Why didn't you say so earlier? Come on, follow me."

The woman was so enthusiastic that Xie Xuan felt like she was being dragged into a pirate ship.

"My name is Ding Qiaoyun. I work in the logistics department, and I also work at the front desk. Are you the folk mushroom hunter from 278th Street last night?"

Xie Xuan nodded, "Yes, my name is Xie Xuan."

Ding Qiaoyun walked behind the front desk, flipped through her terminal for a while, and airdropped a document to Xie Xuan. "Here's yesterday's mission report. Once you sign it, you can collect the remaining compensation."

Xie Xuan opened the mission report.

"101/9/1 278 Street 742 Business Infection Incident

Hosted: Yu Xinxin, an 8-year-old female

Cause of infection: Unknown

Field rating and type: E-level breeding type

Species: Contained (Dead)

Casualties: 1 dead, 0 injured"

Xie Xuan signed and sent the document to Ding Qiaoyun via the air.

Ding Qiaoyun lowered her head to transfer money to Xie Xuan, and suddenly said without a trace: "You also think the sound just now was very nice, right?"

Even before the money arrived, Xie Xuan said with deep emotion, "It sounds really good. I've never heard such a beautiful voice before."

"He's Bai Ze." Ding Qiaoyun gave a strange smile. "If I didn't hear Bai Ze's voice every day here, I would have quit long ago."

Just as Xie Xuan was about to speak, a notification popped up on the terminal about the arrival of 9,000 Confederation coins.

Xie Xuan swallowed back the flowery words that were about to come out of her mouth and replied seriously, "Oh, is Bai Ze the AI ​​within the Ecology Bureau?"

Ding Qiaoyun never misses any opportunity to promote his product. "In theory, the entire Six Districts Ecosystem Bureau is almost entirely run on the support of his super computing power."

Xie Xuan, a blind student, spotted the key point. "What do you mean by theoretically? Does that mean it's not necessarily artificial intelligence?"

Ding Qiaoyun smiled mysteriously again, "You'll know after you officially start working and start your mission."

Xie Xuan nodded hesitantly, always feeling that Ding Qiaoyun's mental state was worrying.

Ding Qiaoyun, whose mental state was worrying, took out a magnetic card from the drawer nonchalantly and stuck it on Xie Xuan's terminal.

"We're seriously short-staffed right now. We'll do the physical and psychological tests together after you return from your first mission. The logistics department said you can single-handedly conquer an E-level area without protective gear, so these tests are unnecessary."