The story of Director Wang and Qingguang is very ordinary and boring.

Young men who enter the city for the first time marvel at the vastness of the world, linger in the prosperity of the city, and often ignore warnings from others and run around everywhere.

Then one day, the young man was chased into an alley by a strange monster.

The alley was dark, and next to it was a trash can that had been soaked by the rain all night. The stench of the trash and the unique fishy smell after a rainy night were unforgettable for a long time.

At that time, Wang Weizheng was not as calm and composed as he is now. He drew his sword like a bright light cutting through the air. He was still very young at that time, so young that he had no other choice but to tremble in the face of danger.

Just as the monster was getting closer and closer and he was about to be eaten.

Wang Weizheng suddenly heard a voice coming from the intersection of the alley.

The voice was lazy and indifferent, as if he had just woken up from a nap on the balcony in the afternoon, with disheveled hair and a little hazy: "Where did you come from, little brat? You don't know any rules at all."

At first, Wang Wei thought that the little devil in this sentence referred to him.

But later he realized that this sentence referred to the monster that was chasing him.

In that era when the Countermeasures Bureau was still in its heyday, things like indulging one's desires and hunting humans in the city were completely unacceptable.

That's why that person sighed like this at that time.

Soon, after the words fell.

The monster that was about to devour himself looked back.

"Don't... bother me, or I'll kill you too!"

The monster said so.

This sentence, combined with its strange appearance and low voice, can definitely scare ordinary people who face it.

However, the people standing opposite it now are not ordinary people.

Even after coming face to face with that ferocious-looking monster, the man just rubbed his head, with his hair falling messily on the sides of his cheeks: "Tsk... it's really troublesome."

His eyes sparkled with golden light, as if gold was flowing in his eyes, causing the monster facing him to be dazed for a moment: "Do you want to live or die?"

What kind of question is that? The confused monster answered subconsciously: "Of course... alive..."

The man nodded slightly after hearing the answer: "Oh."

"In that case, then you can die."

After saying this.

The idea of ​​"living" that originally occupied the man's mind seemed to be twisted by something.

The next second, thoughts like "want to commit suicide" and "want to be free" echoed in his mind, making him unable to help but hold his head, and his eyes were about to pop out of his sockets covered with scales!

“Ah…ah…”

The monster scratched its face, its body twisting uncontrollably.

While muttering "I want to die" to itself, it slammed its head against the wall next to it step by step.

As it moved, the wound on its forehead continued to expand and fishy green blood continued to seep out of the wound. As its movements became heavier, one could even vaguely see the bones and the contents inside the wound.

Looking at the strange scene in front of him, the young Wang Wei was so frightened that he could not move.

Then he looked at the man standing at the entrance of the alley, with his arms folded, and slowly walked towards him.

Because the alley was deep at the time, Wang Weizheng could not remember the expression on the man's face. The bright light made the man's back look bright and holy, like an angel covered in the glow of the sun.

However, his front was hidden in the darkness, so chaotic that nothing could be seen clearly, only a ball of inky blackness.

Although he couldn't see the man's expression clearly, young Wang Wei had a vague feeling that he seemed to be staring at him.

After looking for a long time, the man scratched his hair and sighed: "Young humans, they are really troublesome. We can't just leave them here and ignore them..."

As he spoke, he looked down at Wang Weizheng and said, "Young man, hurry back home. This area is too dangerous. It's not a place for people like you who know nothing to set foot in."

"Come on, I'll take you away."

As he said this, he wanted to turn around, but soon, his steps paused slightly.

"Um?"

The man turned his head and looked at Wang Weizheng again. This time his eyes seemed a little obscure and profound: "Interesting..."

"May I have your name?"

Wang Weizheng looked at him, and after a moment's silence, he told him his name.

Hearing this name, the man nodded: "Okay, it's a very honorable name."

"Well, I see you've just arrived in this big city, and you probably don't know what to do. Look, there are a few brothers and sisters in shirts not far from the exit. Go find them, call them over, and tell them there are 'alien species' here."

"When you're yelling, act calmer and more composed."

After saying this, the man chuckled: "In this way, they will definitely come over."

Listen to this sentence.

Wang Wei was looking at the man warily: "Are you trying to use me as bait to lure your enemies over here?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the man was stunned.

After a good version was too difficult, he finally reacted and laughed, "Bait? Enemy? Hahaha."

"You're quite an interesting kid."

He smiled and said, "I can't be considered an enemy of those people. We just have different positions. Besides, I will go with you later, but I won't appear in front of them."

"In the final analysis, I just want the Countermeasures Bureau to discover a good candidate. As for solving the enemy? You must be kidding. If I really want to solve my enemy, I will use a more stable, flawless, and more breathtaking method..."

As he said this, he glanced at Wang Weizheng and patted his head: "So, what do you say? If you don't believe me, you can just stay here or run away."

"But let me make it clear first. Now that you have set foot in this world, the gray mark will remain on you. No matter how hard you run, you can't escape it. Instead of doing this, it is better to make yourself understand more and gain more experience, so that you will have more confidence when you encounter similar situations in the future."

After hearing these words, Wang Weizheng did not speak.

He just stared at the monster in the distance that kept hitting his head and was almost fainting, his eyes flickering...

"This was my first meeting with Qing Guang."

At the table, Wang Weizheng took a sip of white wine and said calmly, "That guy was just like he said. He did nothing to those hidden members of the Countermeasures Bureau."

"I only found out later that the monster that targeted me was the source of distortion and a murderer, and the people from the Countermeasures Bureau had been targeting it for several days. And that day, Qingguang followed the monster. Although it seemed that he did nothing, it was because his plan changed temporarily."

"Under normal circumstances, he would have had some ulterior motive."

After saying this, Wang Weizheng looked at Bai Ling and said seriously: "I don't know what Qingguang said to you before, but I guess he probably said that I don't trust you and am monitoring you."

"Admittedly, I don't trust you very much. But intuitively, I don't think you are a monster who intends to subvert human society. I don't know whether what you said about saving other people is true or not, but at least you are really doing it now, so that's enough."

"So, if Qingguang really said something to you, you can keep it in your heart and compare it with my actions later. If I treat you differently because of my personal likes and dislikes, then it's my problem. You don't need to say anything, Qiguang next to me will kill me first."

Qi Guang also nodded and said calmly: "Apart from anything else, this idiot is at least very honest towards humans. If there is a machine that really does not practice what it preaches and has bad intentions, then he must have been influenced by something, or possessed by someone..."

"By that time, I will definitely pick up the knife and kill him without anyone reminding me."

When saying this, Qi Guang's tone was serious and cold, just like a sharp blade slowly brought out of the scabbard on a moonlit night.

Looking at the two people who said this, Bai Ling just smiled.

"I have always trusted the two directors," he said with a chuckle, "after all, I am also a human being."

In saying this, Bering did not use his flexible moral boundaries and changeable racial identity.

When facing these two people, he still wanted to maintain his identity as a "human being".

After receiving the response, Wang Weizheng and Qi Guang nodded slightly.

The important matter of inviting Bai Ling here today has been resolved.

To be honest, when Wang Weizheng heard that Bai Ling was going to Xiaoxing Village in person, he was actually a little anxious.

Especially when he later learned from his spies that Qingguang was also in Xiaoxing Village, he could no longer hold back and almost couldn't wait to take a knife and rush into Xiaoxing Village to fight Qingguang with his swordsmanship.

因为他太清楚，如果一个“先知”真的被影响到，转而投入怪物的阵营、对人类而言到底有多可怕了。

一个先知先觉、并且还对自己这边几乎了如指掌的敌人，就好像是在即时战略游戏里对方开了全图挂一样，如果没有足够的操作碾压、那别的玩家根本玩不下去。

所以他才特地选择了这个时机，把白令请到家里，开诚布公地跟他讨论这些东西。

而对此，白令很能理解。

他之前只是有些好奇王局长和青光的关系，认为这两个人或许有什么“孽缘”。

现在看来，青光似乎和王局长的关系并不是自己想的那么简单。

亦师亦友？不，或许王伟正更像是青光的一个棋子，只不过青光没有想到，这个棋子在未来竟然会成长到如此地步。

怎么说呢。

想到青光可能吃瘪的场面，白令就有些想笑。

活该。

在一件事情谈完以后，三个人就这么沉默不语地喝酒吃菜。

场面上，韩千秋面无表情地坐在椅子上，两条腿踢着桌子腿、让整个桌子轻轻摇晃着。

而王光耀则是听傻眼了。

啥情况啊？

怎么我叔平日里看起来这么木讷、普通的一个人，原来在暗地里其实是跟怪物拼杀、保护人类的特殊机构的领袖？！

王光耀感觉到了非常不真实的迷茫。

他看了一眼王伟正，像是想要说什么，然而最后还是把这句话给噎在喉咙里。

王光耀很敏锐地察觉到，自己的叔叔让自己留下来听这些，或许真的仅仅是因为这样能够“增长见识”。

他知道，自己的叔叔是不会喜欢那些该死的隐喻和拐弯抹角的家伙。如果他说了什么，那么就是什么，基本上不存在欺瞒的意义。

事实上王伟正也确实是这么想的。

作为青光带上来的人，当时的青光就毫不避讳地在他旁边谈一些事情。这些经历让王伟正养成了极强的信息捕捉能力，和对付异种的临场策略能力。

虽然说青光本人是个不折不扣的杂种，但是至少他的方法还是有意义的。听得多了，如果天赋够、那么确实能够触类旁通。

在沉默了片刻之后，王伟正再次看了一眼白令。

“这是第一件事情，”他说道，“还有第二件事情。”

“今天早上你提交的公会框架，在经过讨论之后，我们进行了一部分的修改。”

王伟正放下筷子，沉声说道：“公会是以联系所有力图保护人类、消灭异类之人为目的，并且加强组织管理和协调职能的机构。初步规定，公会能够以公司、组织和个人身份加入。所有加入公会的成员，统一称为‘猎人’，即猎杀异种之人。”

“公会的等级以星星的多少来判断，而星星的评定则是以功绩作为评定依据。初步评定方式为，一颗星则代表‘参与解决一次普通级异种能力’，一星半代表‘参与三次普通级异种处理且‘独自解决一次普通级异种’。”

“两颗星、两星半和三颗星则是以此类推，只不过变成‘危险’、‘灾难’。每一次评定功勋的时候会给你徽章，等到徽章足够的情况下，等级可以上升。”

“至于四星，比较特殊，代表着能够处理复数个灾难级的异种。因为复数个灾难级聚在一起，就已经不是简单的战力迭加那么简单了，那代表着更深层次的东西……”

听着王伟正的话语，白令微微颔首。

这样的框架，跟未来有一定的差别，但是差别比较小。

主要是因为到目前为止还没有稳定的、量化的力量依据，而且有的时候单纯的数据并不能够作为个人能力的完全体现。

就好像祁光，他本人的速度和力量完全比不上王伟正，甚至于有些水平还在普通人之下，但是能说他很弱吗？ 诚然，以功勋论战力可能会略有偏差。但是在这样的条件下，这已经算是唯一靠谱的选择。

看着白令，王伟正说道：“按照目前最新的量度方法，我是四星的猎人，祁光是三星半。”

四星，按照王伟正的说法，这代表着他已经独自处理了不下于三次“灾难”级的异种。

单单看这份功勋，大概也就能够理解目前为什么王伟正被称为“活着的传说”，受到对策局无数人的崇拜和憧憬。

要知道目前还不是异种的爆发时间段，灾难级都还算很少见。然而就是这样，都已经被王伟正连人带刀砍死了三只……

只能说确实吓人。

不过……

白令沉吟了一声：“那么起源呢？”

到目前为止，等级似乎只是追溯到“灾难”，而没有关于起源的评定。

这句话一说出来，王伟正和祁光同时陷入了沉默。

好一会儿，祁光开口了：“关于‘起源’，不好评价。”

“到目前为止没有出现过任何一只‘起源’级的异种，所以我们不好衡量其中的战力差距。但是毫无疑问，起源比灾难更强。不过，强多少、有多强，这还需要后续的数据作为推理依据。”

“事实上到目前为止，纯粹的战功最多也就只能够上升到四星。再往上，就需要对起源进行评估以后，才能够得出结论。”

听着祁光的话语，白令点点头：“确实如此。”

四星基本上也是未来能够提升的上限。

四星半，按照日后人类的推算，起码需要能够在直面一次“起源”级异种且不死亡。

光是这一条，未来人类就没有一个能够做到。祁光不行，王伟正更不行。

所以哪怕是到了三年后，四星也就是顶层。

只不过这一次，情况似乎稍微有了变化。

王伟正双手交迭，平静地说道：“不过，虽然战功到了顶，但是功勋却还没有到达。”

“事实上，目前因为战功而提升等级的最高确实只有我这个四星。但是除此之外，我和祁光一致认为，功勋并不一定需要战功来作为评判依据。除了战功之外，我们还应该需要一套并行的判断方式。这个方式应当是以此人为人类做出的贡献，贡献大小由我、祁光和对策局的高层一致认可为准……”

嗯？ 听着这句话，白令突然感觉到有些不对劲。

怎么总感觉这个家伙在下套？

很快，他就听到了王伟正的声音带着淡淡的笑意：“而今天下午，根据我和祁光的一致判断，认为你的功勋已经远远超越了四星的标准。”

“所以，我们认为，你有足够的资格称为特殊人才联合公会的第一个、也是目前唯一一个四星半的猎人。”

听着这句话，白令脸上的表情有些绷不住了：“你说啥？”

我是四星半？！

要知道在未来的三年后，最高可就只有四星啊？！ 怎么现在突然来了一个四星半？！ 这不是代表着我绝对会成为众矢之的吗？！

当听到这句话以后，白令的第一反应就是拒绝。

不过很快，他又想到了别的东西，陷入了沉思。

如果成为四星半，对自己而言似乎确实有一定的坏处，但是也有很大的好处。

坏处就是，自己基本上会被不少人看在眼里，而且甚至有可能跟王伟正一样被暗杀。

但是这对于自己好像不是什么问题啊？

我又不怕暗杀。

白令有充足的自信，在没有起源的当下，哪怕是复数个灾难一起围攻，自己都能够轻松逃脱。

而且这样之后，自己就能够快速积累名气，同时也具备了更大的话语权。而且因为四星半，自己好像也能够从对策局这里拿到更多的好处……

感觉好像没有什么坏处。

而且还很有趣。

想到这里，白令微微颔首。

他逐渐从意识之海上浮，由未来过渡到了现在，时间也拨回在王伟正开口说话的那一刻。

“这个方式应当是以此人为人类做出的贡献，贡献大小由我、祁光和对策局的高层一致认可为准……”

在王伟正的话音还没有落下的时候，白令就微笑着说道：“我明白了。”

“虽然说我不认为自己能够扛得下如此重担，毕竟唯有怀着智谋与武勇之人，才能够作为前进的先锋，充当点亮道路的薪柴。”

“但是，若是有必要的话，那么我也不惮于拿起火把，为英雄的前进屏退四方迷雾。”

听着白令的话语，祁光叫了一句：“我就知道这个家伙绝对会提前看未来！王伟正，拿钱拿钱！”

王伟正没有在乎祁光的狗叫。

他只是看着白令，然后点了点头：“既然如此，那么明昼和对策局的合作关系，就算是正式成立了。”

Bai Ling also smiled and replied: "Of course."

“There’s still a long way to go,” he said. “I believe that more than anyone.”

Wang Weizheng smiled for the first time when he heard this: "I believe this, too."

"'The Pale Prophet'."

Pale Prophet? ? After hearing this name, Bai Ling looked at Wang Weizheng blankly.

What kind of a name is this?! As if seeing Bai Ling's confusion, Wang Weizheng couldn't help but ask, "Don't you know?"

"Because of the previous live broadcast and the recent resource promotion, Ming Zhou has gradually become popular. Not only in the abnormal world, but also in human society."

"They all felt that the code name 'Prophet' was concise and powerful, but not elegant enough. So, they added a characteristic that belongs to you in front of the word 'Prophet'."

This is the "Pale Prophet".

Holy shit…

After hearing this name, Bai Ling got goosebumps.

He covered his face and stretched out his hand towards Wang Weizheng: "Wait a minute, let me relax for three minutes."

Time passes by little by little.

After three minutes, Bai Ling raised his head and said, "Well, it's done."

When he said this, his expression was calm and indifferent.

Then.

Consciousness once again emerged from the boundless and vast ocean.

When he opened his eyes, Wang Weizheng was still calm.

He said, “I believe this too…”

Before he could finish, Bai Ling nodded and interrupted him.

His voice was quick and fluent as he spoke: "In that case, let's drink to a better tomorrow."

As he spoke, he raised his glass and clinked it with Wang Weizheng and Qi Guang.

The clinking of the wine glasses forced Wang Weizheng to hold back what he wanted to say.